July 2011
98 posts
Grains of sand under microscope
Dr. Gary Greenberg uses his HD 3-D microscope to photograph ordinary grains of sand from beaches throughout the world. Each grain can take hours to photograph, as he shoots them from numerous angles and later composites them into one image.
See more of his work at sandgrains.com.
can this even be called an art blog?: ART LINKS FOR THE INTERESTED ARTIST →
marlez.tumblr.com
Edit: Fixed the 8th link. Jesus Christ people 5000 notes? You guys are crazy
I’ve been saving links, links of tutorials, books, etc.
And pretty much, this is what I have so far.
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The cause of men’s very real unhappiness isn’t a biased family court system, or feminist college professors, or the perceived injustices of Title IX athletic funding. The source of men’s anguish and uncertainty is the straitjacket of traditional American manhood. Men are suffering because their emotional, psychological, intellectual, and sexual potential is stunted by their own efforts to live up to an impossible masculine ideal….
…. Being a man, in other words, is defined by divesting oneself of anything remotely associated with femininity (like kindness, sensitivity, intuition, empathy). When heterosexual masculinity is defined by violent obtuseness, these “guy rules” rob boys of their chance to develop emotional skills to thrive in relationships with others. This frantic effort to shut down a whole aspect of one’s potential isn’t caused by testosterone or Y chromosomes. It’s caused by the longing to live by the “man code.”
” —- Hugo Schwyzer, How Men’s Rights Activists Get Feminism Wrong (via ladylikepunk)
I’ve heard this termed as the “prison of privilege” in which men suffer under patriarchy just as much, merely in different ways, as women.
(via feminismfreedomfighters)
YES! Listen up people who think feminists hate men! You’re part of the fight too. You are oppressed under patriarchal standards as well. Patriarchy doesn’t just hurt women. It hurts any gender!
(via the-womanifesto)
gotta get outside the manbox
(via piddlebucket)
Things I learned while making my first comic
I just got a fan letter (WOAH) and I’ve had more than a few people telling me that they’re really interested in starting, or restarting, their own comic. Rather than address people individually I’m just going to throw out a few nuggets of advice relating to working on a comic, or any professional art really.
Also I have to mention that I did something that professional comic authors do all the time: Create comic books and meet deadlines. I am not special, I think it’s just that the full throttle approach I took is something that people don’t see very often.
Unamusings: Incoherent Femshep Rant →
psdo.tumblr.com
psdo:
I don’t like that Femshep’s appearance is being put to a vote. She should have had a decent looking default in the first place but that horse is, obviously, long dead. I’m sure a lot of people are voting by which option matches their Sheps the best, which is fine. That aside, it boils down to a…
OH GOD YES. THANK YOU.
I first thought that this was just some fan-made vote, but after realising that this actually is the official approach to determine FemSheps look, I was just shocked.
SERIOUSLY, BIOWARE? Why the heck do you do this?
WHY do you feel the need to put the look of your female lead character to the vote?
AND ON FACEBOOK, OF ALL THE PLACES.
This is just… FRUSTRATING. It’s almost as if they feel uncomfortable with promoting one vital aspect of their whole gameconcept, ONE vital aspect why they are so popular as game developers, why they have such a large dedicated female audience.
Because seriously, Bioware: You don’t have the most stunning gamedesigns, you don’t have the freshest and most innovative ideas in gamedevelopment. - BUT you gave us the chance to play STRONG INDEPENDENT female characters, in a market flooded with female leads that just scream “tits and ass!”. You gave us the chance to play HOMOSEXUAL STRONG INDEPENDENT characters.
Sure, that’s not the only thing you stand for, but it IS one of the reasons why your fanbase is as dedicated as it is. Goddamnit, STOP pulling off such bullshit and just STAND to your choices. YOUR main audience are NOT prepubescent boys who like to shoot at stuff in multiplayer, we are ADULT gamers who enjoy great storylines, interesting, intelligent characters and dialogues and a good universe.
SO JUST STAND TO YOUR CHOICE. In your games you can play BOTH a great FEMALE AND MALE LEAD, so treat them as EQUAL in your promotions/advertising, and DESIGNwise. Let FemShep BE this strong, independent soldier, just as MaleShep is, and let her not become a hot spacebabe just because some horny idiots on Facebook demand it.
Sorry for the rant, but GODDAMNIT.
