Tales from a Part-Time Basement Dweller

qinni: More tips: The closest I could find on Amazon to the...

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:32:30 -0400

More tips:

The closest I could find on Amazon to the watercolour set I use is the Sakura brand of Koi Assorted WaterColours Field Set.

Just use any old toothbrush. I used to use the ones that my dentist would give me after a visit, just because those were kind of cheap and I wouldn’t actually use them anyways.

I use acrylic for flicking and highlights because watercolour-whites tend to fade when they dry.

Also, remember to keep your hands clean, because nothing’s worse than smudging graphite into your watercolours and then unable to get it out.

Try to avoid black and white when possible. They tend to dull the colours and it loses that watercolouring lustre.

Since I started watercolouring again for my daily sketches, I’ve gotten a lot of asks/dA notes on if I could give a tutorial on watercolouring and also more specific questions that overlapped each other, so I decided to do a semi guide/tips/answering thing.

I actually started watercolouring before I went into digital medium, so I have a bit of personal experience, but I am essentially self-taught when it comes to watercolouring since there weren’t a lot of watercolour tutorials online back then to begin with, so I cannot promise that these are the absolute correct way of doing things.

Hope it helps anyways :)

My Other Tutoria ls/Guides | My Daily Sketches

Inspirational Artists ◘ Zain

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:20:14 -0400

Inspirational Artists ◘ Zain

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Tue, 21 May 2013 05:45:52 -0400

My Queen.

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:42:15 -0400

My Queen.

pardonmybloomers: mimisaurus: This Meta skirt is now $50...

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:39:48 -0400

pardonmybloomers:

mimisaurus:

This Meta skirt is now $50 shipped EVERYWHARRRRR.

Fits a 74cm waist and under. I moved the clasp so it would fit me, so

PLS TAKE IT OFF MY HANDS.

I WILL BE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL.

http://blog.mimisaurus.com/ask

guys buy my friend’s skirt, she’s awesome and she’s going for a dream print on the comm sales, make this happen! <3

THIS IS STILL GOING ON GAIS PLZ

sayonaratechnopolis: We Can’t Be Stopped I was a bit inspired...

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:36:43 -0400

sayonaratechnopolis:

We Can’t Be Stopped

I was a bit inspired by soviet propaganda posters and i wanted to imagine an imperial army of steampunk-ish soviet lolitas.Because Militar Lolita is one of my fave lolita sub-styles, thats why.

The slogan, however, is a sneek peek at something bigger i´m working on now.

drarna: RULE OF TUMBLR: WHENEVER YOU SEE THE OWNER OF TUMBLR ON UR DASH YOU MUST REBLOG HER WE LUV...

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:33:46 -0400

drarna:

RULE OF TUMBLR: WHENEVER YOU SEE THE OWNER OF TUMBLR ON UR DASH YOU MUST REBLOG HER

WE LUV U STEPMOMMY

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Mon, 20 May 2013 16:13:58 -0400

continueplease: nbcnews: Teen’s invention could charge your...

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:44:06 -0400

continueplease:

nbcnews:

Teen’s invention could charge your phone in 20 seconds

(Photo: Intel)

Waiting hours for a cellphone to charge may become a thing of the past, thanks to an 18-year-old high-school student’s invention. She won a $50,000 prize Friday at an international science fair for creating an energy storage device that can be fully juiced in 20 to 30 seconds.

Read the complete story.

Everybody, remember this face.
Remember this name.
If this becomes a commonly used & highly lauded discovery, at some point a White guy is going to take credit, even if he has to word it like “Improved upon a previous…”
No no no
Fuck that guy.
Remember this brown girl.
Remeeeemmmmmberrrrr

Photo

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:27:43 -0400

Photo

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:47:28 -0400

Friendly reminder that

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:41:09 -0400

orderlybunker:

Tumblr will remain independent

Yahoo bought it because Tumblr was getting too expensive

The only thing changing will be the one’s legally owning Tumblr

There will remain absolutely no restrictions on gifs/fics/pictures/edits/porn/terms and conditions

The terms and conditions will remain the same

Tumblr’s options were to shut Tumblr down or get funds

ThE lAyOuT iS nOt ChAnGiNg

stuckasleep: They are burning they scream for me to save them and i whisper no

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:34:15 -0400

stuckasleep:

They are burning

they scream for me to save them

and i whisper

no

I need a fanclub for Ted Chaough's brightly colored suits.

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:04:01 -0400

inourcircles: YEAH BUT IT’S A FUCKING SWEET SHOW

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:01:28 -0400

inourcircles:

YEAH BUT IT’S A FUCKING SWEET SHOW

Beyonce Songs Re-Imagined as Undergraduate Theses in Women and Gender Studies

Mon, 20 May 2013 05:09:43 -0400

Beyonce Songs Re-Imagined as Undergraduate Theses in Women and Gender Studies:

Baby Boy: The Sociocultural Effects of Prolonged Male Adolescence

Check on It: The Gendered Dynamics of Male Spectatorship in Urban Public Spaces

Crazy in Love: The Diagnosis and Treatment of “Female Hysteria” During the Late Nineteenth Century

Naughty Girl: Disidentification and the Performance of Female Sexual Promiscuity

Cater 2 U: Female Subservience and the Reinforcement of Hegemonic Gendered Power Structures

Get Me Bodied: A Radical Critique of the Sex/Gender Binary

Freakum Dress: The Role of Consumerism in the Construction and Assertion of Female Sexuality

Videophone: Social Networking Technology and the Deconstruction of the Dominant Gaze

Run the World (Girls): Historical Perspectives on Global Female Leadership

Bills Bills Bills: The Dual-Income Model and the Reshaping of the Domestic Sphere

Soldier: The Hypermasculinization of U.S. Military Culture

Independent Women: Girl I Didn’t Know You Could Get Down (to Business in the Public Sphere and Still Be Expected to Perform Domestic Labor During the “Second Shift”) Like That

budgetlolita: Convertible shoulder bag $35.20 at...

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:43:27 -0400

budgetlolita:

Convertible shoulder bag $35.20 at Rakuten

Reminds me of some of the bags Innocent World makes

kawaii-afro-fluff: digitallyimpaired: this took like 20...

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:40:05 -0400

kawaii-afro-fluff:

digitallyimpaired:

this took like 20 years

full zise

wow..

snowwantsyou: kahterinepierce: but if greece wins who pays for eurovision next year????? that...

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:58:22 -0400

snowwantsyou:

kahterinepierce:

but if greece wins

who pays for eurovision next year?????

that would be germany

omg

sherloqe: if you don’t live in europe i’m sorry

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:45:34 -0400

sherloqe:

if you don’t live in europe i’m sorry