Month: July 2013

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Every now and then, I remember Brian Shaffer, the guy who went missing near OSU campus in 2006.  I never knew the guy, but the story was real big around here for a long time before it just… faded away.  Still unsolved. They’ve never even found a body or anything.

I just learned that Brian’s father passed away in an accident a couple years ago, and his mother passed away a few weeks before he went missing.  So his brother is the last remaining member of the family.  That’s gotta be hard.  It’s really sad.

So anyways, as I was reading some old articles about this, I was starting to psyche myself out, so I pulled up the ol’ iTunes for some background music to calm my nerves.

Behold, the Scumbag Shuffle:

First track: Once in a Lifetime. (Talking Heads)

Second track: Runaway Train. (Soul Asylum)

Third track: Escape. (Muse)

STOP FREAKING ME OUT, iTUNES.

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thestoutorialist:

thegoddamazon:

strugglingtobeheard:

shadow-sass:

wutangcat:

the only good part of Independence Day: a slut shaming FLOTUS gets put in her place by Vivica A Fox

O, there were more than one of those good parts, but this I love. Talking about being a good mom, taking care of her kid, humanizing her. Elevating her position in the plot relative to others around her, not demonizing her blackness or her woman-ness. Loved it.

i watched this on the 4th and had to give handsnaps because she’s my favorite in the movie. and her son and their dog lol

Favorite 4th of July movie.

I love watching this movie inside with a/c on the 4th. I also fucking LOVE Vivica A Fox’s response (including her face) and that Will Smith’s character sticks by her.

Jasmine is pretty much the smartest character in the whole movie.

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kezhound:

painted-bees:

jeanox:

Little nugget of advice that really changed the way I approached painting. When I started blending like this it was a real turning point for my art quality.

Forgot to add that lighting conditions and other variables in a piece make the hardness you want to choose somewhat variable. Drawing things like skin is more of a hardness range than it is a hard rule. 

Eheh
get it? Hard rule? (aaaaaaaaaand i’m done). 

Haa thanks, I can’t even put into words how unappealing the overuse of a soft brush is when rendering. There have even been otherwise expertly painted images that were (in my opinion) ruined by that overly soft ‘airbrush’-y look that soft edged brushes give off. 

I mean, I just really hate soft edged brush in most cases. It’s definitely the fact that you can’t read any real confidence in the brush strokes of a soft edged brush. It makes it really difficult to nail down any solid shapes or forms in your painting. Weak vagueness both in brush strokes and with shape and form is generally not a good thing when painting.

 If I can tell a soft edge brush was used (a lot) in an image, I probably won’t like how it’s been applied.

Seconded, started doing this awhile ago, really is nice.

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atopfourthwall:

siphersaysstuff:

strangecousinsusanx:

Forty-three years of this.

Apparently my last name is full of invisible consonants.

Everyone always assumes “Louis" for the first and I have a drawer full of mispronounciations for Lovhaug.

Both, in fact!  If they mess up my first name, it’s usually “Alexandria.”

But my last name.  The E’s are soft, not hard.

Heeberling

Herbling

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Huberleiner <—- what is this I don’t even