theresalighton:
Seeing this image probably would’ve put an end to me wanting to be a Ninja* Turtle when I was a kid**.
*They were Hero Turtles in the UK, because Ninjas were considered too scary for us.
**I planned to be the only female turtle, with a yellow mask. My weapon was my fiendish intelligence, and Michelangelo would share his pizza slices with me, but would pick off the pepperoni first (because I didn’t know what pepperoni was and it looked weird). C’mon, I was only nine!
As I grew up in Australia, they were always TMNT. But my dad picked up little books in Malaysia were labelled with the Hero variant as well.
In primary school, my classmates RP’d/LARP’d TMNT in our school uniforms, and I was Raphael. Because none of the others wanted him, and I had to pick last.
Yes, I was that kid.
Tuesday June 18, 2013 @ 0959
Bit worried about this succulent. The leaves are a little rubbery and I’m not sure if it’s because it’s overcrowded or overwatered. Either way I have to repot them. They’re far too big for this container.
Thursday June 13, 2013 @ 1631
(via CatchOfTheDay.com.au)
Every time I see one of these, I imagine what happens when at least one of the suction cups pop off just as your dear, beloved, normally docile cat hops up on it.
This does not seem like A Wise Purchase.
Thursday June 13, 2013 @ 1158
Chris shared this ages ago. It’s awesome. Take a look.
I promise this isn’t goatse or tubgirl.
Wednesday June 12, 2013 @ 1636
This is today.
That is all.
Wednesday June 12, 2013 @ 1030
"You shouldn’t dream your film, you should make it! If no one hires you, use the camera on your phone and post everything on YouTube. A young person has more opportunities to direct now than in my day. I’d have liked to begin making movies today."
— Steven Spielberg (via kickstarter)
Tuesday June 11, 2013 @ 1121
seventy-five-percent-water:
Sea Angels
Gymnosomata, commonly known as Sea Angels. An apt name - they are the ethereal, translucent, fluttering angels of the sea.
In hard scientific terms, they’re small swimming sea slugs, but we’ll pass over that for now and just admire how delicately beautiful these wonderful creatures are.
Not forgetting, of course, that it looks to many tumblrites like the head of a penis.
Honestly? I was wondering why there was a penguin wrapped in a bubble on my Dashboard. And then I saw the text.
(via odditiesoflife)
Tuesday June 11, 2013 @ 1120
Monday June 10, 2013 @ 2052
The succulents from the wedding are doing a little too awesome in these very small containers. I rather think I should have checked what type of succulents these were before planting them…
Monday June 10, 2013 @ 2050
kevinwada:
Hey all! As you may or may not know, the variant cover I did for the first issue of X-men is finally out! You can snatch up your own copy at this link, as I know many people have been having trouble trying to find it. It’s sold out as of now but keep checking back and maybe they’ll get more copies in? Since the issue is finally out I thought it might be safe to do an OFFICIAL post here. Don’t scratch me, Marvel. So here it is! Coming at you in three versions.
The first is, obviously, the entire completed image without all the type treatments of the actual issue. Here you can get a better view of the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning. I have no knack or love of drawing architecture or buildings so I do try to stylize them as much as I can to hopefully (HOPEFULLY) disguise all my flaws and shortcomings in attempting them in the first place. I couldn’t escape drawing the school in this image as how can you do a Downton Abbey-esque homage without an abbey stand-in? As you can see from the sketch, I changed the perspective of the school to a much more flattened viewpoint to save me some angst and so that a wonky perspective didn’t distract the viewer. There are minor changes in posture, costuming, and positioning of the characters as well. I so rarely post my sketches to finished pieces I thought it might be fun to see this one.
The second image is a scan of the figures as they appear in the actual painted piece. The backgrounds of my pieces are usually rare or simplified but whenever I need a more detailed background I usually do it separate from the foreground and compile the two in photoshop. Depending on the complexity of the piece or if the client is requesting a hardcopy, some pieces are done as one painting. These figures required some tender love and care and the background required detail and time so I decided to do them in two pieces. As for the figures themselves, of COURSE, I had to put Storm front and center. Her, Psylocke, and Rogue, as older members of the crew, were put in more cusp late 1910s/early 1920s looks while the younger kiddies were put in more explicitly 20s dresses. I had so much fun researching the eras and taking bits and pieces from different dresses to come up with these. Let me know what you think and don’t forget to pick up a copy!
X-Men Downton crossover. :P
(via brain-food)
Saturday June 08, 2013 @ 0949
