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General PSA's for begginer alt crafting

- superglue heats up when in contact with fiber, your craft can start smoking or even catch on fire

- you can wash clothing painted with acrylic paint in the washing machine if you turn it inside out and use the lowest temperature

- don't put painted clothes in the dryer.

- you can wash clothes with metal bits in the washing machine but use the handwashing setting, dry the metal bits with a paper towel before hanging them to dry, and know that it WILL be loud

- synthetic dye is needed to dye synthetic fibers and requires a long time simmering in a boiling pot. This WILL stink up the house and you NEVER want to make food in that pot again

- faux leather is vinyl not leather. Get vinyl paint to paint on it

- don't use your teeth as tools, they don't regenerate. Reconstructing enamel costs a small fortune (ask me how I know.)

- when handsewing a lot through thick fabric get thin needles, it will require less force and be less taxing on your wrists. When machine sewing get a higher grade needle (~130 for jean)

- embroidery floss is overpriced and not as strong as it looks. For sewing on heavy stuff get denim thread, it will last forever

- don't feed a 60$ home sewing machine ten layers of denim before you learn how much a servicing fee costs, these things are dellicate

- spray paint is best applied from 30-40cm away, in swift movements. Putting too much or applying from too close will cause drips. You can sand them down and apply a new layer of paint AFTER they dry. Wipe the can nozzle after painting if it's messy, you don't want it to clog and become unusable

- water based markers on fabric will bleed, if not instantly then with time, alcohol markers will fade with time

- most fabric glues are machine washable up to a certain temperature. modgepodge is not waterproof, hitack is handwash only. Check the instructions

- the flatter the surface the easier hot glue will peel off. Faux leather stands no chance, fibers like yarn will hold it best, but is impossible to remove the glue from them in the future

- rivets are a thing that exists, only require a hammer to install and can be used as permanent fabric attachment

- studs, gromets and other metal junk at small fabric stores are laughably overspriced

- acetone (found in nail polish remover) will remove acrylic stains out of furniture, flooring and faux leather, if used in excess can damage the laquer. Can also be used to remove prints and glue off of plastic (do a small test before commiting, might melt the plastic it it's grade is low)

- residue from stickers (and k-tape) can be removed with oil

- acrylic stains cannot be removed out of clothing or carpet so protect your area before painting and don't wear clothes you care about

- if your thread keeps getting tangled or snagging while handsewing try waxing it

- you can lock in screw-in spikes with screw lock glue if you're scared of them falling off because they unscrew

- you can add washers to screw-in spikes if you're scared of them falling through flimsy fabric or too big of a hole

- if you're making anything out of soda cans have a metal file on hand, they are deceptively sharp and will hurt you and rip through fabric you're installing them in

- bleach can be found in mold killing spray (don't touch that shit with bare hands. chemical burn.)

- fabric paints are no different from slightly dilluted acrylic. You can make it yourself by adding a bit of fabric softener to acrylic or honestly even water

- if you are setting anything with an iron use parchment paper or a pressing cloth to pervent your stuff from sticking to your iron and ruining it

- if you want a safety pin somewhere permanently pinch it shut with pliers

- as much as you can, avoid putting glue on clothing, it makes it really hard to change your decisions later on and upcycle the project in the future

- kiss your friends

Finally have all 4 life stages let's gooo

piggybacking off some recent talk about how some cishet (especially male) creators only do gay rp because its less real to them, i think fandom is so quick to "sibling code" every interaction between a male and female creator because they, too, think of gay rp as less real and therefore shipping an m/f pairing is crossing a line.

If you're still taking suggestions, perhaps a soft snuggle?

OR them standing next to each other and you just *know* Etho is being smug about his height.

brother you’re not the one who should be on tippy toes

my finished piece for @trafficzine ‘s 6th edition! go check out all the wonderful artwork and writing that was put into this project here !

when you grew up as a lonely uncool girl it will never stop haunting you by the way. you will meet a cool person at a bar or the train station or at a friend's party and you can wear your most stylish outfit and striking eye makeup and you will swear that they can see through all of the facade and see the lonely terribly insecure teenage girl you used to be who desperately wanted to connect and you will swear that they know that there is like an insurmountable gap between you. this will happen forever

blue jacaranda blossom in 昆明kunming, yunnan province of china

lowkey things are shaping up to be pretty odd

they should give me the bachelors degree for being a kind soul

s33k the highb100d. pgs 59-66

> Gamzee: Turn.

relatively big update this time. i felt like it would be better to keep this chunk all together in order to be more coherent.

there are some fun panels here, i think. the > Gamzee: Turn. is especially fun. i had to shittily edit his scratches onto his face. i also added equius’s arm.

people kept insisting that he “take the arrow out.” well, it’s out.

Life Story

wooper

they should’ve never let me learn how to rom hack

ordering a pup cup for my chikorita in lumiose

© plutoxoxi via x/twitter

nothing funnier to me than when AI does math wrong. like I get why it happens, it's a language model that's treating the numbers you feed it as words rather than integers and then giving you an answer based on how those words typically appear in a block of text instead of actually performing a calculation. but the one thing computers are genuinely incredible at. you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did, look at it it's got hallucinations

reblog to give warm bread to your mutuals

yo this fucking sucks and i aint fucking finishing it 

stargazer, moongazer

*crashes into ur dash three months late*

I hid a few sneaky details in their so I’m excited to see if anyone catches them >:D it was fun going back and watching some of the winner POVs as well.

Procreate — 34hrs (27 for the characters and 7 for the BG/ final layering)

there is a demon in your house named CARBON MONOXIDE. he enchants your mind with confusion and your body with exhaustion. you need to call a powerful exorcist named HVAC TECHNICIAN

transsexual

cadapeller -> budderfly

write this down please.

Bug 182 be like:

🎸🦗 🎶 🥁🐜

🎶 🎤🐛 🎶

🎶All the🎶

🎶Crawl things🎶