Leucistic Ball Python study. Based on a leucistic morph breed.
reblog until every person in wales votes. shouldn't be too hard, there's like 6 of us*
*3.2 million
I wrote this in response to someone asking for advice, but I think it might be useful as it's own post.
Choosing a budget manual wheelchair
I've been using a wheelchair most of my adult life, and I know a lot of you do get an off-the-shelf manual wheelchair and wanted to lend my experience to help get the most out of it.
Important to know is most off-the-shelf chairs aren't actually made for self propulsion (even though they're labelled self-propelled) so here are good features to look for.
You want one with the axle directly beneath the back end of the seat, this will bring the wheel several inches forward of most off-the-shelf chairs, make self propulsion much much easier and allow you to tip more easily for a wheely (fun, and takes pressure off your spine which is more important than you might think).
If possible you want a low or folding back rest, not an absolute must but this allows you more back flex for more powerful propulsion, this is more desirable as your back and core muscles are strong for extended work and only using your arms can lead to long term shoulder injury.
You want to make sure nothing is in the way of your arms for the most natural movement (we don't want rotation injuries), so if needed ask if the arm rest is removable and how.
I would hope any chair has adjustable length foot rests, but that is really important.
You want at minimum a foam, ideally a gel cushion for pressure care... No cushion means no good, it's worth the extra money to avoid sores and pain from something you're spending all day in. I fully endorse e-begging to help afford a chair that isn't damaging your health.
This is just self care, if you can walk get up every couple of hours and take a few steps, it's good for you.
This is an example of what to look for. Anti-tip wheels will help while learning, arm rests fold away, back rest folds down for more powerful propulsion, looks like a decent cushion, adjustable foot rests. This one is the "Drive Spirit lightweight aluminium wheelchair" but I've seen it advertised under other names too and I'd say it's in the budget wheelchair range ($300-$500) but punching well above its price point in features.
4 months and 256 granny squares later, the end portal frame blanket is complete 🧶🧿
i uh,, dont think i posted these here, so heres yalls freak bug/ cosmic she/he
do you have any advice for drawing kitties? I would love to start my own clangen blog but the actual art is my final hurdle
honestly the biggest advice i have is that references are your best friend. find good drawings of cats and trace them to figure out the shapes, observe the way that the muscles twist and the joints bend, eventually you'll start to figure out the shapes on your own--though i think that references will always be important, no matter how good of an artist you are
my second biggest advice is do it bad. draw it and try not to care about how it looks--because it WILL look bad sometimes!!! and you will never stop having art that sometimes looks bad. it will never come out looking exactly the way you want it to, and spending all your time doing sketches that don't work the way you're hoping will only leave you with a hundred half finished drawings. do it bad
I made this same joke in my head with Sonic but Crash Bandicoot is the superior joke.
Hello! I am making a genetic cat picrew and i wonder if there's any guides on different white patches or tortoiseshell patterns. I am planning to do different types of tortoiseshell and white patches so I'm wondering-
Oh this is very fun…
Here’s a selection of diagrams demonstrating typical white distribution patterns and the classifications or nicknames which may be used to describe them.
Note that terms like harlequin, van and so forth are moreso used by registeries to describe phenotype. When it comes to genotype your basic white spotting is going to be…
No white (ww, wwg)
White gloving (wgwg)
Below 50% white (Wsw, Wswg)
Above 50% white (WsWs)
Dominant White (Wdw, Wdwg, WdWs, WdWd)
The possibilities are pretty much endless so have fun with it, especially when you get down to the little random markings. Here are the white pattern tags for the blog that you can peruse for inspiration:
bicolor white
harlequin white
van white
other white
mitted white
I don’t have as many visual resources for tortoiseshell but here’s a diagram @amber-tortoiseshell made illustrating the effect white spotting has on the standard tortoiseshell distribution.
The less white there is the more mottled the appearance, the colors sporadic and mixed in a manner than can be described as brindled. As white is added these patches increase in size and definition until they become distinct blotches.
The split face is a common tortoiseshell marking. The face, paws and tail also tend to sport larger and more distinctive patches of color even if the rest of the body is pretty well brindled.
Here are the tortoiseshell tags for the blog that you can peruse for inspiration:
black tortoiseshell
blue tortoiseshell
chocolate tortoiseshell
lilac tortoiseshell
cinnamon tortoiseshell
fawn tortoiseshell
I’d love to see it when you’re finished! Let me know if you have any more questions!
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@the-knife-consumer has really fun designs I just wanted to draw some! so here's Alph but more chibi-fied like the pikmin style :)
Wizards are not naturally immortal, in fact creating their own form of immortality is their graduate thesis.