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PSA for Switch owners

The latest 11.0 update means that Google Analytics is a thing on the switch and turned on. What that means is that Nintendo has a deal with Google to share with them your data for advertisement purposes.

To turn it off

go to the eShop

go to your profile where your funds and account info is

go down to the bottom of the page

there you will see “Google Analytics Preferences”

select the Change

select “Don’t Share”

Please spread the word. Really shitty of Nintendo to just quietly start allowing Google to spy on users for advertising.

hey did you know that by not voting because you think neither candidate is good enough, you're giving your vote to republicans.

did you know that by not voting, you're giving your vote to republicans.

vote, i beg you, even if you don't like kamala harris. vote, because otherwise you will be handing victory to republicans on a silver platter

check your voter status here

vote forward (volunteer letter writing encouraging people to vote, super easy)

January was a tough year but we made it

Can't afford art school?

After seeing post like this 👇

And this gem 👇

As well as countless of others from the AI generator community. Just talking about how "inaccessible art" is, I decided why not show how wrong these guys are while also helping anyone who actually wants to learn.

Here is the first one ART TEACHERS! There are plenty online and in places like youtube.

📺Here is my list:

Proko (Free)

Marc Brunet (Free but he does have other classes for a cheap price. Use to work for Blizzard)

Aaron Rutten (free)

BoroCG (free)

Jesse J. Jones (free, talks about animating)

Jesus Conde (free)

Mohammed Agbadi (free, he gives some advice in some videos and talks about art)

Ross Draws (free, he does have other classes for a good price)

SamDoesArts (free, gives good advice and critiques)

Drawfee Show (free, they do give some good advice and great inspiration)

The Art of Aaron Blaise ( useful tips for digital art and animation. Was an animator for Disney)

Bobby Chiu ( useful tips and interviews with artist who are in the industry or making a living as artist)

Second part BOOKS, I have collected some books that have helped me and might help others.

📚Here is my list:

The "how to draw manga" series produced by Graphic-sha. These are for manga artist but they give great advice and information.

"Creating characters with personality" by Tom Bancroft. A great book that can help not just people who draw cartoons but also realistic ones. As it helps you with facial ques and how to make a character interesting.

"Albinus on anatomy" by Robert Beverly Hale and Terence Coyle. Great book to help someone learn basic anatomy.

"Artistic Anatomy" by Dr. Paul Richer and Robert Beverly Hale. A good book if you want to go further in-depth with anatomy.

"Directing the story" by Francis Glebas. A good book if you want to Story board or make comics.

"Animal Anatomy for Artists" by Eliot Goldfinger. A good book for if you want to draw animals or creatures.

"Constructive Anatomy: with almost 500 illustrations" by George B. Bridgman. A great book to help you block out shadows in your figures and see them in a more 3 diamantine way.

"Dynamic Anatomy: Revised and expand" by Burne Hogarth. A book that shows how to block out shapes and easily understand what you are looking out. When it comes to human subjects.

"An Atlas of animal anatomy for artist" by W. Ellenberger and H. Dittrich and H. Baum. This is another good one for people who want to draw animals or creatures.

Etherington Brothers, they make books and have a free blog with art tips.

As for Supplies, I recommend starting out cheap, buying Pencils and art paper at dollar tree or 5 below. For digital art, I recommend not starting with a screen art drawing tablet as they are more expensive.

For the Best art Tablet I recommend either Xp-pen, Bamboo or Huion. Some can range from about 40$ to the thousands.

💻As for art programs here is a list of Free to pay.

Clip Studio paint ( you can choose to pay once or sub and get updates)

Procreate ( pay once for $9.99)

Blender (for 3D modules/sculpting, ect Free)

PaintTool SAI (pay but has a 31 day free trail)

Krita (Free)

mypaint (free)

FireAlpaca (free)

Libresprite (free, for pixel art)

Those are the ones I can recall.

So do with this information as you will but as you can tell there are ways to learn how to become an artist, without breaking the bank. The only thing that might be stopping YOU from using any of these things, is YOU.

I have made time to learn to draw and many artist have too. Either in-between working two jobs or taking care of your family and a job or regular school and chores. YOU just have to take the time or use some time management, it really doesn't take long to practice for like an hour or less. YOU also don't have to do it every day, just once or three times a week is fine.

Hope this was helpful and have a great day.

hello, its me stixx, I am very sorry for stealing your art and I did not think it would be such a bad impact, I saw the c.ai drama with bamsara an hour after I had asked you to use the bot, I am very sorry, and the bio was a joke. Please don't shoot me in the leg several times.

I hope this fixes it.

No, it doesn't.

I asked you to delete the AI chatroom and you still haven't followed through with it. If the worst comes to it, I will have to report it for copyright infringement because I did NOT consent to this and never will. It was never about the art.

Please take it down or I will do it myself.

please keep sharing fundraisers. please. while we remain safe in our communities and homes and so many other places, constant fear and danger and genocide continues to strike in gaza.

donate to Siraj's campaign to rebuild his home, which he needs to reach 75k by tomorrow, MONDAY SEPTEMBER 9TH

donate to Amal and her family's campaign, in which she is caring for over 20 family members and her own baby, Maryam

donate to the Shehab family, who have just survived the recent bombing of the city of Nuseirat

i know it's not a great time financially for most people right now, but i've still had a lot of people reaching out for help so i want to boost their campaigns in the event that anyone is able to give. campaigns are linked on their names to cut down on the post length.

Farah @elegantkidpuppy reached out on behalf of her family in Al-Zawaida. her brother has suffered an amputation and is in urgent need of medical care. she intends to finish her degree in computer science to help her family start over. #310 on the gaza-evacuation-funds list. £8,721/10,000

Amal @amalalkafarna18 reached out on behalf of her young son Mohammed(5), who has been severely injured in a drone strike and needs care outside of Gaza. she is traveling with her husband and other two small children (7 and 1) along with another young family consisting of 3 siblings (26, 16, and 4) who were separated from their parents. unvetted but images are unique and donations are protected. $2,278/5,000

Amal @familgazaamal1's infant nephew has nerve damage and a severe injury to his foot due to the shelling and needs treatment urgently. her father was in Egypt on October 7th and has been separated from his family since the border crossing closed. Amal is trapped with her mother and 3 brothers, as well as her infant nephew whose mother is also in Egypt. #55 on the gazavetters list. $10,205/30,000

Lina @leena-112's husband, 2 sons, and daughter have lost their home and place of work. unvetted but images are unique and donations are protected. €130/30,000

Mosab @mfamily reached out asking for help supporting his wife, his father, his brother, and his baby daughter, who is less than 6 months old. his extended family's 3-floor home was bombed early in the attacks, killing 26 of his extended family members. #309 on the gazavetters list. €2,623/20,000

Abdul @abdalrahim88 (warning for blood in his fundraiser images) is a pastry chef and trains young people to enter the restaurant industry. his home and restaurant were both destroyed and he is now living with his wife, children (2 sons), mother, father, brothers, uncle and his wife in a tent. one of his sons sustained injuries to his spine and skull and is still suffering in the hospital. unvetted but images are unique and donations are protected. €152/80,000

Etaf @etafpalestine1, her husband, and her 5 children have evacuated to Egypt, but they are still in need of support as they rebuild from scratch and try to send their children back to school. #9 on gaza-evacuation-funds' list, #1120 on the Butterfly Effect Project's list, and #88 on gazavetters' list. €11,450/100,000

Amira @amira-nimer is a 23-year-old data science student whose father passed due to coronavirus, and has been taking care of her diabetic mother ever since. she has been displaced by the destruction of her home and her university and is currently living in a tent with her family in Deir al-Balah. vetted. €32,703/39,000

Imithal @imtithalcrusadecreator is a dentist from gaza who is currently displaced with her extended family of 35, mostly children. she has already lost her brother. vetted. €8,067/50,000

Ahmed @ahmedmohammeds-blog is a recent journalism graduate from Khan Younis who has been displaced 4 times by airstrikes. he hopes to raise money for necessities for his family, as well as for his brothers' educations and to replace his lost camera, which he needs for his journalism career. unvetted but images are unique and his donations are protected. €120/30,000

Shima @shimabshahin and her husband and three children have lost their home and have been displaced multiple times. unvetted but images are unique and donations are protected. €823/60,000

Louay @nerdyzombiecoffee suffers from health issues including increased electrical activity in his body and stunted growth. he is trying to raise money to purchase a warm tent and winter clothes for his family. unvetted but images are unique and donations are protected. £336/30,000

Rana @ranafamily7 is a 14-year-old wheelchair user living with her mother and siblings in a small, structurally damaged house in Gaza. her father has been separated from them and is living in a tent in southern Gaza. she is raising money for necessities including medical care. #250 on the gazavetters list. €3,142/50,000

Noura @nouraayman is a young mother who was forced to flee to Egypt with her husband, baby daughter, mother, and father-in-law. she and her husband both studied at Al-Shifa hospital as medical lab specialists, but have been uprooted and no longer have income to pay for her father-in-law's kidney cancer treatment. on top of that, her other family members including her 85-year-old athsmatic father and teenage siblings are still trapped in Gaza and need funds to escape. vetted. €5,430/50,000

Mona @manouche-231 is a housewife with 3 children living in a tent after their house was destroyed in the bombardment. #253 on the gazavetters list. €1,430/50,000

Mohammed @mohammednasser is a 17-year-old high school student who has been displaced with his mother and 7 siblings after their home was destroyed. after evacuating, he intends to continue his studies. unvetted but images are unique and donations are protected. €7,960/38,000

Ola @abedallhferwanagaza's husband reached out on behalf of his wife. he was in Egypt on the day the attacks started, and has been separated from his wife and 3 children in Gaza ever since. he hasn't been able to meet his youngest daughter, born during the attacks, in person yet. Ola and her 3 children have been suffering liver problems as a result of the unclean water and unsanitary conditions. #60 on the gazavetters list, #964 on the Butterfly Effect project's list. €19,210/35,000

Lana @ali-gaza's father is severely injured and their mother is in need of lengthy medical treatment. their family home was destroyed. #307 on the gazavetters list. $522/25,000

Tareq @tareqayad1 needs funds for himself and his 12 family members, including several small children, to escape to Egypt. they have been displaced multiple times and have no income due to their family house painting/maintenance business being destroyed and an unstable internet connection preventing remote work. Tareq's father is chronically ill and his brother has dwarfism; both of them need urgent care. #160 on the gazzavetters list, #599 on the Butterfly Effect project's list, #95 on PaliLiberation's list. $19,487/92,900

Bassam @bassamsameh reached out on behalf of his family by sharing his brother Fouad and his brother's wife Roba's campaigns. Bassam's educational technology company and Fouad and Roba's solar energy company have both been destroyed, leaving their collective family of 17 without income, including a baby daughter under 1 year old. both unvetted but images are unique and donations are protected. €2,072/35,000 and €2,991/10,000

Yossef @yosef-gaza111 is a young accountant who lost his home and job as he evacuated his home with his family of 12. He intended to marry his fiance, a software engineering student, in 2024, but she evacuated to another area of Gaza with her family. his mother is in desperate need of an operation that her family cannot afford. #251 on the gazavetters list. $1,382/30,000

fucking hate it when the stuff everybody says "actually works" does actually work.

hate exercising and realizing i've let go of a lot of anxiety and anger because i've overturned my fight-or-flight response.

hate eating right and eating enough and eating 3 times a day and realizing i'm less anxious and i have more energy

hate journaling in my stupid notebook with my stupid bic ballpoint and realizing that i've actually started healing about something once i'm able to externalize it

hate forgiving myself hate complimenting myself more often hate treating myself with kindness hate taking a gratitude inventory hate having patience hate talking to myself gently

hate turning my little face up to the sun and taking deep breaths and looking at nature and grounding myself and realizing that i feel less burdened and more hopeful, more actually-here, that i am able to see the good sides of myself more clearly, that i am able to see not only how far i have to grow - but also how much growth i have already done & how much of my life i truly fill with light and laughter and love

horrible horrible horrible. hate it but i'm gonna do it tho

My fandoms and my fandom neighbors!

TODAY, August 12, 2024, The Animation Guild begins negotiations with the AMPTP to win a new contract for animation. This is a huge fight with severe stakes for the future of the Animation Industry in the US, and the guild needs your support!

TAG is fighting, Right Now, to stop exploitative practices that are weaponized against animation professionals across the globe, and working hard to ensure this industry has a future here in the states.

If you are a fan of animation, whether it's major or independent studios, eastern or western, tv or movies, we need you to get LOUD in support of The Animation Guild. The crews who work so hard to bring these works to life are struggling to pay their bills, if they can find work at all, while studio CEOs are getting multi-million dollar raises to cancel projects and gut streaming libraries.

We can win this fight, but we need public outcry and support. If you work in animation, if you've ever dreamed of working in animation, or if you just love animation, please stand with TAG and support the union effort to keep animation a viable career and a valuable medium!

Check out the Website Here: #StandWithAnimation

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Hey y’all especially those in swing states, eyes up:

CNBC

How an Elon Musk PAC is using voter data to help Trump beat Harris in 2024 election

Tesla CEO Elon Musk says he created America PAC, which collects data in swing states key to the 2024 election between Donald Trump and Kamal

The elongated muskrat has engaged in blatant election interference by putting out a fake voter registration page on Google ads with the clear intention to dupe voters into thinking they have actually registered to vote. It’s likely also a data harvesting tactic.

Hopefully this gets immediately flagged and taken down but we all know this fascist chucklefuck will not see consequences to his actions and this is something that would drag out in court. Spread the word. Only register to vote through state board or check vote.org for more resources. Do not register through anything else ESPECIALLY if it has some sort of clear motivation.