Let me keep you safe
Bonus:
Someone help these pining dorks. Feat. the Tracis. (yes, they’ve adopted a puppy) I’m kinda only capable of silly doodles atm and I probably should keep these on twitter only lol. Also, androids blush blue, there is nothing you can say that would convince me otherwise.
“i take hair ties off of my wrist when i weigh myself - nature or nurture? i wonder how many calories are in toothpaste and i only feel beautiful when my stomach growls. there’s a zoo in my belly and everyone just marvels at my self control - ignoring the captivity. as a young girl, the women in my family would oftentimes tell me that they wished to be my size. forgetting that, one day, i would grow up to be theirs. what a catastrophic family tradition. i drink diet coke for dinner and make meals like a mad scientist - measuring everything that dares to enter this body. but, i don’t look sick.. you can’t quite see my bones and i’d like to think that means i have it under control. you see, i’m just on a “diet” i’m just “intermittent fasting” i’m just “in the beginning stages” i just “want my clothes to fit better.” i promise, if i just lose 30 more pounds, i’ll stop. i’m not shrinking - i’m being molded - i am a sculpture made from countless creators so blame them if you don’t like the art.”
— smspoetry
This was originally going to be a lot longer, but I ran out of steam! I have some thoughts to continue it later if I feel up to it!
-Yamino
P.S. Shoutout to my wife @summerlightning for helping me bounce off ideas and editing the text!
YES
Mercykill colour doodling.
HOW DID NOBODY GIF THIS YET. YOU’RE WELCOME.
google street view is your friend
use flickr and follow travel blogs
here’s a website for climate of any place
buy travel guides and watch documentaries
buy a good atlas and research how long travel from one place to another takes
research native language and slang
talk to people from there
read @heywriters‘s answer to how do i go about writing a story in a country i’ve never been to?
If you liked my tips, consider buying me a virtual coffee to keep me writing.
Okay so I followed this video about foreshortening and…
Sycra. I love you so much for making this video.
#chris evans #in where he is actually steve rogers
Right now, I am literally a whole province from my friends even close to my age and if I didn't have the internet I wouldn't be able to fucking contact them.
Honest Posters of Our Relationship with Technology
Designer Ajit Johnson, living in England, has imagined a series of posters called “#This_Generation”. With honesty, the posters show anecdotes linked to our daily relationship with technology and social networks.
World War 1 and 2.
In Hell, at death headquarters, sits the Grim Reaper. There is a list of names of everyone in the world. Whenever he crosses off a name, the person dies. Suddenly, he bumps the ink pot and ink goes everywhere, covering up the names.
I am Groot.
Nagato Iwasaki is one of those artists you don’t know much about. But his art talks for itself.
The Japan-based artist creates incredible driftwood sculptures. Each of his human-shaped figures can both mesmerize and scare you. The artist manages to create an uneasy feeling using nothing but wood and you can be sure, that if you’d stumble upon one of these sculptures at night, you’d go sleepless for days.
More info: nagato-iwasaki.com | Facebook
(Link to article)
I want to introduce all of you to this amazing place called the ukhairdressers style gallery.
It’s basically a massive database full of high-quality images of different hairstyles. I mean, look at all the options in that sidebar (and part of it’s cut off):
In total they have 976 pages of hairstyles with about 17 styles each, that’s about 16592 hairstyles to look at.
Look at all the stuff they’ve got! Long hair:
Short hair:
Straight hair:
Curly hair:
Afro hair:
Men’s hair:
Hair on older models:
Extra-fancy hair:
Even crazy avant-garde hair:
So if you need help with designing a character or you just want to practice drawing hair, this is a fantastic resource.
OKAY BUT MY MOM ALWAYS EATS THE THINGS IM SAVING FOR LAST AND IT DRIVES ME UP THE EFFING WALL.
If you don’t strategically eat your food so that the last bites to go in your mouth are the tastiest look at your choices
“bisexuals are half straight”
“bisexuals are inherently transphobic”
“when a bisexual dates the opposite sex, they’re just hetero”
“bisexuals have no place in lgbt+ safe spaces”
“i’d never touch a bi/pan person because they’ve been with the opposite sex”
“there is no such thing as bi/panphobia :)!”
“bi/pan people aren’t as important as lesbians and gays”
An old and homely grandmother accidentally summons a demon. She mistakes him for her gothic-phase teenage grandson and takes care of him. The demon decides to stay at his new home.
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JUST LETTING Y'ALL KNOW WHERE THIS BLOG STANDS.
Have A Nice Day!
This is the double legendary event anniversary skins of good luck
Reblog to have double legendaries in all your lootboxes
My God these beautiful beans
Those brunch looks though how pretty like their style and Talyn’s hair oh my gosh I had to try drawing it
Keep reading
HOLY SHIT
My input into Mermay challenge. Pink battle Mercy mermaid ready to kick some fins B)
Alternatives for when you’re feeling angry or restless:
Scribble on photos of people in magazines
Viciously stab an orange
Throw an apple/pair of socks against the wall
Have a pillow fight with the wall
Scream very loudly
Tear apart newspapers, photos, or magazines
Go to the gym, dance, exercise
Listen to music and sing along loudly
Draw a picture of what is making you angry
Beat up a stuffed animal
Pop bubble wrap
Pop balloons
Splatter paint
Scribble on a piece of paper until the whole page is black
Filling a piece of paper with drawing cross hatches
Throw darts at a dartboard
Go for a run
Write your feelings on paper then rip it up
Use stress relievers
Build a fort of pillows and then destroy it
Throw ice cubes at the bathtub wall, at a tree, etc.
Get out a fine tooth comb and vigorously brush the fur of a stuffed animal (but use gentle vigor)
Slash an empty plastic soda bottle or a piece of heavy cardboard or an old short or sock
Make a soft cloth doll to represent the things you are angry at; cut and tear it instead of yourself
Flatten aluminum cans for recycling, seeing how fast you can go
On a sketch or photo of yourself, mark in red ink what you want to do. Cut and tear the picture
Break sticks
Cut up fruits
Make yourself as comfortable as possible
Stomp around in heavy shoes
Play handball or tennis
Yell at what you are breaking and tell it why you are angry, hurt, upset, etc.
Buy a cheap plate and decorate it with markers, stickers, cut outs from magazines, words, images, what ever that expresses your pain and sadness and when you’re done, smash it. (Please be careful when doing it)
Alternatives that will give you a sensation (other than pain) without harming yourself:
Hold ice in your hands, against your arm, or on your mouth
Run your hands under freezing cold water
Snap a rubber band or hair band against your wrist
Drip hot candle wax on your skin (please be careful doing this)
Clap your hands until it sting
Wax your legs
Drink freezing cold water
Splash your face with cold water
Put PVA/Elmer’s glue on your hands then peel it off
Massage where you want to hurt yourself
Take a hot shower/bath
Draw in red ink lines where you want to self harm
Take a hot or cold shower/bath
Jump up and down to get some sensation in your feet
Write or paint on yourself
Arm wrestle with someone
Bite into a hot pepper or chew a piece of ginger root
Rub liniment under your nose
Rub lotion on yourself
Put tiger balm on the place(s) you want to cut. (Tiger balm is a muscle relaxant cream that induces a tingly sensation. You can find it in most health food stores and vitamin stores).
Alternatives that will distract you or take up time:
Say “I’ll self-harm in fifteen minutes if I still want to” and keep going for periods of fifteen minutes until the urge fades
Colour your hair
Count up to ten getting louder until you’re screaming
Sing on the karaoke machine
Complete something you’ve been putting off
Take up a new hobby
Make a cup of tea
Tell and laugh at jokes
Play solitaire
Count up to 500 or 1000
Surf the net
Make as many words out of your full name as possible
Count ceiling tiles or lights
Search ridiculous things on the web
Colour coordinate your wardrobe
Play with toys, such as a slinky or play-doh
Go to the park and play on the swings or jungle gym
Call someone
Go “people watching”
Carry safe, rather than sharp, things in your pockets
Do school work
Play a musical instrument
Watch tv or a movie
Paint your nails
Alphabetize your CDs or books or movies
Cook
Make origami to occupy your hands
Doodle on sheets of people
Dress up or try on clothes
Play computer games or painting programs, such as photoshop
Write out lyrics to your favourite song
Play a sport
Read a book/magazine
Do a crossword
Draw a comic strip
Make a chain link out of paper counting the hours or days you’ve been self-harm free using pretty coloured paper
Knit, sew, or make a necklace
Make ‘scoobies’ - braid pieces of plastic or lace, to keep your hands busy
Buy a plant and take care of it
Hunt for things on eBay or Amazon
Browse for forums
Go shopping
Memorize a poem with meaning
Learn to swear in another language
Look up words in a dictionary
Play hide-and-seek
Go outside and watch the clouds
Plan a party
Find out if any concerts will be in your area
Make your own dance routine
Trace your hand on a piece of paper; on your thumb, write something you like to look at; on your index finger, write something you like to touch; on your middle finger, write your favourite scent; on your ring finger, write something you like the taste of; on your pinky finger, write something you like to listen to; on your palm, write something you like about yourself
Plan regular activities for your most difficult time of day
Finish homework before it’s due
Take a break from mental processing
Notice black and white thinking
Get out on your own, get away from the stress
Go on YouTube
Make a scrapbook
Colour in a picture or colouring book
Make a phone list of people you can call for support allow yourself to use it
Pay attention to your breathing (breathe slowly, in through your nose, and out your mouth)
Pay attention to the rhythmic motions of your body (walking, stretching, etc.)
Learn HALT signals (hungry, angry, lonely, tired)
Choose a random object, like a paper clip, and try to list 30 different uses for it
Pick a subject and research it on the web - alternatively, pick something to research and then keep clicking on links, trying to get as far away from the original topic as you can
Take a small step towards a goal you have
Alternatives that are completely bizarre, at least you’ll have a laugh:
Crawl on all fours and bark like a dog or another animal
Run around outside screaming
Laugh for no reason whatsoever
Make funny faces in a mirror
Without turning orange, self-tan
Pluck your eyebrows
Put faces on apples, oranges, or other sorts of food
Go to the zoo and name all of the animals
Colour on the walls
Blow bubbles
Pull weeds in the garden
Alternatives for when you’re feeling guilty, sad, or lonely:
Congratulate yourself on each minute you go without self-harming
Draw or paint
Look at the sky Instead of punishing yourself by self-harming, punish yourself by not self-harming
Call a friend and ask for company
But a cuddly toy
Give someone a hug with a smile
Put a face mask on
Watch a favourite TV show or movie
Eat something ridiculously sweet
Remember a happy moment and relive it for a while in your head
Treat yourself to some chocolate
Try to imagine the future and plan things you want to do
Look at things that are special to you
Compliment someone else
Make sculptures
Watch fish
Play with a pet
Have or give a massage
Imagine yourself living in a perfect home and describe it in your mind If you’re religious, read the bible or pray
Light a candle and watch the flame (be careful)
Go chat in the chat room
Let yourself to cry; crying is a healthy release of emotion
Accept a gift from a friend
Carry tokens to remind you of peaceful comforting things/people
Take a hot bath with bath oil or bubbles
Curl up under a comforter with hot cocoa and a good book
Make affirmation tapes inside you that are good, kind, gentle (sometimes you can do this by writing down the negative thoughts and then physically re-writing them into positive messages)
Make a tray of special treats and tuck yourself into bed with it and watch tv or read
Alternatives for when you’re feeling panicky or scared:
“See, hear, and feel” - 5 things, then 4, then 3, and countdown to one which will make you focus on your surroundings and sill calm you down
Listen to soothing music; have a CD with motivational songs that you can listen to
Meditate or do yoga
Name all your soft toys Hyper focus on something
Do a “reality check list” - write down all the things you can list about where you are now (i.e It is the 9th of November 2015, I’m in a room and everything is going to be alright) With permission, give someone a hug
Drink herbal tea
Crunch ice
Hug a tree
Go for a walk if it’s safe to do so
Feel your pulse to prove you’re alive
Go outside and attempt to catch butterflies or lizards
Put your feet firmly on the floor
Accept where you are in the process.
Beating yourself up only makes it worse
Touch something familiar/safe
Leave the room 4/7/8 breathing - breathe in for 4 seconds, hold for 7 seconds, and breathe out for 8 seconds.
Repeat until you feel calm.
Alternatives that will hopefully make you think twice about harming yourself:
Think about how you don’t want scars
Treat yourself nicely
Remember that you don’t have to hurt yourself just because you’re thinking about self-harm
Create a safe place to go
Acknowledge that self-harm is harmful behaviour
Repeat to yourself “I don’t deserve to be hurt” even if you don’t believe it
Remember that you always have the choice not to cut: it’s up to you what to do
Think about how you may feel guilty after self-harming
Remind yourself that the urge to self-harm is impulsive: you will only feel like cutting for short bursts of time
Avoid temptation
Get your friends to make you friendship bracelets; wear them around your wrists to remind you of them when you want to cut
Be with other people
Make your own list of things to do instead of self-harm
Make a list of your positive character traits
Be nice to your family, who in return, will hopefully be nice to you
Put a band-aid on the area where you’d like to self-harm
Recognize and acknowledge the choices you have NOW
Pay attention to the changes needed to make you feel safe
Notice “choices” vs “dilemmas"
Lose the “should-could-have to” words. Try “what if"
Kiss the places you want to SH or kiss the places you have healing wounds. It can be a reminder that you care about yourself and that you don’t want this
Choose your way of thinking, try to resist following old thinking patterns
The Butterfly project - draw a butterfly on the place(s) that you would self-harm and if the butterfly fades without self-harming, it means it has lived and flown away, giving a sense of achievement. Whereas if you do self-harm with the butterfly there; you will have to wash it off, therefore “killing it”. You can start again by drawing a new one on. You can name the butterfly after someone you love.
Write the name of a loved one [a friend, family member, or anyone else who cares about you] and write their name where you want to self-harm. When you go to self-harm remember how much they care and wouldn’t want you to harm yourself.
Think about what you would say to a friend who was struggling with the same things you are and try to be a good friend to yourself.
Make a bracelet out of duct tape, and put a line on it ever day (or ant period of time) you go without self-harm. When it’s full of lines, take it off and make a chain out of all the bracelets and hang it up somewhere where you can be reminded of your great progress
Alternatives that give the illusion of seeing something similar to blood:
Draw on yourself with a red pen or body paint
Cover yourself with plasters where you want to cut
Give yourself a henna or fake tattoo
Make “wounds” with makeup, like lipstick
Take a small bottle of liquid red food colouring and warm it slightly by dripping it into a cup of hot water for a few minutes. Uncap the bottle and press it’s tip against the place you want to cut. Draw the bottle in a cutting motion while squeezing it slightly to let the food colour trickle out.
Draw on the areas you want to cut using ice that you’ve made my dropping six or seven drops of red food colour into each of the ice cube tray wells
Paint yourself with red tempera paint
‘Cut’ your skin with nail polish (it feels cold but it’s hard to get off)
Alternatives to help you sort through your feelings:
Phone a friend and talk to them
Make a collage of how you feel
Negotiate with yourself
Identify what if hurting you do bad that you need to express it in this way Write your feelings in a diary
Free write (write down whatever you’re thinking at the moment, even if it doesn’t make sense)
Make lists of everything, such as blessings, in your life
Make a notebook of song lyrics that you can relate to
Call a hotline
Write a letter to someone telling them how you feel (but don’t send it if you decide not to)
Start a grateful journal where everyday you write down three: good things that happened/things that you accomplished/are grateful for/made you smile.
Make sure the journal is strictly for positive things. Then when you feel down, you can go back and look at it.
Hotlines:
Suicide Hotlines Worldwide
Suicide (and other support) Hotlines UK
Suicide (and other support) Hotlines USA
Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence Hotlines (USA)
Child Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence Hotlines (USA
More:
Feeling Sad? - Masterpost of Links/Websites/Games to visit when feeling sad
100 Reasons NOT to Commit Suicide
More Help/Tips/Advice
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