viivus:

I made a walkthrough of my process for drawing faceted stones! Judging by the timestamps from the screenshots I took, drawing this one stone took an hour and three minutes, although I know I went and checked tumblr a couple times while I was working, so let’s just call it an hour.

Now MISCELLANEOUS NOTES

  • This walkthrough assumes you already know how to use layer masks, the clone stamp, and the lasso tool. There’s also one part where I didn’t label it, but I inverted the selection so I could keep my lines consistent. It’s in the third image.
  • Unfortunately I can’t really help with colour choice and the actual colouring of the pinwheel shape that makes up the back facets, but you can kind of see that I tended to colour with lines that cut across the facets and and kept the outer parts of the facets darker. It would probably be best to find a reference to work from!
  • This particular cut of stone is called the ‘brilliant’ cut.
  • There’s actually a lot of internal reflection business that goes on in a stone, but I elected to ingore all of it since at a distance you can’t really tell anyway.

now GO FORTH AND DAZZLE YOUR FRIENDS WITH YOUR SPARKLE

1 hour ago from viivus
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merongcrossing:

A diff sky pattern here.

5 hours ago from spoonster
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#ref,

fukuo:

Music Player Techno by Fukuo

I’ve been trying to find the style of Music Player, I had before. Now, I am going to share my experiment what I’ve done. As you can see, this is more complicated and is relatively different from my music tab, earlier. Just try to adjust the position of the music player if the position is not fit with your taste!

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HTML: Creating the Music Player!

As usual, try to insert this code under the ‘<body>’ tags!

<div id="music-rounded">
    <center><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7w2py1dEP1r6o8v2.gif"></center>
        <div class="music-border"></div>
            <div class="music-player-embed">
             <center>MUSIC PLAYER CODE HERE</center>
        </div>
    </div>

CSS: Styling the Music Player!

And then, put this code between <style type=”text/css”> and </style>

#music-rounded {
      position:fixed;
      left:75px;
      top:150px;
      width:50px;
      height:50px;
      background-color:#000;
      -moz-border-radius:100px;
      -webkit-border-radius:100px;
      border-radius:100px;
      opacity:1;
      -webkit-transition: all 0.4s ease;
      -moz-transition: all 0.4s ease;
      transition: all 0.4s ease;
}

#music-rounded img {
     margin-top:17px;
     margin-left:-2px;
}

#music-rounded:hover .music-player-embed {
     -moz-border-radius:5px;
     -webkit-border-radius:5px;
     border-radius:5px;
     margin-top:-20px;
     opacity:1;
     background-color:#000;
     color:#fff;
     -webkit-transition: all 0.7s ease;
     -moz-transition: all 0.7s ease;
     transition: all 0.7s ease;
} 

.music-border {
        position:absolute;
        margin-top:-42px;
        margin-left:-15px;
        border:10px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
        width:60px;
        height:59px;
        background-color:none;
        -moz-border-radius:100px;
        -webkit-border-radius:100px;
        border-radius:100px;
        -webkit-transition: all 0.4s ease;
        -moz-transition: all 0.4s ease;
        transition: all 0.4s ease;
}

.music-border:hover {
        margin-top:-48px;
        margin-left:-20px;
        border:15px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
        -webkit-transition: all 0.7s ease;
        -moz-transition: all 0.7s ease;
        transition: all 0.7s ease;
        -webkit-transform:rotateY(360deg);
        -moz-transform:rotateY(360deg);
        -o-transform: rotateY(360deg);
}

.music-player-embed {
    font-family:Consolas;
    font-size:11px;
    position:absolute;
    min-width:100px;
    background-color:#FFF;
    padding:9px;
    margin-left:90px;
    margin-top:0px;
    overflow:hidden;
    opacity:0;
    -webkit-transition: all 0.7s ease;
    -moz-transition: all 0.7s ease;
    transition: all 0.7s ease;
}

And, WA-LA! I hope you all like it! I was trying to make it with my sincerity from my knowledge of HTML and CSS—any form of Credit, Like and Reblog are appreciated! image

1 day ago from tackypies
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#ref,
A small collection of things worth watching.

umbrellasandjamjars:

Because sometimes when I feel equal parts creative and uninspired, I find old or arty films are very much chicken soup for the art-blocked soul, and since I’ve seen quite a few people making little lists of links for other people to see, I though I’d share these in the hopes that someone loves them as much as I have.

Hedgehog in the Fog (1975) 
An adorable and slightly eerie (the owl is the stuff of nightmares) short animation by Yuriy Norshteyn - and incidentally  apparently one of Hayao Miyazaki’s favourite animations too. 

The Mermaid (1997) (Rusalka)
Aleksander Petrov is quite a notable gentleman as his animations are done with pastel oil paints on glass sheets - and they are truly beautiful. He has also done a lovely version of Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea, which is worth seeing. 

Father Frost (1964)
This is a full length Russian movie, and a real joy to watch if you have the time. It’s very enchanting, and equal parts a tiny bit hilarious - it was made as a Christmas time film, and considering the budget for it, surprisingly good. This version doesn’t have subtitles, I’m afraid - the version I usually go to has been taken down, but I’m sure sooner or later it will crop up again - despite the language barrier, it’s not too hard to get the gist of the story anyway (and the costumes are very pretty to look at!).

Rusalochka (1976) (The Little Mermaid)
Another Russian fairy tale full length film - in my opinion it’s heartbreaking and sublime. You may recognize it, I’ve certainly seen the graphics and avatars with the lead actress floating around tumblr - Evanna Lynch with blue hair and breezy gauze dresses, anyone?

At Land (1944)  
Maya Deren’s first film, it’s a very surreal story about a woman’s self discovery on an island (in her mind? In someone else’s mind? In the Fourth Dimension? Up to you?), absolutely incredible to watch. 

Ekki múkk (2012)  
This just came out last month as part of Sigur Rós’ Valtari Mystery Film Experiment (look for the others in the set if you have time). Quite Beatrix Potter-esque in a heartbreaking way.

Alice in Wonderland (1903)  
The first ever Alice in Wonderland film, and quite appropriately strange and wonderland-y considering. 

The Master and Margarita (2005)
My poor followers will have heard me ramble on about how incredible the book is about a thousand times over, but I don’t think I’ll ever get over reading it. This miniseries of it deserves all the praise I can spare from the book; the script is almost word-for-word, it has a very clever use of sepia and colour (think Schindler’s List), and the acting is amazing. At least try to get to episode seven, I beg you.
To watch this with english, or otherwise, subtitles, you will have to turn on captions.

I was also going to post a link to one of the best movies I’ve ever seen - an anthology of seven folk ballads acted out word for word with the most beautiful visuals you could imagine - from a girl marrying a merman and having an adorable merbaby, the ghost of a soldier spiriting away his perplexed widow, to a frustrated mother encountering what may be the wrong way to quiet a screaming baby (hint: magic). Unfortunately, the user has removed it, so instead here’s a small taste (I do advise people to hunt down the whole movie for themselves though):
Kytice (2000)
 

1 day ago from zombietracks
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jetgreguar:

crazyhamlet:

e1n:

I think regardless of style or personality, your character should run properly. Awkward run ruins everything.

Don’t believe me? Try running the wrong way, see how far that gets you.

For clarity’s sake: the difference between right and wrong here is the arms. Your arms travel opposite your legs.

VERY good reference because these are mistakes i tend to still make at times

1 day ago from itsvondell
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#ref,
bonnibelbubblegum: if you have new leaf u NEED this app it lets u take pics and turn them into qr codes to use in-game!!! put ur favorite anime antagonist on ur wall or put your favorite ship on ur shirt like w/e man i have a freakin bubbline pic as my town flag the colors are honestly kinda shoddy but like 90% of the time it looks pretty decent and its just really cool so yeah get it

bonnibelbubblegum:

if you have new leaf u NEED this app it lets u take pics and turn them into qr codes to use in-game!!! put ur favorite anime antagonist on ur wall or put your favorite ship on ur shirt like w/e man i have a freakin bubbline pic as my town flag

the colors are honestly kinda shoddy but like 90% of the time it looks pretty decent and its just really cool so yeah get it

3 days ago from murrlin
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#Ref, #lol i dont even have new leaf,
5 days ago
1 week ago
How to block Sponsored Posts on your Dashboard

omgthatdress:

ookiepigster:

Tumblr has recently introduced Sponsored Posts. These posts can come from anyone, regardless of whether or not you follow them, and are primarily for advertising. If you want to block them, simply install Tumblr Savior and blacklist “sponsored_badge_icon” (without the quotes).

I think I’ve seen one, buried on my dash like a regular post about a show I don’t watch and from a blog that I don’t follow.  so hoping this works.

1 week ago from omgthatdress
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2 weeks ago from tackypies
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#Ref,
dreams-of-japan: A new school term by Hs7th on Flickr.

dreams-of-japan:

A new school term by Hs7th on Flickr.

4 weeks ago from dreams-of-japan
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EMULATOR- FREE RETRO GAME MASTERPOST

maedaeme:

Taokan couldn’t find his gameboy, and I remembered I have about a thousand links for NES, SNES, Game Boy games, in-browser emulators, and other things.

SO HERE THEY ARE, DOWNLOAD-FREE AND READY TO PLAY. ORGANIZED UNDER THE CUT.

Read More

1 month ago from moxana
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#Ref,
shsl kissmaster: want a new theme? »

shidanohana:

check out this list here:

omg this is such a long list that i thought it would help everyone ^o^ ill probably update this more often if i find some more theme blogs

1 month ago from airred
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owlapin:

owlapin:

owlapin:

MICROSOFT WORD HAS A FUCKING “INSERT CITATION” BUTTON WHY THE FUCK DID NO ONE EVER TELL ME THIS IS SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION FUCK THE SCHOOL SYSTEM THIS IS MICROSOFT WORD 2007 I SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE OF THIS IN HIGHSCHOOL WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK I HATE EVERYTHING

you can fucking log your sources into your document and then at the end press a fucking button and it makes a bibliography page for you im

image

im not even lying im so mad

1 month ago from airred
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1 month ago