And done!
So this is my attempt at a steampunk Indian character. I was irritated into it by bad depictions of Western-aesthetic-pretty Indian Girlies in fake saris. Her hair is partly “inspired” by the Indian-rapunzels, because like Battameez, I cannot imagine an Indian woman with that much hair left unbraided.I’ve tentatively named her Amrita Bai, but that’s probably not period-accurate so it’s subject to change as I do more research. Her family’s from Tamilnadu, & are Vishwakarma caste (specifically metalsmiths, I assume), but they moved to one of the forts under Shivaji’s control, and she’s training under a mechanical artificer there. — All subject to change as I do more research. (Plz do tell me if this is faily somehow…)
Real saris are hard. And group-specific; this is a Tamil-brahmin 9-yard sari, and probably not quite period accurate but I’m not sure how it’d be different. No blouse, because this is from my no-British-Raj alternate India. I haven’t actually worn a 9-yard sari myself, so I’m not at all sure I have the folds right on this one. But I did get input from my mother, who has.
Anyway ya know what’s not hard? Making her skin dark. I find that dark skin is so much easier to get looking human rather than zombie than pale skin is, so extra wtf to those whitewashers who say it’s haaaard.
And now I run off to the doctor.
And don’t forget to check what the Google Ngram tool says about it.
A short clarification on the correct plural of “octopus”. :)
Here, I’ll be among the hundreds of thousands of people who reblogged this.
People are butts about gender sometimes! So here is a comic talking about how it really isn’t a big deal!
When I was with James this week I wrote a little poem about gender
and decided to draw a comic for said poem.Hope you guys enjoy!
Otters Who Look Like Benedict Cumberbatch: A Visual Examination.
All otters are from The Daily Otter, for all your ottery Tumblr needs!dying
I can imagine a hundred Sherlocks.
EDIT: So this post seems to have been retweeted by Nick Frost. Hello to anyone coming from Twitter! Now, I love you all to bits, but do you think you could perhaps reblog the original? This is just a reblog, after all, and credit for noticing Mr Cumberbatch’s uncanny resemblance to marine mammals should go to Redscharlach, who deserves them and the related follows a lot more! Ta!
“Octopus Samurai” Art Print by Phineas X. Jones
I had time to finish up my Janelle Monae picture from my previous post, this time adding a body and finding the right image to reference from for the pose. Pretty happy with this.
David Meowie
by Giuseppe Modica.
GPOY
If we want to reduce poverty, we have to stop doing the things that make people poor and keep them that way. Stop underpaying people for the jobs they do. Stop treating working people as potential criminals and let them have the right to organize for better wages and working conditions. Stop the institutional harassment of those who turn to the government for help or find themselves destitute in the streets. … At least we should decide, as a bare minimum principle, to stop kicking people when they’re down.
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[Image: 6-piece blue colored background with a Siamese cat with blue eyes. Text reads: “Everyone gets tired, just drink some coffee!” Brb bashing head against wall]
Feel free to replace “tired” with “headaches” and “coffee” with “aspirin.” SIGH.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnsiyh1gAT1qi36g3o1_400.png)
[Image: 6-piece blue colored background with a Siamese cat with blue eyes. Text reads: “Everyone gets tired, just drink some coffee!” Brb bashing head against wall]
Feel free to replace “tired” with “headaches” and “coffee” with “aspirin.” SIGH.
As sleepydumpling said, “A dancers body is a body that dances.”