“(Warning! Long Post! Also, Trigger Warning For Discussions Of Rape, Violence, Gender, And Sexuality!)

Oopsie got inspired by my friend (bro is OBSESSED with Mayhem and Pelle specifically) in the midst of our chat, so... have this

original art credit: @/usedsoil on Instagram!

Anxiety and Stress Crystals

I needed this, I’m sure plenty of you will too🌙

here we go—

Amethyst- helps with mood swings and give you a more clear mind

Black tourmaline- “purifies” the negative energy around you, grounds you

Smokey Quartz- helps you overcome and get rid of fears, also grounds you and keeps you focused

Citrine- citrine is just overall super happy, energetic, and mood boosting, how can you be worried when you’re full of energy and happiness??

Rose quartz- rose quartz is the stone of love, happiness, self love, etc, so it’ll balance out those worrying emotions

Blue Lace Agate- provides a sense of calm, and it also boosts your throat chakra, making it extra good with helping with social anxiety!! Plus I think blue stones in general are really calming anyway tbh

Lapis Lazuli- helps clear your thoughts, getting rid of all the worrying ones

Peridot- helps relieve feelings of guilt and heal emotional wounds

Fluorite- fluorite organizes chaos, clear your mind of toxic-ness

Honey Calcite- increases feelings of self worth and confidence

Celestite- can give its owner hope, helps with social anxiety (and stage freight, public speaking, etc), and gives off calming vibrations

Thulite- thulite helps you feel more relaxed in social situations, and will help you feel more enthusiastic about life

Labradorite- will make you more confident when taking action, will make you feel like you have a purpose if you don’t, and relax an overactive mind

Sodalite- calm the mind + relieve panic or anxiety attacks

Moonstone- moonstone is good for relieving stress and stabilizing emotions

I hope this is useful for you people who are a bit stressed right now, or have anxiety :)

Italian Ballet Dancer Luigi Campa in “Kaiko” filmed by Stefano Moro Van Wyk.

The Extension of Evolution–The story of transformation unfolds in photographer Stefano Moro Van Wyk’s latest film project starring dancer Luigi Campa. Titled “Kaiko,” the Japanese name for a silkworm’s journey towards becoming a moth, the film was inspired by Stefano’s trip to Japan, and his fascination with the volatility of nature. Just as a silkworm undergoes “kaiko” to become a beautiful moth, dance serves as a catalyst of transformation, as Luigi evolves into elegance and grace as the video concludes.

I've always loved drawing people and especially portraits. Your art is so inspiring! Do you have any advice on drawing portraits with accurate proportion? What aspects are the most important in portraits, do you think? And what are good exercises? I'm sorry for bombarding you with so many questions! :3

Thank you! There’s one thing about drawing portraits that I don’t think I’ve ever touched on, and it’s the technique of constraining features.  Basically, it becomes easier and more intuitive to rotate the face in 3D space once your mind grasps exactly where the features are located and, furthermore, where they can’t be located.  

I use a weird double trapezoid shape that I’ve depicted below in red to keep track of facial feature placement every single time I draw a face.  It follows the top of the eyebrows, touches the corner of the eye, traces down to the corner of the lips, and finally ends at the bottom of the lips.  

The shape of the constraint will change depending on the person’s features, and it works for every angle of the head.  For me it really internalized where each part of the face was, as well as where it started and ended. It kinda helps moderate your drawings; i.e., you’ll stop drawing features that are wildly misplaced or off-sized.  I don’t literally draw this shape out every time I draw a face, but I see it in my mind’s eye 100% of the time.

If you’re still learning proportions, a good exercise is to grab pictures of people and trace this shape over them (either digitally or with a marker or something) to get an idea of what realistic constraints looks like.  Then go back to studying faces, and constantly check your drawing by tracing along the eyebrows and down to the bottom of the lips to make sure that things aren’t off (e.g., the constraint isn’t terribly asymmetric).  It takes a while to get used to, but it might help you get a good feel for portraiture.  

There’s one other unrelated thing I like to do with faces, and if you’ve seen a lot of my pics you’ve already picked up on it.  If you kinda add some shading to the area on the cheek just below the eye and down to the nose, I think it adds a decent amount of depth to a face.  Don’t go overboard of course but there’s another little tip that could be of use.

Dance Macabre - Ghost B.C.

being born lonely is so fucking suffocating bc you feel like no matter what you do or who you’re with deep down you’re just not palatable to other people. something about you is so inherently other and nothing can ever dispel that. and it haunts you w every social situation you walk into but you just have to be okay w it for the rest of your life

”Spring breathes new life into the world around us.“ 🕯✨🌸🐇💕

hey. hey.

wanting attention is not a bad thing. wanting people to care about you is not selfish. it’s okay to want people to listen to you. you don’t need to do anything to deserve love. love is not a finite resource; we hold enough of it in our hearts to love each other every single day of the year. you deserve to be loved every single day of the year. don’t forget that.

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