I had a blind professor, last semester, and I swung through his office to make up an exam. It was a while before I knew he was in there because he was sitting with the lights off. I finally went in, apologized, and took the exam by the light of a nearby window (which was fine). Forty-five minutes into dead silence he panicked and yelled in this booming voiced, “WAIT, YOU CAN SEE!!!” before diving across his desk to turn on the lights. I’m sure he was embarrassed but I thought it was endearing and it highlighted a large aspect of disabled life that I hadn’t previously considered.
Sort of relatedly I once had professor who was deaf, but she had learned to read lips and speak so she could communicate easily with hearing people who didn’t know sign language. One day she had gotten off topic and was talking a little about her personal life, so that one of the students said “Oh, I know, I grew up in Brooklyn too.”
She stared at him for a long time and then said “How do you know I’m from Brooklyn?”
And he said “You have a Brooklyn accent.”
She said “I do?” and the whole class nodded, and then she burst out laughing and said “I had no idea! The school where I learned to speak was in Brooklyn. I learned by moving my mouth and tongue the way my teachers did. So I guess it makes sense that I have their accent, I just never thought about it.”
My moms a sign language interpreter, and she’s signed with people from all over the US. According to her, when she signs with people from the south they sign with a “drawl.” They have slower hand movements and exaggerate certain parts of the sign. People from the Midwest sign very fast and people from the south sign very slow.
So we were at a restaurant once and my mom started interpreting for someone who was trying to order and she was like “oh you’re from the south!”
And they were like “how did you know that?”
And she said “you sign with a drawl.” And they were really surprised that it came through that much.
It’s really interesting that even when not speaking verbally accents and heritage come through.
Romney stated in Tuesday’s debate that he believes “two-parent families” and “education” can prevent gun crime.
- James Holmes, the Aurora shooter, had a 2-parent family and was working on a doctorate
- Seung-Hui Cho, the VA tech shooter, had a 2-parent family and was working on a bachelor’s
- Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, the Columbine shooters, both had 2-parent families, and Harris was an honor student.
Meanwhile, 1 in 3 Americans have declared their gun ownership—specifically men, Republicans, and Southerners. (Source: http://www.gallup.com/poll/150353/self-reported-gun-ownership-highest-1993.aspx) In Colorado, where Aurora and Columbine both happened, there is no state permit required for the purchase of any rifle, shotgun or handgun.
So I feel like a lot of confusion with drawing in perspective is because people are not taught the absolute basics properly? So let’s do that.
Let’s say we have a cube.
Now, a cube we know is made out of 6 squares or rectangles, and every edge is at a 90 degree angle.
so every opposite edge of a cube is exactly parallel, right?
but let’s say we draw a cube using only parallel lines:
this looks a little weird, you know? Like if i try think of this as an object in 3d space and i look at it for too long, the faces start to look really warped - with like the back looking bigger than the front as if its been made out of weird wonky trapeziums
so what’s going on here? if all those edges are exactly parallel, whydoes it look weird?
Now we know that the rails on a track are always going to be parallel, they have to be the same distance apart so the train can stay on the track yeah?
But we can very clearly see that these tracks are converging to a single point in the photo.
So what does this tell us, exactly? That our view of the world is naturally warped, and that lines that are physically parallel when drawn in perspective will converge to a single point.
Now, I could call this image “one point perspective” - but that’s not really true,
if these lines are also parallel, then they must also converge to a single point in perspective, right? so lets add another point
clip studio paint automatically adjusts the horizon line to fit the new points you add to your perspective…. notice how the horizon line actually fits the photo better now?
our new point is a very very long way away, so we don’t notice a lot of difference in the angle between lines, but the point that i’m trying to make here is:
Drawing with perspective guides is not about choosing one, two, three point perspective etc. those are just quick ways to set up a certain viewing angle
What you are doing when you use these guides is making your parallel lines converge to a point.
So, if you want to draw a big ol’ cube that’s aligned to be parallel with these railroad tracks, then you can do that with the same point as the tracks - because it’s parallel. It’s on the same axis!
but what if you want to draw a cube that’s rotated, and isn’tparallel to the tracks?
well that’s not too difficult to do if you know that every point represents one set of parallel lines.
If these lines aren’t parallel to the ones you already have, then clearly you just need new points.
We’re not planning to tilt this cube up into the air, or rotate it onto its side, so we’re going to leave the vertical axis alone, and just move our horizontal points to a different place on the horizon line
But speaking of the vertical axis - the only points that will be on your horizon line are the ones that are flat on the ground. But you can still have points that are not on the horizon line!
This is important to remember because if you’re trying to draw something like a slope or stairs, something that has an incline, it’s not going to be level with your horizon.
Let’s draw some stairs as an example.
This is actually pretty simple - first draw where your slope starts and ends by drawing a big L shape.
this will give you some parallel corners, which you can then connect to make a new point for your slope
So lets go back to our original cube, with the knowledge that our parallel lines should all converge to a point and draw it again
well, doesn’t that look better!
but also, now you know how to make a cube lean against its buddy like this
because we just make new points for the new parallel lines
Anyway I hope that clears some things up, and makes perspective easier to understand!
Also if these tutorials have been helpful and you’d like to support me, I do have a patreon & a ko-fi you can donate to :^)
I’ve noticed a fair few people expressing that they didnt understand this post, and I tried to like explain more but actually after writing for a while I realised morewords are probably not going to help is the thing about it.
So! If you don’t understand this post:
1. First the main takeaway here is: Vanishing points represent parallel lines.
that’s it. If that’s all you remember, you have 99% of the post.
2. I recommend bookmarking this post so you can revisit it and reread it a few times, with any advanced concept relating to art just reading about it isn’t going to get it to sink in. You’ll need to experiment and reread it to fully understand it!
3. Speaking of, here is an exercise you can do that I think might help clarify this post.
Take a look at some photos of architecture, and look for the parallel lines. Actually draw them on top of the photos!
I recommend especially using a program like CSP that lets you set up perspective rulers, so you can see the vanishing points
or you can just make the canvas really big
Anyway! Here’s an image to get you started:
or go out and take some photos of your own and/or have a look on google! Do this a few times with a few different photos, then try drawing some architecture.
just drop the opacity and look for the parallel lines in the architecture.
In his pursuit to change the perception of art, American artist Javiye Bentley has developed an interesting perspective himself. Although he respects the tradition of art, his approach seems that of someone who prefers disruption and rebellion. His fluid-like abstractions seem to contradict the very raw, and battered canvas’s they inhabit. Although the paintings are tantalizing, the colors seem to almost mask the very dark and painful stories they depict. -
In his pursuit to change the perception of art, American artist Javiye Bentley has developed an interesting perspective himself. Although he respects the tradition of art, his approach seems that of someone who prefers disruption and rebellion. His fluid-like abstractions seem to contradict the very raw, and battered canvas’s they inhabit. Although the paintings are tantalizing, the colors seem to almost mask the very dark and painful stories they depict.
How to write kids, if you don’t remember being one or haven’t lived with any
1.Kids never feel as small as you see them. A three year old thinks a one year old is a baby and a six year old is grown up. A six year old thinks a three year old is a baby and a twelve year old is an adult. Age is about perspective. One year is a huge age difference to a little kid.
2.Little kids might not be conscious of their physical limitations, but they can still be frustrated by them. A seven year old might see an adult do something relatively simple, like draw a straight line or perfectly crack an egg, and try to do the same thing, only to be frustrated when it doesn’t work.
Imagine suddenly having an injury that makes a skill you use every day become difficult- you feel you should be able to do the thing, and you understand the thing should be easy for you, but it isn’t. It can be immensely frustrating to have a brain that grasps a concept that language or fine motor skills haven’t caught up to.
3.You know when you forget a word, and have to make something up on the fly to describe the word? That’s pretty much exactly what learning your first language is like.
You know what you intend, but you don’t have a way to express it, and it can move you to tears with frustration when everyone around you is suggesting the wrong thing, or seems completely certain they understand what you mean, and they don’t.
You don’t have a word for “Later”? You might try saying “next time”, or, “after”, or, “before tomorrow”.
This might result in saying, “Are we going to the park next time?”, “Are we going to the park before tomorrow?”, or, “Are we going to the park after?”, all of which can result in different answers.
4.Kids feel like adults are a different species. They don’t get why we do certain things, and they don’t understand why we don’t want to run around with them all the time.
If sitting still is boring, coffee tastes bitter, and long conversations only happen with weird-smelling strangers who talk to them like they’re stupid, then they truly will not understand why anyone would *want* to be left to have coffee with a friend without welcome distractions to make it bearable.
Aren’t you bored? You aren’t doing anything. How could you possibly be stimulated without any food or toys or music or anything? Why don’t you just leave? Do you *have* to be there, the way you had to go to work? Adults are weird.
5.Children have complex social relationships that are just as varied as yours.
A room full of third graders might look like indiscriminate chaos to an adult, but pick a well connected kid, and they’ll tell you that Megan is the fashion icon who can do hair really well, Thomas is the athlete, Gray gets mean when he has to share so nobody wants to play with him, Paisley can’t read and the boys make fun of her for it so don’t make her work in a group with Anthony, Dillon put a bug in their food once so they’ll never trust him again, and Matthew’s parents let him watch family guy so he says bad words and makes grown-up jokes that make other kids uncomfortable.
You don’t see this stuff because you aren’t inside the society. They are, and they do.
6.Time. Moves. So. Slow. Five minutes really does feel like half an hour. Sit still for five minutes? That’s like you sitting in a waiting room at the DMV for an hour. Wouldn’t you get annoyed and impatient? They haven’t learned to hide their irritation yet. That’s really the only difference.
7.“Reading in your head” requires understanding that you have a Voice, which people can hear, and Thoughts, which are audible only to yourself. This can be a difficult concept to grasp. If a kid is reading out loud, and you tell them to read quietly, there’s a good chance they’re going to whisper or mouth the words instead of going totally silent the way you might. Splitting the self into multiples like “Internal monologue VS public perception” or “What I look like VS how I think I look” is alien and bizarre. If a kid thinks they look like a Dragon and you laugh at them? Ouch. They might be mad for a while.
8.Repetitive chores make no sense when your awareness of time doesn’t extend beyond a week or so. Why should I wash my blankets? They don’t look dirty and I don’t smell anything bad. Blankets don’t get dirty unless you put dirt on them. If you put a blanket in a washer, you can’t use that blanket AT ALL the ENTIRE TIME it’s being cleaned. That might be an hour, but it will *feel* like a week. And you have to do that every two weeks?? That’s overkill. Why even bother?
9.Kids have opinions about adults. They will have a sense about whether an adult is “real-kind” or “fake-kind”. An adult who listens respectfully to what they have to say, asks thoughtful questions, and takes their concerns seriously? That’s a good adult. An adult that oversimplifies their struggles, ignores their complex social rules, and gives bullshit advice like “just walk away from bullies” and “turn your chores into a fun game”? That’s not a trustworthy adult. That’s an Adult™. An Adult™ doesn’t consider them to be a real human being with thoughts and emotions. An Adult™ sees them as an inferior, amusing pet. And they will actively sabotage An Adult™ like that.
10.Emotions are physical at a young age. Joy might make their body buzz until they can’t help but wiggle or jump around. Sadness might be a huge physical pain in their throat and heart. Everything they experience is still relatively.New to.them, so there is very little frame of reference to decide if this is a “big hurt that will last forever and ever and never go away”, or a “small hurt, that can be fixed easily and won’t matter in five minutes”. If someone lies to them about getting a cookie, that very well might be all the betrayal of your best friend sleeping with your husband.
Fortunately, a child probably won’t be able to burn all your clothes in the yard without your notice.
As a dominant woman on tumblr, there seems to be a never ending flow of messages and asks around “how I break a sub” and variations thereof.
My answers remain the same: I DO NOT “BREAK” MY SUB !
I want to explain my point of view on this.
If you don’t share it, let’s just agree to disagree.
It would appear many submissive men fantasise about “being broken”. Being forced onto their knees by means of pain and humiliation / blackmail / you name it. Being conquered by a woman establishing her dominance over them. So that they can finally let go of the societal expectations of being strong, a leader, a doer, and simply follow orders.
Submission is, at its core, a brain fuck for the (male) ego. The normative male traits like strength, leadership, independence and pride are “at risk”.
And so I believe the desire for being forced, being broken is a “trap” and an “excuse”! It’s a loophole that I am not willing to entertain.
A loophole? How so?
Hear me out on this one.
What happens when people are forced? They become victims! And so a “forced sub” can claim that he wanted none of what happened, that he was a victim, that there was nothing he could do. Palm off responsibility and ownership.
That way, he can keep telling his own ego that he is still the same strong manly not submissive person.
Excuses, because e.g. “my girlfriend forced me to lick her feet otherwise she’d throw out my console” or “my ex once tied me up while I was asleep and fucked me with a strap-on” sound and feel much different than “I begged her on my knees to fuck me like the filthy slut I am” or “I get off on foot worship”.
If a sub fantasises of (and masturbates to) “being broken and forced” to do things, it is, in my eyes, very similar to CNC (consensual non consent). It’s not forced if you crave it, it’s a concept, a game. Because actual force, actual non consent would be assault.
BUT:Being forced disenfranchises the submissive to actively submit.
And “active submission” is what I want from him.
As a dominant, my desire is to be his safe place, where he can expose his most vulnerable self. Where his submission is not judged negatively, where he can be pure filth and be cherished, not ridiculed, for it. Where I can be his mirror so he sees just how beautiful his “shameful” desires are to me. Where there is no need to hide behind excuses.
For when he truly and actively submits to me, I will let him own who he is. I will make him put a voice to all the secret wishes, I will make him beg for them. No loophole. Tell me all those filthy fantasies before I ever allow him to act on them.
So that the next time he looks at himself in the mirror, there is no loophole. He has to glance back at his own reflection as he realises he is the man who exposed his inner self to me. Who tore down the protective walls for me. And who, by doing so, submitted to me, fell into subspace - where I wait to catch him.
Because I don’t want him broken. I want him more complete than he was before.
![The Eclipse of the Sun in Venice, July 6, 1842 [Unknown Date]Artist: Ippolito Caffi (1809 - 1866)](https://64.media.tumblr.com/ac17867980e5254266be65370e5a8467/2e547e90c6d226fc-8e/s1280x1920/43a0e3d8b998e9ecf75fe7972f4f85910d1647a8.jpg "The Eclipse of the Sun in Venice, July 6, 1842 [Unknown Date]Artist: Ippolito Caffi (1809 - 1866)")
