I used a bright white base coat with heavy application of a black wash, letting it pool to the edges of the robes. Then I went in with the Black 4.0 under the robes and inside the hood. Most visible on the back, I also used it for those branching “crack” like details. The base is also Black 4.0, but I took the picture under a REALLY bright light (and in the first image you can see the spots where I was too impatient to wait for the base to fully dry lol.) Under regular lighting the black is incredibly flat and the underside of the robes really does disappear.

The lanterns are painted silver with a black wash. For the glowing part of the lantern, I started with a bright white base, then layered the blue glow in the dark pigment, then a clear gloss over it.

I loved working on that piece, even though I often felt like screaming trying to get the right angles to paint one part and not fuck up something else lol.

It’s The Watcher from Kingdom Death Monster.

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Unfortunately I haven’t used any image hosting sites in years, so I did this quick. I’m open to recommendations!

If the story is true, Anish Kapoor got his hands on some and dipped his finger in the pink, flipping off Stuart.

In response, Stuart released a glitter made of shards of glass. Lol

I bought some lol. It’s a truly pretty, perfect pink.

I’ve made an unspeakable number of purchases from Culture Hustle over the last couple years for a variety of pigments and specialty paints (like Black 4.0 and glow in the dark and UV reactive pigments.) I paint board game minis for fun lol.

Well, if it can happen to anybody then it can happen to them, and that’s scary.

But if you can blame choices, then they just never make that choice and live safely in their judgemental bubbles, because it’ll never happen to them.

This thinking also “protects” from a multitude of other terrible (potential) life events.

I would assume it’s acting out the way he claims the murder happened and see if it matches the evidence. From the article it sounds like there were inconsistencies.

Massage therapists hate spray tans.

Hyperpalatable is a new one for me. Overall I think it’s going to be a hard sell to convince people that “food that tastes less good” will be much of a motivation.

As a mom, I think that having a lifestyle where both parents didn’t have to rely on multiple jobs and overtime to survive would allow families to enjoy life and not have to seek out bursts of dopamine from the foods they eat as a bandaid.

Do you have a garage? Fill them with different sizes/kinds of nails, screws, bolts, washers, cup hooks, eye bolts, zip ties, and any type of “fix it” supplies, and put them on a shelf. If they’re located conveniently, you’ll never need to repair anything because it acts like an insurance policy.

If the shelf is awkwardly high and just out of reach, you’ll appreciate having nicely organized supplies as you balance on an upside down milk crate and lean precariously over random garden tools Final Destination style because you had a couple drinks and decided this was the day you’d finally fix that second floor window shutter that rattles loudly when it storms and the wind is just picking up so if you hurry you won’t have to listen to it again.

Lol when it was discussed with the funeral home folks (who gave us the shovel to dig with - left it leaning against the back door of the funeral home the morning of) they just said to let them know when we were done so they could document what was left there for the records.

Yes. This happened in a very, very rural area lol.

My mom used to do arts and crafts things with gourds. When she passed there were easily over a dozen laying around the house plus a giant one she had started prepping, but never finished.

She was cremated, and the plans were to bury her in the plot she already had next to my dad. State or county requirements, however, that works, allowed us to be the ones to dig the hole to actually place her urn in the ground. When the time came, her five children, their spouses and many grandchildren gathered to dig a great big hole in the ground. We ended up taking the big gourd that she had been working on and placed it in the ground, then as we filled that with dirt we placed her urn inside the gourd. In the end everyone took shovelfuls and handfuls of earth and covered her up.

I can never look at a gourd without thinking of my mom.

They’re back!

Seeing this made me look up to verify that they were the ones to do the puppets for Genesis’ Land of Confusion back in the 80’s. Watching the video again brings different feelings as an adult.

I take only sustainably sourced, free range, organic back pills. The guy I get them from works at a morgue and assured me they’re only the highest quality.

Look closer - it’s AI.

That’s not too say I haven’t seen some awkward developments (prefab, 55 and over community) where they obviously leveled everything, built, then added back all young trees. Decades later it’s still obvious.

I judge the need for oil based on the shine of the pan after cleaning.

Just fried chicken in a fair amount of oil? Dump the oil, wipe, rinse, dry, back to bed in the oven.

Did I cook something that left a residue? After hot water and maybe some salt to scrub if the finish looks flat, I’ll rub on a little oil.

By providing an environment where a parent can afford to stay home and spend time with their child, instead of crossing their fingers that the worst their kid does when left alone is look at porn vs setting the house on fire while the parents are working extra jobs and extra hours for a roof over their heads.

I’ve got the feeling that Epstein probably made a routine of getting himself close to other rich and famous people for the purpose of befriending and trying to see who would take the bait. I doubt he offered children to everybody who boarded his plane, so he probably started with little things (like a foot massage) then guaged the person’s reaction and offered from there. That someone flew on his plane I don’t think automatically makes them guilty, but I would look closer at the people who flew in his plane multiple times.

Side note, as a massage therapist toenail fungus is extremely common. Also, the presence of sock fuzzies suggests a brand new pair of socks. If anything, most of the people that I’ve met that have toenail issues are extremely self-conscious about the way their feet look and aren’t very comfortable exposing their feet to strangers. According to the article it was Epstein’s idea, so that just makes me wonder if it was part of his game to put Growing in a compromising position for future black mail.

But did you finish?

Bonus points - she throws some left leaning Democrat “friendly” under the bus at the same time, creating a bigger distraction. “Trump did nothing wrong, but take a look at what THIS guy did over here…”

Don’t get me wrong, all the guilty in this mess need to burn. All of them. Whoever they are or wherever they’re from, it doesn’t matter. But I can absolutely see them cherry picking the right flavor of guilty person to take the heat off of Trump for the time being.

Not their responsibility, but if they do speak up people should fucking listen and do something about it.