UPDATED AND REVISED AS OF: 12/17/18 I know many people are upset about the many issues plaguing deviantART over the last couple of years. To list a few, we have the updates to core membership that caused a surprise price hike of 45% overnight, laying off staff and the subsequent worsening of the ticket queue system, inconsistent staff responses, the whole eclipse debacle, lack of interest in properly handling issues of art theft, bullying, harassment, and general disgruntlement with site policy. It seems only reasonable that many of us are looking for alternate sites to use. I have personally moved off the platform and no longer answer my me

About the recent hate for Steven Universe by LilleahWest, journal

About the recent hate for Steven Universe

Nov 4, 2015

I have known the SU fandom was intense for a while now and thus have avoided it, but this latest stunt cannot be avoided, it has boiled over into a plague affecting even the tamest of fan. The entire Zamii incident is disgusting and I agree with the hate against the people who went so far out of their way to harass her to such an extent. No one should send death threats and harass someone to point of attempted suicide over artwork of fictional characters EVER. (Thankfully Zamii is alive and recovering, and I wish her well.) The problem is while the spite towards the bullies of the Steven Universe fandom is justified the spew of hatred spill

Tutorial cleaning bones PART 4 by grygon, literature

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Tutorial cleaning bones PART 4

SEALING BONES There are a few ways to do this. Paraloid B72 As bought here. That $26 goes a very very long way so if you plan on sealing a lot of bones or other organics it is well worth the money. Paraloid is resin-like little nuggets. Soak half a handful in a glass jar of acetone until the chips or nuggets have thoroughly been "melted". The nuggets to acetone ratio depends on how thick or thin you want the solution to be. You will need a hair painting brush you don't care about; it can't be a cheap plastic brush, the acetone will melt it too. Also, some alumminum foil and make a l

So you want to mummify something by grygon, literature

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So you want to mummify something

I have been meaning to write this up and I am finally, finally doing it. Consider this a sort of rough draft until I get a good image of one of my mummies for the thumbnail! :) As a collector of mummies both found and made, this is one of my largest hobbies aside from skulls and photography and art. It's a rather basic hobby and employs just a little common sense. So this tutorial won't be very long. The first part will cover mummies you may have found. The second part will cover mummies you may want to make. I found a mummy! Now what? So you found a mummy and want to keep