There’s Nothing Purer Or Better Than How Much Kids Enjoy Being Picked Up And Then Hurled At Soft Surfaces

FOR ANYONE DESIGNING A CHARACTER

So I was making an OC reference sheet and I had my character’s height and body shape in mind but then the concept of weight came into consideration and I wasn’t sure how much she would weigh so I found this big handy chart!

It’s a photographic chart full of clickable photographs of different people with different heights and weights (up to 6′8″ and 380 lb.) and it was really helpful for me. Maybe you have your character’s exact body shape in mind but aren’t sure what their height or weight should be. Maybe you have either their height or their weight but aren’t sure which other would fit what you already have.

If your character is an adult (I’m not sure how accurate this would be for children) I believe this would be very helpful for anyone who just so happens to be designing that character’s physical attributes!

CHART: http://www.cockeyed.com/photos/bodies/heightweight.html

How to write Panic and Anxiety Attacks

TW: Mention of mental illness, anxiety and panic attacks.

I have had several anxiety and panic attacks. I know how terrible they are. Hopefully, this may be helpful

Difference

(Credit to the owner of the image)

One of the major differences between anxiety and panic attacks is that anxiety attacks are caused due to the disease called anxiety while panic attacks are sudden and may happen to a person who has never ever had anxiety.

Keywords: -Panic attacks: Sudden -Anxiety attacks: Prolonged and Gradual (easier to control)

Symptoms/Feeling

->Normal/Mild

Pain in chest

Breathing difficulty

Shaky Limbs

Mild Dizziness

Slight nausea

Need to go to the toilet

Hot flushes

->Severe

Severe nausea

Vomiting

Acidity

Fainting

Dark spots in vision

Extreme trembling

Suicidal Ideation

Dialogues you can use (mostly for panic)

"I can't breathe!"

"This is not normal! NOT NORMAL"

"I AM GOING TO DIE"

"I don't know what's happening!"

"My chest hurts"

"I feel like I am going to puke."

"I don't want to die."

"YOU ARE TELLING ME TO BREATHE? WOW! I WOULD HAVE DONE THAT IF I WERE ABLE TO "

"Help me."

Response/Comfort

"You are doing amazing!"

"I am so proud of you!"

"Breathe for me, please"

"You are okay, you are safe"

"You can get through this."

"Concentrate on your breathing "

"I want you to look at me and forget everything else"

"Focus on my voice."

Remember that oftentimes a person having a panic attack does not like to be touched, so it's best to ask for consent first

"Can I hold your hand?"

"Is it okay if I envelop my arms around you?"

"Are you comfortable? "

"I am going to put my hand around your ears, is that okay?"

Control

The most common grounding technique for anxiety/panic attacks is the 54321 method. In this, you identify…

5 things you can see

4 things you can feel

3 things you can hear

2 things you can smell

1 thing you can taste

Hope this was helpful

super cute keycaps!

🐟 koi keycaps

🍵 matcha kitty keycaps

🥟 steamed dumpling keycaps

🌵 succulent keycaps

🥮 mooncake keycaps

🔮 big crystal keycaps

🍵 green tea keycaps

🥮 mooncake keycaps

🍔 cat hamburger keycaps

🍣 sushi keycaps

The amount of serotonin it gave me to watch this grandma react to her new galaxy light 🥺

It’s dark in here- *gasps in excitement* OHH SARAH!

OHH SARAH! *giggles like a little kid* OHhHhH!!

My ceiling is filled with blue lights… and stars and everything!!

OH Sarah! I can go to bed at night looking at this. OHHHH it’s beautiful!

Children’s and Young Adult Literature: Black Authors Celebrating Black Joy

In 1990, Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop published a seminal essay entitled ‘Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors’ which brought about an examination of trends in children’s literature, especially with regard to featuring diverse characters. 31 years later, the Children’s and YA publishing world has made some progress, but there is still much more work to be done with actively promoting diversity in this field.

Fiction and Graphic Novel Recommendations

Parker Looks Up | Curry, Parker & Jessica   Recommended for ages 3-6 When Parker Curry visited the National Portrait Gallery, she became mesmerized by Amy Sherald’s portrait of Michelle Obama, thinking she was a queen.

Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut | Barnes, Derrick & James, Gordon C.   Recommended for ages 3-7 Garnering Caldecott, Newbery, and Coretta Scott King honors, this book celebrates the magnificent feeling that comes from leaving a barber shop with a new ‘do.

Sulwe| Nyong'o, Lupita & Harrison, Vashti   Recommended for ages 3-7 When Sulwe’s classmates make fun of her dark skin, a shooting star’s tale of the sisters Night and Day helps her understand there is beauty and worth in every shade.

I Am Every Good Thing | Barnes, Derrick & James, Gordon C.   Recommended for ages 3-8 The confident Black narrator of this book is proud of everything that makes him who he is. He’s got big plans, and no doubt he’ll see them through.

Magnificent Homespun Brown | Doyon, Samara Cole & Juanita, Kaylani  Recommended for ages 3-8 Told by a succession of exuberant young narrators, this is a story as well as a song, a poem, and a celebration about feeling at home in one’s own beloved skin.

Hands Up! | McDaniel, Breanna J. & Evans, Shane W.   Recommended for ages 3-8 A young girl lifts her hands up in a series of everyday moments before finally raising her hands in resistance at a protest march.

Your Name is a Song | Thompkins-Bigelow, Jamilah   Recommended for age 3-8 After the frustrating experience of having her name continually mispronounced, a child learns to celebrate the beauty, history, and magic behind names of diverse origins.

Bedtime Bonnet| Redd, Nancy & Myers, Nneka  Recommended for ages 3-9 As family members braid, brush, twirl, roll, and tighten their hair before bedtime, putting on kerchiefs, wave caps, and other protective items, the little sister cannot find her bonnet.

Rocket Says Look Up | Bryon, Nathan & Adeola, Dapo  Recommended for ages 4-7 Aspiring astronaut Rocket draws her community together to see a rare appearance of the Phoenix Meteor Showers, hoping especially that her big brother, Jamal, will look up from his phone.

All Because You Matter | Charles, Tami & Collier, Bryan   Recommended for ages 4-8 A lyrical, heart-lifting love letter to Black and Brown children everywhere reminds them how much they matter, that they have always mattered, and they always will.

A Place Inside of Me | Elliott, Zetta & Denmon, Noa   Recommended for ages 4-8 In this powerful, affirming poem by an award-winning author, a Black child explores his shifting emotions throughout the year: fear grows into anger, then pride and peace.

See the full list here.

AvA Keychain Designs

When there isn’t any merch aside from shirt so you have to design your own /lh

ALAN PLEASE I WANT TO BUY MERCH I HAVE MONEY

These are “hanging” keychain designs! 

Featuring the entire AvA/M Cast and 2 of my AUs (Cartoon Verse and Mad King AU)

Custom Snake Plush // Cat Scratch Club

Fruit Animal Pins

Asher Bee on Etsy

“I have all these OCs! But no story…”

bruh

make a fighting game

Source

“Image Credit: Carol Rossetti

When Brazilian graphic designer Carol Rossetti began posting colorful illustrations of women and their stories to Facebook, she had no idea how popular they would become. 

Thousands of shares throughout the world later, the appeal of Rosetti’s work is clear. Much like the street art phenomenon Stop Telling Women To Smile, Rossetti’s empowering images are the kind you want to post on every street corner, as both a reminder and affirmation of women’s bodily autonomy. 

“It has always bothered me, the world’s attempts to control women’s bodies, behavior and identities,” Rossetti told Mic via email. “It’s a kind of oppression so deeply entangled in our culture that most people don’t even see it’s there, and how cruel it can be.”

Rossetti’s illustrations touch upon an impressive range of intersectional topics, including LGBTQ identity, body image, ageism, racism, sexism and ableism. Some characters are based on the experiences of friends or her own life, while others draw inspiration from the stories many women have shared across the Internet. 

“I see those situations I portray every day,” she wrote. “I lived some of them myself.”

Despite quickly garnering thousands of enthusiastic comments and shares on Facebook, the project started as something personal — so personal, in fact, that Rossetti is still figuring out what to call it. For now, the images reside in albums simply titled “WOMEN in english!“ or ”Mujeres en español!“ which is fitting: Rossetti’s illustrations encompass a vast set of experiences that together create a powerful picture of both women’s identity and oppression.

One of the most interesting aspects of the project is the way it has struck such a global chord. Rossetti originally wrote the text of the illustrations in Portuguese, and then worked with an Australian woman to translate them to English. A group of Israeli feminists also took it upon themselves to create versions of the illustrations in Hebrew. Now, more people have reached out to Rossetti through Facebook and offered to translate her work into even more languages. Next on the docket? Spanish, Russian, German and Lithuanian.

It’s an inspiring show of global solidarity, but the message of Rossetti’s art is clear in any language. Above all, her images celebrate being true to oneself, respecting others and questioning what society tells us is acceptable or beautiful.

“I can’t change the world by myself,” Rossetti said. “But I’d love to know that my work made people review their privileges and be more open to understanding and respecting one another.””

From the site: All images courtesy Carol Rossetti and used with permission. You can find more illustrations, as well as more languages, on her Facebook page.