Toppling Dominoes

goknights:

BODY LANGUAGE REFERENCE SHEET

I’ve been reading up on body language and stuff trying to make my comics less stiff. I put my notes into reference sheet form so other people can use them. I actually took a while making this, so I hope you guys find it interesting!

Also, this font didn’t have apostrophes or quotes so a lot of things seem awkward!? Sorry about that.

also I didnt know this before I made it but the book I was taking notes on is already online… d’oh

bemeans:

Each morning, like clockwork, they board the subway, off to begin their daily routine amidst the hustle and bustle of the city.

But these aren’t just any daily commuters. These are stray dogs who live in the outskirts of Moscow Russia and commute on the underground trains to and from the city centre in search of food scraps.

Then after a hard day scavenging and begging on the streets, they hop back on the train and return to the suburbs where they spend the night.

Experts studying the dogs, who usually choose the quietest carriages at the front and back of the train, say they even work together to make sure they get off at the right stop – after learning to judge the length of time they need to spend on the train.

Scientists believe this phenomenon began after the Soviet Union collapsed in the 1990s, and Russia’s new capitalists moved industrial complexes from the city centre to the suburbs.

Dr Andrei Poiarkov, of the Moscow Ecology and Evolution Institute, said: “These complexes were used by homeless dogs as shelters, so the dogs had to move together with their houses. Because the best scavenging for food is in the city centre, the dogs had to learn how to travel on the subway – to get to the centre in the morning, then back home in the evening, just like people.”

Dr Poiarkov told how the dogs like to play during their daily commute. He said: “They jump on the train seconds before the doors shut, risking their tails getting jammed. They do it for fun. And sometimes they fall asleep and get off at the wrong stop.”

The dogs have also amazingly learned to use traffic lights to cross the road safely, said Dr Poiarkov. And they use cunning tactics to obtain tasty morsels of shawarma, a kebab-like snack popular in Moscow.

With children the dogs “play cute” by putting their heads on youngsters’ knees and staring pleadingly into their eyes to win sympathy – and scraps.

Dr Poiarkov added: “Dogs are surprisingly good psychologists.”

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this-is-a-good-idea:

an-australasian-writer:

simple solutions motherfuckers

THE LAST ONE

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drillbot:

YELLS

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sosuperawesome:

Captain, a graphic novel by Serena Malyon

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microdriguez:

Kill Bill Chapter 3: The Origin of O-ren

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ouyangdan:

choosechoice:

bitchtitsagainstcapitalism:

yellow-dress:

workneverover:

ceasesilence:

green—street:

White men as props and accessories? I dig it!

Well, this is a lovely change!

*cough* 

Well, at least I didn’t have to say it. No, wait:

“… to a black woman.”

*briskly dusts off hands*

There we go. 

Imagine the uproar if these kinds of pictures were shown in magazines all the time. But nobody bats a fucking eyelid when we do it to women. Everyone (men (white men)) would be up in arms about ~misandry~ and hypersexualization, but do these dudebro MRAs care that women are subjected to this type of imagery /reversed/ in our own magazines on every second goddamn page? Didn’t think so.

THAT is why these images showing the reversal is important. Dudes will cry “you won’t get people to join your cause if you respond to degradation of your gender by degrading another gender” - no, fuck you. We are sick of the constant hypersexualization, and one photoset relieving us of our plight that makes you uncomfortable is NOTHING compared to what we deal with every day.

Exactly.

You don’t realize the full extent of what is being done until the opposite is shown and breaks through your social programming. 

There is nothing I do not love about this.

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itchykeen:

mrkingmini:

I’m on weekend time. 

It’s wednesday, but it’s my friday and I’ve got the mondays — better wipe that woeful behind. 

Gorgeous GIF by VINCENT STALL!!

marisalivingston:

Main characters for my senior film (as of now).  They are in a protagonist/antagonist relationship.  Always open for crit.

This is a cute concept <3

magicalserendipity:

I am in love with this!

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