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Anahit: The Queen Who Made the King Get a Job (Armenian Folk Tale)

Full entry (with footnotes) here. Book here. Patreon here. Art notes and whatnot after the cut - but real quick:

Yes, she already has her own animated princess movie. It’s not in English. It was posted in full by the animation studio here, so I hope it’s okay to embed it:

This version seemingly takes some liberties. Her uncle is in league with some shadow demon, there’s a talking dog, and her horse turns into this fiery magic flying creature…? I don’t know.

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IMC RYING!??! 

THIS IS ABOUT MY CULTURE AND I LOVE IT BEING SHARED BECAUSE NOT MAMNY PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT US. <3333

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[smoke-stungeyes]

These little kids at MoMA were trying to recreate this piece of art and it made my life.

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[hyvasti]

someone asks how to define art, you show them these

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[deirdreskye]

Dudes Rock

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[pascalcampion]

Today is the day

#pascalcampion

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[ex0skeletal-undead]

by Ashley Hankins

This artist on Tumblr // Twitter

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My money says that’s what plesiosaurs were like: fast underwater, extra padding for buoyancy, long neck. Look at their skeletons!

It’s just like this:

They’re basically large horizontal penguins with a long tail and spiky teeth.

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[languages-georg]

So I used to have a Russian friend who had a pretty thick accent and like a lot of Russians tended to eschew articles. She would say things like “Get in car.” And stuff.

Well one day this asshole who had been kind of tagging along with us asks her why she talks like that because it makes her sound dumb and I still remember her response word for word.

“Me? Dumb? Maybe in America you have to say get in THE car because you are so stupid that people might just get in random car, but in Russia we don’t need to say that. We just fucking know because we are not stupid.”

[getinmyglitterpants]

One time I was proof reading a paper for a Russian student. As I was correcting her paper with her, the many mistakes in her grammar started weighing on her. I asked her what was wrong, and she said, almost sobbing,

“In Russian I am so intelligent and clear. In English I am like [an] idiot”

Respect to anyone trying to master a foreign language. I get so sad thinking about that student.

[pomme-poire-peche]

[lady--of--greenwood]

Full offense but people who make fun of someone else’s accent or belittle their limited vocabulary when they’re speaking a language not native to them are fucking disgusting and are just begging to be punched.

They’re speaking your language because you don’t know theirs. That’s not something they should be made fun of, it’s something that should be commended because learning a language is hard fucking work.

I hate people who do this so much.

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Cain the Lahthanderian War Cleric by Rotaken

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[everythingfox]

Biscuit boiis

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[jessicaroux]

I wrote and illustrated a book! Floriography: An Illustrated Guide to the Victorian Language of Flowers comes out September 15th from Andrews McMeel, and you can preorder it now. I just got my advance copy in the mail, and I can hardly believe it! This book is my heart and soul: a full-color guidebook to the historical uses and secret meanings behind an impressive array of flowers and herbs. I can’t wait for you all to discover the history and mythology behind all my favorite blooms! More info and preorder here!