Is Google “unfairly trolling” white male veterans? One might say the Google Doodle represents a diversifying veteran class. Yes, our armed forces’ veterans and active duty members are predominantly white (currently 66.3%) — but that’s changing, especially when we consider previous generations.
Whiten people are so mad when they get marginalized. They should go the fuck back to Europe if they don’t like it
Would they get a real problem for gods sake oh my god why do they even care about this?
notice when we point out nonwhite people being underrepresented or erased, we’re told to stop whining and stop making it all about race, that they’re above such petty concerns
I didn’t even notice it has “no white people”. They’re just people. I just saw it and thought “That’s a nice piece of artwork for Veterans’ Day.” Which, you know, is the entire point. This wasn’t about race in any way and I don’t understand why it had to be turned into that. Like are people really that pitiful? This is about honoring people who served our country. It’s a nice drawing. Let it be that.
The other day I came across this awesome program by accident
(I don’t even remember what I was actually searching for, but on the several
times I’ve looked for a program like this I’ve had no luck). It’s cool enough that I wanted to share it.
It’s called DesignDoll (website here) and it’s a program that lets you shape and pose a human figure pretty much however you want.
There’s a trial version with no expiration date that can be
downloaded for free, as well as the “pro license” version priced at $79.
I’ve only had the free version for two days so far, so I’m not an expert and I
haven’t figured out all of the features yet, but I’ve got the basics down. The
website’s tutorials are actually pretty helpful for the basics, as well.
Here’s the page for download, which has a list of the
features available in both versions.
There are three features the free version doesn’t have:
Can’t save OBJ files for export
Can’t download models and poses from Doll
Atelier (a sharing site for users; note that the site is in Japanese, though)
It can’t load saved files
The third one means that if you make a pose, save it, and
close the program, you can’t load that
pose/modified model later. You have to start with the default model. I
found that out when I tried to load a file from the day before (this is why
reading is important…). Whether saving your modifications (and downloading models and poses) is worth $80 is up to you.
But, the default
model is pretty nice and honestly if all you’re looking for is a basic pose reference
it should work fairly well as it is. Here’s what it looks like:
There’s a pose tag
that lets you drag each joint into place and rotate body parts. The torso and
waist can be twisted separately, and it seems like everything pretty much
follows the range of movement it would have on an actual human.
Even the entire shoulder area is actually movable along with the joint! See, like how the scapular area of the back raises with the arm:
The morphing tag
is one of the coolest features, in my opinion. It lets you pick and choose from
a library of pre-set forms for the head, chest, arms, legs, etc. It has some more realistic body shapes in addition to more anime-like ones. Don’t like the
options there? Mix a few to get what you want! Each option has a slider that
lets you blend as much or as little as you want into the design.
So you, too, can create beautiful things like kawaii
Muscle-chan!!
The scale tag
lets you mess with the proportions and connection points of different joints. This
feature combined with the morphing feature not only allows more body shape
variations, but it also means that you can do things like make a more digitigrade
model if you want. (The feet only have an ankle joint, but for regular human poses that’s all that you really need, so whatever.)
Or you can make a weird chubby alien-like thing with giant
hands and balloon tiddies if that’s more your thing.
The ability to pose
hands to the extent it allows is far more than I could have hoped for from
a free program. Seriously, you can change the position of each finger joint individually, as well as how spread out the fingers are from each other. Each crease on the diagram below is a point of movement, and the circles are for spread between fingers.
And to make it a bit more convenient, there’s a library of pre-set hand poses you can pick from as well, and then change the pose from that if you like.
In both versions, you can also import OBJ files from other places for the model to hold, like if you wanted to have them hold a sword or something.
Basically, this program is awesome and free and you should
totally check it out if you want a good program for creating pose references.
it would have been nice if OP had pointed out that this is windows-only…
I know, I didn’t even think about checking for a Mac-compatible version until after people pointed it out (because I have Windows and the thought just never crossed my mind). I edited the post afterward adding that it’s Windows only but the original version was already going around so it didn’t really matter at that point. I really do feel bad about all the letdowns, though.
There is a similar but more detailed (and very realistic models) program called DAZ3D that does in fact have a Mac version. I just double checked. It is free as well, although if you want you can purchase more models to use from their online store. I only played with it briefly and the user interface is a bit more complicated but the posing works similarly. I can’t link or add images because I’m on mobile but it might be worth checking out.
I thought they couldn’t require you to need an ID for voting registration unless they make it super easy/free for people to get one? Like, I’m taking my second semester of Political Science right now and both semesters the professor has made a point to bring that up. If they require you to have something like an ID that has a fee involved for obtaining it, that’s basically a poll tax and therefore it’s illegal. Even if it was only like $10 or something, that’s still a fee that you have to pay to vote, and states aren’t allowed to do that.
Now, I don’t know how the DMVs in Alabama work but I’m assuming it isn’t 100% free. And in any case they’re making it so that there’s a huge time cost required to get an ID now. I don’t know if that’s technically “illegal” but it sure is sketchy as hell. I’m hoping there’s a legal way to argue against this…
No source, no context, and no controlling for other variables. This is not even remotely adequate to support the point you’re trying to make. Please try again, with more valid statistics and proper, peer-reviewed academic sources.
Source: My graph looks nice; therefore, it must be legitimate. It even has labeled axes, unlike the original figure.
Posts like this reinforce misunderstandings of basic statistics, as well as the problems you are trying to convey, and ultimately do more harm than good for social justice movements. We need informative discussions with legitimate sources if we want to make positive change in the social climate. Please do not spread misinformation, especially under the guise of providing useful information.
How many people were sampled for these statistics? Where were these people from? What unit is the measurement in? Is this dollars? Are we supposed to assume this is the U.S.? If they’re in the U.S., are they even from the same state, or county? Living costs and incomes vary by state, you know. What careers do these people have? This would really only represent an actual wage gap if every person from this sample was employed in the same position by the same employer. What are these peoples’ degrees? Do they have higher education? How much prior experience do each of them have?
Are you seeing why even if these data were pulled from a source and not out of your ass that they wouldn’t be valid for representing the point you’re using them for?
If you like your internet freedom you will sign this, Please.
The Phantom pain?
Trans-Pacific Partnership. It’s actually a pretty great deal for all the nations involves, USA, Japan, Australia,EU nations, ect, but apparently Tumblr is against it for some reason. Tbh, I know alot of people who are looking forward to getting the deal passed, so this is a big accomplishment.
People are against it because of the other effects it will have on all kinds of things. Like making medication more expensive, for one, if I understand correctly.
I guess it’s an accurate thing to say that fat pigs win feminist awards
The human feminists were so shitty that they lost to a muppet with a domestic violence record spanning over thirty years.
I’m not agreeing with the name-calling in this post (that was unnecessary) but I’m just baffled why Miss Piggy of all people would be given a Feminist award.
“When Zimen recrossed poodle-wolves (“puwos”) together, these
second-generation hybrids came in a mixed assortment of behavioral
types. Some were timid about approaching humans but were very
affectionate when they did; others were tame and not disposed to flee
from novelties but were emotionally aloof.”
Thank you celestial-nightlight for linking me to this! This is a really good example of how wolfdogs that are bred with very non ”wolfy” breeds, like poodles, still clearly show their wolf traits.
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