It Feels Weird When Art Tutorials Approach “how To Draw Boys!”/“how To Draw Girls!” As If They’re

Baby-Doll Batman: The Animated Series

These are so fun to make

the whole “i used to be a teen who hated authority only to grow up to become the authority that hates teens” is a bad bad thing that practically every other generation has fallen into and we all need to make an extremely conscious effort not to repeat the fucking pattern

Chef Donolon’s Jubilee Cake (ESO anniversary)

Guess what, it’s my birthday, so I’m gifting you all with a special recipe today (how perfect is it that this year my birthday is on a Friday)! Naturally I’ve got to do what I do every year, and bake myself a cake! Well now, it’s not often you see a fancy cake of such proportions anywhere in Tamriel, but when it’s time to pull out all the stops you can guarantee that Chef Donolon’s recipes have you covered! And of course to mark my reaching a quarter of a century old, nothing less than the classic Jubilee Cake will do. Best of all? It’s gluten free for my coeliac friends!

I gained much inspiration in pastry making from the famous book, Donolon Bakes, and this Jubilee Cake is always a guaranteed hit with all folks old and young. Of course, the secret recipe for this lies with the Chef’s Charmed Mixing Bowl, which I don’t have (and neither do you, most likely), so after lots of experimenting I finally came up with what I hope is a passable replica of the real deal! Celebrate my birthday with me and share a slice!

You will need: Cake 100g plain unsweetened cocoa powder 250g fine ground almond meal 300 ml olive oil 250ml hot water 6 eggs 4 tsp vanilla extract 200g caster sugar 1 tsp baking soda Pinch of salt

Frosting 3 cups heavy cream 1 ½ packets (375g) cream cheese, softened 1 cup caster sugar 1 tsp vanilla essence 1 tsp almond essence Sliced almonds Handful of strawberries, halved Handful of blueberries

Method: Preheat your oven to 170C/325F. Grease two medium springform baking tins well with oil.

In a bowl, sift the cocoa powder and add the hot water, until it is a runny liquid. Add the vanilla essence and stir through.

Whisk the eggs, olive oil, and sugar together until the mixture is fluffy, then add the cocoa mixture. Whisk again until throughly blended.

Add the almond meal, salt, and baking soda, and beat it all together until a smooth even batter has formed. Pour the batter half and half into the two tins, and bake for 45 minutes. Leave for 15 minutes and run a knife around the edges of the tin before releasing the cakes. Leave them to cool on a wire rack.

For the icing, use an electric whisk to beat the cream and cream cheese and until mixed through and stiff peaks have formed. Add the sugar, vanilla and almond essences, and whisk until all the ingredients are well combined.

Spread half the frosting on the surface of the first cake, then stack the next cake on top. Cover with the remaining frosting, then decorate generously with almond slices and berries.

I'm sorry but it was too good to disable RBs for so I'll take this hit personally

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Hatsune Miku by various famous painters [as according to AI image generator Neuralblender]

Miku by Johannes Vermeer This paintings similarity to Vermeer's most iconic piece- The Girl with The Pearl Earring cannot be denied. Though I am sincerely impressed by the rendering given to the face and the accuracy in her hair tone. There is a vague impression of her chunky hair ties too, which is nice to see. [8/10]

Miku by Sandro Botticelli The frame of this is interesting- unlike what I would see typically associated with Botticelli. It bares a superficial resemblance to Botticelli's body of work- however it bares a massive resemblance to Miku, the twin tails are accounted for and she is even gifted a beautiful headpiece with decorative wings. This depiction is almost saint-like. Points lost for the most fucked up eyes and salad fingers I have seen in my days. [5/10]

Miku by Caraviggo A beautiful combination of Caraviggo's most iconic rich tones and dark atmosphere. There is something deeply interesting to me about this helmet she wears- something intensely modern and robotic whilst maintaining harmony with her comfortable and classic robes. Both twin tails are accounted for- major points. [9/10]

Miku by Elisabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun Madame Le Brun's most iconic subject matters are the French elite and that fashion period pierces through this depiction. Miku appears content yet contemplative. Her hair reflects the envy of the time with big whisps of soft light hair and neatly arranged ringlets. Miku's signature tones pop against the warm complimentary hues- truly one of Madame Le Bruns greatest contributions. [9/10]

Miku by Gustav Klimt Klimt's playful relationship with the unreal is displayed here- maybe even in a way unconventional to Klimt. Miku's chest and arms are eaten by a great thicket of her turquoise hair. She is framed by the ornate speckling iconic to Klimt's body of work- contrasted effectively with the dark tones, with the eye drawn into the subject by an unstable halo of light- dancing into the background like an oil spill. The tone reminds me immensely of Mrs Pumpkin's Comical Dream by Hachi-P. This might have been a [6/10] due to inaccuracy but I am quite fond of it so im bumping it up to a [7/10].

Miku by William-Adolphe Bouguereau Known for portraying mythological scenes and biblical lore Bouguereau is no stranger to realisms true bond with the magical and the romantic- shown here in wonderful technicolour. A modern film over the subject that conveys Miku's true contemporary nature as well as a scene and rendering that display a classical knowledge of the arts. The clothing is undeniably modern whilst cutting her futuristic earpieces with the shape of a nuns habit. A true display of the complete deity status she maintains in the modern creative world. [10/10] A true gesamtkunstwerk.

Miku by Simonetta Vespucci This is really quite upsetting. I wish I had not seen it to be quite frank. This is not Vespucci and this is CERTAINLY not Miku. Im very scared. [-3/10]

ARE YOU KIDDING ME??

FREDDIE IS FUCKING FRANCIS BUTTON???

FREDDIE? GUILLERMO DE LA CRUZ’S BF??

PLAYED FRANCIS? THE THOMAS THORNES COUSIN??

HES STOLEN SOMEONES GIRL (who technically wasn’t their girl in the first place but yknow the pining was there) TWICE

This is so specific to my niche interests but man. I am frazzled. Bamboozled even.

You can’t do this to me. Not again. Not after everything we’ve been through

Get out of my house.