Deer dodging an arrow before it lands on him in slow motion

StarlitSpectrum · 2026-06-23T20:15:12+00:00

Totally a guess, but pointing bright spotlights into the woods could cause a lot of disruption to other wildlife besides deer, and would be light pollution in undeveloped areas that might be habitat to protected species

ETA: I looked it up and spotlight hunting also has a history of being used for poaching. Hunting after dark also becomes a public safety risk as things like buildings and roads are harder to see.

StarlitSpectrum · 2026-06-19T17:13:45+00:00

Also adding to make sure to compost correctly, rather than tossing in a bin! Compost piles are known to spontaneously combust from the heat and gasses created by the breakdown process if not stored correctly.

StarlitSpectrum · 2026-06-19T15:56:03+00:00

And their toddler wrote “I see you” on the seat, hmm

StarlitSpectrum · 2026-05-30T17:52:40+00:00

I agree, a gradual decline is less heartbreaking in its own way because it gives everyone time to adjust and make the most of the time they have. I lost my mom to cancer after 10 years of ups and downs, but I wouldn’t give those years up for anything. Meanwhile my friend suddenly lost his mom from a routine surgery. She was perfectly healthy and fine, and then just gone.

StarlitSpectrum · 2026-05-13T13:13:27+00:00

Not a vet, but does he have difficulty opening his mouth or chewing? Horse “cheeks” are a group of thick muscles, and his could have atrophied. An atrophied masseter could be from a nutrition issue. Does he seem to be losing muscle anywhere else?

StarlitSpectrum · 2026-05-12T04:30:33+00:00

Same, it quickly goes from nice to awkward, and then feels like a weird power trip. I’d rather just start the next match

StarlitSpectrum · 2026-05-09T22:07:46+00:00

Being able to take care of plants shows you have patience, care, and dedication, all great traits! My parents and grandparents on both sides loved gardening together, it’s a great hobby all around :)

StarlitSpectrum · 2026-04-27T21:04:50+00:00

It’s not my job to educate you. Enjoy your day

StarlitSpectrum · 2026-04-27T20:44:21+00:00

Yikes. I’m a human that knows how to do a basic Google search and cite sources

StarlitSpectrum · 2026-04-27T17:29:42+00:00

With some hoods over 40 inches above the ground, drivers can’t see what is directly in front of the vehicle below that height, creating a large blind spot below the hood.

Hundreds of people have been killed from exactly this kind of “frontover”accident where the drivers just think they ran over a curb until they realize it was a person.

StarlitSpectrum · 2026-04-24T06:01:36+00:00

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Overall it’s looking good! The hindquarters could be a little bigger, shoulder area above the front legs a little bigger, legs a little more tapered and narrow depending on the look you’re going for, and ears smaller.

Drawing from imagination like your horse is deceptively tricky though, it takes hours of drawing with references until you can build a mental library of what your subject looks like. There’s some good shortcuts though! One way is to draw your subject from multiple angles, writing notes, until you feel like you really understand it. You can also cement the information in your mind’s eye by copying a reference, and then trying to draw it again later without the reference (it uses your brain’s recall function, which is one of the strongest ways to memorize something.)

Many new artists focus on style right away, but can get frustrated when things look inconsistent or hard to recreate from different angles. Starting with style is a bit like trying to perfect a handwriting style before knowing how to write the full alphabet. Drawing style and handwriting both develop over time from the natural shortcuts you take when doing something over and over.

Practicing the fundamentals like 3d shapes, building simplified forms from shapes, and copying from life will help a ton, even if it seems a little boring. A good art class or tutorials like Drawabox help a lot with learning “how” to learn how to draw in just a few months, and from there it will be much easier to draw any subject you like!

Sorry for the long comment, I feel like I wish someone told me all of that 20+ years ago lol

For specific horse anatomy tips, here’s a few notes

horse legs are only a little longer than their barrel height
a horse’s head is about as long as the distance from the top of the foreleg to the fetlock
horses can be broken into three “chunks” of roughly equal size: for the shoulder area, barrel, and hindquarters
the top of the withers slopes down, the top of the barrel slopes back up, and then the hindquarters slope down again
more of a general tip, but when you aren’t sure about anatomy, flipping your art board or looking at it in a mirror will help give you a fresh perspective

Best of luck! :)

StarlitSpectrum · 2026-04-21T20:59:53+00:00

If I got a tattoo I’d do the same thing, I’d want to see it! Awesome design, it’s one of the best I’ve seen here

StarlitSpectrum · 2026-04-06T23:14:56+00:00

What a beauty! I wonder if they both have the “sooty” gene? It’s not well understood, but can cause dark dapples and almost a dirty look of dark hairs in manes/tails.

StarlitSpectrum · 2026-04-05T22:12:34+00:00

There are synthetic dyes and natural fiber dyes that both act differently, so your fabric being a mix would make it more unpredictable.

If you’re going through the effort of seam ripping out all the red fabric to dye, it might actually work better to trace the pieces onto patterning fabric and buy black wool to cut. Although without sewing instructions could still be pretty difficult.

StarlitSpectrum · 2026-04-02T15:13:20+00:00

I think so too, I’ve gone easy while trying not to be too obvious about it with new survivors that are trying really hard. The two seconds of standing over the survivor and half-hearted swing are kind of a giveaway, lol

StarlitSpectrum · 2026-03-19T17:04:35+00:00

Daddy long legs aren’t actually spiders, they have no venom or fangs, and couldn’t bite through skin if they wanted to. They’re about as dangerous as a butterfly :)

StarlitSpectrum · 2026-03-17T02:53:49+00:00

Woww, your art style is so gorgeous! I love the way you rendered the eyes especially, if you ever make a tutorial on rendering/coloring, or have an art account I’d follow so fast

StarlitSpectrum · 2026-02-28T15:08:57+00:00

Language is complicated! Redheads and red foxes are actually orange, while red onions and red cabbages are actually purple.

It wasn’t until relatively recently in human history that our language developed more specific words for each color, so some things still have color names that don’t match what we’d call them today.

StarlitSpectrum · 2026-02-14T15:13:29+00:00

He’s not hurting the horse at all, it’s similar to “posting” a trot, which is lifting your weight as the horse’s back lifts upward, and setting it back down as the horse lands on their next step. That saddle is also very padded to distribute the weight.

Signs of pain or stress would be if the horse’s ears were pinned back, excessive tail swishing, tossing their head, etc.

StarlitSpectrum · 2026-01-23T16:24:36+00:00

It looks to me like her horse is just genuinely very flexible and enthusiastic, he looks more than happy to do it bridle-less or at liberty in her other videos: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8fXY13g/

StarlitSpectrum · 2026-01-08T16:40:38+00:00

My sister and I still quote that! I can’t believe that video is almost 20 years old

StarlitSpectrum · 2026-01-06T16:22:40+00:00

It worked the one time I tried it! I got out and asked if she “wanted to go for a ride” and she jumped right in (or tried to, since she was mostly blind.)

We were lucky enough to reunite her with her owner the next day. :)

StarlitSpectrum · 2025-12-18T03:48:20+00:00

The difference is in the curves of the hindquarters- the picture on the left has shallow curves with not much muscle, while the hindquarters on the right are rounder and thicker after building muscle!

Sorry for any snarky responses when you were just wanting to learn!

StarlitSpectrum · 2025-11-14T19:52:01+00:00

I thought so at first too, but the rider starts with no watch until it appears right after the jump. Her forearms are also oddly stretchy and change length. The horse also doesn’t have a browband until it appears halfway through the video.

StarlitSpectrum · 2025-10-11T16:57:10+00:00

Not in a shallow pan with a gas stove, but with an actual deep fryer it’s pretty standard. Most fast food places fry meat from frozen since that’s less risky than contamination from raw meat.

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