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Tumblr accounts for art tutorials, resources and references

artist-avenue (art tips)

arttipstorage (art tutorials and tips)

Daily-Fantasy-Writing-Ideas (ideas for fantasy writing)

Lazy-writing-promts  (Writing prompt ideas)

skriveting (writing resources)

Every-Single-One-Of-The-Things (color palettes)

Nesart (art and writing ttutorials)

Plots-and-Promts (writing prompts)

Hey-Color-Palettes (color palettes)

Gfuckign (AU prompts)

Tumblbodies (comic book character references)

Prompts-In-A-Barrel (writing prompts)

Daily-Angst-Prompts (Angst Prompts)

LocationBuildingPrompts (Pictures of interesting locations for writing)

wildworldwritingpromps (Writing Prompts)

art-and-writing-references (Writing and art references)

Writingprompts365 (Writing Prompts)

Useless-art-tips (Art Tips)

Rot-characters (Character ideas and inspiration)

Posereference-X (Pose references)

paperantagonist  (Drawing references and tutorials)

fishy-palettes (color palettes)

draw-the-squad-like-this (Drawing prompts where you draw the squad like this)

draw-the-squad (Same as above)

artist-helping-artist (Art inspiration, references and tips)

bunny-resources  (Drawing references and tutorials)

selestial-palettes  (Color palettes)

expressionmemeschallenge (Expression memes, drawing challenges and art tutorials)

Iwantdrawingtutorailsplz (Drawing tutorials)

art-references-inspiration (Art references, tutorials and design inspiration)

dickydandthefantasticfourteen (Art tutorials)

mojatw (Art tutorials, Occaisonal NSFW)

wasteless-crafts (Clothes mending and making tutorials)

tipofthedigitalbrush (Art advice and tips)

art-tip-collection (Art tips, tutorials and examples)

acepressyourself (Expression memes and inspiration)

art-tip (Art tips, references and tutorials)

drawjesus (Female body drawing references)

studio-emry (Digital art tutorials)

tb-sj (Art tips)

teamwarchicken (Pose reference library)

csp-resources (Resources for clip studio paint)

ae-llish (Art tutorials)

posereference (Pose references)

etheringtonbrothers (Art tutorials)

tangleworm (Art tips)

art-tutorial (Art tutorials and references)

digital-art-tutorials (Art tutorials for sketching painting and drawing)

drawingden (Art resources and tutorials)

the-art-of-animation (Animation production material such as concept art character sheets and cels)

art-tnt (Art tips and tutorials)

artrefparty (Art references)

artisttoolbox (Art references, materials, tutorials and resources)

kasumy-references (Drawing references)

help-me-draw (Art resources)

I have so few energy to go and write those days,, it's awful

WEBSITES FOR WRITERS {masterpost}

E.A. Deverell - FREE worksheets (characters, world building, narrator, etc.) and paid courses;

Hiveword - Helps to research any topic to write about (has other resources, too);

BetaBooks - Share your draft with your beta reader (can be more than one), and see where they stopped reading, their comments, etc.;

Charlotte Dillon - Research links;

Writing realistic injuries - The title is pretty self-explanatory: while writing about an injury, take a look at this useful website;

One Stop for Writers - You guys... this website has literally everything we need: a) Description thesaurus collection, b) Character builder, c) Story maps, d) Scene maps & timelines, e) World building surveys, f) Worksheets, f) Tutorials, and much more! Although it has a paid plan ($90/year | $50/6 months | $9/month), you can still get a 2-week FREE trial;

One Stop for Writers Roadmap - It has many tips for you, divided into three different topics: a) How to plan a story, b) How to write a story, c) How to revise a story. The best thing about this? It's FREE!

Story Structure Database - The Story Structure Database is an archive of books and movies, recording all their major plot points;

National Centre for Writing - FREE worksheets and writing courses. Has also paid courses;

Penguin Random House - Has some writing contests and great opportunities;

Crime Reads - Get inspired before writing a crime scene;

The Creative Academy for Writers - "Writers helping writers along every step of the path to publication." It's FREE and has ZOOM writing rooms;

Reedsy - "A trusted place to learn how to successfully publish your book" It has many tips, and tools (generators), contests, prompts lists, etc. FREE;

QueryTracker - Find agents for your books (personally, I've never used this before, but I thought I should feature it here);

Pacemaker - Track your goals (example: Write 50K words - then, everytime you write, you track the number of the words, and it will make a graphic for you with your progress). It's FREE but has a paid plan;

Save the Cat! - The blog of the most known storytelling method. You can find posts, sheets, a software (student discount - 70%), and other things;

I hope this is helpful for you!

(Also, check my blog if you want to!)

Dumb sword idea

This is the only tiktok you’ll ever need, I’ve made about 13 of these and I’m not stopping anytime soon

A persons fanfic tells you a lot about them, i , a fanfic writer, realize in terror

for the people following the TOH fic I'm writiing, I'm so so sorry, between classes and stuff to give the teachers and my job I'm having great difficulties doing other stuff (like writing). I'm not done with that fic and will update it but it might take some time.

Types of Sleeves Infographic from Enerie. 

*3 images because Tumblr still cannot seem to host clear and sharp images of vertically long images.

Writers continue to reblog these infographics for their useful terminology. If you’ve missed any here they are:

Know Your Bras Infographic

Know Your Collars Infographic

Know Your Hair Buns Infographic

History of Hairstyles Part 1 Infographic

History of Hairstyles Part 2 Infographic

Fashion Pattern Vocabulary Part 1 Infographic

Fashion Pattern Vocabulary Part 2 Infographic

Know Your Sunglasses Infographic

Know Your Shoes Part 1 Infographic. Lobster Claws anyone?

Know Your Shoes Part 2 Infographic

Know Your Necklines Infographic from Paper Blog

Sleeves and Necklines Infographic

Know Your Hats Infographic

Know Your Collars and Cuffs Infographic

Know Your Necklines Infographic

Know Your Skirts Infographic

Know Your Nail Shapes and What’s Popular on Instagram Infographics

Know Your Eye Liners Infographic

Know Your Wedding Dresses Infographic

History of Swimwear Infographic

Writing Emotion: Fear

Everyone will feel fear every once in a while, and it’s an important part of many character’s development. Let’s take a look at some body language and speaking habits of a person who is afraid!

Body Language (External Threat)

Humans are very complex, as I’m sure you know. There are usually two ways people may react to an external threat: Fight or Flight. Make sure you know which one your character is before choosing some traits!

Keeping a bigger space between them and the “threat” (Backing away)

Heart beating faster, rapid breathing

Crossing legs/arms (protecting body)

May become aggressive or violent

“Fight Mindset” - fists clenched, locked on stare, ready to fight. 

“Flee Mindset” - eyes darting around, nervous. 

Slouching or “shrinking”

Stiff eyelids - wide open

Tense muscles - stiff, slouching posture

Unpredictable/quick movements

Events unfold in “slow-motion”

Senses are hyperactive (Better hearing, smell, etc. from adrenaline)

Sense are nonfunctioning (Worse eyesight, unable to recall events after the fact, etc. This can happen to people who are prone to panic attacks, and/or are “stuck in their heads”)

Body Language (Internal Threat)

A common part of a character’s development is their “break”, so to speak. This is when they are too overwhelmed by something they must do or come to terms with, and a common emotion felt during that time is fear. Most people will fear what they don’t know or understand. These traits can be spotted in a character battling these things long before they “break”, or even right before/during. For ease of use, I’ll start with habits you spot earlier on. 

Unhappiness - not as happy doing the things they like, not doing the things they usually do, etc.

Stress - easily angered, snappy, rubbing temples, etc.

Physical venting - exercising, (punching bag, running, etc)

Not sticking to typical schedules (Not going to a cafe they usually do, etc)

Seeming preoccupied or “in their heads”

Becomes emotional at everything

Doing irrational things (feeling like they need to prove themselves, show they are not afraid, they don’t need help, etc)

Unable to listen to the advice of others (believing they know what they need to do, or how it must be done) 

Pushing people away (thinking this is their responsibility alone, that no one can help them, etc)

Unable to stick to or form rational plans (emotion leads them instead of logic)

Twisting reality - unable to clearly see what’s happening before them because they are so overwhelmed, or not remember events of the past for the same reasons. (They may blame people who are not responsible for things that have happened to them, because they think that’s how it happened. Research about trauma to better understand how humans manipulate reality and memories to cope)

Unhinged anger - lashing out in extreme ways (like when characters with super powers suddenly get very strong when very emotional, or more realistically, when a mother’s child is in danger and adrenaline gives her a sort of super strength)

Signs of insanity - when people deal with extremely difficult things, their mental state may begin to break down. They may talk to themselves, appear perfectly fine in a situation that warrants panic, etc. (Be sure to do research before hand, and always depict mental illness as it actually is.) 

Signs of shock - very quiet, rapid heart rate, dry mouth, clammy and pale skin, nausea and vomiting, dizziness, confusion, disorientation, passing out, loss of memory, screaming, crying, etc. 

Trauma - after the fact, your character may experience symptoms of a person with trauma. (If you want your character to experience this, please do your research first. Always depict mental illness as it actually is, not how you want it to be.)

Verbal Habits (External)

Again, make sure you identify which of these habits might come from a “fight” person or a “flight” person before choosing! 

sharp and angry tone (to make them seem tough)

small voice, trying to seem non confrontational

Trying to make the other party happy - “You got a problem?” “No, no, I was just looking around. I didn’t mean to disturb you…”  

Stuttering or stammering (Please use in moderation!)

“Um…” and “uh…” 

Tries to say something tough,  but since they’re actually afraid, it comes out small and weak - “Just… just leave me alone!” his voice squeaked in fear. 

No words coming out (as if their brain is frozen in fear)

Rambling - “Did you come here last night or not?!” “Me? I was at the bar with… my friends! Yeah, we were just ordering some stuff to eat because we met some nice people (who were really into karaoke) to hang out with, and-” “Answer the question!)

Verbal Habits (Internal)

Not wanting to talk about it - typically, people do not want others to know they are afraid. They may become hostile or upset if the topic is brought up. 

Speech patterns change when talking about it - stuttering, incoherent speech, not “having a point” to what they are saying.

Having an edge to their voice (from being angry) - “Just tell me what’s bothering you.” “Because that always works,” she rolled her eyes. “I’m just trying to help.” 

Bizarre topics of conversation, seeming out of the ordinary or distracted. 

Hello all! I know I’ve been away for some time, but I appreciate the love you guys have been giving this account anyway! I’m so happy to see that you find my work helpful. <3 I hope that this post helps you out in writing some good characters and emotions. Have a lovely day, and happy writing <3

-RB

To be fair, changing your mind about where a story’s going based on reader predictions isn’t always bad. Sure, it’s not great if you’re all “oh, no, they figured it out, now I have to change everything because my readers aren’t allowed to be cleverer than me” – but on the other hand, sometimes a reader will be like “okay, here’s the dumbest possible way I can imagine this playing out”, and then their dumbest possible prediction is exactly what you’re planning, and you realise that yeah, now that you’ve seen it laid out by someone who isn’t the voice in your head, that’s actually super dumb.

Chapter: 1/1

Words: 3207

Language: English

Fandom: 万圣街 | All Saints Street (Cartoon)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Applies

Characters: Lynn Angel, Lily Angel, Damao (All Saints Street), Ira Blood, Nick Hoult (All Saints Street), Neil Bowman

colours? colours :) one of my friends generally wanted help on colours and i went. a little bit overboard and decided to just fully format it into a pseudo-tutorial

if it’s not clear what the first image is, basically what you do is merge all your colour layers multiple times to be shadowing and highlight layers and mess with their hue/luminosty/saturation levels, much like on the lineart colouring section. again, making it more saturated and more purple/blue for shadows and lighter for highlights.

don’t take it as gospel or anything it’s honestly just what i do to make it easier for myself due to having Joint Issues but i think it might just help people Without pain possibly do art a bit faster and/or experience less frustration? maybe??? ps. im aware this information probably won’t be new for quite a few people but there’s always going to be new people who didn’t know, so i don’t see the harm in posting this

a coloring tutorial :3

print of the finished one available on https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/shmz037/

Something I most likely haven't talked about but would y'all to know if you're here for my fics, is that I have some rules about pronouns while I write.

First, no emoji or random words pronouns because it's confusing as hell and not readable

Second, for characters using several pronouns I only use one per paragraph and can switch between paragraphs.

Third, when one character uses several pronouns I tend to refer to them with one that isn't already used by someone else in the paragraph. Example: in a paragraph, one person uses she/her, another uses they/them, and then we have the character that uses whatever pronouns. So for that last character I'll most likely use he/him in order to make the reader understand more easily who does/says what.

How I pratice drawing things, now in a tutorial form. The shrimp photo I used is here Show me your shrimps if you do this uvu  PS: lots of engrish because foreign 

Chapter: 5/? (ongoing)

Words: 5198 (ongoing)

Language: English

Fandom: The Owl House (Cartoon)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Applies

Relationship: Raeda, Eda Clawthorne/Raine Whispers, Eda Clawthorne and her kids, Amity Blight/Luz Noceda

Characters: Eda Clawthorne, Luz Noceda, Raine Whispers, Lilith Clawthorne, Amity Blight, Willow Park, Gus Porter, Sinag Sun - OC

EDIT (18/10/2021): New chapter just dropped! Sinag Sun is introduced!

5 things your character can't do while speaking

Choke. Just think about it, seriously. Think about what choking is and imagine speaking while it’s happening. That would fuckin’ hurt, man.

Hiss. Look, it’s just not possible, okay? No matter how “evil” you want your character to seem.

Snarl. Animals snarls. The Beast from Beauty and the Beast snarls. The Hulk snarls. You know who doesn’t snarl? PEOPLE WHEN THEY’RE SPEAKING.

Shriek. Come on, 99% of the time, “shriek” is not the word you want.Let’s face it: if you put an exclamation point at the end of the sentence, your reader gets the picture. Don’t bring to mind banshees and screaming toddlers.

Sneer. I’m not even going to bother explaining this one. “SNEER” ISN’T EVEN A SOUND.

In the coming days, we’ll be rolling out a code change that limits the total number of fandom, character, relationship, and additional tags that can be added to a work. This limit of 75 tags will apply to both new and existing works, but no tags will be automatically removed from existing works.

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Attention non-artists who commission artists: don’t fuckin do this???

no google docs you don't understand this is a sexy, necessary grammar mistake

whump dialog prompt list

1. “Can you hear me? Do you know what day it is? Your name?”

2. “I- I can’t see! I can’t see anything!”

3. “No! Don’t leave me here alone!”

4. “I don’t know how much longer I can take this…”

5. “Don’t worry, this will only hurt a little bit. Maybe.”

6. “No no no no no! I can’t be here! I need to go!”

7. “You promised me- you promised!”

8. “I can’t live without you…”

9. “You can’t sleep yet, kid, I need you to stay awake.”

10. “If we don’t go now, we are all going to die.”

11. “We can’t just leave them here, they’ll never get out on their own!”

12. “Throwing up is one of the symptoms.”

13. “You’re all that I have left!”

14. “I trusted you to keep them safe, and you couldn’t even do that?!”

15. “You know, it took me a long time to decide on food poisoning.”

16. “She’s going into shock-”

17. “He’s hemorrhaging!” 

18. “Maybe the ghosts will take you away.”

19. “You can’t tell me you didn’t care! Not after everything!”

20. “Maybe this will keep that big mouth of yours shut.”

21. “You were severely dehydrated and malnourished.” 

22. “Apply pressure, i’ll be back soon.”

23. “I promise.”

24. “And if something were to happen to you… I don’t think I could take it.”

25. “You were missing for days!”

26. “You shouldn’t go alone, remember last time?”

27. “He’s seizing!” 

28. “You’ve been out for a few months…”

29. “Because I couldn’t live with myself if you got hurt!”

30. “Just because I did it doesn’t mean you should too.”

31. “I told you I had a weak heart…”

32. “I have something I need to tell you, but, uh- maybe we should find a place a little more… Quiet.”

33. “Who are you again?”

34. “I thought you were smarter than that!”

35. “You really think that that is still an option?!”

36. “All we can do now is wait.”

37. “I wanted you to be better than me.”

38. “Couldn’t you do something?! We can’t just- just give up!”

39. “This is a matter of life and death, make the wrong move, the wrong choice, and they’re dead. You hear me?”

40. “It’s been 6 years!”

41. “Granted, this has never worked before, so really we’re just hanging onto hope with this one.”

42. “Go grab the first aid kit, and be quick!”

43. “Were did you get all these bruises from?”

44. “You’re just like your father!” 

45. “If I die before I wake, I pray the lord my soul to take.” 

46. “I don’t think she has much longer, you should say your goodbyes while she’s still with us.”

47. “Before you go, I have a little something I would like to share with you!”

48. “Fight like you mean it!”

49. “You’re just some drunken bastard that can’t do anything right!”

50. “If I never see you again, just know that I love you so, so much…”

you can't just make any animal long and call it art

Visible Mending

Introduction:

Visible mending is a decorative way to fix up an item. Instead of trying to make your mend as invisible as possible, the idea is to make it part of the garment's design.

Visual mending is not a single technique: it's more of a mindset. If you've got an item you love, it deserves to be mended, and if you're going to put that love into stitches, why not show them off?

That being said, there are some specific techniques that are popular with visible menders. Let's take a look!

Sashiko:

Sashiko is a type of traditional Japanese embroidery that is used to both decorate and reinforce fabric. In visible mending, sashiko is often used to cover up holes with patches or to reinforce thinning fabric. This technique uses a variation on the running stitch.

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Some resources on sashiko:

SashiCo on YouTube: sashiko livestreams and information on the cultural aspect of sashiko.

Written tutorial by Upcycle Stitches.

Free sashiko templates by TheSpruceCrafts.

Fixing jeans with sashiko by Soluna Collective.

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Embroidery:

Regular embroidery is also a popular technique to accentuate your mends. Check out my embroidery 101 post to learn how to get started. You can embroider patches, or use embroidery to hide or accentuate any stitches you've made to fix holes. Embroidery's also a great way to cover up stains.

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Patches:

There are many ways to add patches to a garment. My tutorial on patches is a good place to start if you want to make custom-shaped patches to sew on top of your fabric. You can also sew your patch on the inside of your garment and have it peek out from beneath the hole you're trying to fix. Fun ideas for this are lace or superheroes.

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Darning:

Darning is a technique used to repair holes in fabric by using running stitches to weave extra fabric over the hole as to fill it up again. While traditionally darning is done in an invisible way by using the same colour of thread as your fabric, you can also use contrasting colours to accentuate your fix. Check out this written tutorial on darning by TheSpruceCrafts.

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Conclusion:

Visible mending is a creative way to fix up your clothes and give them some personality at the same time.

You should be proud of the fact that you took the time and learned the necessary skills needed to mend your clothes! Show off what you did!

A fun side effect of wearing these obvious mends is that people will notice them. They'll remember your fixes the next time they're faced with a hole in their wardrobe, and it will make them more likely to try it for themselves.

These are just a few ways to visibly mend your garments. Want more inspiration? Check out Pinterest or r/Visiblemending on Reddit.

Would you happen to know if there were a digital mannequin program, I.e. a human shape you could pose and use as reference?

Hi there! Some websites we have are

EggaZyoutatsu - Gives you a randomized skeleton and allows you to draw over it on the website

Sketchfab - View 3D models for free 

Posemaniacs - 3D renderings of bodies. you can pose and change the angle as you wish.

our #anatomy tag

I don’t think we have anything that  you can pose at will, all of these have ready made poses and models. If anyone has a suggestion, feel free to send us a fanmail and I’ll add it to the post! :) 

Peak brain: making the character have an assumption on people's gender at the beginning then slowly moving to them using neutral to refer to strangers because of growth.

Time to try writing the closet on fire ai guess

I say that but I don't the file with the names of the different characters lmaooo I'm so stupid

Time to try writing the closet on fire ai guess

I say that but I don't have the file with the names of the different characters lmaooo I'm so stupid

Time to try writing the closet on fire ai guess