HEY WRITER FRIENDS
there’s this amazing site called realtimeboard which is like a whiteboard where you can plan and draw webs and family trees and timelines and all that sort of stuff. you can also insert videos, documents, photos, and lots of other things. you can put notes and post-its and, best of all, you can invite other people to be on the board with you and edit together!!
this is really really awesome and a great tool for novel planning, so if you’re doing nanowrimo…. this could be good for you!!
Hey Jeff…
Tag: reference
A reminder.
Okay so I followed this video about foreshortening and…
Sycra. I love you so much for making this video.
YOU GOTTA BE FUCKING SHITTING ME
guys
GUYS
SHIT
SHIT GUYS
are you shitting me right now
years of me avoiding foreshortening aND IT WAS THIS EASY??
Every artist who sees this post should do the following:
– Watch the video.
– Follow the instructions
– Reblog
I can’t stress you enough about how important these exercises are for your drawing hand. You don’t wanna get CTS of Tendonitis and similar stuff that will prevent you from making art or even hold a pencil.
Okay, this guy is my HERO. I just did these exercises as I watched the video, and already my arms and hands feel better. I have a degenerative tendon disease that prevents my muscles, tendons and ligaments from retaining their elasticity, and so anything that maintains the health of my bendy parts is important.
I URGE YOU. Even if you don’t draw, do these several times a day. Even just sitting at a computer can do serious damage. My dad, who was a rugby player, a carpenter, and now a handyman, suffered from severe carpal tunnel syndrome, simply as a result of sitting at the computer at the end of the day to play a little solitaire. Don’t let it happen to you!
((Guys, I will reblog this like, 5 times a day just so you all will see this. This is REALLY helpful, and it’s quick and easy.))
Wow, these are REALLY helpful. And yes, this is not just good but IMPORTANT for more than artists — if you type a lot, play a lot of video games, do anything that requires lots of repetitive movements of your hands, wrists, and arms (gardening, sewing, factory work), these can help. Even if you don’t yet get pain these are a great preventative measure, because the damage builds up over time. Youth is no protection.
And like he says, you should feel a stretch, but don’t push it too far!
Signal boosting. Guys, I just did this and holy cow do I feel incredibly light and limber in my arms. Again, even if you don’t have any sort of disease, do this as a preventative measure.
DEAR LORD THIS FELT WONDERFUL THANK YOU SO MUCH TO omfg-am-i-hallucinating-again FOR SENDING THIS TO ME
How to get rid of your Art Block
this is a technique thing i learnt a long time ago from a magazine or something. basically draw a scribble and draw the first thing you see in the scribble! if it doesnt work the first time you can try a few times more but this technique might not be for everyone. still it doesnt hurt to try!
im being hgedl AT GUNPONT AND ForCED TO RBEOG
Real talk, this is the best artist protip i’ve ever seen.
Where has this been all my life?
MY SECRET
Describing Skin Colors
Having trouble finding synonyms for ‘white’, ‘black’, ‘tan’, etc? Have any clear idea what tone you’re going for? Here’s some web pages for skin tone description and references:
Words Used To Describe Skin Color
Handy Words for Skin Tone (Includes palettes and comparisons)
Describing Characters of Color
More Tone Synonyms w/ Pictures
7 Offensive Mistakes Writers Make (includes more than just skin color)
Tumblr, pack your bags…
omg look how far away you would be from everyone you don’t like
“world of averages” – composite images culled from thousands of individual portraits resulting in symmetrical average faces.
this was too cool not to reblog
I did this guide about the different types of tattoos. if you think I forgot something, please let me know!
Categories
Lettering: http://1337tattoos.tumblr.com/tagged/quote
Black&White: http://1337tattoos.com/tagged/bw
Tribal: http://1337tattoos.com/tagged/tribal
Biomechanical: http://1337tattoos.com/tagged/mecha
Japanese/Asian: http://1337tattoos.com/tagged/japanese
Dotwork/Geometric: http://1337tattoos.com/tagged/dots
Watercolor: http://1337tattoos.com/tagged/splatter
Blackwork: http://1337tattoos.com/tagged/blackw
UV tattoos: http://1337tattoos.com/tagged/uv
White ink: http://1337tattoos.com/tagged/white*nope, I don’t have a category for new and old school because at least 60% of my daily posts are in these styles. you can look for something more specific on the categories page.
Sources
http://magazine.foxnews.com/style-beauty/tattoo-style-guide-part-1
http://magazine.foxnews.com/style-beauty/guide-tattoo-styles-part-2
http://www.tattoo.com/blog/sacred-geometry-tattoo-decoding-trend
http://beauty.lovelyish.com/2013/06/09/hot-or-not-watercolor-tattoos/
http://tat2guru.com/dotwork-tattoos-creating-art-with-millions-of-tiny-dots/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UV_tattoos
http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-a-white-ink-tattoo.htm
http://blog.smashcave.com/collections/hyper-realistic-tattoos-you-wont-believe/I’ve updated this post with white ink and realistic tattoos as requested. the quality of the images are crap, but tumblr won’t let me upload more than 10 images. also, I can’t believe the number of notes this has 😮
Events Summary: Part One
I’m doing this in parts because it’s just…a lot of work to write out and fact check and all that. Plus from the end of this part onward, the rp story is kind of happening in actual arcs rather than loosely connected events.
I have screens from some of these events, but not as many as I’d like. There is one chat log in here that I’ve included as a dropbox link to a .rtf file, because I went to all the trouble of color coding everyone’s dialogue.







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