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Other advice posts that may be of interest:

How To Study When You Really Don’t Want To

Active Revision Techniques

How to Revise BIG Subjects

The OSCAR Revision Model

The Diffuse Mode of Thinking

Keep reading

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art tips post

for all the artist following me

Have two sketchbooks: One for finished and high-quality art (stuff made with Prismacolor or Copic if you use that or art for your portfolio) and the other sketchbook for more messy doodles. This way you have a place to try new things and mess up as much as you need. When I only had one sketchbook I was scared to draw in it because I didn't want to mess it up

Do studies. I cant tell you how much I've improved just by doing studies of shoes, hands, noses, and all that. This works for when you have art block too since you’re not really making stuff up and just learning how real things work.

Learn from others. I’ve never taken a real art class because 1. I can’t afford it and 2. there’s no good art classes/programs at my school. I’ve been following several artists and learning from them over the years and they’ve helped me tremendously. Just please do not steal art because that is never okay.

Break down concepts. If you notice there’s something wrong with your piece then figure out why. You can’t get better if you leave mistakes and don't try to understand whats going on. If the color is weird figure out if the values look right or maybe its the saturation of the color.

Watch youtube tutorials. Here are some youtubers I think are pretty good art teaching all things art: Draw with Jazza |  DrawingWiffWaffles |  Proko |  Baylee Jae

Have an inspiration folder/blog. Sometimes you just need a collection of starry nights or a misty forest or even a French bakery. All of those things can help you get inspired to draw. It could even be completely unrelated to what you plan to draw.

There are no dumb ideas in the creative process. If you want to draw a lizard in a dress go for it! If you want to draw various pastries with faces do it! Don’t let the thought of it being too dumb stop you because if I’ve learned anything in my several years of drawing it’s that an idea can lead to another and another and another and you may get a really good idea just from doodling dumb things.

Here’s a few things that can get you started on drawing better:

Dynamic poses | Dynamic clothes | Dynamic figure drawing

COMPOSITION | PERSPECTIVE | CONSTRUCTION

Anatomy:

Legs

Arms

Hands

Heads

Body (Female) (Male

Color Theory

Improving your sketchbook

Most importantly, don’t give up! You may not immediately get notes or followers but it’s more important you get better than to have popularity. How do you think those popular artists got to where they are now? To be good you’ve got to work at it.

[melisailustraciones]

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[angelsghost]

Some more study motivation because I need it right now please help

[studyfulltime]

rainy evenings…studying whilst wishing i was in bed✨

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05.04.19

happy april and happy friday!

today, i was quite productive: i worked out, wrote an essay of 1700 words, sent two emails which i’ve been procrastinating, and made a birthday card for my dad! i still want to finish an essay of 400 words before tonight. and that wraps up my to-do list for today!

sending positive thoughts, a warm mug of your favorite beverage (spring herbal tea for me), and your favorite snack bar (nakd blueberry muffin)! ☕️

[pinkwinged-deactivated20230125]

linh

[mooncat-s]

This post is critical

Ross the sweetest boy I know. He’s a spectacular worker and student. He goes out of his way for any of his friends, even ones he doesn’t speak to, he’ll drop whatever he’s doing and drive 500 miles if someone asks. Every chance he gets, he’ll help anyone he can. However, he always refuses to ask for help himself, struggling, and after all the generous things he’s done, he’s never asked to be paid back or rewarded. He’s only 19 years old and had a terrible life growing up, from getting raped to going into foster care but he pushed to be better. Recently, I found out back in January, he drove from North Texas to North Arkansas to help a friend, he hasn’t spoken to in three years, get his trailer when his friend’s truck broke down. However, on the way back, Ross asked if his friend could drive the last five hours back into Texas, so that he could rest in the passenger seat. When everything started going downhill for him. Ross’ friend hit the back of a box truck in Oklahoma and crash the truck. Ross woke up in a panic and immediate jumped out pulling his friend out and ran to the box truck and helped them out. By the time he got back home, he found out he got a concussion and had a risk of brain bled. This took a strain on him because his work wouldn’t clear him for a month since he works with large machines and next to an air force base. His medical bills were costly since he had to take a lot of pain pills for his injuries. He did manage to get back to work but unfortunate only because he lied to his doctor about the concussion not affecting him anymore. Which still worries me even after 3 months because he comes from work exhausted and still gets migraines. After he found a used truck to buy, he used all his savings and pulled money from his 401K to get it. He skipped days from eating and walked to work just to save money. Unfortunately, he’s struggling financially, even though he’s working overtime constantly. Working 7-day weeks, nearly every week he can. Right now, I’m asking you to help him. His best friend from high school, then his grandmother, a family friend, and his uncle, all recently passed away in the last month. However, he can’t make it to the funerals because he can’t afford the gas to go down to San Antonio because he can’t even afford groceries after he pays his bills this upcoming month. I can’t even help him because I’m living almost paycheck to paycheck to help him out. So, I’m writing this to ask for you guys to help him out and raise money, so I can get him to San Antonio next week and to have food for the next two weeks. Please help. I just need to reach about $170 before May 3rd. Please, I’m begging for help.

My pay pal link is: https://paypal.me/mowtheloan?locale.x=en_US

or at [email protected]

[iknowthis]

07.04.2019 Sitting in my sunlit appartement, eating breakfast and listening to Beirut. My friends and I were at their concert last night - it was so lovely! I’m still a bit hungover but I’ve got a lot on my to do list. Let’s get this bread!

[shreyastudies]

{04.05.2019} ap exam planning (late i know 😂) ft. my peach mango smoothie 🍑🥭

[inky-duchess]

Show don’t Tell.

Show don’t tell. The golden law of writers. We are told that we MUST show things never tell. But how can we do so without anybody telling us what to do? Nobody tells us how to show without telling.

To me it has always been cause for anxiety. But through writing, I have learned what the “show don’t tell” really is. It is the Mayonnaise of storytelling.

No, no.

This is not a shitpost. I haven’t lost the rest of what remains of my shattered mind. Consider this; to turn a sandwich into something edible something must be applied. We don’t want the boring slice of bread. We have to have a topping.

Step 1: Write what you mean to say first.

This will be our sample sentence:

Henry broke his leg. It hurt.

Nothing wrong with this. It’s just ALRIGHT. We don’t want alright. We want good or excellent. What can you do to this sentence?

Step 2: R+L=J

Well, he’s broke his leg. What accompanies that? The sound of the bone snapping? The sensation of the bone tearing through the skin? What is involved in breaking one’s leg? What body language tells us about pain or expression.

Step 3: Ring around the Rosie

We have our list of things associated with pain and bone breakage. Now, play Shakespeare. We don’t want to say Horatio is gay for Hamlet. We show that Horatio doesn’t want to live without him and holds him as he dies. (In this essay, I will go down with this ship...)

Original Sentence: Henry broke his leg. It hurt.

New sentence: Something under him made a dull crack and next thing he knew, venomous fire was running up his leg. He screamed loudly then.

I never TOLD you in the second sentence that Henry broke his leg or it hurt. I planted the thought in your head by using related images.

Not quite, Frollo. Not quite.

Note:

I am in the middle of a large writing project which features a male character who has been sexually assaulted. Over the course of the story he battles with his memories and his PTSD of the event. I have never once told the audience that he was raped. The character never once says the word when speaking about what happened. I found that the storyline was better told by showing the aftermath and the telltale signs rather than coming out and saying that it happened.

I personally believe that one should look out the window and see the beauty of the world rather than sit behind closed curtains and hear about it. A reader will not always enjoy being told something is beautiful. We have the power to show them it is.

For @el-queen (write the damned thing)

[kirstielol]

i made a stardew valley checklist for my bujo bc i recently got back into this game!! ✨ and i made tiny stickers to stick on once i’ve completed something!! here’s a close up of the stickers:

[feywild-songbird-deactivated202]

a letter to my future lover | a spell to help find romantic relationships

what you’ll need:

a key that doesn’t unlock anything or one you don’t use (think key pendants from craft stores or jewelry box keys), for opening doors to opportunities

pink or red ribbon, for love and binding

a pink candle

a small envelope that is either self sealing or have tape on hand

a positive affirmation about being open to opportunities and new relationships

good times to perform this spell:

during a waxing or full moon

or on a friday

what to do:

focus on attracting love, and the qualities of the person you’d like to attract

light the candle

while tying the ribbon around the key, say your affirmation 3 times

place the key inside the envelope

seal the envelope and “seal” it again with wax from the candle, careful not to burn yourself. don’t rely on the candle wax sealing the envelope itself; sealing wax and candle wax are very different.

keep the envelope wherever you feel is right. charge it up when you think you need a boost in your endeavors.

[ashley-elysium]

04.07.19 → practicing french bc the duolingo owl is harassing me, also got a new fossil backpack & im so in love with it

2/100 days of productivity !

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30.03.19

i’m back in switzerland for a month before i have exams in london! this means lots of preparation in my lovely room at home.

currently, I’m trying to get my PhD interview (on monday), my leadership award essay (tuesday), and signing up for events for the swiss study sponsorship (thursday) out of the way. after that, i’ll start preparing for my three exams!

and in the meantime, i’ll try to enjoy being at home with friends, family, and making the most out of spring in this beautiful country!

[tomhardysteeth]

have i ever told y’all about the greatest moment of my academic career

i was a freshman in college and i had this history teacher who was ~edgy~ and his hotness level on ratemyprofessor was off the charts and he was the first teacher i ever heard use the word “fuck.” anyway he would do this thing every so often where we’d have a “quiz” and the first two questions were always really easy and the last one was hard - they were all similar questions, and the point was to show what you learn about history and what you don’t. 

so one day he’s like okay kids time for a quiz and the first question was who killed abraham lincoln. the second question was who killed JFK. third question was who killed william mckinley. 

we all take a few minutes and write down our answers, and then the teacher asks the questions again so we can shout out the answers. everybody answered the first two with really no problem.

now, keep in mind that this class was at 9 a.m. and i was exhausted All The Time during my freshman year of college so i sat in the back in my sweats and never said a word and the teacher definitely had no clue who i was. 

so you can imagine his surprise when he asked the class who shot william mckinley and without missing a beat i said, “czolgosz,” pronounced correctly and everything. 

my teacher froze and in a very stern voice asked, “what was that? what did someone just say?”

i repeated: czolgosz.

my teacher: “who said that?”

i raised my hand, and my super cool history teacher glared at me. he then asked me how the hell i knew the answer. he said that in the TWENTY YEARS he’d been teaching this stupid class, nobody, not A SINGLE PERSON, had ever known the answer to that question.

i then had to quietly explain to a room full of people that there’s a musical called assassins and there’s a song about czolgosz shooting william mckinley at the great pan american exposition in buffaloooooooo (in buffaloooooooo)

[kamicokrolock]

The arts are important.

I shocked a teacher once because I could recite the preamble to the US Constitution (got bonus points to), She asked why I’d taken it upon myself to memorize it. I had to explain it was in a School House Rock song….

[sparringwoodpecker]

I shocked church with my ‘math skills’ when they were asking how many seconds in a minute, minutes in an hour, hours in a day, days in a year, now how about minutes in a year - and I call out five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes without pausing to think, cos Rent

[housetohalf]

Once aced a religion class pop quiz that asked me to list all of Jacob’s sons since they’re the names of the 12 tribes of Israel. The one and only time I’ve been thankful for Andrew Lloyd Webber. I even got points for getting the birth order correct.

[tulipscomeinallsortsofcolors]

me @ every self-righteous STEM major who derides the arts: art IS learning you fool! you baboon! you needlessly divisive motherfucker!!!