Cosimo Galluzzi
oozey mess
Stranger Things
Kiana Khansmith
JBB: An Artblog!
JVL
NASA
One Nice Bug Per Day
@theartofmadeline
Peter Solarz
shark vs the universe
Game of Thrones Daily
he wasn't even looking at me and he found me
Sade Olutola
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will byers stan first human second
let's talk about Bridgerton tea, my ask is open
almost home
KIROKAZE
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@agalmacoppelia
can't say enough positive things about the humble square bracket in a writing draft. [place name] [adjective] [description of x] you have saved me from staring at a poorly crafted sentence for hours more times than you could ever know,
Who needs kitschy kitchen shit???
I've uploaded the entire booklet for anyone who wants it. No charge, just have fun! Sorry about the terrifying corn man. There's nothing I can do about him.
Enterprise became Lily's Sugar and Cream, so any of their dishcloth yarns will work perfectly.
Quick Tip: The booklet says to use a 2mm hook unless specified. This is absolutely stupid. Your hands will fall off. Use a 3.5mm. You'll get the tight gauge, and the items will only be about an inch larger. By my estimation, it adds about 20-30 yards for any main color, which is a fair swap for being able to use your hands when you're done.
A lot of people liked my lil denim jacket I made for my furby, Sherbert!
So I thought why not make a tutorial?
Fear not!
It’s way easier than I originally thought!
Basically all it is, is a rectangle of denim fabric.
You could just as easily cut off a leg from an old pair of jeans and use that too!
Firstly, measure around your furbies body, leaving some room at the front. Make sure to add a centimetre for seam allowance otherwise it might be a lil tight.
Next, you’ll want to pieces of jean/denim material and pin them so both denim sides are facing each other (inside out)
Sew the two together leaving a gap for you to be able to turn it inside out.
Turn it inside out and finish the stitching so there are no holes and it’s a nice rectangle.
OPTIONAL STEP: To make it look like a real denim jacket, I added gold/beige stitching around the edge like you’d see on jeans.
Fold over the top of the fabric to make a collar! No stitches required, just iron it in place and it will stay.
OPTIONAL STEP: To make the collar look more triangular at the end (see below), fold the corner under and add a couple stitches so it’ll stay in place.
Lastly, wrap it around your furb and secure in place with a safety pin at the front.
Now you can decorate it as you wish! Paint it? Sure! Lil pins? Beautiful! pOCKETS??? Go for it!
Hope this made sense! If you end up making one, please tag me! I’d love to see it!
Herbert James Draper (English, 1863-1920)
“Go Lovely Rose! Tell her that Wastes her Time and Mine”
Story imagery - Changeling story, "The Magpie and Squirrel's Daughter"
The main character, Larissa, often lounges in just her shift (or other underlayers), especially as she writes her stories.
As the love-interest criticizes her, "Pull yourself together!" (ie "Wear your clothes properly!"), she says,
"If I cannot fall apart in the privacy of my own room, how else am I to reach sincerity?"
Friendship bracelet - Jan 23-29, 2024 - navy-burgundy-green-brown-black
I finished this about 20 minutes ago, but it's literally 4am, so I can't text a photo of it to the recipient yet. (I am polite and wish to let people sleep!)
The button came from Neighbor-G's vintage stash. I had the colors in mind for the person, then confirmed my assumption. (We've been reading each others' minds lately, so I hoped I'd be right, and I was.)
Think I should add some fabric glue to the end-knot, to help secure it. -If- I have any Fabric-Tac, it's packed away, so we're gonna rely on Aileen's tacky stuff.
A finished piece! How rare! I very much enjoyed that I was able to stick with this piece, finishing it in about a week. (Really only worked on it in 3 sessions, so nyeh.)
Just a simple chevron pattern, one of the basics. Very nice for keeping myself focused.
Dan Harmon’s Story Cicle (as inspired by Joseph Campbell’s The Hero’s Journey)
1. You (a character is in a zone of comfort)
ESTABLISH A PROTAGONIST… Who are we? A squirrel? The sun? A red blood cell? America?
2. Need (but they want something)
SOMETHING AIN’T QUITE RIGHT… Something is wrong, the world is out of balance. This is the reason why a story is going to take place. The “you” from (1) is an alcoholic. There’s a dead body on the floor. A motorcycle gang rolls into town.
3. Go (they enter an unfamiliar situation)
CROSSING THE THRESHOLD… For (1) and (2), the “you” was in a certain situation, and now that situation changes. A hiker heads into the woods. Pearl Harbor’s been bombed. A mafia boss enters therapy.
4. Search (adapt to it)
THE ROAD OF TRIALS… Adapting, experimenting, getting shit together, being broken down. A detective questions suspects. A cowboy gathers his posse. A cheerleader takes a nerd shopping.
5. Find (find what they wanted)
MEETING WITH THE GODDESS… Whether it was the direct, conscious goal or not, the “need” from (2) is fulfilled. We found the princess. The suspect gives the location of the meth lab. A nerd achieves popularity.
6. Take (pay its price)
MEET YOUR MAKER… The hardest part (both for the characters and for anyone trying to describe it). On one hand, the price of the journey. The shark eats the boat. Jesus is crucified. The nice old man has a stroke. On the other hand, a goal achieved that we never even knew we had. The shark now has an oxygen tank in his mouth. Jesus is dead- oh, I get it, flesh doesn’t matter. The nice old man had a stroke, but before he died, he wanted you to take this belt buckle. Now go win that rodeo.
7. Return (and go back to where they started)
BRINGING IT HOME… It’s not a journey if you never come back. The car chase. The big rescue. Coming home to your girlfriend with a rose. Leaping off the roof as the skyscraper explodes.
8. Change (now capable of change)
MASTER OF BOTH WORLDS… The “you” from (1) is in charge of their situation again, but has now become a situation-changer. Life will never be the same. The Death Star is blown up. The couple is in love. Dr. Bloom’s Time Belt is completed. Lorraine Bracco heads into the jungle with Sean Connery to “find some of those ants.”
Bowie and Schapiro kidded and laughed about shooting a series of close-up portraits on a putrid green background because they felt it was the worst possible background colour for a magazine, and so they did on this lark - with the image eventually becoming a People magazine cover.
idea for color - muted, mid-green
The Binding, Sacrifice of Isaac
Jacob Jordaens - “The Sacrifice of Isaac” (1630)
Pedro Orrente - “The Sacrifice of Isaac” (1616)
Laurent de La Hyre - “The Sacrifice of Isaac” (1650)
Juan de Valdes Leal - “The Sacrifice of Isaac” (1659)
Story imagery - “Brave Little Tailor” variation. The villain (Cobb) shall threaten to kill the male-lead (Ivan), to force the cooperation of the female-lead (Sarta).
“If only your name were Isaac instead of Ivan, so God might see how well I perform my duties.”
Antoine-Vincent Arnault, secretaire de l'Académie française (detail). By François André Vincent, 1801
Story imagery, character design - "The Magpie and Squirrel's Daughter", the changeling story
Character design: The heroine's father (the magpie) is/was also a writer, throwing himself into his career and passions at the expense of his family
Both the heroine (Larissa) and her father write/work best when in various states of undress. The sensation of fabric can be too distracting
Mary Oliver, “From the Book of Time”
Maggie Stiefvater, “Blue Lily, Lily Blue”
Sylvia Plath, “The Bell Jar”
Walt Whitman, “Leaves of Grass”
Button embroidery crafts
@mihrsuri omg
I am furious and filled with envy.
bird twitter is lighting up
Idea for name - bird names, "Smew"
these guys were onto something i think
Wait no hold on
I collect weird Quaker names (it’s a long story). And while Preservèd Fish is probably the best, there are a lot of close contenders.
See, Quaker women sometimes used their maiden names for their sons’ first names. This led to a bunch of unusual first names, like Warner or Sharpless or Dillwyn. But the absolute winner of this category has to be Coffin Pitts, whose mother I imagine had to be a member of the well-known Coffin family.
But that’s not all!
Quakers (like some other Protestant groups) sometimes used virtues as first names for their children, often girls, which gives us the amazing names Freedom, Remembrance, & Restore Lippincott (brothers), Thankful Thayer, increase Woodward, Content Hussey, Experience Field, and Experience Burt Merrick, which I can’t help reading as a command.
Anyway, without further ado, here is a selection of my best Authentic 18th-to-19th-Century Quaker Names, all belonging to real people who actually lived
Tabatha Turnpenny
Deborah Darby
Milcah Martha Moore
Pennock Passmore
Rowena Ruble
Hepsa Hathoway Howland
Leander Lippincott
Valrosa V. Vail
Benajah Butcher
Hipparchia Hinchman
Abigail Physick
Marmaduke Cooper Cope
Fanny Marsh
William Hood Dunwoody Zook
Sharpless Townsend Zook
Mehitable Jenkins
Mildred Ratcliff
Dorcas Starbuck
Grizzell Kite
Othniel Alsop
Huldah Wickersham
Kersey Grave
Pusey Grave
Jerusha Conant
Lysander Hard
Booth Tarkington
Jemimah G. Schotwell
Zilpha H. Spooner
Ledra Heazlit
Zimri Gaunt
Adonijah Peacock
Adonijah Peacock Jr.
Adonijah Peacock III (yes, they kept this one up for at least 3 generations)
Theodocia Vinicomb
Amariah Ballinger
Featherston Sadler
Melchezed Peacock
Fanny Canby
Mungo Bewley
Morris Morris, Jr. (I find it fascinating that an 18th-century man went through life named Morris Morris and decided that his son needed that experience too)
And the crown jewel, Leather Peacock
People who are able to write multichaptered fics and not get sick of your own idea or spoil everything in chapter 1 or lose motivation or forget about it, teach me your secrets
I'll just leave these here... they're not really secrets
Outline with some wiggle room. Room for details, room to add, and room to reorder.
Make a running gag like an inside joke for yourself that you want to keep up (it can be something small and insignificant or crucial to a subplot just as long as you like it. And you can always edit it out later if you want)
Write in whatever order you want! Linear writing isn't always the best. Heck if creating art was linear your favorite movies, shows, and series would take forever to make (and sometimes they take forever as is)
As for not spoiling—screw that! Drop some hints, foreshadowing is beautiful. You can know the ending by chapter 1 as long as the rest of the story holds people's attention
Plot twists shouldn't change the ending or come out of left field. It's more fun to facepalm and question how you missed the signs as a reader than be thrown for a loop
Get through a few chapters before posting anything. Sometimes a fic just doesn't want to work with you and you might have to abandon it. Save the ideas, you can reuse them in a different story.
The notes on your phone can be useful to jot down ideas on the go. A notebook and pen work too but it's not as organized
Expand on your au. Characters don't have to share all their back stories in the fic. Think up a few misadventures, get invested in the world you have planned. Stretch beyond the plot. Go deeper into who you're writing. You don't have to share everything
World building is your friend. Make up rules, history, animals and plants, legends and myths (not the best for realistic works) Knowing the au world well and getting into it helps a lot with keeping interested
Beta readers and friends to bounce ideas off of are miracles. The best motivators out there.
I need this.
Hajime Sorayama "Tokyo Pop Underground" (2019)
Idea for display, room box - display case or room box with mirrors on the interior. Can be 2-way glass like in the example or with regular mirrors and a strategic peep hole.
Top Tips for Clues, Red Herrings, and Breadcrumbs
One of the most important parts of writing MYSTERY is figuring out what to do with clues and red herrings - and how to use them effectively. Here’s some advice that’s never steered me wrong:
Hide the real clue before the false ones! Most people, so by extent your readers and your sleuth, tend to focus on the last piece of information presented to them. A good strategy is to mention/show your real clue and then quickly shift focus.
Do a clue cluster! Squeeze your real clue in among a whole pile of red herrings or other clues, effectively hiding it in plain sight. This works especially well with multiple suspect mysteries.
Struggling to think of what a clue could be? Try this list:
Physical objects: Letters, notes, tickets, emails, keepsakes, text messages, diaries, etc.
Dialogue: voicemail recordings, overheard conversations, hearsay, gossip, rumours. All of these can hold grains of truth!
Red herrings distract and confound your protagonist and your reader, so you should be careful not to overuse them. Well balanced, red herrings should lead your characters down false paths to create confusion, tension, and suspense.
Contradictions! Have characters claim they did so-and-so at such-and-such a time, but other characters have evidence that contradicts this.
Balance! Avoid a clue that’s so obvious it’s like a neon sign saying “Look at me, I’m a clue!” but don’t make it so obscure it’ll be missed entirely. A good clue should leave a reader saying “Damn, I should have noticed that”
no language should be mocked other than french
Birds is “oiseaux” in French.
No letter is pronunced the way it should.
And there are seven of them.
ITS PRONOUNCED “WAZO” AND YES, I WILL DIE MAD ABOUT IT
oiseaux hits every vowel in the french alphabet and manages to only be pronounced with 2 goddamn syllables
got vowels coming out the oiseaux
