CREATIVE LEAP

Everyday is made better with creativity. I come to the edge of my life in art, work, books, conversation, thought, hope, music, learning, belief, tradition, and relationships... and then I leap!

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The amazing art of Zach Johnsen

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L’ÉTÉ soon on my shop

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Blood drop/cut throat pearl necklace by Hell’s Belle designs.

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Pokémon GO creator Niantic closes $190M funding round Mobile AR gaming startup Niantic has closed a $190 million round of funding according to newly filed SEC docs. The filing comes after a WSJ report last month suggested the company was in the process of closing a $200 million raise from investors, including IVP, aXiomatic Gaming and Samsung, at a $3.9 billion valuation. The round closed shortly after that report on December 20 according to the new documents. With the close of this round, Niantic has now raised more than $415 million to date. The startup’s other investors include Founders Fund, Spark Capital and Alsop Louie Partners, among others. The filing details that there were 26 investors in this funding round. The new influx of cash comes as the creator of Pokémon GO prepares to release its next major title, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. The augmented reality game does not have a release date yet, but is expected to launch this year. Niantic reportedly raising $200M at $3.9B valuation

Pokémon GO creator Niantic closes $190M funding round – TechCrunch

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new year new art

art for sale - - https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Drawing-opiate/284005/4666846/view

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Dungeon Master Essentials

I decided to make a list of DM stuff that I personally use or think are important to know when it comes to being a DM. So here’s my list:

Medieval Fantasy City Generator: This generator is now my LIFE. It generates incredibly complex cities with good customization. (Thanks to plantkat for sharing this site in their post here)

Naming Your Towns/Cities: Now that you’ve made your city, time to name it and give it some character! This post contains lots of great information.

Index Cards Rule: Fuckyeahdnd shared a SUPER convenient way of keeping track of turns and HP in combat. I use this system now for every single session I run.

Tricks & Traps: I am AWFUL at coming up with good Dungeon traps and challenges, this PDF includes some incredible ideas. The original poster, Courtney C. Campbell also runs a blog where she shares tons of great stuff. (Thanks to we-are-rogue for sharing the PDF in their post here)

Playing Different Types of Characters: Writeinspiration has a masterpost on how to write/play lots of different types of characters.

Unique NPC Jobs: Lauraharrisbooks wrote a list of different Fantasy Jobs which can help populate your world with some unique characters! Another similar post by Thewritershandbook also covers Common Occupations in the Middle Ages. 

Developing Characters by Threes: Monticusrex’s method of creating characters help you really flesh out who they are. Useful for Players and DM’s.

Troublesome Players? Speak Up: Dicebound brings up an incredibly great point. If someone is being a jerk, speak up and call them out. This is especially important and relevant now to crush awful behavior before it even has a chance to show it’s ugly face.

List of D&D Resources: And finally, pretty much anything you might need for D&D.  (Character stuff, spells, online communities/ways to play, etc..) A lot of people contributed to this post but thank you Mushroomancy for posting the original list.

Donjon: And finally, this site is a great resource for looking up Spells and Monsters along with tons of other generators. Not every single Spell or Monster is on here, but most are listed.

(I tried to give credit to the original posters or the actual URL for websites, unless those sites or URLs were no longer active)

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Friedrich Kunath (German, b. 1974), Not Today, 2018. Oil on canvas, 61 x 49 in.

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Over my winter break, I worked out the kinks for printing this long narrow sheet of “Thank You” cards I can tear apart and include with prints ordered through my Etsy shop. With the expense of quality paper, I can’t bere to throw even scrap paper away. Now I have a lino block the same size as the majority of my scraps to bring out and print from, not only to use up the scrap paper, but also left over ink! #art #linocut #thankyou #paperhoarder https://www.instagram.com/p/BsQuVPZna9c/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1srlyxt2ype4o

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Open Press Project | Home

On a mission to make printmaking accessible to everyone! With this little 3D printed press, the Open Press Project! It's portable, it's ligh

World’s first 3D printed press. Free open source design thanks to inventor, Martin Schneider

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Corso Cavour - Pavia #danielebarillari #drawing #instaart #art #ink #inkdrawing #urbansketcher #sketch #sketchbook #pavia #italy #artist #illustration #architecture #city (presso Pavia, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrvfNmphfvm/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=oi6873khhhc5

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The 2019 Xmas card print, 3-color linocut, 5in x 7in, edition of 90, inspired by St. Paul’s Cathedral in London at night. #printmaking #blockprint #reliefprint #linocut #linoprint #handmade #xmas #xmascard #art https://www.instagram.com/p/Brsg_0vASIa/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zr1998x1kcfk

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My wife decided that we should make eachother gifts this year. Here was my effort. Not very romantic, I know. But it was done with love...

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My latest linocut inspired by the 1910 100 Reichsbanknote (featured in the center)

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Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, October 2018