Stuff to think about

[18+ only, Minors DNI] [he/him] Side blog mainly for posting drawing/writing advice, pose references, landscapes, random interesting info and other stuff that inspires me to write and draw. Byrusvirus is my main.

[byrusvirus]

Horror Writing of Joel Newman

Horror works and related ramblings.

I'm trying to really get back into horror writing and finish off some older short stories, so I made a writing blog to upload some of my works.

Still a work in progress, and I need to sort out stuff like images, so we'll see how it goes.

[nubbsgalore]

kilauea, one of the most active volcanoes on earth, has erupted continuously from its pu’u o’o vent since 1983, oozing one thousand degree fahrenheit lava at fifteen yards an hour across hawaii’s big island into the ocean. photos by (click pic) tom kualii, g. brad lewis, bruce omori, cj kale and nick selway

[guttedpulsars]

here is a master list of great art tools that can make your workflow easier! 👇 (consistently updating)

posemaniacs.com/en

if you want to learn human anatomy with the benefit of preset poses, this is for you! you can use it standalone, but as a bonus you can also import poses into the clip studio paint 3D models. (File -> Import -> 3D Pose (Posemaniacs)

line-of-action.com

great for gestures and observational sketches!

zvork.fr/vls/

browser based rig for lighting & shadows

MY FAVORITE BRUSHPACKS

truegrit texture supply - https://www.truegrittexturesupply.com

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ADDITIONAL TOOLS COMING!

[art-res]

Human Anatomy for Artist Unofficial Search Helper

They also have an animal one that I linked a whole back on the same site !

[nevver]

Sketch, Kevin Boyle

[curtvilescomic]

Conan The Barbarian by Robin Recht

French artist has drawn comics of Conan, known in the US under Cimmerian.

[questcequecestqueca]

Syd Barrett

[pangur-and-grim]

Meet the Northern Bald Ibis. They are currently critically endangered, with only 500 left in the wild. Local legend claims this is the first bird Noah released off the arc. While unverified, that religious sentiment allowed them to survive in Turkey while they perished in Europe.

Photos from Wikipedia, Imad Cherkaoui, Mongabay.com,Ark Gallery, Birdtheme.org, Surfbird.com, Britishbirdlovers

[unconditionalstudio]

[slobbering]

Stephan Abel Sinding, Le Baiser, vers 1889

[fhtagn-and-tentacles]

OCTO HEART

by Josephine Kreischer

[n3ko-blog]

[nature-travel-photography]

Yellowstone’s Prismatic Spring - Author: valueinvestor13

[5oil]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BnSDltZlfDE/

[miamaimania]

Abandoned Chinese Fishing Village ~ China by Zhen Xuan ⌘ Village surrenders to ivy’s slow, unstoppable embrace

[alexeiphotography]

taos, nm

[digitalkiddo]

If you're writing anything involving cons, scams, heists, or morally questionable characters who are very good at lying, here are some free resources I've been using for research. Saving you the "why is this in my search history" anxiety.

1. The FBI's Famous Cases & Criminals archive (fbi.gov/history/famous-cases) has detailed breakdowns of real fraud cases, Ponzi schemes, and confidence operations. The language they use is clinical and precise, which is perfect for getting the procedural details right.

2. The FTC Consumer Sentinel Network publishes annual reports on the most common fraud tactics in the US. Great for understanding how modern scams actually work and what makes people fall for them.

3. The Smithsonian's American Art Museum has a free digital collection of forgery case studies. If your character forges documents or art, this is gold.

4. Court Listener (courtlistener.com) is a free legal database where you can read actual court transcripts from fraud trials. Want to know how a real con artist talks under oath? This is where you find out.

5. The Internet Archive's collection of old newspaper crime sections. Search for "confidence man" or "swindle" in papers from the 1920s through 1960s and you'll find incredible real stories that would feel too dramatic for fiction.

Bonus: The Psychology of Fraud section on the Association for Psychological Science website has accessible articles about why people trust, how deception works cognitively, and what makes someone a convincing liar. Essential reading if you want your con artist characters to feel psychologically real.

Reblog to save for later. Your WIP will thank you.

[patronsaintofweepingmothers]

"antique store, portland" (2006), lovely librarians