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Nerida

Gender: Female

Pronunciation: ne-REE-da

Origin: Australian Aboriginal; Greek

Meaning: Water lily (Aboriginal); Sea nymph; Mermaid (Greek)

Ranking in the US top 1000: Not ranked

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thenamegarden

Kai

Gender: Female

Pronunciation: KIE (English); kie: (Japanese)

Origin: Japanese; Hawaiian; Chinese; Swedish variant of the Kaja

Meaning: Forgiveness (Japanese); Sea (Japanese; Hawaiian); Triumphant (Chinese); Pure; Hen (Swedish)

Ranking in the US top 1000: #895, 2015 (see past rankings)

This name is featured in:

Water Baby Names for Girls

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This came out so beautifully!

jeiwalking

things to remember while drawing:

anatomy is great but dont stop because you cant get it perfect

not every picture has to be a masterpiece

try new things but remember its ok to draw things you like to draw

just because someone younger than you is “better” than you are does not mean you are untalented

everyone sees things differently

be proud of what you can do because nobody can do things the same way you can

shellcollector

Does anyone know of any resources specifically concerning how to draw faces loads of times while having them look like they’re the all still the same person/character? Assume I know that practice is key, I’d just like some additional learning stuff to try to help with how to practice and how to work most effectively. I can sort-of make them look sort-of like the same person, but only with extreme effort and having a sort of ‘master face’ I constantly refer back to, which is ~fine for stuff I’m doing at the moment but would make other things I’d like to do very difficult.

I’m assuming this is a difficult skill for everyone, although I’m worried that they learn it in the same way that they learn to write letters in the same way each time, which I have never been able to do - this is at least part of why my handwriting is so appalling. Okay, I’m not worried, I’m properly scared; I’d find some books or videos or whatever really reassuring just in terms of giving me something to hook onto. Just being told it is difficult for everyone and I should just practice, probably less so, because I do appear to have some sort of never-named, never-diagnosed lifelong co-ordination Issue which means I don’t always master things with repeated practice.

I’m okay with recs for things that cost A Money - I might not be able to get them immediately but if I know they’re worthwhile it will be something to think of in future.

Art people? @aprilwitching? @pilferingapples? @barrydeutsch? Other Art Friends and Followers? People who Know A Guy? Random helpful strangers?

barrydeutsch

I go with having a character model sheet I can pin up in front of my drawing area. After I’ve drawn a character in the comic for a while, I make a new model sheet consisting of the character at various angles, taken from panels I’ve drawn in which I think the character looks especially “right.”

In my experience, readers are actually much more forgiving than many cartoonists realize. There’s no need for a character’s face to ever be perfectly the same in every panel. In fact, it’s probably inevitable that how you draw your characters will evolve over time. What’s more important is that the basic character design makes it clear at a glance which characters are which - because although readers don’t mind (or, usually, notice) faces morphing a little from panel to panel, they DO mind not being able to tell characters apart.

So my advice, which might not be helpful, would be to not kill yourself over drawing faces with perfect consistency. Instead, work on making sure that you have character designs which will make it clear at a glance which character is which, even if the faces do morph a little.

aprilwitching-deactivated201808

reblogging just bc this is really good, concise cartooning advice

rosalarian

I break down characters into smaller parts. What is their eye shape? What is their nose shape? What is their mouth shape? What is their jaw shape? Even if I can only draw 3 different types of each of those features, that’s still 81 different combinations. They’re all fairly simple variations of features, but giving those features names helps to remember them all. It’s not just an eye. It’s an upturned eye or a hooded lid or an almond shape or a bulging eye. It’s not just a face, it’s a heart shape or diamond shape or square shape. I can remember that a character has a square jaw, thin lips, hooded eyes, upturned nose.

Break ‘em down into parts, categorize those parts for reassembly later.

sairobee

Really good advice all around! Seconding @rosalarian – I tend to make a mental catalog of descriptions of individual parts that I associate with certain characters. “She has a pert nose”, “he has thick eyebrows”, etc etc. Whenever faces are looking off, I go through this mental checklist to see if I’m hitting all my targets. (And like @barrydeutsch, I also paste previously drawn faces into my file to make sure I stay consistent. But a little drift is good too! Especially if you’re drawing something really expressive. Sometimes you want to really push shapes for big moments or emotions.)

cracked

11 Self-Defense Techniques (That Even A Child Could Use)

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These are great! These are all really useful methods of defending yourself and I actually learned most of these in my Krav Maga classes.

I would have to go up against people (usually guys) twice my size and could easily overpower me, but these tricks DO work and they don’t require a lot of strength.

weird-biscuits

Reblog to save a life

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blackgirlcurly

Great info.!

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how to be a winner

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This is so important

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Home girl boutta schmooze her way through college

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2opinionatedblackgirls

That discussion board one actually works. Got an A in that portion of my Senior Sem doing that. This is gold.

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Passing college like a Slytherin………I love it

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i stfg re:zero needs to fcking chill.

let the boy have his goddamn date ohmygod.

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A story about teen pregnancy

I found out I was pregnant at 17, it threw my whole world into a whirlwind of hell. I had just started grade 12, (it was the second day in) and the news shocked and seemed to impair me from acting on anything. My boyfriend and I had been dating for a couple years but there’s no easy way to take that news especially when you’re still in high school.

So I hid from the situation and didn’t tell anyone other then my mom (I was living with my dad at the time.) The thing is that I just couldn’t imagine ever having an abortion; it just wasn’t the choice for me and I knew I physically couldn’t do it. My mom took that alright but was obviously concerned.

I went fourth with the pregnancy with my mom knowing, a few friends and obviously my doctor. But I knew I had to get my priorities in line and that meant graduating early so I immediately went into the office and found out a way to graduate half a year early. I also informed my place of work that I’d need to move up a position (cashier - there’d be no heavy lifting) I also asked for as many hours as possible, (it was time to save up an emergency fund or as I liked to call - ‘not spending unless we’re living on the streets’ account. A sum of money that isn’t talked about and is never touched.) Being pregnant, the only thing i’d really spend my money on is food anyway.

And then I told my dad and stepmom. They told me they would be there for me for whatever option I wanted. But I always knew I wanted to keep my baby. It was the one thing I needed to do. They didn’t understand that so they festered in resentment. My boyfriend and I decided to get married in the winter, (I was 18 in the fall so I would be 5 and a half months pregnant by the time we got married.)

Kids at school started to find out, either by word of mouth or that I was gaining weight. Still, I tried to hide it and get through school. I started losing friends. At about 4 months along, I couldn’t take the drunken slurs of resentment I received from my stepmom - “your marriage won’t last!” “you’ll be on welfare!” “you can’t live here until you find a place!” and bursts of anger from my dad. I heard through several people that they were planning to kick me out at the end of the month, one month away from my wedding. So I packed a bag and moved out. All the while kids at school were gossiping, staring, and making remarks. But I still made it in to get my work done, and brought my work clothes so I could continue to work. It felt like I was trying to better myself and get everything prepared but I kept getting shoved back. It hurt, but I knew it wasn’t worth losing my possibility of maternity leave or saving money. I was planning on living at a women’s shelter until we moved into our apartment. It was my best option to continue school and work but at last minute my mom swooped in to save me as mothers often do. I lived with my mom and stepdad out in the country and my mom drove me to school and picked me up from work. All the while, we planned the wedding that was fast approaching and maneuvered our way to doctors appointments. My mother was a real god-sent in helping me get on my feet. My husbands family and half of mine were incredibly supportive and helped us get married.

I think the biggest thing I learned with that is that having kids and getting married either brings family and friends closer together or tears them apart. In the instances where people didn’t respect my choice, I cut them out of my life.

My husband and I got married December 21st of 2012. We moved out into a crummy two-bedroom apartment for $900/a month. I continued to work up until my due date, my husband looked into finding a trade to make more money. He did. And he started to work away from home as an apprentice welder. I received my mat leave and started trying to get my licence - I got it at 8 ½ months pregnant, (pretty late but I was still proud that we made it happen.)

Our little girl was born on May 10th 2013. She changed our whole lives in every way, I don’t think I’ve ever known a love as instinctual and deep as the love I have for my daughter. She lights up my world. She gave me light when I suffered for so long in darkness and uncertainty.

The point that I’m trying to get at here is that you may go through hell and back, lose a lot of friends in the process and get hurt over and over but you have to stick to your gut reaction. About everything, careers, babies, marriage, friends, family, but especially about this. You may get beaten down in every sense and it might be hard to go on. It isn’t the easiest path but life isn’t always as clean cut and down the well-trodden path. It can be messy and hard and relentless but its absolutely worth it. Hold onto the wonderful people in your life who don’t leave, and who stay to help you - those people are worth having in your life. Sometimes it takes a pinch of luck, sometimes a little ambition. All in all, it is possible. If this story reaches just one person who is going through turmoil with young pregnancy I would be so happy. My story is maybe not as incredible as some, but we did forge our lives to be everything we wanted it to be, we hit a lucky streak and we had incredible people in our lives who lifted us up and knew we would try our best. You have the ability to do the same. Make your own choices, don’t make any choices based off of anyone else because in the end there’s just you, and you want to look back and be proud of how far you have come. Always stay true to yourself. If you look for a way to make it work, you will find it. There is always a way. The day you pull out of that uncertainty (and it will happen) is the day you finally reach success.

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curlswithlove

On REPEAT! Some Mid Day motivation!

jinxvexx

TEA (help)

I have been experimenting with making my own tea blends since I have a lot of useful stuff around the kitchen. But I can not find ANY good resource online that suggests what plants and things go well with each other or don’t go well at all. I was hoping it would give me a start at ideas. Anyone have helpful tips?