Musings On Impulse

fan of: Doctor Who, BBC Sherlock, Elementary (don't kill me!), Criminal Minds, Supernatural, Dark Angel, Misfits, Being Human (UK), Skins (UK), Harry Potter, Glee, Revolution, Teen Wolf, The Avengers (particularly Captain America and Loki), Ten Inch Hero (~sigh~ Priestly), Merlin, Switched at Birth, House, White Collar, Queer as Folk, As the World Turns (squeeee... Luke&Noah!!!!!!!!!), Machine of Death (book), Questionable Content (webcomic), any ghost hunting show, fanfiction

[musingsonimpulse]

Steampunk Professor Xavier Wheelchair Project

[loki-cat2]

BORED!

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Weird but Awesome Movies

Caffeine 

Brothers Grimm

Donnie Darko

Life as a House

Living in Oblivion

Killing Bono

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Quest for Camelot 

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World 

Tank Girl

Ten Inch Hero

The Butterfly Effect

The Princess Bride

V for Vendetta

Wristcutters: A Love Story

Zerophilia

[musingsonimpulse]

Weird but Awesome TV Series & Mini-Series

Alice

Angel

Awake

Becoming Human

Being Human (UK)

Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Charmed

Dark Angel

Dead Like Me

Doctor Who

Grimm

Merlin (1998)

Merlin (2008)

Misfits

Neverland

Primeval

Skins (UK)

Supernatural

Tin Man

Touch

Honorable Mentions (AKA: Less Weird but Still Awesome TV Series & Mini-Series)

Body of Proof

Castle

Criminal Minds

Criss Angel Mindfreak

Elementary

Face-Off

Game of Thrones

Ghost Adventures

Ghost Hunters

Glee

Haunted Collector

Hot Set

House

Sherlock

Taboo

White Collar

[musingsonimpulse]

Weird but Awesome Books, Short Stories, Comics, and Other Things to Read

Machine of Death: A Collection of Stories About People Who Know How They Will Die  -edited by Ryan North, Matthew Bennardo, & David Malki !                                 Read it here!

...Or Not to Be: A Collection of Suicide Notes  -compiled by Marc Etkind

The Revolving Boy  -written by Gertrude Friedberg

[joonchi]

[gayruffian]

I complied a list of free full-length movies you guys might enjoy totally not procrastinating… Enjoy!

Disney or Similar 

Frozen

Camp Rock

Camp Rock 2

Lemonade Mouth

Hannah Montana: The Movie

Ice Age: Continental Drift

The Lizzie Mcguire Movie

Despicable Me

Despicable Me 2

The Karate Kid

High School Musical

High School Musical 2

High School Musical 3

Brave

Another Cinderella Story

Puss in Boots

Jack the Giant Slayer

Kung Fu Panda

Kung Fu Panda 2

Rise of the Guardians

Epic

How To Train Your Dragon

WALL-E

The Smurfs

The Smurfs 2

Alvin and the Chipmunks

Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: The Squeakquel

Alvin and the Chipmunks 3: Chipwrecked

Cars 2

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted

The Incredibles

Frankenweenie

Wreck It Ralph

Monsters, Inc.

Monsters University

Oz the Great and Powerful

The Spongebob Squarepants Movie

Turbo

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs

Mr Popper’s Penguins

Princess Protection Program

The Lion King

Avatar

How To Train Your Dragon

WALL-E

The Smurfs

The Smurfs 2

Alvin and the Chipmunks

Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: The Squeakquel

Alvin and the Chipmunks 3: Chipwrecked

Cars 2

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted

The Incredibles

Frankenweenie

Wreck It Ralph

Monsters, Inc.

Monsters University

Oz the Great and Powerful

The Spongebob Squarepants Movie

Turbo

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs

Mr Popper’s Penguins

Princess Protection Program

The Lion King

Avatar

Finding Nemo

Happy Feet 2

Peter Pan

Sky High

The Princess and the Frog

Ramona and Beezus

Jurassic Park

Paranorman

Astro Boy

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

The Water Horse

Tarzan

Planes

Hugo

Shrek

The Spiderwick Chronicles

Spirited Away

Comedies

Pitch Perfect

Ted

Burlesque

Herbie Fully Loaded

The Hangover

Jack and Jill

The Sitter

Spring Breakers

Grown Ups

17 Again

Bad Teachers

Some Girl(s)

The To Do List

Men In Black 2

Men In Black 3

Girls Just Want To Have Fun

Bridesmaids

Home Alone

Home Alone 2

We’re the Millers

The Change Up 

Scary Movie

Ghost House

The Dictator 

That’s My Boy

What’s Your Number

The House Bunny

This Is 40

Hairspray 

Tooth Fairy

Borat

Action/Dramatic/Adventure

The Avengers

Sucker Punch

21 Jump Street

Now You See Me

The Wolverine

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

The Amazing Spider Man

Spider Man

Spider Man 3

Iron Man 2

Iron Man 3

The Dark Knight Rises

The Incredible Hulk

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Taken

Taken 2

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug 

Green Lantern

Lord of the Rings: Two Towers

Prometheus

World War Z

Cloud Atlas

Life of Pi

The Bourne Legacy

The Last Airbender

Snow White and the Huntsman

Inception

Man of Steel

Tron: Legacy

Superman Returns

Warm Bodies

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

Skyfall

Battleship

I Am Legend

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Thor

Captain America: The First Avenger

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

Dark Shadows

Total Recall

X-Men: The Last Stand

X-Men: First Class

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

The Host

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

2012

The Dark Knight

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

The Matrix

Beastly

Kick Ass

Horror

The Ring

Mirror Mirror

The Cabin In The Woods

Mama

Black Swan

The Exorcist

Final Destination

Apollo 18

"Chick Flics"

Soul Surfer

Dolphin Tale

The Last Song

Playing for Keeps

Letters to Juliet

Step Up Revolution

Step Up 3D

Perks Of Being A Wallflower

Monte Carlo

The Help

Mamma Mia

LOL

Katy Perry: Part of Me

Friends With Benefits

Silver Linings Playbook

Footloose

War Horse

The Lifeguard

Crazy, Stupid Love

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

The Boy In The Striped Pajamas

No Strings Attatched

Les Miserables 

The Proposal

The Notebook

Saving Private Ryan 

Valentine’s Day

Sex and the City

Have fun!! 

[herhmione]

masterpost for writers creating their own worlds, or even just characters

names that have specific meanings

meanings of any names

popular baby names

upper class names

common last names

fancy last names

aristocratic/royal names

random name generator

random place name generator

list of latin words

english to latin translator

english to greek translat

or

greek mythology database

the culture of ancient rome

list of legendary creatures

fantasy name generator

feel free to add in any links!

[star-spangled-jackass]

[shiroxix]

It is not the prettiest but here is a little chart I made of skin tones.

The idea is to eye-drop anywhere on the chart to get a unique skin tone instead of getting stuck in the loop of “white, tan, dark”.

[lexxercise]

I’ve been getting a lot of asks lately about the brushes and textures I use in my work, so here’s a BIG FAT REFERENCE POST for those of you who were curious! Bear in mind that I’m really lazy and don’t know what half the settings do, so don’t be afraid to experiment to figure out what works best for you :>

BRUSHES

Pencil I use the pencil tool with SAI’s native paper texture both for sketching and for applying opaque color with no blending. Lower opacities give it the feel of different pencil hardnesses, while full opacity makes it more like a palette knife, laying down hard-edged, heavy color for detail work or eventual blending with other brushes. Ink Pen Mostly made this because I’m lazy and I didn’t want to have to keep turning my textures off/opacity up when I wanted to ink something (even though I don’t do it very often), or lay down flat colors. I find the line quality to be much more crisp than Photoshop, and you can manually adjust in-program stabilization to help smooth out hand wobbles. Round Brush The plain ol’ brush tool acts as sort of an in-between for me in terms of brush flow. It’s heavier than my usual workhorse brush, for faster color application and rough blending, but not as heavy as the pencil tool, which has no blending at all. I like to use the canvas texture on this brush to help break up the unnatural smoothness that usually accompanies digital brushes, but it works just fine without. Flat Brush A brush tool set to flat bristle is by far my favorite to paint with. I don’t use any textures with it because I think the shape of the brush provides enough of that by itself. I use it for everything from rough washes to more refined shaping and polish. It’s just GREAT.

Watercolor Best used for smooth blending, washes, gradients, and smoky atmospheric effects. Cloud Basically a grittier version of the watercolor tool, because too much smoothness weird me out. Good for clouds and fog, as the name suggests, or just less boring gradient fills.

TEXTURE OVERLAY

To further stave off the artificially smooth look of digital painting, I almost always overlay some sort of paper texture, and it’s almost always this one, which I scanned and edited myself. You’re all welcome to use it, no permission required!

Using overlays in SAI is just as easy as using them in Photoshop. Just paste the texture into its own layer above everything you want it to apply to, and change the layer mode to Overlay. That’s it!

Want a more prominent texture? Up the contrast. Something more subtle? Lower the contrast or reduce the layer opacity. You can also use a tinted overlay to adjust the overall palette and bring a little more color unity to an otherwise disparate piece! Just be aware that too much texture can hurt the readability of the work beneath it, so I’d err on the side of subtlety.

Hope that helps!

-L

[snuskens-deactivated20161002]

Simple Hooded Cloak Pattern

Difficulty level: Beginners

Required skills: basic stuff like ‘how to use a measuring tape’, ‘how to use pins’, ‘how to cut fabric’, 'how to not accidentally stitch through your own fingers when using a sewing machine', you get it

(feel free to message me if you have questions)

[nikkisixxnine-deactivated201711]

References I found and use for doodling- 

Hopefully you all like?

[z-raid]

Sources:

Body Shapes - Practice by tabbykat

Hand Reference, part one (?)

headshots by ErrantCrow

Source Unknown

pinfluxsketches

pachurz

[spacemantheo]

Leg tips by Bryan Lee

[ringo-obsession]

Turn your handwriting into a font

I discovered this by accident and I thought it was really funny and cute:

1. Download the template from MyScriptFont website

2. Write out the alphabet and numbers in your style, using a black marker (felt pen). This is mine:

3. Scan the template  4. Upload to the MyScriptFont website, name it, set the format and click “send file” 5. Download it to your computer and install

And check out my result!

[traumbelrum-deactivated20240801]

reblogging for writers that want to invent their own font. 

[artist-refs]

hands and feet by thankyouinternet

[psychofactz]

More facts

[thxrsdxy]

….maybe that’s why I listen to Skyrim and Mass Effect when I’m writing.

[petepaintswarhammer]

http://www.rpgamers.net/radio/

Just going to leave that there for anyone who needs it

[warchirf]

this is true. whenever i study, write, or other university things, i always listened to game music, film musics and classical. (and maybe a playlist of adventure time and starwars). it makes me super focused!

[mallowhoney]

More advice from a gamer and psych major. Make two playlists! One with the softer, more flowing music, like what you hear while traveling in a game. Name it “Field music.” This kind of music is supposed to just keep the flow as you travel in the game and it keeps pressure even.

Now take all the high-intensity battle music and make a playlist called “Boss Fight.” This music is supposed to make you feel just a bit desperate, but also empowered and badass. This is good for VERY CLOSE DEADLINES and “HOLY SHIT THREE PARAGRAPHS TO GO I GOT THIS.” It helps you get reenergized and gets you pumped to push through the last bit.

This is how I study and write papers.

For those of us who like lyrics, pick something NOT in the language you are writing in. When you’re writing in English and listening to English music it lowers your ability to write as well as you could because your brain is also interpreting the music.

[shaking-off-the-bad-blood]

Did you see what Hayley Kiyoko said about Taylor? I’m sad :(

I did! I think people are actually misinterpreting the quote. I don’t know if it is being taken out of context or what, but if you read the interview itself, I don’t believe she was calling Taylor unoriginal or boy crazy. She was just defending her choice for wanting to make videos with female love interests.

It is actually very similar to when Taylor back in 2014/2015 would say in interviews how she believes people are sexist when they call her out for writing about her exes but don’t call out people like Ed Sheeran or Bruno Mars for writing about theirs. She wasn’t calling out Ed or Bruno at the time, yet rather criticizing how the media and the public handle the situation. Hayley appears to be doing the same.

[taylorswift]

Exactly. We should applaud artists who are brave enough to tell their honest romantic narrative through their art, and the fact is that I’ve never encountered homophobia and she has. It’s her right to call out anyone who has double standards about gay vs straight love interests.