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peach colorging by birdysources, if you download the resource, please like or reblog the post, thank you <3 (download)
𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐊 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄!! to find 330 gif icons ( 75 x 75 ) of haruka fukuhara. these are all from various different shows & interviews and were made from scratch by me. please don’t claim these as your own, repost or redistribute, and be sure to give this a like / reblog if you find them useful.
𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐊 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄!! to find 189 gif icons ( 75 x 75 ) of mio imada. these are all from various different shows and were made from scratch by me. please don’t claim these as your own, repost or redistribute, and be sure to give this a like / reblog if you find them useful.
HERE are [ 165 ] 80x80 gif icons of south korean actress LEE ELIJAH. i made all these from scratch, so please don’t repost/claim as yours ! like or reblog if you’re an rph or if you’re using !
❝ — ° araki yuko gif icons !
under the cut are #150 gif icons of actress/model araki yuko !! all these gifs were made from scratch by me so please do not repost or take credit for them !! however, feel free to edit them however you’d like for personal use. a like or reblog would be much appreciated !! ( download )
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❝ — ° lee elijah gif icons !
under the cut are #150 gif icons of actress lee elijah !! all these gifs were made from scratch by me so please do not repost or take credit for them !! however, feel free to edit them however you’d like for personal use. a like or reblog would be much appreciated !! ( download )
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❝ — ° iitoyo marie gif icons !
in this download, there are #150 gif icons of iitoyo marie !! all these gifs were made from scratch by me so please do not repost or take credit for them !! however, feel free to edit them however you’d like for personal use. a like or reblog would be much appreciated !!
DASH ICONS : just a couple of totally random dash icons ? as requested . no credit required , but it’s appreciated . go wild . edit them or redistribute them as much as your pretty little heart wants .
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Matsumoto Jun | Textured Gif Icons
Under the cut are #28 gif icons with texture of Japanese idol Matsumoto Jun (松本 潤), born in the year 1983. Gifs are sourced from various variety he hosts with his group member ARASHI. The icons are made by me from scratch and are sized as 100x100, textless and roleplayable or reaction gifs. Feel free to use them! Credits isn’t necessary. Please like/reblog if used/saved.
❝ — ° nakajo ayami gif icons !
under the cut are #150 gif icons of nakajo ayami !! all these gifs were made from scratch by me so please do not repost or take credit for them !! however, feel free to edit them however you’d like for personal use. a like or reblog would be much appreciated !! ( download )
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YUKO ARAKI ICONS
actress: yuko araki (japanese)
count: 227 90x90 icons
tv show: ex-enthusiasts: motokare mania
download: HERE
please like or reblog if you use them. do not claim as your own!
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FONT PACK #1
APHRODITE • HERMES • POSEIDON • APOLLO • ATHENA • DEMETER
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We do not own the fonts. All credits go to the real owners.
THEME 025: 「 ✩ * º ╳ GHOST DREAM」— desveladas
hello my spoopie fronds ! as promised, here’s that theme everyone’s been asking for lately, as a halloween present from yours truly. it looks kinda like a livestream on instagram ? or at least that was my intention lmao. stay spoopie you guys, drink some butterbeer, eat pumpkin spice shit, hand candies, do the trick or treat, watch some scary movies, dress up, scream, boo. hope there aren’t any problems. if so, message me right away. please like/reblog if you’re using or planning to. and most importantly, hope you like it as much as i do !
please read——— don’t repost and claim as your own, don’t use as a base code, don’t move the credit around or put it in another page. don’t steal bits from this code, not even if you credit me or whatever, please and thank you.
contained theme.
300px posts, and an option for 400px.
239px x 342px sidebar picture.
40px sidebar icon, 30px sidebar update icons, 67px header icon, and finally, 50px navigation icons (also links btw).
optional div for updates / whatever you want it to be !
a search bar
dropdown panel that features: 5 navigation links, and description.
probably smth else but i forgot lmao
all my luv n effort
STATIC PREVIEW + CODE
fading by bonecarvers
features —
contained theme
300px posts
background image & container image
2 sidebar images
dimensions —
sidebar images are 110px & 60px
container image is 655x460
all images are automatic resize
terms of use —
edit all you like, but DON’T remove the credit
DON’T copy & paste pieces of this code into another
this is NOT a base code, so don’t use it as one
a like/reblog would be great!
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How To: Develop Your Characters
I think we’ve all been in the situation where we want to write about a specific character but have no idea how to approach it. For some reason, despite them being your own character, you have no idea how they would act or what they would say in a certain situation. Sometimes, if you even write about your character(s) at all, when you read it back they seem fake or 2-Dimensional. Unrealistic, if you’d prefer.
In this post, I am going to give you some exercises to get past hollow characters and help develop your writing.
1) Empty Their Pockets
Pretty simple. Think of what your characters would have in their pockets on a day-to-day basis. It doesn’t have to be anything super extraordinary, of course. Just start writing some everyday items down and think about whether your character would have these items in their pockets.
Let’s take a look at one I did for my characters earlier. (sorry that just sounded like something from Blue Peter)
For example:
Character A’s Pockets Contained:
pack of gum, empty pack of cigarettes, library card, NOKIA brick phone
So, here a few things you can tell about Character A simply through the items in their pockets. They visit the library often, meaning that they probably have a high interest in reading (this also could be a sign of intelligence). Judging by the fact Character A has both a pack of gum and cigarettes this could indicate a potential smoking habit, chewing gum is a known way for helping people quit smoking. The pack of cigarettes could show that they are not very good at restricting themselves and could in fact be addicted and finding it hard to cope with smoking. Finally, the NOKIA brick phone shows how they may want to feel connected to people or want to allow their friends/family members/whoever to be able to contact them but have no desire to get the latest model of phone or perhaps believe that having such a device would distract them unnecessarily.
When doing this exercise, think about key objects which portray certain details about your character! Try not to overthink it too much, write whatever comes to mind and put it down on the page! After writing down a couple objects, go back through them and feel free to edit out items you think are unnecessary or add items which you think would suit the character.
2) Go Through Their Daily Routine
Again, another easily explained exercise. Go through a regular day in your character’s life, try and do this exercise as if it was happening before whatever events occur in your story or novel. This way it makes it easier to understand your character before they met a secondary character in the novel or before whatever events happened in your writing which may affect their routine. You don’t need to include every single detail in your description, just brief notes or key events which occur during their day would be fine. You can make it as short or as long as you wish, maybe don’t just do it for one day in your character’s week perhaps do it for multiple days.
Does their routine change during the week? What time do they wake up? What time do they go to sleep? Are they punctual with going to work? Do they do any other activities outside their day-job? These are the kind of things you may want to ask yourself when writing it.
3) Give Them Fears/Phobias
Everyone fears something: whether it be a phobia of spiders or oblivion, everyone has a fear. Giving your character a phobia makes them seem more realistic, it allows your reader to easily relate to your character.
However, just having a phobia for the sake of it doesn’t help develop your character at all. If you give them a terrible phobia of snakes and they come across a snake and suddenly within moments are able to get over their fear just like that, it’s not a phobia. It’s more of a mild inconvenience than anything else. The reader needs to feel convinced by their fears, they would feel more dissatisfied with your writing if they felt the character could dismiss anything and everything than knowing them being confronted by their fears could be a possible problem. Besides, it would give them no reason to motivate or encourage the character if they knew it was impossible for them to be defeated by anything. Still, this does not mean that your character has to be destroyed by their fear. There is a very big difference between simply dismissing your character’s fear and perhaps overcoming it in the future.
An easy way to write your character possibly overcoming their fear in the future is that when they first encounter that fear, add an element of chance or fate into it. For example, if a character were to move to get away from the creature which may be coming towards them; in the process of getting up, they could slip which could cause their legs to lash out towards the creature. The sudden movement may just be enough to scare the creature away, this way it does not appear to the reader as ridiculous or uncharacteristic courage but instead accidental bravery. This sudden revelation that the character’s horrible fear may not be as all powerful as they first thought could be the first step for them to slowly overcome that fear.
Don’t believe me? Let’s think about this for a moment. Imagine your character, let’s call them the Protagonist™, is stuck in a terrible situation. It doesn’t matter what the situation is but let’s say it’s something which involves them being trapped in a room with a snake. I’m going to give you two examples, both involving the same situation.
Example #1: Protagonist watched with wide eyes as the snake slowly slithered towards them. The snake paused for a moment, it hissed lowly as it waited for Protagonist to move, waiting for the right moment to strike. Not hesitating for a single moment, they suddenly realised how dire the situation was and jumped to their feet. Their heart pumping wildly as their body was filled with adrenaline, they were terrified yet they had to do something. Protagonist grabbed the nearest thing to them and stepped towards the snake.
“Get away!” They threatened, “Get away!”
Example #2:
Protagonist watched with wide eyes as the snake slowly slithered towards them. The snake paused for a moment, it hissed lowly as it waited for Protagonist to move, waiting for the right moment to strike. The blood in Protagonist’s veins ran cold as the snake grew closer and closer, Protagonist couldn’t move. They begged and screamed on the inside to move away, to get away as far as possible. They had lost all control of their movement, their fear had consumed them. They were frozen to the spot and could only watch as the snake widened it’s jaw, ready to bite down on it’s prey. It widened it’s jaw once, twice - suddenly, Protagonist gained back their instincts. Fleeing seemed like the only realistic option and seconds before the snake could chomp down on their ankle, Protagonist stumbled to their feet. They stumbled backwards into a puddle of water which had pooled behind them and their ankle rolled as they slipped, their legs accidentally lashing out towards the predator. The snake recoiled backwards in shock before deciding that the risk wasn’t worth it: it quickly retreated back to it’s nest, disappearing from Protagonist’s view.
Now, hopefully you see what I mean. I think we can all agree that the second example is a lot better than the first one.
4) Create Their Flaws/Bad Habits
No one is perfect, this includes your characters.
If you’re finding it challenging to think of any flaws, try to think of some bad habits. It doesn’t have to be anything so terribly bad that’s it’s illegal. Think simple when it comes to this exercise. It can range from anything between chewing their nails to swearing.
It might help to try and develop these bad habits into possible flaws or weaknesses. If your character keeps biting their nails that might be a sign of nervousness or anxiety. So, creating bad habits might be a good way to show a certain trait your character may possess.
Flaws are important as well. Let’s be realistic, if no character had any flaws then every single book we read would be filled with a bunch of characters which are exactly the same. Besides, what’s a hero without it’s villain?
So, to give you a few ideas, let’s go back to superheroes. Maybe a hero is so set on doing the right thing that they lose sight of what they want? Perhaps it gets to a certain point where they can’t handle that hollow feeling inside of them that they grow arrogant, selfish or even stubborn? There’s a story for you right there.
Not only that, by giving your characters flaws it is possible that you could work that into your story somehow. This way, not only will you get to show off your amazing character development, but it could also be an exciting point in your storyline.
Write down some ideas, think of flawed personality traits and just write them down! Try to write down at least five straight off the bat, for each one you don’t like you should think about why it doesn’t suit your character. You’re bound to find one flaw you’re happy with!
5) Write Some Scenarios
Now that you’ve developed your characters, go ahead and write them in your story! If you think you still need a bit of practice, try writing something about them being in a certain scenario. It could be anything from ordering their favourite coffee to being trapped in a prison: just write it! Try not to think about it too much, just do whatever feels write (I unintentionally made that pun but i’m not deleting it).
It doesn’t have to be long either, just a couple paragraphs would be fine. Try to focus on body movements and interior thoughts, it would be ideal if your character was on their own in the situation: that way you can get to know the character on their own a lot better. No other characters means no distractions. It’s just you, the wonderful author, and your character - there is an endless amount of possibilities for you!
Have faith in yourself too! Nobody knows your brilliantly developed characters better than you do, so here’s your chance to show them off! If you’d like a second opinion, write something about them and give it to a friend/parent/random stranger etc. to read! If they don’t want to, make them read it anyway!
I hope this helps you all in developing your characters!
Happy writing!
- jess
Tutorial: Text/Icon wrapping (Part 2)
The above is what we’ll be working on to achieve. Due to my previous blog’s reboot, the link to my original tutorial on this broke in reblogs, so here is a rewrite; hopefully a little clearer than my initial write-up of this. Anyway, ever wondered if it’s possible to have the text that’d normally sit below your icons, to wrap around it instead? It wasn’t possible before, but it is now. And it’s not as difficult as one might think. This is part two of two (part 1 here), which focuses on coding this into your theme. This is the less tedious way of the two as it makes the process automatic, but it comes at the expense of some control and flexibility. Keep in mind, that your code may look a little different from my own.
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Tutorial: Text/Icon wrapping (Part 1)
The above is what we’ll be working on to achieve. Due to my previous blog’s reboot, the link to my original tutorial on this broke in reblogs, so here is a rewrite; hopefully a little clearer than my initial write-up of this. Anyway, ever wondered if it’s possible to have the text that’d normally sit below your icons, to wrap around it instead? It wasn’t possible before, but it is now. And it’s not as difficult as one might think. This is part one of two, which focuses on coding this into individual posts. It’s the repetitive and time-consuming of the two ways, but it is the one that allows you full control. If you’re interested in coding this into your theme instead, I direct you to part 2.
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