#keeskeren

[spleen9000]

your art would taste like something earthy, like tree nuts or herbs! or something like, if wildflowers tasted good [i'm sure u can eat some but idk], your art would taste like that.

that is such the feeling I’m going for tbh

[bevsi]

Hi Bev, I really admire your work so I was hoping to ask for some advice. I’m a studio painting major at a liberal arts uni, not an art-specific school, though my goal is to go into character design/illustration or color work. I don’t really have the same resources at my school as compared to a place like RISD, so I was wondering if you had any advice for constructing a portfolio or finding freelance work after college that can help make connections towards what I really want to do. Thank you!!

thank you! first, it’s important to think about what kind of professional work you imagine yourself doing and want to work towards. look at the people in those fields and their portfolios. for character design and illustration, the most important factor is communicating with the audience through the design. 

a good character design portfolio shows a wide variety of characters with different shapes, personalities, mannerisms, and moods. i’m not an expert but in an imaginary world where i hired people, i like seeing expressions and poses that indicate personality, character interaction, and character lineups.  it’s always a good idea to include storytelling moments too - think about what the character is doing, feeling, and thinking. 

 as for illustration in general, whatever kind of work you want to do, make sure to show clearly in your portfolio that you can do it. 

some tips to get freelance work - make a portfolio website. only display work you would want to get hired to do.  make your links easily accessible/your contact info easy to find for clients/recruiters, etc. other than that, i’ve gotten a surprising amount of freelance work through people finding my work on tumblr, twitter, and behance, so don’t underestimate the power of simply putting yourself out there and being friendly.

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11, 25, 31, and 32 [alt title for bridging the sky?] for the fic writer meme!

11) do you listen to music when writing?

usually, no. i most often either have quiet, or i put on something from mynoise

25) favorite line you’ve ever written

you know, i really don’t know! dialogue has always been my strong point, and i’ve only improved over the years, so there’s so much i could name. even in my really old rp stuff, there’s some solid things that still hold up, like everything i did with jade curtiss (tales of the abyss). i’m particularly fond of an exchange i wrote for him during a battle in that rp, where going all stabbity with his spear didn’t work and i had the enemy ask what he was going to do now, and the response was “what i always do”, and when he got asked what that was, he simply said “win”. i really had that guy down, like damn. <3

31)  easiest part of writing

once i get a flow going, it’s all pretty easy. i find writing conversations particularly fun, though.

32) alternate title for (insert story title)

hmmm, y’know... i had something i wasn’t confident in before i settled on bts, but i can’t remember what it was. sorry!

thanks for the ask! <3

[hearthex]

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seasaltmemories

 “so yeah i kinda uh took an unannounced break from this site it’s been…...”

glad it helped, I totally agree with needing to write a variety of topics so don't feel bad at all about drifting from fakiru

happinessisntfun

“so yeah i kinda uh took an unannounced break from this site it’s been…...”

I'm glad to see that you're kind of back! I'm excited to see what you write! Best of luck with your creating!

keeskeren

“so yeah i kinda uh took an unannounced break from this site it’s been…...”

i'm glad to hear that you're doing okay!! it seems like taking a break was a really good idea for you, i hope u take things at your own pace but i'm looking forward to seeing what you'll create!!

thanks, everyone! <333 i do kinda doubt anyone here will be familiar with the stuff i plan to write fic for, though, lol, one of the games i most want to write for is one where i don’t know anyone that’s played it ; ; but that will not stop me because i love it so much and it’s been waaaaaaaaaaay too fucking long. 

in all honesty i am kind of okay and kind of not... like on the one hand i return with a very different perspective on my writing and the pt fandom and all that stuff, but on the other the nostalgia tripping has me kinda melancholy and badly missing the good times and good people from a community i used to write group crossover rp’s with, a community that no longer exists. ; ; no way but forward, though, i guess, all i can do is keep learning and growing and writing new stuff.

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keeskeren replied to your post: anyway i finished reading the bartimaeus trilogy...

aaaa the bartimaeus trilogy is SO GOOD, i remember reading it a long time ago lol. i feel like it ends so perfectly, very satisfactorily!

it does! ugh what good books ;o;

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✨ for the song meme!

imma cheat and choose three, okay, cause that’s my lucky number and my particular aesthetic cannot be captured in just ONE measly song (and links will be included

first off, sounds of freedom by within temptation, as mentioned in the last post

second, king and lionheart by of monsters and men (naturally they’d turn up, and it was tough picking just one)

and lastly, place of memory from the ffix soundtrack, by nobuo uematsu

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yup, just dot com!!