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All my art is on thelizardart-chive

[its-art-dammit]

this is why i can’t fucking introduce kingdom hearts to my friends

[evermore-fashion]

Hussein Bazaza “Amal” Fall 2019 Haute Couture Collection

[securelyinsecure]

[drawingden]

Simple lineart trick by Looji

Support the artist and check out their commissions!

[worldwithinworld]

When you are writing a story and refer to a character by a physical trait, occupation, age, or any other attribute, rather than that character’s name, you are bringing the reader’s attention to that particular attribute. That can be used quite effectively to help your reader to focus on key details with just a few words. However, if the fact that the character is “the blond,” “the magician,” “the older woman,” etc. is not relevant to that moment in the story, this will only distract the reader from the purpose of the scene. 

If your only reason for referring to a character this way is to avoid using his or her name or a pronoun too much, don’t do it. You’re fixing a problem that actually isn’t one. Just go ahead and use the name or pronoun again. It’ll be good.

[roane72]

Someone finally spelled out the REASON for using epithets, and the reasons NOT to.

[futureevilscientist]

In addition to that:

If the character you are referring to in such a way is THE VIEWPOINT CHARACTER, likewise, don’t do it. I.e. if you’re writing in third person but the narration is through their eyes, or what is also called “third person deep POV”. If the narration is filtered through the character’s perception, then a very external, impersonal description will be jarring. It’s the same, and just as bad, as writing “My bright blue eyes returned his gaze” in first person.

[cimness]

Furthermore, 

if the story is actually told through the eyes of one particular viewpoint character even though it’s in the third person, and in their voice, as is very often the case, then you shouldn’t refer to the characters in ways that character wouldn’t.

In other words, if the third-person narrator is Harry Potter, when Dumbledore appears, it says “Dumbledore appears”, not “Albus appears”. Bucky Barnes would think of Steve Rogers as “Steve”, where another character might think of him as “Cap”. Chekov might think of Kirk as “the captain”, but Bones thinks of him as “Jim”. 

Now, there are real situations where you, I, or anybody might think of another person as “the other man”, “the taller man”, or “the doctor”: usually when you don’t know their names, like when there are two tap-dancers and a ballerina in a routine and one of the men lifts the ballerina and then she reaches out and grabs the other man’s hand; or when there was a group of people talking at the hospital and they all worked there, but the doctor was the one who told them what to do. These are all perfectly natural and normal. Similarly, sometimes I think of my GP as “the doctor” even though I know her name, or one of my coworkers as “the taller man” even though I know his. But I definitely never think of my long-term life partner as “the green-eyed woman” or one of my best friends as “the taller person” or anything like that. It’s not a sensible adjective for your brain to choose in that situation - it’s too impersonal for someone you’re so intimately acquainted with. Also, even if someone was having a one night stand or a drunken hookup with a stranger, they probably wouldn’t think of that person as “the other man”: you only think of ‘other’ when you’re distinguishing two things and you don’t have to go to any special effort to distinguish your partner from yourself to yourself.

[undertailsoulsex]

This is something that I pretty consistently have to advise for those I beta edit for.  (It doesn’t help that I relied on epithets a lot in the earlier sections of my main fic because I was getting into the swing of things.)  I am reblogging this so fanfic writers can use this as a reference.

A good rule of thumb: a character’s familiarity with another character decreases the need for an epithet (and most times you really don’t need one at all).

[rehlia]

Good writing advice.

[somecutething]

[jacobtheloofah]

Visit Original Link

side note, teaching myself to pronounce that last one felt like learning a new fucking language

[everydaylouie]

well this is definitely…a thing i have made

[nerdyqueerandjewish]

All Star translated into Aramaic translated back to English

[nythros-stuff]

Doodle done for a deer named Prophet.

[canisbeta]

[accessiblecoldtimes]

[video: a seal emerges from a hole in the ice to breathe. It yells “Ah! Woo!” then sinks back down]

[redpaperowl]

The ahh was so much deeper and the woo so much softer than i could have expected i love it

[color-palettes]

Sunset at the city - Submitted by Jer Glenn

#6F6173 #99606A #D77471 #FEC190 #FDECA2

[suitdup]

[honestlyprettychill]

reblog to save a liFE

[jerkdouglas]

Up to now, I have been drawing random generic suit jackets.

Never again.

[pusheen]

[ellelearns]

DAY 6 of back to school series. Find more posts here.

1. Read a book

2.Take a long bath with bath bombs and essential oils

3.Watch your an episode of your favorite TV Show or a movie

4.Take a walk on a trail (or around your neighbourhood)

5.Listen to music with headphones on (try out some 3D sounds they’re amazing)

6.Doll yourself up just for the hell of it

7.Call a friend (it’s nice to hear someone else’s voice rather than just texting)

8.Clean something. Cleaning is actually very therapeutic.

9.Meditate

10.Do some yoga

11.Take an up without an alarm clock

12.Drink a warm cup of hot cocoa

13.Learn something new

14.Draw or buy an adult colouring book and colour the hell out of it

15.Listen to a podcast about an interesting subject

16.Write in a journal about your day or what you’re feeling

17.Unplug from social media for a while.

18.Take a mental health day

19.Do a jigsaw puzzle

20.If you need to, have a long cry (you’ll feel better afterwards)

21.Take out your scissors and cut all the toxics people out of your life

22.Cuddle with your pet if you have one or a teddy bear if you don’t

23.Take some pictures

24.Get a massage.

25.Do some quick breathing exercises

26.Dance in your room like an idiot

27.Take a nap

28.Buy some flowers for yourself

29.Bake something

30.Or a cook a really nice meal

31.Treat yourself with a gift

32.Do a homemade spa day

33.Go to the park

34.Try aromatherapy

35.Watch the clouds

36.Have a picnic

37.Pray

38.Try some random acts of kindness

39. Watch the sunrise or the sunset

40.Turn off your phone for a couple of hours

41.Write a story or a poem

42.Paint your nails

43.Make a playlist about your current mood

44.Write a letter

45.Light up some candles in a dark room

46.Go for a swim

47.Drink lots and lots of water

48.Camp out in your backyard

49.Have a cup of tea

50.Go for a drive with your windows down, blasting your music

51.Become a blanket burrito.

52.Watch a TEDtalk

53.Do some community service

54.Do an activity you used to love doing but stopped

55.Try something new

56.Try a new way to exercise

57.Go somewhere beautiful

58.Buy yourself a new outfit

59.Make a painting

60.Clean out your wardrobe

61.Put fresh sheets right out of the dryer on your bed

62.Start a garden

63.See a therapist

64.Start a gratitude journal

65.Watch cute animal videos

66.Go to a cafe and order your favorite drink

67.Hug someone you love

68.Smile at yourself in the mirror

69.Sit by a body of water

70.Downsize

71.Watch a documentary

72.Plan a mini staycation

73.Eats some fruit and veggies

74.Scrapbook

75.Try a new skin care regimen

76.Go to sleep early

77.Do a fun DIY project

78.Stretch for 10 minutes

79.Go thrifting

80.Take a hike.

81.Do a brain dump

82.Wash your face

83.Open your blinds and let sunshine in your room

84.Go to sleep early

85.Goof around a bit

86.Squash one of your bad habits

87.Lie down a do absolutely nothing for a little while

88.Read or watch something that will make you laugh.

89.Have a self-date

90.Go stargazing

91.Go to a museum (some museums let you in for free on certain days)

92.Practice your handwriting

93.Don’t be afraid to say no or cancel plans

94.Meet new people

95.Play a board game

96.Say positive affirmations

97.Invite your best friend over for some one-on-one time

98.Give yourself a face mask

99.Join a support group

100.Read an inspirational book

101.Go hiking

[dededddddd]

You bored, or feeling artsy but don’t have any inspiration...!?

Do you need to distract yourself? Or are you simply bored? 

Well, let’s fix that shit right now~

Here are some great websites to make the time pass.

First off, here are some 100% free art programs!; 

Photoshop CS2 - (Windows, not sure about Mac.)

FireAlpaca - (Windows and Mac)

Medibang Paint Pro- (windows and Mac)

Sketchbook Copic Edition - (Windows and Mac)

GIMP - (Windows) (Mac)

Paint tool SAI [cracked]  - (Windows) (Mac)

Paint tool SAI 2 beta - (tumblr post on said program)

iPaint - (Mac)

Paintbrush - (Mac)

Pencil - (Windows, Mac)

Paint.NET - (Windows)

Seashore [still in development, ver 0.5] - (Mac)

ChocoFlop - (Mac)

Inkscape - (Mac and Windows)

ArtRage [Demo] - (Mac and Windows)

OpenCanvas 1.1[must pay for 2.0] - (Windows, not sure about Mac.)

MyPaint - (Windows)

Krita - (Windows)

Vectorian [Supports Animation] - (Windows)

Pixia[Japanese, some English versions] - (Windows)

Asperite - (Windows)

Chasys Draw IES - (Windows)

SmoothDraw - (Windows)

TwistedBrush Open Studio - (Windows)

BOUNS - CTRL+Paint [Great for teaching all kinds of stuff, like how to use digital programs.]

Alrighty, but maybe you don’t want to download software to draw, free or not. That’s just too much time, and let’s face it, you’re already bored. Well, I’ve got you covered peoples, here are some free browser paint/drawing programs!;

Pixlr.com-a browser photoeditor, and can be used for drawing!

Psykopaint

QueekyPaint

PaintOnline- ((also has some random free browser games on site too!))

Sooo, maybe You just don’t feel like drawing…understandable, you beasts-here’s a BUNCH of other websites to calm and/or stretch those brain muscles!;

create pixel art

Awesome photo editor and art program, all free…!

Totally free transparent textures

make a cute chibi

draw some cool generative art

be a graffiti creator

create a picassohead (you don’t need to be a picasso to do so)

paint online

another awsome site to create pixel art on

and another one

create your own mandala

or color one

create an avatar

or you can try creating your own superhero

here you can interact with organisms in different environments to see how to music changes

here’s a website that translates the time into hexidecimal colours,

Here is a website where you can travel along a 3D line into the infinite unkown

here is a website where you can listen to rain with or without music

Need a model in a certain pose for drawing? here

Want to build your own planet

here is a website where you can create your own galaxies

make your own pattern (very useful if you need a new background)

create next hit comic

make a city which looks like something from 90′s games

draw a mandala like design

jig saw puzzles

more jig saw puzzles to solve

create a stunning HTML5 animation - no coding!

make a movie

create and dress up dolls

play a piano

you can also play a guitar

create sounds

another sound creator

create a logo

design your dream home

sketch rooms

explore fashion trends and create your own sets

build a website

try this app for building a website

Or maybe start learning how to code!

design your own t-shirt or a beanie or sweatpants and order them

design your own phone case

pretend to be a graphic designer with this cool online tool

Make your own Glitch art

Here’s another glitch art maker

And another!

Holy hell, here’s a third!

make an image look like it was created by a commodore 64

freaking cool text generator!

Easy to use word processor

Make up really cool patterns or run your photos through it :)

Write an essay on anything with no hassle

Wanna see how something you write would look like if it was on JacksFilms YGS((Your Grammar Sucks videos on YouTube))?

Make pictures out of text

ASCII word generator

Need an idea for some fanart-here :D

mario

cubefield

sleep calculator essay typer

rice questions

maths 

artsy-fartsy pretty thing

quotes

survive nature

rain

tumblr music

calming rain

themes

backgrounds [x] 

loads of references

Still haven’t found something that would float your  proverbial boat? 

Then try these out!:

watch a documentary

learn to code

do something yourself

workout with the help of this great youtube channels

learn things

play pokemon or zelda or other awesome old school games

waste your time on miniclip

play games at additing games

or try games at agame

calm your thoughts

the quiet place

it will be okay

vent or listen to someone

pour out your soul

explore the sky

look at art from around the world

virtually visit museum of iraq

explore world with arounder

create a music playlist

list through rare books

scroll useful science website

create sand art

brain games

try out tastekid and discover new favorite band or movie or book

interactive 3D anatomy

random street view

post a secret

create a family tree

find our what’s the difference between x and y

help scientists and become volunteer researcher

create your own font

read a classic short story

In the mood to read, but not sure exactly what book to go for?

scribble on maps

listen to letters

play with acrobots

listen to podcasts

make a bucket list

Ever want to see the most truly useless websites in creation?

Prank a friend with this blue screen of death!

Zone out watching the colors drip down

Sprite generator!

Face Generator/Creator!

Even More stuffs;

Wanna make a custom minecraft skin?

Well then these’ll work!

This one too~

Wanna make a custom error pop up?

Or a custom blue screen? 

WELP, what about making some ASCII art?

Here ya go!

And another one~

WAIT-last one…

OH, and here’s a HTML to image converter!..You’re gonna need that!

How about a pixel text bubble generator

Here’s a photoediting website that’s free and pretty awesome to mess with!

Ok, maybe none of these peeked your interest. 

Maybe you’ve been wanting to create an o.c, but never really knew how to start, or you just enjoy making O.C’s.

This  part of this list is specifically for OCs and Oc building. It can also apply to developing RP characters~

Gemsona stuffs;

Just a straight up character gemsona creator

Here’s another

Not sure what gem to go with, or where? 

OR maybe your unsure about more than just that?

Credit to http://spacetravels.tumblr.com/post/78602010683/so-you-want-to-make-an-oc-a-masterpost-of-ways For the majority of links here!

 ((I added a couple of links! In the appearance, details, and the whole of item names section, and the Gemsona area-((above))! 

As well as the couple of Transformers/Southpark character builder links, and Undertale/TMNT below..

Basically every link I made bold I added, because I am complete fandom trash…

..Seriously, Go check her wonderful blog out~!!!

How to Write Better OCs:

basic tips on how to make your oc even better

tragic backstory? learn how to write one/make yours great

writing specific characters

a wordier, great guide on how to develop your character

kick out those vague descriptions and make them AWESOME

Character Development:

how to actually make an OC

Q&A (to develop characters)

more Q&As

giving your character a backstory

how to write an attractive character

Need an Appearance idea?

Humanoid generator? check

Here’s another one

and maybe if you didn’t like those this’ll work

Need Monsterpeople?

Well, then here ya’ go

Maybe you need Cats?

Diversity;

adding more racial diversity

avoiding tokenism, AKA, how to add diversity to your cast not just because you “need” it

writing sexuality and gender expression(doesnt include non binary, if you have a good ref to that, please add on!)

masterpost on writing more diversity into your story

cultures of the world

guides to drawing different ethnicities(not just a great art reference, but also really helpful in appearance descriptions!)

Mary Sue/Gary Stu;

Test to see if your character is a Sue

Explains subdivisions of Sues/Stus

Powerful Characters Don’t Have to Be Sues

Villains;

villain generator

need an evil sounding name for your evil character? bam

villain archetypes

what’s your villain’s motive for being a villain?

Relationships;

character perceptions(What your character thinks of themselves and what others think of them)

how to write strong relationships between two characters

8 ways to write better characters and develop their relationships with others

OCxLove Interest Handbook

develop your couple with good ol’ Q&A!

how to write realistic relationships

how to write relatives for your characters(this is more OC related to a canon character, but will help in writing family members in general)

ARCHETYPES;

12 common archetypes

8 archetypes for male/female characters

female archetypes (goes pretty indepth from two main categories)

a list of archetypes

NAMES;

how to name your character

random name generator

most common surnames

surnames by ethnicity

APPEARANCE;

tips for better design

basic appearance generator

pinterest board for character design (includes NSFW and images of skeletons/exposed muscle (?) so tread carefully!)

clothing ref masterpost

Clothing generator

Another clothing generator

More clothing generator

Aaaand even more

Steam punk clothing

Char Style preference

Dress Generator

OTHER DETAILS;

give your character better powers

a list of professions

proactive vs reactive characters

positive and negative traits

interest generator

skills generator

motivation generator

123 ideas for character flaws

list of phobias

Oh shit someone died

Backgrounds and stuff? yep

Quirks

Personality. you need that shit

Need something fandom related?

City generator hell yeah

location? got ya

World-building?

make your own god damn laws

Landscape.

Need Item names?;

Fantasy/sci-fi/etc. medicine names

Stuff to make things more interesting.Weapons, clothes, treasures… whatever your characters need.

Item & Artifact Generators

Other story stuffs!

Genre, Plot, & Story Prompt Generators

How did your characters meet?

Fanfic plots. you bet your ass!

WAIT!…if none of that worked, then maybe you want to make a SouthPark style character?

Here!

Well, this one’s nice too~

And another..

Aaaand another!

What about Transformers Characters?;

Here’s a Transformers name generator~

And a Character builder!

UNDERTALE STUFFS GUYS;

Undertale character speech box creator!

Want inspiration for an Undertale Oc?

OR a super Edgy Undertale Theory generator?

Maybe you just want to read some funny Sans Puns!

TMNT STUFFS;

How about a TMNT creator?

Or a TMNT meme generator..

If any of the links have any issues for whatever reason, HERE’S THE LINK TO THE SAME LIST I COPIED TO MY DA ACCOUNT JUST IN CASE;

http://ladyevel.deviantart.com/journal/Mega-List-for-Boredom-and-Inspiration-577571203

[hannanodaa]

The perks of having a floating arm