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it’s insane how quickly your life can just. suddenly improve. i used to be so miserable but now i own 5 swords

#swords !!!!!

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reminder to worldbuilders: don't get caught up in things that aren't important to the story you're writing, like plot and characters! instead, try to focus on what readers actually care about: detailed plate tectonics

#worldbuilding

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I want to go into a forest and never come back, I want to smell the wet grass an lichen, the rotting wood full of life within, I want my feet to crunch leaves and branches, to carve a path into the unknown, I want to collect little things, leaves, flowers, seeds, rocks, little memories of the forest, I want to ear the sound of rustling leaves and of birds and insects, I want to just take it all in a carve a space in myself for this experience to cherish later, with my book full of flora and my mind finally at ease.

#sorry going on a rant here #but !!! i want to be out there !!!!! #im sick of earing the sound of cars and people screaming at eachother #i want to touch grass or even better MOSS #azu talks

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Spring omen.

#dragons #beautiful!!

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Things I wish I had read in "beginner" sewing tutorials/people had told me before I started getting into sewing

You have to hem *everything* eventually. Hemming isn't optional. (If you don't hem your cloth, it will start to fray. There are exceptions to this, like felt, but most cloth will.)

The type of cloth you choose for your project matters very much. Your clothing won't "fall right" if it's not the kind of stretchy/heavy/stiff as the one the tutorial assumes you will use.

Some types of cloth are very chill about fraying, some are very much not. Linen doesn't really give a fuck as long as you don't, like, throw it into the washing machine unhemmed (see below), whereas brocade yearns for entropy so, so much.

On that note: if you get new cloth: 1. hem its borders (or use a ripple stitch) 2. throw it in the washing machine on the setting that you plan to wash it going forward 3. iron it. You'll regret it, if you don't do it. If you don't hem, it'll thread. If you don't wash beforehand, the finished piece might warp in the first wash. If you don't iron it, it won't be nice and flat and all of your measuring and sewing will be off.

Sewing's first virtue is diligence, followed closely by patience. Measure three times before cutting. Check the symmetry every once in a while. If you can't concentrate anymore, stop. Yes, even if you're almost done.

The order in which you sew your garment's parts matters very much. Stick to the plan, but think ahead.

You'll probably be fine if you sew something on wrong - you can undo it with a seam ripper (get a seam ripper, they're cheap!)

You can use chalk to draw and write on the cloth.

Pick something made out of rectangles for your first project.

I recommend making something out of linen as a beginner project. It's nearly indestructible, barely threads and folds very neatly.

Collars are going to suck.

The sewing machine can't hurt you (probably). There is a guard for a reason and while the needle is very scary at first, if you do it right, your hands will be away from it at least 5 cm at any given time. Also the spoils of learning machine sewing are not to be underestimated. You will be SO fast.

I believe that's all - feel free to add unto it.

#sewing hacks

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Kadaj be like..

#still not over it #its too funny #the “ahhhh” with Sephiroth #will think about this every time I'll watch AC

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what can you do when your five senses are not enough? ... what occurs after revelation and paralysis?

- jeff vandermeer, annihilation

#oh this is so good !!! #as the biologist #we cannot see the crawler #also the brightness ? #and the biologist expression #very very cool #jeff vandermeer #southern reach trilogy

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💯🙏💛🟨👍

#💪👀🌄👍🌻

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Because of the excitement of the new release, I am making something rn, so wip time :

#i swear i will do the other characters next time #i just want to get the biologists right before moving on #my art #jeff vandermeer #the biologist #annihilation #southern reach trilogy

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yes!!!! YESS!!!!!! YEEEEESSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#this is getting better and better

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October 22 everyone!!!! It’s happening!!!

#I'm soooo excited!!! #i don't know when it will come in my country after that #but I can't wait !!!!! #vibrating

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I want to bite those covers, I want to grip them with my hands and taste them, I want to bury them in the ground and see how the environment will shape them anew.

The shifting animals slowly integrating with the flora, the pops of neon colours moss or grass or mold growing on them. It's dynamic, it's tasteful, it's giving the atmosphere perfectly, 10/10

HOOOLLLYYY SHIT ABSOLUTION COVER REVEAL AND REPRINT OF THE TRILOGY TO MATCH IT OHHHHHHHHHH MY GODDDD

#i need them so much

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HOOOLLLYYY SHIT ABSOLUTION COVER REVEAL AND REPRINT OF THE TRILOGY TO MATCH IT OHHHHHHHHHH MY GODDDD

#oh #oh my #oh shit #it's happening #I'TS HAPPENING #they are so beautiful #my HEART!!!! #the southern reach trilogy #jeff vandermeer

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hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

#ohhh #art ref !!

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#super boop !!!

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there are 2 kinds of mangaka when drawing: the ones that hate woman and the ones that love woman

And, guys...

i think ryoko kui really loves woman.

#this is so good #i love the tenderness and the realness of this #every woman is different and unique and perfect

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