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i watched one (1) video on how to draw hands that changed my life forever. like. i can suddenly draw hands again

these were all drawn without reference btw. i can just. Understand Hands now (for the most part, im sure theres definitely inaccuracies). im a little baffled

#reblog #reference

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Ref Recs for Whump Writers

Violence: A Writer’s Guide:  This is not about writing technique. It is an introduction to the world of violence. To the parts that people don’t understand. The parts that books and movies get wrong. Not just the mechanics, but how people who live in a violent world think and feel about what they do and what they see done.

Hurting Your Characters: HURTING YOUR CHARACTERS discusses the immediate effect of trauma on the body, its physiologic response, including the types of nerve fibers and the sensations they convey, and how injuries feel to the character. This book also presents a simplified overview of the expected recovery times for the injuries discussed in young, otherwise healthy individuals.

Body Trauma: A writer’s guide to wounds and injuries. Body Trauma explains what happens to body organs and bones maimed by accident or intent and the small window of opportunity for emergency treatment. Research what happens in a hospital operating room and the personnel who initiate treatment. Use these facts to bring added realism to your stories and novels.

10 B.S. Medical Tropes that Need to Die TODAY…and What to Do Instead: Written by a paramedic and writer with a decade of experience, 10 BS Medical Tropes covers exactly that: clichéd and inaccurate tropes that not only ruin books, they have the potential to hurt real people in the real world. 

Maim Your Characters: How Injuries Work in Fiction: Increase Realism. Raise the Stakes. Tell Better Stories. Maim Your Characters is the definitive guide to using wounds and injuries to their greatest effect in your story. Learn not only the six critical parts of an injury plot, but more importantly, how to make sure that the injury you’re inflicting matters. 

Blood on the Page: This handy resource is a must-have guide for writers whose characters live on the edge of danger. If you like easy-to-follow tools, expert opinions from someone with firsthand knowledge, and you don’t mind a bit of fictional bodily harm, then you’ll love Samantha Keel’s invaluable handbook

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i just can't believe that oda fucking create sanji, a stereotypical ladies man who simps to an embarrassing degree for women while having his hackles comically raised around everyone he perceives as a man - and most notably butting heads with the more obvious ~manly man~ of the crew. haha, classic anime running gag, the kind that gets obnoxious at times but still makes you laugh.

AND THEN, like a billion chapters later, motherfucker steeples his fingers and goes "soooooooo... what makes a person Like That?"

and the answer is that he grew up in fucking Toxic Masculinity, The Kingdom. the answer is that he was always Different, in a way other guys instinctively perceived as weak, and that made him the target of visceral scorn and violence. the answer is that he was sensitive, sweet, caring, nurturing - feminine-coded traits which are only valued by patriarchy insofar that they're performed by women in service of men. the answer is that in a kingdom comprised almost entirely by violent men, the only ones who were ever kind to him, the only safety he ever had, were a girl and a woman.

so cooking is for women and servants, it makes you less of a man. only women will ever really value you for your passions and dreams. women are also actively hurt by the way the world works, they are unsafe unless they comply with men's violence, and you have to protect them.

(men will always know what you are, and they will hurt you if you let them.)

and even after he leaves... at baratie he is cherished and respected, but even that is an extremely masculine environment. we don't talk about our feelings, we don't let our guard down, the only love is tough love. when he tries to express his artistry and express himself through his cooking, rather than just filling orders and making money, he gets mocked.

so here is a man who will not raise a hand to a woman, because he rejects the masculinity he was raised with and refuses to become yet another man subjecting women to violence. he is desperate for women's attention and affection because it's SAFE, it's the only kind he can trust. other men are potential threats and must be treated as such. he must at all times be snarky, tough, Not Feminine, because to be perceived otherwise is to be powerless, to be hurt.

like y'all. the queer coding of it all? the overtly feminist themes? the active rejection of toxic masculinity and the way it's shown to be directly tied to imperialism? what the fuck.

#reblog #fuckkkkkkkkkkkmk

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A mouth-watering fuck-ton of hand angle references.

By Shadowcross on DA.

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You need to draw and make art or else all the images will stay in your head and you'll get sick

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discord as a filehost will no longer be possible by the end of the year

EDIT: AS IN LINKING TO STUFF ISN'T GOING TO WORK. YOU CAN'T USE IT TO PERMANENTLY EMBED IMAGES IN AO3 OR TOYHOUSE OR WHAT HAVE YOU. THE LINKS THEMSELVES WILL EXPIRE AFTER 24 HOURS, BUT YOUR FILES AREN'T GOING TO BE DELETED FROM YOUR SERVERS

if you haven't noticed, copying a link for a file now appends special parameters to the end. these are a request signature, which indicates a specific request for that file. this request will expires after a few hours, so files will no longer be permanently available through a specific url.

while they are not currently necessary to view the file, they will be by the end of the year, assuming nothing changes.

please check that any websites you rely on are not hosting files through cdn.discordapp.com, and if they are, please archive those files through the IA using web.archive.org/save

thank you for your time

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robin keeps the literacy rate on the thousand sunny at 100%

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Last line challenge

Rules: Post the last sentence you wrote (fanfic/original/anything) and tag as many people as there are words in the sentence.

I've been tagged by @purplehairedwonder and @katia-anyway, thank you!

“What kind of sick punishment is this?”

I think pretty much everyone I know has already been tagged though, so I'll just leave this open to anyone who wants to participate!

#tag games #<3

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@calysto1395 dropped a Howl's Moving Castle AU in our chat and I could not stop thinking about it, so here are some Howl!Law sketches

#reblog #Wowowowowowowow 😳😳😳😳

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Felt like playing hair stylist with Law 💛 Which one is your favorite?

#trafalgar law #one piece #one piece fanart #one piece art #trafalgar law fanart #irene.jpg

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Preorders available, dial 1-800-073-NAMI on your transponder snail now!

bonus:

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Ace 🧡 screenshot redraw

#self-reblog

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Ace 🧡 screenshot redraw

#one piece #portgas d. ace #one piece ace #irene.jpg #one piece art #one piece fanart #portgas d ace #portgas ace

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Tagged by @purplehairedwonder! 🌸 Several bingos here!

You could say I write for Haikyuu!! too, but I'm taking a bit of a break from it and focusing more on One Piece.

I'm tagging @chenziee @lawsbbygirl @unacalluna @goldenandhappy, if you want to do it 💜

Blank template:

#tag games #bingo #<3

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One Piece writing commissions open!

Due to some unexpected expenses (namely, my cat's hospitalisation in November and the follow up check ups, tests, meds, veterinary grade food and other fun stuff, and then my laptop deciding blue-screening is a fun pastime), I decided to open One Piece writing commissions!

To check out my work, you can visit my AO3 here (or for my darkfics right here)!

One Piece only

no smut (sorry ;__;)

payment through Ko-Fi or PayPal

FOR MORE DETAILED INFO AND TOS, PLEASE VISIT THIS LINK

Options available:

One shot

up to 2k words

option to pay extra for more words (up to 5k max)

BASE PRICE: 9€ / 3 ko-fi

extra per 1k words: 3€ / 1 ko-fi

SLOTS AVAILABLE: 0/1

2. Drabble

a short piece (up to 500 words) focusing on a single character

see here for examples

PRICE: 3€ / 1 ko-fi

SLOTS AVAILABLE: 4/4

3. Newspaper article

parody fake article

about 500 words

see here and here for examples

PRICE: 3€ / 1 ko-fi

if you want it formatted into a newspaper page like I did here, additional 3€ / 1 ko-fi will be charged

SLOTS AVAILABLE: 4/4

4. Pick one!

you simply pick a WIP or idea from this list for me to do!

PRICE: 6€ / 2 ko-fi

SLOTS AVAILABLE: 0/1

Note: slots are shared between one shot and pick one, and drabble and newspaper article

FOR MORE DETAILED INFO AND TOS, PLEASE VISIT THIS LINK

For any questions or to book a slot, you can contact me here on tumblr, on twitter, or email [email protected]!

If you enjoy my writing and would like to support me, here's a link to my Ko-Fi! Any help is appreciated! Even just a reblog helps a ton 🤍🤍

#GO GO GO!! <3 #commission chenziee for an amazing fic guaranteed 💜 #you won't regret it! #reblog

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Death of the author: Treating the author’s stated interpretation of their own work as merely one opinion among many, rather than the authoritative Word of God.

Disappearance of the author: Treating the context and circumstances of the work’s authorship as entirely irrelevant with respect to its interpretation, as though the work had popped into existence fully formed just moments ago.

Taxidermy of the author: Working backwards from a particular interpretation of the work to draw conclusions about what the context and circumstances of its authorship must have been.

Undeath of the author: Holding the author personally responsible for every possible reading of their work, even ones they could not reasonably have anticipated at the time of its authorship.

Frankenstein’s Monster of the author: Drawing conclusions about authorial intent based on elements that are present only in subsequent adaptations by other authors.

Weekend at Bernie’s of the author: Insisting that the author would personally endorse your interpretation of the work if they happened to be present.

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