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Injuries Reference List
If you’re writing anything where your characters are getting injured a lot, it might be helpful to have an injuries reference list on hand. WELL, DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT BECAUSE I CREATED ONE. This is mostly the result of me having to look up something every time a character was gravely injured/being a lifeguard for seven years. I have some knowledge of first aid and how it might apply to the characters in your story.
Simple scrapes/cuts: There’s usually not much to worry about besides MAYBE an infection, which can be avoided with rubbing alcohol or peroxide. Remember, peroxide usually doesn’t burn or sting, but rubbing alcohol probably will. These injuries will bleed for a short amount of time, but it shouldn’t last too long.
Bruising: These occur when the blood vessels break under the skin, forming discoloration of the skin. The colors can vary, but they are usually purplish, bluish, or yellow. Again, this injury is usually not serious if it’s a result of a bump or cut, but if there’s significant bruising over a large area of the body there might be a serious problem. Usually time heals bruising.
Sprains: A sprain is torn or stretched ligament, but it is NOT a break. It is very common for someone to sprain an ankle or a wrist and it usually doesn’t require serious medical attention. The area might swell and should be iced. Sprains are usually treated with rest and a device that compresses the area—such as a sling or a bandage.
i think ppl should draw smooches more because basically if you can draw a heart you can draw a KISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
i mean these are simple smooch poses but… they are so fun 2 do *_*
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A couple days ago a friend asked me how to color a character in an environment so I decided to throw together this quick tutorial!
I hope some people find it useful!
i never know what to do with the body when i do these so here’s one of those things with arms™
need refs/inspo for period clothing?
here you go:
- Medieval (9th-15th century):
- 10th century and earlier
- Romance (1000-1250)
- 11th century
- 12th century
- 13th century
- more 13th century
- 14th century
- more 14th
- 15th century
- and more 15th century
- Gothic (1150-1550)
- Renaissance (1520-1650)
- 16th & 17th century
- 16th century
- more 16th
- Tudors (1500-1550)
- more Tudors
- Elizabethan Period (1558-1603)
- Jacobean Era (1603-1625)
- 17th century
- more 17th century
- and again
- and even more
- this won’t stop
- Baroque (1600-1750)
- Georgian Period (1714-1830):
- 18th century
- more 18th century
- 18th century women’s fashion
- 18th century men’s fashion
- Rococo (1720-1770)
- Classicism (1770-1790)
- children 18th-19th century
- Regency Preiod (1811-1820)/ Empire (1800-1820s):
- 1790-1820s
- more stuff on regency and georgian era
- even more
- that’s not enough regency
- and more
- how is there so much
- early 19th century men’s wear
- early 19th century women’s wear
- Victorian Period (1837-1901):
- Romantic Era (1820-1840s)
- Civil War Era/1850-1860s
- 1870-1890s
- more victorian
- Edwardian Period (1901-1910):
- 1900-1910s
- Belle Epoque (1880-1910s)
- more edwardian/belle époque
- Modern:
- 1910s-1920s [Fashion between the World Wars]
- 1920s
- more roaring 20s
- so much 20s
- 1920s hairstyles
- 1930s
- 1930-1940s
- 1930-1950s
- 1950s
- more 50s
- 1960s
- 1960-1970s
- 1980s
lots of periods in one spot/fashion through centuries:
- here, here, and here is almost everything (and properly ordered)
- also here with lots of historic fashion magazines
- historic fashion
- costumes of antiquity
- more historical clothing
- history of fashion
- more history of fashion
- “vintage” clothing
- historic costumes
- children’s historical fashion/toys
- details
- historic wedding dresses
- historic assecoires (hats, shoes…)
- hats
- masks
- parasols
- lots of embroidery/jewlery
it indeed is western/european centric, I’m sorry for that, but for other cultures I simply don’t have so many references
10 Helpful Notes On Character Design
So many people have asked me for character design tips over the past couple of years. Here’s a whole list of rules I keep in mind with my own character designs.
In no specific order:
- Simple is good. Streamline your design to its essence. The more shit you add on your character the more you make it about what they are wearing, and not who they are.
- Popular ideas of beauty are limiting. There are only so many ways to make a character conventionally beautiful before you start noticing they all have the same face (i.e. “Six Faces Syndrome”). What most people consider “ugly” or undesirable is actually features that make your character unqiue. Who would you likely remember more: A perfect-faced model or that model’s twin with buckteeth?
- Understand typical archetype designs and visual stereotypes to use them effectively. What are characteristics found in a “hero” character? In a “villain” character? In a “child” character? What can you do to mix them around, or play it straight?
- Don’t draw the lines of the character, rather: draw the character in the lines. In other words: if someone told you to draw a horse, don’t just draw a plain old horse—draw the personality in the horse. A Royal Noble Horse has a much different character from an Old Sickly Stubborn Horse, for example. There’s a difference between Hark! A Vagrant!’s Fat Pony and Tangled’s Maximus, for another example.
- Make your characters relatable. Making a character as wildly unique as possible (a pink-purple-blue haired goth wearing nothing but Hot Topic gear, for instance) actually is one of the most alienating thing you can do for your audience. It’s trying too hard to make your character a special snowflake. Limit this extreme to very specific characters and roles, be calculating and precise about going crazy. It will be more effective.
- In addition, find what makes a person special through the boring features. Not everyone has crazy tri-colored hair, but there are a lot of people who have short brown hair. Can you draw five different characters with short brown hair and make them all unique? Try it out.
- Silhouettes are important. Are you varying body mass? Are you utilizing basic shapes? We are able to recognize people and objects just from their shadow, and we do it so often we don’t even notice we do it! If all your characters have the same “shadow,” challenge yourself to mix it up more.
- If you drew your characters naked and bald, could you tell them apart?
- Be consistent in the ‘tone’ of your design style.
- All these rules can be broken according to how calculated your irony is for your story. But you need to know what to do right before intentionally doing it wrong.
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here’s a masterpost of all the google chrome extensions that i use! i’ve seen a lot of these posts before, and they’re probably a lot more useful, but i’ve narrowed it down to my personal favourites here.
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focus:
- stayfocusd - limits the time spent on time-wasting websites
- news feed eradicator for facebook - replaces your facebook news feed with a quote (for those of you who actually use facebook!!)
homework/studying:
- google dictionary - allows you to search up definitions faster
- grammarly - “checks your spelling and grammar as you type”
ad blockers:
- ublock origin - efficient ad blocker
- adblock for youtube - blocks ads on youtube
tumblr related:
- new xkit - includes useful features, such as finding inactive blogs, removing recommended posts, quick tags, scroll to bottom, and many other tweaks and enhancements.
- tumblr follower checker - checks for mutuals
- archive poster - “quickly reblog and queue from a blog’s archive”
- eye dropper - allows you to pick out the colour from web pages (useful for html)
new tabs:
- tab for a cause - donates money!!
music:
- 8tracks controller - “control your 8tracks music without leaving your tab”
- animal crossing music - plays hourly music from animal crossing <33
other:
- onetab - reduces tab clutter
- floating for youtube - watch youtube videos outside of the browser
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- bullet journal
- recipe book
- dream journal
- write down the dreams that you had last night
- goal book
- write down your goals
- favorite quote book
- sketchbook
- art journal
- journal
- gratitude journal
- write down things that you’re grateful for
- morning pages
- write 3 pages worth of stuff every morning, doesn’t matter what it’s about as long as you get your thoughts out on paper
- travel journal
- write about the places that you’ve been to, and start planning new trips to more places
- sentence journal
- write one sentence about your day, every day
- scrapbook
- doodle book
- school notes
- notes on subjects that you’re genuinely interested in
- progress book
- write down your progress in various areas
- grade tracker
- habit tracker
- favorites book
- write down all of your favorites, whether it’s foods, books, etc
- lyric book
- write down all of your favorite lyrics
- food log
- exercise log
- diary
- expenses
- idea journal
- write down any idea that you have, regardless of what it is. it could be a useful prompt, a handy idea to use later on, an idea for a plot, a character’s name, etc
- poetry book
- start writing the novel that you always wanted to write
- photo book
- list book
- for any lists that you want to make
- brainstorming
- mind mapping
- review book
- reviews on movies, books, tv shows, new foods, whatever you want
- passwords
- song writing
- word book
- write down any new and interesting words you find
- language book
- start learning a new language
- wishlist
- encounter book
- write about new things and people and situations that you’ve encountered
- secrets
- keep it safely hidden away!!
- plant book
- a database of your favorite plants + care
- positivity journal
- write down positive things. go back to it when you’re feeling down
hope this helped and good luck! if you’d like to request a post, go here and if you’d like to see more helpful posts, go here!! thanks :)