PWHL Poll Because I'm Curious About If Canadian And American Fans Prefer Canadian And American Teams

Such an excellent post! Reposting

the suffering never ends

Fanfiction Club: The Rules

This idea came to me when I woke up first thing this morning.

Resources for Artists!

Can't afford art school?

After seeing post like this 👇

And this gem 👇

As well as countless of others from the AI generator community. Just talking about how "inaccessible art" is, I decided why not show how wrong these guys are while also helping anyone who actually wants to learn.

Here is the first one ART TEACHERS! There are plenty online and in places like youtube.

📺Here is my list:

Proko (Free)

Marc Brunet (Free but he does have other classes for a cheap price. Use to work for Blizzard)

Aaron Rutten (free)

BoroCG (free)

Jesse J. Jones (free, talks about animating)

Jesus Conde (free)

Mohammed Agbadi (free, he gives some advice in some videos and talks about art)

Ross Draws (free, he does have other classes for a good price)

SamDoesArts (free, gives good advice and critiques)

Drawfee Show (free, they do give some good advice and great inspiration)

The Art of Aaron Blaise ( useful tips for digital art and animation. Was an animator for Disney)

Bobby Chiu ( useful tips and interviews with artist who are in the industry or making a living as artist)

Second part BOOKS, I have collected some books that have helped me and might help others.

📚Here is my list:

The "how to draw manga" series produced by Graphic-sha. These are for manga artist but they give great advice and information.

"Creating characters with personality" by Tom Bancroft. A great book that can help not just people who draw cartoons but also realistic ones. As it helps you with facial ques and how to make a character interesting.

"Albinus on anatomy" by Robert Beverly Hale and Terence Coyle. Great book to help someone learn basic anatomy.

"Artistic Anatomy" by Dr. Paul Richer and Robert Beverly Hale. A good book if you want to go further in-depth with anatomy.

"Directing the story" by Francis Glebas. A good book if you want to Story board or make comics.

"Animal Anatomy for Artists" by Eliot Goldfinger. A good book for if you want to draw animals or creatures.

"Constructive Anatomy: with almost 500 illustrations" by George B. Bridgman. A great book to help you block out shadows in your figures and see them in a more 3 diamantine way.

"Dynamic Anatomy: Revised and expand" by Burne Hogarth. A book that shows how to block out shapes and easily understand what you are looking out. When it comes to human subjects.

"An Atlas of animal anatomy for artist" by W. Ellenberger and H. Dittrich and H. Baum. This is another good one for people who want to draw animals or creatures.

Etherington Brothers, they make books and have a free blog with art tips.

As for Supplies, I recommend starting out cheap, buying Pencils and art paper at dollar tree or 5 below. For digital art, I recommend not starting with a screen art drawing tablet as they are more expensive.

For the Best art Tablet I recommend either Xp-pen, Bamboo or Huion. Some can range from about 40$ to the thousands.

💻As for art programs here is a list of Free to pay.

Clip Studio paint ( you can choose to pay once or sub and get updates)

Procreate ( pay once for $9.99)

Blender (for 3D modules/sculpting, ect Free)

PaintTool SAI (pay but has a 31 day free trail)

Krita (Free)

mypaint (free)

FireAlpaca (free)

Libresprite (free, for pixel art)

Those are the ones I can recall.

So do with this information as you will but as you can tell there are ways to learn how to become an artist, without breaking the bank. The only thing that might be stopping YOU from using any of these things, is YOU.

I have made time to learn to draw and many artist have too. Either in-between working two jobs or taking care of your family and a job or regular school and chores. YOU just have to take the time or use some time management, it really doesn't take long to practice for like an hour or less. YOU also don't have to do it every day, just once or three times a week is fine.

Hope this was helpful and have a great day.

Day forty-six

of @the-wip-project‘s challenge.

Q46: What does your editing/revision process look like?

A46: I’ve been thinking a lot about this. My former process was not working for me as I ended up with multiple drafts of the same scene. My current approach (and subject to change) is to write out the whole story then perform a series of editing pass throughs with specific intentions, e.g., plot structure, characters behave within character, believable science, doing rather than saying/explaining, appropriate tech/ fashion/ music per era, grammar and spelling, “awesome” eradication. 

fanfic recommendation for someone who never read a fanfic?

Hi! Ok that’s a cool challenge. Please keep in mind that I’m leaving a lot of great fics out, some because it’s humanly impossible to remember everything and others because I refuse to make a list the size of the bible. Anyway, I hope you like my suggestions ^-^

If you don’t mind a bit of sexy times:

more women than warriors (modern au) by steklir is possibly my favourite fic of all time

in love and war and politics (modern au) by centuriesofexistence is hands down one of the best Clexa fics there is

what heart’s ease must queens neglect (modern royalty au) by thrace is just absolutely brilliant

blood rush in he hazy glow (modern au) by firetestsgold will always be a favourite of mine

oh you’ll find me between (the devil and the deep blue sea) (pirates au) by orangeyouglad8 is an awesome story with pirates and treasure hunts and mysteries ahoy

broken wands (fwb au) by smallamountsofmonster is one of my favourite HP au’s ever

she got me up all night (all i’m singing’ is love songs) (modern au) by mostlyunstablefangirl is my go-to happy one-shot

fight me series (modern au + canonverse) by fairytaleslayer is a beautiful second-person series of fics, two au and one canon

a pleasant undoing by mopeytropey (modern au) is one of those fics that I love, when the characters are roughly my age and I relate (and it’s simply amazing)

touch or carry (modern au) by paintthebrain has Clexa as beach volleyball players - need I say anything else?

suburbia (modern au) by raspberrytree has confident, sure of herself Lexa and it’s both sexy and fun

what is this feeling? (HP au) by aiscrimson is a soulmates au in the HP universe

“i found love” series (modern au) by crumbleduppieceofpaper wrecked me when I read the first one and is now patching me back up

black magic (magic au) by paintthebrain is awesome awesome awesome awesome awesome - awesooooome

two’s company series (modern au) by careyelizabeth is a wonderful ballet au

mystic coffee (magic au) by blindwire is magic, coffee shops, magic tattoos, tiny pet dragons, cool Clarke, and Lexa is glasses all wrapped into one

lifetimes (royalty au) by 8hedaofhearts8 is one of the most underrated fics there are - I love it to bits and pieces, it’s easily a top-5 of mine

if you don’t mind a lot of sexy times:

open windows, open hearts (modern au) by Sheisme is one of the hottest clexa fics out there

loving you in the light & dark series (modern au) by Tanagariel is one of the first I ever read

bare my soul (modern au) by Tanagariel was one of the first to explore the theme and it’s great

you’re fired (so yeah you win) (modern au) by LaFlashdrive was THE smutty fic in its time

this is heaven in hiding (modern au) by orangeyouglad is sexy, ridiculously well written, and fun

the whore’s queen (royal and medieval au) by w0rldofmy0wn is my current obsession

bought, owned, earned series (modern au) by sassymajesty is hot as hell and hits you hard on the feels

fearless. (modern au) by lordvoldyfarts is possibly the best road trip au ever

if you prefer your fics smut-free:

six (mythology au) by LingeringLillies is a beautiful, beautiful take on the Hades/Persephone story

habromanic (modern au) by alittlesoulcarryingacorpse is a sweet and witty one-shot

greencard (modern au) by coeurdastronaute (x and x) is heartbreaking but bloody fucking beautiful

the lay of looking-glass land series (canonverse) by KL_Morgan is a fantastic take on azgeda!clarke, it’s honestly so so great

in the shallows (canonverse au) by blindwire is my favourite role reversal fic

falcon (modern au) by anonbeme is the age gap fic you’ve all been looking for

light a thousand fires under me. (modern au) by sovereignchicken is a beautiful high school au that deals with peer expectations

hooked on a feeling (HP au) by onebigroughdraft is my favourite bundle of joy

love remember me (sweetly and tenderly) by betteronpaper is, like this friend of mine’s other fics, ridiculously well written and beautifully bittersweet

special category: comedy

the 300 (modern au) by bucklethorpe is pure hilarity and beautiful fluff

the business of caring (modern au) by coldmackerel is simply hilarious

it’s called contraband for a reason (prison au) by coldmackerel can’t be described

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I apologise once again to everyone whose fics I forgot to include or decided not to - I do love them.

Day Twenty-seven

of @the-wip-project‘s challenge

Q27: Use at least five adjectives to describe the environment in your WIP.

A27: dark, damp, cold, grey, and murky

Writeblr Glossary

A list of words commonly used in the Writeblr community and their meaning!

I’ve gotten a lot of questions about what some things mean, so I thought it was time to compile a list of meanings.

Writeblr — A community of writers on tumblr; A blog that posts primarily about writing. See here for a more in-depth explanation. (Also written as Writblr on occasion)

WIP  — Stands for Work in Progress. Primarily, it’s a piece of fictional work that is still in the writing process and is unfinished. (Also see: WIP page)

OC  — Stands for Original Character. This is a character entirely of your own creation.

Tag list  — A tag list is a list of users who will be tagged in every post that a Writeblr makes about a certain WIP. It is often included at the bottom of a post, and people are free to ask to be included, or removed from it.

WIP Page  — A page or a post on a Writeblr that describes a WIP. Commonly includes a synopsis, setting, characters, etc. See here for what goes in a WIP page and how to make one.

Tag games — Tumblr games where people will do something (often answer questions, a snippet of their WIP, etc) and ask other users to participate by using the @ function in that post.

Ask games  — A tumblr game where a user will request people to send them things with the ask function. Often times will include a list of questions they wish to be asked.

Fanfiction  — Fiction written by a fan about an existing TV show, movie, book, etc. Often features the characters, the setting, etc. of that piece of media.

AU  — Stands for Alternate Universe. AUs typically feature the same cast of characters of a WIP or an existing piece of fiction with a major change or two. (For example, a Fantasy AU would involve placing the characters in a fantasy setting. There also may be an AU of what might happen if a certain character didn’t die in their story).

Canon  — Material or information that is accepted as an official part of a story. (i.e., the creator confirms it and includes it in their story).

Headcanons  — Ideas and interpretations of a fictional work that is accepted by a fan, but isn’t necessarily supported by canon.

Moodboard  — A collection of images meant to evoke a certain feeling or emotion. Often used by Writeblrs for their WIPs and OCs.

Have a word you’d like to see included? Let me know and I’ll add it!

Have a question on what a writeblr term means? Ask!

Day 5: what is the world building detail that I really like in my current wip? Asks @the-wip-project

The science

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