wannabeanimator:

Tips on color & light from The Artist’s Guide to Color by Wendon Blake

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letstalkaboutrape:

I like this a lot

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clockwork-dingos:

How to paint gold tutorial by *ConceptCookie

And I found this very helpful just by looking at it. I was never good at coloring gold.

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amy-face:

Common Writing Mistakes

becoming-a-lion-hearted-girl:

everybodyilovedies:

amandaonwriting:

Benjamin Dreyer is the VP Executive Managing Editor & Copy Chief of Random House Publishing Group. Below is his list of the common stumbling blocks for authors,…

agonyofanuntoldstory:

theinformationdump:

Body Language Cheat Sheet for Writers

As described by Selnick’s article:

Author and doctor of clinical psychology Carolyn Kaufman has released a one-page body language cheat sheet of psychological “tells” (PDF link) fiction writers can use to dress their characters.

I’ve reblogged this before but I’m going to again because it’s just so helpful.

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redblooper:

shadystarfish:

holdmyhat:

Ohmigosh yes.

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arandadill:

Shoulder Tips

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wannabeanimator:

lizwuzthere:

pixiepunch:

oooo very very interesting.

rrrrrrrrrrrrRRRRRREFERENCE

This is one of the best design lessons you can ever learn. Straights vs. curves.

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katyamola:

cortisolo:

So about a MILLION YEARS ago on my dash, someone was asking for tutorials/advice on moving from digital art to traditional art. And I somehow utterly failed to remember to recommend this book:

Blue and Yellow Don’t Make Green, ISBN-10 0967962870.

This book. This book. THIS. BOOK. I went through a goddamn art degree and I don’t know how many semesters of oil painting before I found this book, and goddamn do I wish I had it then.

It doesn’t just go into basic subtractive color mixing—it goes over the properties and undertones of the most common/useful pigments. Applicable to watercolor, gouache, acrylic, oil, every medium that lists its pigments. It was literally the difference between “WHY ARE MY PURPLES ALL SHITTY GREY” to “WOOT SO BRIGHT AND PRETTY”

YMMV, but it’s only about $20 new, less than that if you get it used. It’s cheaper than the actual paints themselves. AND it means buying less paint in the long run, because who the hell needs hooker’s green when you can mix it yourself.

This book is gold basically for those who do a lot of traditional painting, it explains a lot about the hue differences when mixing colors and how different pigments absorb light. Definitely get this as advanced info about color theory.

coelasquid:

nolacousland:

This is a really good article about how quickly people actually die from cuts and punctures inflicted by swords and knives. However, it’s really really long and I figured that since I was summarizing for my own benefit I’d share it for anyone else who is…