April 2013
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March 2013
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spacecamps:
here are some nice things to do to waste time on the internet if you want to be distracted for some reason
read about notable cats (or dogs)
take a personality test
draw a nebula
read any book (apparently)
go through creepy wiki articles
watch a new tv show
go through thought catalog
listen to some mixes
make an acapella band
watch some penguins do things at seaworld
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February 2013
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sansa darling: writing specific characters -... →
referenceforwriters:
a young character
a character who lost someone important
a flirtatious character
a villain (2) (3) (4)
a character based on yourself
a hit man or mercenary
an indifferent character
a bitchy character
a gay character
a dancer
a vampire
a pansexual character
a character on the police force
a drunk character
a manipulative character
a friends with benefits...
Surnames Master Post.
phoeberpc:
Surnames are just as important as given names. So, I compiled a list of the websites I use to find my surnames.
English Surnames
Dutch Surnames
Spanish Surnames
Scottish Surnames
German Surnames
Italian Surnames
Irish Surnames
French Surnames
Scandinavian Surnames
Welsh Surnames
Jewish Surnames
Surnames By Ethnicity
Most Common Surnames in the USA
Most Common Surnames in...
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Using Real Psychology in Your Writing
thisisnotpsychology:
What Will Your Character Do When Disaster Strikes? by Carolyn Kaufman, PsyD
Characterization and Conflict: Using Psychological Tests to Improve Your Writing by Carolyn Kaufman, PsyD
Gathering Information from Characters: Types of Questions by JJ Cooper
Using Body Language in Writing by JJ Cooper
Body Language Cheat Sheet by Carolyn Kaufman, PsyD
USING ARCHETYPES IN YOUR...
January 2013
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Describing Skin Colors
thewritershelpers:
Having trouble finding synonyms for ‘white’, ‘black’, ‘tan’, etc? Have any clear idea what tone you’re going for? Here’s some web pages for skin tone description and references:
Words Used To Describe Skin Color
Handy Words for Skin Tone (Includes palettes and comparisons)
Describing Characters of Color
More Tone Synonyms w/ Pictures
7 Offensive Mistakes Writers Make...
December 2012
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Graphic Tutorial #9
thosetutorials:
How to do this:
Make a canvas 500x600px
For now, fill in your background layer with black or a dark gray.
Next use your choice of a dusty, scratchy, or old paper texture. Mine is from northerndawn. Set that to screen.
For this next part, I used one of these stock images to make the smoke. I turned it into black and white and set it to screen.
On top of that one, I used...
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GRAPHIC TUTORIAL #3.
itsphotoshop:
Anonymous asked how to make something like this.
I use Photoshop CS5.
The images are in Spanish but i think you can understand them.
Please like the post if you think the tutorial has been useful.
Click on the pictures to zoom.
The final result is (click!):
Step 1. First of all, we choose a picture. Background of mine was one-coloured (? If yours is not, I guess you need to...
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From Beginning to End →
raiseusfromperdition:
itsokaydean:
Two brothers develop a very close relationship as they are growing up in an idyllic and happy family. When they are young adults their relationship becomes very intimate, romantic, and sexual.
here’s a torrent link too
November 2012
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To All Writers of Everything Ever
latenightspooky:
I need to ramble about this:
Also known as the best writing program ever! It’s a full-screen writing program!
So you open it up, and it looks like this:
You’re thinking, “Ok, so what? It’s a screen with a picture. Whoopdie do.” But it get’s better! It’s customizable!
See that “appearance”? Click it.
You can also use custom fonts that you have installed!
See that...
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October 2012
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September 2012
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coveredinsnow-:
Download free fucking books!
nachosauruz:
A fuckload of classic literature:
1984 by George Orwell
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Aesop’s Fables by Aesop
Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Caroll
Andersen’s Fairy Tales by Hans Christian...
August 2012
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Four for you, shattering! You go, shattering! :...
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vanaheims:
This is, for all intents in purposes, the same tutorial as Tanja’s at sweettasteofbitter. The original tutorial is HERE. Please consult that one first, as it is the original. I want to make it clear that I am not claiming this style as my own, nor am I claiming I came up with it by myself. I learned it from sweettasteofbitter and trust me, she built the better chair.
The...
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EASY STUFFED CUTTLEFISH TUTORIAL
muffinkin:
muffinkin:
Warning! This is a long post with a lot of pictures! I am trying to think of a better way to do it, but so far, this is what I have. I hope it’s not too annoying to read D:
The text in each picture is posted below the picture itself.
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This keeps randomly getting notes so I am going to reblog it for funsies.
With the picture of the 10 I currently have.
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planets-bend-between-us:
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simple gif tutorial: (how to animate texts using...
yeahps:
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO:
*Animate the position of the text.
**Change the opacity thoroughly.
***Use the text warp.
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Tumblr Tips
canering:
last updated: 27 June 2012 (indicated with *)
Here are some useful extensions, scripts, and tutorials for Tumblr. Scripts require a simple, one click install for Google Chrome. Firefox users may need to download Greasemonkey first before installing scripts.
As far as I know, these scripts/extensions can work together.
I’ll add more links as I think of them, and feel free to share your...
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July 2012
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Photoshop is life: How to make the motion blur on... →
coloringbieber:
NOTE: The steps 4 and 7 may look crappy quality, so just right click on them and select ‘open image in new tab’ to see them in better quality!
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Photo Manipulations: Tips and Tricks
acciohedwig:
Someone asked me about my technique when maniping photos, so I thought I’d share my answer publicly if you wanted some tips. I’d level these tips at intermediate. Really it just takes time and practice to make a good manip.
We’re trying to achieve this:
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THEME UNDER CONSTRUCTION: how to get from this to... →
pscs5:
how to get from this to this. This tutorial skips the colouring stage however I have a Harry Potter psd you can use, and a simple scan through the psd tag on tumblr will find you hundreds of psds you can use to colour screencaps. Otherwise I hope this is helpful.
I’m going to use…
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Fuck Yeah Resources: How to enhance the overall... →
sleepymallows:
Hi! Sorry I was not able to post a photoshop tutorial yesterday since i haven’t got the time to make one because of problems at our house >_< but don’t worry since its ok now =)
So for this week tutorial i’ll teach you How to enhance the overall quality of a photo by using…
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Photoshop is life: Tutorial: gif inside shape →
thewickedthing:
Make your basic gif, resize it and set a frame time.
Go to Image > Canvas Size… and increase its size (personally I like to change cm to px but it’s up to you). I like this step because this way I can make the gif itself smaller than my canvas.
Then go to Image >…
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Photoshop is life: Custom Photoset Layouts Script →
mindofanalien:
Ok boobs
This is really just a post for people who make graphics/photosets
So there is a new userscript called Custom Photoset Layouts
and it does just that
You know how tumblr give you specific layouts well for this one you can create your own…sort of. You can’t use…
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Photoshop is life: Removing the background of a... →
yeahps:
There are MANY ways to remove the BG from a picture, On this tutorial I’ll be showing you 3 of them.
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Graphic Tutorial #4
morsmordre-x:
HOW TO MAKE THIS EFFECT:
Other Examples: [1] [2] [3]
I’ve been asked how to make the light blurry effect around the pictures. It’s probably one of the simplest effects in Photoshop. You’ll get the hang of it very easily.
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