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people: minimalism is monochrome white everything with NO color or fun pieces.

me, an intellectual: minimalism in art is using the fewest items that have the largest emotional/aesthetic impact. minimalism in interior design should reflect that and not whatever soulless hospital chique every rich lady thinks minimalism is. Minimalism can be fun and colorful and use whimsical patterns its just about using less things to establish an aesthetic/vibe. Anyways look at these good examples of colorful minimalism.

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Something like this would be so colossally helpful. I'm sick and tired of trying to research specific clothing from any given culture and being met with either racist stereotypical costumes worn by yt people or ai generated garbage nonsense, and trying to be hyper specific with searches yields fuck all. Like I generally just cannot trust the legitimacy of most search results at this point. It's extremely frustrating. If there are good resources for this then they're buried deep under all the other bullshit, and idk where to start looking.

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so I got into grad school today with my shitty 2.8 gpa and the moral of the story is reblog those good luck posts for the love of god

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I made a Room Building tutorial! Lemme know if it helps! 🧡

Tip me here| Commission info here!

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Click on it twice. These are your two super powers.

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So a free tool called GLAZE has been developed that allows artists to cloak their artwork so it can't be mimicked by AI art tools.

AI art bros are big mad about it.

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i'm sorry i don't have much to add here but i think this should be stated: - the romancable guy in the dog suit that judges the animal contests is actually a guy cursed to be a living doll devoid of being able to feel anything from pain to hunger and has been living in the forest with only animals for company since he was a kid, and he's very aware people are wary and avoid him and pretends being rejected by humans doesn't hurt his feelings while he acts like a goofy furry that makes dog puns to everyone.

Talking about Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons with people who have never played it is fun because they assume it’s a cute, innocent farming game, and for the most part it is, but also in HMDS

-you can let your dog attack the mayor at the beginning of the game and presumably kill him (the credits roll immediately afterwards and the screen fades to red in the European version)

-you can poison the entire town at the Harvest Festival (again with the potential for an immediate game over if you submit a level 100 poison mushroom)

-you can fight the girls behind your dog house at 4:44 AM

-one of the bachelorettes requires you to kill 50 animals to marry her

-depending on where you pass out, the villagers can steal up to half of your money

-the mines are filled with dark creatures you have to fight, including a dark version of yourself

-this one's FoMT and not DS, but if you pass out while the hospital bed is being used by another character, you get a cutscene of the doctor shoving him and then the nurse dragging him away so you can use the bed

And half of that sounds like rumors you’d read on game forums, but nope, that’s just Harvest Moon baby!

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❤️ COMEDY by Gen Hoshino

🧡 Either veggie toppings or sweet potato and kimchi with green onions! Yes, the latter thing actually exists. It's actually really good!

💛 Probably somewhere with a lot of nature or at least a place with a calming atmosphere.

💚 Air, maybe.

💙 Thomas the Tank Engine, Sailor Moon, Disney films, Pokemon, various Saturday morning cartoons...

💜 The scent of tea. No real preference on the exact smell, just tea in general.

Feel free to do this with anyone that happens to stop by!

If you haven’t done this already (no pressure as always) <3 !!

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thank!!! let’s see-

❤️ - r u mine? by arctic monkeys

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🧡 - honestly, as long as it doesn’t have tomatoes on top, any toppings can be ideal toppings hehe

+ bonus points for mushrooms tho

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💛 - uhhh… f o r e s t

idk, i just think forests are neat. there’s barely any people there most of the time which, again, is neat and also makes it the perfect spot for a vacation ok-

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💚 - earth!

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💙 - Tom & Jerry (of course, there are many others, but this one is the first to pop-up in my head whenever someone says the word “cartoon” so yeah-)

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💜 - after rain smell, really nice

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tagging the sillies (no pressure!): @coffeeandconfusion, @terrence-self-ships, @vincents-organ-rot, @oc-x-cannon-on-main, @just-slightly-unhinged and whoever would like to join! :D

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Being a Writer

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Tips For "Show, Don't Tell."

Honestly, show don't tell is something I feel even I struggle with and I'm pretty sure anyone who writes faces it. Finding a balance is hard. When to show and when to tell can become an inherent feeling though. However, there are some things I've learnt and I hope they help you!

❥︎Emphasise Sensory Detailing: Not only does packing a scene with sensory details help readers imagine the setting, it also gives your characters a distinct physical world to interact with. Rather than simply saying that a character is in New York, describe the light reflecting off the Hudson River, or the towering colossus of the Statue of Liberty.

❥︎Describe body language and avoid emotional explanation when showing.

❥︎Like I said, focus on describing senses and lean more on the usage of imagery too, it'll help if you understand that literary device. I have a post on how to use imagery in writing which helps a lot when showing and not telling. Pick adjectives that you use to describe and replace them with sensory descriptions. Eg:

+ He was scared when he saw the lion at the exit.

+ His heart raced when he saw the lion looming at the end of his escape route.

See what I did here?

Did you feel the difference?

❥︎ learn from examples of 'Show, Don't tell' by reading. The most basic.

❥︎ Use of Dialogue: can also teach readers about characters through word choice, tone, and POV. For instance:

The tray flipped and drenched her in wine. She shrieked and jumped out of her seat, glaring at the waiter.

And

The tray flipped and drenched her in wine but all she did was sigh and smile in understanding.

The scene is the same but the character's approach was different in each case. The former seems kind while the latter seems to be a temperamental character.

❥︎Make your character do something out of ordinary, something that breaks the routine or would make a heavier impact. For eg:

If a character speaks in long-winded, erudite sentences, readers might gather that they are pompous and well-educated. If this same character suddenly begins speaking in terse, short bursts later in the novel, readers might note that something in that character has shifted.

If they're described as someone who never cooks say and then at some time they cook for the live interest, it'll pique the reader’s Interest because it was uncharacteristic of them to do.

❥︎Having a diverse vocabulary, imagination and the ability to use literary devices like metaphors will greatly aid in Show don't tell.

❥︎And lastly, It's fine if you don't get it right the first time because that's how writing works. The more you read, attempt and err, the more you learn. But having an idea of what to do will go a great way in guiding and saving time.

Hope it helps! Follow for more, like and share! <3

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Despite the fact I'm hyperfixating on Spy X Family right now, my tumblr icons (both for this account and my side account for spoiler stuff) use Waddle Dees. That's because I have a weird thing where I don't like using icons I didn't make myself. And I just really love Kirby characters to the point I make questionable life choices by pre-ordering all of the Kirby Nendoroids so I'll have the entire playable roster of Return to Dreamland.

(I already have the Waddle Dee Nendoroids).

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ᴛɪᴘꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ᴡʀɪᴛᴇʀꜱ [ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴀ ᴡʀɪᴛᴇʀ]

don't let your skill in writing deter you. publishers look for the storyline, not always excellent writing. many of the greatest books came from mediocre writers—and also excellent and terrible ones.

keep writing even when it sucks. you don't know how to write this battle scene yet? skip ahead. write [battle scene here] and continue. in the end, you'll still have a book—and you can fill in the blanks later.

find your motivation. whether it's constantly updating That One Friend or posting your progress, motivation is key.

write everything down. everything. you had the perfect plot appear to you in a dream? scribble down everything you can remember as so as you can. I like to keep cue cards on my nightstand just in case.

play with words. titles, sentences, whatever. a lot of it will probably change either way, so this is the perfect opportunity to try out a new turn of phrase—or move along on one you're not quite sure clicks yet.

explain why, don't tell me. if something is the most beautiful thing a character's ever laid eyes on, describe it—don't just say "it's beautiful".

ask for critique. you will always be partial to your writing. getting others to read it will almost always provide feedback to help you write even better.

stick to the book—until they snap. write a character who is disciplined, courteous, and kind. make every interaction to reinforce the reader's view as such. but when they're left alone, when their closest friend betrays them, when the world falls to their feet...make them finally break.

magic. has. limits. there is no "infinite well" for everyone to draw from, nor "infinite spells" that have been discovered. magic has a price. magic has a limit. it takes a toll on the user—otherwise why can't they simply snap their fingers and make everything go their way?

read, read, read. reading is the source of inspiration.

first drafts suck. and that's putting it gently. ignoring all the typos, unfinished sentences, and blatant breaking of each and every grammar rules, there's still a lot of terrible. the point of drafts is to progress and make it better: it's the sketch beneath an oil painting. it's okay to say it's not great—but that won't mean the ideas and inspiration are not there. first drafts suck, and that's how you get better.

write every day. get into the habit—one sentence more, or one hundred pages, both will train you to improve.

more is the key to improvement. more writing, more reading, more feedback, and you can only get better. writing is a skill, not a talent, and it's something that grows with you.

follow the rules but also scrap them completely. as barbossa wisely says in PotC, "the code is more what you'd call 'guidelines' than actual rules". none of this is by the book, as ironic as that may be.

write for yourself. I cannot stress this enough. if what you do is not something you enjoy, it will only get harder. push yourself, but know your limits. know when you need to take a break, and when you need to try again. write for yourself, and you will put out your best work.

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Loid, trying to ask Yor out: Would you like to stay for dinner?

Anya: WOULD YOU LIKE TO STAY FOREVER?

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Yor: I didn’t have that much to drink last night!

Franky: You were flirting with Loid.

Yor: But he’s my husband.

Franky: You asked him if he was single, then cried when he said he wasn’t.

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Alexander Pennington here with the facts that hurt

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loidyor rkgk

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Yor, reading a recipe: “Beat three eggs.” In what? Hand to hand combat?