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Ancient Persia, which was relatively next door to ancient Greece, was home to the Zoroastrians. This was a religion based on the teachings of their legendary founder, Zarathustra, or Zoroaster to the Greeks. The priests of this religion were called the Magi, Magos (get the proper transcription later) to the Greeks. So whenever you see ancient Greek literature referring to the Magi, we can safely assume they are referring to Zoroastrian priests, correct? Not so, dear reader. Over time, it is clear that in the Greek speaking world, “Magi” became a general term for “any foreigner who does magic.” Eventually this was diluted even further to “anyone who does magic” or even “a person who is wise.”

Dear reader, I am about to hit you with a long and complicated list of people who did “magic” in ancient Greece. I am about to detail many of the words used for these different types of practitioners. I want you to understand that these terms are just as slippery as the relationship between “magic” and “magi”.

"Magic" in the Greco-Roman world, today on patreon

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suddenly in the mood to be helpful. is there any kind of art advice anyone would want me to give tips about

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Garden Pokemon Postcard for an art collab ✨🌱 Who’s your favorite grass type? 👀

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I was asked by a friend yesterday if I could offer basic tips about comic paneling. As it turns out, I have a lot to say on the matter! I tried breaking down the art of paneling using the principles of art and design, and I hope it helps you out!

EDIT: uh uh there are a lot of people reblogging this, so i figure i may as well append this now while i can lol

This whole thing was very much cranked out in a few hours so I had a visual to talk about with a friend! If this gives you a base understanding of paneling, that's awesome! Continue to pull in studies from the comics you see and what other artists do well and don't do well! You can tell paneling is doing well when the action is flowing around in its intended reading format.

Here's the link to the globalcomix article from which I pulled the images about panel staggering! Someone sent in a reblog that it wasn't totally clear that the 7th slide mostly covers what NOT to do in regards to staggering, and that is my mistake!

I saw in a tag that someone was surprised I used MamaYuyu too, and I don't blame them lol. If I had given myself more than a couple hours maybe I would have added something else on, I just really admire MamaYuyu's paneling personally.

uh uh, final append: I am by no means a renowned master of paneling, so if you find anything off base here, by all means, counter it with your own knowledge and ways you can build upon from here! Art is always a sum knowledge of everything we find. 💪

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i dont consider myself a 'fashion guru' by any means but one thing i will say is guys you dont need to know the specific brand an item you like is - you need to know what the item is called. very rarely does a brand matter, but knowing that pair of pants is called 'cargo' vs 'boot cut' or the names of dress styles is going to help you find clothes you like WAAAYYYY faster than brand shopping

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Here's my guide to how I draw fat masc bodies! (please keep in mind that this is not an in depth tutorial. I only put the information that explains how my brain interprets it)

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as requested on my stream, a simple water tutorial!

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Compiled some basic information I know about drawing fat characters for beginners since I've been seeing more talk about absence of really basic traits in a lot of art lately.

Morpho Fat and Skin Folds on Archive.org (for free!)

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Portrait Pack for Artists

My portrait pack is just $8 and it has 90 pose references (thighs up) of a white, female model wearing form fitting clothing and various themes including: praying, face touching, cute, worried, dramatic, mirror, stressed, annoyed, coy, back, laughing, silly, grabby hands, shrug, hat, throw/reach, and glasses Okay to use for commercial and personal use! Happy drawing! 🥰

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Dungeon Meshi Magic System - Bits about Magic and Mana

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Em Hoover in our WORK issue.

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Just a reminder about fatphotoref.com—it exists!! I'll be updating with new photos next week and hopefully more regularly after that. Request access by going to bit.ly/fpraccess 💙🧜‍♀️ happy mer may!

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hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

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Gay Sailor Tattoos.

All documented and logged from actual seamen.

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