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cant tell you how bad it feels to constantly tell other artists to come to tumblr, because its the last good website that isn't fucked up by spoonfeeding algorithms and AI bullshit and isn't based around meaningless likes

just to watch that all fall apart in the last year or so and especially the last two weeks

there's nowhere good to go anymore for artists.

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Peril from Wings Of Fire

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New YouTube video!

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Tips for organising an artist's portfolio website

"That is the usual artists do it and, in website design, your audience will have a better user experience if the navigation is presented as expected.This is the first step to be followed when organising your artist's portfolio website." 

Here are a few simple yet effective rules for graphic and plastic artists to follow when presenting their work in your portfolio website

-> https://legaltenderproject.blogspot.com/2023/12/organising-artists-portfolio-website.html

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If you live in the USA and you're pleading for donations to pay your rent, bills, or get food then dial 211! Please dial 211 before the last minute!

It's a toll free service with people who will help you find programs in your community to pay those bills, find food, and find housing! They will give you numbers to call so you can get help.

It is not 100% foolproof. Their job is to direct you to a program they believe will help your current issue, but it's still a step up from praying random strangers online will give you enough cash before a deadline! The added benefit of these community programs, which get funded by the local government most of the time, is if there are more people using them then they can get more money to help more people.

You're not taking resources from other people if you use your community services. Your taxes pay for them. Use them.

Dial 211 first to see if they can help, and if for some reason they can't, then make your donation posts!

https://www.211.org/

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Character development thing.

Plot points on this chart to represent how important these different aspects of a character’s life are to them. By doing that you can help determine what type of things your character deems to be most meaningful in their life, especially compared to others aspects.

A brief explanation of each aspect is below in case you’re confused about the meaning of any.

Physical Aspects

Strength: to have physical power and strength

Sex: to have sexual gratification and satisfaction

Possessions: to have objects and tangible things

Health: to have physical health and stability

Appearance: to have a good external appearance

Emotional Aspects

Love: to love and be loved, romantically or otherwise

Appreciation: to be appreciated by others

Attention: to be paid attention to

Security: to feel secure emotionally

Approval: to be approved by others

Social Aspects

Respect: to be respected

Friendship: to have friends

Intimacy: to be intimate with a partner or partners

Belongingness: to feel needed and belonged

Family: to be on good terms with/have a family

Spiritual Aspects

Inner peace: to be content with themselves

Purpose: to feel as though they are fulfilling a purpose

Self-sufficiency: to feel that they are able to provide for themselves

Growth: to feel as though they are growing and changing

Acceptance: to be able to accept themselves without consequence

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Your Character’s Personality

Personality is the most important thing about your character.

So, whenever I see character sheets, most people just put a little paragraph for that section. If you’re struggling and don’t know what your character should say or do, what decisions they should make, I guarantee you that this is the problem.

You know your character’s name, age, race, sexuality, height, weight, eye color, hair color, their parents’ and siblings’ names. But these are not the things that truly matter about them.

Traits: 

pick traits that don’t necessarily go together. For example, someone who is controlling, aggressive and vain can also be generous, sensitive and soft-spoken. Characters need to have at least one flaw that really impacts how they interact with others. Positive traits can work as flaws, too. It is advised that you pick at least ten traits

people are complex, full of contradictions, and please forgive me if this makes anyone uncomfortable, but even bullies can be “nice” people. Anyone can be a “bad” person, even someone who is polite, kind, helpful or timid can also be narcissistic, annoying, inconsiderate and a liar. People are not just “evil” or “good”

Beliefs:

ideas or thoughts that your character has or thinks about the world, society, others or themselves, even without proof or evidence, or which may or may not be true. Beliefs can contradict their values, motives, self-image, etc. For example, the belief that they are an awesome and responsible person when their traits are lazy, irresponsible and shallow. Their self-image and any beliefs they have about themselves may or may not be similar/the same. They might have a poor self-image, but still believe they’re better than everybody else

Values:

what your character thinks is important. Usually influenced by beliefs, their self-image, their history, etc. Some values may contradict their beliefs, wants, traits, or even other values. For example, your character may value being respect, but one of their traits is disrespectful. It is advised you list at least two values, and know which one they value more. For example, your character values justice and family. Their sister tells them she just stole $200 from her teacher’s wallet. Do they tell on her, or do they let her keep the money: justice, or family? Either way, your character probably has some negative feelings, guilt, anger, etc., over betraying their other value

Motives:

what your character wants. It can be abstract or something tangible. For example, wanting to be adored or wanting that job to pay for their father’s medication. Motives can contradict their beliefs, traits, values, behavior, or even other motives. For example, your character may want to be a good person, but their traits are selfish, manipulative, and narcissistic. Motives can be long term or short term. Everyone has wants, whether they realize it or not. You can write “they don’t know what they want,” but you should know. It is advised that you list at least one abstract want

Recurring Feelings:

feelings that they have throughout most of their life. If you put them down as a trait, it is likely they are also recurring feelings. For example, depressed, lonely, happy, etc.

Self Image:

what the character thinks of themselves: their self-esteem. Some character are proud of themselves, others are ashamed of themselves, etc. They may think they are not good enough, or think they are the smartest person in the world. Their self-image can contradict their beliefs, traits, values, behavior, motives, etc. For example, if their self-image is poor, they can still be a cheerful or optimistic person. If they have a positive self-image, they can still be a depressed or negative person. How they picture themselves may or may not be true: maybe they think they’re a horrible person, when they are, in fact, very considerate, helpful, kind, generous, patient, etc. They still have flaws, but flaws don’t necessarily make you a terrible person

Behavior:

how the character’s traits, values, beliefs, self-image, etc., are outwardly displayed: how they act. For example, two characters may have the trait “angry” but they all probably express it differently. One character may be quiet and want to be left alone when they are angry, the other could become verbally aggressive. If your character is a liar, do they pause before lying, or do they suddenly speak very carefully when they normally don’t? Someone who is inconsiderate may have issues with boundaries or eat the last piece of pizza in the fridge when they knew it wasn’t theirs. Behavior is extremely important and it is advised you think long and hard about your character’s actions and what exactly it shows about them

Demeanor:

their general mood and disposition. Maybe they’re usually quiet, cheerful, moody, or irritable, etc.

Posture:

a secondary part of your character’s personality: not as important as everything else. It is advised you fill this out after. Posture is how the character carries themselves. For example, perhaps they swing their arms and keep their shoulders back while they walk, which seems to be the posture of a confident person, so when they sit, their legs are probably open. Another character may slump and have their arms folded when they’re sitting, and when they’re walking, perhaps they drag their feet and look at the ground

Speech Pattern:

a secondary part of your character’s personality: not as important as everything else. It is advised you fill this out after. Speech patterns can be words that your character uses frequently, if they speak clearly, what sort of grammar they use, if they have a wide vocabulary, a small vocabulary, if it’s sophisticated, crude, stammering, repeating themselves, etc. I personally don’t have a very wide vocabulary, if you could tell

Hobbies:

a secondary part of your character’s personality: not as important as everything else. It is advised you fill this out after. Hobbies can include things like drawing, writing, playing an instrument, collecting rocks, collecting tea cups, etc.

Quirks:

a secondary part of your character’s personality, not as important as everything else. It is advised you fill this out after. Quirks are behaviors that are unique to your character. For example, I personally always put my socks on inside out and check the ceiling for spiders a few times a day

Likes:

a secondary part of your character’s personality, not as important as everything else. It is advised you fill this out after. Likes and dislikes are usually connected to the rest of their personality, but not necessarily. For example, if your character likes to do other people’s homework, maybe it’s because they want to be appreciated

Dislikes:

a secondary part of your character’s personality, not as important as everything else. It is advised you fill this out after. Likes and dislikes can also contradict the rest of their personality. For example, maybe one of your character’s traits is dishonest, but they dislike liars

History:

your character’s past that has key events that influence and shape their beliefs, values, behavior, wants, self-image, etc. Events written down should imply or explain why they are the way they are. For example, if your character is distrustful, maybe they were lied to a lot by their parents when they were a child. Maybe they were in a relationship for twenty years and found out their partner was cheating on them the whole time. If their motive/want is to have positive attention, maybe their parents just didn’t praise them enough and focused too much on the negative

On Mental and Physical Disabilities or Illnesses

if your character experienced a trauma, it needs to have an affect on your character. Maybe they became more angry or impatient or critical of others. Maybe their beliefs on people changed to become “even bullies can be ‘nice’ people: anyone can be a ‘bad’ person”

people are not their illness or disability: it should not be their defining trait. I have health anxiety, but I’m still idealistic, lazy, considerate, impatient and occasionally spiteful; I still want to become an author; I still believe that people are generally good; I still value doing what make me feel comfortable; I still have a positive self-image; I’m still a person. You should fill out your character’s personality at least half-way before you even touch on the possibility of your character having a disability or illness

Generally everything about your character should connect, but hey, even twins that grew up in the same exact household have different personalities; they value different things, have different beliefs. Maybe one of them watched a movie that had a huge impact on them.

Not everything needs to be explained. Someone can be picky or fussy ever since they were little for no reason at all. Someone can be a negative person even if they grew up in a happy home.

I believe this is a thought out layout for making well-rounded OCs, antagonists and protagonists, whether they’re being created for a roleplay or for a book. This layout is also helpful for studying Canon Characters if you’re looking to accurately roleplay as them or write them in fanfiction or whatever.

I’m really excited to post this, so hopefully I didn’t miss anything important…

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To go with my presentations about planning plots and character crafting, here’s a presentation about the part of the process that doesn’t get the limelight but is just as important - editing.

I’m more than happy to send the file (and those of my other creative writing presentations) to those who’d like a copy.

:)

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the third in a series of presentations I did about Creative Writing for students in my school who were interested in it (I’m in the business, so I was asked to talk about the things I’ve learned since my work was noticed). 

I’m willing to send my presentations to those who want them :) apart from this I did one on creative writing in general and one on character crafting. 

I’m also willing to answer questions about what it’s like to work with an editor and what kind of things will be asked of you.   ^____^

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EDIT: Okay, so a few people seem to have issues with what I say here. I would like to make it clear that this presentation was made for young/beginning writers, as in really young - a couple of them were only eleven. Therefore I said “winging it = terrible idea” because I’ve been working with these kids, and winging it seems to be their worst enemy. They delve in with no characters, no setting…nada, and it leaves them with a rushed kafuffle that could easily have been avoided. 

These things are what I’ve garnered from working with an editor from Penguin Books, so even if you don’t like the advice - at least consider the fact that she’s been working with authors for a long time, and so she surely knows a fair bit about what works best. 

Feel free to have a differing opinion or what-have-you, but please acknowledge that I am only trying to help. The amount of overly sharp comments has been a source of much grief for me since this was published….

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I’m currently working on my debut novel with an editor, and as such I was asked to do a series of presentations to younger students who were interested in creative writing on things I wish I’d known before I got into the business. 

Hope it’s of use! :)

- willing to send it to those who want a copy

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hey as a local aroace, i want to specify something.

were no strangers to love. you know the rules and so do i (do i). a full commitments what im thinking of. you wouldnt get this from any other guy. i just wanna tell you how im feeling. gotta make you understand. never gonna give you up. never gonna let you down. never gonna run around and desert you. never gonna make you cry. never gonna say goodbye. never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

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FNAF AU where, for some reason, 90% of the employees are goths. ​you’ve heard of femboy hooters get ready for GOTH FREDDY’S.

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Rockstar | Glamrock FNAF AU

Word count: 577

Warnings: parent disapproval mention

Summary: Roxanne Wolf is in an Anthropomorphic band her fellow members are: Freddy Fazbear, Montgomery Gator, Bonnie, and Chica. She is interviewed and is asked some questions related to her career. Will all questions be related 100% to her career?

Author’s note: I have so many Fnaf au ideas right now…

Why did you want to be a rock star?

Since I was little, I’ve always wanted to be in a rock band. When I was little I went to see this massive concert, I don’t remember who took me, but I remember seeing this one particular band and was like “Woah I want that to be me: standing on that stage for thousands of animals to listen to.”

Continue reading after the cut

When did you start writing your songs? 

I started writing my own songs and their melodies shortly after that concert, I think it was the car ride home actually? I won’t lie they weren’t good at all, but for a ten-year-old they seemed like it would take me one gig to become famous. As I got older, I got better writing songs and making them.

When was the band formed and what lead you to decide on your band name?

In my high school I meet a cool group of People Freddy Fazbear, Montgomery Gator, Bonnie and Chica. We were real good friends. One day Freddy suggested we start a band since we all had a background in music. 

We all agreed, it took us awhile to come up with a band name, but we ended up with the “Glamrocks”. Not going to lie, Freddy and Monty just wanted the “rocks” part to be our name but Chica, surprisingly Bonnie, and I all had the idea to put “Glam” in front of it. With the score being three to two, The band: The Glamrocks was born.

When did you get your first big gig with your band?

Our first big gig was this band competition where people would vote on who was the better band each round.

How far did you go in this competition?

We went pretty far. It was pretty surprising since we only had a few songs to play at that time. I don’t know how the same few songs blew people away each time.

How often did you practice with your band?

We practiced almost every day.

Did you ever have doubts during your career?

I did, especially when I was younger and still lived with my parents. They always said I needed to find a real job soon. That I’d never get anywhere in life with Rock n roll.

There was another time I came across a group of animals mocking rock stars. Looking back, I wish I had told them that I was a successful rock star. And if they didn’t believe me? That was their choice.

Did your parents ever become more accepting of your career?

They did, especially after our band gained popularity, and we started to sell merch, concert tickets, and records, etc. The money made them realize that Rock n roll was something I could actually make a living off of.

Was your band there for you?

They definitely were! Freddy was there the most, we hung out a lot, just us two. Since we knew each other since middle school, he knew a lot about my parents and how they would make me feel.

Why did your band break up?

I’m not sure if I should really tell you this, considering it’s private between the band. I’ll tell you this, Monty and Bonnie got into a big argument which just made the band crumble.

Are the rumors that you are dating your ex band member Chica true?

I don’t see how that’s related to my career-

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FNAF one location in Bloxburg | PT 3

West hallway and supply closet

Supply closet and cam5

Cam 2A and Cam 4B

Cam 3 and Cam 1A

Cam 6 and Cam 4A

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FNAF one location in Bloxburg | PT 2

Kitchen & east hallway

The office

West hallway

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FNAF one location in Bloxburg | PT 1

Outside the pizzeria & Dining Area

Pirates cove & Backstage

Bathroom

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many people have said it but bears repeating again:

Palestinian liberation calls for a 1 state solution under which all people are equal under both under the law and in practice.

In order to have peace the genocide, apartheid, and occupation must end. Settler colonialism must end. Second class citizenry must end. All Palestinians imprisoned must be released. Reparations must be made to Palestinians who have been affected by both current events and historical, from the Nakba in 1948 to today. Everyone who participated in the facilitation of the apartheid, and the violence of the apartheid and occupation required to maintain the oppressive regime, must be held accountable. Palestinians must be granted the right to return to their homes.

The idea that Palestinian liberation = carrying out a genocide on Israelis is nothing more than baseless, racist, orientalist fearmongering (and, to an extent, pure projection) that serves to justify the current genocidal regime and the apartheid having been maintained for decades. One people's freedom does not threaten another people. People are fearmongering over a hypothetical scenario (the same fearmongering used in South Africa; both during the reconstruction era following the abolition of slavery & also against abolitionists while slavery was still legal in the United States; in regards to the North American indigenous population; and so on) while an actual genocide is going on.

the only way to real actual peace, safety, and security is through the complete liberation of the Palestinian people, not the continued maintenance of the current regime or the apartheid that led to this current moment in time. apartheid is inherently violent; oppression is inherently violent. colonialism is inherently violent. if YOUR 'safety' is dependent on the oppression, displacement, and murder of OTHER PEOPLE then your conditions are not and will never be safe.