#using visuals in content

[strategichannah]

Writing for Scanners: How to Create Scannable, Engaging Content

Want to make your content easier to read? 📖 Learn 5 strategies for writing scannable content that captures attention and boosts engagement. #ContentCreation

Writing for Scanners: How to Create Scannable, Engaging Content Written By: that Hannah Jones Time to Read: 5 minutes In today’s fast-paced digital world, most people don’t read online content word for word. Instead, they scan to quickly gather key points and decide if the content is worth their time. To capture and hold the attention of scanners, your content must be easy to read, visually…

[liauditore]

Equally Invalid

[hyohaehyuk]

A old/new behind the scenes photo of Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson at the 92NY screening of S2 of Interview with the Vampire.

Photo taken by SmokieMoonpie. Posted by Lucyddreams

[art-soboro]

my turn to draw cute contextless kemonomimis of despicable people

[skitskatdacat63]

Every time I read Fernando cursing in fic, I can only think about this clip and then my brain short-circuits

[wackywatchdotcom]

hm..... pomni taking peoples hand as a repeating image in the show..... happens in ep 1, with ragatha, its kinda evoked with her reaching for the final exit door, ep 2 is pretty blatant with it i dont need to say anything else on that, and in episode 3 the scene with kinger..... episode 4 doesnt have anything with this i dont think (i COULD technically say her raising her hand at the beginning of the ep but that is a MASSIVE stretch and doesnt fit with what the other instances seem to be representing. her waving at gummigoo MAYBE but the image just really isnt present in the episode, looking at it realistically) but im thinking about this...... cus i feel like its probably notable in the dream sequence in ep 2 that its her arm that gets all fucked up

[sainteclectic]

this isn't intended to be a judgment on anyone in particular, but I'm surprised on how few people in the cccc fandom write image descriptions for their art considering the existence of a character who would realistically need to use them {whether you interpret heart as low vision or light sensitive or fully blind} it's just kind of ironic how the characters in the media couldn't even access the content made for it

anyways, if you have the ability to write image descriptions for your work, I highly recommend doing it! it's pretty easy once you get the hang of it :-)

[herefortheships]

I recently saw a gifset of Delores stapling herself together, and while that ofc was a very hot scene...

... am I being weird for thinking that alive!Betel having the strength to cleave her head through to the collarbone - and her torso from her hips, and cut through both thighs etc, all while dying of poison - is also pretty, uh, impressive? Shows some serious upper body strength. I guess lifting dead bodies every night to search them for valuables is a great workout.

Not weird at all. That does require some impressive strength, now that you mention it! He was definitely strong while alive. Rage is also known to boost strength and so is adrenaline, and our poor Betel had both surging through his body at that moment, too.

Great natural strength plus all that rage and the boost of adrenaline, as the realization of his own imminent death set in, allowed him to exact revenge as his final act in the most gruesome way: hacking his murderer into pieces. Hopefully it gave him some satisfaction to slice her, too; she deserved it after using him only to kill him and steal his soul! She didn't get to complete her ritual; stopping her from taking his soul and completing her ritual added to Betelgeuse's motivation there, as well.

Great observation, btw. 🖤

[cautiouslyyyoptimistic]

the correlation between asexuals and monsterfuckers is a circle. Shen Yuan fits this circle. In this essay I will-- *my presentation gets hit by a meteor*

[mxnster-soul]

Heya guys/gals/and fellow nonbiney pals!

[sunshineandlyrics]

❤️‍🩹 The emoest part of Holding on to Heartache.

FITFWT Sao Paulo, 11 May 2024.

[rigelmejo]

Something that always annoys me is the idea only 1 language learning method works. Which is not true. While it may be possible that, for a particular individual, only a few out of many study methods may work well enough for That Individual to make progress and stay motivated... that doesn't mean all the other study methods won't work for anyone else out there, or that those few methods will work for every other given person.

Obviously if you've been studying a while, then you already figured out what kinds of things work for you and don't. If you're a beginner, just wading into studying?

I would suggest you simply look for study methods that: 1. Teach you new things regularly, 2. Review and practice things you've learned, 3. Include studying things you need for your particular goals (for example if your goal is to read X book then the study materials at some point should involve reading practice and some words the book contains, if your goal is to talk about Y then the study materials should include some information about pronunciation and words you'll need to be able to say).

As you can imagine, a TON of study materials will meet these requirements. And you can study a given skill in a LOT of ways.

(Reading is my focus lol so just for reading, a beginner might: do vocabulary study with lists or conversations with native speakers or watching shows and looking words up or listening to dialogues with a transcript like in a textbook or graded readers or a picture book with word labels in the target language or a video game with labelled objects in target language, all of those things as long as your vocabulary is improving or reading practice is happening would help you make progress). So to improve reading skill as a beginner: you could study with a textbook, a podcast with transcript, a classroom or tutor with words written down in target language (like TPRS), a video game, a TV show and a translate app on your phone, a friend you talk with (who either writes words down or you look up words you hear with a translate app), a friend you text with, srs flashcards like anki (provided there's text) etc. As long as there's new words, and/or you're practicing reading, the study method may work. If it works will come down to if you can stay motivated doing it regularly, and make sure you regularly learn some new things and review/practice things you've already studied.

So consider those things when you see people selling a study method as a product (especially when it's costing you money). Consider if it teaches you NEW things, and are those new things related to your goals, and how MUCH new stuff will it teach you before you finish it? Consider if it provides review or practice, or if you can use it's materials to review on your own making up your own method, or if you'll need to do separate review/practice.

So examples:

LingQ. Can it teach you many new words? Yes, thousands, since you can import any texts you want when you get done with their provided material (I have no idea how much their beginner material covers though in terms of words... I would hope 1000-3000 words but that can be researched). Is your goal reading? It's suited to reading, so you will practice and review often with it. Cost? I think it was $12 a month when I last had it, and the price may have increased. Is it worth it? Depends on a learner's needs. I found it was wasting my money, so I chose to use free tools like Pleco and Readibu apps - since those apps are suited for Chinese learners and have better translations, Pleco has better paid graded reader material if I was going to spend money, and both Pleco and Readibu let me import texts so I can learn thousands of new words just like LingQ but free. Now that I'm not a beginner, I often use Microsoft Edge to read chinese... since I can still click-translate words easily (all my web browsers have that tool free), and Edge's TTS voice is helpful for pronunciation and sounds quite good. I read webnovels online so Edge works well. But it's translations aren't as good as Pleco or Readibu, so if I still needed translations more I would use them. So... is LingQ a good study method? Its certainly a study method marketed to buy. Well... the method is suited to improving reading skill, at least. It costs money, which is a negative, but it does offer a lot. However: everything it does regarding reading can be done free with other apps or sites or web browsers on their own. So if paying money motivates you to read... sure. LingQ does have a few word tracking features a learner may find worth the money, keeping in mind the actual read-to-learn method can be done free without lingq. (Also... while LingQ is a valid option for improving reading, if the learners goal is speaking then it would be important to think of what study activities the learner will do OUTSIDE of LingQ to improve speaking... because I've seen how LingQ is marketed as "how to learn a language" but it's only focused on some skills. It has vocabulary and grammar in some sense, since you'll read a lot and encounter new words and structures. But it doesnt have speaking or writing practice at least last time I was on it. Those activities would need to be worked on, on your own).

You can do that kind of cost/benefit contemplating with any study method material you see being sold. Amother example: there's a beginner Mandarin course called Mandarin Blueprint. It teaches like 800 words. Thats all. It may be worthwhile for a beginner... who still needs to learn 800 common words. But if you already know a few hundred words, the benefit of the course is less, you'll need to find a new material to teach you more new stuff soon. And the price was like a few hundred for the course... which for me personally was too much to spend, when I had already learned 800 hanzi from a book that cost me 12 dollars and 2000 words from a free user made memrise deck. The course claimed to get a person speaking, competent, but anyone not a beginner would say speaking basically with 800 words is nowhere near the level of working in Chinese or just doing a lot of daily life stuff, or reading/listening to media. (Although for the motivated beginner if you're learning 800 words on your own like I was, its definitely close to the point of jumping to learn more words and start reading kids and teenager books, and watching easier shows if you're willing to look new words up). So to me... Mandarin Blueprint felt like overselling some basic beginner materials. (Again when I know several other things that teach beginner stuff either more in depth so HSK test prep classes, and college courses, or that teach beginner stuff to the same depth as Mandarin Blueprint but free).

Some study materials aren't going to act like they teach everything. I've seen chinese courses just for learning to speak tones better and general pronunciation - probably worthwhile if your goal is to improve speaking and a teacher could help improve the issues your having. But a learner needs to be aware for that course that they'll need to study vocabulary on their own, its JUST a pronunciation improvement course.

[danwithouttheplan]

Hi, if you use AI generated art I do not trust you.

[clownboymcchucklefuck]

Me and Ritza came up with the name PlantOGraphy as the ship name for Zachary x Simon hehehehhe

Eueuuueeeeuu i love them

[ziavisuals]

🌏 SAVE THE PLANET 🌎

ITS THE ONLY PLACE WE ALL CALL HOME

[nilusart]

My (almost) completed misfit gang. As I’ve mentioned before (not here, on Bsky i think?), I’ve been working on a visual novel. It’s a fantasy/sci-fi mix with some obvious romance routes. This story has been stuck in my head for years, but I never felt skilled enough to draw or write it—honestly, I still don’t. But I guess I’ve finally found the courage to release something crappy and just get better along the way?

These are my main characters. I know there’s a missing human in the lineup—he shows up halfway through the story, and I haven’t written much of his part yet, so I’m holding off on his sprite for now.

Feel free to pick your favorites. I definitely play favorites myself… and out of the three finished sprites, one’s a dog. The game will be called Sphaira, which is the name of the city where it takes place. Imagine cyberpunk Minas Tirith with another hidden city beneath, underground. Yeah, my mind does weird things sometimes.