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Apartment hacks masterpost

Kitchen

How to clean up kitchen (particularly the sink, burnt pots and small aplliances)

How to take care of kitchen stuff so that it lives longer

10 commandments of a clutter-free kitchen

Organizing kitchen mini masterpost

5 things to do in the kitchen before you go to bed

What is soapy bowl and why it’s awesome

How to organize your fridge (also here, here and here)

Thins you should know about your fridge

Adding more storage space in a tiny kitchen

Cleaning

Lots of cleaning tutorials and tips. And some more

How to clean up pantry

How to make your house look cleaner than it really is

How to wash pillows

Cleaning the bathroom

How to clean the nastiest places (and get rid of bad smells, etc.)

Floor-to-celling guide to spring cleaning

Recaulking your bathtub

Cleaning grout

How to dispose of toxic waste

Cleaning the medicine cabinet

How to make chores more fun

You mustn’t skip these chores, but you can delay these if you’re busy

Easily forgotten things that you should clean/replace

Why you need a catch-up day

Small cleaning tasks to do in under 15 minutes (also here)

Looking for a flat/moving

First apartment checklist

Where too look during an apartment hunt (and some more tips)

Negotiate these things with your landlord

What to do first in a new place

What do clean before moving out

How not to get crazy during moving flats

How to downgrade to a smaller place

Organisation, storage

10 habits for better home organisation

How to store off-season items

10 storage ideas for small spaces (more here)

Storage secret weapons

How to organise your closet

Things to do before twice-yearly closet switchout

How to store and maintain your sweaters

Decluttering

Why it feels great

How to get rid of clutter

How to declutter (not only a flat)

What needs to be thrown away from your flat

How to let go of the things you no longer need

Things you own too many of; you can throw away these too

Decuttering the bathroom

Decluterring masterpost

Decorating

Projects for every room in your home/flat

Add style to your home

DIY decorating ideas

How to use negative space

4 common decorating mistakes and how to avoid them

Questions to ask yourself before buying something new

How to choose furniture that’ll be easier to clean

Season-specific tips

Things to do before the cold season

Household hacks for winter

Preparing for Christmas

Green thumb 101

How to take care of succulents

Never kill a plant again

Living alone / Sharing a flat

How not to be lonely when living alone

12 things you can only do when home alone

What you learn by living alone

Things you learn while sharing a flat

What to pack when leaving for a dorm

How to seamlessly share a kitchen (or a flat in general)

Safety issues to discuss with flatmates

Benefits of living with strangers

And also how to turn a house into a home

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IF YOU LOVE WRITING BUT DON’T HAVE THE INSPIRATION FOR A 10-PART BOOK SAGA YOU SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THIS SITE

IT’S INCREDIBLY HELPFUL AND CAN FOR INSTANCE GENERATE TOPICS AND FIRST LINES, CONTAINS LOADS OF EXERCISES AND YOU CAN FIND PLENTY OF WRITING TIPS.

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COSPLAY FRIENDS: I just found this app called Dress Measurements that’s super helpful. It lets you create a profile with specialized body measurements you can keep on hand. Reblog to save a life.

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shading colour tips

hey yall its me the Art Mom™ to help you shade pretty

rule 1: DO NOT SHADE WITH BLACK. EVER. IT NEVER LOOKS GOOD. 

red- shade with a slightly darker shade of purple

orange- slightly darker and more saturated shade of red

yellow- i think like..a peach could work but make it a really light peach

green- shade with darker and less saturated shade of blue or teal

blue- shade with purple

purple- a shade thats darker than the purple you’re using and maybe a little pink (MAYBE blue)

pink- darker shade of red

white- a really light lavender or blue..or i guess any really light colour??

black- okay listen dont use pure black to colour anything unless you want to leave it with flat colours because you cant really shade black lol

grey- a slightly darker shade of purple or blue (less saturated)

brown- slightly darker and less saturated shade of purple or red

aaaaand thats all i got lol. let me know if there is anything i should add to this list!!

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For anyone who wants a free pose-able human reference for drawing

The other day I came across this awesome program by accident (I don’t even remember what I was actually searching for, but on the several times I’ve looked for a program like this I’ve had no luck). It’s cool enough that I wanted to share it.

It’s called DesignDoll (website here) and it’s a program that lets you shape and pose a human figure pretty much however you want.

There’s a trial version with no expiration date that can be downloaded for free, as well as the “pro license” version priced at $79. I’ve only had the free version for two days so far, so I’m not an expert and I haven’t figured out all of the features yet, but I’ve got the basics down. The website’s tutorials are actually pretty helpful for the basics, as well. 

Here’s the page for download, which has a list of the features available in both versions.

There are three features the free version doesn’t have:

Can’t save OBJ files for export

Can’t download models and poses from Doll Atelier (a sharing site for users; note that the site is in Japanese, though)

It can’t load saved files

The third one means that if you make a pose, save it, and close the program, you can’t load that pose/modified model later. You have to start with the default model. I found that out when I tried to load a file from the day before (this is why reading is important…). Whether saving your modifications (and downloading models and poses) is worth $80 is up to you. 

But, the default model is pretty nice and honestly if all you’re looking for is a basic pose reference it should work fairly well as it is. Here’s what it looks like:

There’s a pose tag that lets you drag each joint into place and rotate body parts. The torso and waist can be twisted separately, and it seems like everything pretty much follows the range of movement it would have on an actual human.

Even the entire shoulder area is actually movable along with the joint! See, like how the scapular area of the back raises with the arm:

The morphing tag is one of the coolest features, in my opinion. It lets you pick and choose from a library of pre-set forms for the head, chest, arms, legs, etc. It has some more realistic body shapes in addition to more anime-like ones. Don’t like the options there? Mix a few to get what you want! Each option has a slider that lets you blend as much or as little as you want into the design. 

So you, too, can create beautiful things like kawaii Muscle-chan!!

The scale tag lets you mess with the proportions and connection points of different joints. This feature combined with the morphing feature not only allows more body shape variations, but it also means that you can do things like make a more digitigrade model if you want. (The feet only have an ankle joint, but for regular human poses that’s all that you really need, so whatever.)

Or you can make a weird chubby alien-like thing with giant hands and balloon tiddies if that’s more your thing.

The ability to pose hands to the extent it allows is far more than I could have hoped for from a free program. Seriously, you can change the position of each finger joint individually, as well as how spread out the fingers are from each other. Each crease on the diagram below is a point of movement, and the circles are for spread between fingers. 

And to make it a bit more convenient, there’s a library of pre-set hand poses you can pick from as well, and then change the pose from that if you like. 

In both versions, you can also import OBJ files from other places for the model to hold, like if you wanted to have them hold a sword or something.

Basically, this program is awesome and free and you should totally check it out if you want a good program for creating pose references.

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https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8957424/2/Illusions-of-Grandeur

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https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11163671/8/Gu-il-tless

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https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5675879/1/The-Art-of-Hidden-Personas

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https://m.fanfiction.net/s/9706284/1/The-Next-Target

Harry, depressed about losing Sirius, curses Fate for making his life so miserble. Fate, bored, hears this and decides to prove she isn't a horrible person by doing what she does best, because, unlike her predecessors, Katelyn Dalton just loves making the least possible things happen, in terms of romance, that is. And 1935 is the perfect place to start her new story.

https://m.fanfiction.net/s/7807594/40/

iris shit

https://m.fanfiction.net/s/9392346/1/My-Friend-Tom

https://m.fanfiction.net/s/8794482/1/Snake-Whisper

What if, at the very beginning of his fourth summer holidays, Harry Potter had found a small snake in the garden of his relatives? And what if this snake made the difference? Grey!Harry, (slow moving!) TMRxHP Slash

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Color Theory

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https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5057463/2/A-New-Chance

After the final battle Harry wakes to find himself....not quite where he expects. What will he make of this new place? And the people in it? HP/SS SLASH

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8285531/1/A-Lifetime-of-Chances

It was a freak accident. A series of events joined together to achieve the impossible. Now Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke are living their lives over and over again, with no end in sight.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8629290/7/Sasuke-Potter

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5299749/1/Until-it-Sleeps

AU: When the seal broke, Naruto expected to be consumed by the Kyuubi, but what if the power Itachi had given Naruto ensured his safety and survival? The eighteen-year-old woke up six years in the past with a twist. KakaNaru -Yaoi-

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9800198/1/Rotted-Rowan

Antagonistic!OC

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9920512/1/Reaching-for-a-Dream

SealMaster!Naruto

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6344958/1/If-Only

Naruto, in his golden years, winds up back in the past from a sealing accident. With the foresight of a time traveler, and the restraint of a cranky old man, watch what he does to his past self and those around him.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4133028/1/The-Birth-of-Evil

Tom Riddle was able to use magic long before he received a wand. In this AU, Harry has the same grasp on his magic...and a hatred for Muggles... Watch the birth of evil. Smart!Dark!Evil!Harry, All 7 Years

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9720211/1/The-Merging

The Dementor attack on Harry leaves him kissed with his wand broken in an alleyway. Days later he awakens, magic flaring uncontrollably, his soul seemingly still in one piece. But is it? With no understanding of what has happened to him, what else can he do but keep moving forwards, forced by a fate he never wanted, fighting for a life he never got to live. And fight he will.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8257400/1/Harry-Potter-and-the-Power-of-Paranoia

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8310486/1/Crestfallen

When Harry lands on Asgard, he doesn't expect to be besieged almost immediately by two gods and a giant wolf. But he's always been the adaptable sort. (No pairing.)

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10177155/14/Tricksters-and-Gods

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8282970/9/Harry-Potter-and-the-Aftermath

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10300062/3/The-Warrior

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9610249/7/Some-Hearts

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8379576/1/The-Godfather

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10278549/1/Intent

Magic is about intent; so when Harry unconsciously starts pouring magic in to his cooking, he creates something magical no one can resist. At 16, despite being the owner of a 5 star restaurant, his life is normal…until Tony Stark appears with his band of misfits and refuses to leave. Gods, magic, prophecies, bonds, Harry's life will never be the same ever again. SLASH.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10082626/1/Depth

No matter what happens to you, no matter the depth of tragedy or pain, no matter how death stalks you and your loved ones, it all becomes obsolete when you die. But being reborn wasn't part of the plan and I only hoped it could result in some good. Because what was the point in being alive if you couldn't truly live? Semi-SI/OC

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9639477/1/Guarded

idan, Akatsuki, OC

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https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7899585/1/A-Father-s-Gift

Instead of just sealing their consciousness into Naruto as a one time thing, what would happen if someone pointed out to Minato how the villagers would most likely treat Naruto and he made preparations to protect him. Smart/Strong Naruto. M to be careful.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5829142/5/An-Unexpected-Beginning

All seemed lost, I just killed the one I called Brother, as the Snake was using Sasuke's body. Everyone was dead, & Konoha was burning but Kyuubi said we could change it. I had nothing to lose, and everything to gain. Naruto is sent back to the day he was born in an attempt to save his friends and village unfortunately he can't do much, at least until he can walk. Family Timetravel

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2587728/1/A-Man-s-World

AU. Hinata has always lived a sheltered life, but due to unforeseen circumstances that puts her life in danger, she is sent to a boarding school disguised as a boy, which is the least of her worries when her new roommate is none other than Uchiha Sasuke. Sasuhina and other pairings.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7914056/1/That-Little-Hickey

It was only a small bruise on his neck, but somehow, Itachi had a feeling that it wouldn't be taken that way. He'd never received a bruise. Ever. And as a result, he was sure his parents wouldn't take it the right way. TWOSHOT complete

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8684118/3/Clockwork-and-a-teacup

What if you open your eyes and find yourself in the Naruto world? What would happen with a Sakura with a different mindset and knowledge of the future? - Another OC falls into Naruto

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5383728/1/Bare-Naked-Time-Travel

It had been a normal night for 23 year old Hokage Naruto Uzumaki, out drinking where Naruto learned an important life lesson. Never go drinking with someone with a Magenkyo Sharingan

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6639883/1/Army-of-Nine

Naruto, Bee, Fu, Utakata, Han, Roshi, Yagura, Yugito, Gaara. Nine hosts, nine demons. One of the nine decides to bring all the jinchuriki together. What would it have been like if the Jinchuriki had been there to look out for one another?

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5965381/1/Another-Chance

It was hard to tell whether Fate was finally dealing Naruto a good hand or sending him further into hell

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4490237/1/Doomed-to-Repeat

One year after Jiraiya's death, Naruto is no longer the ninja he once was. Faced with the chance to change everything that went wrong, can Naruto rise above the strength of his enemies, the suspicions of his friends, and most of all his own weaknesses?

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10329269/1/I-ve-got-a-plan-I-ve-got-an-atlas-in-my-hand

Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo gives her an option, she takes it. She'll save them all, even if it kills her. Female Naruto. Time travel, rebirth. Eventual fem!Naruto/Itachi.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4680525/1/Guardian-of-Fire

Starting over is never easy. Creating a new identity, facing different challenges isn't easy at all. Naruto must do all this because he must correct the mistakes of the present by traveling to the past. GEN, Time Travel.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8803664/1/Ghost

The first time Naruto becomes aware of his mysterious guardian, he is twelve and has absolutely no idea just how big an impact their meeting will have on himself and the rest of the world. Time/Dimension Travel, AU.

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https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9352420/1/Solving-a-Riddle-A-Z

When Zia finds herself in 1927 London, England she soon realizes that it is no dream. After realizing that this London is the London of her favorite book series, Harry Potter, she embarks on a mission that not even Dumbledore could fully complete. The task: Solving a Riddle. The only question is...how? Rated T just in case. After all, this is Tom Riddle we're talking about.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10672002/5/The-Biggest-Toad-in-the-Puddle

In which the Master of Death finds himself reborn and Jiraiya get's confirmation of what he's always known; he has no idea what to do with a kid. Good thing this one came self-sufficient.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10611248/1/Hammering-it-Home

It took Harriet Potter five years to realize she wasn't ageing. It took her eight years and a summer in the desert of New Mexico to have the answer literally fall from the sky, in the form of a banished Thunder God.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10170838/1/The-Counterfeit-Cousin

In which Lucius Malfoy decides to off a political opponent with a little black book and Tom Riddle finds himself with a new body and a lot of catching up to do. Of course, the orphan beneath the stairs is just happy that a family member finally came to rescue him. A Tom adopts Harry, somewhat dark fic.

With the Girl-Who-Lived missing, there was no one to stop Tom Riddle's return in 1993. However, upon heading to Little Hangleton, he wasn't expecting to find the Gaunt Shack occupied. Especially by one Harriet Lily Potter. FemHarry and Necromancer Harry. TMR/HP

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8451329/1/Another-Beginning

Voldemort had been faster in regaining his body, than he had been in canon, and thus, he had begun to go after Harry while the boy-who-lived was still a small kid. Will a rather sane Voldemort find out, and use, the similarities there are between him and Harry to his favours, and change the wizarding world in a way no one had expected?

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7185731/1/Back-Again-Siriusly

The concept of the 'do-over' is used in, at the very least, hundreds of Harry Potter stories. Here's my own take, using a HP character that actually has a good reason for getting another chance to make things better.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10218541/3/As-good-as-Death

Death messed up his job at Halloween 1981 and now neither Voldemort nor Harry Potter are dead. As if that wasn't bad enough that noisy little brat appears to be able to see him. All of that was quite unexpected. Still it doesn't explain how he somehow found himself stuck to raise the baby. Alright, now that's just awkward. Complete (sort of)

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9218755/4/Folie-%C3%A0-deux

AU. Folie à deux; a madness shared by two. It's funny how a few small changes can change the course of history - an unlikely alliance, several inconsistencies, a roof appeared on, and a Halloween Night that didn't go quite like everybody expected it to. Harry Potter grows up with Tom Riddle.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10857053/4/En-Passant

An accident in sixth year strands Harry in 1942 and a split second decision leaves him in an intrigue-ridden Slytherin. Lies and secrets shroud the board. Wizard's chess has never been Harry's best game, and the path to the black king is covered with thorns. Become 'friends' with Tom Riddle? If only it were so easy.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9290286/4/Death-s-Son

He was lying in the mud dying, the world was already dead. Voldemort must be in his grave laughing, he had been right all along and now it was to late to do anything about it. Death didn't quite agree with that and now Death's son was going to make the muggles pay for everything they had done. This story will contain slash

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10345683/2/Insignificant-Decisions

Ten year old Harry Potter makes an insignificant decision that changes a lot of other insignificant things, which eventually changes very significant things. Because no matter what, Harry Potter never manages to do things by half measures. (AU from Hogwarts letter onwards, Diary!Tom

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2434468/25/Kiss-or-Kill

HPTR slash. A freak accident transports our favorite attractive psychopath forward in time from 1942 to 1996. Attempted homicide and attempted romance ensue, not necessarily in that order.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10552343/3/Stubborn-Shadow

When Naruto returned to Konoha after spending just over two years on the road training under Jiraiya, he never expected to pick up a living shadow with a mind of his own. No Pairings. De-aged!Harry, MOD!Harry

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10900965/1/Shiro-fukur%C5%8D-Harii

After the final battle (which happened on Harry's 15th birthday- Hogwarts events happened two years earlier than they did in canon), Harry moved away from England. Hiding his tracks and eventually trading Gryffindor's sword to the goblins to go through a portal, Harry moves to Fire Country on the shinobi continent...

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10982994/1/Meddling-In-Fate

AU; Fem!Harry: After dying of old age, Death decides his mistress' next great adventure should be special. so Violet Potter is reborn as Uzumaki Sachi, and her story writes itself anew.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10755012/1/Lost-Past

Harleen has won the war, but at a great price. She was betrayed, and everything she had been fighting for, became a lie in the blink of an eye. Now Death has decided to give her a second chance, but first, she must change the life of another one. Who is this mysterious Uzumaki Naruto and why is Death sending her to the time even before his birth? *full summary inside* AU, FemHarry.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10343740/1/Deer-tracks

Harriet Potter has to flee from England better yet, she has to vanish from this World. An acquaintance has a solution for the problem but is she really ready for what this entails? Fem Harry Potter

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10873406/1/His-Web-and-the-Spider-In-It

No one could deny that Sherlock Holmes's homeless network was well used. It was wide and spread all over London. It didn't only have adults either. One-Shot, starts when Sherlock first starts to build his web until John enters the picture.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10556582/1/Tomorrow

AU; Fem!Harry. One choice can change the life of two children of prophecy. When Petunia sends her niece, Reika 'Reia' Potter to their distant cousins in the Elemental Nations she changes the future of two worlds. How exactly will the Wizardry World handle a Girl-Who-Lived trained as a Kunoichi, and how will Naruto's life change now that he has someone who doesn't care what the...

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7511927/1/The-Next-Great-Adventure

Harry, on the brink of death from the final battle, has been given a second chance by the Fates for a nice normal life. Only this normal life, with ninja, a new sibling, strange powers, and a side-effect leaving Harry five, could be anything BUT normal!

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7929587/1/The-Girl-with-Red-Hair

Harry was five when he discovered the picture and his life changed. Before he knows it he's shipped off to a distant relative far away and a village full of adventure, intrigue and shinobi. And Harry finds family. HPxNaruto. Pre-Hogwarts.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10303751/1/Son-of-the-Trickster

On that fateful Halloween, the God of Mischief is looking down on Midgard. Taking pity on the orphaned boy, he raises him as his own. How will the Wizarding World cope with a Harry Potter tutored by one of the universe's greatest mages? Dumbledore & Weasley bashing. Powerful, smart Harry. Non-world-dominating Loki

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8425161/1/Not-Who-She-Seems

Lily Potter was never Lily Potter, but only James ever knew the truth. And instead of a son, they had a baby girl, Rayna. Upon discovering their sister's death, Thor and Loki swear to protect their niece, when they find her. How will the discovery that she is one of the Aesir change the events after fourth year? Fem/Harry! Complete!

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10053337/1/Socially-Awkward

There was a shot fired. The clear ringing of a gun... But it wasn't his. Sherlock grins as he realises he was saved by the one man who can create a brand of chaos even Mycroft is hard pressed to control. And all without even being present. It's always nice to know your personal guardian angel is still hanging around and annoying your elder brother...

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8316155/1/Routine-Procedure

A meeting at a broken-down red telephone box. Sherlock needs to make a call and Harry's just trying to get to work.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10126274/1/In-Search-of-Companionship

After the events of the Sign of Three, Sherlock falls into a bout of melancholy; Mycroft, the consummate manipulator, suggests "filling the gap" and events largely get out of hand from there. A Sherlock adopts Harry!fic, set between Episodes Two and Three of Season Three.