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rant: artist problem.

hey kid, you don't get to blame my talent on your failure.

I worked hard to get where I am today.

I did my assignments.

I submitted my work on time.

I had my time planned out...

while you were watching unnecessary videos on Vlive or Instagram or YouTube and causing high school drama in college; rushing 3 weeks worth of assignments in 2-4 days when we had 3 weeks off.

Yet you dare blame my talent on your failure. I put in years of practice to get where I am today. So let me rephrase this: YOU 👏 DON'T 👏GET 👏TO 👏BLAME👏 MY👏 HARD👏 WORK👏 AND 👏TIME👏 MANAGEMENT 👏FOR👏 SHIT 👏 SON.

I know my priorities. Learn yours.

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Ladies of the Night Court = The Powerpuff Girls

Morrigan = Bubbles💙

Feyre = Blossom❤️

Amren = Buttercup💚

I DARE YOU TO TELL ME I’M WRONG

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Happy new year (a lil late but okay sis)!! Let’s be real I have all my new year’s resolutions laid out on a silver platter for me but I spent the last 5 days being an actual potato--WE’RE OFF TO A FANTASTIC START WOOOH. To which, made me realise that if i don’t get off my ass and do something to meet those resolutions, in 2020 and the years to come I’ll have the same damn resolutions.

SO IT’S TIME FOR A CHANGE.

As of last year, I want to be more active on both my Tumblr and Instagram, and post more artwork more often as well as venture out of the mentality that i need to finish the sarah j maas characters series first before drawing other characters yadayadayada it’s stupid i know. I’ll be starting art college soon soif you want you can head over to my instagram platform @/lumbob.art to see random sketches every now and then. I may post some on tumblr and if you’re lucky you might get a glimpse or two before it drowns in post reblogs. 

For now, stay tuned for both work in progress and the completed piece of Aelin.

2018 was honestly a shitty year but what i took away from 2018 is that i need to learn to explore and open up more. The drawing of rhysand was a huge step and now drawing a character in what i consider a complex pose with awkward lighting is ovewhelming but i’m learning :D. So cheers to another 365, in my case 360 new blank pages. 

Lastly, I would like to extend my gratitude to all who have supported my artworks throughout 2018. I found out that my interpretation of Hasar made it onto the throne of glass wiki page. To many, it might not be a big deal but to me it is; it still blows my mind that it’s there. So, thank YOU ALL for making that happen. And on top of that, your reactions and comments make me smile an feel fuzzy on the inside. You all motivate me to pick up my pen and draw. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

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at least SOMEBODY’S getting some fucking work done around here

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Merry Christmas, darlings.

Rhysand is the most handsome High Lord.

Rhysand is the most delightful High Lord.

Rhysand is the most cunning High Lord.

it still cracks me up all the time HAHAHAHAH. ICONIC.

It’s been so long since I’ve bothered to leave my comfort zone; for the record, I never draw male characters as often as I do with female characters. Working on this piece has been refreshing, I FEEL REBIRTH. Idk it’s messy, but I’m somewhat satisfied. What do you guys think of my rendition of the sexiest high lord in Prythian? This is actually my second try at drawing rhysand but let’s not talk about the first time 😅😅😅.  But please do give some constructive criticism. I'm always looking to further improve and develop as an artist :DD

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it's a work in progress but he's coming along pretty well ;))

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and now I want a manorian stand alone hdkaksbdjax

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the 3 types of fans in the SJM fandom

(this is meant in a loving way, u guys are the best!) [KoA spoilers]

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I was studying in my room, turned around to grab something and saw this.

So, basically, this is not my cat. 

But she’s all like chillin’ in my bed like she pays rent or smth.

 How the fuck did she even got into the freaking house. 

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being in a public restroom and hearing someone shitting really loud

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KoA Spoiler!!

Feyre: The stars are so pretty tonight!

Rhys: You know what else is pretty?

Feyre: * blushes *

Aelin: * appears shooting across the sky* ME BITCHES

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Some Photoshop Tips

I’ve been getting quite a few asks about the process for the patterns in my stylized artworks, so I decided to put together a couple of tips regarding them. 

Firstly, what you need are

—  CUSTOM BRUSHES  —

Most of the patterns I use are custom brushes I made, such as those:

For the longest time I was convinced making brushes must be super extra complicated. I was super extra wrong. All you need to start is a transparent canvas (2500px x 2500px max):

This will be your brush tip. When you’re satisfied how it looks, click Ctrl+A to select the whole canvas and go to ‘define brush preset’ under the edit menu

You will be asked to name your new glorious creation. Choose something that describes it well, so you can easily find it between all the ‘asfsfgdgd’ brushes you’ve created to be only used once

This is it. Look at it, you have just created a photoshop brush. First time i did I felt like I was cheated my whole life. IT’S SO EASY WHY HASN’T ANYONE TOLD ME 

Time to edit the Good Boi to be more random, so it can be used as a Cool Fancy Pattern. Go into brush settings and change whatever you’d like. Here’s a list of what I do for patterns:

- under Shape Dynamics, I increase Size Jitter and Angle jitter by 5%-15% 

- under Brush Tip Shape, I increase spacing by a shitload. Sometimes it’s like 150%, the point is to get the initial brush tip we painted to be visible.

- If I want it to look random and noisy, I enable the Dual Brush option, which acts like another brush was put on top of the one we’ve created. You can adjust all of the Dual Brush options (Size, Spacing, Scatter, Count) as you wish to get a very nice random brush to smear on your  backgrounds

The result is as above. You can follow the same steps to create whatever brush you need: evenly spaced dots that look like you painted them by hand, geometric pattern to fill the background, a line of perfectly drawn XDs and so on. 

BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE

—  PATHS  —

But what if you want to get lots of circles made of tiny dots? Or you need rows of triangles for your cool background? Photoshop can do all of that for you, thanks to the magic of paths.

Typically, paths window can be found right next to Layers:

Draw whatever path you want, the Shape Tool has quite a bit of options. Remember, paths are completely different from brush strokes and they won’t show up in the navigator. To move a path around, click A to enable path selection tool. You can use Ctrl+T to transform it, and if you move a path while pressing Alt it will be duplicated.

Now, pick a brush you wish really was in place of that path you’ve drawn and go to layers, then choose the layer you want it to be drawn on. Then, click this tiny circle under the Paths window:

Then witness the magic of photoshop doing the drawing for you while you wonder how tf have you managed to forget about this option for the past 2 years 

You can combine special brushes and paths for all sorts of cool effects. I mostly use them in backgrounds for my cards, but you can do whatever you want with them.

I hope that answers the questions for all of the people who were sending me inquires about the patterns. If you have any questions regarding this or any other Photoshop matter feel free to message me, I’m always up for complaining about how great and terrible Photoshop is C’:

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entertain me

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Hey so, I decided to do another masterpost. This time on exams. Some tips for studying at the very last minute if you are like me, disclaimer: I am not in any way supporting cramming but this is just to help you through if you are left with no choice other than cramming.

Cramming

Cramming tips that actually work by @optomstudies

The night before the exam

What to do the night before an exam by @beautifullearning

The night before your exam by @tiny-personal-university-thing

The night before exam and I didn’t study guide by @renaistudying

The night before test and I haven’t started studying by @getstudyblr

Revision methods

Revision methods that actually work by @alimastudies

The 5 Best Revision Methods by @bstudies

Study tips

More unconventional study tips by @minimaliststudy

A stash of tiny study tips by @justestjarchives

College study tips that actually help by @samsstudygram

Five tips for study marathons by @booksavolonte

General study tips by @plantednotes

More study tips

My study tips by @anatomyandcappuccini

My study tips

Personal study tips

Quickfire study tips by @annabaestudying

Quick study tip by @studyspiratiom-coffee

Rare study tips by @studybllog

Scientifically proven study tips by @swankiegrades

Secret study tips I wish someone would have told me by @fearlessroadtomd

Some rare study tips by @organisedorgana

Top 5 study tips by @studyign

Weird study tip by @artemissstudies

101 study tips by @study-early

Study tips by @howtohighschool

Study tips from someone who has already been there by @haylstudies

Study tips straight from my professor by @just-refuse-to-be-stopped

Study tips that helped me get back on my feet by @sillydaisies

Study tips that aren’t bullshit by @thebitchwhomadeit

Tips for effective study by @kimtented

How I write revision summaries by @athenastudying

Ways to study for exams that are actually productive

10 mistakes when studying by @howtostudyquick

Memorising information

How to memorise information by @monetstudy

How to memorise information faster by @qxzu

Memorization tips by @aescademic

Memorization tips by @determinationandcaffeine

Memorization tips by @studyquill

Exam tips

How to cope with exams by @uk-studying

How to revise for exams by @a-pro-s-studyblr

Studying for exams by @orangeblossomstudies

Tips for doing well on your exams by @aboysstudyblr

Tips for doing well on your exams by @thepeachystudies

Exam tips by @studywithmaggie

Exam guides

Finals: study guide for the brave by @educatier

Pennyfynotes guide to exam season by @pennyfynotes

Quick guide to doing the finals by @inkskinned

Test taking tips

How I revise for exams + tests

How to study for a test by @tbhstudying

My test taking tips by @55studies

Test taking tips

Exam preparation

How to make a stress free exam plan by @marias-studyblr

How to mentally prep yourself for a test by @eruditicn

Procrastination

How to beat procrastination by @eintsein

Types of procrastination and how to deal with them by @emmastudies

Time management

Time management by @academiceve

Time management tips for busy students

Motivation

My motivation tag

Other masterposts by me

Notetaking masterpost

College advice masterpost

Apps for students masterpost

Icon credits to @rhubarbstudies

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oh my fucking god are you joking. Is that feysand?

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Sarah J Maas KoA Tour Highlights

Here are some compiled highlights from SJM’s KoA tour in Chicago, October 25, 2018.

Sarah was vacationing in Costa Rica, about five years ago, when the last line of the entire ToG series popped into her head. It made it through the cuts and it is now the last line of KoA.

Lysandra was not supposed to be a main character, BUT she was driving with her husband when she saw in her head Lysandra shifting and turning into a giant ghost leopard and ripping some man’s head off. Then she had to include her more.

Sarah is super heavily inspired by music. Each character has a theme song.

Aedion is such a fanboy over Rowan. He was his idol. When they first met, Rowan gave him a knife which Aedion ADORES to this day.

The series, when Sarah was only sixteen and writing it, was previously called Queen of Glass.

Abraxos was inspired by Sarah’s cousin’s dog. His name was Buddy and he was found dumped at the side of the road, half dead, and used for dog fighting. He was a “bait” dog. Even though he had had a horrible experience in life, he was still the sweetest most trusting dog ever. He couldn’t be broken… and neither can Abraxos.

Sarah wrote fanfics for her own early drafts where Aelin and Rowan were not together. The fics mainly consisted of “badly written” Rowaelin smut.

Chaol is an ugly crier.

The glue the publishing company purchased could only bind 1,000 pages. Sarah’s final final draft of KoA was 1,020 pages. The editors worked to squeeze it in so KoA could be bound without falling apart.

There are a lot of things we do not know about that Sarah knows about in the world. For example: Ansel’s backstory and what lies in the Staghorn Mountains. Some of those secrets will be revealed in The World of Throne of Glass.

The World of Throne of Glass will be coming out next year (sometime) and will chronicle the wars, and give glimpses into TEN years after the events of KoA. We will see some OG characters.

If the characters were in the Great British Baking show, Aelin would lose because she would accidentally burn her cake, get upset, throw it out, and get kicked off the show. Rowan and Chaol wouldn’t be into it because they don’t like sweets, Aedion would try his hardest and only keep passing rounds because he’s charming and hot, Nesryn would do awesome because her dad is a baker, and Dorian has fine tastes and would be Nesryn’s top rival. In the end, Nesryn would win.

Taran is adorable.

She teased she doesn’t know if the series (or any spinoff in the world) is over yet. She said: “Maybe I’ll write another seven books” and the audience cheered immensely, and also commented “the door is not shut”.

CRESCENT CITY, her new book she has been working on in her free time, will have ACOTAR level of smut and gore, is set 2000 years or so in the future of its own world. Science+Magic. She sold the book with a one page synopsis and a Pinterest board.

ACOFAS is like the “christmas special” in her mind.

She has written 200 pages of the Nessian book already. It will be a full length installment.

Each book coming after the Nessian one will have their own pair, and at least one will be set 1,000s of years before Feyre and Rhys. They will come out after Crescent City.

If Rowan and Aelin “survive and are able to have children”, their godparents would be Lysandra and Aedion.

If Rowan and Aelin had a daughter who went out on a date, she would look up and see a white tailed hawk stalking her. At the restaurant they would eat at, they’d see Lysandra and Aelin looking up above a menu watching. When her date meets Aelin she’d be a ball of flame and super intimidating: “If you hurt my child I will burn you”.

If Lorcan had a daughter, he would secretly love doing her hair and dressing her up.

Aelin and Nesta both read smut.

Feyre and Rowan are the most like each other, so are Aelin and Rhys.

If Aelin and Rhys ever fought, Aelin would fight dirty and Rhys would not. It was a hard choice, but Rhys would win at the end of the day.

Aelin is the most like Elsa. Rowan: Shang because he is cute when he is angry, he’d be Zazu when he shifted. Feyre: Mulan because she sacrificed so much for her father. Rhys: Flynn because he would be upset that someone got his nose wrong on a wanted poster.

And that’s it guys! That was a lot of typing.

Tagging: @propshophannah, @aly-of-the-wildfire, @aelin-and-feyre

I had so much fun at this event, and I got to meet some sweet people from Tumblr. Sarah is heavenly, as well.

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all my friends have yet to read the book because we're in the middle of our IGCSE exams and I'm here just like

So like I’m waiting for discussions on the book to start up cause I finished, and I need to talk to someone else who’s finished before my poor friends behead me for talking about this world that they don’t know what the hell is happening in

LOLL i’m on page like 600 or else we could talk about it !:/ SOMEONE HIT THEM UP IF YOURE DONE WITH KOA