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Popping into a space I don’t usually occupy on my blog to remind yall that tarot readings need PREPARATION. You need to focus inwards and connect with your energy before doing a reading. You can’t just whip out random cards and hope for the best. Especially if you’re doing a reading because you’re struggling. You’ll probably end up feeling worse. Getting overstimulated by a reading because “it doesn’t make sense” then panicking is very avoidable. It doesn’t make sense because YOU DIDN’T PREPARE AT ALL. It is meaningless.
#theo thinks#tarot#divination#witchblr#see I used to really connect with the concept of witchcraft#but I don’t really look at my practice that way anymore#but I know this is very relevant in those spaces!#anywhoo obvs it’s a case by case basis#but like#in general#especially for beginners#please get yourself in the right mindset#(no this is NOT from experience)#:(
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Thinking that, during Tulip's sword training, Sora mainly has her stick to the fundamentals, just the barebones basic textbook stances and moves. Partly because the fundamentals are Important and frankly he wishes he'd gotten to learn them (or had any formal training whatsoever rather than being almost entirely self-taught) when he was first starting out because a lot of the first game probably would've been a lot less stressful and had significantly fewer near-death experiences if he'd actually known how to fight instead of relying on natural talent and the Destiny Island Kids' play-fighting sessions.
And partly because if he lets her specialize there's a chance of her developing a unique style with her wooden training sword that her keyblade wouldn't be designed for and she'd have to unlearn all that muscle memory (very hard to do) and essentially start over almost from scratch. And he knows that's a possibility since it'd just be a less extreme version of Kairi's own situation of subconsciously adopting Sora's KH1 fighting style after she got her own Keyblade due to her heart being inside him for most of that game, despite the fact that said fighting style...doesn't really suit her all that well.
(Also not sure about this one but I had the idea that as the CCC Avatars' memory issues continue to progress (probably in the later stages where it is clear that this is Very Much an Actual Problem and not just an "Avatars Be Kinda Stupid" thing) Sora adds something to Tulip's phone that'll activate if her Keyblade manifests at a time where she can't contact (or remember) him. And by something I mean someone, namely the Data version of Alice (yes, "Alice in Wonderland" Alice) from Jiminy's Journal, with what's essentially a Keyblade User's Manual uploaded into her files.
...Look he's not great with technology this is as close as he can get to writing a training app. Anyway she volunteered for it, as she very understandably wanted to get away from Data Wonderland for a while. Sora then proceeded to forget to actually tell Tulip about this because Avatars Be Kinda Stupid. Not that it would matter if he'd told her given the memory thing but still.
Again, still not sure about whether or not to include this, but it would give Tulip an actual friend on the lonely broken roads she rides in Connected Cosmos.)
#smg4 ocs#project thunder au#sora kh#tulip#kingdom hearts recoded#alice in wonderland#data alice#teaching her magic in the meantime is right out because wooden swords make for terrible casting focuses#especially for beginners#plus with what her universe is like she might not even be able to cast magic at all until she gets her keyblade
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im finally getting out of my art slump so my style is getting a lil better/ more natural again
some doodles based on my gameplay of drv3 from last night,, im at the start of chapter 2 still (i already know all the trial outcomes but its fun anyways cuz i never watched/played it fully)
if you couldnt tell i am spending all my free time events with kokichi.. hes silly please.. i gave him a hammock and he was flabberghasted
#shuichi saihara#my art#drv3#kokichi ouma#PLEASE give me art ideas in my ask box especially drv3 related#saiouma#tell me if the japanese is wrong i beg im a beginner#text bubbles are of actual dialogue from the game#theyre so silly im losing it#danganronpa#drv3 art#gay people are REAL#NO LITTLE JAPANESE BOY! DONT GO INTO THE CASINO!
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MATT BOMER and JONATHAN BAILEY as HAWKINS FULLER and TIM LAUGHLIN
-> FELLOW TRAVELERS 1.02: 'Bulletproof'
#fellow travelers#hawkins fuller#tim laughlin#hawk x tim#matt bomer#jonathan bailey#tvgifs#tvedit#my gifs#tv#this has been in my drafts for like a week now because i hate how dark it looks#the lighting in the show gives me a headache#actually i love the lighting in terms of cinematogrophy and storytelling#but it's annoying when i'm trying to make gifs especially as a beginner#but this is one of my favorite scenes so i had to gif it
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so i've been fucking around in procreate for fun and personal reasons and came across this image from crimson peak again and it tore my mind open. i had to make it astarion. so here we go, please be kind i am NOT an artist and i barely know how to do anything but line art but anyway. them.
#astarion#astarion fanart#astarion art#baldurs gate fanart#its technically halia but coloring blonde hair in low lighting eludes me#please feel free to send me procreate tips you find helpful especially if they are for the MOST beginner of beginners#hagart#i dont have a tag for this because it probably maybe one of the only arts i post for myself but#we vibe#bg3 fanart#fanart
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"Are you finished with my portrait yet? Show me!" "Cipacton, I can't draw you if you keep moving!"
#em draws stuff#em is posting about temeraire#temeraire#temeraire worldbuilding collection#⚬⚬⚬⚬⚬𐂂#did you like those guys from the last picture? here they are again :)#at this point I feel like I should have be oc tagging five deer and cipachcoatzin just for organizational purposes#but if I don't then I can pretend I can stop drawing them...#<- He Has Ideas For At Least One More Picture and Other People And Dragons They Know#if you want to see what five deer is drawing then turn your eyeballs to my previous drawing of them!#after finishing that one I wanted to figure out what cipachcoatzin looked like outside of the super stylized depiction - here he is!#also lacking any other ideas I've decided that's his name now. my classical nahuatl is So So So Beginner but I'm Trying#(cipactli [caiman] + glottal stop + coatl [snake] + tzin [honorific suffix]...#...or cipactli [caiman] + ton [diminutive suffix you might use for a kid])#haven't come up with a personal name for five deer yet but what with naming other characters they'll interact with my abilities Do run out#so that can be a work in progress#pretty pleased with how this turned out especially cipachcoatzin's little obsidian mirror-ornaments#the background and color scheme is Heavily based on luis covarrubias' 'view of the valley of mexico'#but maybe I can manage some more urban settings for them or the other characters in future pictures
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Is this anything?
#I’m not very happy with how this turned out but oh well#I dont draw often (or at all)#ESPECIALLY not digital art#so this was interesting#tma#the magnus archives#jonathan sims#the magnus archives podcast#jon sims#tma podcast#magnus archives#tma shitpost#tma fanart#artists on tumblr#beginner artist#the magnus archive fanart
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I'm so in love with everything about your art!! I wanted to ask something about your MLP human designs in particular. all of them have really lovely and interesting face shapes/details. even though all the pony designs have the same head molds (save for eye shape), all the unique characteristics you gave them just... look RIGHT. is there a particular method or design principle you used? thanks for your time!! I can't wait to see more of your work!
It's all about shape language and how they inform a person's read on the character.
I talked about this before, but each of the Main 6 were paired together so I could design them in contrast with each other. For RD, I wanted her short hair to have a wind-swept look, as if she's constantly running. So bare forehead and hair spiking out at the bottom. She contains lots and lots of sharp lines and shapes to give her the look of a speeding arrow.
Felice, on the other hand, droops down a lot to reflect her solemn, shy disposition. I didn't want her hair to be perfectly straight though, as that'd suggest she spends a lot of time fretting over it and isn't outdoorsy, so I made it a bit of a tangled mess too.
In short, RD's features are sharp and point upwards, Felice's features are round and droop downwards. (Think Joshua tree vs. weeping willow.)
For these two, I specifically wanted to include non-Western facial features, as I found I haven't really included them in my character designs up until now.
Pinkie's bold and loud, so I gave her bold eyes, bold eyebrows, a bold nose, etc. I worked on Thea's nose for quite a bit and ended up abstracting the shape a bit to look more cartoony, borrowing from Pixar's Soul's character design notes. In cases like these, I recommend finding ways to simplify features and break them down into easily-recognizable shapes and forms (Cartoon Saloon are masters at this). The less visual noise, the easier their expressions are to read! And it's generally more fun to draw.
In short, diversify, exaggerate, and simplify. Figure out what works for you and get a little wacky with it. Character design is all about finding a balance between maintaining your voice and vision and creating something unique and lively.
#ask me#anon#long post#i would recommend studying character design sheets too#my personal favorites are by cartoon saloon/ami thompson/anything from disney and pixar#you can learn a lot about how to draw specific eye shapes and facial structures and hair styles#and how all these features squash and stretch for different emotions#ask yourself: do you know how to draw someone with a very high cheekbone? how about someone with a lot of cheek/neck fat?#then ask yourself how these differences in features reflect on the character#facial structures especially are something i see a lot of beginner artists struggle with
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Pepper.

2nd ever digital painting thingy
This blending tool is gonna be the death of me lol
Probably gonna keep working on it for a bit cuz I kinda wanna add a shadow
#Pretty happy bout the results honestly#Especially for being a finger painting#Hehehe#Chipsdraws#This also took me like 15-30 mins ish kinda maybe idk I wasn't exactly keeping track lol#art#Artist#artists on tumblr#art on tumblr#digital art#new digital artist#digital painting#digital drawing#digital illustration#illustration#Art practice#Art improvement#drawing#beginner artist#digital aritst#magma art
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Your art is super cool and inspiring to me be an art person. Can you show how to draw a cat please? If that is okay?
Thank you oh so much <3 it’s honestly shocking! It’s kind of nice to know im repeating the lineage of giving people cat brainworms. It’s more than okay!!!
I don’t know if this is entirely what you mean, but!!! I’m gonna be honest, a lot of it is making basic shapes and silhouettes. Usually I do more semi realistic cats. And a lot of it is your sense of shape language!!!!! But, I’ll take you through the steps. (Keep in mind that a lot of this is better said than done, as this is from years of being a self taught artist.) this may end up being a thread? There’s also plenty of artists who do cat tutorials WAY better than me. None of this is really defined!
1) CIRCLES AND SQUARES.

Twilight ended up with a circle shape, but as you’ll notice she actually ended up with a more triangle shape! Circles and squares are a best friend.
2) Basic shaping

Anytime you draw, you probably already have a pose in mind. I usually like to shape it out and mold it kind of like clay!!! But the real refinery comes later. Again, keep it basic. You iron out the details later and if you get stressed too fast due to detailing it’ll put you off from the drawing in general.
3) Minor detailing

Since Twilight was sitting, this is just kind of outlining a placement and shape for the limbs and chest I liked. This also includes tail placement!
4) Rough Flats!!!

This is the moment where you of course do the flat base color! As you can see this is usually pretty rough. Again, clay! You’re doing a basic cookie cut shape and smoothing it into the shapes you want come later. As you’ll notice I leave the tail for later since it’s usually BEHIND them and it’s less headache.
5) Put the sketch layer on top and lower the opacity !

This is where more detailing comes in. Like placement of the eyes and patterns. As you’ll notice I’ve ironed out the shaping!!!
6) Mapping

This is pelt mapping!!! Of course, it’s mapping out the patterns and shapes of a cats fur to a place im content with. Again, this kind of plays into your understanding of shapes.
7) Color!!!!

I’ll end it here, but this is for playing around on a clipping layer once you figure out a placement and color you like!!!! Airbrushing, stippling, the pattern and detail is up to play with!!!
8) And you have yourself a pretty decent cat!
Remember, shapes and exaggeration of features are your best friend!
a repeat but a more standard show of anatomy: my snow leopard study! But as you can see even in the character design I give them poof and exaggeration to make expression. Even in the final product I think I will mess around with the shapes to give off whatever vibe I want! Even as you can see for the full body I referenced I blocked out the character instead of really following the shapes.
#clangen#oc#oc art#wc#wc art#wc clangen#wc designs#wc oc#clangen oc#endlinggen#nonmoon#answered asks#THIS … IS A BAD GUIDE#I FEEL#but this is generally how I figure out my foundation!!!!!!#please ignore the kitten that was a sweetkit concept#a lot of it is. for me. ironing out the SHAPE of the cat first before figuring out anatomy#im a very toony and shapes guy. big on shapes and exaggeration#im no teacher unfortunately :(#AND EXCUSE THE QUALITY I got these off the playback of ibs speedpaint video#anatomy is very important don’t get me wrong especially for a beginner but I’ve found blocking out the characters shapes first in your head#to be more helpful#because I usually end up sticking close to my anatomy structure!!
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the hatred for sonic ocs from sonic fans being so strong that theyll call comic or show exclusive characters “stupid ocs” is so funny to me. sonic himself is an “oc” at that point. every character in existence is an “oc” idiot it came free with your media
#scaring sonic fans by drawing a generic hedgehog oc and going ‘’idk heres a guy. i guess hes tails’s neighbor idk’’#genuinely tho im shocked that people still despise sonic fan characters and see them as a detriment to fandom culture#especially grown ass adults. like is it just a fandom bit ppl are attached to?? like… who gives a shit#this is like mid 2010 tier stupid drama that only exists to mock children and beginner artists. grow up#(these ppl losing their minds when the realize that amy was originally a manga character)#echoed voice
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💎 WITCH TIP 💎
This is a post about the common “clear quartz can replace any crystal”
(this is more of a beginner post to clarify that tip from my perspective as a witch of many years. beginners can hear a lot of tips over and over again without much explanation for the little things that might make them finally work better. there is no RIGHT way to do witchcraft, so don’t take this as a rule everyone must follow, but this is my opinion and preferred way of doing things, and i think itll help out a lot of witches! <3)
Sure, clear quartz might be able to replace any crystal, BUT that doesn’t always mean you should just treat it the exact same way you would, say, a rose quartz, without any difference at all. No, at least imo, you should sort of program it beforehand. Clear quartz is uniquely open to taking in a lot of energies of all sorts, and so in order to prepare it to replace like a rose quartz (gonna continue with that for the example), you should GIVE it that sort of energy to take in before using it like one!
You can do that pretty easily, it doesn’t have to be some big long process. The simplest way is like energy work and visualization, such as holding it clasped in your hand, feeling the loving energy like a rose quartz would have, feel it pour down your arm, into your fist, then pour it into the quartz and let it take it all in. Or if youre bad with that sort of work, you can hold it and say an incantation (doesn’t need to rhyme or anything! it can be super simple and straightforward), like just TELL it that it’s full of love and has that sort of power. Speaking to it is especially effective if you let your breath from saying those words wash over the crystal imo.
Once it’s programmed, go ahead and treat it just like you would a rose quartz or any other lovey crystal, until you feel that the energy you put into it has faded out or you wanna cleanse it and give it another purpose. Feel free to program it as many times as you want with any sort of energy/intent you want. Just keep in mind that, if you want to program a single piece of quartz with multiple intents at once (like maybe love + peace + creativity), it might not be as strong as if you just gave it one or two at a time. That’s why I’d cleanse before giving it a different kind of energy, so it just has one or two to focus on.
Without that sort of programming beforehand, I feel the clear quartz is just an amplifier. If you stick it in a money spell without programming it, it’ll probably be surrounded by things like coins, cinnamon, bay leaves, pyrite, green aventurine, etc, right? If you didn’t tell the quartz at all to bring you money, it’s still around a bunch of money energies anyway, and since it takes in energies so easily, it might take them in by proximity and therefore enhance them. That’s a perfectly fine way to use clear quartz, but it may not be exactly how you want it to work in some spells, especially not in smaller spells where you’re using it on its own or just with one or two other ingredients. Just something to keep in mind.
I know that a lot of beginner witches hear that clear quartz, white candles, rosemary, etc etc can be used as replacements for everything, and that’s cool if you wanna use them like that, but I highly suggest doing something quick like this before you do. I don’t work as often with herbs, so I’m not really familiar with rosemary in spells, but for candles, another good way to program those is to etch a sigil or words onto it really quick :) though i feel like white candles don’t need as much programming as quartz might, since the flame is often the main focus. But I still program them anyway lol, it’s a big boost that takes like two seconds!
Hope this helps! Really, do whatever feels right to you, everyone experiences and interprets magic a little bit differently, so for us witches who manipulate it, it’s important to listen to your own findings and feelings. This is what I’ve picked up in my practice, and I hope it gives you beginners some good ideas and direction in your practice! Feel free to ask me any questions you might have in my ask box or the replies or anything. Welcome to witchcraft!
#i honestly like to do something small like this to every spell ingredient i have before a spell anyway#maybe not the whole energy work thing every time (thatd tire me OUT) but just telling it its purpose real quick#its especially important to me that this is done with clear quartz and stuff tho if i dont just want it to be there as a general amplifier#also while over all quartz takes in all energies super easily..#there are a FEW that are like its favorites imo lol. whichhh you should determine for yourself :) experiment!!#witch tips#closeted witch#closet witch#secret witch#baby witch#beginner witch#beginner witchcraft#quartz#clear quartz#crystal witch#energy work#baby witch tips#beginner witch tips
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I kind of worry daggerheart streamlined so many mechanics to make it "narrative focused" that what rules are there are a bit too loose for me. At that point just make a roleplay group.
#bean.txt#daggerheart#what makes a good rule is how interesting it is for players to either follow break or exploit them#and i dont believe those get in the way of narrative. rather they cause unforseen bumps in the road that texture that narrative#i think the bitd style of rolling multiple dice to influence the total is interesting. i think the stress system is an interesting idea.#but so much other stuff is simplified to the point it's kind of annoying#the combat system is really close to ones ive seen in warrior cats discord roleplay 😭#my parties arent even combat heavy tbh im way too permissive of a GM if they want to just avoid conflict#but it means when they DO might i want there to be tension. if they're not going to fight much then the battles they choose are high stakes#like im a rule-of-cool GM who rewrites a lot of stuff or makes exceptions to rules so we can do cool stuff but#i think ita fun for them to BE exceptions as special circumstances especially if my players earn it with rlly clever moves#which even my beginner players do and it's so rewarding to see that kind of thinking#i think maybe mercer and i have very different GM ethos
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Yet another ink drawing to add to my collection waaahah! Fought for my life on this one... Everything just kept going wrong!! His helmet is still so hard to draw but each time I get closer and closer!
Juuru looking much more simple in comparison...
Not bad though!!
#super sentai#ink drawing#kiramager#mashin sentai kiramager#fan art#kiramai red#went on a longer than necessary rant today about how i love how attainable Juuru's level of drawing is for young/beginner artists watching#especially in the early eps#i love it so much. good choice kiramager.#i could see myself being able to draw like that at his age and how encouraging that would be for the youngsters in the audience#but......... his... HELMET. IS SO HARD. TO DRAWWWWW#WHYYYYGHGGHHHHHH#If you have an easy time drawing it come laugh at me i wanna know aksdfjalwek#Even my 'I can draw anything!!!11!1' attitude is no match for the kiramager costuming department it seems....#i feel determined to best this challenge i think lakfjalekf#nothing in the show with the little drawing guy is easy to draw lmao#there's an irony in that#i still like looking at this one though eehehe. good job me!#yeah!! positivity!!!!
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this might sound insensitive but taash is currently my biggest disappointment of the companions because there is literally nothing to their story other than the gender identity
#idk how to describe it but their whole quest (and especially the accompanying coded entries) are so jarring#like they're very modern sounding and therapy speaky? which is just weird in what's supposed to be a medieval setting#also it's such a missed opportunity since qunari already have a completely different view on gender than the rest of thedas#not to explore something with that instead of just using 21st century language and explanations#(and i say all this as someone who's been going through my own gender thing for the last few months akskdkd)#i get what weeks was going for but it felt more like a beginners guide#for people who've never heard of non-binary#than an actual storyline#which is genuinely disappointing when compared to the other companions#who have interesting shit going on#don't know why they couldn't give them a plotline alongside the gender stuff lol#datv lb#datv spoilers#datv critical
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I always see captions where artists degrade their own art, e.g. "here's a quick sloppy sketch of Character" or "finally finished this piece, just don't look too closely at the shading haha!"
I think the underlying impulse is to own up to a flaw or deficiency before someone else can call it out, but why pre-empt an imaginary critic? Throw it out there without the defensiveness and I bet your relationship with your art will change for the better
#plus the site culture is so skewed toward positive feedback#that ppl don't even get constructive criticism when they explicitly ask for it lol#which is fine. it's fine to have a space that's just about gaining confidence and encouragement#especially for young or beginner artists! it makes a difference I've seen it!#and plenty of other spaces will trample on your ego when you need that
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