Oops Another Fic Idea

Shran couldn’t pick his emotions out of a police line-up

Bury me in a meadow of flowers

Without covering my withered eyelids

That something may sprout from them, if

I didn't grow up to be a happy man...

This is so beautiful

Nie Mess-With-Me-I-Mess-With-You HuaiSang

// ᴅᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ʀᴇᴜᴘʟᴏᴀᴅ //

This is so beautiful wtf

medievalpoc:

I’m bored and procrastinating on an animation, so instead of actually doing it, I decided to rant about animation! Here are tons of my tips and tricks for animating. Feel free to use any of them to improve your own works fellow animators! This post will be divided into four sections; Motivation and burnout, Art/drawing tips, Transitions, and Programs. Please keep in mind I am in no way an expert or claiming to be one, however I do art for a living, and I’ve been animating for nearly six years now, so I feel like I probably know a thing or two. Motivation and Burnout: -Take constant breaks however often you need. This can be every 30 minutes, every time you finish a scene, hell, even every time you finish a frame. Stretch, watch a short YouTube video, get something to eat, ex. I personally don’t have a break schedule, just whenever I’m bored, tired, or have finished an amount I feel satisfied with for the day. Find what works best for you! -Listen to something as background noise. This can be songs you really like, a podcast, a musical soundtrack, youtube videos, streams, audio books, or whatever else your heart desires. You can listen to white noise or rain sounds or something like that, but I personally prefer something that engages my brain. (You can also use this to encourage breaks. If you’re at a bit of a podcast that you just can’t focus on whilst drawing, take a five minute break to focus on it alone! Your favorite song to bop out to comes on? Stand up and dance around in your workspace, sing along, just have fun!  -Have a food or drink next to you! I always like having something to munch or slurp on when drawing or animating. Make sure these snacks are smaller though, I’d recommend dedicating actual meal time to break time.  -This is a bad habit of mine and I’m sure many other artists, but if you’re demotivated, don’t try and trudge through unless there’s some form of deadline. If you’re simply animating for YouTube or something, just take a break! There’s no shame in doing so, and you’ll find that you actually work much faster when you are motivated, so the break helps with efficiency rather than hinders it. -Set goals for yourself! Make them reasonable and not too out of reach. Say something like, “I’d like to draw 20 frames today.”, “I’d like to finish this storyboard by the end of the week.”, “I’d like to finish this scene today.”, “I’d like the animation to be done within a month and a half.” Make some bigger ones as well as smaller ones to give yourself short bursts of motivation, but also to keep that motivation going in the long run. Art/Drawing Tips: -Choose a simple style. This one kind of goes with motivation, but choosing a super complex art style often leads to the product just never being finished, especially if you’re a beginner. -Practice drawing. Bring a sketchbook with you everywhere and just draw. The better you get at drawing, the better you get at animation -Study other artists work. You can even trace! (Don’t post/claim it as your own EVER), but tracing for personal study is absolutely fine. It helps you figure out the shapes the artist used to make their character look how it does.  -Never be ashamed to use references, they help a ton. -Color matters and can make an animation really pop. Choose a simple palate, what I normally do is assign one color per character, have a color for background objects, and maybe some others if I really want a certain scene or object to stand out against the rest. -Shape language is a really cool tool. Learn it.  -Don’t worry about developing a style. Just draw. The style will come along the way.  Transitions: -(First off, please note that in this section, I say the word ‘character’ a lot. However, these methods apply on objects too! Just wanted to clear that up, you can use them on more than just people.) -Yes, frame by frame looks pretty, and you can use it in that sick action sequence, but also, try making things easier for yourself when you can. The following points will be describing some of my favorite easy transitions.  -Bounce back effects, the one I use the most. Basically, think of a ball bouncing. This ball will smoosh down against the ground, then spring back up, looking elongated as it does so. Or think of a car jerking forwards, before coming back a bit and to a complete stop. These are both bounce back effects. If your character is just changing poses, I’d recommend doing the ball method. smoosh your drawing down, then spring it back up. If your character is moving across the screen, move them just a bit further than their final destination, then bring them back. This makes animation look smoother and saves a ton of time.  -Smear or smudge frames! These are usually used when a character or object is going really fast. Smear the drawing and add a bit of motion blur in the direction a character is going.  -Partial movement frames! Not sure what the technical definition of this is, but this is when a character isn’t fully moving, just a small bit of them is, say they’re waving, or their hair is blowing in the breeze. Copy paste the rest without this bit, and only worry about redrawing that part! -Tweening, okay.. I know what you’re going to say, because the animation community these days is so against tweening. I’ll admit, it doesn’t look the greatest when using excessively, but in small amounts? It can look good. Don’t overuse it, but don’t completely avoid it either. (Tweening is when different body parts are drawn on different layers so that movement can be done without redrawing. However, this only really works for simple movements, so use it sparingly.)  -Even when you are drawing frame by frame, these methods can be important. More so smear and smudge and bounce back, but tweening in some cases as well. You can incorporate these tricks into your frame by frame animation to make it look better as well. They aren’t just used to trick the minds eye into thinking there are in-betweens when there’s not. Programs: -Study your program. This’ll make things go much faster and allow for shortcuts. Animation is all about shortcuts. -Start out with something cheap or free. You don’t want to spend hundreds of dollars on a drawing tablet and expensive programs when you first start. Draw on your ipad or phone if you have one, use flipaclip, imovie, ibis paint, kinemaster, or other free programs. Animation takes a ton of time and if you find in a month that you hate it and want to quit, you don’t want to have waisted hundreds or thousands of dollars.  -That being said, the creative cloud is pretty sweet. If you’re invested and have the money, I’d recommend it.  -Procreate is also amazing. I love it and actually use it to this day, even with having the creative cloud. You can’t do any complex editing but you can make some neat stuff on there.  -Decide what kind of animation you want to do. Do you want it more frame by frame? Get a program like procreate, flipaclip, or adobe animate. More drawn and edited? Try using a drawing and editing program combo. One of my friends uses ibispaint and imovie on her phone. I used to use ibispaint and kinemaster. I now use photoshop and premiere pro.  -Watch tons of YouTube tutorials. Google stuff. Chances are, you may find an easier way to do that thing that’s taken you five hours in the past. And that’s it! Thank you for reading all the way through, I hope these helped! Feel free to ask questions, I’ll try to answer any I may get. Cya! Happy animating

useful websites i forget about when i actually need them

Good News Network - exactly what it says, good news only from all around the world

you feel like shit - the website asks you questions that guide you through the process of figuring out why you might be feeling unwell right now

Z-Library and Library Genesis - a place to find & download books, scientific articles, etc. very useful especially for academic purposes

Archive - the Internet Library to know and love. Also, Internet Wayback Machine - lets you access ‘screenshots’ of websites etc that no longer exist (or shows you what they used to look like)

Asexual Research - a user-created and updated Zotero repository of academic asexual research

Recommend Me a Book - lets you read a page from a book with the cover, title, and author hidden. You can reveal the book information with a click

Whichbook - helps you find a book to read based on several categories: mood & emotion (comes with sliders), books from… (world map; click on the map, select a continent and a country, and browse), and character & plot (sections: race, age, sexuality, gender, plot)

Calmly Writer Online and ZenPen - online minimalistic writing software, both come with such handy options as dark mode and manually saving your progress. Calmly comes with several preferences you can adjust, ZenPen lets you set up a target word count.

Tip of My Tongue - helps you find the word you’re thinking of so you can carry on (sections: partial word - starts with…, contains…, ends with…; letters - unscramble, must have, can’t have; word meaning - word 1, word 2, word 3; and refine search - min. length, max. length, sounds like…)

Prompt generator - generates multiple writing prompts for you, you can refresh each section separately or everything at once (sections: genre, setting, relationship, period/time, profession, book/movie/show au, theme, fantasy/sci-fi, prompt idea, dialogue idea)

OTP Fluff Generator - generates one fluffy ship-oriented prompt at a time

Fic Prompt Generator - SFW and NSFW version (sfw sections: setting, genre, trope, prompts; the nsfw one has a bonus kink section)

show all tumblr tags - type in a tumblr blog handle and it’ll show you a list of all the tags that have been used (takes a while to load the tags up)

GeneratorMix - a website full of different random generators

Online OCR - extracts text from an image or a pdf file

TuneFind - gives you a list of songs/music used in TV shows (per episode), movies, and games

midomi - find the song stuck in your head by humming or singing it

waifu2x - lets you upscale images/artwork 1.6x or 2x with minimal quality reduction (works best on lineart)

Things every writer needs

The BBC is releasing over 16,000 sound effects for free download

THIS will be sooo good for my soundboard. Those online sessions are about to become even better :D

First music, then voice modifiers... Now this. Perfect.

Also, I’m pretty sure it can be used for a lot of other activities.

Yay, no more Soundbible!

The direct link: https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/photosmultimedia/soundlibrary.htm

“Such is the fate of heroes” - lostcap

Reblogging because this quote seems to have disappeared from the face of the earth and I love it too much to lose it even if the gifset sucks

Rosemary? You mean spicy pine needles?

Are you insinuating that regular pine needles aren’t spicy???

Regular pine needles are regular

Not by rosemary standards

…Have you eaten pine needles?

We’ve been friends for like four years, do you seriously have to ask if I’ve eaten pine needles or not

I mean I’m pretty sure you have but I don’t want to assume

Of course I’ve eaten pine needles. Various kinds. Singleleaf pinyon is weirdly the best

Are they…

You know, I’d love to tell you but I’m pretty unclear about what marks the difference between “spice” and “strong-tasting plant that isn’t considered a spice”

I’ll have to eat some pine needles myself then to find out

Ok but it only counts if they’re PINE needles and not just any old needle-like leaf off a tree

I’m going to eat every needle-like leaf I see

Please Don’t Do That

Needle-Like Leaf Roulette

…I’ll accept this plan as long as you promise not to eat any yew leaves.

I can try very hard not to

Pine needles are distinguished by the presence of a sheath-like structure at the base of the leaf, almost always holding bundles of two or more leaves. Yews don’t have the sheath thing

It’s time for me to go out into the woods and stare at needle leaves

Finally you can gain real insight into my average daily life

this conversation reads like two shakespeare characters who come out in the middle of the play to talk about something completely unrelated for comic relief and then are never heard from again

god fucking dammit gimme a minute

Enter AERUH and MALUS SYL-VESTRIS, a pair of JESTERS.

AERUH I tell thee, rosemary is like a pine but with a spicy taste.

MALUS                         Art thou to claim that needles base of pine have not a spice?

AERUH A needle base of pine is merely base.

MALUS ‘Tis not when held, comparing, to anthos.

AERUH My dearest Malus, needles thou'st eaten?

MALUS How many moons have we as friends seen rise? How many suns have we as friends seen set? Thou sixteen seasons in my heart I’ve held, and hope that I in thine hast been the same. With brotherhood as rich and old as this, thou needst not ask me such frivolities.

AERUH I know thou likely has, to tell the truth, but I would not assume.

MALUS                       Well, yes, I have. A multitude of types I’ve eaten too. I’ll tell thee now: the best (though it is strange) is single-leaf pinyon.

AERUH                     And it has spice?

MALUS I truly wish that I could tell thee this, but now, i'faith, I cannot fully tell, the difference in classifying thus: to say “has spice” or merely “herbal strength”.

AERUH To tell this tale most clearly it would seem that eating needles from a pine’s required.

MALUS Aye, it would seem that that’s the task at hand, but caution tells that this is what’s to do: eat only needles of the honest pine, and none of lying leaf with pinelike shape.

AERUH I’ll eat them all.

MALUS                   I prithee, stay thyself.

AERUH Roulette with leaves.

MALUS                     At least restrain from yew.

AERUH I’ll do my best.

MALUS                That is all can we do. The scholars tell that needles true of pine can be distinguished from the lying yew by sheathlike clothing all along the base; the yew has no such guard.

AERUH                          With this new truth I now will venture out into the wood and seek the pines and pinelike fakes alike to stare them down and learn their secret truths.

MALUS With this thou canst at long and weary last Discover for thyself my life’s own path.

Exeunt.

Enter MACDUFF.

MACDUFF. Yo dudes that king there’s dead. Like dead as FUCK.

O my god

wouldn't it be fantastic if wwx really did get stabbed at nevernight instead of jyl, and then consequently dies in lwj's arms.

A) we have the added benefit of jyl living

B) jc wouldn't hate wwx

C) lwj still gets his tragic love interest arc but now it's like...he gets to actually go apeshit

D) wwx's final words: "Lan Zhan, I'll go to Gusu with you."

E) lwj carries wwx's body away, anybody that dares to approach him will get stabbed

F) lwj can cry at wwx's grave in actual morning clothes and burn joss paper for him like a widow lol.

G) wwx asks lwj to "protect A-Cheng and shijie" and "a-yuan". 孩子就交给你了 - I'm leaving the child to you.

H) wwx apologizes to jyl for killing jzx "I...didnt mean...I lost control...it's all my fault."

I) JYL doing the Eliza Hamilton scream.

J) Gusu lan said no way no how you can't bury Yiling fucking Laozu at Gusu, wangji are you insane??

K) lwj takes off his head ribbon *le gasp* like mianmian took of her belt and says "be it as it is, I will henceforth withdraw from the clan."

L) lwj decides lotus pier is home now idc what jc says. "Seriously go home." "No, Wei Ying says to protect you."

M) jyl decides she's gonna start causing problems.

N) JC and lwj begrudgingly becoming best friends/brother-in-laws.

O) LWJ will bother the hell out of jc because he CAN but he’ll be damned if anyone else tries to mess or hurt him.

P) Jin Ling has his mom growing up and does not turn into an enormous prick. (in canon due to his disaster adult uncles who tried to raise him).

Q) Madam Qin cries to jyl about her secret. Jyl goes: oh? A boon? Against Jgs? >:) If Qin Su "dies" suddenly for no reason what so ever...well....

R) jc to the not-dead Qin Su and the immoveable lwj : y'all need to stop using lotus pier as your personal hide out.

because I can take anything and made it sad -

"Hold me, Lan Zhan."

Wei Ying trembled in his arms, ashen face so pale it was almost grey. His bloodied hand clutched Lan Wangji's white lapels, pulling himself closer.

Lan Wangji could barely breathe through the heaviness that was bearing down upon him. Panic has given away to despair, and ironically there was no light to be found in this fortress named Nevernight.

"I am holding you."

His voice, a distorted noise breaking through the ringing in his ear, was hoarse as though he'd been screaming for a thousand years.

But Wei Ying continued to tremble. "Hold me tighter. I...I - I'm so cold."

Lan Wangji did not know how to respond, so he merely nodded and cradled the dying man closer to his chest, burying his own grimy face, wet with tears, against the guan atop his head. Wei Ying's bones felt brittle. Bones - because that was all he could feel beneath his hands, thin and startling, with barely any palpable flesh. Wei Ying was not well, has not been well for a long time, and now - Lan Wangji realized belatedly, his heart crumbling like the stygian amulet in Wei Ying's hands - he will never be well again.

"Lan Zhan -" Wei Ying croaked out, his icy fingers reaching up and brushing the border of Lan Wangji's head ribbon with a morose but dogged intent. "Alright. Alright, er-gege," he smiled through a sigh, voice hushed and breathless. "I'll go with you. Take me - take me back, back to..."

...

Lan Wangji waited, waited for Gusu, but in the stillness of the moment there was only silence.

Um can I have this please.

Someone write it I’m begging you

The spiritual successor to Miette

Might I also add

May i add the piece from artist Verbal Vomit

Glad to see we’re all in agreement that cats talk like disparaged victorian children

I am so incredibly glad we finally moved on from "i can has". Cats are clearly smart enough for advanced sentence structure and dumb enough to draw entirely incorrect conclusions about what they're talking about.

My cat, banging the cabnet door over and over and over: bang bang bang

Me: you will not earn what you desire by banging the cabinet door.

My cat: This is a test of wills, is it not? We shall see if your ability to put up with my incessant banging outlasts my eternal lust for snackie treats. Years of conditioning have hardened me for this purpose. bang bang bang

Me: ksst!

My cat, throwing herself to the ground like she's been shot: Oh! Oh I have been assailed in my own home! Have mercy, have pity! Surely in the cruel darkness of your heart there is some mote of goodness that might stay your hand! Do not strike me, I pray you!

Me: ok

My cat, after waiting about 3 minutes: bang bang bang

Can haz snackytreat

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This post is the most reblogged post of the year! Congratulations!

you're absolutely correct it was

I decided NMJ deserves to be pretty, mustache and muscles and all.

(It was Huaisang’s fault.)

Due to all the recent reblogs on this I might just have to redraw it all fancy-like just for y’all 😂

Justice League fic concept:

- ok we suddenly & urgently need somewhere safe to lie low for a couple of days that our enemies definitely don't know about. anyone have any ideas.'

Superman, with intense reluctance: I know a place

Cyborg: oh? where is it?

Superman: Kansas

& that's how the rest of the league finds out Superman's secret identity and also gets to meet Ma & Pa Kent

highlights:

- passive aggressive comments from the Kents about how pLeAsED they are to finally meet Clark's co-workers

- 'your name is Clark? Clark??'

- Clark: *hanging out in civilian clothes*

Everyone: o___o

Clark: guys stop staring, this isn't that weird. remember when we all found out Billy was a fifteen year old boy?

Flash: hmm I think this might be weirder?

Cyborg: it's a close thing

Clark: ok let's put this to a vote. hands up everyone who thinks this is as weird or weirder as Billy's secret identity.

Clark: .......Bruce put your hand down, you already knew my real name.

- the Kent house definitely doesn't have enough bedrooms for everyone so most of the league has to camp out on the floor. justice league slumber party baby!!

- no-one brought a change of clothes so they all have to borrow stuff from the Kents. everyone is in plaid whether they like it or not. Ma Kent takes some delight in dressing Billy in Clark's old clothes.

Ma Kent: alright here's Clark's old clothes from when he was about your age, should be something in here that'll fit you. Take whatver you like!

Billy: hmm.

*later*

Bruce, mid conversation with Clark: anyway - huh

Clark: what

Billy, chilling in Clark's Smallville High School Chess Club 1995 t-shirt:

Bruce: chess club? seriously?

Clark: were there

Clark: no other shirts you could have worn, Billy

Billy: I liked the design.

*following on from the secret identity conversation*

Batman: OK look. I don't want to wear the mask for as long as it takes for this to blow over. And I guess now's as good a time for this as any.

Batman: *takes the cowl off*

The rest of the JL, who have had a very tense & weird day and are all exhausted & still reeling from learning that Superman is just some guy from Kansas & only need One (1) more thing to push them over the edge: ................

The rest of the JL: *hysterical screaming & hollering*

@morganbritton132

very specific but 

Billy wants to stay just so Bats stops trying to adopt him

Reblogging because I never want to forget that this exists

(◡‿◡✿)

(ʘ‿ʘ✿) “what you say ‘bout me”

(ʘ‿ʘ)ノ✿ “hold my flower”

✿＼(｡-_-｡) “Kick his ass, baby.  I got yo flower.”

i found it

the original post

i found it

this should have the opportunity to be on everyone’s blog. 

*tour guide voice*

and here on the left ladies and gentlemen, you see one of the posts before everyone went batshit crazy

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