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GUIDE: NAMING A TOWN OR CITY

This post was originally from a FAQ, but since the original link is now defunct, I am re-posting it here.

There are many things to keep in mind when naming the town or city in your novel:

1) Genre/Theme/Tone

It’s very important to consider the genre and theme of your story when choosing a town name. Take these names for example, each of which indicates the genre or theme of the story: King’s Landing (sounds fantastical) Cloud City (sounds futuristic) Silent Hill (sounds scary) Sweet Valley (sounds happy and upbeat) Bikini Bottom (sounds funny) Radiator Springs (sounds car-related) Halloween Town (sounds Halloween-related) Storybrooke (sounds fairytale-related) 2) Time/Place It’s also important to consider the time and place where your story takes place. For example, you wouldn’t use “Vista Gulch” as a name for a town in Victorian England. You probably wouldn’t use it for a town in modern day North Carolina, either. Vista is a Spanish word and would normally be found in places where Spanish names are common, like Spain, Central and South America, the southwest United States (including southern California), Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Florida. 3) Size/Settlement Type An isolated town of 300 people probably won’t be Valley City, but a sprawling metropolis of 30 million could be called Windyville, because it could have started out as a small town and grew into a large city. 4) Geography Words like gulch, butte,and bayou tend to be regional terms. You probably wouldn’t find Berle’s Bayou in Idaho, or Windy Butte in Rhode Island. Words like mount, cape, and valley are dependent upon terrain. Most of the time, you won’t have a town named “mount” something unless there are hills or mountains nearby. You wouldn’t use “cape” unless the town was on a cape, which requires a large body of water. 5) History Is there a historical person or event that your town might be named after? The Simpsons’ hometown of Springfield is ironically named after its founder, Jebediah Springfield. Chattanooga, Tennessee is named after the Cherokee town that was there first. Nargothrond, in The Lord of the Rings, is an Elvish town with an Elvish name. 6) Combination of Words

person name + geographical term = Smithfield, Smith Creek

group name + geographical term = Pioneer Valley, Settlers’ Ridge

descriptive word + geographical term = Mystic Falls, Smoky Hill

person name + settlement type = Smithton, Claraville

landmark + settlement type = Bridgton, Beaconville

Word Lists

Types of Settlements

Geographical Features

Place Words

Common Suffixes

Other Descriptors

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Every single person who reads this, I want you to create art. Write, draw, knit, sew, build, sing, compose, etc. I don’t care about your skill level, I don’t care if you think you can. I want you to create. Do it well or do it badly, just do it.

Write a sentence. Outline a story. Make a doodle. Strum a chord.

Then do it again.

Because art is resistance, art is the weapon, art is love, art is life, art is god like creation. Art is an act of love.

Make your art and never let them stop you.

#affirmations #reblog

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AAAAALLRIGHT ASPIRING CONCEPT ARTISTS, ILLUSTRATORS, ANIMATORS, AND OR JUST ARTISTS IN GENERAL.

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL EXERCISE I REALLY RECOMMEND YOU ALL DO.

In the red, we have a skeletal study–finding out where the bones or structure of the character would be. In blue we have the peices of the characters split into different shapes to make them easier to draw and remember. Green is mass shapes and masses. Purple is the line of action.

Guys, I have like. A bazillion times more understanding of the characters above than I had before. I completely recommend doing this: study their skeleton and then dominant shapes and masses. It will give you a better understanding of how your character moves and is held together.

The line of motion helps you make your character move in a more interesting fashion. It helps you see their movement and motion in a better light, and where there weight is being distributed.

And there you go.

Awesome exercise. 

Do it.

#character design things #eep crood #king fergus #hiccup #mitch #merida #tutorial #reblog

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As promised, it’s finally here! Thank you to all of my patrons for not only the support that made this possible, but for giving me the confidence to work on a big project like this.

Rather than providing any drawing instruction, what this writeup aims to do is help you learn to unpack the decisions being made in a given composition, and articulate what elements in a piece are responsible for its impact. Being able to isolate these qualities in your own art and art that inspires you opens up avenues for improvement regardless of medium, style, or technical skill. This is the first of hopefully many PWYW art ‘tutorials’ from me. 

I hope you all enjoy! 

#tutorial #composition #reblog

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Some sage advice, funky coloring book and one of those shirts

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Your old friend, Mary Sue, appears perfect, but actually has the ability to manipulate time and constantly rewinds it in order to give the appearance of perfection, with zero consequences. You, however, can secretly remember every single previous iteration.

#writers #writers on tumblr #writing prompts #writing inspiration #writeblr #reblog

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Every 1000 years dragons come together to play their favorite game, H&H or Houses and Humans. Draw them embarking on an epic roleplaying adventure!

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Creating Vector Lineart Part 3: Demo | Illustrator Tutorial

The final installment to this 3-part tutorial!

#simple art tips #vector tutorial #vector lineart #adobe illustrator #illustrator tutorial #digital art #Digital Illustration #Digital art tutorial #Digital Art Resources #Adobe Illustrator tutorial #lineart tutorial #reblog

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EXTREMELY IN-DEPTH GUIDES TO DRAWING DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 

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A Tutorial Masterpost

Some tutorials that I’ve come across, organized both for my own viewing pleasure and to hopefully assist others as well. I update this list whenever I come across new, helpful pieces.

A lot of these are hosted on my personal Tumblr, but I don’t change my url so it’s pretty safe to bookmark them there (and not have to worry about the url changing) if you don’t wish to reblog them yourself for whatever reason.

Feline tutorials:

The domestic cat body

Improving upon (lion) anatomy

Realistic lion faces tips

Big cat paw tips

Canine vs. feline - paws and legs

Guide to big cats

Feline comparison

Canine vs. feline - facial anatomy

Canine vs. feline - chest anatomy

Guide to little cats

Big cat eyes (could work for other eyes)

Spot variation in big cats

Big cat studies

Feline feet

Extremely helpful big cat references

Domestic cat references

Canine tutorials:

Basic wolf anatomy

Skeleton notes on wolf legs

The wolf skeleton as a whole

The wolf skull and teeth

Wolf paw tips

Basic canine poses

Canine ears and chest

Drawing realistic wolves

Basic wolf tutorial

Wolf paw tutorial

Paw pad tips

Canine vs. feline - paws and legs

Canine vs. feline - facial anatomy

Canine vs. feline - chest anatomy

And this is just an excellent DA for wolf reference images

Fluid greyhound studies

Detailed canine nose tutorial

Avian tutorials:

Bird wing anatomy applied on humanoids

Bird wing tutorial (lots of underrated tips)

Varying bird wing structure

Basic owl anatomy

Bird wing vs. bat wing vs. pterodactyl wing vs. human arm

Bird wings and flight

Various bird wings

Eagle facts sheet

Bird muscular and skeletal anatomy

Some great photograph bird (wing) references

Dorsal anatomy of a bird wing

Winged people anatomy

Don’t forget the secondaries

Human(oid) tutorials:

Facial features:

Excellent expressions tut

Altalamatox face tutorial

Profile proportions

Expression tutorial

Virtual lighting studio

Various facial and body shapes reference

Drawing the nose

Human mouths

Breaking down the human nose

How to draw the ear

Jawline and kissing tip

The human head at various angles

Advice on eyes

Nose shapes

The human skull and face

Facial features

Portrait lighting cheat sheet

Animating dialogue (mouth movement)

A kissing tutorial

Expressions photo references

Semi-realistic eye tutorial

Painting a realistic eye

The face in profile

The human head at various angles

Muscles in the neck and face

Breakdown of lips

Blocked out human faces

Average feminine faces of the world

Expressive eye reference

Excellent ear anatomy tutorial

Constraining the face

The face at various angles

Human faces

Excellent teeth tutorial. Animalistic, but it works

Tips on teeth

Colours of the face

Photographic mouth/teeth reference

Stylized noses and ears

Neck, shoulders, arms, back, and torso:

A masculine shoulder study

Muscles in the neck and face

Neck and torso tut

Masculine torso anatomy in use

Arm shape and muscles

Breaking up the masculine torso

Feminine anatomy patterns

Masculine torso photo reference

Over the shoulder poses

Shoulder structure (masculine)

Masculine torso in motion

A neat arm trick

Detailed arm muscle drawings

Masculine muscle reference

Human back tips

Movement and muscles of the neck, torso, and arms

Simplifying a muscular masculine torso

Drawing boobs

Feminine vs masculine arms and shoulders

Making sure feminine people have room for organs and realistic boobs

Shoulders vs hips

Hands on hips poses

Muscles of the arms and shoulders (in motion)

Varied masculine and feminine torso references

Legs, hips, and feet:

Masculine vs. feminine waist

Feminine anatomy patterns

The human hips

Masculine legs reference

A beginner’s guide to knees

Feet and shoes tutorial

Simplifying the human foot

Feet reference drawings

Feet, ankles, and shoes

Shoulders vs hips

Bent legs yes and no’s (feminine)

Hands and feet from cone shapes

Hands:

Hand tips and reference

Simplifying hands

The human hand

More hand(y) tips

Yet another hands tutorial

The fist

The hand in motion

Hand and feet tips

Excellent hand and feet studies

How hands grip a sword

Hand poses

Boxing out the hand

Hello more hand refs

Hand angle references

Correct grip on a pistol

Various hand references (with object holding poses)

Simple hands, fingers, and nails

Hands and feet from cone shapes

Full body and poses:

Simplifying human anatomy

Understanding anatomy part 1 (follow desc. links for more)

A guide to movement: flexibility

Pose tutorial

Varying the feminine figure

Excellent action and couple references

Various athletic builds

Proportional height of different positions

The human body in perspective

Body type diversity

Another feminine body tutorial

Fullbody proportions tutorial

Guide to human types

Couple pose photo references

Practice figure drawing (animals as well)

How weight sits on different (feminine) bodies

Kneeling and sitting stock references

Constructing poses and the line of action

Varying your body types (feminine)

Large source of feminine anatomy references

Hair and skin:

Various types of hair

Drawing hair

Skintone palettes

Variation of colour throughout the skin

Painting skin

Skin tutorial

Skin undertones (masculine examples)

Drawing freckles

Drawing different types of hair

Other:

Bird wing anatomy applied on humanoids

Animal feet on a human figure

Various human bone studies

Interesting mythical creature skeletons with humanoid anatomy

Winged people anatomy

Dragon tutorials (and bat wings):

Anatomy of the Western dragon

Dragon wing tips

Dragon wing tutorial

Dragon anatomy

Dragon tutorial

Bat wing anatomy tutorial

Equine tutorials:

Basic horse (back) reference

The equine skeleton

A good, large collection of horse stock references

Skeleton of a horse and its rider

Horse hooves

Skeletal and fluid horse studies

Cervine tutorials:

Basic deer anatomy

Deer skeleton drawing

Deer musculature

Deer skeleton

Fluid deer studies

The Big Book of Drawing: deer

Reindeer noses

Ursine tutorials:

Fantastic bear anatomy/poses references

Basic bear structure

Bear anatomy tutorial

Miscellaneous animal tutorials:

Sheep vs. goats

Anteater studies

Chimp studies

Asian elephant skeletal drawing

Animating four legged creatures

Various animal studies from an animation aspect

Drawing rats

A tutorial on creature design

Snake mouths

Amazing teeth tutorial

Background and objects tutorials:

Griffsnuff background tut part 1 (second in desc.)

Tree tutorial

Realistic gems tut

Water tutorial

General water tutorial

Drawing crystals

Drawing bows

Painting rocks

Parts of a saber (other swords linked in desc.)

Analyzing key and contrast/time of day/etc

Corner-pin perspective distortion

Using three cubes to make a street view

Cloud tutorial

A beautiful flower tutorial

A simple but effective tree tutorial

Drawing mechanical objects

Multiple tree tutorials

Perspective tricks

Weapon and shield accessory tutorial

Background painting tips (blocks and angular objects)

Clothing tutorials:

Fabric tutorial

Clothing folds part 1 (second in desc.)

Drawing hoods

Drawing jeans

Hat on human figure reference

Armor

More hat on figure references

Different shirt collars

Collars, sport backs, vests, and pants

Draperies and costumes

Making colourful fabric patterns

Baseball cap reference

A ton of clothing references

A boatload of well-organized clothing refs

Feet and shoes tutorial

Dressing Rosalind Lutece (older female clothing)

Feet, ankles, and shoes

Hats and how to draw them

Clothing folds tutorial

Drawing clothing wrinkles

A breakdown of medieval armor

Drawing hoods

General painting, drawing, and style tips:

Altalamatox digital painting walkthrough

Simple fur tutorial

Realism painting tutorial (human subject)

Excellent colour tutorial

Painting a wolf (good fur painting visual)

Photoshop brushes tut

Basics of Photoshop tutorial

Another digital painting tutorial

Common digital painting mistakes

Colour and light

Soft cel-shading tutorial

Various types of hair

Colour tips and the mood it expresses

Composition tips

Lighting and colour tips

Shadows

Another composition tut

Simple colouring via overlay

From paper to digital

Painting gold

Colour palette turtles

Excellent fur painting tutorial

Skin painting tips

Colouring black and white pictures

Creating a colour palette with MS Paint

Obeying screen direction

Analyzing key and contrast/time of day/etc

The coil technique

Colour adjustment tips

Making flat colour pieces look gorgeous

Blending with hard brushes

Outlining in SAI

Uncommon information regarding colours

Compositional balance

Visual algorithms

Gesture over anatomy

Disney Chris Sanders’ style tips

Design, colour, and value

Decent art without lining or shading

Varied shots of the human figure

Cinematography of the Incredibles

Giving characters personality with poses and expressions

The main shapes of character design

Tamberella’s shading tutorial

SAI watercolour tutorial

Choosing interesting colours (by PurpleKecleon)

Local colour and dramatic lighting

Silhouettes and line of action

Hand and wrist health:

Carpal tunnel syndrome information

Carpal tunnel syndrome exercises

Wrist, hand, and finger stretches video

Another video with good hand exercises

Hope these help!

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Twitter / rokissh: この描き方めっちゃ楽だったからツイ　15秒で薔薇みたいな何か …

#reblog #art tutorial #art tips #art reference #reference #art #drawing reference #tutorial

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Cleaning out my filing cabinet, I found this handout that I made for my mini-comics class.  Hope it’s helpful!  Remember, it ain’t only for comics.  Self-publish short stories, collections of drawings or sketches, or blank for journals/sketchbooks, etc.

#self publishing #publishing #mini-comics #binding #tutorial #my art #reblog

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Here’s a nifty chart for the next time your faceless character needs a nose!

Nose Chart Reference by macawnivore

#resource #deviantART #art #anatomy #drawing #reblog

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for all of you who struggle to draw horse feet. :) You’ve gotta have those pasterns in there, as they are the horse’s main shock absorbers, as seen in the “bearing weight” example.

If you can handle an animal autopsy, here’s an interesting vid on how the muscles and joints work in the lower leg of the horse.

#tutorial #horse leg #drawing horses #reblog

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#How to draw manga #skirt #basics #ribbons #reblog

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A couple of perspective notes I talked about during my webinar. I always have more notes on Patreon.

#perspective #tutorial #reblog