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i don't know man, i just wish that we could [suddenly realising i'm coming dangerously close to expressing a real and earnest thought instead of filtering everything through several layers of intangible running bits] blow up the entire world. or something.

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I forgot I have to be active here so here’s my Twitter tutorial on how to draw folds I made a while back to help a friend!

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Unsplash -  photography, illustration, & art

Pixabay - same as unsplash

Pexels - stock photos and videos

Getty Images - photography & illustration

Veceezy - vectors and clipart

Gumroad - photoshop brushes (and more)

StockSnap.io - stock photos

Canva - needs login but has lots of templates

Library of Congress - historical posters and photos

NASA - you guessed it

Creative Commons - all kinds of stuff, homie

Even Adobe has some free images

There are so many ways to make moodboards, bookcovers, and icons without plagiarizing! As artists, authors, and other creatives, we need to be especially careful not to use someone else’s work and pass it off as our own. 

Please add on if you know any more resources for free images <3

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hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

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Reblog and put in the tags what trait you usually have in common with your favorite characters.

#WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO KNOW WEATHER BOY (it's the trauma) #You can laugh

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This post is just like those "How to Study like a Harvard Student!" Things but for ND people with executive dysfunction who can't even START studying.

Listen to Music, seriously it works so well. If you speak multiple languages, listen to music in the one you ARE NOT using. Listening to music w/o words is good for things like essays and reading, but with things like math, I 100% recommend listening to anything you really like. I can leave song reccs for no word songs if anyone wants them.

Put on a movie, TV show, or video you've already seen a million times. It works the same as the music, but you're more likely to be distracted. It's important that you've already seen it. Otherwise, you'll just end up watching TV.

Buy stationary that you LIKE and ENJOY USING. If you see pens that you REALLY LIKE but the other pens are cheaper, get the ones you actually like. You will use them more. You will *enjoy* using them.

Not so much related to executive dysfunction, but I HIGHLY recommend getting folders for your classes. Even if it's only for a few, if you pull it out at the beginning, you'll have all your stuff inside and a place where you can put your papers instead of just shoving it into your bag.

Let yourself stim out loud while you do homework. Seriously, it can help you remember things and help you stay focused.

Eat your favourite snacks or drink something you enjoy drinking. It makes doing things so much more bearable, plus free dopamine.

(Edit: I reblogged some of people's additional thoughts)

I can't really think of anything else, but feel free to add stuff in the comments.

Disclaimer for the masses, I am not a doctor. These are from my own personal experience as someone w audhd. :)

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Chat help I just had the realization that maybe the Ocs I wrote about when I was 12 where this purple girl was in an abusive relationship with blue guy but pink girl loves purple girl so much she saves purple girl from blue guy was probably my unintentional projection of me wanting someone to love me and get me out of a messy friendship I was in at the time so badly and I don't know what to do with this realization-

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Greetings bugs and worms!

This comic is a little different than what I usually do but I worked real hard on it—Maybe I'll make more infographic stuff in the future this ended up being fun. Hope you learned something new :)

If you are still curious and want to learn more about OCD, you can visit the International OCD Foundation's website. I also recommend this amazing TED ED video "Starving The Monster", which was my first introduction to the disorder and this video by John Green about his own experience with OCD.

The IOCDF's website can also help you find support groups, therapy, and has lots of online guides and resources as well if you or a loved one is struggling with the disorder. It is very comprehensive!

Reblog to teach your followers about OCD

(But also not reblogging doesn't make you evil, silly goose)

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{Words by José Olivarez from Citizen Illegal /@fatimaamerbilal , from even flesh eaters don't want me.}

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memory issues are wild sometimes because I just sat down for a solid few minutes because I had the gauge impression of "something bad happened last night" but couldn't figure out what and then I remembered that I had a whole several hour panic attack and like- damn okay didn't know that happened but sure 👍

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Vent (?) 27/2

I'm mentally ill in ways that I can't quite label, but to summarize what I'm specifically worried about here: I have extreme social anxiety, and have very heavy walls around everybody except like one person rn. I don't get along with many people due to stress, and I can only handle knowing so many people at a time.

And that one safe person is figuring that out.

They've figured that out since December.

And they're worried about me from it. I don't want them to worry about me, I know I'll either be fine- or I won't, and then that's my garbage. I might be being too much on them, but I'm not entirely sure of that because I'd never know with them.

I just kinda wish they didn't figure out that piece of information about me, it's the part of me I don't like.

#vent #vent post

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I don't get paid enough to deal with myself what is this-

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My ringtone is one of my triggers and YOU'LL NEVER BELIEVE WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO SET MY MORNING ALARM TO, HELLO CHAT-

#<- very normal #<- (has been shaking for like 15 minutes) #holy hell i need to ifx thta

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i think im age regressed (?) rn bu im on call w/ a friend and dunno how to act big uh oh-

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im anxious and dont know why mmm

this is fine

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11:30 THE MAN WOKE UP AND IS FINE HELL YEAH

my close friend usually wakes up at 9:10am or so and it's 10:41 are they OKAY???