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love the red on this one. real

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could you do things related to stars and love?

Sarah Williams, Twilight Hours; ‘The Old Astronomer’

Keith S. Wilson, Heliocentric

Titanic (1997) dir. James Cameron

Take That, Rule The World

Taylor Swift, Mary’s Song

The Heart Nebula, photographed by Daniel Marquardt

Matthew Stover, Revenge of the Sith Novelisation

Neil Gaiman, Stardust

Vincent van Gogh, Starry Night Over the Rhône

Doctor Who (2005–), 2x13: Doomsday

Coldplay, Yellow

Ewan MacColl, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

Şenay Cüce, sketchbook details

Richard Siken, Snow & Dirty Rain

Keith S. Wilson, Heliocentric

William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

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Wedding Cake!🍰Simple, yet elegant with a pulled sugar cake topper!

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(FREE) CHALLENGE: February, write every day

Hello, hello! It's me!

This time I'm here to announce *drums*

A CHALLENGE! yay, another one :D

I've been struggling with college, personal life, and writing, and just realized that what I'm actually needing is a nice challenge to motivate me to write every single day! and, since January is coming to an end and February is a short month, I thought it'd be a cool idea to do a simple challenge for this upcoming month, don't you agree?

What will we be writing in February, you ask...

Well, I've collected some nice prompts, and each day of the month we will have to follow the prompt! it will come with different levels of difficulty, and you'll earn points (we love a little competition!) through the challenge. By the end of the month, we will share our results with the community!! (Also, as soon as you enter the challenge, there's an excel sheet to help you with the point system).

How will this work?

You will receive a daily prompt by e-mail. then, all you have to do is to write!! you can keep it to yourself or post it on Tumblr (feel free to tag me / use the tag #feb2soulscollide)

Click here to access the challenge!!

I really hope you like this, and that it somehow motivates you :) I'll try to participate as well since I haven't been writing lately...

Note: This is my first time creating an e-mail challenge, so I hope there are no mistakes haha :')

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Bartleby...

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...that your audience won't hate.

This is a method I started using when NFTs were on the rise - thieves would have to put actual work into getting rid of the mark - and one that I am now grateful for with the arrival of AI. Why? Because anyone who tries to train an AI on my work will end up with random, disruptive color blobs.

I can't say for sure it'll stop theft entirely, but it WILL make your images annoying for databases to incorporate, and add an extra layer of inconvenience for thieves. So as far as I'm concerned, that's a win/win.

I'll be showing the steps in CSP, but it should all be pretty easy to replicate in Photoshop.

Now: let's use the above image as our new signature file. I set mine to be 2500 x 1000 pixels when I'm just starting out.

Note that your text should not have a lot of anti-aliasing, so using a paint brush to start isn't going to work well with this method. Just use the standard G-Pen if you're doing this by hand, or, just use the text tool and whichever font you prefer.

Once that's done, take your magic wand tool, and select all the black. Here are the magic wand settings I'm using to make the selections:

All selected?

Good.

Now, find a brush with a scattering/tone scraping effect. I use one like this.

You can theoretically use any colors you want for this next part, but I'd recommend pastels as they tend to blend better.

Either way, let's add some color to the text.

Once that's finished,

You're going to want to go to Layer Property, and Border Effect

You'll be given an option of choosing color and thickness. Choose black, and go for at least a 5 in thickness. Adjust per your own preferences.

Now create a layer beneath your sig layer, and merge the sig down onto the blank layer.

This effectively 'locks in' the border effect, which is exactly what we want.

Hooray, you've finished your watermark!

Now let's place that bad boy into your finished piece.

You'll get the best mileage out of a mark if you can place it over a spot that isn't black of white, since you'll get better blending options that way. My preference is for Overlay.

From here, I'll adjust the opacity to around 20-25, depending on the image.

If you don't have a spot to use overlay, however, there's a couple other options. For white, there's Linear Burn, which imho doesn't look as good, but it still works in a pinch.

And for lots of black, you have Linear Light

Either way, you're in business!

EDIT since this has escaped my usual circles, and folks aren't as familiar with my personal usage:

An example of one of my own finished pieces, with watermark, so you can see what I mean about 'relatively unobtrusive'-- I try to at least use them as framing devices, or let them work with the image somehow (or, at the very least, not actively against it).

I know it's a bummer for some people to "ruin" their work with watermarks, which is part of the reason I developed this mark in particular. Its disruption is about as minimal as I can make it while still letting it serve its intended purpose.

There's other methods, too, of course! But this is the one I use, and the one I can speak on. Hope it helps some of you!

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Lancelot/Stephanie Meyer is giving me brainrot

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I don’t think we can ignore how this “ao3 must remain censorship free” discussion is drenched in anti Chinese racism

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January Your OC Here - $10

$10 for your chosen character in one of four poses! Read all terms before ordering!

DM me to order and include a reference of the character(s)

Payment up front through ca$happ and P-ypal

Finished product delivered within a week

You will receive the drawing with a plain background and as a png with no background

I will draw any humanoid or anthro, OC or fanart

Options 1 and 2 require 2 characters

I reserve the right to deny any request

These are for personal use only. Do not monetize or claim a different artist.

Requesting slight variations on the scenes is alright and accepted at my discretion (e.x. labeling the conspiracy board, changing the phrase on the mug, change of expression)

See more examples of my art on instagram

Examples:

Choice 4 and 3 with my OCs:

#artist support

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Hey, also, AO3 LEGALLY CANNOT RUN ADS. For the same reason you're not supposed to link a ko-fi or Patreon on sight.

It is illegal to sell fanwork and if AO3 had any monetary income from the sight itself the whole thing could be shut down in a lawsuit for copyright infringement. As it is without ads, AO3 is in fact a site for "transformative works" and therefore protected from copyright laws.

I’ve seen even people who are pro-ao3 say that it should just get advertisers instead of having donation drives, which is. Uncomfortable. The ad-free aspect of ao3 isn’t just about convenience or even about giving fans at least one space where they aren’t bombarded with advertisements, it’s already about protecting ao3 itself.

The thing about hosting ads on your site is that it means your advertisers can influence the content the site hosts, demanding that certain things be removed (or added) and threatening to cut their support if they aren’t listened to. Relying entirely on donations doesn’t just protect users from invasive advertising and marketing, it also ensures that ao3 can continue to exist as an archive that isn’t censored by corporations or banks.

#AO3 #fanfiction #transformative work

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HTTYD $10 Headshots (Limited)

So here I am, playing School of Dragons once again and I very much miss playing with Toothless and the Light fury, so I figured I’d see if I could get the funds to get a membership on there once again.

So with that said, I currently have a commission special going on: $10 HTTYD lineless headshots as seen in the examples here. There are only 10 slots available, so get them while you can because once they close, that’s it!

If you are interested in getting a commission, please read the following:

Keep reading

#reblog #commissions

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Drawing Requests are Open!

Hello friends!

Life's had me busy, but that's just the way it is. I want to Do Some Arts more often, and You help out with that! It's fun to doodle based on a little prompt :)

I've cleared out my ask box and it's ready for more requests! (If you sent a request in the past and I didn't get to it, please feel free to send it again. You can send a different request as well!) It's a chicken blog, but the request doesn't have to be bird-specific. If you're not anon, I'll also message you if your request was fulfilled :)

Send an ask w/ a drawing request and I may make a simple lil drawing based on your prompt!

💛🐤

#artist support #reblog #prompt requests

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August Album song 26: The Ghosts of Beverly Drive by Death Cab for Cutie

#art #reblog #DILF

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finished my yeehawgust icon! based on this year’s midnight ride prompt. officially ready to go from here. 🌟

#reblog #artist support

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At 16, you decide to finally get in shape and buy some weights from a dodgy seller. 4 years pass, and they seem just as heavy as before. Having lost all motivation and after a couple of beers, you decide to challenge the gym strongman to an arm-wrestle. You break his arm and destroy the table.

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