a reference blog

Hello! This blog is used for references, tutorials, masterposts, and things of the sort! Ask me for my other blogs ♥

zebracrisps:

helpfulharrie:

Notes on the importance of the line of action.

Sources: Flooby Nooby, Advanced Animation by Preston Blair, shermcohen, Pixelovely.com

Ah yes line of action, we meet again.


your pretty damn important to me and my arts browski.

55 Words to Describe Someone’s Voice

writinghelpers:

writinghelpers:

I was sitting on the computer last night trying to be productive and actually write something. My first sentence included the character listening to a voice through an intercom and my first thought was, “What kind of voice is it?” 

So, naturally, I found myself googling the different ways to describe a voice. I present to you my findings! I hope you all find it useful. 

  • adenoidal (adj): if someone’s voice is adenoidal, some of the sound seems to come through their nose
  • appealing (adj): an appealing look/voice shows that you want help, approval, or agreement
  • breathy (adj): with loud breathing noises
  • brittle (adj): if you speak in a brittle voice, you sound as if you are about to cry
  • croaky (adj): if someone’s voice sounds croaky, they speak in a low, rough voice that sounds as if they have a sore throat
  • dead (adj): if someone’s eyes or voice are dead, they feel or show no emotion
  • disembodied (adj): a disembodied voice comes from someone who you cannot see
  • flat (adj): spoken in a voice that does not go up and down; this word is often used for describing the speech of people from a particular region

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buttpilgrim:

leanmeanrecoverymachine:

6 Fruits You Should Try

  • Dragon Fruit
This fruit is an excellent supplement for the liver as well as contains vital minerals that assist in weight-loss and balancing body weight without compromising health. For people suffering from diabetes, a dry or fresh dragon fruit guarantees blood glucose control. 
  • Star Fruit
This fruit is an excellent source of ascorbic acid, which is important to the fitness of your body, as it assists in maintaining bones, teeth, mucus membranes, skin and improves the immune system. It also contains beta-carotene, which can be converted into vitamin A in your body for good vision and appetite.
  • Kiwano
This fruit is very rich in vitamin c and fibre. These help the red bloods cells, skin, muscles, nerves and heart. Vitamin E works in the body by helping to neutralize the damage from free radicals which can cause cancer and cardiovascular disease.
  • Mangosteen
This fruit has a very high concentration of xanthones that is one of the most powerful anti-oxidents in the world. The fruit also boosts the body’s immune systems and helps increase energy levels.
  • Sugar Apple

This fruit helps regulate the menstrual cycle, and contains a large amount of rosemary oil which can help fight off depression. This fruit also contains cineole which aids the body’s nervous system, helps in blood circulation, and improves concentration. This fruit as well aids in reducing the severity of asthma. 

  • Goji Berry
Goji berries are called the world’s most nutritional powerful anti-aging food. Goji berries are the highest rated antioxidant and have more vitamin C than oranges, more beta-carotene than carrots, more protein than whole wheat and more iron than steak.

6 fruits that are definitely from outer space or an anime

gabi-hime:

Service post for Leo.  A lot of breasts.

To All Writers of Everything Ever

latenightcoffeeshot:

I need to rant about this:

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Also known as the best writing program ever! It’s a full-screen writing program!

So you open it up, and it looks like this:

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You’re thinking, “Ok, so what? It’s a screen with a picture. Whoopdie do.” But it get’s better! It’s customizable!

See that “appearance”? Click it.

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You can also use custom fonts that you have installed!

See that “music”? Click it.

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If you drag your own music into the folder, like so:

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You get this!:

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But wait! It gets better!

See “typing sounds”? You can change those too!

Perhaps the best is - YOU CAN USE ANY PICTURE FOR THE BACKGROUND. It will automatically fade it for you!

Seriously, guys, this tool is wonderful. You can use it for:

  • Research papers
  • Novel writing
  • Play writing
  • Short stories
  • Homework assignments
  • Ranting about your friends when they piss you off
  • Writing your shopping list

It auto-saves. It exports to .rtf. Hotkeys from Word for italicize, underlining, and bold work. You can print RIGHT FROM THERE.

And the seriously best thing ever?

It fits on a flash drive. The entire thing with added music is maybe 131MBs.

The bestest thing ever.

It’s free.

(Source: beenokle.com)

Avoiding vampire cliches ask (Rebloggable Version)

fuckyeahcharacterdevelopment:

thewritershelpers:

imageOh, this is something I’ve been wondering myself recently, too. I love the idea of vampires and all the things you can do with them as characters/plot devices, but they’ve just been done to death recently and I’m terrified of feeling like I’m jumping on the bandwagon like all the rubbish Twilight spin-offs that are around recently…

The conclusion that I’ve come to is that it’s okay to have vampires. Apart from anything, let’s be honest, if any story that any of us are writing right now is going to be published at any point, it’s not going to be for a while, by which time this whole vampire obsession will be just a distant memory. So I think you’re fine =] Especially if you’re going for the lesser-used side of them.

If you’re still worried about staying away from clichés, take a look at this list of resources I’ve found:

I hope this helps!

-M

I think we got some asks along these lines. Enjoy~

HOW TO GET A GLITCH EFFECT

actualcannibalcalliope:

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you should get the bottom result

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The rest of the steps have to do with animation.

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And that’s how I get my flashy/glitchy effect in my trickster talksprites.

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(Source: thelordcaliborn-blog)