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yagamimi-aka-mimi-deactivated20

Screenshot of a tweet that reads: Yknow what I’d like to see as an illustrator? A database of cultural clothes/items submitted by people within those cultures with info like how often its used and reference photos It would make diversity in art so much easier Is there something like that??

Something like this would be so colossally helpful. I'm sick and tired of trying to research specific clothing from any given culture and being met with either racist stereotypical costumes worn by yt people or ai generated garbage nonsense, and trying to be hyper specific with searches yields fuck all. Like I generally just cannot trust the legitimacy of most search results at this point. It's extremely frustrating. If there are good resources for this then they're buried deep under all the other bullshit, and idk where to start looking.

ama-kitkat123

>:)c

May I present to you, nationalclothing.org?

It doesn't have everything, but it's still my first source when researching traditional clothing from other cultures.

penanatomy-studies

There's also this resource on historical fashion: Claire’s Historical Fashion Reference & Resources

zheida

another addition as far as physical media goes there is the encyclopedia of national dress (that i still need to buy myself bc this kind of thing is super important to my sort of fantasy designing) but yes i do agree i wish there was EVEN MORE documentation on this

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thelocalmuffin

Hey everyone, I know it's going to be a busy day for a lot of people, but Google enrolled everyone over 18 into their AI program automatically.

If you have a google account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off.

Then you need to go to myactivity.google.com/product/gemini and turn off all Gemini activity tracking. You do have to do them in that order to make sure it works.

Honestly, I'm not sure how long this will last, but this should keep Gemini off your projects for a bit.

I saw this over on bluesky and figured it would be good to spread on here. It only takes a few minutes to do.

yeahwrite

Writers: It's asking to read your Google Docs and be able to 'summarize' things from them and such things. I just turned all mine off.

leebrontide

It’s also asking to transcribe my therapy appointments for me Jesus Christ

#fuck ai

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just-french-me-up

'ao3 needs a like and dislike button'

what you need, my algorithm-rotten minded friend, is a grip

asexualbert

Oh, they DO have those!

The like button should be at the bottom, looks like this:

The dislike button differs depending on your device but it should look something like one of these:

Hope that helps :)

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cranberry-queen

Tips from a Beta Reading Writer

This one's for the scenes with multiple characters, and you're not sure how to keep everyone involved.

Writing group scenes is chaos. Someone’s talking, someone’s interrupting, someone’s zoning out thinking about breadsticks. And if you’re not careful, half your cast fades into the background like NPCs in a video game. I used to struggle with this so much—my characters would just exist in the scene without actually affecting it. But here’s what I've learned and have started implementing:

✨ Give everyone a job in the scene ✨

Not their literal job—like, not everyone needs to be solving a crime or casting spells. I mean: Why are they in this moment? What’s their role in the conversation?

My favourite examples are:

The Driver: Moves the convo forward. They have an agenda, they’re pushing the action.
The Instigator: Pokes the bear. Asks the messy questions. Stirring the pot like a chef on a mission.
The Voice of Reason: "Guys, maybe we don’t commit arson today?"
The Distracted One: Completely in their own world. Tuning out, doodling on a napkin, thinking about their ex.
The Observer: Not saying much, but noticing everything. (Quiet characters still have presence!)
The Wild Card: Who knows what they’ll do? Certainly not them. Probably about to make things worse.

If a character has no function, they’ll disappear. Give them something—even if it’s just a side comment, a reaction, or stealing fries off someone’s plate. Keep them interesting, and your readers will stay interested too.

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colubrina

for the love of god, write all the self-indulgent scenes you want. be utterly shameless about including every last fantasy. i know everyone likes to share quotes and quips about how miserably hard writing is, but please please try thinking of it as a joyful act where you get to be a messy human who makes art rather than some pain filled quest for icy perfection.

colubrina

“authenticity looks an awful lot like self-indulgence but it is the only way to find your true audience”

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Symphony: Prelude

Click here to read it on AO3!
Rating: Teen || PG-13
Fandom: Harry Potter
Ship: Draco/Harry/Hermione
Status: open-ended to possible future additions
Word count: collection of self-contained drabbles (100 words exactly each)
Tags: Domestic fluff, triad fic, humour, a sprinkle of angst
Summary:

Small slices of Harry, Hermione and Draco’s lives together in the same universe as the longfic I’m working on.

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Baby I’m Yours

Click here to read it on AO3!
Rating: Teen || PG13
Fandom: Harry Potter
Ship: Ron/Hermione (Romione)
Status: Finished (one-shot)
Word count: 2190 (~8 minutes of reading)
Tags: Post-War, Epilogue Compliant (for like the first time in my life), Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Nightmares, CW: Panic Attacks, POV Ron Weasley, Ron Weasley is a Good Significant Other, Ron Weasley is Whipped, Established Relationship, Domestic Fluff, Inspired by the song “Baby I’m Yours”, Crookshanks is a Little Shit
Summary:

If anyone had told him five years ago that he could have understood what a distressed Hermione needed without exchanging a single word, he would have laughed himself to death.
However, when they finally stopped dancing around each other and instead tried—really tried, for the first time—to connect, well. What they found within each other could only be described as magic.
Now? He just… knew.

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rubyjones

Create your own book cover - without generative 'AI' | Ruby Jones

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Patreon

Too many writers are using generative 'AI' to make their book covers, so I've written a guide on how to make your own cover for free or cheap without turning to a machine.

If you can't afford to pay an artist, you CAN make your own!

I hope this is a helpful overview that covers the basics and points to some free resources.

rhube

I annoyed my cat by writing this and not playing with her; you might find it useful?

copperbadge

This is a fantastic guide not only to the technical aspect of cover design but the aesthetic aspect as well!

naamahdarling

This is GREAT STUFF. Highly recommend! Exactly the techniques I have used on covers in the past, and they look great!

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silverfox66

Adobe is going to spy on your projects. This is insane.

Photoshop’s new terms of service require users to grant Adobe access to their active projects for “content moderation” and other purposes pic.twitter.com/weRjMfWvxx — Dexerto (@Dexerto) June 5, 2024

Here it is. If you are a professional, if you are under NDA with your clients, if you are a creative, a lawyer, a doctor or anyone who works with proprietary files - it is time to cancel Adobe, delete all the apps and programs. Adobe can not be trusted. pic.twitter.com/LFnBbDKWLC — Wetterschneider (@Stretchedwiener) June 5, 2024

audacityinblack

For general graphics: use GIMP
For vector graphics: use Inkscape
For drawing and illustration: use Krita
For print and web publishing and design: use Penpot
For PDF authoring: use LibreOffice
For PDF reading and form filling: use Okular

All are free, open source and cross-platform. None use AI.

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Last Line Tag Game

Thank you @1ficklesickle for the tag! Your line was killer! (check it out!)

The last line I wrote is from my last drabble (Lily POV)

Halloween of 1981 probably wouldn’t be a day for the history books; she might as well enjoy it.

I’m tagging @heav3n-of-rxses @marlowethelibrarian and @i-am-moss-the-boss !

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transformativeworks

Do you have experience in public relations or social media? Are you good at administrative tasks and working with people? The Organization for Transformative Works is recruiting! Read more at: https://otw-news.org/yu5acewb

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The Bun Incident

Click here to read it on AO3!

Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Rating: Explicit (Minors do not interact)
Chapter word count: 1.8k words (~8 minutes of reading)
Ship: Kuroo Tetsuro / Kozume Kenma (KuroKen♥)
Tags: Post-Canon, College, and they were roommates!, Idiots in Love, Fluff and Smut, Porn With Plot, Humor, Mutual Pining, Best Friends to Lovers, Kuroo Tetsurou is Whipped, Bossy Kenma, Bokuto Koutarou & Kuroo Tetsurou are Bros, Kenma and Shoyo are besties
See work tags and author’s notes for smut tags and warnings!
Status: In process (1/10 chapters) Housekeeping details under cut!
Summary:
Life was unfair. Especially to Kuroo.

What had he done to deserve this? Had he been a terrible person in a previous life? A murderer, maybe?

That was the only reason he could think of to justify the scene in front of him.

Or,
Kuroo loses a bit of his sanity with every inch Kenma’s hair grows.

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femslash-february

Welcome to Raptor’s Femslash February Bingo 2024!

Three different bingo cards—light prompts, darker prompts, a combined one with all prompts—to celebrate Femslash February with fanworks. All fandoms welcome! Enjoy!❤️

Rules and prompts in text form under the Read More!

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mundrakan asked

Let’s get to know each other!

If you received this you are obligated to answer the weird ass question underneath:

What is your fandom pet peeve?

Send this to ten more followers changing the question. It can be personal (no doxxing) like favourite colour/what made you cry last? More general or more fandom specific if you want.

Found this lost in my inbox, sorry for taking so long! 🙈

Hmmm. I think it’s probably those huge ass collection of one-shots in one post that is tagged with 473 fandoms, 985 characters, 12545 ships and about 7569856 freeforms that of course there’s no way to define which belongs to which chapter. Like. Just make a series for the love of christ.

OH and maybe the people who tag a character that is like barely mentioned twice in a 140k fic. Just… don’t. Puh-leaase.

I’ll send it over! 😁👍🏻

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mostlyinthemorning

I kind of suck at tagging, so I made this infographic to help make it easier.