Writing a novel when you imagine all you stories in film format is hard because there’s really no written equivalent of “lens flare” or “slow motion montage backed by Gregorian choir”
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You can get the same effect of a lens flare with close-detail descriptions, combined with breaks to new paragraphs.
Your slow-motion montage backed by a Gregorian choir can be done with a few technques that all involve repetition.
First is epizeuxis, the repeating of a word for emphasis.
Example:
Falling. Falling. Falling. There was nothing to keep Marie from plunging into the rolling river below. She could only hope for a miracle now, that she would come out alive somehow despite a twenty-foot drop into five-foot-deep water.
Then there’s anaphora, where you write a number of phrases with the same words at the beginning.
There were still mages out there living in terror of shining steel armor emblazoned with the Sword of Mercy.
There were still mages out there being forced by desperation into the clutches of demons.
There were mages out there being threatened with Tranquility as punishment for their disobedience, and the threats were being made good upon.
Mages who had attempted to flee, but knew nothing of the outside world and were forced to return to their prison out of need for sustenance and shelter.
Mages who only desired to find the families they were torn from.
Mages who only wanted to see the sun.
This kind of repetition effectively slows the pace of your writing and puts the focus on that small scene. That’s where you get your slow pan. The same repetition also has a subtle musicality to it depending on the words you use. That’s where you get the same vibe as you might get from a Gregorian choir.
Damn I made relatable reblog- bait post and writer Tumblr went hard with it. This is legitimately very good advice.
For more neat tricks (aka figures of rhetoric) like epizeuxis and anaphora, read THE ELEMENTS OF ELOQUENCE by Mark Forsyth. It’s both educational and delightful, not to mention overflowing with wry wit. Great book.
a list of 100+ buildings to put in your fantasy town
- academy
- adventurer's guild
- alchemist
- apiary
- apothecary
- aquarium
- armory
- art gallery
- bakery
- bank
- barber
- barracks
- bathhouse
- blacksmith
- boathouse
- book store
- bookbinder
- botanical garden
- brothel
- butcher
- carpenter
- cartographer
- casino
- castle
- cobbler
- coffee shop
- council chamber
- court house
- crypt for the noble family
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If you like pose references, fun action shots, and nerds being nerds, I HIGHLY recommend checking out @adorkastock & Friends' group poses for artists project! They are currently funding to get as many models and as much kit together as possible to produce a PHENOMENAL amount of cool references.
And if they hit the stretch goal, they'll be joined by YOURS TRULY, Blumineck aka That Guy That Shoots Arrows From A Pole Or Whatever! I'd love to be involved, and if you'd love to see it, check out the backerkit page HERE:
In the meantime, to whet your whistle, here are some images from the last collaboration I did with @null-entity (who is also part of this project). Happy Drawing!
How to show emotions
Part V
How to show grief
- a vacant look
- slack facial expressions
- shaky hands
- trembling lips
- swallowing
- struggling to breathe
- tears rolling down their cheeks
How to show fondness
- smiling with their mouth and their eyes
- softening their features
- cannot keep their eyes off of the object of their fondness
- sometimes pouting the lips a bit
- reaching out, wanting to touch them
How to show envy
- narrowing their eyes
- rolling their eyes
- raising their eyebrows
- grinding their teeth
- tightening jaw
- chin poking out
- pouting their lips
- forced smiling
- crossing arms
- shifting their gaze
- clenching their fists
- tensing their muscles
- then becoming restless/fidgeting
- swallowing hard
- stiffening
- holding their breath
- blinking rapidly
- exhaling sharply
How to show regret
- scrubbing a hand over the face
- sighing heavily
- downturned mouth
- slightly bending over
- shoulders hanging low
- hands falling to the sides
- a pained expression
- heavy eyes
- staring down at their feet
Part I + Part II + Part III + Part IV
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List of Elemental Abilities
Air/Wind
- Aerokinesis -manipulate the air, wind, and gas.
- Aeroportation - teleport using air/wind currents.
- Air Mimicry - transform into a cloud of gas, fog, or mist.
- Atmokinesis - manipulate the weather by mixing water, fire, earth, air, and lightning/electricity.
- Deoxygenation - suck up all the oxygen from a place.
- Lung Adaptation - breath anywhere
- Wind Generation - create blasts of air.
- Divine Winds Manipulation - create and control heavenly winds.
- Dark Wind Manipulation - create and control eerie winds.
Earth
- Geokinesis - control, manipulate, and reshape the earth at will.
- Atmokinesis - control and manipulate the weather by mixing water, fire, earth, air, and lightning/electricity.
- Crystallokinesis - manipulate minerals and crystals.
- Ferrokinesis… manipulate metal at will.
- Fraxikinesis - manipulate burnt matter.
- Geo-Thermokinesis - manipulate, control, and create lava, magma and volcanoes.
- Golem Creation - make golems out of inanimate materials like rocks, wood, plants, magma, etc.
- Granulation… can turn things into sand.
- Halokinesis - control and manipulate salt.
- Hyalokinesis - control and manipulate glass.
- Koniokinesis - manipulate and control dust particles.
- Plassikinesis - manipulate and control all forms of plastic.
- Psammokinesis - can control and manipulate sand.
- Terrakinesis - control, manipulate and alter/reshape the surrounding terrain and landscape at will.
- Terraportation - teleport via the earth and earth-based materials.
- Sacred Earth Manipulation - Create, manipulate, control, reshape divine earth minerals.
- Black Earth Manipulation - Create, manipulate and control tainted and evil earth minerals.
Fire
- Pyrokinesis - create, control and manipulate fire, flame and heat.
- Atmokinesis - control and manipulate the weather by mixing water, fire, earth, air, and lightning/electricity.
- Fire Breath - breathe out flames.
- Geo-Thermokinesis - manipulate lava, magma and volcanoes.
- Heliokinesis - manipulate and control the sun and sunlight.
- Hell-Fire Manipulation - Generate and control flames of hell.
- Holy Fire Manipulation - Generate and control flames of Heaven.
- Inflammation - burn things.
- Melting - heat molecules to melt things.
- Plasmakinesis - can control plasma.
- Pyrotechnics - create fireworks.
- Self-Detonation - explode self and reform.
- Thermokinesis - create, control and manipulate heat.
Water
- Hydrokinesis - manipulate and control liquid water and mold it into any desired shape or form.
- Aquatic Adaptation - adapted to underwater living.
- Aquatic Respiration - breathe underwater.
- Atmokinesis- control and manipulate the various aspects of the weather by mixing water, fire, earth, air, and lightning/electricity.
- Dehydration - absorb water.
- Hydroportation - teleport across short or long distances through liquid water.
- Water Mimicry - turn into liquid water.
- Holy Water Manipulation - create, manipulate and control graceful waters.
- Dark Water Manipulation - create, manipulate and control evil and dangerous waters.
Darkness
- Umbrakinesis - can manipulate and control darkness or shadows.
- Animated Shadow - Animate one’s shadow.
- Light Absorption - block out light in an area.
- Night Vision - see in the dark.
- Sacred Darkness - create holy darkness.
- Shadow Camouflage - be unseen in shadows.
- Shadow Mimicry - become a shadow.
- Umbrageous Teleportation - teleport via the shadows and darkness.
Electricity/Lightning
- Quintessence Force -Can generate whitish-blue lightning that also contains pure life energy.
- Electrokinesis - control, generate or absorb electric fields and shoot lightning bolts.
- Activation & Deactivation - turn stuff on and off.
- Positron Manipulation - control positrons, the antimatter counterpart to electrons.
- Electrical Absorption - absorb electricity.
- Electric Mimicry -transform entire body into a lightning-like being of pure electrical energy
- Electrical Transportation - teleport with lightning.
- Divine Lightning Manipulation - create and control the brightest lightning.
- Black Lightning Manipulation - create and control the darkest lightning.
Energy
- Dynamokinesis - manipulate existing energy.
- Energy Blast - create blasts of energy.
- Energy Emission - release energy.
- Quintessence Force - create and manipulate unique form of electrical and life energy.
- Mana Manipulation
- Chi Manipulation
- Electricity Manipulation
- Energy Manipulation
Ice
- Cryokinesis - control ice, snow and other forms of frozen water.
- Freeze Breath - freeze things in solid ice.
- Freezing - lower the temperature in kinetic atoms to freezing temperatures.
- Frigokinesis - control snow either as precipitation or already on the ground.
- Ice Beam - shoot beams of freezing energy.
- Ice Generation
Light
- Dark Light Manipulation - create the darkest light in existence.
- White Light Manipulation- create sacred light from the divine.
- Photokinesis - create and manipulate pure light.
- Force-Field Generation - create protective shields of solid photons.
- Invisibility - be unseen.
- Laser Emission - bend light wavelengths to create lasers.
- Light Absorption -absorb the light around you.
- Light Generation - emit blinding light or glow in the dark.
- Light Mimicry - take on the traits of light.
- Photoportation - Teleport by using photons.
- Projective Invisibility - turn other things invisible.
- Evil Banish - Rid and banish all spirits of evil and black magic.
- Light Manipulation
Weather
- Atmokinesis - manipulate the various aspects of the weather by using water, fire, earth, air, and lightning/electricity.
- Atmokinetic Resistance - immunity to all weather-based abilities and effects.
- Atmokinetic Sensing - sense the future weather patterns.
Other
- Aether Manipulation
- Cosmic Manipulation
- Gravity Manipulation
- Nether Manipulation
- Space-Time Manipulation
From Superpower Wikia. See their complete list of superpowers HERE.
collection of fonts i like / use a lot! all of these are free to download on the given site underneath. feel free to like & rb if this collection is useful.
Coloring Tutorial
Hello, this tutorial is for the wonderful @djoharrington and those of you wondering how I colored this set. I’m going to be talking about how to color the first gif only to keep this tutorial from getting too long. The other two used the same coloring method with only minor adjustments made to keep them looking similar.
Yes, this scene really is that dark before coloring.
Quick notes on what I’m using:
- mpv player for screencapping — not mentioned in tutorial
- Photoshop 2021 for editing
I mention mpv player because I’m giffing 4k, and it’s one of the few players I’ve come across that take continuous caps that don’t end up looking washed out. It makes for easier coloring.
GIF SHARPENING ACTION 2.0 by @daenerys-stormborn
This is an updated version of my “all in one” gif action I made 5 years ago. It very similar but I added a new sharpening that I now use, v3: sharper blur.
Please read this for a more detailed breakdown of how these actions work.
- v1: normal - smart sharpen (amount 500%, .3px)
- v2: sharper - first smart sharpen (amount 500%, .3px) -> second smart sharpen (amount 10%, 10px)
- v3: sharper blur - first smart sharpen (amount 500%, .3px) -> second smart sharpen (amount 20%, 10px) -> gaussian blur (radius 1px; opacity 52%) -> third smart sharpen (amount 500%, 0.2px) -> fourth smart object (amount 5%, 5 pixels) -> second gaussian blur (radius 1, opacity 10%)
**v2 looks better in 540 gifs than smaller gifs, its a bit over sharpened here for my taste**
Actions also included:
- Load Files Fast - for people using PS CS6 or older, uses “Load Multiple DICOM Files” for faster screencap loading.
- Brighten - duplicates the smart object then changes blending mode to screen and converts it back into one single smart object to brighten dark scenes.
- Convert to Frame Timeline - converts smart object back into frames, sets frame delay, and changes canvas sizes to -2px (width & height) to take away transparent border around gifs (you can always delete this part if it doesn’t apply, please read detailed breakdown for more info).
- Convert to Video Timeline - converts frames in frame timeline into a smart object in video timeline.
DL: action
These actions were inspired by hoechlin’s sharpening and trentcrimms’ sharpening.
2020 NETFLIX PSD BY STORYTELLERDORIAN
- Please reblog if downloading
- Font used: San Francisco regular, bold & bold italic
- Requires some photoshop skills and use of clipping masks
- Includes: Who’s Watching, home page, show overview & episodes pages (both full screen & minimal), show page (both playing and paused), show promo page (full screen & minimal) and a show thumbnail template
- Made May 2020 from the UK site
[ D O W N L O A D ]
WEBSITES FOR WRITERS {masterpost}
- E.A. Deverell - FREE worksheets (characters, world building, narrator, etc.) and paid courses;
- Hiveword - Helps to research any topic to write about (has other resources, too);
- BetaBooks - Share your draft with your beta reader (can be more than one), and see where they stopped reading, their comments, etc.;
- Charlotte Dillon - Research links;
- Writing realistic injuries - The title is pretty self-explanatory: while writing about an injury, take a look at this useful website;
- One Stop for Writers - You guys... this website has literally everything we need: a) Description thesaurus collection, b) Character builder, c) Story maps, d) Scene maps & timelines, e) World building surveys, f) Worksheets, f) Tutorials, and much more! Although it has a paid plan ($90/year | $50/6 months | $9/month), you can still get a 2-week FREE trial;
- One Stop for Writers Roadmap - It has many tips for you, divided into three different topics: a) How to plan a story, b) How to write a story, c) How to revise a story. The best thing about this? It's FREE!
- Story Structure Database - The Story Structure Database is an archive of books and movies, recording all their major plot points;
- National Centre for Writing - FREE worksheets and writing courses. Has also paid courses;
- Penguin Random House - Has some writing contests and great opportunities;
- Crime Reads - Get inspired before writing a crime scene;
- The Creative Academy for Writers - "Writers helping writers along every step of the path to publication." It's FREE and has ZOOM writing rooms;
- Reedsy - "A trusted place to learn how to successfully publish your book" It has many tips, and tools (generators), contests, prompts lists, etc. FREE;
- QueryTracker - Find agents for your books (personally, I've never used this before, but I thought I should feature it here);
- Pacemaker - Track your goals (example: Write 50K words - then, everytime you write, you track the number of the words, and it will make a graphic for you with your progress). It's FREE but has a paid plan;
- Save the Cat! - The blog of the most known storytelling method. You can find posts, sheets, a software (student discount - 70%), and other things;
I hope this is helpful for you!
(Also, check my blog if you want to!)