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@picknnix / picknnix.tumblr.com

18+yo | Local Artist, Writer, & Woodpigeon Avian πŸ•Š 🌿 Frequently suffers from Creative Block & posts at least one art a month!
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Welcome To The Nest

/ Avian β€” Art β€” The Nix Universe
> Status: Head in the Clouds ☁️

Hey there! You can call me Nix or Birdy and I use They/he pronouns (They preferably)! I'm a Woodpigeon Avian from the UK.

πŸͺ½ I swear a lot and base rule is if you aren't an ass to other people then you're chill here. I have no interest in discourse, cringe culture, major politics, all that negative stuff.

πŸ›‘If you use, generate, advocate for, or knowingly post any kind of AI-generated imagery. Do not follow me, I will block you.πŸ›‘

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πŸͺΆ OCs β€” Nix | Cyril | Mikeila | Charlie | Control & Aurieus | Cy x Charl | Mael (SB)

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🩡 T.Hearts | SB | Compass Projects 🀍

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

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

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

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

#Sharing this for others#Obligatory fuck generative AI for anything creative#Resources
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So my problem with most β€˜get to know your character’ questioneers is that they’re full of questions that just aren’t that important (what color eyes do they have) too hard to answer right away (what is their greatest fear) or are just impossible to answer (what is their favorite movie.)Β  Like no one has one single favorite movie. And even if they do the answer changes.

If I’m doing this exercise, I want 7-10 questions to get the character feeling real in my head. So I thought I’d share the ones that get me (and my students) good results:Β 

  1. What is the character’s go-to drink order? (this one gets into how do they like to be publicly perceived, because there is always some level of theatricality to ordering drinks at a bar/resturant)
  2. What is their grooming routine? (how do they treat themselves in private)
  3. What was their most expensive purchase/where does their disposable income go? (Gets you thinking about socio-economic class, values, and how they spend their leisure time)
  4. Do they have any scars or tattoos? (good way to get into literal backstory)Β 
  5. What was the last time they cried, and under what circumstances? (Good way to get some *emotional* backstory in.)Β 
  6. Are they an oldest, middle, youngest or only child? (This one might be a me thing, because I LOVE writing/reading about family dynamics, but knowing what kinds of things wereΒ β€˜normal’ for them growing up is important.)
  7. Describe the shoes they’re wearing. (This is a big catch all, gets into money, taste, practicality, level of wear, level of repair, literally what kind of shoes they require to live their life.)
  8. Describe the place where they sleep. (ie what does their safe space look like. How much (or how little) care / decoration / personal touch goes into it.)
  9. What is their favorite holiday? (How do they relate to their culture/outside world. Also fun is leastΒ favorite holiday.)Β 
  10. What objects do they always carry around with them? (What do they need for their normal, day-to-day routine? What doesΒ β€˜normal’ even look like for them.)Β 
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these are fantastic!

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Agreed! One of my favourites is β€œWhat’s on their bedside tabe/nightstand?”

#This is a much better set of questions#Writing#Resources
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nothinggg better than torturing an emotionally repressed character until every single trauma they've ever refused to process starts spilling uncontrollably out of the cracks. like a matryoshka doll situation of repressed trauma and baby you better believe i'm going in there with a hammer

#Ah Cy#oc: cy
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i walk a fine line between β€œi’m asexual and i hate how much the world revolves around sex” and β€œsex is way too stigmatized and people should be able to be more open about it if they want to”

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I think these are two sides of the coin called "sex should not be such a big deal"

#πŸ‘
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Pingu Doodle

Time Taken: 1hr 24mins

Did a little doodle of one of the characters in Frostbite, a Stormbite roleplay I'm running, called Pingu. They're a penguin Avio, Topaz Elite, and seaplane pilot!

Posting it here because I'm decently happy with it and just incase I don't end up doing something bigger this month. Made some new custom brushes in the process!

#Nix's Art#Stormbite OCs
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T.Hearts Fan Advertisements!

Amazon Page -> UK / USA

All images, description text used, and stories belong to @scribbly-blue-hearts (hope you don't mind the tag!)

Please check out their books if any of these descriptions interests you or if you are a fan of realistic winged-humanoids. (I know most people that follow me know Blue already but shh. Give them some love.)

(+ added Broken Arrow)

#Added BA because I forgor to do it ages ago#:3 also rebumping this cuz book cool#Stormbite
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