I love Leonie Pinelli

the last time I reblogged this post right before I got a great job, in a permanent work-from-home position, with benefits, retirement, and a salary literally 3x what I was making before, doing something I really like. 

So you know. 

something that pre-dates jkr

young wizards by diane duane

wizard's hall by jane yolen

a wizard of earthsea by ursula k leguin

the worst witch by jill murphy

the dark is rising by susan cooper

something for adults that is darker and edgier

the scholomance by naomi novik

magic for liars by sarah gailey

rivers of london by ben aaronovitch

an unkindness of magicians by kat howard

babel by rf kuang

vita nostra by marina and sergey dyachenko

ninth house by leigh bardugo

something for middle schoolers

witchlings by claribel a. ortega

the last fallen star by graci kim

the school for good and evil by soman chainani

the marvellers by dhonielle clayton

charlie bone by jenny nimo

maya and the rising dark by maya barron

something for young adults

hex hall by rachel hawkins

the old kingdom by garth nix

the left-handed booksellers of london by garth nix

the whispering dark by kelly andrew

in other lands by sarah rees brennan

the demon king by cinda williams chima

how to succeed in witchcraft by aislinn brophy

witch haven by sasha peyton smith

legendborn by tracy deonn

Most EU people go through their every day life w/o knowing about them. There are no ads, no marketing…nothing. I know that costs money though one might think important petitions that lead to a better and progressive life would be supported by the government or ministries in some way, but nooooo

And why should they? It’s petitions that would help out the poor and middle class, but endanger capitalism and their exploitation, sooo: government and business leads for example.

So here the link for those who are interested:

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.