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There's absolutely no rule that says every piece of writing needs to be perfect or needs to be part of a story or needs to be polished up and posted on the web for all to see.

Assuming that everything you write (or draw or create in any other way) has to be "good enough" to share can really fuck you up. Do it for fun, do it for practice, do it for the feral friends who will love it even when it's shit. It's okay to make complete bullshit sometimes.

Sometimes you'll write something only to go back later and realise it's not complete bullshit, and actually it's worth polishing up into something worth posting. Sometimes it will be complete tosh you want to make sure no one but you ever sees.

Both those outcomes are okay. Both those outcomes are practice.

1. The "rules" that are mostly only intended to be followed to the letter while you're learning your craft, and to serve as a safe starting point.

2. Fashion. No, really, a lot of writing advice comes down to what is currently in style. Example: Right now, the most fashionable POV is tight third person (although first person is also widely accepted).

Mastering the rules and current fashions and writing within them at first will help you hone your chops to the point at which you will have the expertise to know when and how to intentionally break the rules or go against fashion for your desired effect--and you WILL break some rules eventually.

It's like learning to cook, though; you might start off following a recipe to the letter, but eventually you develop the insight to know exactly how adding that extra bit of cumin is going to affect the end result. Or like learning guitar--before you can shred like Hendrix, you've got to learn basic chords and fingering.

Hey artists, C. Spike Trotman, founder of Iron Circus Comics, just posted an invaluable thread on depicting different types of black hair. I’d do the thing where you screencap the whole thread and post it but it’s just too long (which is great because it’s a whole lot of useful information!) Give her a follow while you’re there.

Anyway, the next night we watched a thing about some pig man who is supposed to live in Vermont. People said it had claws and a pig nose but walked upright like a man. Now, I happen to know that sideshows used to shave bears and present them as pig men. So every piece of evidence they gave of this monster sounds to me like a bear with mange.

So now the running joke in our house is that everything is bears. Aliens? Bears. Loch Ness monster? Bear. Every cryptozoological mystery is just a very crafty bear.

Anyway, the next night we watched a thing about some pig man who is supposed to live in Vermont. People said it had claws and a pig nose but walked upright like a man. Now, I happen to know that sideshows used to shave bears and present them as pig men. So every piece of evidence they gave of this monster sounds to me like a bear with mange.

So now the running joke in our house is that everything is bears. Aliens? Bears. Loch Ness monster? Bear. Every cryptozoological mystery is just a very crafty bear.

I'm still working on period drama Tilly but I drew a stylised Tilly today.

I'm still working on period drama Tilly but I drew a stylised Tilly today.

I'm still working on period drama Tilly but I drew a stylised Tilly today.

with specifically the highlights and colors being hues that compliment each other, don’t distract from the scene, and make it more interesting/visually appealing

cohesive but still contrasting

This kind of talks about color and composition

This is a bit about landscape specifically

Values & composition

Contrast in composition

Balance in colors & values

This one's more for palette building but I think it's useful and can be applied to the other ones

Cohesion within compositions/lighting

"Chromatic fringe" - I also see people using this with shading, they bring in a transition color that is a different hue than the base color or shadow, it makes it so that less vibrancy is lost and it doesn't get muddy!

This one specifically has a lot of process behind the style of painting you're looking for!

Also one of my favorite artists who makes bright and colorful art like this is Not Sorry Art on TikTok & YouTube, her website is here and it's<3 my fav. She has some videos where you can see her process

If you're wondering about Mr. Gurney's chops:

There's absolutely no rule that says every piece of writing needs to be perfect or needs to be part of a story or needs to be polished up and posted on the web for all to see.

Assuming that everything you write (or draw or create in any other way) has to be "good enough" to share can really fuck you up. Do it for fun, do it for practice, do it for the feral friends who will love it even when it's shit. It's okay to make complete bullshit sometimes.

Sometimes you'll write something only to go back later and realise it's not complete bullshit, and actually it's worth polishing up into something worth posting. Sometimes it will be complete tosh you want to make sure no one but you ever sees.

Both those outcomes are okay. Both those outcomes are practice.

There's absolutely no rule that says every piece of writing needs to be perfect or needs to be part of a story or needs to be polished up and posted on the web for all to see.

Assuming that everything you write (or draw or create in any other way) has to be "good enough" to share can really fuck you up. Do it for fun, do it for practice, do it for the feral friends who will love it even when it's shit. It's okay to make complete bullshit sometimes.

Sometimes you'll write something only to go back later and realise it's not complete bullshit, and actually it's worth polishing up into something worth posting. Sometimes it will be complete tosh you want to make sure no one but you ever sees.

Both those outcomes are okay. Both those outcomes are practice.

Oh mood ☝🏼

You’re so correct! 👏🏼

And lastly I love that this is just one word but so accurate:

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