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James Gurney is an absolute master and gives really good clarity on colour techniques. Yes, it is traditional paint focused, but the principles are the same. Yes it is informed by the environmental colour but as a painting technique it is achieved this way!

While it's not super important to know about the mathematical side of blend modes, I think it's worth knowing at least enough about how each of the categories of blend modes works and why they do what they do; if for no other reason than having a starting point when you start experimenting with them in your work.

An overview of the basic blend modes and how they work from Genevieve's Design Studio: Accessible with minimal color knowledge; practical and illustration focused. https://youtu.be/kMc87hQrJd0?si=TWCB365pKSfWS8p0. (16 minutes) This creator also has a ton of free resources you can download, including a Blend Modes cheatsheet, but fair warning: you have to create an account to get them!

Rajin Edge of Darkness is a high fantasy, sci-fi 10-part graphic novel series that focuses on a young woman named Skyfyre who finds herself stuck between worlds after a mysterious object crash-lands into the forest nearby. Think D&D in space—as Skyfyre’s life collides with that of a group of uniquely interesting and quirky aliens including a bird-man hybrid sky pirate and a goblin like creature who hailed from a swamp planet. Together they must overcome their individual traumas and pasts while traveling to the ends of the Universe to stop a growing force of dark magic that is threatening all life and the balance of ancient magic.

credit to instagram user catrasluvbot via these posts: x / x / x / x / x / x

as with most pirates, it is asked for your own (and others') benefit that you save this media on a physical device; i.e. hard drives, DVDs, SD cards, etc. this way, it's yours forever and cannot be taken from you by a greedy streaming service.

EDIT SEPTEMBER (READ): please be warned that the first episode of season one is ~6GB compared to just a few hundred MB, probably related to the frame width being 3840x2160 instead of 1920x1080 like the rest. this may be a concern for some individuals due to storage space. i can confirm it is not malware as i have had it saved since the start of the year without affecting anything. if you need or prefer to find a smaller file size, i recommend skipping that one in the gdrive when going through it and torrenting just the single. ↓

EDIT OCTOBER (UPDATE): @grahminradarin has changed the file size of ep1 down to 800MB! here is the mega link for download. i can’t tell what the frame dimensions are but the quality appears to be the same.

EDIT DECEMBER (UPDATE): i already posted it on my she-ra fandom blog, but a couple months ago back when this one was unavailable, i found a google drive link i found that is a full collection of OST soundtracks (.mp3) from all five seasons of the show! it was ripped & reuploaded by waterwitch, who also made a playlist on youtube (.mp4) that you could download instead!

EDIT DECEMBER (2025): read this if you're having trouble downloading due to an exceeded quota message!