HANATSUKII

I made a thing! I was thinking about this for a few days - because I realized that when I was young, I was also frustrated about being given the same advice over and over - without really knowing what it meant!!

Here’s 5 techniques which I have done before which have helped me grow as an artist, which are good for 5-minute warmups or just straight up challenges for your sketchbook! 

Obviously, these are not the ONLY techniques - they’re just the ones I find most fun! And maybe they’re not the most ‘correct’ ones out there, but it’s better than another comic about practicing more, right? 

It’s getting harder to make these lol. Either way, here we are with a part 3!! (Please do not steal/repost the list, thank you <3)

“How could you do this to me?”

“I don’t think so.”

“Not this time!”

“I never want to see you again.”

It’s only 2 A.M..”

“Wanna bet?”

“I can’t do this without you.”

“You’re lying!”

“I hate you.”

“Don’t you dare touch _______!”

“I know you and this isn’t you.”

“You know me better than that.”

“I thought I could trust you.”

“Get your hands off of me!”

“You betrayed my trust.”

“Get out!”

“I don’t need you.”

“Maybe I’m better off alone.”

“You don’t get to tell me what to do.”

“I’ll die without you.”

“I never loved you.”

“I don’t care if you live or die.”

“Get away from me.”

“I’m not gonna make it.”

“I’m not ready to say goodbye.”

“Please don’t go.”

“Are you sure about this?”

“You’re being dramatic.”

“Carry me.”

“Where are you?”

“I missed you.”

“I’d rather be here.”

“Don’t you ever change.”

“I’ll go with you.”

“Have you ever heard of personal space?”

“Never stop smiling.”

“Do not tempt me.”

“They can’t hurt you anymore.”

“I need a place to stay.”

“Do you need that much candy?”

“Sorry I’m late.”

“Here take my sweater.”

“We need to talk.”

“Hold still.”

“Why aren’t you afraid of me?”

“You came for me.”

“This place is creepy.”

“Don’t sell yourself short.”

“I’m proud of you.”

“I made a mistake.”

“No one is perfect.”

“What about me?”

“I’m crazy about you.”

“I’m so glad that I met you.”

“You broke it.”

“I did it to protect you.”

“Stop staring at me.”

“This is definitely going on Snapchat.”

“You shouldn’t do that.”

“Don’t worry about it.”

“We’re stuck in here.”

“At least I’m with you.”

“What are you doing this weekend?”

“Stop it.”

“I was worried about you.”

“Oh boy…”

“I didn’t do it on purpose.”

“It’s called Netflix and chill for a reason.”

“You can do this.”

“I’ll fix it.”

“Do I have to ask you again?”

“You play by my rules, got it?”

“That was an order.”

“You’re not funny.”

“That’s just adorable.”

“You look awful.”

“What happened last night?”

“Why am I not shocked?”

Sure.  Why not?”

“This isn’t my idea of a good time.”

“Here’s my number, call me some time.”

“Do you have a problem with me?”

“I’m asking you not to do this.”

“Don’t tell me to shut up.”

“You’re so wrong.”

“Don’t say that.”

“I can’t just forget you.  That’s not how it works.”

“This isn’t goodbye.”

“Did you get my text?”

“I have a good feeling about this.”

“I’ll think about it.”

“You need to stop running.”

“Talk to me.”

“Don’t you give up on me.”

“I won’t stop until I find ______.”

“You shut your mouth.”

“I need help.”

“I want you to be happy.”

“I’m not okay.”

14/8/19– repurposed oc from almost 10 years ago

Planner : What is your favourite plotting method and why?

Pantser : Tell me about a time you wrote something for your WIP on a whim.

Plantser : What is the first thing you do when you start working on a new WIP?

Up with the sun : What is the earliest you’ve ever woken up to write before?

Night owl : Have you ever stayed up til the wee hours of the morning just to keep writing?

Character questionnaire : What is the most important question to answer about your characters?

Not even a last name : What is one thing you’ve never planned for your character?

Gardener : Quick, on the top of your head, give me a first sentence for a (genre,) novel.

Architect : Name the three most important things for you to plan

Aesthetics : Look for three images which best showcase the overall aesthetic for your WIP

Song bird : If you could pick three songs to capture the feel of your WIP, what would they be and why?

Sprint : What is the longest writing session/ most amount of words, you’ve ever written in one day?

Marathon : What are three things you have to have during a writing session?

Overwriter : What is the easiest thing for you to write/ what are your strengths?

Underwriter : What is one area you feel you should focus more on with your writing?

Chronological : Have you ever gotten stuck with a scene? If you have, how do you power through and finish?

Whatever suits your fancy : Beginning, middle or end? Which is your favourite part to write and why?

Typing : What software do you write with?

Handwriting : How many notebooks do you own and which is your favourite?

I have some general advice that could be useful.Use as few layers of paint as possible when learning how to use watercolors.  I know watercolors has transparency as one of it’s signature qualities but it’s often led inexperienced painters to make muddy illustrations without meaning to because they keep overlaying different colors on top of each other.  Remember color theory and how layers of colors work over each other.  Keep it simple in the beginning and once you get the hang of it, you can start getting complex and crazy.Try to be tactical about where your putting the brush and what color you’re using.  It’s not a forgiving medium, so you have to learn to be extra careful. Take it slow and be patient, you won’t get better overnight.Kind of redundant, but have a pencil drawing underneath to make sure you know what you’re painting.Try to mix your colors rather than taking it straight from the tube/cakes. This kind of depends on what your working on, if your painting is more realistic, mix colors to give them a natural feel.  Using colors straight from the tube is great for saturated points of light or focus.  Regardless, I would encourage you all to mix colors because it’s helps you understand how color works. Get good white gouache, for the highlights and lighting and stuff.Work from lightest to darkest, less mistakes that way.Keep your palette dirty, the leftover colors can be revitalized with water and can give you great neutrals to work with.  After a couple of paintings, clean it completely so you have a fresh plate to have a different palette of colors.Take care of your brushes.  Always clean them after you finish your work, it’ll make them last longer and keep the tip nice and pristine. I almost forgot to mention this but for goodness sake, use a larger brush for painting large areas.  It’s criminal to put so much pressure on a tiny brush to fill a large space.  Basic math, if the area is more than 3-5 times the width of the brush, use a bigger one.Make sure your cup of water is kept clear as often as possible.  Using dirty water has often led to murky colors and unwanted greyness in paintings, so keep that on check.  If your painting looks a little browner than you wanted, its probably because of your cup.  Clean it out.Keep you work station clear and organized.  This helps with cleaning up and also keeps motions fluid and uninhibited.Look at other watercolor artists, Ilya Ibryaev, Rex Brandt, G D Paulraj, G D Arulraj, and G D Thyagaraj, as some examples.  Even Miyazaki’s watercolors are phenomenal.  Dropping Kazuo Oga’s name too, even though he doesn’t use watercolors, because he’s the bomb diggity and his work is amazing.  Here is video of one of his paintings, watch it, it’s good shit.  Don’t be limited by what you see, do make the effort to look up as much references and inspirations as you can to help guide you to where you want the result to go.  Be patient, and practice, practice, practice.If you like the watercolor effect, but have trouble with analogue execution, I would highly recommend getting Kyle Webster’s Watercolor Brushset, which can give convincing results if you learn how to use them properly.

★ Lists (of links) to lists (of fics) || as of 2019.07.11 ※ About my favourites

Timeline :

1st year   •   6th year   •   8th year   •   8th year Hufflepuff!Drarry

Christmas   |   magical mistletoe

Draco’s birthday

Draco’s trial

Hogwarts Era

Horcrux hunting

Rebuilding Hogwarts

Summer camp

Triwizard Tournament   |   Draco appears in the 2nd task

Wartime

Yule Ball

Setting :

Azkaban

Bets & Wagers / Pranks

Boy-Who-Lived Neville AU

Clubbing

Coffee shops AU   |   Cat Cafés

Coming back to the Wizarding world

Crime : kidnapping, theft

Different schools AU : Beauxbatons, Durmstrang

Everyone lives AU   |   Sirius Black Lives

Games : drinking games, party games,…

Historical AU : Pride and Prejudice, royalty

Meet-cute

Muggle life   |   Muggle things

Non-magical AU (& high school, college/uni): jock, nerd

Politics

Pureblood culture

Sentient house

Sorting AU : Slytherin Harry | Gryffindor Draco | Ravenclaw Draco

Time travel   |   Dimension travel

Voldemort wins AU   |   No Voldemort AU

Genre / Format :

5+1 things

Angst

Canon rewrite

Case fic / Mystery

Dark fic / horror

Epistolary   |   Social media

Fluff   |   Fluff (Hogwarts era)

Humour

Hurt / comfort

Kid fic   |   Raising a child

POV Outsider

Serialized fics

Slow burn / slow build

Song fic / song-inspired fic

Relationship status :

A/B/O Dynamics

BDSM : master/slave   •   Sub!Draco   •   Sub!Harry

Bonding

Childhood friends

Courtship

Cuddling/snuggling

Denial

Domestic!Drarry   |   Pet names

Enemies (to Friends) to Lovers

Established relationship

Fake/Pretend relationship   |   Arranged marriage

Flirting

Friends to Lovers

Friends with Benefits

Infidelity

Reconciliation

Roommates   |   Sharing a Bed

Secret relationship

Slavery

Soulmates

Strangers to Lovers

Teacher-student relationship

Ties switching

Tutoring

Unrequited love

Occupation :

Arts : Artist!Drarry, ballet, dancing, musician!Drarry, pianist!Draco

Auror!Drarry   |   Military

Bodyguard

Curse-breaker!Draco

Healer!Draco   |   Mind healer

Minister-for-Magic!Harry

Model!Drarry

Pirate!Drarry

Potions Master!Draco

Professor (at Hogwarts)

Prostitution / Sex Work   |   Stripper

Secretary / PA!Draco

Seer!Draco / divination

Unspeakable!Draco

Characteristics :

Attractive!Draco   •   Attractive!Harry

Dark!Draco   •   Dark!Harry

Dyed hair & tattoo

Feminine!Draco

French!Draco

Insecure!Drarry

Jealous!Draco   •   Jealous!Harry

LGBTQIA+ : asexuality, drag queen, fem!Drarry, genderbent, transgender

Long-haired!Draco

Master-of-Death!Harry

Oblivious!Draco   •   Oblivious!Harry

Obsessive!Drarry

Pining!Draco   •   Pining!Harry

PoC!Drarry

Possessive!Draco   •   Possessive!Harry

Powerful!Draco   •   Powerful!Harry

Protective!Harry

Reckless!Harry

Sassy!Harry

Shy!Draco   •   Shy!Harry

Snarky!Draco

Spy!Draco / Redeemed!Draco

Sweetheart!Draco

Tall !Harry

Troubled!Draco   |   Exiled!Draco

Magical / physical situation :

Age difference

Amnesia

Amortentia

Animagus

Bodyswap

Coma

Coming out

Creature!Draco : merman, vampire, veela / wingfic, werewolf

Creature!Harry : vampire, veela, werewolf

Crossdressing

Cruciatus Curse

Dark Mark

De-age

Detention

Disability (+blind, deaf)  &  mute

Drunkenness / Intoxication

Glamour

Illness   |   Hanahaki disease

Injury

Internalized homophobia

Love / Lust potion

Mental health issues / PTSD

Mpreg!Draco   •   Mpreg!Harry

Parseltongue

Patronus

Quidditch

Recovery

Sacrifice

Sectumsempra

Sleepwalking

Stalking

Substance abuse

Suicide implied/referenced

Sexual detail :

Bottom!Draco   •   Bottom!Harry

First time / virgin!Draco

Rape/Non-Con elements

Smut : anal plug, daddy kink, dirty talk, hate sex, hospital sex, love bites, name-calling, phone sex, piercings, praise kink, riding (Draco), roleplay, slut, wanking

Interaction with other characters :

Animals / Pets   |   Owls

Draco & his parents

Draco & Luna friendship

Draco & Ron friendship

Drarry & Pansmione

Drarry & Scorbus

Drarry & Scorpius

Drarry & Snupin

Drarry & Teddy

Drarry & Wolfstar

Dursleys’ abuse

Harry & Pansy friendship

Harry & Narcissa friendship

Harry has a sibling

Hogwarts Inter-House Unity

Meddling family, friends, professors   |   Matchmaking

Mentor!Snape

Meeting the Parents

Paparazzi   |   Rumours

Misc.

(written in) French

+ podfic

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