Catarthic - Stargirl.

Paint Tool SAI Mini Masterpost

Tutorials & Process 

This tutorial

lPart 1 and Part 2 by Spoonzmester

Progress - Lost without Light  by NezuPanda

Creating gradients in SAIby HarunaAkatsuki

This Amazing Masterpost on DeviantArt

Easy SAI paint tool tutorial - Cell Shading by TIFFASHY

PTS tutorial Layer clip by Yamio 

How I Color on Paint Tool SAI (Voiceover Tutorial) - YouTube

Step-by-Step Digital Painting Tutorial by Qinni on DeviantArt

NEW Paint tool SAI tutorials by ryky on DeviantArt

Brushes

http://ptsbrushes.tumblr.com/

http://painttoolsaibrushes.deviantart.com/

http://irisuhime.deviantart.com/art/Paint-Tool-Sai-brush-set-manual-install-198284016

For digital art theory and techniques, just search on my blog. These are specifically targetted to Paint Tool SAI, but a lot of digital art tutorials would apply. 

Hope this helps, @astrikos / @art-res 

concept playlists

had to jump on this trend

you’re hanging out with the cutest girl in the whole wide world, driving around in a pink cadillac convertable, ignoring the male gaze, and eating cherry popsicles on a warm summer day. you think you finally know what joy feels like

having a picnic on a hill filled with wildflowers, you feel the sudden urge to cry from both an underlying sadness and an overwhelming appreciation for the beauty of queen anne’s lace and daisies

you’re parked at the beach at 3:30 in the morning on a warm summer night, and you feel weirdly nostalgic for a time you weren’t alive for 

you’re driving in a car filled with friends with the windows rolled down, and though it’s never possible to fully leave your sadness behind, in that moment, everyone is smiling and everyone is happy, and there seems to be blue and yellow glow over everything

you walk deep into the woods and flop onto your back into a snowbank, staring up at the bare trees and falling snowflakes as the sky gets dark, feeling as if you could lie there forever

you’re riding the subway late at night, listening to an old ipod classic. the car is dimly lit, it’s empty, and it seems as if the train will never stop, but you’re not going anywhere in particular

ladies…stan yourself

u know when u have a friendship that is just Very Healthy and fulfilling and every interaction leaves ur heart so satisfied

Just a lil side note: i almost failed maths in grade 5-8. Now, I’m doing 2 Maths subjects (straight A+’s) and ranked the third highest in my class for the harder maths subject (out of 20 students). You can do anything if you set your mind to it. Be persistent. Happy studying! :)

1. Keep up do date with the class

Even if the teacher doesn’t set homework, there is always an expectation that whatever excercise isn’t finished in class, you do at home! My maths class moves very fast (we do about 3 concepts/excercises each class) and so its crucial that the first thing I do when I get home, is finish off my maths questions! This is particularly important in the learning process, because if you understand it when you learn it, you will be far ahead of anyone else in an upcoming test- all you will need to do is revise!

This means:

- don’t sit next to anyone distracting

- work efficiently in class

- the time that your waste in class, is the time you will have to spend at home

2.  Do ALL the practice questions in your textbook

In my harder maths class, there are about 20 questions per excercise/concept (100+ per chapter) and so we might only get told to do about half of that. But, I strongly reccommend doing all of the questions! It is great practice and really consolidates your learning! 

ALSO, as the questions go on, they tend to get harder. DON’T GIVE UP IF THEY’RE TOO HARD. Ask the teacher’s help, persevere, or look for a video on YouTube. These are the questions that will most likely be in your tests/exams.

If you can do the hardest question, you can most likely do all the questions!

If you get a question wrong, do AT LEAST 5 more of the same style, make sure you know it well!

3. Practice is everything

You cant really study for maths the same way that you might study for science. There is nothing to memorise (apart from formulas, but the best way to remember them is to practice). Studying for maths IS doing practice questions. That’s all there is to it.   

 - listen to some tunes (music with lyrics is fine for maths!)   

 - put on a movie ( just try to not get too distracted)    

- find a comfy space   

 - just start studying.

4. How to study for maths when you’re sick of it all

Humans are creatures of habit. We like routines and we stick to them. BUT, studying maths can become tedious if you are constantly doing the same thing every time.

CHANGE IT UP Y'ALL:

    - ditch the notebook and pencil. Buy some non-permanent glass markers and do some maths on your windows or mirrors! I do this ALL THE TIME! It’s actually really fun and it makes me feel like Russell Crowe from ‘A Beautiful Mind’ (haha). Alternatively, you could also use a whiteboard if you have one!   

    - study in the library or another part of your house! 

    - buy some different stationery (this is always so fun)

5. For an upcoming test…

do all the chapter review questions in your textbook. These tend to be a compilation of all the most important questions you will need to know. Take your time, don’t give up.

Seek external resources for questions. I own other revision books for maths that isn’t part of my school’s recommended material. These really help when you need more questions to test yourself on.

Do practice papers. THESE ARE CRUCIAL. Most of the time, the material that they test you on will be from past papers, the questions are the same, but they change the numbers!

Take a deep breath. Drink some water. Focus. Time management is the issue for most people (including me :)), so when you feel like a question is too challenging, move on, come back to it when you finish with a fresh mind!

Cover photo credit: @littlestudyblrblog

being touchstarved makes u absolutely buckwild when someone does smth simple like .share a chair with u

It just dawned on me I was in love with my best friend 6 months ago. I didn’t really realise it at the time and it’s something that I really only kind of came to appreciate and understand now. My early twenties, I was an international disaster. I didn’t know myself and I was just listening to music that would try to appease the existential angst. But, I went through it and i’m here today. So, i’m fine.

You deserve a relationship that allows you to sleep peacefully at night.

oh just a drunk chris evans at the age of ultron prem to brighten up your day