libraryofalexandira11
Persona, Fire Emblem Awakening and Dragon Age Ace fan girl.
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This seems important. Sharing in case it could help people.
Can I have everyone’s attention please? Especially Australians
Sign Petition EN7163 - Asylum for Gender and Sexual Minorities from the United States
There is a petition imploring the Australian government to take in LGBTQIA+ refugees from the USA. Given the rapidly worsening political situation over there, I want to at least give this a go. I don’t have any illusions that it will get through to the people that need to see it but I want to try anyway.
The petition closes in 8 days; if you aren’t Australian, please do me a solid and pass this around. Reblog this if you can. Thank you.
Maya amano. You agree. Reblog
Dracula manga spoilers but super interesting
Epilogue
Precious boy
Yet the castle remains
I see no wives 👀
Seriously this boy is too cute for my heart
The end.
Masterpost
Bonus: notes from the mangaka and editor
There's also a few notes on the fonts and some sketches of characters design, if it's something anyone is interested in, let me know I'll make a post
this is amazing!
A Brief List of Resources for Classical Studies:
TOSC-IN:
A database enabling you to search for keywords in article titles from c.160 Classics related journals. Provides a link to an abstract or full text version if one exists online.
Classical and Medieval History:
Annotated list of Reference Websites
Diotima: Women and Gender in the Ancient World
Online database and resources for studying Women and Gender in the ancient world.
Encyclopedia of the Hellenic World:
“Original electronic project aiming at collecting, recording, documenting, presenting and promoting the historical data that testify to the presence of Hellenic culture throughout time and space.”
Perseus Digital Library:
A showcase of digital and print resources for Classical studies.
World Archaeology:
Books, Magazines, Blogs, Travel. All Archaeology related.
House of Ptolomy:
Portal website on the Ptolomatic (holla!) Empire.
Star Myths and Constellation Lore:
Information website about the above.
Virgil.com:
Basically a portal site and resource for information on all things Virgil.
Homerica:
Portal and Resource. Link is in French, but you can have the website translated to any language.
Exploring Ancient World Culture:
“On-line course supplement for students and teachers of the ancient and medieval worlds.”
Subject Centre for History, Classics, and Archaeology:
“The Subject Centre for History, Classics and Archaeology is part of the Higher Education Academy.”
The Iris Project:
“an educational charity introducing the languages and culture of the ancient world to UK state schools in order to enrich the curriculum.”
Roman Law Resources
“ information on Roman law sources and literature, the teaching of Roman law, and the persons who study Roman law.”
Egyptology Resources
“World Wide Web resource for Egyptological information.”
ABZU:
“guide to networked open access data relevant to the study and public presentation of the Ancient Near East and the Ancient Mediterranean world”.
Stoa:
A consortium for electronic publication in the Humanities, including most notably: Suda-On-Line English translation of the Suda, a 10th century Byzantine historical encyclopedia. Demos: Classical Athenian Democracy; a practical description of how the various institutions of Athenian democracy actually worked. Metis Bruce Hartzler’s collection of interactive QTVR panoramas for ancient Greek archaeological sites. And Medicina Antiqua A resource for the study of medicine in the Greek and Roman world.
Hellenic History:
From the Stone Age through the Modern Period from The Foundation of the Hellenic World (FHW), a non-profit cultural institution based in Athens, Greece.
Hellenic Culture:
Website of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture with sites on the museums, monuments, and archaeological sites of Greece.
Athenian Agora Excavations:
Website of the American School of Classical Studies at Althens’ excavations of the Athenian Agora.
Digital Classicist:
Concise information on projects applying computing technologies to Classical/Ancient Historical research.
VROMA:
Online scholarly community of teachers and students who share an interest in the ancient Roman world; images, texts, history and many other resources.
GNOMON Online:
Recent journal articles and book in the Classics. Type general search term under “Alle Felder” (All Fields) or specific “Autor” (Author) and hit “Suche Starten” (Start search).“
Ancient World Mapping Center:
University of North Carolina. Cartographic resources, including a collection of free digital maps for educational use.
Ancient Scripts:
A website by “enthusiasts” rather than scholars but very interesting!
The Beazley Archive Classical Art Research Center:
Databases and study tools.
Bryn Mawr Classical Review:
Timely open-access, peer-reviewed reviews of current scholarly work in the field of classical studies (including archaeology). This site is the authoritative archive of BMCR’s publication, from 1990 to the present.
Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama
It investigates the performance of ancient texts in any medium and any period, from Greek tragedy to Roman epic, from stage to screen, from antiquity to the present day.
The British Library Digitized Manuscripts
Contains digitised versions of a quarter fo the British Museum’s Greek manuscripts.
The Ancient World Online:
A blog which, much like this, presents a variety of online resources for the Ancient world.
Electronic Archive of Greek and Latin Epigraphy:
A website which seeks to store virtual Greek and Latin epigraphy of the ancient world, through a federation of multiple archive banks.
Projekt Dyabola:
Litterature and Object databases.
The Digital Sculpture Project:
A website devoted to studying ways in which 3D digital technologies can be applied to the capture, representation and interpretation of sculpture from all periods and cultures. Up to now, 3D technologies have been used in fruitful ways to represent geometrically simple artifacts such as pottery or larger-scale structures such as buildings and entire cities. With some notable exceptions, sculpture has been neglected by digital humanists.
Animus:
The open access Canadian Journal of Philosophy and Humanities.
American Philological Association’s Society for Classical Studies:
A “ principal learned society in North America for the study of ancient Greek and Roman languages, literatures, and civilizations.”
The Classical Association of Canada:
Access to a wide variety of resources about Classics in Canada including graduate programs, and the monthly bulletin.
Corpus Thomisticum:
The works of St. Thomas Aquinas in Latin.
J. O’Donnell’s commentary on Augustine’s Confessions:
An on-line reprint of Augustine: Confessions, with commentary by James J. O'Donnell.
LANGUAGE RESOURCES:
UC Berkeley Ancient Greek Resources:
Pronunciation Guide; Accentuation Drills; Vocabulary Drills; and much more.
Akropolis World News:
The news of the world in Ancient Greek- a great way to learn and practice the language.
Logeion:
Quick look-up of Greek and Latin words across all of the Perseus lexica.
Dictionaries [VIA Perseus Project]: LATIN || GREEK
NUMISMATICS [COINAGE]:
American Numismatic Societ’s MANTIS:
Database on more than 600,000 objects.
CHRR Online:
Coin hoards of the Roman Republic Online archive.
Online Coins of the Roman Empire:
Similar to CHRR but coins of the Empire.
Roman Provincial Coinage Online:
A standard typology of the provincial coinage of the Roman Empire.
British Museum’s Roman Coinage:
A series of resources on Roman coinage.
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum:
The Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum is a British AcademyResearch Project, the purpose of which is to publish illustrated catalogues of Greek coins in public and private collections in the British Isles.
MANUSCRIPTS:
Digitalized Greek Manuscripts:
Princeton’s Modern language translations of Byzantine sources, digitized Greek manuscripts.
Pinakes:
Pinakes s'ouvre à de nouvelles collaborations institutionnelles et accueille maintenant des projets de recherches sur les manuscrits de divers domaines. On trouvera l'ensemble des partenaires et des financements passés ou actuels sur la page Colophon.
Greek Codicology/Paleography:
A detailed biliography on Greek codicology.
Resource Lists by School: All links are to Classics, or Antiquities portals for more resource lists.
Oxford Libraries
Cambridge Libraries
University of Toronto
Berkeley Classics Department
Library of Congress: Classics and Medieval History
Virginia Tech: Electronic Antiquity
Brock University: Classics Research Guide
Cambridge Ancient History Series
Williams.
University of Texas
Princeton University
Text Databases [Via Oxford]:
Antiquity
American Journal of Archaeology
Archaeology Magazine
Arion
Cambridge Archaeological Journal
Classical Philology
Classical Quarterly
Classical Review
Eranos
Greece & Rome
Journal of Near Eastern Studies
Journal of Field Archaeology
Journal of Roman Military Equipment Studies
Journal of Roman Archaeology
Kernos
Phoenix
Pomoerium
Syllecta Classica
Zeitschrift fur Papyrologie und Epigraphie
Gateways:
Argos - search-engine for all major classical resources
Classics Section of the Intute gateway.
Voice of the Shuttle Classics Page from University of California, Santa Barbara
Classical and Biblical Literary Research Tools compiled by Jack Lynch at Penn
Reading Classics Gateway
Kirke Katalog der Internetressourcen für die Klassische Philologie
NOTE: So I compiled a list of some of my favorite classics sites to use. I also put in links to other school’s departments and libraries. Almost all Universities which have Classics departments have resources lists. If you want to add to the list, please do!
All of the schools above have much more extensive lists for you to use! I made this list in little over half an hour, so there is much room to be expanded on.
NEW ADDITIONS:
Latin Library at Packard Humanities Institute - http://latin.packhum.org/ (PHI numbers standard way to refer to Latin texts, look at the ones Perseus uses - it’s PHI).
Brepolis - http://www.brepolis.net/ - may need to access this via your institution or its ezproxy (includes the Library of Latin Texts A and B LLT-A and LLT-B and many other interesting resources).
L’Annee Philologique - http://www.annee-philologique.com - another one in which you’ll have to use via your institution’s ezproxy or other online database (we use ebscohost). Many journals you submit articles to expect references to other journals use the abbreviations in APh.
For databases of journals, first start at JSTOR - http://www.jstor.org - again, institutional access is required.
((Via: monumentum))
The Latin Library - A collection of Classical and Medieval texts in Latin, organized by author.
The Internet Ancient History Sourcebook - A collection of mostly primary source texts translated into English. Not comprehensive, but covers a broad range of topics.
((Via: hodie-scolastica))
ingrid sundberg's colour dictionary - writing help
ooh mythology yay! 😀
Myths, Creatures, and Folklore
Want to create a religion for your fictional world? Here are some references and resources!
General:
General Folklore
Various Folktales
Heroes
Weather Folklore
Trees in Mythology
Animals in Mythology
Birds in Mythology
Flowers in Mythology
Fruit in Mythology
Plants in Mythology
Folktales from Around the World
Africa:
Egyptian Mythology
African Mythology
More African Mythology
Egyptian Gods and Goddesses
The Gods of Africa
Even More African Mythology
West African Mythology
All About African Mythology
African Mythical Creatures
Gods and Goddesses
The Americas:
Aztec Mythology
Haitian Mythology
Inca Mythology
Maya Mythology
Native American Mythology
More Inca Mythology
More Native American Mythology
South American Mythical Creatures
North American Mythical Creatures
Aztec Gods and Goddesses
Asia:
Chinese Mythology
Hindu Mythology
Japanese Mythology
Korean Mythology
More Japanese Mythology
Chinese and Japanese Mythical Creatures
Indian Mythical Creatures
Chinese Gods and Goddesses
Hindu Gods and Goddesses
Korean Gods and Goddesses
Europe:
Basque Mythology
Celtic Mythology
Etruscan Mythology
Greek Mythology
Latvian Mythology
Norse Mythology
Roman Mythology
Arthurian Legends
Bestiary
Celtic Gods and Goddesses
Gods and Goddesses of the Celtic Lands
Finnish Mythology
Celtic Mythical Creatures
Gods and Goddesses
Middle East:
Islamic Mythology
Judaic Mythology
Mesopotamian Mythology
Persian Mythology
Middle Eastern Mythical Creatures
Oceania:
Aboriginal Mythology
Polynesian Mythology
More Polynesian Mythology
Mythology of the Polynesian Islands
Melanesian Mythology
Massive Polynesian Mythology Post
Maori Mythical Creatures
Hawaiian Gods and Goddesses
Hawaiian Goddesses
Gods and Goddesses
Creating a Fantasy Religion:
Creating Part 1
Creating Part 2
Creating Part 3
Creating Part 4
Fantasy Religion Design Guide
Using Religion in Fantasy
Religion in Fantasy
Creating Fantasy Worlds
Beliefs in Fantasy
Some superstitions:
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This seems helpful. Reblogging so I remember
A guide to designing wheelchair using characters!
I hope this helps anyone who's trying to design their oc using a wheelchair, it's not a complete guide but I tried my best! deffo do more research if you're writing them as a character
A bit delayed, but the group portrait of the Tal'Dorei Council, my piece for @artists-guild-of-exandria Tourist's Guide to Taldorei, IS DONE!!!
From left to right: Elderbern Cleareyes, Odessa Tal'Dorei, Kel'jaia Uleoh, Brom Goldhand, Allura Vysoren, Syldor Vessar, Tofor Brotoras, Keyleth of the Air Ashari, Lady Vex'ahlia de Rolo and Dierdrik Greyspine.
This took forever but I'm really happy with the result and I hope you all like it!
✨do not repost my art | Reblogs are love✨
this is so cool
p2 pathfinder/dnd tokens! these were originally for a zine that went tits up due to mismanagement (my zine luck is so bad i just wanna draw man).
these are free to use in private games! (not streamed ones, due to the whole "these are characters from a copyrighted game" thing. yknow how it is). Obviously you don't need to keep them as the character they're made to represent, but I'll include the Pathfinder 2e ancestries and classes I had for these guys below the cut.
Tatsuya: Ifrit Fighter (Flames Oracle dedication)
Eikchi: Tiefling Bard
Lisa: Half Elf Monk
Maya: Undine Cleric
Yukino: Half Orc Barbarian
Jun: Aasimar Sorcerer (Demonic Bloodline)
Ulala: Cavern Elf (drow) Barbarian
Katsuya: Ifrit Champion
Eriko: Elf Investigator (though she'd also work great as a thaumaturge)
The Romani people who were the easiest to record and exterminate were those who were the most integrated in society. Like the Jews, these people existed on census records, military rosters, and school files. The decimation of this Romani middle-class meant that there were few strong voices who were in a position to speak up about the Romani genocide after 1945.
There were no Sinti or Roma called to testify at the Nuremberg trials. There were no Romani scholars, no Romani lawyers, no civil servants. No one left to document the atrocities committed against Romani people alongside the Jews – the only two peoples specifically targeted by the Nazis’ Final Solution to ensure German racial purity.
Whereas census data for Jews can be compared before and after the Holocaust, this is rarely the case for Sinti and Roma, meaning the total loss of Romani life is extremely difficult to piece together. Estimates vary somewhere between 500,000 and 1.5 million people. In 1939, around 30,000 people referred to as ‘Gypsies’ lived in what is now Germany and Austria. The total population living in Greater Germany and its occupied territories is unknown, though scholars Donald Kenrick and Grattan Puxon have provided a rough estimate of 942,000. Of the Sinti and Roma living in Germanic Central Europe, only 5,000 are thought to have survived.
Wow 😯
Ethan, you wanna see some shit?
*it may not seem like I can be, but seeing that someone needed to hear it and so they let me say it makes me so so proud. It’s a bit of an oroboros but we’re ignoring that. <3
Honestly as a blind person I’m so tired of seeing fictional blind characters who don’t use white canes or other guides. “They have special powers so they know what’s around them” or “they’re confident enough to not need a guide” are common tropes, and I’m tired.
Are people scared that using a white cane will make their blind character seem weak? They can’t use a cane because they’re so special that they already know what’s around them, and other blind people who use guides are inferior because they’re not special?
I’m tired. Give your blind characters white canes and other guides. Let them hold onto their friends, let them have guide dogs. Don’t make white cane users feel ostracized for not being “strong enough” to go without.
Another thing that pisses me off is when a sighted character comes up with the fantasy equivalent of braille and teaches it to the blind character. Braille was invented by Louis Braille, a blind man, in 1824. The blind character should be the one coming up with it.
Tldr I’m blind and tired of sighted people lol
🔪 Sighted People MUST Reblog This 🔪
Please reblog and add your nationality in the tags along with what you answered! I'm very curious about this; and it's not to shame anybody, so don't be rude!
This is so helpful! Reblogging this so I can remember for later.
Writing Tips
Descriptions in Between Dialogue
✧
⤠ how characters interact with the environment
⇝ moving something, picking something up, looking somewhere
⤠ how the environment interacts with the characters
⇝ weather, other character’s actions or movements
⤠ gestures
⇝ facial expressions, body language
⤠ shifts in position
⇝ standing, sitting, leaning, shifting weight, crossing arms/legs
⤠ physical reactions
⇝ body temperature, fidgeting, heart rate, character quirks
⤠ environmental descriptions
⇝ descriptions using the five senses, setting, character’s appearances
⤠ internal dialogue
⇝ emotional reaction to what was said, reflection of past experiences, connections to other characters/settings/actions
➵ I want to reiterate… descriptions using the five senses ; when in doubt, think of the five senses your character is experiencing and pick what best moves the story forward
Useful hand reference!
500 hands in 5 days 💀 ! feel free to use them for reference 💖
reblogging for writing tips
Words for Skin Tone | How to Describe Skin Color
We discussed the issues describing People of Color by means of food in Part I of this guide, which brought rise to even more questions, mostly along the lines of “So, if food’s not an option, what can I use?” Well, I was just getting to that!
This final portion focuses on describing skin tone, with photo and passage examples provided throughout. I hope to cover everything from the use of straight-forward description to the more creatively-inclined, keeping in mind the questions we’ve received on this topic.
Standard Description
Basic Colors
Pictured above: Black, Brown, Beige, White, Pink.
“She had brown skin.”
This is a perfectly fine description that, while not providing the most detail, works well and will never become cliché.
Describing characters’ skin as simply brown or beige works on its own, though it’s not particularly telling just from the range in brown alone.
Complex Colors
These are more rarely used words that actually “mean” their color. Some of these have multiple meanings, so you’ll want to look into those to determine what other associations a word might have.
Pictured above: Umber, Sepia, Ochre, Russet, Terra-cotta, Gold, Tawny, Taupe, Khaki, Fawn.
Complex colors work well alone, though often pair well with a basic color in regards to narrowing down shade/tone.
For example: Golden brown, russet brown, tawny beige…
As some of these are on the “rare” side, sliding in a definition of the word within the sentence itself may help readers who are unfamiliar with the term visualize the color without seeking a dictionary.
“He was tall and slim, his skin a russet, reddish-brown.”
Comparisons to familiar colors or visuals are also helpful:
“His skin was an ochre color, much like the mellow-brown light that bathed the forest.”
Modifiers
Modifiers, often adjectives, make partial changes to a word.The following words are descriptors in reference to skin tone.
Dark - Deep - Rich - Cool
Warm - Medium - Tan
Fair - Light - Pale
Rich Black, Dark brown, Warm beige, Pale pink…
If you’re looking to get more specific than “brown,” modifiers narrow down shade further.
Keep in mind that these modifiers are not exactly colors.
As an already brown-skinned person, I get tan from a lot of sun and resultingly become a darker, deeper brown. I turn a pale, more yellow-brown in the winter.
While best used in combination with a color, I suppose words like “tan” “fair” and “light” do work alone; just note that tan is less likely to be taken for “naturally tan” and much more likely a tanned White person.
Calling someone “dark” as description on its own is offensive to some and also ambiguous. (See: Describing Skin as Dark)
Undertones
Undertones are the colors beneath the skin, seeing as skin isn’t just one even color but has more subdued tones within the dominating palette.
pictured above: warm / earth undertones: yellow, golden, copper, olive, bronze, orange, orange-red, coral | cool / jewel undertones: pink, red, blue, blue-red, rose, magenta, sapphire, silver.
Mentioning the undertones within a character’s skin is an even more precise way to denote skin tone.
As shown, there’s a difference between say, brown skin with warm orange-red undertones (Kelly Rowland) and brown skin with cool, jewel undertones (Rutina Wesley).
“A dazzling smile revealed the bronze glow at her cheeks.”
“He always looked as if he’d ran a mile, a constant tinge of pink under his tawny skin.”
Standard Description Passage
“Farah’s skin, always fawn, had burned and freckled under the summer’s sun. Even at the cusp of autumn, an uneven tan clung to her skin like burrs. So unlike the smooth, red-brown ochre of her mother, which the sun had richened to a blessing.”
-From my story “Where Summer Ends” featured in Strange Little Girls
Here the state of skin also gives insight on character.
Note my use of “fawn” in regards to multiple meaning and association. While fawn is a color, it’s also a small, timid deer, which describes this very traumatized character of mine perfectly.
Though I use standard descriptions of skin tone more in my writing, at the same time I’m no stranger to creative descriptions, and do enjoy the occasional artsy detail of a character.
Creative Description
Whether compared to night-cast rivers or day’s first light…I actually enjoy seeing Characters of Colors dressed in artful detail.
I’ve read loads of descriptions in my day of white characters and their “smooth rose-tinged ivory skin”, while the PoC, if there, are reduced to something from a candy bowl or a Starbucks drink, so to actually read of PoC described in lavish detail can be somewhat of a treat.
Still, be mindful when you get creative with your character descriptions. Too many frills can become purple-prose-like, so do what feels right for your writing when and where. Not every character or scene warrants a creative description, either. Especially if they’re not even a secondary character.
Using a combination of color descriptions from standard to creative is probably a better method than straight creative. But again, do what’s good for your tale.
Natural Settings - Sky
Pictured above: Harvest Moon -Twilight, Fall/Autumn Leaves, Clay, Desert/Sahara, Sunlight - Sunrise - Sunset - Afterglow - Dawn- Day- Daybreak, Field - Prairie - Wheat, Mountain/Cliff, Beach/Sand/Straw/Hay.
Now before you run off to compare your heroine’s skin to the harvest moon or a cliff side, think about the associations to your words.
When I think cliff, I think of jagged, perilous, rough. I hear sand and picture grainy, yet smooth. Calm. mellow.
So consider your character and what you see fit to compare them to.
Also consider whose perspective you’re describing them from. Someone describing a person they revere or admire may have a more pleasant, loftier description than someone who can’t stand the person.
“Her face was like the fire-gold glow of dawn, lifting my gaze, drawing me in.”
“She had a sandy complexion, smooth and tawny.”
Even creative descriptions tend to draw help from your standard words.
Flowers
Pictured above: Calla lilies, Western Coneflower, Hazel Fay, Hibiscus, Freesia, Rose
It was a bit difficult to find flowers to my liking that didn’t have a 20 character name or wasn’t called something like “chocolate silk” so these are the finalists.
You’ll definitely want to avoid purple-prose here.
Also be aware of flowers that most might’ve never heard of. Roses are easy, as most know the look and coloring(s) of this plant. But Western coneflowers? Calla lilies? Maybe not so much.
“He entered the cottage in a huff, cheeks a blushing brown like the flowers Nana planted right under my window. Hazel Fay she called them, was it?”
Assorted Plants & Nature
Pictured above: Cattails, Seashell, Driftwood, Pinecone, Acorn, Amber
These ones are kinda odd. Perhaps because I’ve never seen these in comparison to skin tone, With the exception of amber.
At least they’re common enough that most may have an idea what you’re talking about at the mention of “pinecone.“
I suggest reading out your sentences aloud to get a better feel of how it’ll sounds.
“Auburn hair swept past pointed ears, set around a face like an acorn both in shape and shade.”
I pictured some tree-dwelling being or person from a fantasy world in this example, which makes the comparison more appropriate.
I don’t suggest using a comparison just “cuz you can” but actually being thoughtful about what you’re comparing your character to and how it applies to your character and/or setting.
Wood
Pictured above: Mahogany, Walnut, Chestnut, Golden Oak, Ash
Wood can be an iffy description for skin tone. Not only due to several of them having “foody” terminology within their names, but again, associations.
Some people would prefer not to compare/be compared to wood at all, so get opinions, try it aloud, and make sure it’s appropriate to the character if you do use it.
“The old warlock’s skin was a deep shade of mahogany, his stare serious and firm as it held mine.”
Metals
Pictured above: Platinum, Copper, Brass, Gold, Bronze
Copper skin, brass-colored skin, golden skin…
I’ve even heard variations of these used before by comparison to an object of the same properties/coloring, such as penny for copper.
These also work well with modifiers.
“The dress of fine white silks popped against the deep bronze of her skin.”
Gemstones - Minerals
Pictured above: Onyx, Obsidian, Sard, Topaz, Carnelian, Smoky Quartz, Rutile, Pyrite, Citrine, Gypsum
These are trickier to use. As with some complex colors, the writer will have to get us to understand what most of these look like.
If you use these, or any more rare description, consider if it actually “fits” the book or scene.
Even if you’re able to get us to picture what “rutile” looks like, why are you using this description as opposed to something else? Have that answer for yourself.
“His skin reminded her of the topaz ring her father wore at his finger, a gleaming stone of brown, mellow facades.”
Physical Description
Physical character description can be more than skin tone.
Show us hair, eyes, noses, mouth, hands…body posture, body shape, skin texture… though not necessarily all of those nor at once.
Describing features also helps indicate race, especially if your character has some traits common within the race they are, such as afro hair to a Black character.
How comprehensive you decide to get is up to you. I wouldn’t overdo it and get specific to every mole and birthmark. Noting defining characteristics is good, though, like slightly spaced front teeth, curls that stay flopping in their face, hands freckled with sunspots…
General Tips
Indicate Race Early: I suggest indicators of race be made at the earliest convenience within the writing, with more hints threaded throughout here and there.
Get Creative On Your Own: Obviously, I couldn’t cover every proper color or comparison in which has been “approved” to use for your characters’ skin color, so it’s up to you to use discretion when seeking other ways and shades to describe skin tone.
Skin Color May Not Be Enough: Describing skin tone isn’t always enough to indicate someone’s ethnicity. As timeless cases with readers equating brown to “dark white” or something, more indicators of race may be needed.
Describe White characters and PoC Alike: You should describe the race and/or skin tone of your white characters just as you do your Characters of Color. If you don’t, you risk implying that White is the default human being and PoC are the “Other”).
PSA: Don’t use “Colored.” Based on some asks we’ve received using this word, I’d like to say that unless you or your character is a racist grandmama from the 1960s, do not call People of Color “colored” please.
Not Sure Where to Start? You really can’t go wrong using basic colors for your skin descriptions. It’s actually what many people prefer and works best for most writing. Personally, I tend to describe my characters using a combo of basic colors + modifiers, with mentions of undertones at times. I do like to veer into more creative descriptions on occasion.
Want some alternatives to “skin” or “skin color”? Try: Appearance, blend, blush, cast, coloring, complexion, flush, glow, hue, overtone, palette, pigmentation, rinse, shade, sheen, spectrum, tinge, tint, tone, undertone, value, wash.
Skin Tone Resources
List of Color Names
The Color Thesaurus
Skin Undertone & Color Matching
Tips and Words on Describing Skin
Photos: Undertones Described (Modifiers included)
Online Thesaurus (try colors, such as “red” & “brown”)
Don’t Call me Pastries: Creative Skin Tones w/ pics I
Writing & Description Guides
WWC Featured Description Posts
WWC Guide: Words to Describe Hair
Writing with Color: Description & Skin Color Tags
7 Offensive Mistakes Well-intentioned Writers Make
I tried to be as comprehensive as possible with this guide, but if you have a question regarding describing skin color that hasn’t been answered within part I or II of this guide, or have more questions after reading this post, feel free to ask!
~ Mod Colette
Reblogging to remember for art purposes. Seems super helpful.
yesterday i reblogged a drawing resource that included how to draw hijabs - and it honestly wasn’t the best advice i’ve seen out there
now, i’m not an artist. but what i saw was a video that included hijab styles most of us don’t really wear and incorrect terminology surrounding niqabs and burqas (yes, there is a difference between the two)
so, i went searching and found a tutorial that i felt was better! these drawing guides and examples come from @/winchestermeg on twitter, and i think they’re really great 💕
this has more relevant examples and correct terminologies, and is drawn by a muslim woman
enjoy, artists of tumblr!
This is a good cause
anyone interested in ttrpgs there is a massive collection on sale on itch.io right now, with funds going to transgender education network texas & organización latina de trans en texas.
it’s over $2k worth of games for only $5! the sale is ongoing for this month (03/2022)
Reblogging so I remember. This seems super help for art. Been wanting try my hand at battle pose art rather reference poses but haven’t found much luck in finding good reference poses
You know what’s some crazy $hit?
This fabulous bitch
She makes a shit ton of poses (like 16,000 or some crazy nonsense). I used this lovely lady to draw so much as a teen. Whether it was some nerdy pose for my Mary Sue as fuck OCs
or for full on fight sequences
or for tragic deaths of my OCs in the arms of a totally OOC main protagonist.
this bitch hooked me up.
And with the wildest, craziest stuff that you could see in your head but had no way or resources to reasonably draw like
or this
or this
DUDE! INASNE SHIT!! So I was using her for a pose reference and decided, you know what, I owe this bitch some cash. Lemme dole it out for her. BUT then, I looked and saw she only has 286 fucking patrons!! This chick gives out free shit and spends countless hours arranging these shoots and setting this stuff up.
I’ll fork up the cash, SenshiStock. You’re worth it.
Check out this amazing woman’s stuff, and get knowledged: https://www.deviantart.com/senshistock
Stunning hairstyles reblogging to remember this. Wow 🤩
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This is great & easy to understand about the Ace experience
Note: This isn’t an insult/sassy come back to people to asking valid questions/statements (well maybe a bit sassy lol), none of it’s meant to offend people that are calmly trying to educate themselves to lgbtq+. Questions are always welcome!
So pretty! I’m reblogging to remember this. Amazing stain glass!
You know how fantasy worlds are almost always based on (mostly Central and Northern) European Medieval aesthetic and folklore?
For a while I’ve been thinking that if we had a fantasy world made here, it would be interesting to have it be inspired by Modernisme (the Catalan artistic movement from the late 19th century - early 20th century). I mean, look at this and tell me it doesn’t have potential:
Interior of the Sagrada Família basilica, Barcelona. The stained glass in different sides of the temple are different colours, so the light changes colour depending on the hour of the day. (Photo sources x x)
Illa de la Discòrdia, Barcelona. x
Benches in Parc Güell (Barcelona), made with the “trencadís”, the typical mosaic used in many of Antoni Gaudí’s works (he’s one of the most famous Modernist architects, and one of the most famous Catalan architects of all times too). x
A hall in Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona. x
Ceiling of Palau de la Música Catalana, a concert hall in Barcelona.
Lots of these things. This one is in Argentona (Catalonia, too). x
And fashion would be like this:
Stained glass in Cerdanyola, Catalonia. x
Illustrations by Gaspar Camps.
More stained glass, now in Museu del Modernisme, Barcelona. x
Modernist jewels by Lluís Masriera (I’ve talked about Modernist jewels in this previous post). x
Even the furniture:
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Interior of Casa Amatller in Barcelona. x.
Even in wood looked pretty.
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And lots of cool windows inspired by nature!
And from outside
Olot, Catalonia. x.
And of course all kinds of windows. Light is important!
Torre Bellesguard. x.
Barcelona. x.
This ceiling in Palau Güell with holes to let light in. x.
And this lamp?? Also in Palau Güell. x.
Everything would have to be very curvy.
Casa Milà, Barcelona. x.
And shops
This bakery in Palma, Mallorca. x.
And I won’t begin with the tiles to not make the post longer…
What do you think?
And for people from other countries, what element in your culture do you think a fantasy world could be based on, aesthetically?
This makes so much sense
I think we need to rework the whole “needing routine as an autistic person” thing because for the majority of allistic people, “routine” looks something like:
-wake up at 6am
-shower at 6:15am
-eat breakfast at 6:30am
-do important outings at 7am
-come home at 3pm
and so on..
And that is nothing like what I and many other autistic people experience (though it is what some experience).
Routine can be more accurately described as needing to do things in order to feel comfortable.
For example, I have no set time I wake up, I have no set time I do anything. But when I do wake up, I need to do my morning tasks in a specific order or I’ll struggle to function.
I get out of bed, turn on my lamp, switch my computer on, go to the bathroom, make my bed, get dressed, and sit down at my desk. That’s what a routine looks like to me.
If I’m cooking, I need to do things in a certain order or the food will be “wrong” (this could possibly be down to ARFID, but that is also comorbid with autism.)
There are other things like this. I guess you could call them mini routines. They aren’t a typical routine you’d see in a neurotypical or even someone who’s allistic.
For the longest time, I thought this was a symptom of autism I did not have at all but I do.
Just because a symptom doesn’t present in a neurotypical way, doesn’t mean it’s not there.
I love this movie, family, fun & how pressure forms cracks.
Reblog if you love this movie
This is quite helpful
Some Signs of Overstimulation
Loss of facial expressions
Flat affect (monotone voice or loss of emotional intonation)
Loss of speech
Hyperawareness to usually well tolerated sensory input
Fatigue
Headache
Skin sensitivity
Sensory sensitivity
High irritability
Increased demand avoidance
Increased stimming
Extreme sensory avoidance
May feel nauseous or flu-like symptoms
Tips to Help a Loved One
Get away from the cause of the overstimulation
Ear muffs or noise cancelling headphones
Low or no lighting
Headache medication
Cancel plans for the day if possible
Warm shower or bath for skin sensitivity (may not help everyone)
Nap or early bed time
Offer sensory pleasing foods if desired
Reinforce routine to help soothe
Remove/postpone demands
Encourage whatever communication they feel comfortable with - don't force speech
Leave alone as long as safe to do so
This is so pretty!! 🤩 I am reblogging this so I can remember to figure out where this from later & so I can go… oooh pretty architecture!
Okay I'm officially in love with the new backgrounds for the new story
Amazing, Greek mythology nerd part of myself thinks this awesome 👏
Too bad the prophet Cassandra never met Odysseus
This is incredibly helpful. This definitely something I wish had when first diagnosed With Autism. It all checks out with my understanding. Some of the methods for dealing with sensory overload are things I do myself to help with it. There’s still heaps of other pieced of advice that look super useful or address things I noticed but couldn’t put into words. So reblogging to remember this easier & because it is super useful.
I decided to create something that I wish I had when I first got diagnosed with autism - so here’s my comic for ASDComicTakeover! You can find out more about the project here!
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