CHAPTER 18

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Small fantasy worldbuilding elements you might want to think about:

A currency that isn’t gold-standard/having gold be as valuable as tin

A currency that runs entirely on a perishable resource, like cocoa beans

A clock that isn’t 24-hours

More or less than four seasons/seasons other than the ones we know

Fantastical weather patterns like irregular cloud formations, iridescent rain

Multiple moons/no moon

Planetary rings

A northern lights effect, but near the equator

Roads that aren’t brown or grey/black, like San Juan’s blue bricks

Jewelry beyond precious gems and metals

Marriage signifiers other than wedding bands

The husband taking the wife's name / newlyweds inventing a new surname upon marriage

No concept of virginity or bastardry

More than 2 genders/no concept of gender

Monotheism, but not creationism

Gods that don’t look like people

Domesticated pets that aren’t re-skinned dogs and cats

Some normalized supernatural element that has nothing to do with the plot

Magical communication that isn’t Fantasy Zoom

“Books” that aren’t bound or scrolls

A nonverbal means of communicating, like sign language

A race of people who are obligate carnivores/ vegetarians/ vegans/ pescatarians (not religious, biological imperative)

I’ve done about half of these myself in one WIP or another and a little detail here or there goes a long way in reminding the audience that this isn’t Kansas anymore.

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I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

A short explanation of my layer by layer drawing of Central/Eastern Ukrainian folk attire, for anyone who might be interested.

🇵🇸GAZA ESCAPE FUNDS🇵🇸

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This is a running list of users in Gaza who have reached out to me to ask to share their campaigns. They are all vetted campaigns, but not by me. That credit goes to users el-shab-hussein and nabulsi, and most of the verifications come from this spreadsheet that they compiled.

I will try to keep this list updated daily with any new users who reach out to me, as well as with the amounts raised. I’ll also try to keep the urls of each person up to date, as staff keeps banning Palestinian users and forcing them to remake.

Please follow all of these users and donate what you can to their campaigns!!

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Laila Shaqoura: €17k/€45k

@lailashaqoura, number 152 on this spreadsheet by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi

Wafaa Alnhal: €11k/€35k

@hebsnhel, number 171 on this spreadsheet by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi

Ruba Shaban: €23k/€65k

@rubashabansblog, number 90 on this spreadsheet by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi

Issam Aziz: €15k/€20k

@haifaaziz98, number 179 on this spreadsheet by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi

Amneh Sharif: $6.7k/$90k USD

@amnehsharif10, number 140 on this spreadsheet by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi

Nada Saftawi: €6.3k/€16k

@nadasaftawi, number 182 on this spreadsheet by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi

Iyad Sobhe: £9.4k/£60k

@iyadsobhegaza, number 173 on this spreadsheet by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi

Dr. Nasser Mohammed: £4.9k/£50k

(terminated, formerly nassermohamed9), Verified by nabulsi

Nahla & Amal: €2.5k/€80k

@jrk85, number 178 on this spreadsheet by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi

Ahmed Iyd: £9.8k/£150k

(terminated, formerly ahmediyds), number 116 on this spreadsheet by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi

Renad Magid: £14k/£25k

@renadmagidnew, number 128 on this spreadsheet by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi

Amira Alanqar: €7.8k/€20k

@ameera-anq, Verified by nabulsi

Mohammed Hilles: €14k/€20k

@hmzamahamed3, number 176 on this spreadsheet by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi

Rania Ibra: £13k/£35k

@ranibra71, number 154 on this spreadsheet by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi

Malk Al Zaeem: $15k/$50k CAD

@malkzaeem, number 129 on this spreadsheet by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi

Amal Abu Shammala: €54k/€60k

@amalisam, number 24 on this spreadsheet by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi

NOTE: Amal’s family has been evacuated to Egypt, but Amal is continuing to raise funds to support her displaced relatives and to recover from losing her job and being scammed out of $20k in the process of evacuating her family. Please keep on donating to her both the above campaign and this second campaign, which has raised $2.4k/$10k!

Nael Helles: $15k/$50k USD

@nael-helles, number 85 on this spreadsheet by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi

Ahmed & Dina: €11k/€35k

@zinaeleenyamin, verified by nabulsi

Hani Al-Hajjar: €27k/€50k

@skatehani, number 75 on this spreadsheet by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi

Mohammed Alanqer: €12k/€38k

@mohamedalanqer, number 174 on this spreadsheet by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi

Salaah Bilaal: €40k/€70k

@bilal-salah0, number 132 on this spreadsheet by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi

Shahed Muhammad: $4.3k/$50k USD

@shahednhall, verified by nabulsi

Nader Shoshaa: €5.6k/€120k

@nadersh0, number 153 on this spreadsheet by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi (thank you to @rubashabansblog for sending me this campaign!)

Donate €5 to Nader to enter a digital art commission raffle run by rafflesforpalestine!

Iman Eyad: £6.1k/£60k

@imanblogs, number 150 on this spreadsheet by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi (thank you to @rubashabansblog for sending me this campaign!)

Aya Maher: €2.9k/€25k

@ayamaher44, verified by 90-ghost

Hamsa Mohammad: €4.7k/€30k

@hamsamohammad, verified by nabulsi

Alaa Al Khateeb: £24k/£56k

@alaaalkhateeb, number 99 on this spreadsheet by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi

Mohammed Hoboub: kr6k/kr300k SEK

@mohammedhaboub, verified by 90-ghost

Youssef Helles: €634/€23k

@omaryousef, vouched for by skatehani

Amani Hasan: $7.7k/$17,732 CAD

@amani93hasan, number 169 on this spreadsheet by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi

Ahmad Turk: €6.5k/€70k

@ahmadturk00, number 96 on this spreadsheet by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi

Ahmed Ziad: £1.4k/£30k

@ahmed-ziad, verified by nabulsi

Mahmoud Helles: €315/€50k

@mahmoud92hells, verified by nabulsi (thank you @magnus-rhymes-with-swagness for sending me the verification!)

Sujood Odeh: £50k/£70k

@sujoododeh, number 64 on this spreadsheet by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi

Mohammad Al Manasra: €1.5k/€40k

@save-mohammad-family, verified by ibtisams

Mohammad Awni: €1.5k/€45k

@mohamedawnisblog, verified by nabulsi

Raghad Qanou: £1.1k/£55k

@rhq274, verified by nabulsi

Iyad Sami: CHF231/CHF20k

@eyadsami, vouched for by mohamedalanqer

Ahmed Al Ostaz: €10k/€70k

@ahmedalostaz, number 125 on this spreadsheet by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi

Yousef Hussein: $1k/$50k USD

@06679799, verified by 90-ghost

Nesma Ahmed: $61k/$80k USD

@nesmamo, verified by nabulsi

Abdelrahman: €693/€20k

@anqer, vetted by el-shab-hussein

Mahmoud Balousha: €12k/€50k

@mahmoud26, verified by blackpearlblast

Lifeguarding is such an interesting career because you sit there staring at people and hoping they don’t drown for 5 hours

Starting work on a minecraft city

What are some chronic illnesses that can only occur in a fantasy setting?

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