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gentlemanlosergentlemanjunkie: During World War II, the US Army...

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:09:24 -0400

During World War II, the US Army deployed a “tactical deception unit” to Europe. The 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, aka the “Ghost Army,” consisted of artists, ad directors, actors, and other creative folks who used inflatable tanks, sound effects trucks, and good ol’ fashioned bullshit to trick the German forces. It included the likes of fashion designer Bill Blass, fine artist Elsworth Kelly, and photographer Art Kane. A documentary about the Ghost Army, directed by Rick Beyer, aired last month on PBS. You can watch it for free right here! The Ghost Army

(via Documentary about US Army’s WWII “tactical deception unit” - Boing Boing)

upperstories: Disney animator Heidi Gilbert recently put...

Thu, 30 May 2013 19:38:42 -0400

upperstories:

Disney animator Heidi Gilbert recently put together this original animatic based on the Wicked musical in an attempt to see about having it done as an animated movie.

221dontbdead: tyleroakley: “What kind of Asian are...

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:23:31 -0400

221dontbdead:

tyleroakley:

“What kind of Asian are you?”

Bless this.
Bless it.

Can’t tell you how many times I’ve had this conversation. “Whoa, you look Indian.” Or “You look Native American” Etcetc. “Where are you from?” ”American, I’m AMERICAN.” “No I mean where are your parents from??What’s your nationality?” “Mexican >->, there, you happy?” And yes I’ve had people go on about Mexican food etc etc.Not that I’m ashamed of my heritage, but I hate when people do this. >->

Ultimate Writing Resource List

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:02:04 -0400

Ultimate Writing Resource List:

lokishorns:

the-fandoms-are-cool:

a massively extended version of ruthlesscalculus’ post

General Tips

Joss Whedon’s Top 10 Writing Tips

Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone

34 Writing Tips that will make you a Better Writer

50 Free resources that will improve your writing skills

5 ways to get out of the comfort zone and become a stronger writer

10 ways to avoid Writing Insecurity

The Writer’s Guide to Overcoming Insecurity

The Difference Between Good Writers and Bad Writers

You’re Not Hemingway - Developing Your Own Style

7 Ways to use Brain Science to Hook Readers and Reel them In

8 Short Story Tips from Kurt Vonnegut

How to Show, Not Tell

5 Essential Story Ingredients

How to Write Fiction that grabs your readers from page one

Why research is important in writing

Make Your Reader Root for Your Main Character

Writing Ergonomics (Staying Comfortable Whilst Writing)

The Importance of Body Language

Character Development

10 days of Character Building

Name Generators

Name Playground

Universal Mary Sue Litmus Test

Seven Common Character Types

Handling a Cast of Thousands Part 1 - Getting To Know Your Characters

Web Resources for Developing Characters

Building Fictional Characters

Fiction Writer’s Character Chart

Character Building Workshop

Tips for Characterization

Character Chart for Fiction Writers

Villains are people too but…

How to Write a Character Bible

Character Development Exercises

All Your Characters Talk the Same - And They’re Not A Hivemind!

Medieval Names Archive

Sympathy Without Saintliness

Family Echo (Family Tree Maker)

Behind The Name

100 Character Development Questions for Writers

Aether’s Character Development Worksheet

The 12 Common Archetypes

Six Types of Courageous Characters

Kazza’s List of Character Secrets - Part 1, Part 2

Creating Believable Characters With Personality

Body Language Cheat Sheet

Creating Fictional Characters Series

Three Ways to Avoid Lazy Character Description

7 Rules for Picking Names for Fictional Characters

Character Development Questionnaire

How to Create Fictional Characters

Character Name Resources

Character Development Template

Character Development Through Hobbies

Character Flaws List

10 Questions for Creating Believable Characters

Ari’s Archetype Series

How to Craft Compelling Characters

List of 200 Character Traits

Writing Characters of the Opposite Sex

Making Your Characters Likable

Do you really know your characters?

Character Development: Virtues

Character Development: Vices

Character Morality Alignment

List of Negative Personality Traits

List of Positive Personality Traits

List of Emotions - Positive

List of Emotions - Negative

Loon’s Character Development Series - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

Phobia List A-L (Part 1), M-Z (Part 2)

30 Day In Depth Character Development Meme

Words for Emotions based on Severity

Eight Bad Characters

High Level Description of the Sixteen Personality Types

Female Characters

How Not to Write Female Characters

Writing Female Characters

How to write empowering female characters

Why I write strong female characters

Red Flags for Female Characters Written by Men

Writing strong female characters

The Female Character Flowchart

Eight Heroine Archetypes

Male Characters

Eight Hero Archetypes

Tips for Specific Characters

Writing A Vampire

Writing Pansexual Characters

Writing Characters on the Police Force

Writing Drunk Characters

Writing A Manipulative Character

Writing A Friends With Benefits Relationship

Writing A Natural Born Leader

Writing A Flirtatious Character

Writing A Nice Character

Fiction Writing Exercises for Creating Villains

Five Traits to Contribute to an Epic Villain

Writing Villains that Rock

Writing British Characters

How To Write A Character With A Baby

On Assassin Characters

Dialogue

It’s Not What They Say…

Top 8 Tips for Writing Dialogue

Speaking of Dialogue

The Great Said Debate

He Said, She Said, Who Said What?

How to Write Dialogue Unique to Your Characters

Writing Dialogue: Go for Realistic, Not Real-Life

Point of View

Establishing The Right Point of View

How to Start Writing in the Third Person

The I Problem

Plot, Conflict, Structure and Outline

Writing A Novel Using the Snowflake Method

Effectively Outlining Your Novel

Conflict and Character Within Story Structure

Outlining Your Plot

Ideas, Plots and Using the Premise Sheets

How To Write A Novel

Creating Conflict and Sustaining Suspense

Plunge Right In…Into Your Story, That Is

Tips for Creating a Compelling Plot

36 (plus one) Dramatic Situations

The Evil Overlord Devises A Plot: Excerpt from Stupid Plot Tricks

Conflict Test

What is Conflict?

Monomyth

The Hero’s Journey: Summary of Steps

Outline Your Novel in Thirty Minutes

Plotting Without Fears

Novel Outlining 101

Writing The Perfect Scene

One-Page Plotting

The Great Swampy Middle

How Can You Know What Belongs In Your Book?

Create A Plot Outline in 8 Easy Steps

How to Organize and Develop Ideas for Your Novel

Create Structure in your novel using index cards

Choosing the best outline method for you

Hatch’s Plot Bank

Setting & Worldbuilding

Magical Word Builder’s Guide

I Love The End Of The World

World Building 101

The Art of Description: Eight Tips to Help Bring Your Settings to Life

Creating the Perfect Setting - Part 1

Creating a Believable World

Setting

Character and Setting Interactions

Maps Workshop - Developing the Fictional World Through Mapping

World Builders Project

How To Create Fantasy Worlds

Creating Fantasy and Science Fiction Worlds

Creativity Boosters* denotes prompts

*Creative Writing Prompts

*Ink Provoking

*Story Starter

*Story Spinner

*Story Kitchen

*Language is a Virus

*The Dabbling Mum

Quick Story Idea Generator

Solve Your Problems By Simply Saying Them Out Loud

Busting Your Writing Rut

Creative Acceleration: 11 Tips To Engineer A Productive Flow

Writing Inspiration, Or Sex on a Bicycle

The Seven Major Beginner Mistakes

Complete Your First Book with these 9 Simple Writing Habits

Free Association, Active Imagination, Twilight Imaging

Random Book Title Generator

Finishing Your Novel

Story Starters & Idea Generators

Words to Use More Often

Revision & Grammar

How To Rewrite

Editing Recipe

Cliche Finder

Revising Your Novel: Read What You’ve Written

Writing 101: Revising A Novel

20 Common Grammar Mistakes That (Almost) Everyone Makes

Synonyms for the Most Commonly Used Words of the English Language

Grammar Urban Legends

Tools & Software

Tip Of My Tongue - Find the word you’re looking for

Write or Die - Stay motivated

Stay Focused - Tool for Chrome, lock yourself out of distracting websites

My Writing Nook - Online Text Editor, Free

Bubbl.us - Online Mind Map Application, Free

Family Echo - Online Family Tree Maker, Free

Freemind - Mind Map Application; Free; Windows, Mac, Linux, Portable

Xmind - Mind Map Application; Free; Windows, Mac, Linux, Portable

Liquid Story Binder - Novel Organization and Writing Application; free trial, $45.95; Windows, Portable

Scrivener - Novel Organization and Writing Application; free trial, $39.95; Mac

SuperNotecard - Novel Organization and Writing Application; free trial, $29; Windows, Mac, Linux, portable

yWriter - Novel Organization and Writing Application; free; Windows, Linux, portable

JDarkRoom - Minimalist Text Editing Application; free; Windows, Mac, Linux, portable

AutoRealm - Map Creation Application; free; Windows, Linux with Wine

Specific Help

Fashion Terminology

All About Kissing

Genre Help: Romance

187 Mental Illnesses

Types of Mental Illness

Eye Color List

Spectral Groupings

I made a very small noise to express a very large amount of happiness.

PLEASE, DON’T EVER DELETE THIS.

dirtyriver: colchrishadfield: With deference to the genius of...

Sun, 12 May 2013 22:23:06 -0400

dirtyriver:

colchrishadfield:

With deference to the genius of David Bowie, here’s Space Oddity, recorded on Station. A last glimpse of the World.

Huge thanks in the making of the video to the talented trio of Emm Gryner, Joe Corcoran and Andrew Tidby, plus Evan Hadfield and all at the CSA.

Perfect. I’m sure not even Bowie dreamed this song would ever be performed this way.

^.^ XD PERFECT

My dash made a funny <3

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:19:01 -0400

My dash made a funny <3

I went to church with my family tonight and the pastor said something that I think every Christian should hear

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:00:00 -0400

Pastor: Now, according to a few passages in the bible, homosexuality is a sin.
Couple of older males in the audience: Amen!
Pastor: Now, wait, I'm not finished.
Pastor: You know what else the bible defines as a sin? Divorce.
-uncomfortable silence-
Pastor: There are countless passages that talk about how divorce is wrong, and that there are consequences to getting a divorce, such as the wife should be stoned.
Pastor: Yet, I witnessed a divorce just this morning. And I gotta tell you, it was heartbreaking, but I definitely didn't attempt to throw rocks at the wife, even though she was the one who filed for divorce.
Pastor: We choose to overlook the consequences of divorce because time has proven that they're inhumane and cruel.
Pastor: The bible doesn't say anything about the consequences of a homosexual lifestyle. Yet, we seem to be spearheading a campaign to ruin the lives of people we don't even know.
-the pastor shifts a few notes around-
Pastor: The bible states to love thy neighbor. That's it. There are no other rules or restrictions to that passage.
Pastor: So, we as a church family have to support equality with a smile on our face. THAT is the true Christian way.

tyleroakley: niamharthur: bardofspades: mituna-senpai: what if every Tumblr user suddenly looses...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 12:38:13 -0400

tyleroakley:

niamharthur:

bardofspades:

mituna-senpai:

what if every Tumblr user suddenly looses their mouse?

J = Next Post
K = Previous Post
L = Like
N = View Notes
Space = Show Photo
Shift + R = Reblog
Shift + E = Add to Queue
Z + Tab = Switch Blogs

THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING.

docshaner: Encyclopedia Brown in “The Case of the HOLY CRAP IS...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 22:11:38 -0400

docshaner:

Encyclopedia Brown in “The Case of the HOLY CRAP IS THAT A BODY?!”

reblogging because of that comment. lol

D.S. Bar no. 4, Pen on napkin, March 2013, Rodeo Style.

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 02:21:58 -0400

D.S. Bar no. 4, Pen on napkin, March 2013, Rodeo Style.

D.S. Bar no. 3, Pen on napkin, March 2013 (5) Manchester ave,...

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 05:42:45 -0400

D.S. Bar no. 3, Pen on napkin, March 2013 (5) Manchester ave, Lincoln blvd.

D.S. Bar no. 2, Pen on napkin, March 2013 (Eagle Rock Lounge)

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 23:06:08 -0400

D.S. Bar no. 2, Pen on napkin, March 2013 (Eagle Rock Lounge)

sherlockology: not-quite-normal: So Katy and Carororo let me...

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:59:25 -0400

sherlockology:

not-quite-normal:

So Katy and Carororo let me in on their animated Sherlock handcuff shenanigans!

Poor John did not think this through.

LOVE this. More please!

Reminds me of L and Light- someone has to post a gif of that on this post, please. XD

Please reblog if you are a Tolkienite of any shape/mass/form

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:54:11 -0400

sherlockspeare:

tolkienisms:

tolkienisms:

I want to see just how many of us are out there. Doesn’t matter if you like the books/movies/just one book…anything to do with Tolkien, reblog.

Been a Ring geek for about 20 years.

fantagraphics: newwavecrashing: According to this, Jaime...

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 01:40:02 -0400

fantagraphics:

newwavecrashing:

According to this, Jaime Hernandez inspired Frank Miller when creating Carrie Kelly (Robin in The Dark Knight Returns). John Bryne, encouraging the idea of a female Robin, showed Miller this drawing of Maggie from a 1982 issue of The Comics Journal.

One of our fave pieces of comix lore.

I love Jaime Hernandez! rule 63— :)