List of 120 unique fantasy jobs to give to your fantasy characters. Writers save this!

1. Spellscribe: Weaves magic into ink, creating enchanted scrolls and spellbooks.

2. Dreamweaver: Shapes dreams, ensuring a peaceful slumber for all.

3. Star Cartographer: Maps constellations and celestial paths.

4. Potion Alchemist: Brews elixirs, love potions, and invisibility brews.

5. Whispering Wind Courier: Carries messages on ethereal zephyrs.

6. Crystal Harmonist: Plays melodies on gemstone xylophones.

7. Arcane Librarian: Guards forbidden tomes and ancient grimoires.

8. Stormcaller: Commands lightning and tempests.

9. Shadow Weaver: Manipulates shadows for stealth or illusion.

10. Fey Ambassador: Bridges the gap between humans and fae.

11. Time Tinkerer: Repairs temporal rifts and broken clocks.

12. Soul Gardener: Tends to souls in the afterlife.

13. Dragon Whisperer: Communicates with fire-breathing beasts.

14. Labyrinth Architect: Designs mazes with shifting walls.

15. Aetheronaut: Pilots airships through the skies.

16. Cauldron Chef: Cooks magical stews and enchanted pastries.

17. Goblin Negotiator: Haggles with mischievous goblins over stolen treasures.

18. Wisp Shepherd: Herds glowing wisps across moonlit meadows.

19. Constellation Painter: Dips brushes in stardust to create cosmic art.

20. Swordsmith of Destiny: Forges blades with prophetic properties.

21. Oracle of Riddles: Answers questions through cryptic puzzles.

22. Moss Whisperer: Encourages moss-covered stones to share their secrets.

23. Harvest Moon Dancer: Leads celestial dances during lunar eclipses.

24. Chimera Veterinarian: Cares for mythical hybrid creatures.

25. Lore Bard: Sings epic sagas of forgotten heroes.

26. Stardust Prospector: Mines cosmic minerals from fallen meteors.

27. Mistwalker: Guides lost souls through foggy moors.

28. Enchanted Cobbler: Crafts shoes that grant extraordinary abilities.

29. Celestial Clockmaker: Constructs timepieces powered by starlight.

30. Gargoyle Sculptor: Carves stone guardians with hidden sentience.

31. Wandmaker: Whittles wands from ancient tree branches.

32. Mermaid Translator: Deciphers underwater songs and sea whispers.

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For general graphics: use GIMP For vector graphics: use Inkscape For drawing and illustration: use Krita For print and web publishing and design: use Penpot For PDF authoring: use LibreOffice For PDF reading and form filling: use Okular

All are free, open source and cross-platform. None use AI.

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Updated 14th June 2024 More writing tips, review tips & writing description notes

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Something like this would be so colossally helpful. I'm sick and tired of trying to research specific clothing from any given culture and being met with either racist stereotypical costumes worn by yt people or ai generated garbage nonsense, and trying to be hyper specific with searches yields fuck all. Like I generally just cannot trust the legitimacy of most search results at this point. It's extremely frustrating. If there are good resources for this then they're buried deep under all the other bullshit, and idk where to start looking.

>:)c

May I present to you, nationalclothing.org?

It doesn't have everything, but it's still my first source when researching traditional clothing from other cultures.

There's also this resource on historical fashion: Claire’s Historical Fashion Reference & Resources

another addition as far as physical media goes there is the encyclopedia of national dress (that i still need to buy myself bc this kind of thing is super important to my sort of fantasy designing) but yes i do agree i wish there was EVEN MORE documentation on this

here are some resources for Indian clothing archives:

The Sari Series: a digital anthology documenting India's regional saree drapes though short films

Purushu Arie's blog; started when he was studying at NIFT, the blogger has gone on to become a leader in the neo-traditional fashion scene in India.

if anyone knows more please add links !

More notes. They are not in order by the way. There is still more stuff to say about the world building/drawing/exploring topic. I just haven't gotten to these notes yet.

This one is about lights but it's in progress as well. Feedback is welcomed

Alrighty, here's my first bit of fanart for 2024! Asha and Starboy from Disney's Wish - more specifically, Wish's concept art :''') I haven't seen the movie, but I think I can confidently say that I would've been more interested in seeing it if they'd kept the romance/soulmate dynamic from the early concepts.

But anyways, here's my take on Star's design, and also a little cheek kiss for Asha! :D Also, I never made an official "Happy New Year" post, so I just wanted to say thank you all for your support in my art and writing endeavours! I hope this year is a kind one for you, and may all your wishes come true <333

A Writing Cheat Sheet: for linking actions with emotions. 

As always, click for HD.

As someone who took etiquette lessons, politeness is an incredibly effective tool for disarming bigots. You can either force them to reconsider their words/actions by directly and calmly confronting their behavior (by using the rules of society in your favor), or you can dip entirely while they appear to be in the wrong.

Both options are great.

Because the thing is, when bigots pick fights, they are 100% counting on you to get louder than them. Or meaner. They want you to react emotionally and provide fodder for their 'You're Too Emotionally Immature To Understand' cannon.

What they aren't expecting you to do is say one of the following phrases in a polite, concerned tone:

For those of you who'd are spiteful and/or dealing with Fundamentalists/Evangelicals/generally shitty Christians:

And my all time favorite:

"It sounds to me like there are some seriously dark and angry forces at work in your heart."

(Nothing stops a Christian bigot in their tracks faster than implying the Devil is causing their bigotry. But you MUST be calm, polite, and gentle with your tone and wording. It is absolutely fair to twist the rules and play them at their own game, but you gotta play hard.)

TLDR: It's much faster to use etiquette, politeness, and rhetoric reversal when eviscerating idiots online and in person, because they aren't expecting you to weaponize their behaviors back in their direction. Don't get angry, get spitefully polite! :)

I compiled this a while ago but I was just looking for references and found the file so...

Best places to find reference photos:

OK KIDS IMA TEACH YOU HOW TO MAKE YOUR LINE-ART MESH WITH YOUR ART BETTER AND LOOK SOFT™

OK SO I PREPARED A QUICK DOODLE FOR THIS TUTORIAL SO I APOLOGIZE FOR ANY ANATOMICAL MISTAKES

I’m gonna show you how to turn your art from this, to this

The one on the right is much softer, right? Here’s how you do it.

For this I’m using MediBang, but you can use this technique on any art platform that allows layers, layer settings (especially overlay), gaussian blur (or just a general blur), and layer clipping.

Here we go. 

We’re gonna start with good ol’ Pidge here. After you’ve finished all of your coloring and shading and linework and such, you’re going to want to 

1) make sure all of your linework is on the same layer.

2) turn off the lineart layer so that you can only see the coloring you did. It can be pretty messy and horrifying, I know, but you won’t have to look at it for that long. once you’ve done that, make sure there is no background layer. Sometimes it’s just white and you forget it’s there but make sure you turn it off or this won’t work right.

3) export a transparent png of just the color part. It should look like this:

See, gross right? it looks so nakey without the lines.

3) now you need to import the nakey.png back into the original document, right under where the lineart layer is (which should still be turned off). The purpose of this is to get all the color layers together in an easy way so that it’s easy to modify.

4) This is where it starts to get fun. you’re gonna Gaussian blur the heckie out of the color layer that you just imported. the amount you blur it should be kinda proportionate to the thickness of your lineart. Don’t blur it at max if your lineart is 2 pixels thick, and don’t blur it so little that you can barely tell if you have 20 pixel thick lineart. You can always go back and blur it more if it doesn’t look right.

This is kinda what it should look like now.

5) ok so now, turn the lineart layer back on, and duplicate it. Then move one line layer below the color layer, so theres one on the bottom and one on top, like a lineart sandwich. like this:

6) now, clip the color layer to the lineart layer below.

7) This is the part where it actually starts to look COOL. Set the top lineart layer to overlay, in the layer settings. once that’s done, it should look like… this!

We’re getting somewhere! Doesn’t it mesh with the colors a lot better now? It’s not perfect yet tho. See how her mouth kinda disappeared? Well we’re gonna fix that up and any other parts that look a bit wonky.

8) Before you touch it up, make sure you play with the layer opacity of the top lineart and color layers. Some pieces may look better if you tone down the lineart layer, some look better if you bring the color layer down a bit. Play around until you find what works. For me here, it looked best to put the top lineart layer at 73%. Again, whatever looks best.

9) Now, to touch it up, you’re going to draw on the color layer in the center of the lineart sandwich. I suggest picking the color of the shaded part in whatever area you’re fixing (for the mouth I think I picked the color from her cheek, but for the top of the shirt I used the color from the shaded part. Whatever looks good). Just airbrush it around that general area until you’re satisfies with how it looks (remember, the color layer is clipped so it wont look like a mess when you’re coloring all over the place).

Once you’re done, it should look a little more clean. like this!

(oh yeah also I gave her glasses after, since I didn’t want them so be softened at all)

Nice! now if you’d like to complete the Soft™ look, give it a pastel background that matches your shading, (remember that background layer I yelled at you to get rid of earlier? He can come back now), slap on a filter, (here I just filled a layer with purple, put it on top, and put the layer setting at “screen”), add your watermark and voila!

Look at this Soft™ kid.

I hope that was helpful to those of you that asked, I’ve never done a tutorial before so if there is anything that’s unclear, feel free to message me or let me know and I’ll clarify it for you! And if you use my tutorial, tag me in it or send me a linky-dink! I’d love to see how you do.

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Ways to Say “No” to Things.

Without saying “I’m sorry.” 1. “I wish I could help but my plate is pretty full right now.” 2. “I have said yes to too many things lately and I’m honestly overwhelmed at the moment.” 3. “I am not accepting any new tasks right now.” (I use this a lot and even though it is firm, I get positive responses because it’s relatable). 4. “I am over-committed right now, but I hope you find the help you need.” 5. “That’s my night to spend time with my family but thank you for asking me.” 6. “I’d love to but my schedule is packed right now.” 7. “That’s not a good day/time for me.” 8. “That’s not really my area, but thank you for thinking of me.” 9. “I’m honored but I can’t this time.” 10. “Thank you but this isn’t something I’m able to take on right now.” 11. “I am needed somewhere else that day, but thank you.” 12. “I am limiting my commitments right now.” 13. “I am honestly not able to dedicate the time right now.” 14. If you are disabled: “Spoons are low, so today is not a good day for this.” (try using “bandwidth” instead of “spoons” if you are not disabled so we can preserve the meaning of “spoons.”) 15. “That’s not a good fit for me, but (offer a genuine alternative).”

You can be kind and still stand up for yourself.

There’s a huge difference from being a complete door mat, to standing up for yourself.

So many of you asked for a tutorial on how I paint faces/ add a light source, so here you go! 😍 Let me know if you guys have any feedback or if you want to try it yourself! 💜

A really incredible set of tips covering both faces and lighting!

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