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alexinatree: Hmm, had to hatchet this one down pretty heavily...

Sat, 11 May 2013 20:14:47 +0200

Hmm, had to hatchet this one down pretty heavily to get Tumblr to play nice.

Feel free to check out the full process .gif over at my Behance gallery:

http://www.behance.net/gallery/LCS-Small-Tales-Cover/8629729

Cheers,

Alex.

thehystericalsociety: Boogeymen - part of a series of eerie...

Thu, 09 May 2013 12:37:54 +0200

thehystericalsociety:

Boogeymen - part of a series of eerie stereoviews - dated 1923 (Via)

Kali Ciesemier: Hey Kali, how did you get that textured effect on your piece?

Sun, 05 May 2013 17:03:08 +0200

Kali Ciesemier: Hey Kali, how did you get that textured effect on your piece?: kalidraws: I got a...

The Man Who Invented the Future Jules Verne: The Man Who...

Sun, 05 May 2013 17:00:18 +0200

The Man Who Invented the Future

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Matthew Howorth

Sun, 05 May 2013 01:07:25 +0200

Matthew Howorth

referenceforwriters: by Chuck Palahniuk 8 Words You Should...

Sun, 05 May 2013 00:57:41 +0200

referenceforwriters:

by Chuck Palahniuk

8 Words You Should Avoid When Writing

As always, Orwell’s final rule applies: “Break any of these rules before saying anything barbarous.” There are instances where each of these words fills a valuable role. However, especially among inexperienced writers, these words are frequently molested and almost always gum up the works.

1. “Suddenly”

“Sudden” means quickly and without warning, but using the word “suddenly” both slows down the action and warns your reader. Do you know what’s more effective for creating the sense of the sudden? Just saying what happens.

I pay attention to every motion, every movement, my eyes locked on them.
~~Suddenly,~~ The gun goes off.

When using “suddenly,” you communicate through the narrator that the action seemed sudden. By jumping directly into the action, you allow the reader to experience that suddenness first hand. “Suddenly” also suffers from being nondescript, failing to communicate the nature of the action itself; providing no sensory experience or concrete fact to hold on to. Just … suddenly.

Feel free to employ “suddenly” in situations where the suddenness is not apparent in the action itself. For example, in “Suddenly, I don’t hate you anymore,” the “suddenly” substantially changes the way we think about the shift in emotional calibration.

2. “Then”

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nemomeimpune-lacessit: The Nu Project’s Nude Photos Tell The...

Sun, 05 May 2013 00:54:13 +0200

nemomeimpune-lacessit:

The Nu Project’s Nude Photos Tell The Truth About Women’s Bodies

The Nu Project is a no-glamor honest look at beauty and image in our world.

Female nudity isn’t hard to come by in the media, but the bodies we see usually represent a fairly limited scope of sizes and shapes. The Nu Project, a collection of nude photographs shot by Minneapolis photographer Matt Blum, seeks to add some variety to the mix. Blum started The Nu Project in 2005 but said it really took off when his wife, Katy Kessler, became the project’s editor. Blum sees the photos as filling a void. “When I started shooting nudes there was no project like it,” he told The Huffington Post in an email. The things that I had seen either used models with typical model bodies or average people who were made to look extremely unimpressive. I figured there was a way to treat women (of any size/shape) like models and photograph them beautifully, respectfully without a lot of sexual under or overtones. The women photographed are all volunteers, and most of the pictures are taken in the subjects’ homes — where they feel most comfortable. The Nu Project’s website showcases six galleries of nudes, three shot in North America, three in South America. Although Blum told HuffPost that he feels that they have a “good variety of people involved,” he and Kessler acknowledge on The Nu Project website that they’d love for the subjects to be more diverse. “The hardest part for us is that the project is 100 percent volunteer, so I do not see the women until I show up at their door,” Blum writes on the website. “We’re doing our best to encourage all types of women, but we need volunteers of all backgrounds and walks of life to make the project more complete.” Blum said he ultimately hopes that these images inspire the women who see them to feel better about their own bodies. “It’s been really exciting to hear people react to the images,” he told HuffPost. “We get a lot of feedback from women (especially) who have struggled to see themselves as beautiful, and this project has helped them on that path.”

http://thenuproject.com/