StarWoven

art, whatever :I plus random comic stuff for Arcturus which is what I'm doing when not at college/sitting on my ass/drawing mermaids

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This tumblog isn’t actually dead its just my college made us make new blogs, like entirely new accounts so it would be easy for them to follow all the students blogs and I’ve been posting to that.

I would combine the two but I cant see how, you cant import the archive from one blog into a blog on an entirely new account so I dunno, sorry.

my college blog is

http://ruthmarnie.tumblr.com/

:I

I’ll still randomly post to this blog sometimes and I guess I’ll resume it after this year? but then I’ll have a bunch of abandoned stuff of my college blog…

darklyeuphoric:

In 1992, Bill’s brother Tom Watterson had a pop/rock band called The Rels. Bill did the artwork for the band’s releases, using the pseudonym Fang Wampir.

via Rare Bill Watterson

(via 3liza)

I’ll post the process later but yes back at college woo

I’ll post the process later but yes back at college woo

neil-gaiman: ellenkushner: dwj2012: Today would have been Diana’s 78th birthday. Raise a glass of red wine to her, or a pint of beer, or a large piece of dark chocolate — whichever your preference. And if you’re a smoker, you know what to do. DWJ, you will be forever missed. I really do miss her. So do I.

neil-gaiman:

ellenkushner:

dwj2012:

Today would have been Diana’s 78th birthday. Raise a glass of red wine to her, or a pint of beer, or a large piece of dark chocolate — whichever your preference. And if you’re a smoker, you know what to do.

DWJ, you will be forever missed.

I really do miss her.

So do I.

thedailywhat: Breaking News of the Day: Pussy Riot Gets 2 Years In Jail: Meanwhile in Russia: Three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot each have been sentenced to two years in jail for an obscenity-laced performance at Moscow’s Christ The Savior cathedral in February in which they were so bold as to criticize Russian President Vladimir Putin. The woman — Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 23; Maria Alekhina, 24; and Yekaterina Samutsevich, 29 — are made of tough stuff. As the verdict came down, and a shout of “Shame!” was heard in the courtroom, they just laughed. Judge Marina Syrova convicted the women of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred, saying they had “crudely undermined social order.” She cited three specific elements for finding the trio guilty: The choice and timing of venue. Their continued performance and resistance to be taken outside by security and cathedral parishioners. The defendants’ conduct and their accomplices afterwards. Here’s the shocking performance that started it all. [death+taxes]

thedailywhat:

Breaking News of the Day: Pussy Riot Gets 2 Years In Jail: Meanwhile in Russia: Three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot each have been sentenced to two years in jail for an obscenity-laced performance at Moscow’s Christ The Savior cathedral in February in which they were so bold as to criticize Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The woman — Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 23; Maria Alekhina, 24; and Yekaterina Samutsevich, 29 — are made of tough stuff. As the verdict came down, and a shout of “Shame!” was heard in the courtroom, they just laughed.

Judge Marina Syrova convicted the women of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred, saying they had “crudely undermined social order.” She cited three specific elements for finding the trio guilty:

  1. The choice and timing of venue.
  2. Their continued performance and resistance to be taken outside by security and cathedral parishioners.
  3. The defendants’ conduct and their accomplices afterwards.

Here’s the shocking performance that started it all.

[death+taxes]

So this is a sketch I did of a scene of a book I am very exited about. When I started drawing this I planned for to look much more like a ventriloquist dummy with an uncomfortable lump of body but although i referenced them for parts like the jaw and facial structure it wasn’t coming across at all and I ended up just going in a different direction with it.  Also my rather questionable scanning abilities mean the blue of the blanket and the yellow on the comic are sort of lost. wow this has been badly scanned, sorry about that. I added the textile stripes in the car interior last, inspired by parents who buy flavoursome brown bread when you’re a kid. I appreciate it now, of course.

So this is a sketch I did of a scene of a book I am very exited about.

When I started drawing this I planned for to look much more like a ventriloquist dummy with an uncomfortable lump of body but although i referenced them for parts like the jaw and facial structure it wasn’t coming across at all and I ended up just going in a different direction with it. 

Also my rather questionable scanning abilities mean the blue of the blanket and the yellow on the comic are sort of lost. wow this has been badly scanned, sorry about that.

I added the textile stripes in the car interior last, inspired by parents who buy flavoursome brown bread when you’re a kid.

I appreciate it now, of course.

I scanned it so that’s better but JEEEEPERS CREEPERS why’s her foot so tiny? please imagine that comment in my super skreechy high pitched voice i get when i’m simultaneously indignant and caffeineed up at four am.  I’m not and it isn’t but that’s the voice and I will be in a couple of hours ed: so I should also probably explain what’s going on with the skintone pillows and, for that matter, why her skintone is some kind of pale pink  That is actually the colour the paper came through on the scanner and as I know bugger all about scanners and Photoshop I just cleaned off the background space and thought it would look ok. It doesn’t really but the picture is already pretty old and every time I look at it all I can see is how weirdly small her foot is so I just stopped caring. It’s not the greatest tale of self discovery.  I do still like some of the pattern though. And I wish I had those shoes because I would wear them to nothing, they are delicious though I say so myself

I scanned it so that’s better but JEEEEPERS CREEPERS why’s her foot so tiny?

please imagine that comment in my super skreechy high pitched voice i get when i’m simultaneously indignant and caffeineed up at four am. 

I’m not and it isn’t but that’s the voice and I will be in a couple of hours

ed: so I should also probably explain what’s going on with the skintone pillows and, for that matter, why her skintone is some kind of pale pink 

That is actually the colour the paper came through on the scanner and as I know bugger all about scanners and Photoshop I just cleaned off the background space and thought it would look ok. It doesn’t really but the picture is already pretty old and every time I look at it all I can see is how weirdly small her foot is so I just stopped caring. It’s not the greatest tale of self discovery. 

I do still like some of the pattern though. And I wish I had those shoes because I would wear them to nothing, they are delicious though I say so myself

sketchy doodles trying new, very very cheap watercolour paper

I’ve used better but I’ve also used worse. It’s not good enough to do the comic on though which is annoying, I’ll just continue using cartridge

Oh good what a totally excellent time to misplace the needle ;_;

Oh good what a totally excellent time to misplace the needle ;_;

The significance of plot without conflict

stilleatingoranges:

In the West, plot is commonly thought to revolve around conflict: a confrontation between two or more elements, in which one ultimately dominates the other. The standard three- and five-act plot structures—which permeate Western media—have conflict written into their very foundations. A “problem” appears near the end of the first act; and, in the second act, the conflict generated by this problem takes center stage. Conflict is used to create reader involvement even by many post-modern writers, whose work otherwise defies traditional structure.

The necessity of conflict is preached as a kind of dogma by contemporary writers’ workshops and Internet “guides” to writing. A plot without conflict is considered dull; some even go so far as to call it impossible. This has influenced not only fiction, but writing in general—arguably even philosophy. Yet, is there any truth to this belief? Does plot necessarily hinge on conflict? No. Such claims are a product of the West’s insularity. For countless centuries, Chinese and Japanese writers have used a plot structure that does not have conflict “built in”, so to speak. Rather, it relies on exposition and contrast to generate interest. This structure is known as kishōtenketsu.

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 This is fascinating

I meant to post this but I forgot unless I did in which case sorry for double posting but I’m pretty sure I didn’t.

I meant to post this but I forgot unless I did in which case sorry for double posting but I’m pretty sure I didn’t.

One day I will not be a looser and will use a scanner

One day I will not be a looser and will use a scanner