Hey, don’t cry. Free online database of Japanese folk lore

I think a lot of what pro-AI people are really wanting is stuff that already exists but they don't know it's out there like

can't format a work email? templates

don't know how to write a resume? templates

writing a thank you card or a condolences card or a wedding invitation? templates templates templates

not sure how to format your citations in MLA or whatever format? citationmachine.net

summary of something you're reading for school/work? cliffnotes.com

recipe based on ingredients in your fridge? whatsintherefrigerator.com

there's a million more like, guys, we don't need AI, we never needed generative AI

Want to create a religion for your fictional world? Here are some references and resources!

General:

• General Folklore
• Various Folktales
• Heroes
• Weather Folklore
• Trees in Mythology
• Animals in Mythology
• Birds in Mythology
• Flowers in Mythology
• Fruit in Mythology
• Plants in Mythology
• Folktales from Around the World

Africa:

• Egyptian Mythology
• African Mythology
• More African Mythology
• Egyptian Gods and Goddesses
• The Gods of Africa
• Even More African Mythology
• West African Mythology
• All About African Mythology
• African Mythical Creatures
• Gods and Goddesses

The Americas:

• Aztec Mythology
• Haitian Mythology
• Inca Mythology
• Maya Mythology
• Native American Mythology
• More Inca Mythology
• More Native American Mythology
• South American Mythical Creatures
• North American Mythical Creatures
• Aztec Gods and Goddesses

Asia:

• Chinese Mythology
• Hindu Mythology
• Japanese Mythology
• Korean Mythology
• More Japanese Mythology
• Chinese and Japanese Mythical Creatures
• Indian Mythical Creatures
• Chinese Gods and Goddesses
• Hindu Gods and Goddesses
• Korean Gods and Goddesses

Europe:

• Basque Mythology
• Celtic Mythology
• Etruscan Mythology
• Greek Mythology
• Latvian Mythology
• Norse Mythology
• Roman Mythology
• Arthurian Legends
• Bestiary
• Celtic Gods and Goddesses
• Gods and Goddesses of the Celtic Lands
• Finnish Mythology
• Celtic Mythical Creatures
• Gods and Goddesses

Middle East:

• Islamic Mythology
• Judaic Mythology
• Mesopotamian Mythology
• Persian Mythology
• Middle Eastern Mythical Creatures

Oceania:

• Aboriginal Mythology
• Polynesian Mythology
• More Polynesian Mythology
• Mythology of the Polynesian Islands
• Melanesian Mythology
• Massive Polynesian Mythology Post
• Maori Mythical Creatures
• Hawaiian Gods and Goddesses
• Hawaiian Goddesses
• Gods and Goddesses

Creating a Fantasy Religion:

• Creating Part 1
• Creating Part 2
• Creating Part 3
• Creating Part 4
• Fantasy Religion Design Guide
• Using Religion in Fantasy
• Religion in Fantasy
• Creating Fantasy Worlds
• Beliefs in Fantasy

Some superstitions:

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Can't afford art school?

After seeing post like this 👇

And this gem 👇

As well as countless of others from the AI generator community. Just talking about how "inaccessible art" is, I decided why not show how wrong these guys are while also helping anyone who actually wants to learn.

Here is the first one ART TEACHERS! There are plenty online and in places like youtube.

📺Here is my list:

1. Proko (Free, mostly teaches anatomy and how to draw people. But does have art talks and teaches the basics.)
2. Marc Brunet (Free but he does have other classes for a cheap price. Use to work for Blizzard and teaches you everything)
3. Aaron Rutten (free, tips about art, talks about art programs and the best products for digital art)
4. BoroCG (free, teaches a verity of art mediums from 3D modeling to digital painting. As well as some tips that can be used across styles)
5. Jesse J. Jones (free, talks about animating)
6. Jesus Conde (free, teaches digital painting and has classes in Spanish)
7. Mohammed Agbadi (free, he gives some advice in some videos and talks about art)
8. Ross Draws (free, he does have other classes for a good price. Mostly teaching character designs and simple backgrounds.)
9. SamDoesArts (free, gives good advice and critiques)
10. Drawfee Show (free, they do give some good advice and great inspiration)
11. The Art of Aaron Blaise ( useful tips for digital art and animation. Was an animator for Disney. Mostly nature art)
12. Bobby Chiu ( useful tips and interviews with artist who are in the industry or making a living as artist)
13. Sinix Design (has some tips on drawing people)
14. Winged canvas (art school for free on a verity of mediums)
15. Bob Ross (just a good time, learn how to paint, as well as how too relax when doing art. "there are no mistakes only happy accidents", this channel also provides tips from another artist)
16. Scott Christian Sava (Inspiration and provides tips and advice)
17. Pikat (art advice and critiques)
18. Drawbox (a suggested cheap online art school, made of a community of artist)
19. Skillshare (A cheap learning site that has art classes ranging from traditional to digital. As well as Animation and tutorials on art programs. All under one price, in the USA it's around $34 a month)
20. Human anatomy for artist (not a video or teacher but the site is full of awesome refs to practice and get better at anatomy)

Second part BOOKS, I have collected some books that have helped me and might help others.

📚Here is my list:

1. The "how to draw manga" series produced by Graphic-sha. These are for manga artist but they give great advice and information.
2. "Creating characters with personality" by Tom Bancroft. A great book that can help not just people who draw cartoons but also realistic ones. As it helps you with facial ques and how to make a character interesting.
3. "Albinus on anatomy" by Robert Beverly Hale and Terence Coyle. Great book to help someone learn basic anatomy.
4. "Artistic Anatomy" by Dr. Paul Richer and Robert Beverly Hale. A good book if you want to go further in-depth with anatomy.
5. "Directing the story" by Francis Glebas. A good book if you want to Story board or make comics.
6. "Animal Anatomy for Artists" by Eliot Goldfinger. A good book for if you want to draw animals or creatures.
7. "Constructive Anatomy: with almost 500 illustrations" by George B. Bridgman. A great book to help you block out shadows in your figures and see them in a more 3 diamantine way.
8. "Dynamic Anatomy: Revised and expand" by Burne Hogarth. A book that shows how to block out shapes and easily understand what you are looking out. When it comes to human subjects.
9. "An Atlas of animal anatomy for artist" by W. Ellenberger and H. Dittrich and H. Baum. This is another good one for people who want to draw animals or creatures.
10. Etherington Brothers, they make books and have a free blog with art tips.

📝As for Supplies, I recommend starting out cheap, buying Pencils and art paper at dollar tree or 5 below. If you want to go fancy Michaels is always a good place for traditional supplies. They also get in some good sales and discounts. For digital art, I recommend not starting with a screen art drawing tablet as they are usually more expensive.

For the Best art Tablet I recommend either Xp-pen, Bamboo or Huion. Some can range from about 40$ to the thousands.

💻As for art programs here is a list of Free to pay.

1. Clip Studio paint ( you can choose to pay once or sub and get updates. Galaxy, Windows, macOS, iPad, iPhone, Android, or Chromebook device. )
2. Procreate ( pay once for $9.99 usd, IPAD & IPHONE ONLY)
3. Blender (for 3D modules/sculpting, animation and more. Free)
4. PaintTool SAI (pay but has a 31 day free trail)
5. Krita (Free)
6. mypaint (free)
7. FireAlpaca (free)
8. Aseprite ($19.99 usd but has a free trail, for pixel art Windows & macOS)
9. Drawpile (free and for if you want to draw with others)
10. IbisPaint (free, phone app ONLY)
11. Medibang (free, IPAD, Android and PC)

NOTE: Some of these can work on almost any computer like Clip and Sai but others will require a bit stronger computer like Blender. Please check their sites for if your computer is compatible.

So do with this information as you will but as you can tell there are ways to learn how to become an artist, without breaking the bank. The only thing that might be stopping YOU from using any of these things, is YOU.

I have made time to learn to draw and many artist have too. Either in-between working two jobs or taking care of your family and a job or regular school and chores. YOU just have to take the time or use some time management, it really doesn't take long to practice for like an hour or less. YOU also don't have to do it every day, just once or three times a week is fine.

Hope this was helpful and have a great day.

"also apologies for any spelling or grammar errors, I have Dyslexia and it makes my brain go XP when it comes to speech or writing"

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-Video from Queen Esther a body hair activist

some people think writers are so eloquent and good with words, but the reality is that we can sit there with our fingers on the keyboard going, “what’s the word for non-sunlight lighting? Like, fake lighting?” and for ten minutes, all our brain will supply is “unofficial”, and we know that’s not the right word, but it’s the only word we can come up with…until finally it’s like our face got smashed into a brick wall and we remember the word we want is “artificial”.

helpful sites for writers

i have a little collection of websites i tend to use for coming up with ideas, naming people or places, keeping clear visuals or logistics, writing basics about places i've never been to, and so on. i tend to do a lot of research, but sometimes you just need quick references, right? so i thought i'd share some of them!

• Behind the Name; good for name meanings but also just random name ideas, regardless of meanings.
• Fantasy Name Generator; this link goes to the town name generator, which i use most, but there are lots of silly/fun/good inspo generators on there!
• Age Calculator; for remembering how old characters are in Y month in Z year. i use this constantly.
• Height Comparison; i love this for the height visuals; does character A come up to character B's shoulder? are they a head taller? what does that look like, height-wise? the chart feature is great!
• Child Development Guide; what can a (neurotypical, average) 5-year-old do at that age? this is a super handy quickguide for that, with the obviously huge caveat that children develop at different paces and this is not comprehensive or accurate for every child ever. i like it as a starting point, though!
• Weather Spark; good for average temperatures and weather checking!
• Green's Dictionary of Slang; good for looking up "would x say this?" or "what does this phrase mean in this context?" i love the timeline because it shows when the phrase was historically in use. this is english only, though; i dig a little harder for resources like this in other languages.

site that you can type in the definition of a word and get the word

site for when you can only remember part of a word/its definition 

site that gives you words that rhyme with a word

site that gives you synonyms and antonyms

People always assume that playing someone British is just learning the slang and how to speak correctly with the accent. Well, that isn’t entirely true.

Tip No. 1: How to sound British.

Of course you have to perfect how to sound British. Use these links to use the slang all the time.

• The Dictionary of Slang
• The Best of British — British Slang
• Top 100 Most Beautiful British Slang Words and Phrases

Tip No. 2: Location, location, location.

They’re going to ask where you are from and you just can’t say Britain, shit face. What if they are from Britain itself? You need to have a “home location”.  What city/town? What district did you live in? Where is it located? What is it near? What are the customs there? It may also be important to know important counties and cities. If you can’t locate London on a map, it will be fairly obvious that you are not British.

• How to live in Britain: Topics of The Basics, Law, Geography, Culture, Problems, Being Successful, Making a Difference, and Personal Life.

Tip No. 3: Wording and spelling is a very important factor.

The British change their wording and spelling a lot. Here is a British to American translator.

• British to American Translator

Tip No. 4: Know their hobbies: such as their television shows and what they do in their free time.

Not all the shows we have here in America are watched in Britain. Here is a list of the most popular televison series in Britian. (It stays updated, because what’s the point of posting one that isn’t?)

• Most Popular TV Series With Country of Origin United Kingdom
• How the British spend their leisure time

Tip No. 5: Myths about the British

We Americans don’t go around eating burgers and holding shot guns, do we?  There are always myths about races and countries.

• 5 Common Myths About Britain And The British