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Drawtober 6: Harvest Festival
A ghost loves nothing more than unlimited food and gifts!
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[ID: Digital illustration of a round-headed, circle-eyed ghost with an uneven, wavy bottom, smiling as it flies forward. It carries a woven basket, tilted slightly forward, a polka-dotted blanket over its circular contents, with one oval arm. Faded in color, a turkey leg, husked corn on the cob, and a slice of bread float in the ghost’s center. A fall leaf crown adores the ghost’s head. End Description]
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Drawtober 5: Ancient Rituals
All rituals have a beginning. And for the rituals that take place on All Hallows’ Eve, that beginning was when the first ghost returned to the world of the living.
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[ID: Black and white digital illustration of a ghost walking through an open, wooden gate. The front of the ghost (the part past the gate) is fully opaque and then fades until the back of the ghost (behind the gate) is almost invisible. There are round, organic shaped stones arranged in a circle around the gate, decreasing in size the further they are from the gate. Tuffs of grass are between the stones. End Description]
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Third month of doing WritingTipWed on my Twitter where every Wednesday I post a writing tip! If you want to see these weekly, follow me @/EmilyLaJaunie.
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#WritingTipWed 9: Talking to someone will often lead to more ideas and more solutions than mulling it over by yourself. It can be a close friend or an internet stranger. It will also help you catch problematic and/or offensive concepts that you weren’t aware of.
#WritingTipWed 10: If you’re defensive of your writing, like I was when I started, then ask yourself why are you afraid of criticism? Why is it so bad that you didn’t write something good? Why are you afraid of “failing”? Why do you view it as a failure?
Whether you show someone your 1st or 6th draft, don’t think you won’t receive criticism. If you always think your work is flawless, or you can do no wrong, you’ll always be disappointed. Accept that you’ll make mistakes and learn from them.
If you get negative feedback on your work, you are not a failure, you did not fail. You simply learned how to make it better than it was before. Constructive criticism is necessary to improve as a writer. You can’t get better on your own.
The root of my defensiveness was not wanting to admit I was wrong in front of the critiquer. I learned to listen to them quietly, thank them, think it over alone, and later discuss with them about the changes I made from their critique.
#WritingTipWed 11: Research if you’re writing outside of your race, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, and/or culture. Know what is considered offensive/a stereotype, how things are described, and how their viewpoints/beliefs differ from yours.
Also, hire a Sensitivity Reader for the groups you are writing about. They will spot cultural inaccuracies, biases, stereotypes, and problematic language. Salt & Sage Books have excellent Sensitivity Readers -> saltandsagebooks.com/sensitivity-expert-consultants/
#WritingTipWed 12: When introducing a new environment, decide how much detail you need to put in your description to set the atmosphere and align with your character’s traits. Don’t make it like a screenplay unless it’s necessary.
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Drawtober 4: Folklore
One foolish enough to follow the light of the will-o’-the-wisp can only hope their death, and transformation, is quick.
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[ID: Black and white digital painting of a woman, from chest up, leaning against a tree, her head tilted to face the viewer. Her long hair is made of smoke that billows out to the right, with some strands falling over her face. The left eye, directly facing the viewer, is decayed to show the full eyeball and eye socket, and some of her cheek, separated into three sections, on the same side is decayed to show some teeth, gums, and jaw bone. Her lips are chapped and cracked. Four smoky will-o-the-wisps with large, round heads, two thin limbs, and a wavy toil, glowing from the head and middle, circle around her. Her expression is somber. End Description]
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Halloween 2020 Pride Icons!
I’ve made these to pay homage to this rare Halloween full moon! Feel free to use them! All I ask is to be credited! Have any requests? Send them to me!
Aro Spectrum;Ace Spectrum;Aroace
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[ID: Icon consists of a moon where 3/4th of it is white, while the rest (on the right side) is colored in a gradient. Craters line where the two sections meet and spread out on both sides, getting smaller until there are none. The color of the craters and right side depend on the colors of the pride flag used. Any additional shapes included in the pride flags are placed behind the moon in their respective place, color, and size. There are nine bats flying over the moon in a slight S curve on the left side and share the same colors of the moon. First four photos each contain four icons, while the fifth contains three icons and below each icon is the name of the pride flag. In order, the names are: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Transgender, Agender, Aromantic, Aro Spectrum, Asexual, Ace Spectrum, Aroace, Bigender, Genderfluid, Genderqueer, Intersex, Nonbinary, Pansexual, Polyamory, and Polysexual. End Description]
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Aro Spectrum Halloween 2020 Pride Icons!
I’ve made these to pay homage to this rare Halloween full moon! Feel free to use them! All I ask is to be credited! Have any requests? Send them to me!
Like my art? Consider supporting me: Ko-fi. For art not to be resold or used for advertising, view my Commission Info. For graphic design/art intended to be resold or used for advertising, view my Contract Details on my website: emilylaj.com/contract-details.
[ID: Icon consists of a moon where 3/4th of it is white, while the rest (on the right side) is colored in a gradient. Craters line where the two sections meet and spread out on both sides, getting smaller until there are none. The color of the craters and right side depend on the colors of the pride flag used. Any additional shapes included in the pride flags are placed behind the moon in their respective place, color, and size. There are nine bats flying over the moon in a slight S curve on the left side and share the same colors of the moon. First eight photos each contain four icons, while the ninth and tenth contain one and below each icon is the name of the pride flag. In order, the names are: Aromantic, Acoromantic, Acriromantic, Apothiromantic, Aroflux, Aro-Jump, Aro Allosexual, Aromid, Arospike, Arovague, Bellusromantic, Caedromantic, Cupioromantic, Demialterous, Demiplatonic, Demiromantic, Fictoromantic, Frayromantic, Greyromantic, Iamvanoromantic, Idemromantic, Inactromantic, Lithromantic/Akoiromantic, Nebularomantic, Omniaplatonic, Omniaromantic, Platoniromantic, Proculsexual, Quoiromantic, Recipromantic, Requisrmantic, Sensualarian, and Aro Spectrum. End Description]
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