In the winter, for about five months or from January to May, the lake freezes over but the water is so clear that, from the surface, you can see an astounding 130 feet below you. Transparent and shining in a turquoise color, these masses of broken ice look like shards of glass rising into the sky. They are caused by the slow and unequal pressure in the main body of the packed ice as well as by the unequal structure and temperature.PRETTY.
Extraordinary photos of young hitchhikers and freight train hoppers by Mike Brodie
Mike Brodie (tumblr | facebook) first began photographing in 2004 when he was given a Polaroid camera. Working under the moniker, The Polaroid Kidd, Brodie spent the next four years circumambulating the U.S. amassing an archive of photographs that would go on to make up one of the few, true collections of American travel photography. Having never undergone any formal training, he chose to remained untethered to the pressures and expectations of the art market.
Female Body Type Image Gallery
IF YOU’RE AN ARTIST SHUT UP AND LOOK AT THIS AMAZING RESOURCE I FOUND.
It is literally a plethora of pictures of different body types for girls and you can search by a variety of different factors until you find your art subjects’ exact body type.
It is literally one of the single most helpful resources on body types I’ve ever found [although I’m disappointed males aren’t included as well] especially since A WHOLE LOT of my characters have body types that aren’t usually represented in body type charts.
Eplans.com is a website that sells blueprints for houses.Â
This might not seem that helpful but if you want a characters house you can make selections based on what sort of house you want them to live in.Â
Then browse through the results and find the house you want. Then you can view the blueprints and have a room layout for that house, which can help with visualising the space they live in.Â
It makes describing generic homes so much easier.
Oooooh, that’s awesome! I was actually thinking about that a few days ago, how it would be splendid to have a website do the work and plan houses for you. I’m no decorator and need these references.
Thanks :)
I have some basic architecture programs that I use to design houses from scratch but this might be even better (what with me not being an actual architect). But I will say having a floor plan to work from ABSOLUTELY improves art and writing when it comes to detailing the scenery.
This will be VERY useful to me, as the first chapter of the Hues takes place almost entirely within Sami’s house…
[Image: Photo of a dapper person of color in a tweed jacket, button-up shirt, green bowtie, and rolled up jeans with brown leather boots on her feet.]
swag.
Ooooh, style inspiration for Audrey, maybe.
