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On: WritingGood morning, afternoon, or evening, as appropriate. The guide contains advice on various aspects of writing in brief, with examples for each. I’ve divided up each aspect of writing into one of four categories: rules, guidelines, matters of style, and matters of plot and characterization. Hopefully this guide will be helpful to you in one way or another.
Rules
There are virtually no ironclad rules in writing; these aspects of writing come close, however. Even in dialogue or internal monologue, which is normally a space where the writer is free to do as they please, misspelled words are problematic. As such, it is important to master these aspects of writing, and do so early in your time as a writer.
Spelling. It’s always jarring to encounter a spelling mistake in the middle of an otherwise well-written story. Because some spelling mistakes will not be caught by a typical spell checker, and because you should be editing your story anyway, it is a good idea to p
On: Illustration, Comics, and Story TellingDon’t suck -- PK
I want to say first of all that sometimes I get people asking, or rather complaining, “why does it seem like the comics always get a better score?  This group seems so focused on comics.  What if I just want to draw pictures?”
Well, that ends up tying into narrative illustration, which is a pretty hard thing to do right if you’re used to drawing single shots of your character against a plain, white background.  Most people end up doing comics because it seems easier right away:  the characters can talk, you can set the scene, it doesn’t require a little description at the bottom...
But, even comics require some know-how to pull off really well.  It’s just harder to pull off illustrations in this story-based environment, because comics make it a little less apparent when it’s not doing a very good job at telling that story.
But, I’ll get to comics second. 
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Trying to write something meaningful but I failed... :iconohokayplz:

I have covered why I don't really do line-arts here. I still do them sometimes, but they are just sooooo dreadful to do... >_< The "line-arts" you still see from my arts are usually straight from the sketch~

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~SanfroEldolph Nov 5, 2012  Student General Artist
What would you call 'rendering'? It looks somewhat similar to lineart in the end (please don't take that offensively). I often struggle with painting over a sketch. I'd like to try a more painterly approach, but it never looks quite finished when I do it.
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*Haychel Nov 5, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Haha I don't get how this question is offensive... 0u0

I didn't say I hate linearts, it is just I don't prefer to do them~ It is the process of making linearts that I don't really like. As you have said, "rendering" looks somewhat like linearts, but I could make this happen in half the time when I do "linearts". Of course I would prefer the former more, would you not agree? :3c

Anyway, I have some little descriptions about rendering here: [link] You may want to have a lil read. I'm not particularly sure if that would help, but I hope it gives you at least some ideas~!

Also, how "finished" the paintings look is determined by the artist him/herself. With rendering, you could sit down and fix stuff for hours and make things look perfect. Some though, prefer to just make it look loose and expressive. It really differs for each individual!
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~SanfroEldolph Nov 5, 2012  Student General Artist
Thank you! That really helped! You have great art :D
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~Sketch-A-Pokemon Oct 10, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
This will make my life easier. Thank you. *bows* But.. I still don't know what line art looks like. Is it like the outline of pictures?
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*Haychel Oct 10, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
The line arts I meant are those that you see a lot of manga artists do. They sketch and then they apply solid black lines over the sketch.
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~Sketch-A-Pokemon Oct 10, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
I see. Thanks for clearing that up for me!
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~Uruboros Oct 8, 2012  Professional Writer
I always have trouble picking a good palette and just default to the same colors. Maybe I'm just too comfortable in my routine, but do you have any tips for trying out palettes?
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*Haychel Oct 8, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Oh, there are so many presets out there~ Here is one of them: [link]

Try limiting yourself to use the colors provided ONLY, that will help a lot! :D
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~Uruboros Oct 9, 2012  Professional Writer
I should give it a try. Do you just use the solid colors or do you also use them with opacity and shading techniques to get lighter or darker colors?
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*Haychel Oct 9, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
It depends on what you want to strive for, but I usually go with shading techniques as well.
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