Writing and Art Resources
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Writing and Art Resources
Post useful links for creative things (writing, art) and I'll add them to this post.
Writing
Fantasy links
DnD style resource for various aspects of fantasy
How to write a fantasy novel
Fantasy world building
Tips on writing a magic system
List of 21 fantasy tropes
Ideas on how to use fantasy tropes
Youtube video discussing magic systems
Sci-fi links
List of fictional extraterrestrials
3 "rules" for writing sci-fi
List of sci-fi themes
List of emerging technologies
5 sites for sci-fi writers
List of 21 sci-fi tropes
Big list of sci-fi tropes
Mythology links
List of legendary creatures
List of legendary creatures from Japan
Wikipedia article on the hero's journey
List of mythological places
Resource links
Huge list of different kinds of name generators
How to punctuate dialogue
Basic guide to writing a story
Site that covers a lot of rules of English grammar and spelling
Tips on world building
List of "rules" to break in fantasy and sci-fi
A playlist of videos discussing various tropes
Music to listen to whilst writing
Small grammar and punctuation guide
Editing tips
Rhyming dictionary
Tips on writing a fight scene
Tips on writing romance
Tips on overcoming writer's block
From CF forums: Jonesy's thread of inspirations
Site to "publish" poetry and fiction for review from other users of the site
Past vs Passed explanation
Free online English grammar checker
Software
Open Office
Libre Office
Art
Traditional Drawing
Guide to drawing facial features
Improve landscape drawings
Pixel Art
Massive collection of pixel art tutorials
Site of pixel art and software tutorials
Digital
From CF forums: tutorial on basics of Inkscape
Resources
Web-based map making site (free and paid versions)
Tips for visual storytelling
Big list of various art tutorials
NEW Huge library of colours with RGB codes and similar
NEW Adobe colour wheel to make palettes
Software
Gimp
paint.NET
Inkscape
Fantasy links
DnD style resource for various aspects of fantasy
How to write a fantasy novel
Fantasy world building
Tips on writing a magic system
List of 21 fantasy tropes
Ideas on how to use fantasy tropes
Youtube video discussing magic systems
Sci-fi links
List of fictional extraterrestrials
3 "rules" for writing sci-fi
List of sci-fi themes
List of emerging technologies
5 sites for sci-fi writers
List of 21 sci-fi tropes
Big list of sci-fi tropes
Mythology links
List of legendary creatures
List of legendary creatures from Japan
Wikipedia article on the hero's journey
List of mythological places
Resource links
Huge list of different kinds of name generators
How to punctuate dialogue
Basic guide to writing a story
Site that covers a lot of rules of English grammar and spelling
Tips on world building
List of "rules" to break in fantasy and sci-fi
A playlist of videos discussing various tropes
Music to listen to whilst writing
Small grammar and punctuation guide
Editing tips
Rhyming dictionary
Tips on writing a fight scene
Tips on writing romance
Tips on overcoming writer's block
From CF forums: Jonesy's thread of inspirations
Site to "publish" poetry and fiction for review from other users of the site
Past vs Passed explanation
Free online English grammar checker
Software
Open Office
Libre Office
Art
Traditional Drawing
Guide to drawing facial features
Improve landscape drawings
Pixel Art
Massive collection of pixel art tutorials
Site of pixel art and software tutorials
Digital
From CF forums: tutorial on basics of Inkscape
Resources
Web-based map making site (free and paid versions)
Tips for visual storytelling
Big list of various art tutorials
NEW Huge library of colours with RGB codes and similar
NEW Adobe colour wheel to make palettes
Software
Gimp
paint.NET
Inkscape
Last edited by Pangaea on 2/7/2023, 19:39; edited 53 times in total
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Completely reformatted the opening post. Also added more links.
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Charlatan wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_legendary_creatures_from_Japan
they got many.
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Added several new links. Be sure to check them out.
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Surenu wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faster-than-light
The Science Fiction authors bread and butter.
Added.
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Done. Also added a link to the wikipedia article on the hero's journey.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Emerging_technologies
Something for the aspiring hard science fiction writer again. This is especially interesting because some of these technologies already see real life commercialization in the current year, like aerogels.
Something for the aspiring hard science fiction writer again. This is especially interesting because some of these technologies already see real life commercialization in the current year, like aerogels.
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Surenu wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Emerging_technologies
Something for the aspiring hard science fiction writer again. This is especially interesting because some of these technologies already see real life commercialization in the current year, like aerogels.
Added.
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Added a new link to opening post.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSSL_0ddi3s&list=PLDb22nlVXGgcljcdyDk80bBDXGyeZjZ5e
Also removed the general music section since it wasn't really necessary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSSL_0ddi3s&list=PLDb22nlVXGgcljcdyDk80bBDXGyeZjZ5e
Also removed the general music section since it wasn't really necessary.
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Added three new links to the resource section.
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Four new links added across fantasy, sci-fi, and writing resources.
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New link added. Also removed an unnecessary link.
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Added a new section for art related things. I don't know as much about art stuff so please make suggestions for useful links (like what software to use).
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