Autumnal Preperations

Yep; it is defintley  that time of year.
You may have noticed the changes to the blog. This is all because I'm an excited holiday freak. Get used to it.

Ah. Exciting, no?


Today I wanted to give a few tips on Gimp.

1. Explore the tools. Take a screenshot of you in-game and just use the tools on it.
2. Begin using layers. This can be achieved by going to Layer>New Layer. If you need to blend something but not ruin the original photo, go to Layer>New Layer from Visible.
3. Download new brushes and graidents. To do this, go to deviantart.com.   Now, go to the search box and type in 'gimp brushes' or 'gimp gradients' 'gimp patterns'. Find a 'pack' and then make sure it says 'in Gimp ___es' under it. Click it, and preview what it says under the bottom to make sure there are no copyright things. Now, at the top right, there is a 'download' button. It will be a zip file. Find a thing to open it with, and then select the whole contents that have the file name at the end as GIMP___. Select, copy, and then go to your 'gimp' folder. Yes, there is a directory folder. There will be all the different patterns, tools, ect. You need to go to whatever type of thing you just downloaded (like, if you did a brush, go to the brushes folder). Paste into this and then close out the program of Gimp if it is running. Re-open it, and viola! Your brushes/gradient/pattern is there!
4. Do a ton of experimenting. Remember that even if things are not correct and looking well in the end, don't bother trying to fix it if it's not going to be published. Think of all the good aspects of the drawing.
5. All art is good. Skill does not make art; the effort put into the art, the inspiration, the liking of making it... that is what makes your art.

I hope that helped!

Originally Angsty

[*Cough* Yeah, I know, but I was too lazy... and I made that poster at what? 6:00 in the morning? You know me~]

IT IS.
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE WIZARDING WORLD OF THE SPIRAL!
....Dang, that was longer than I thought.
Okay, so, straight to the point! I was reading  Invasion (PG 13 Little kids no clickies o-o;;) and it's having an influence on me.
....
Oh, am I an idiot? I forgot to actually explain what I'm thinking.
In this base of total insanity, I decide to jump of Eliks Edge. This was before Alia's Story and all, so I'm just going to send out an Preview. xD

Amber sat down on her chair, worn and weary. Despite the fact that this was Wizard City, and it was supposed to be safe... but nowdays, it was not. She gingerly fingered the cuts on her arms, feathering; overlapping... no. It was never safe. Not really.
"Hey Mom? Are you okay?" Her daughter, Esmee walked into the room and gave her a hug. Amber threw on a smile  and tried to hug back, but eventually, depression wore through and she found herself hanging onto her daughter.
"P-please... I need to tell you a story..." She chocked out, conjouring a chair out of thin air. Normally she didn't use magic in the Human world; strange things usually happened when she did. But now, she was not thinking straight... and was also just too lazy to get a chair from the kitchen.
"Let me sit. Collect yourself." Esmee put her hand on Amber's shoulder and she suddenly felt peace... one of the best things about having a daughter trained in Balance.  Smiling, she recollected her memories.
"Well, it all began when I dropped out of the sky..."