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    Authors, how do you make names?

    Interesting, this ant mainly deals with chinese names so it will be similar to LXL. This ant does a few mixed styles and sometimes refer to Chinese name sites but most are self thought. There are a few names that this ant is implementing like Millie SilverBorn as MiLiYinSheng which is half...
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    The Second Tempest Contest

    Now, this ant has a question...does an intended sequel to this ant's current story work? And yes this is a scheduled sequel even if this contest did not exist. Though this ant would still probably pass since most of this ant's viewership is from webnovel and not SH. Yeah, this is probably a no...
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    Writing the main character of your story with limitations he/she cannot overcome

    A MC with an unsurmountable limitation would hinder the wish-fulfillment reader experience to some extent. It is something to work with, but not my real cup of tea. I would rather bump up my side characters and villains than forcefully cripple my MC unless I have a decent plot for him/her. Well...
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    Post Your Best Line Below

    If you think you are infallible, you better just wake up already.
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    What time are you the most creative?

    It is a vicious cycle, I feel like writing when I am at work, at home I feel like slacking when I feel I should be writing. Once I have been slacking extensively, I feel like going to work thanks to COVID. My priorities are looped and mismatched.
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    things i think upcoming artists should hear

    1-go and actually learn some actual anatomy before drawing, maybe you will stop drawing dwarfs by then 2-references are great but if you cannot find any then make one. Taking photos/selfies and translating to images is a good method to get good poses and camera positions 3-beauty is in the eyes...
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    [Event] Boys' Love Autumn Short Story Anthology

    You know I thought that initial picture was cute until I saw the handprints and face :blob_shock:. Hmm, can a guy do a submission? I don't mind trying to write some novice BL just for fun if it remains anonymous. :blob_cookie:
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    Watching paint dry

    A blank canvas, that was my impression of her when we first met. And then we got together. Colors mashed together, creating vibrancy to that plain dull white canvas. Her smiles warmed my heart and so did mine to hers. Red and yellow for the vermillion sunset which we held hands under. Yellow and...
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    Strengths and Weaknesses

    My greatest strength and weakness is procrastination......wait, that's bad.
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    Adding maps and charts to your stories

    Ant writes a xianxia, though it would not matter since ant could just info bombard the readers. Ant likes to be consistent in his story, so yes there is a map for every province, direction in which each sect is located, danger zones, enemy countries et. cetera. If ant ever felt lazy then he...
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    My Xianxia/Wuxia/Xuanhuan BL art

    As long as it works for you, mine is still behind that creative pack thingy.
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    My Xianxia/Wuxia/Xuanhuan BL art

    The issue I have with medibang now is that the layers shifting is locked behind the paywall if I am correct. Ibis paint has extra tools like the circle and line drawer which I didn't remember existing in medibang. It is super artist-friendly and there are a lot of tutorials on ibis. Not sure if...
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    My Xianxia/Wuxia/Xuanhuan BL art

    Nice, very very handsome! Medibang huh, ant moved to ibispaint from medibang.
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    That context sounds criminal :sweating_profusely:

    That context sounds criminal :sweating_profusely:
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    So...in truth my xianxia was purposely written badly cause I wanted to mimic invisible dragon...

    and I haven't told my readers about it yet. Trust me, this whole concept that I have made is really confusing. It feels like self-pleasure rather than catered to reader demands. And to be fair, I don't regret it one bit. The end estimate of the arc is 100k words by the way, so a 100k word...
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    Covers~

    I draw my own covers using Ibis paint, though my drawings are pretty meh imho. I usually bank on abstract concepts and dynamic positions/angles cause I get bored of drawing portraits through doodling. The other thing I see popular is people using waifu labs if you like anime faces, it is an...
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    What if your spouse was actually a conglomerate's son/daughter

    Why not? I know that she may not have trusted me or did not feel like revealing it and I would feel slightly bad but...I can't blame her if I had been hiding stuff from her too. Like my legendary stash or that skeleton in the closet you know...err literally. I guess it also depends on the...
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    Writing Element Matching~

    1) That if you assume your mana is a substance I guess. Some of these novels out there have their mana appear from the void or something. And transmutation goes according to law of conversion so if your mana is non-substantial, you created nothing out of something without converting things, then...
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    Writing Element Matching~

    I would pull void and null in its own category unless you want your darkness to be a pure dark one and not a religious emphasis etc. Then it could be like demonic/soul instead for curses and such if you stick darkness to pure darkness. Space and time for higher-order elements. Blood was also a...
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    What is your process when it comes to making illustration?

    Depends on what and how do you want to draw. There are multiple modalities and art styles. Everyone has a different model and template. The foundation skills are of course still similar in some ways. For me it is: 1. Draw a basic sketch of the foundation blocks for posture 2. Draw the sketch...
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