Recent content by Amaria

Well, you look at whatever you're drawing and see what the colors there are. Deciding which exact colors to mix to make a look you want is largely trial and error (FUN trial and error, of course) for whatever effect you like. There's no real set 'you have to use this specific color if this...

How long have you been playing video games? A good portion of my life; since I'm rather young, that's only about 14 years, to be honest. How many hours do you play video games a week? Anywhere from 5 to 20. College life means it changes a bit based off of my workload. Do the majority of...

Mhmm. Happy to help. :) The opacity of the brush is helpful, too; sometimes you want one area of something to be more of a color than another. Essentially, tweak both until it seems right. Layers are always your friends! I usually use this for my shadows and highlights, yes; that way there...

Doesn't have to just be when you're out and about. Even at home, try to keep up your drawing. It's a practice thing, and the only way you'll get better is to improve and always be ready in case you have the urge to draw something. But if you're at home with digital stuff - combine and layer...

Alright, first bit of advice - get a sketchbook. Even if you're working digitally normally, get a sketchbook. Get MULTIPLE sketchbooks. Keep one on your bed table, one in your bag, one in your car, one at your desk - so on, so forth. Get them, keep them, use them. Looks at things from life...

I was actually using Ar'leatir's updated method rather than Kn'droth's. It's a little faster, but yeah - not the fastest thing ever. Gathering the tuning crystals was a fun little side project, actually - it took me about twelve years, in total. Even if it was occasionally a headache to get...

No offense to the orb-users, but I really haven't seen their practical use outside of the laboratory. Yes, they're more powerful than either staves or wands, but they're unwieldy. Also, slippery. If you can spring for the expensive kind, then maybe the several hundred-thousand extra units of...

Thank you, everyone! You're all absolutely amazing; these sorts of answers are just what I need. You've brought up points I didn't think of (inability to trade books when using an e-reader)and that's... Absolutely wonderful. I'd type out an entire essay on how much I love all of you for...

Hello; I don't say much on these forums, but I do often lurk. I'm writing a paper for college on electronic books and how they've affected consumer opinions and the sales of books. As per college rules, we're required to have an interview or survey. I had plans to conduct an electronic...

Lexiconicy- "The ability to transform a written word into the actual object" ... YES. It's not as flashy or as powerful as, say, omnipotence, but I like it. It's only really limited by my creativity and ability to write. Other than that? Anything I can think of. Hello, private island...

Well, this is incredibly depressing, but here goes. 46 words, not counting the title. Falling A rush of air and weightlessness becomes all that he feels. The ground looms closer, as he speeds towards it to his inevitable death below. It?s beautiful. Sad, that his life should end...

Drill seargent, if I can convince the people in charge to allow me to do it. My dad did it, and I inherited quite a loud yell because of it. Plus, since I'm kind of small, it would be freaking hilarious to see giant, muscled soldiers absolutely terrified of me. As much as I hate war, I would...

Ah, I missed that, sorry. If there's only one wish, I suppose I'd just have to skip to wish 2, and try to make a loophole free wish on my own. Basically I'd be doomed. Hmm... good point on the lawyer, though. In that case I guess I just screwed over a good portion of the world's...

First wish: "I wish that a very good lawyer would show up at my house of his or her own free will with intentions to help me make a wish with no loopholes that you could exploit, and understanding that I would allow him or her to use the last of my three wishes from you as sole payment, after I...

I have 28, but I had my 3 wisdom teeth pulled out a few weeks ago, so it used to be 31.