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Compiled some basic information I know about drawing fat characters for beginners since I've been seeing more talk about absence of really basic traits in a lot of art lately.

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A general cane guide for writers and artists (from a cane user, writer, and artist!)

Disclaimer: Though I have been using a cane for 6 years, I am not a doctor, nor am I by any means an expert. This guide is true to my experience, but there are as many ways to use a cane as there are cane users!

This guide will not include: White canes for blindness, crutches, walkers, or wheelchairs as I have no personal experience with these.

This is meant to be a general guide to get you started and avoid some common mishaps/misconceptions, but you absolutely should continue to do your own research outside of this guide!

The biggest recurring problem I've seen is using the cane on the wrong side. The cane goes on the opposite side of the pain! If your character has even-sided pain or needs it for balance/weakness, then use the cane in the non-dominant hand to keep the dominant hand free. Some cane users also switch sides to give their arm a rest!

A cane takes about 20% of your weight off the opposite leg. It should fit within your natural gait and become something of an extension of your body. If you need more weight off than 20%, then crutches, a walker, or a wheelchair is needed.

Putting more pressure on the cane, using it on the wrong side, or having it at the wrong height will make it less effective, and can cause long term damage to your body from improper pressure and posture. (Hugh Laurie genuinely hurt his body from years of using a cane wrong on House!)

(an animated GIF of a cane matching the natural walking gait. It turns red when pressure is placed on it.)

When going up and down stairs, there is an ideal standard: You want to use the handrail and the cane at the same time, or prioritize the handrail if it's only on one side. When going up stairs you lead with your good leg and follow with the cane and hurt leg together. When going down stairs you lead with the cane, then the good leg, and THEN the leg that needs help.

Realistically though, many people don't move out of the way for cane users to access the railing, many stairs don't have railings, and many are wet, rusty, or generally not ideal to grip.

In these cases, if you have a friend nearby, holding on to them is a good idea. Or, take it one step at a time carefully if you're alone.

Now we come to a very common mistake I see... Using fashion canes for medical use!

(These are 4 broad shapes, but there is INCREDIBLE variation in cane handles. Research heavily what will be best for your character's specific needs!)

The handle is the contact point for all the weight you're putting on your cane, and that pressure is being put onto your hand, wrist, and shoulder. So the shape is very important for long term use!

Knob handles (and very decorative handles) are not used for medical use for this reason. It adds extra stress to the body and can damage your hand to put constant pressure onto these painful shapes.

The weight of a cane is also incredibly important, as a heavier cane will cause wear on your body much faster. When you're using it all day, it gets heavy fast! If your character struggles with weakness, then they won't want a heavy cane if they can help it!

This is also part of why sword canes aren't usually very viable for medical use (along with them usually being knob handles) is that swords are extra weight!

However, a small knife or perhaps a retractable blade hidden within the base might be viable even for weak characters.

Bases have a lot of variability as well, and the modern standard is generally adjustable bases. Adjustable canes are very handy if your character regularly changes shoe height, for instance (gotta keep the height at your hip!)

Canes help on most terrain with their standard base and structure. But for some terrain, you might want a different base, or to forego the cane entirely! This article covers it pretty well.

Many cane users decorate their canes! Stickers are incredibly common, and painting canes is relatively common as well! You'll also see people replacing the standard wrist strap with a personalized one, or even adding a small charm to the ring the strap connects to. (nothing too large, or it gets annoying as the cane is swinging around everywhere)

(my canes, for reference)

If your character uses a cane full time, then they might also have multiple canes that look different aesthetically to match their outfits!

When it comes to practical things outside of the cane, you reasonably only have one hand available while it's being used. Many people will hook their cane onto their arm or let it dangle on the strap (if they have one) while using their cane arm, but it's often significantly less convenient than 2 hands. But, if you need 2 hands, then it's either setting the cane down or letting it hang!

For this reason, optimizing one handed use is ideal! Keeping bags/items on the side of your free hand helps keep your items accessible.

When sitting, the cane either leans against a wall or table, goes under the chair, or hooks onto the back of the chair. (It often falls when hanging off of a chair, in my experience)

When getting up, the user will either use their cane to help them balance/support as they stand, or get up and then grab their cane. This depends on what it's being used for (balance vs pain when walking, for instance!)

That's everything I can think of for now. Thank you for reading my long-but-absolutely-not-comprehensive list of things to keep in mind when writing or drawing a cane user!

Happy disability pride month! Go forth and make more characters use canes!!!

How to spot signs and symptoms of Breast Cancer 

LOVE this concept!!

ROTTMNT x Bayverse!TMNT

I have no ideas for this except that it would be funny to see the dark and gritty Bayverse Turtles get teleported to the chaotic, magical, neon world of Rise.

Heck, Bayverse doesn't meet any mutants other than each other until the second movie.

And there are only two.

Also, the difference in threat levels would be funny.

The happy-go-lucky turtles from Rise absolutely destroying a villain Bv!Turtles were having trouble with???

*chef's kiss*

It would also be interesting to have them compare origin stories.

I mean,, they were both created for a purpose.

But Bayverse were just meant to be test subjects, while Rise were meant to eradicate humanity.

I think it's pretty safe to say there would be some biological differences.

I'm in LOVE with this!

Here's some notes on some of the upper body muscles so you, artist, don't need to look them up

They are not medically accurate, just enough for artists to know the necessary muscles and how they work together

I 100% recommend doing the last exercise I did to be able to actually place the muscles

This is so true that it's hilarious! 😂

spent an hour making these instead of writing

Lumen’s Glow Up Challenge

✨✨  About the challenge  ✨✨

Starting with January, I have a glow up challenge for you guys. Now this will be essentially a mental glow up, because as I keep saying getting your mindset right is the nr. 1 step to improving yourself. To be exact, the challenge will consist of a question daily which will encourage you to review any scarcity mindset. It will push you to expand your worldviews and beliefs regarding wealth, success, love and more. 🙌🏻 🙌🏽 🙌🏿 By doing these exercises, you will be confronting all the mental barriers and limiting beliefs you may still carry with you - whether they were conditioned into you by society, by family, by surroundings or anything else.

✨✨  Do it at your own pace  ✨✨

You can (and should!) do these challenges at your own rhythm. You can reply to them directly daily with your thoughts, or you can reblog them to have them saved and just meditate over them when the time is right. Or you can answer the questions in your journal/diary ✏️ thus having a special place to detail your mindset glow up journey. Whichever it is, do what works for you! It’s all about you, darlings.

Stay tuned 💋🥂

-Lumen

Writing fight scenes

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1. Pacing

A fight scene should be fast-paced and intense. Unless it's a final battle with numerous parties, a fight scene that's too long tends to take away suspense. To speed up your pacing, use active voice to describe movement and don't overdescribe your characters' thoughts. Excessive inner monologue will be unrealistic, as people usually have no room to think during intense combats.

2. Character mannerisms

Here's a point that people often overlook, but is actually super important. Through fight scenes, you should be able to reveal your characters' contrasting mannerisms and personality. A cunning character would play dirty - fighting less and making use of their opponent's weakness more. A violent character would aim to kill. A softer one would only target to disarm their enemies, using weakened attacks. A short-minded character would only rely on force and attack without thinking. This will help readers understand your characters more and decide who to root for.

3. Making use of surroundings

Not only the characters, you also need to consider the setting of your fight scene and use it to your advantage. Is it suitable for fighting, or are there dangerous slopes that make it risky? Are there scattered items that can help your characters fight (e.g. nails, shards of glass, ropes, wooden boards, or cutlery)? Is it a public place where people can easily spot the fight and call the authorities, or is it a private spot where they can fight to the death?

4. Description

The main things that you need to describe in a fight scene are :

• Characters involved in the fight

• How they initiate and dodge attacks

• Fighting styles and any weapons used

• The injuries caused

Be careful to not drag out the description for too long, because it slows down the pace.

5. Raise the stakes

By raising the stakes of the fight, your readers will be more invested in it. Just when they think it's over, introduce another worse conflict that will keep the scene going. Think of your characters' goals and motivations as well. Maybe if the MC didn't win, the world would end! Or maybe, one person in the fight is going all-out, while the other is going easy because they used to be close :"D

6. Injuries

Fights are bound to be dirty and resulting in injuries, so don't let your character walk away unscathed - show the effect of their injuries. For example, someone who had been punched in the jaw has a good chance of passing out, and someone who had been stabbed won't just remove the knife and walk away without any problem. To portray realistic injuries, research well.

7. Drive the plot forward

You don't write fight scenes only to make your characters look cool - every fight needs to have a purpose and drive the plot forward. Maybe they have to fight to improve their fighting skills or escape from somewhere alive. Maybe they need to defeat the enemy in order to obtain an object or retrieve someone who had been kidnapped. The point is, every single fight scene should bring the characters one step closer (or further :D) to the climax.

8. Words to use

• Hand to hand combat :

Crush, smash, lunge, beat, punch, leap, slap, scratch, batter, pummel, whack, slam, dodge, clobber, box, shove, bruise, knock, flick, push, choke, charge, impact

• With weapon :

Swing, slice, brandish, stab, shoot, whip, parry, cut, bump, poke, drive, shock, strap, pelt, plunge, impale, lash, bleed, sting, penetrate

I'm posting my drawing of expressions here. Btw these art is from like 4 or 5 months ago.

I've been swamped with school so it's hard for me to post or draw in general.

⚠️ PLEASE TELL ME IF YOU WANT TO REPOST MY ARTWORK, AND PLEASE GIVE ME CREDIT⚠️ Hey guys!! Please help me pick a name for her, just based off her face cuz the rest of her body body don't matter at the moment (me not wanting to do a full body drawing). #catycool https://www.instagram.com/p/CRfm7tiDNwt/?utm_medium=tumblr

Heyo Tumbler!!

This is a mini comic about my new OC!! More is yet to come!!

I mainly post on Instagram so it's about time I used this app.

This is another picture that is inspired by Mary C. or adonyne. This is legoshi and Nick. I know that the shirt on Legoshi isn't 100% correct, and I can't really depict what to draw on the shirt. I'm bad at drawing small details like plants and I think that's what's on Nicks shirt. So, I can't do it. Anyway... #nickwilde #legoshibeastars #adonyneart #inspirationart #zootopia #beastars #catycool https://www.instagram.com/p/CEPBQ1xDDv0/?utm_medium=tumblr

I sound horrible, but it had to be said. This is for people that are going through a hard time. https://www.instagram.com/p/CBrcxJCD7Rb/?utm_medium=tumblr

⚠️ PLEASE DON'T REPOST WITHOUT MY PERMISSION AND CREDITS⚠️ Hey everyone!! I got a new, fresh OC!!! As well as a storyline. 👀 They don't have a name yet though. If y'all could pleased help me with naming them I'd greatly appreciate it!😊 #catycool https://www.instagram.com/p/CRNl_C9DVOB/?utm_medium=tumblr

Watch "Deku learns bad words tiktok" on YouTube

CREDIT GOES TO IT'S PROPER OWNER THIS ISN'T MINE!!!

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Deku learns bad words tiktok

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