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75 Expert Topics for the Brave, the Broken, and the Bloody-Minded:
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Sharpening Pencils Like a Pro & Why Knives Are B
Sharpening Pencils Like A Pro (And Why Knives Are Best): Drop the Crank, Ditch the Plastic, and Learn the Fine Art of Getting a Savage Point
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1o1Meme, Artwork controversies, and why it matters.
Disclaimer: On Saturday, August 2, 2025, during a public X (Twitter) Space, 1o1meme verbally agreed to schedule a follow-up discussion with me to address these issues transparently and openly. I subsequently invited 1o1meme to contact me via direct message to arrange a specific day and time that would fit his schedule. As of this writing,
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Crafting Unique Magical Artifacts
Crafting Unique Magical Artifacts (Or: How to Build Cursed Objects, Living Relics, and Spell-Forged Nightmares That Actually Matter—and Not Just to Your Plot) Let’s torch the “+1 Sword of Plot Convenience” right now. If you want to craft magical artifacts that actually make your readers drool, your players sweat, and your own characters fear, covet,
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Trick or Draw a Traditional Halloween Illustration
Trick-or-Draw: A Traditional Halloween Illustration Guide Who says Halloween is just for kids and candy? For us artists, it’s a goldmine of inspiration – a time to let loose with all things creepy, kooky, and spooky. But we’re not here to talk about digital pumpkin stickers or selling merch; this is about getting your hands
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Mastering Moral Ambiguity in the Fantastic How to
Mastering Moral Ambiguity in the Fantastic: How to Write Real Darkness Without Sinking Into Edgelord Swamp Let’s skip the faux-humility and cut to the bone: the world doesn’t need another “dark fantasy” with cardboard villains and white-knight heroes. If your wizards always do the right thing, your monsters are evil for the hell of it,
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How to Keep Sex Consensual & Hot in Erotica
How to Keep Sex Consensual (and Hot) in Erotica (Or: Turning “Yes” Into the Biggest Turn-On in the Room—And Not Writing Vanilla Smut That Puts People to Sleep) If you think writing consensual sex scenes means tiptoeing through a field of polite, awkward “May I?” and “Of course!” until your reader’s eyes glaze over, you’ve
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Building an Art Portfolio That Doesnt Suck Confess
Building An Art Portfolio That Doesn’t Suck: Confessions, Warnings, and Survival Tactics from the Trench You want the truth about building an art portfolio that doesn’t suck? Good. You’ll get it here—minus the vanilla, plus all the gasoline and matches. I’m not giving you a Hallmark greeting about “showing your best work” or “finding your
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How to Find Free or Cheap Reference Photos Art Sur
How To Find Free Or Cheap Reference Photos: Art Survival in the Age of Paywalls, Clickbait, and Stock-Photo Purgatory Let’s cut straight through the pretense: every artist who ever made anything worth looking at has either stolen, begged, hacked, or MacGyver’d their way to good reference photos. If you think the old masters posed with
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How to Draw a Realistic Portrait From Scratch
How to Draw a Realistic Portrait from Scratch Portrait drawing can be one of the most rewarding and challenging art skills. Unlike stylized art, with a realistic portrait you’re aiming to capture a real person’s likeness – all those subtle angles and shadows that make them unique. It’s a bit daunting, but with a step-by-step
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