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How to Make an Orca (Shachi) from a Plastic Straw (with pictures) - wikiHow
You might not think you could create a creature as powerful as the 鯱 (pronounced "shachi," which means "killer whale," or "orca" in Japanese) out of a plastic straw, but you can. Follow along with this step-by-step guide to make your own delicate orca. (Note that 鯱 鉾 can also be pronounced "shachi-hoko," and refers to a mythological animal which has the head of a dragon and the body of a carp. Temples and castles in Japan were commonly decorated with shachi-hoko ornaments, because it was believed that the mythical animal could elicit rain and would thus protect the building in case of a fire. [1] )
Boy, I didn't know what I was getting myself into when I started this. I've had requests for some sort of expressions tutorial dating back a while now, so I figured, "Sure! I can explain expression drawing...and it'll be way better than all those tutorials out there that are nothing but charts of generic expressions. Yeah! Just give me a day or two to whip something up..." Um.
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110+ Resources For Creative Minds « Skelliewag.org
Tips, tutorials, exercises and inspiration from the fields of visual art, writing, photography, blogging, design and invention. Next time you’re stuck for ideas or inspiration I hope you’ll find something here to get your right brain firing. A tip: sometimes the best sources of inspiration often lie far outside your own creative field. 1. 7 Can’t-Miss Ways to Kick-Start The Writing Habit Write nothing but headlines. Write crap without feeling guilty.
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Seaquence is an experiment in musical composition. Adopting a biological metaphor, you can create and combine musical lifeforms resulting in an organic, dynamic composition.
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Hey Ctrl+Paint community - you might have noticed that there's no new video today. This is a huge frustration for me, because I've gone an entire year without missing a single Tuesday or Thursday video! Know that new videos are coming, exactly like they used to be - but I can't say exactly when. I've had an unexpected medical event, and need to heal up a bit before I can properly dive back into Photoshop.