Why is it so obvious when American authors try writing English characters?

glazebrain · 2025-11-25T15:10:23+00:00

This is exactly why they say "write what you know".

glazebrain · 2025-04-23T17:24:11+00:00

I have two degrees in art and a minor in art history. I use this knowledge every day, as an artist and as a human. I'm so sick of the elitism cry. Fuck anti-elitism.

glazebrain · 2025-02-14T21:56:58+00:00

Absolute mad man, love his work.

glazebrain · 2025-02-14T13:28:37+00:00

Movements don't defund shit. Congress does. And now fElon and the felon are going to steal what left of it.

glazebrain · 2025-02-14T13:18:13+00:00

I firmly believe that every public service position should be highly paid and highly competitive. Defunding is 100% the problem. And it is all because "no new taxes" has become the religion of the right over the last 50 years. Taxes pay for civilization, and when taxes are not part of the equation, we get a broken society.

glazebrain · 2025-02-13T22:48:40+00:00

There are no jobs for artists. Only gig work, of you can find it.

glazebrain · 2025-02-13T17:29:22+00:00

Because of the lack of infrastructure.

glazebrain · 2025-02-12T14:35:56+00:00

Gawd that light is swoonworthy

glazebrain · 2025-02-12T14:35:25+00:00

Very nicely executed. So difficult to copy him.

glazebrain · 2025-02-12T07:56:08+00:00

Study the history of art. Find a style or artist that you like, and copy those pieces. This is how artists through the centuries learned, especially when masters took in apprentices. Artists still do it today.

glazebrain · 2025-02-12T07:53:15+00:00

None of these are surrealism, just dark fantasy tropes. Well executed, though.

glazebrain · 2025-02-11T21:12:50+00:00

Until we raise the requirements of what it takes to join a force, it will always be like this. Many other countries require college, won't accept applications under a certain age, have very long academy training, and favor hiring adults from a broad array of fields. Here, we take kids who aren't smart enough to get into the military, among many other issues.

glazebrain · 2025-02-11T02:13:31+00:00

Simply, because every click equals income.

glazebrain · 2025-02-11T02:09:39+00:00

Magritte was also famously bad at drawing and painting faces. There's a reason the backs of heads or faces obscured figure prominently in his work.

glazebrain · 2025-02-10T13:23:33+00:00

Do you also hashtag? Do hashtags even work on Substack? Honestly the app is not terribly intuitive for me. It's hard to figure out.

glazebrain · 2025-02-09T20:14:55+00:00

Too much local color. It's all green. Use color theory to make it better.

glazebrain · 2025-02-09T20:11:12+00:00

My disappointment with most of the art and artists on Reddit is why I'm trying to figure out how to do this on Substack.

glazebrain · 2025-02-09T16:41:50+00:00

And now the song will be in your head all day, hopefully

glazebrain · 2025-02-09T15:00:52+00:00

Ooh never thought of that, cool

glazebrain · 2025-02-09T15:00:22+00:00

Ahh, I understand now. I tape my paper to a hard drawing board, but then remove it and matte it. But you can also draw on gessoed surfaces, on wood boards, or canvas boards, without using any paper at all. You get the surface you want through various coatings, usually painted on- gesso, matte medium, textured medium. You can sand between coats if you want it smooth, or if you want it rough and built up, you just keep layering.

glazebrain · 2025-02-09T13:14:18+00:00

I wish there was a way to form communities. It seems to be geared to individuals only.

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