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Hi! Do you have any tips on drawing body figures? Especially the length of the legs? And do you have tips on drawing hands? Thanks!

Only way to learn figures is to look at them and draw them.  I’ve taken figure drawing and anatomy for artist classes in addition to drawing a lot.  Take them if you can!  And I fuck up legs more than anything because I don’t draw them enough.  Easy springboard though is searching for Andrew Loomis books.

Same with hands, though there are some fairly easy to describe formulas for hands so I drew up a couple rq

First of all, for probably 90% of the hand poses you’re gonna draw, think fingers like the petals on a pinwheel.  They all curve the same degree, in relation to the previous.  

While there is a lot of appropriate rage about Ferguson right now, the killing of John Crawford, III is getting less attention than it deserves. I put Shaun King’s tweets and history lesson on the matter in chronological order for easier consumption.

Links:

Autopsy and video show John Crawford shot from behind in Wal-Mart

Witness in murder of John Crawford changes story

You really should be following Shaun King on Twitter.

DC’s Post-Convergence and Marvel’s Post-Secret Wars female-led ongoing titles.

The whole “you have to earn a living” rhetoric is really toxic. Have we considered that maybe, in 2015, basic needs like housing, food, and medicine don’t really need to be “earned” but should, in any reasonably industrialized country, be guaranteed?

The fact that trans women have just been completely booted out of this conversation on police brutality smfh…

He’s never gonna live it down

A bit late, but happy birthday you doof.

Athena picks fights on the playground from age seven Soon all the boys worship her At thirteen she learns to fire a gun And calls her sister’s longbow “ineffective” She destroys the competition in debates and wrestling matches alike, Learns to march but finds she’d much rather command, Climbs to the top of the military tree, Stepping on anyone who gets in her way Artemis is all scraped knees and bruised shins A fierce little girl who does what she wants A teenager with grass stains on her dresses and rage in her heart She dislikes the company of men At age fifteen she kisses a girl and decides she likes it almost as much as shooting At eighteen she knows that one girl will never be enough Aphrodite has always been pretty and she knows it She grew up fast but chocolate and flowers and favours were her rewards She keeps a notebook by her bed Hot pink like the marks she leaves on boys necks Filled with phone numbers, her own personal directory They’d do anything for her and that’s just how she likes it

Modern Goddesses (via morganaajones)

50 LGBTQ Characters in the Pathfinder RPG

Many have heard me and other members of the Paizo crew discuss our constant efforts to make the Pathfinder RPG a welcoming place for gamers of all stripes. Regardless, I’ve never been comfortable with the idea of pointing out places where we get things right (or make an honest attempt to get things right) in a professional venue. To me, that sounds like corporate bragging, and, worse, it sounds like marketing, when really it’s just people trying to be decent to each other.

That being said, I’ve had many readers ask me what Paizo products they can go to if they want to see more LGBTQ characters in Pathfinder. The answer’s a ton of places, literally dozens of adventures, sourcebooks, novels, and more.

So, for my personal reference, for your use (because if you’re here you’re an interested, charming, wonderful person), and for the guidance of those about to ask, I’ve assembled this list of 50 LGBTQ characters from the Pathfinder RPG. These are the first 50 characters who either leapt to mind or were on hand, and as such the sources and dates are skewed toward more recent characters. That also means that this is incredibly far from a comprehensive list. If you’re interested in the particulars of a character’s gender, sexuality, portrayal, role, or other specifics, I encourage you to either check out the PDF of the book in question or ask your fellow gamers on the product discussions linked with each. Additionally, at the end I’ve included a few links to past (and one future) discussions about LGBTQ topics and inclusivity in the Pathfinder RPG and the wider RPG world.

Hopefully these will be helpful next time you have a could-be gamer friend who says “I don’t know if that’s for me.” Turns out, Pathfinder’s for everybody, so come play!

50 LGBTQ Pathfinder RPG Characters

Azaz Arafe & Khelru (2014)

Lovers in the Scorched Hand

Pathfinder Adventure Path #79

Bors & Roshad (2014)

Married Members of the Iridian Fold

Redemption Engine

Dredge (2014)

Gender-Fluid Halfling Rogue

Pathfinder Adventure Path #79

Lady Sophronia (2014)

Gender-Fluid Ghost

Pathfinder Adventure Path #82

Muminofrah (2014)

Bombastic Noblewoman

Pathfinder Adventure Path #81

Vera & Xulaine (2014)

Cleric of Cayden Cailean and Sweettalker

Redemption Engine

Agrit Staginsdar & Sara Morninghawk (2013)

Prominent Couple in Trunau

Towns of the Inner Sea

Alexius Demetri & Lycio Vallant (2013)

Owners of the Heldren Sawmill

Pathfinder Adventure Path #67

Aron Kir & Sosiel Vaenic (2013)

Heroic Lovers from Kenabres

Pathfinder Adventure Path #74

Arshea (2013)

Empyreal Lord of Freedom, Physical Beauty, and Sexuality

Pathfinder Adventure Path #2, Inner Sea World Guide, Chronicle of the Righteous

Bella Belvorica & Solveig Ayrdahl (2013)

Duty-Parted Lovers in Whitethrone

Pathfinder Adventure Path #68

Cesseer of Ning (2013)

An Ukara or “battleflower” from the Suzerainty of Ning on Triaxus (Ukara renounce all outward expressions of gender and are sought after as consorts regardless of gender or sexuality)

Pathfinder Adventure Path #70

Irabeth & Anevia (2013)

Married Heroes of the Worldwound

Pathfinder Adventure Path #73, Online Discussion

Lona Orames & Duranna Alnurris (2013)

Cloud Giant Lovers

Castles of the Inner Sea

Marislova

Half-Elf Magus in Artrosa (2013)

Pathfinder Adventure Path #69

Porfirio & Dragomir (2013)

Crusader Lovers

King of Chaos

Princess Cassisoche & Lady Ilya (2013)

Princess of Irrisen and Proprietress of the Frosthall Theater in Whitethrone

Irrisen, Land of Eternal Winter

Esmerelda Darkshadow (2012)

Tragic Eldritch Knight

NPC Codex

Filario Grantsliem (2012)

Desperate Member of the Gray Maidens

Pathfinder Adventure Path #62

Herifax & Kanya (2012)

Harpy and Catfolk Lovers

Pathfinder Adventure Path #63

Mother Lanani Shabu (2012)

Halfling Tribe Leader

NPC Codex

Salty Chuzek & Dagoros Wildrum (2012)

Monster Hunters in Myscurial

Isles of the Shackles

Variel (2012)

Adventurer Father of Varian Jeggare

Queen of Thorns

Vonran Vilk (2012)

Former Pathfinder Society Master of Blades

Pathfinder Society Scenario 3-16: The Midnight Mauler

Aaqir al'Hakam & Emir Thalzar Gaatan (2011)

Qadira Faction Head, Raising Three Adopted Daughters with Husband

Pathfinder Society

Molly & Marzalee the Weaver (2011)

Dwarf and Ant Queen Partners

The Harrowing

Sonnorae (2011)

Creator of the Harrow

The Harrowing, Occult Mysteries, Online Discussion

Vitta (2011)

Master Thief and Lock-Breaker

Worldwound Gambit

Elias Sayer and the Tallow Boys (2010)

Head of an Organization of Gay Information Brokers

City of Strangers

Queen Illeosa & Sabina Merrin (2008)

Ruler of Korvosa and Bodyguard

Pathfinder Adventure Path #7

Cyrdark Drokkus & Sir Jasper Korvaski (2007)

Prominent Couple in Sandpoint

Pathfinder Adventure Path #1

Kyra & Merisiel (2006, 2013)

Pathfinder Iconic Characters

Pathfinder Comic, Volume 5

Inclusivity and Diversity in RPGs

Besides the characters noted above, the following includes just a few of the articles, interviews, seminars, and ongoing discussions that touch on GLTBQ topics and inclusivity in the Pathfinder RPG.

Diversity in Gaming (Upcoming; Gen Con 2014)

Paizocon: Diversity in Gaming (2014)

The Inclusive Fantasy World of Pathfinder (2013)

Know Direction: Homosexuality in Golarion Podcast (2013)

Podcast, Transgender Characters Note

Gen Con 2012: Queer as a Three-Sided Die Panel (2012)

Joe Carriker, Jeremy Crawford, Steve Kenson, and Wes Schneider

Part 1, Part 2

Homosexuality in Golarion, Paizo Messageboards (2008)

dear bisexual / pansexual women and political lesbians,

you need to immediately disclose to any woman you plan on dating if you are, in fact, a lesbian, or if you are something else. some lesbians are open to dating bi / pan / PL ladies. some are not. withholding this information is harmful, deceitful behavior that can make lesbians feel unsafe and devalued.

picture it: you’re a lesbian, looking to start a relationship. you meet a woman who claims that she, too, is a lesbian. this signifies that you have, at the very least, a shared sexuality, and you can bond about your experience as a woman who is attracted exclusively to women, which is outside of the patriarchal, heterocentric structure of the vast majority of societies. 

now, imagine that you, a lesbian who is incapable of being attracted to men, get a confession from your girlfriend: she discloses to you that, yeah, actually, she could possibly be with a man and feel emotionally and sexually fulfilled. she, as a bi- or pansexual, is capable of thinking about having sex with a man and not feeling revulsion. your initial feeling of intimacy and security related to the sharing of a sexuality - one of the most basic aspects of your being, which is essential to you - is gone. 

wouldn’t that hurt? wouldn’t that make you feel insecure? wouldn’t you get angry, if you were put into that position?