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45 story settings ideas for writers
• abandoned places:
a factory.
an amusement park at night.
a temple in the foothills of a dormant volcano.
a forgotten attic.
• situations:
how violence or terrorism starts in a place.
the peak of an active volcano.
the preparation or the start of a war.
during the construction of man-made wonders like the great wall of china, taj mahal or the great pyramids of giza.
• city/world:
a cyberpunk city.
a place without colours.
a hidden city underneath a major metropolis.
where nobody can lie.
where music is the main form of communication.
where dreams and nightmares become reality.
where ageing is a choice.
a city which floats in the sky.
• inside everyday things:
a video game.
a painting.
a snow globe.
• public places:
famous galleries.
an amusement park (at night)
a grand library.
an extravagant circus.
a bustling airport.
a theatre.
a concert hall.
a stadium
an aquarium.
a tattoo parlor.
a coffee shop or a café.
• vehicles:
a ship (pirate, cruise, etc)
a space station.
a deep-sea submarine.
a train travelling through time.
a limousine carring a public figure travelling through the town.
• miscellaneous:
a victorian school.
the sea bed.
a military base in a war zone.
the middle of a desert.
a lighthouse.
the catacombs beneath paris.
a nomadic caravan across the desert.
in a silent monastery.
a dungeon.
a tunnel system.
Inspiration for new settings in my upcoming stories XD
culturenlifestyle:
Although some of these images may appear extraterrestrial to us, they’re actually native occurrences to our mother nature. Many of these stunning and creepy photographs are not usually what we find in our science textbook in class, but they are natural...
Mekatu, nokambikur monrayke katuhu pirka ne.
(Cool, the comic book artist’s work looks good.) Sounds like a pretty cool startup I’d look forward to checking out if I make it to America or if it goes with a digital form.
I am a genius I figured it out
gotta say peponi (the piano guys ft alex boye) sounds really weird when I am trying to listen to it while also playing pokemon go, which I have never figured out how to turn the background music off for
I don’t change the settings unless I need it to do something specific.
Here’s my brush set! ((credit link to Pheberoni’s brush))
Um hello I just found your blog and I’m in love with your art!!
Do you mind me asking what program and brushes you use? 🥺👉👈
oh man I'm so sorry this is probably very late, I wasn't checking my inbox for a while. thank you though!! :')
I use Photoshop, which is what I got used to drawing in even though it's not really the best program for it (I know a lot of people also suggest krita and Clip Studio as better alternatives and honestly looking at their features I do not disagree). brush-wise I stay fairly basic -- I have a few fancier ones that I use occasionally if I'm after a specific texture, but the ones I use for 99% of drawing/inking are pretty simple!
lately I've been using mostly a rectangular brush without any tilt, so it gets kind of a chisel-pen effect that for some reason feels really good to me! I find I tend to prefer square or rectangular brushes to round ones, they just feels better to draw with for me. here's the settings I've been using these days:
I don't have it on here but changing the angle jitter control can also change the way the brush feels in interesting ways! and sometimes if I want a funkier or more textured line I turn scattering on and mess with the settings until it feels right. :D
Describing New Settings
Hey friends, Abby here with another writing post! Today I’m coming at you with tips on introducing new places through your character’s eyes — how to do it effectively and naturally, without overwhelming your reads with every little detail.
It’s often hard for readers to pick up on the exact appearance of a place upon the first visit, which is why this isn’t something you should aim for. Try to think of it through the filter of your own mind; if you walked into a museum you’ve never been to before, you wouldn’t expect yourself to remember every single detail, so you shouldn’t hold your readers to the same “standard”. So what would you remember?
What Draws the Eye?
Maybe they walk into someone’s bedroom and the walls are bright green. That would be pretty hard to forget, don’t you think? Most bedrooms don’t have bright green walls, so that’s something you’d probably notice and expect the next time you went into that room. Or maybe you notice how generic the room feels because there’s not much of a personal touch. These are all things you’d come to notice about a room when you enter it; we tend to look at everything holistically before picking out the smaller details. Keep that in mind when you’re writing your character’s very first impression. These could include (but are not limited to):
Stand-out wall colors
Lots of or very little “personal touch”
Clutter or lack thereof
Flow of the room (Does it seem to go well? Does everything seem to direct the character towards a certain view?)
Anything that would be drastically different from what the PoV character considers “normal”
That last one ties in especially when you’re picking out the smaller details. These are the things you might want to hold off on describing all at once, but introduce them slowly to give the reader more of a feel for the room. Details your character might include (but, again, are not limited to):
Any technology, like a computer on the desk
Minor similarities or differences between the new place and what the PoV character considers “normal”
Anything that might define the character who owns the place, if they’re in the story at all
Things that pop or sparkle or somehow draw the PoV character’s eye when they’re looking around
Things that pertain to the PoV character’s interests
Any collections (for example from my room, Taekwondo trophies and belts, or books)
Anything other characters in the room would draw attention to
What’s Important?
Are there things in this area that’ll be important later in the book? Take a second to notice these in your story, even if they just get a sentence. Establishing their existence in this place will help you nail the continuity that makes your life a whole lot easier when you’re seeing what went down earlier. Anything in this room can be important in one way or another, and I mean anything. For example, we’ll take two very different things:
A pencil and a pad of paper
A Swiss army knife
Your character might be needing one of both of these in the future. Maybe they’re writing down the time and place of their next dentist appointment. Or, ya know, maybe they’re fighting for their life against the savage vampire-werewolf-bigfoot hybrid that just broke into their house. Nothing out of the usual, right?
Either way, if your character needs these things at any point, it’s helpful to make the reader aware that they exist somewhere. If your character knows, do your best to convey that information to your readers. Unless you’re using it as a plot device, keeping your readers in the dark can be incredibly frustrating when the knowledge was something trivial.
So, that’s all I’ve got for you today! If there’s anything you want to see me write about in my next post, please don’t hesitate to leave a message in my ask. Until next time, much love! <333
Describing the Feel of a Town
You’ve got your main character. You’ve got your plot. You’ve got a lot of things figured out.
But how the heck are you supposed to get the reader to understand the atmosphere of the town your character comes from?
It can take practice. Consider your own hometown. Plop yourself down in the middle of your hometown, watch for a second, and then start writing about it. Talk about the buildings; how do they come across? Are they austere and reflect the nature of the people? Or are the people very friendly despite the buildings’ appearances? Is it a busy street? Are lawns well kept? Make sure you mix it with the general attitude of the people living in the town. And add your perspective of the town. If you like it, your description of the town is going to appear favorable. If you dislike it, it will be portrayed in a negative light.
Sound confusing? Don’t worry. I’ll give some of my own examples.
From one point of view:
“Miles from the closest city, A— town sat out in the middle of nowhere. The nearest neighbor was always on the other side of a line trees, leading to quiet evenings without a care for what the neighbor was up to. Lawns were kept only half mown; only businesses near the center of town made sure they looked presentable. The general store on the corner of the town’s one busy road served as the local haunt for the entire town. If there was a story to be told, it would first be told there.“
Same town, different view:
“A—- was miles from civilization. Even the closest neighbor was so far away that a battle with eighteenth century canons could take place on the front lawn and no one would hear the racket. People let their yards become so overgrown that children could easily get lost among the grass. Only the center of town where the businesses were kept up any semblance of a good appearance, but it said nothing of the treatment strangers would get inside. The general store in particular was the worst of the culprits. It certainly had that unique, old town feel, and if you were from the area, you were greeted like an old friend. But if the people didn’t know your name, it was clear they didn’t want much to do with you.”
When you’ve written your description of your town, take that description and try writing it from a different perspective. Don’t like your town? Write about it through the eyes of someone who likes it. Like your town? Write about it through the eyes of someone wanting to leave. And try to make it sound genuine; not as though you were mocking someone with an opposing viewpoint.
Try this with nearby towns too. Towns and cities where you’re familiar with, and you know the culture of, or the general attitude of the people living there.
Also, carefully read how other authors describe their characters’ hometowns. One example that comes to mind is how Rowling describes Privet Drive in Harry Potter. She describes it as being pristine and orderly, but paints it in a way to make it obvious to the reader that most, if not all, of the residences have an air of being stuck up.
Now, I have been using towns and cities as the example, but like in the Harry Potter example, sometimes a street holds a different attitude than the rest of the town. My examples are drawn from smaller town experience, where the community is a little more connected beyond just a street or drive. However, this is not always the case, and you should take this into consideration as you create your character’s hometown. Maybe your character’s side of town is drastically different than the other side of town.
Remember, this is something that might take you some practice. But have fun with it. Give your description some personality.
Amnesia texture test vs actual animation setting. Admittably the texture slows down too quickly for me to do any animations so I'm sticking with the more basic setting since it can be tampered with anytime. Ps. The textured version was accidentally made like a 3d game of some sort.
