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    skin tone hair tone advice for realistic characters.

    when we bleach our hair from black to blonde we take out a level of pigment at a time. in the hairdressing world the levels range from 10 to 1. 10 being the lightest and 1 being the darkest. 1- black 2- dark brown 3- dark red 4- red 5- red/ orange 6- orange 7- dark gold 8- golden 9-...
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    skin tone hair tone advice for realistic characters.

    dark blue wouldn't be very obvious unless in direct sunlight (been there trust me!) if shes going for the punk look id suggest having her hair streaked with a brighter colour (she would have to bleach her hair first for it to cover) a lot of girls with black hair also have very resistant hair...
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    skin tone hair tone advice for realistic characters.

    Ok, Girls with pale skin cant go too dark it makes them look sick. light golden or honey tones works well. If she tried to make a statement I think something like that nichole kidman red would look stunning, she would probably feel better if she filled in her brows with a pencil to make them...
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    skin tone hair tone advice for realistic characters.

    Hey guys I just realized that I have something from my profession that could be handy knowledge. Im a hairdresser and during consultations with clients one of the things I do is assess their physical appearance and colourings. (someone with really red cheeks shouldn't have red hair dye its...
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    Seeking Mentor

    Hi guys just a bit about myself. I'm 23 from Australia and have been writing as a hobby since I was six years old. Recently I decided I was going to have a decent crack at it and write something for others instead of myself and only since then have I been aware of technique and the craft of...
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    Lets talk about torture.

    what did the rat do?? was it the same as trapped rat on the stomach?
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    Lost Magic vol 1: Rise of the Tempest (Debut novel)

    Hi I just wanted to leave a little so and so on here. The name Flemming Hansen really appealed to me for some reason, I thought. that sounds like an author! and was a little sad when your book cover said F.K. Hansen :(
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    Lets talk about torture.

    They are awesome ideas ill have to keep them in mind! I'm trying to aim for a fantasy/horror hybrid with this one I think the more realistic and achievable the better. I remembered seeing a movie once where a guy was tied to a pole. a tyre was lifted over him and the pole. the tyre had some fuel...
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    medieval paintings 1400's

    Actually yeah its a portrait but of a very influential figure.
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    Lets talk about torture.

    Wordwalker Very interesting idea I hadn't thought about. Thank you for that one
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    Lets talk about torture.

    He's teaching people a lesson and uses it as punishment. My mc caught him torturing a woman, well heard it happening from behind a closed door before he could leave fast enough my villain catches him spying and locks him in the room for a week chained to a wall. (with the tortured woman who has...
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    Lets talk about torture.

    I'm looking for different methods of torture for my Villain. So far I can think of: Chinese water torture Near death drowning skinned alive burning and branding whipping cutting off body parts any more?
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    medieval paintings 1400's

    sorry weaver. It would be for A Frenchman painting in Romania.
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    medieval paintings 1400's

    Hey guys i'm trying to research the materials and techniques used for painting in the 1400's. Today we paint on a canvas but how did they do it back then? has anyone stumbled across research for this before?
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    Irish Folklore

    Hi randy, I've recently done some research on this topic mostly involving the 'fairy' side of folklore and I use the term fairy loosely because it is very different to what Hollywood would have us believe. I saved a lot of the information sourced from websites on a word document on my computer...
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