Article: The zoom tool is your friend. Just press "+" or click the magnifying glass icon to zoom in and press "-" to zoom out. Mentally divide the object into smaller objects. For example, if you were drawing a mug, you would divide it into the opening, the body, and the handle. Getting the exact shape right is the most difficult part of pixeling. You many need to use more shades depending on how smooth your object is. You can "create" these shades using the smudge tool, if necessary. If there was a logo on your mug, this would be when to draw it. Do not be afraid that something is too big, this will only confuse you. Repeat this step until everything looks perfect. Enjoy your small mug.
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Zoom in. Use the pencil tool and draw an outline of the object with which you want to draw. Pick three to five different shades of the color that each object is and have these colors handy. Think of the shape of the smaller object. Outline the smaller object, and then shade it in using the different shades of color you chose. Zoom out, view your work, zoom in, and tweak it. Repeat these steps with all of the smaller objects. Add details to your object. Again, zoom out, view, and tweak. You should be done!
Article: The more you write raps and rhymes, the more raps and rhymes you ultimately know. As you write rhymes, practice coming up with multiple variations on the same rhyming words. These clusters of rhymes will serve you well when you begin free-styling, because you'll be able to think of something quickly if you've used these rhymes before. Try different exercises, like picking five words at random and working them into a rhyming structure of a few lines. Don't worry if what you're writing isn't "rap." Just keep the pen moving. Building good habits of journaling and writing will keep your mind disciplined toward words and thinking in terms of composition, something you'll have to do very quickly if you want to freestyle. If you hope to be able to freestyle, words are going to be your medium. As a painter uses paints and a sculptor uses clay, a rapper uses words, so you need to gather as big a pile of familiar words you possibly can so that you can draw on them in your rhymes. Reading a diverse variety of books, comics, online articles, and magazines is the best way to do this. Read biographies of rappers. You can kill two birds with one stone by reading about hip-hop while simultaneously improving your vocab. This will soon be your best friend in the world. Look at a rhyming dictionary less as a crutch and more as creative resource. It's not cheating to look up rhyming words while you're in the middle of writing some rhymes, because it might jog something loose you'd never have thought of previously. A good, cheap dictionary and a thesaurus are great resources too. Your rhymes will eventually be a lot more interesting the greater the variety of words becomes. SAT or GRE study guides are great vocabulary sources. Look up words in rap songs you don't recognize and study the definitions. Hip-hop is often jargon-heavy, using regional words, locations, and phrases, so it helps to look things up online. Chief Keef's "Love Sosa" doesn't make much sense if you think it's about the baseball player. Try taping up notecards with the definitions of new words around your house. You can be learning a new word while you're making breakfast or brushing your teeth if there's a notecard taped to the wall in the kitchen and bathroom.
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Write. Read. Get a rhyming dictionary. Learn new words actively.
Article: As a hardy perennial, it can handle the occasional drought, but that does not mean you should make a habit of forgetting about it. Once the top inch (2.5 centimeters) of soil feels dry, you can give the plant another watering. Note that confederate jasmine grown in pots may need more watering than jasmine grown in your garden outdoors. If located indoors, you can shield the jasmine with sheer curtains. During the winter, you should allow the plant to soak in at least four hours of direct sunlight each day. Indirect light is not necessary for jasmine planted outdoors, as long as the jasmine is planted in the ground. Soil dries faster inside a pot than it does in the ground. As a result, a potted jasmine indoors may struggle to retain enough water if kept out in direct sunlight for an extended period of time, while a garden jasmine can stay out in direct sun for several hours without suffering damage. If planted in a pot indoors, you should strive to maintain a daytime temperature of 68 to 72 degrees Fahrenheit (20 to 22 degrees Celsius) and a nighttime temperature of 50 to 55 degrees Fahrenheit (10 to 13 degrees Celsius). Use a balanced, water soluble fertilizer, and apply it after you water the plant. If the leaves start to yellow later in the growing season, you may need to apply more fertilizer. Use twine or yarn. Training the vines to climb will maximize growth. Remove the bud at the end of the vine by pinching it out with your fingers or by snipping it off with a pair of garden shears. Doing so stimulates branching and results in fuller plants. The energy inside the plant will be guided away from the single flower bud and redirected toward side shoots, instead. Cut the stem off above the node. Regular pruning can be done to cut the plant back, but occasional pruning can actually stimulate further growth in the same manner that pinching the buds back can. Failing to prune your jasmine may cause it to grow wildly, causing it to overflow and get out of control. Pruning allows you to control the direction of the spread. These cuttings can also be used to propagate more confederate jasmine plants, if desired.
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Water your confederate jasmine regularly. Try to provide the plant with bright indirect light. Monitor temperature changes. Add fertilizer in the spring. Tie the vines onto the support pole or trellis as they grow. Pinch back the tips of the vine. Prune the vine after it flowers if you need to restrict its spread.