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“What happened bro?”

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did some random manga redraws to get a feeling of his head shape

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It’s been so long since I painted a self-portrait from real life, it felt like it was time to create one. I always struggle with getting the likeness right but I always learn a lot! Especially trying to get the colors and lighting right… so much harder than using photo reference. 

Full process video for this one is available through my patreon! patreon.com/loish

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Hey! ☺️ I‘m absolutely impressed by your MM programming, and hope that you‘ll stay successful with it 😄 I was actually thinking of signing up for IT at university (since I finished highschool a few weeks ago, it‘s a little bit different here in Germany 😅) but sadly, I don‘t really know anything about programming ☹️ Do you have any recommendations as to where I could learn it from? (Books, videos...). Thanks in advance! 😇

Aw, thank you so much for the compliment! I really love programming and it’s fun to be able to make stuff like this ^^

I hope you don’t mind if I post this ask publicly, since I feel like there are others who could benefit from some of these resources too!

Getting started with Programming:

First off, if you’re programming for yourself, I’d recommend figuring out what you want to do with your programming skills. For a lot of people, including myself, making games is a really interesting topic, but you might be more interested in stuff like robotics, AI, or software programming. Here’s a neat infographic to give you some ideas on where to start:

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The best part about learning a programming language is that the more you learn, the easier it is to pick up other programming languages. For example, I’ve never actually studied Python, but I do know C++, both of which are something called an Object-Oriented language. So while much of the ‘syntax’ is different, the structure of classes and functions is quite similar for most basic tasks. So you don’t need to worry about any language being ‘useless’ as they’ll all help you improve your programming skills. 

*Note that C, Objective C, C#, and C++ are all separate languages (I know, it looks a bit confusing). There are several things that carry over between them, and sometimes you can run a C program in C++ for example, but it’s generally best to treat them as separate languages the way you would treat Python vs C++

**I do, however, recommend that once you’ve chosen your starter language, that you really learn it well. Think of it like learning a foreign language: if you spend a month on Spanish, Italian, and French, you’ll have a vague idea of how some of the basic verbs and sentences work in each language. But if you spend three months on just Italian, you’ll find that learning Spanish and French is much more intuitive and you can make more educated guesses on how certain grammar structures work in the other languages. 

Resources for learning how to code

There are many online sites that walk you through the basics of your language of choice. Not every website has all the programming languages you’ll find in the infographic, but they’re a good place to start:

Khan Academy

Codecademy

Free Code Camp

edX

MIT Open CourseWare

The above sites are free or mostly free (some require a premium subscription to access higher-level courses, but should get you through the basics). You’ll be able to find several more by Googling “learn Python online” or whatever your target language is. Especially if you’re just starting out, look for sites that have interactive coding segments that let you test out code right in the site, because with coding there’s really no better way to learn than trying things out yourself.

For specific programming questions, there’s really no better resource than Stack Overflow. It comes up automatically 90% of the time when you’re looking up questions anyway, but if you need to know something quick like “how to get last item of a list in Python”, they’ve got you covered.

I rarely if ever look up videos on coding just because it’s usually much easier to get your answers through other means, though I’m sure there are some good videos out there to help you learn – leave a comment if you know of any!

Similarly, there’s so much information accessible online that even my professors list all of our textbooks as ‘optional’ and I’ve never touched them. If you’re really having trouble with a specific function or don’t understand a programming concept, you can usually look up manuals online. That’s not to say all books are useless! Just that they aren’t necessary to learn a programming language if you don’t have the resources to buy them.

Other considerations

If you’d just like to get your feet wet and see if programming is right for you before diving in and learning a language, you might also want to consider looking into different game engines. Many are designed to make the coding as intuitive and easy-to-follow as possible, and while you won’t be able to add too much customization or stray too far from what the engine naturally allows for without some coding knowledge, it can be a good starting point to see if this kind of thing interests you.

Some common game engines include Unity, GameMaker: Studio, Ren’Py (what I’m using), Unreal, and RPG Maker. If this is the route you want to take, you can also look up tutorials on working with these game engines specifically, which can be motivating since you’ll be able to see many of the results right away in a game setting. However, if you’re looking to understand how to code more in-depth, it’s better to learn a language first and then come back to these engines and experiment.

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It makes me laugh to think about how outright BAFFLING the Tokyo Afterschool Summoners fandom must be to members of the H.P. Lovecraft fandom.

Like, just picture that one super pretentious English major who thinks that Lovecraft is the only person to ever write horror (you know the one, also "it's totally okay he wasn't actually THAT racist") scrolling through their dash without the faintest clue Housamo exists and they just stumble across these actual things I've seen people in the TAS fandom say:

"Nyarlethotep can fucking RAW me!"

"It's time we have a serious discussion about if Azathoth's design is too shota to be appropriate."

"Dagon's look just says, 'Your son calls me daddy too.'" (Admittedly this one was me.)

"Yog Sothoth just possessed my favorite husband and it's not okay... but it is kind of sad really, I think he really just wants his boyfriend back."

"I want to suck on Tsathoggua's toes."

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*evilly picks a berry* *evilly picks a berry* *evilly picks a berry* *e

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what are my pokemon doing

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Reported Bigfoot Sightings

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somebody on Twitter drew the Etruscan boar vessel as a hot furry guy im logging off