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Wuhhhhhhhhhh new icon I guess!

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Decided to try doing some Bryce 3D stuff, uhhhh here's some weird mountains with floating shapes and blobs of water. Text added in Xara.

Alternate version and original render below; potential eyestrain warning for the former.

Edit: also I just realised I wrote "cbn love" in stead of "can love" on the bottom text part. I have no idea how that happened.

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I know I say that I'm kinda nuts for doing the amount of visual research I do, but at the same time: Specificity is SO much more compelling and real feeling, and imo not getting references often makes things look more amateur.

Eg. drawing a sofa- my mental image of a sofa is something like this:

Like. Its a sofa. It works. But it's not very convincing, the pillows are kinda wrong at the back, and it's not really giving any information about the owner. Even if you want a basic sofa... What kind of basic.

comfy and cheap?

kinda rigid?

inherited? ------

who does this comfy cheap ikea sofa belong to anyway?

guy living alone?

teenage girl?

Grandma?

Anyway I'll get off my soapbox but specificity is sexy and fun and it can do your storytelling for you!

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Starting on Sunday I will be off Tumblr for a week. Nothing serious, I'm just going on holiday, and I'm avoiding social media until I get back.

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If ANY of yall EVER do this shit to me, im deleting every single fic out of spite.

If I ever catch one of yall doing this to another author and I know youre a follower of my work I will block you personally on every platform

None of yall are the fic police. I DESPISE genai. I think its an insult to art, humanity, and the planet itself. But aint not a single fucking person here qualified to pick apart a strangers fic looking for a gotcha moment to make yourselves feel superior. If you think something is ai you can ask the author (most are proud of the ai use and will just tell you straight up) if they say yes you have your answer and can warn people. If they say no and you dont believe them you block and quietly keep it between you and maybe a close group of friends. Spreading misinformation is DANGEROUS. And NONE of you doing this shit are anywhere near qualified to do it.

THIS GOES DOUBLY FOR ARTISTS.

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I wasn't going to post this, but uhhhh I might as well. Some very low-stakes vent art about how I need to get better at art (which. I will at some point, probably after I've finished my current project).

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I'm probably going to switch to Inkscape instead of Xara (since it's newer and also open-source, and it runs on Linux so I can use it on my laptop), and what's really cool is that Inkscape. Has a keybind preset that replicates Xara's interface, which means that I don't have to relearn everything.

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I had a dream last night that Deltarune Chapter 5 had been revealed in the form of screenshots and/or a teaser video.

The chapter's Dark World was 100% confirmed to be Flower King, and it was a desaturated blue area somewhat resembling the Ruins (albeit with a wooden floor). There were large flowers, and plants that lookined like giant blades of geass, and also I think there was maybe an area with a desk?

Also, Ralsei's place in the party was replaced by a character somewhat resembling Asgore's Undertale design, but thinner, wearing a dark-blue cloak, and with a sad-looking expression and perpetually-closed eyes. If I remember correctly, it was meant to be Asgore's Dark World form, or maybe a Darkner that was somehow based on him.

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Made a dude while testing out converting metaballs into meshes (and also messing around with rigging) so I decided to do a fun render.

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Made a dude while testing out converting metaballs into meshes (and also messing around with rigging) so I decided to do a fun render.

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Adobe is going to spy on your projects. This is insane.

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I now have Krita on my laptop, so uh. Maybe expect more art? IDK.

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i dont consider myself a 'fashion guru' by any means but one thing i will say is guys you dont need to know the specific brand an item you like is - you need to know what the item is called. very rarely does a brand matter, but knowing that pair of pants is called 'cargo' vs 'boot cut' or the names of dress styles is going to help you find clothes you like WAAAYYYY faster than brand shopping

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Bleh.

Committing some compositing crimes.

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For context; the "Cylinder" layer is a duplicate of the "Base" layer, but with everything except for a single cylinder being set to not render. "Cylinder" is layered over "Base", with a Glare node between them so that the cylinder has bloom but the rest of the image doesn't.

There's probably a more efficient way of doing that, but I don't know any.

Committing some compositing crimes.

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Committing some compositing crimes.