#Programming Methods

[unwelcome-ozian]

hi! i’m part of a programmed system and i just had a question about a return program.

alters have had the idea that we are poisoned or sick, and that only our programmers/abusers would have the antidote for this. could this be another program of returning to the organisation that had originally hurt/programmed us?

What you’re describing is a common tactic used by abusers to prevent parts in a system from leaving. It also leads to those parts impacted by this form of abuse to want to return if others in the system were to leave.

Programmes are triggered responses to a determined phrase, date, sensation, or other cue.

It isn’t necessarily a program running but a method of programming.

Oz

[inomc]

A programming approach refers to a technique used to structure code to accomplish a particular objective.

[leodanbrock]

JUSTICE ⊹ no context CLIQUE (2016)

[vampirequeenoffan]

I bet your art tastes like jolly ranchers

Genuinely one of the best compliments I've gotten. Thank you so much. Danny Phantom with Jolly Rancher be upon ye

[lesbiannieism]

okay i’m a mclaren hater as much as the next sane person but it has to be said that i appreciate their commitment to helping their drivers (especially oscar) develop. like with so many other teams it feels like they’re just evaluating and judging their drivers instead of actually making an effort to help them improve (*side eyes RB*). and while yes you do need to have a solid foundation coming into f1, you can’t expect any driver to be perfect right off the bat. there is no amount of competing in the lower formulas that could fully prepare a driver for f1. idk, maybe i haven’t paid enough attention to other teams and how they operate, but as an oscar fan, i’m so grateful that mclaren has given him the support and infrastructure to develop as a driver to the extent that he has. he and his team have worked so hard to identify his weak points, set goals, and work at them until they see tangible improvement. some of the credit definitely goes to oscar (he’s got that drive to succeed and has been able to take full advantage of the support that mclaren has given him), but i don’t know that he would have been able to make such significant, definitive improvements in such a short timespan without a very dedicated team by his side. and i haven’t been into f1 for that long so i don’t know what the beginning of lando’s career was like but i would imagine that he’s received a similar level of support since he’s decided to stay with the team for so long. and the fact that they both keep signing long-term contracts shows that mclaren is dedicated to their drivers in a way that a lot of other teams just aren’t. so yeah, mclaren’s strategy calls and management from a team perspective are definitely lacking, but i really appreciate how much they’re committed to helping their drivers improve on an individual level

[xmoonlitxdreamx]

i found some wacky way to make borderless printing work...!!! it's not perfect but idk it might b ok enough until i can get a decent guillotine cutter and cut a bunch of sheets at once to size. I'll try experimenting with printing my comics and stuff sometime!!!!!

[starflungwaddledee]

I couldn't help but notice you color your line art sometimes. Do you have any tips on colored line art?

hiii there! thank you for asking!!

just a heads up that i'm notoriously bad at "teaching", and i'm assuming an amount of general knowledge of art programs + layer modes!

i actually don't often "colour" my lineart, at least not in the way a lot of other folks do! i'm used to working as streamlined as possible and developed quick-fire workarounds for most steps during my time in webcomics!

i also have multiple lineart styles! a more textured one with thin lines which i typically use for more polished pieces, and a soft-brush sketch style (inspired by my pal @moonverc3x's lovely lines) that i generally use for less detailed works, though i sometimes get carried away 😅💦

my textured lines don't lend themselves well to those nice and thoughtful coloured lines most folks do. but here's a quick breakdown of my techniques using the soft-brush style!

lines and flats 1) make lineart + flat colour it. my lines are never at 100% opacity, so already some of the colour shows through them anyway! 2) set the lines to multiply mode. because my lines are typically in a colour and not black, this usually works well enough for me, as you can see in the second image! i frequently just call it done here!

hand coloured lines a) if i do want to take the time to colour the lines individually- often things like metals, especially warm golds, require this added detail to really help them pop- i'd just lock the layer opacity and pick a colour that suited and apply where needed. this is fairly standard! b) a second version of the same technique, with higher contrast/more saturation to suit my tastes and a little extra finessing (especially around the eyes). this is very much a "to taste and time/energy" thing! sometimes at this stage i'll add high contrast slaps of colour such as bright purple or blue

my overlay-lines technique a) the second technique that i use is actually very fast and usually gives an okay-enough look. it's what i use for high-speed professional webcomic work (with my textured lines) to give the illusion of individually coloured lines for basically zero effort. so starting with the base lines set to multiply, as seen in (2), then, b) duplicate both the lines and the colours (with shading, if you have it). clip the colours to the duplicated lineart layer, ostensibly "colouring" the copied lines the exact same colour as the colours. set this duplicated layer to overlay, and adjust opacity as needed

you can kinda see that the overlay lines method is not as specific in colour as the hand-picked ones above, and it will suffer from overlap based on where your flats come to underneath the lines. but i find it helps especially when you have high contrast light colours in the work (ie starstruck's face mask) as the lighter colours brighten up the linework in those places significantly.

for highly polished works i would come back and still pick out areas to finesse individually. there's ultimately no quick substitute for spending more time on your work!

there's about a thousand and one other combinations of these effects you can do, such as using the duplicated lines on multiply instead, or further painting over the top, etc etc. but duplicating the colour layer and clipping it to the lineart is one of the techniques i developed that sped up my work process most significantly over the years!

[gold-lightcycle]

There's constant lusting after Tron, Sark, Yori, Ram, Flynn, Clu 1 etc etc, but I'm gonna be absolutely real right now.

I think Dumont's hot.

[number1villainstan]

[Video description: Revolutionary Girl Utena clips edited over the audio from the "you wouldn't like me before my coffee" vine. Touga tips his head back and says "You wouldn't like me before my coffee" in an insufferable tone, and Wakaba replies with "That's so weird because I fucking hate you. All the--every--all the time. Every day." End video description.]

little meme edit I made on a whim

[rexscanonwife]

Last night I watched Áfram Latibær the og Lazytown stageplay with my partner and I really enjoyed it!! It was so fun and goofy, it was fun hearing melodies that would go on to be music or songs in the TV show and how the characters have changed

And then there's...him 😳💘💘

Sportacus in his keebler-ass elf getup works surprisingly well, and he's VERY different from Sportacus in the show. He's like 10 times more unhinged, more mischievous, even a tad bit devious at times 😳😳 uhm. Safe to say I found it really hot ahfjgj and I have hcs about the Sportacus LINEAGE and it's my personal belief that this guy is more like the GRANDAD to tv Sportie but....I may need to make an AU for this >///>

[antecosm]

Going to use some holiday money to get Affinity and teach myself some graphic design! Creeping ever closer towards making an alien/spacekind zine a real thing!

[studisstudying]

4/7 exams ✅

Honestly the exams were better than expected for the amount I studied, more specifically the way I studied, it seems like I can't get a hold on how I should study and just end up stuffing my brain with information which I will forget soon...? And also I'm too tired to study because of the travelling 🥲I really need to learn how to drive. Anyways here are the cats I saw and also cat motivation to study over the weekend ^^

~✿

[homocidal-invader]

Lovebug Dib's default response to being asked who he's on the phone with is "my mom" and I definitely didn't spend far too long on this comic

[dawns-beauty]

i feel like actual artists would sideeye the dumb stuff i do to make mod assets.

like, i'm sure i'm past the point where learning how to use modelling software would be easier (and probably look better.)

alas. naught to be done about it.

[lbhslefttiddie]

me: we should get into hydrology or ecology or something geography related. we are good at geography and love stupid bullshit like that. its a viable career path with lots of options and historically speaking people do tend to be happier when they can afford to eat

also: okay but have you considered. going all-in on creative writing with a focus on programming and music design so that you could spend all your time creating video games in a basement somewhere

me: no i think i would like to have a stable income i think

also me: forsake everything to get into that interactive fiction course right fucking now

[opal-owl-flight]

Screams and explodes Nintendo PLEASE Im already working on a rewritten rotm and you show us the concept art for SO is also wilder than the finished product.......god...it couldve been GOOD