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writingwithcolor · 4 years ago

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Hi! I’m writing a comic where one main character is Jewish and the other main character (her ex/love interest) isn’t and at a point he’s near-fatally injured and I was wondering how/if she would pray for his recovery? (Also kinda unrelated but I do think it’s important, if a Jewish character is speaking or thinking and they say/think god would it be spelt like “G-d”? Asking because Jewish creators I follow on things like tiktok and youtube spell it like that in the CC of their videos)

Jewish character prays for recovery of another character, and the spelling of God/G-d

The healing prayer is called Misheberach and here is a text:

Mi Shebeirach - Prayer for Healing

You don't need to bleep out the “o” when you write God. We do that (or some of us do, anyway -- I don't bc to me the word 'god' is not the same as The Name but just an English word, but obviously I'm in the minority here) because according to our beliefs if you write the name of God on a piece of paper it sanctifies the paper and that turns into a whole thing bc that means when it's time to dispose of the paper you can't just recycle it you have to give it a proper burial and who wants to deal with that every five seconds, right? So someone thinking that in their heads doesn't do anything to any physical object and also if those aren't your beliefs then you don't need to change the way you write.

--Shira

Agree with this, also if she usually says the weekday Amidah there is a part where you can insert a prayer for the sick:

Specified text above reads:

HEALTH AND HEALING

Heal us, HASHEM - Then we will be healed;* save us - then we will be saved, for You are our praise. Bring complete recovery for all our ailments, for You are God, King, the faithful and compassionate Healer. Blessed are you, HASHEM, Who heals the sick of His people Israel.

* At this point one may interject a prayer for one who is ill:

May it be Your will, HASHEM, my God, and the God of my forefathers, that You quickly send a complete recovery from heaven, spiritual healing and physical healing to the patient [Name] son/daughter of [mother’s name] among the other patients of Israel.

--Shoshi

The Mi Sheberach is usually a communal prayer, but people have been using it in settings like you are describing for a long time, possibly since its creation.

I have prayed for the recovery of two secular Jewish people in my life. Once I did it without asking, and once having discussed it beforehand. Now, your character's love interest isn't Jewish, so things are a little different, but I can tell you that when I prayed without asking, I felt guilty. As though I had taken the person's agency away when it came to religious decisions. I spoke to the person after (it was my husband, and it was a hospital-room panic move on my part), let him know what I had done, and apologized for not thinking to ask first. It turned out that it was fine with him, but he appreciated me discussing it with him, since he is secular, and it's important not to just decide religious things for people.

When another secular family member became ill, I had the opportunity to ask if he wanted me to say Mi Sheberach for him, and he agreed, so I took that on guilt-free. When dealing with issues of religious consent, and interfaith (or differing observance) relationships, feelings can get complicated. Just something to keep in mind as you write your scene.

-- Dierdra

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@terulakimban said: The above are relatively formal options. Other things that are possible: saying or reading tehillim (Psalms) while thinking about the injured (this one is a common custom) and saying his name on Thursday/Friday while separating and burning her challah (or asking someone observant enough to follow both those traditions to do so). Those are more “while he’s in the hospital” type things. If you need a “he is bleeding out in front of her and she is freaking out and defaults to prayer”-type of prayer, another option is a very angry potentially one-sided conversation with G-d, either in her head or out loud.

@captainlordauditor said: I personally will only tell/ask about saying Mi Sheberach for someone if I'm not sure what their Hebrew name is. For nonJews and people I know well I'll just say it. Asking feels like I'm trying to make it about me or perform my religion for their image of me and not for Gd.

@fluencca said: I'd also like to pitch a "tehil" or two... i.e., psalms. lots of people read psalms as a generic "pray for someone sick", while they're in surgery or whateve, rather than read "mi she'berach" over and over again. There are 150 psalms, so it's also a calming act that takes time and serves as a ditraction (they're very poetic, as well, and the right psalm can resonate very meaningfully)

#icy-cat-girl #Jewish #Jewish prayer #Judaism #God #Mi Sheberach #asks

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rzdhc · 3 years ago

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Xisuma's HC 999 QNA

Questions and Answers not word for word sometimes, mostly summarized to try and keep it short

my comments will be in brackets [this is me commenting on something]

1. Hey Xisuma, how are you doing?

I'm doing great and looking forward to answering these questions

2. What are your favorite projects you've worked on this season?

Designing the towers and the redstone for the potion brewing [brewering?]

3. Any particular CC you want to join HC?

No, though there are many amazing creators and we haven't recruited in a long time

4. Of all former Hermits, anyone in particular you miss having around?

I really miss Biffa, I have a lot of fond memories with him, we've been good friends for years, over 10 years now actually, and you know we both started on hermitcraft season 1 together and so I have many good memories with him.

Biffa's reply:

[🥺🥺🥺😭]

5. How do you stay motivated to work on a project for long periods of time?

Having an audience and knowing others will enjoy it too

6. Will you add a 0 to the start of all previous episodes?

No, too much work, all future episodes have 4 digits

7. Who hosts hermitcraft server?

Ourselves, no minecraft host, but have a dedicated box

8. Thoughts on making the first minecraft let's play to hit 1000 episodes?

He brings up assumptions and brings up that a German youtuber hit 1k years ago, and the likelyhood that there's a lot more yters that hit 1k before him [The youtuber's name is Gronkh, and is all in German]

9. Are you real?

Of course no, I'm a figment of your imagination

[this is a joke, he is real, you are real, and you are not imagining things]

10. Any more music covers like Ride the lightning from Metallica?

He wants and likes playing guitar, but he doesn't like recording and editing videos, so unlikely to make more videos on it.

11. About how long to find and plan out things before a build?

Varies based on builds. Planning things first, in his experience, always turns out better than winging it

12. PG Tips or Yorkshire Tea? [PG Tips is a brand]

Always Twinings

[Alice Leiper, in the comment section, jokes that this, Xisuma not drinking Yorkshire Tea, is the reason Biffa hasn't returned to Hermitcraft. Yorkshire Tea being Biffa's favorite tea.

My personal favorite is earl grey, but Imma be trying English Breakfast and Yorkshire Tea soon enough]

13. What do you and the hermits talk about in meetings?

Hermitcraft server and casual chitchats, what we do on the server and plan out minigames

14. Do you feel you have a responsibility to influence younger viewers with good morals and remind them this is all fun and games?

Something he wants to do rather than a responsibility?

15. How much stone would a stone pick pick if a stone pick could pick stone? [this is a play on the tongue twister about a wood chuck chucking wood]

It can, 131.

16. Would you make music again?

He is right now, dabbling every now and then but not gonna share anytime soon

17. How far ahead do you plan and how much do you change it?

Plans are project oriented and will list it down, but sometimes gets pushed back. A balance between the two.

18. Will we see Evil X return in an way? I noticed that he hasn't appeared in this season at all [🥺😭 PLEASE X I"M BEGGING YOU]

"You might do, you might not."

He had" fun with the "evil x character" but feels it [ex's storyline and ex as a character] ran its course."

[:(((((((]

"Not a shut door [meaning it isn't a definitive no]"

19. Typical day?

cold shower

meditate and breathing exercise

yoga

workout

breakfast

long walk

workout

meal

everything else is his, videos and streams, which is about mid day

[goodness gracious, this dude works out a lot. lowkey makes me feel like I should work out]

20. Will there be more LPMT [Let's Play Minecraft Together, I think it means] in the future?

not the near future but will happen again, he enjoyed it

2nd season going on, just not apart of it

21. One piece of life advice?

Do the hard thing and not put it off.

22. Do you feel that you are different irl than in videos?

Obviously yes, for every cc, but different for everyone. Projecting some parts of you

23. Favorite tv show?

The wire, watched it several timees

Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones

24. Accents?

Can do it for fun but not on the spot

[if you wanna hear biffa and xisuma do an american accent, see Xisuma's Vinyl Fantasy II episode 4 at about 18:50-19:00 for it, highly recommend the series btw]

25. How to pronounce Xisuma?

Shishwam-Bam or Shishwammy

[pretty sure this is a joke, I don't think this is the real pronunciation, he's said before that because it's a made up word, there is no pronunciation

but Biffa says that's he's known xisuma for a long time and that it's pronounced i-soo-ma, I don't remember which video it's in]

26. What inspired you to be a youtouber?

Bad minecraft tutorials and felt that he could do better

27. Who decides who joins?

Everyone

28. To what extent do you feel you have to be a role model and has it ever hindered you?

Didn't hinder him and has no interest in playing mature games

Doesn't like the term "role model" and wants to inform and educate and let them figure it out for themselves rather than putting on a pedestal

29. Did you feel you would become a minecraft youtuber when you were young?

No, because minecraft didn't exist then

30. HC Server Specs [oh void, no, it's gonna take awhile to list it down, I know before writing this]

doesn't have name of hardware on hand, but:

looked for fastest preforming single threaded cpu, and overclocked it

[single threaded means, for example, a long list of tasks is done one at a time, as opposed to multi threaded, where multiple tasks can be done at once.

overclocked cpu "runs at a higher speed and voltage than it was design to," making it "run harder and faster"]

31. Are you satisfied with your channel, or would you like to grow it?

Would like it to be bigger but is satisfied

[*holds back from making immature joke*]

learned that it's more about enjoying what you do rather than numbers

32. If HC were to end and you were to start a new smp, what would you want to do differently?

Getting away from grind of survival and focus more on creativity (maybe mods or world edit)

33. Buy new computer?

Current is 1.5 years old, last is 8 years and want the current to last as long, so no

[he mentioned in one of his streams is that is phone is somewhat old and wants that one to last too so I get the feeling that he's the type of person to not jump onto trends/care about the "new thing"]

34. Why don't you show your face?

"Unfortunately my webcam is broken at the moment, so until I fix it, which I probably won't, there's no face cam"

[this is a joke, I mean, he could have a broken webcam, but he doesn't plan on ever showing his face so... yeah

though he did make a joke face reveal years ago, it's on xisumatwo if you want to see it, just search xisuma face reveal and you'll see it. the thumbnail has the ghostface mask in it]

35. How do you stay motivated to play the same game everyday?

mentioned earlier the audience, but minecraft is an endless sandbox

36. Countries been to?

Says he's forunate to be able to visit a few places, recent most favorite holiday is Rome

[I've never been outside the country :(]

37. How do the leaves look different in your game?

Resource pack, vanilla tweaks

[texture pack for the ogs]

38. How do you make your thumbnails?

in photoshop, but th3pooka makes the 3-d renders who also helped edit the hc vid

[also there was a cute fox animation th3pooka added :) 12:30 in the vid if you want to see it]

39. If you could make an update, what would you want and why?

inventory update, like expanding inventory size

40. Favorite episode?

Episode 299 "professional minecrafters"

41. Branch out to different games or modded packs?

Eventually in the future on his second channel

42. Still practice cycling? like in the old vlogs

Yes, he uses to get around, but prefers running

43. What do you think your skin would be next season? [this was my question :) unless someone else asked it too]

hints in episode 1000, new mobs, etc

[at time of writing this, episode 1k is already out, and he chooses the axolotl]

44. How many diamonds made from shops?

he doesn't know, a "heck of a lot"

45. Best base according to X?

Bdubs, no context

46. Favorite salad?

Rocket lettuce, cucumber, peppers, tomatoes, beetroot, and favorite thing to add is cottage cheese, or olives, something with "a bit of punch"

[this is the most complex salad I've ever heard of, the most complex I've heard of is lettuce, corn, beans, chicken, tomato, cheese, and dressing]

salad is one of his favorite meals

47. How do you deal with burnout or lack of inspiration?

main thing is keep moving forward, always will have days where you're inspired and some not so much

48. Should we still keep asking for a face reveal? [no.]

sarcastically says yes

but everytime someone asks, it convinces him more and more that he shouldn't

49. Other MC smps/mcyters you like?

Doesn't consume mc content anymore, but will watch snapshots

50. Best support: Watch entirety of ads or still get it despite skipping

so negligible, so just skip it, and watch the way you want to

51. Fitness tips?

look at building positive habits and starting small and build it into habits

52. Favorite season?

6, because 7 affected by the pandemic

53. how much content that's cut out?

these days, not so much

54. Usual ratio between recording, editing, and playing off screen

playing off screen is like 90%, the other 2 5% each

55. Advice for peeps that lose interest in worlds/projects halfway through?

Scale own expectations

if you lose interest, maybe they're too big

56. I've noticed you make more hc episodes way more frequently than other hermits, along with your other channels [not really a question]

everyone has their own rate

57. What it's like being part of hermitcraft than other seasons?

Now it feels stable, in the beginning it felt like an adventure, starting in s4 it felt that it'd stick around

58. Suggestions to those looking to step up basic builidng techniques?

58. Suggestions to those looking to step up basic building techniques?

practice

when you feel "oh it doesn't look good" that's learning. when you think something looks good, it's because of all the times when you thought it didn't look good

59. View on continuing the episode count through many different seasons?

[rn, I'm really getting the feeling as if I've done this before, or that someone else has]

he's glad he did it, will continue it

60. What made you want to start hermitcraft?

another assumption. didn't start it, started by generikb and was invited by him

61. How to stay healthy while also spending hours in front of computer? Affect eyesight or backpain?

[POSTURE CHECK]

trick to not spend hours straight, breka it up. also has a sit/stand desk, and has a herman miller chair #notsponsored

eyesight strain, look up eye yoga

[did I do eye yoga? yes I did, also did some dancing so I wouldn't get bored doing it, and tbh, my eyes don't feel as strained]

62. Longterm plans for job? Do you think you'll make hermitcraft 10 or 20 years from now?

he doesn't know, rather roll with it

63. Vanilla, chocolate, mint chocolate, salted caramel, which flavor ice cream is your favorite?

disappointed peanut butter isn't on it

authentic italian gelato chocolate

64. hobbies? enjoyable

music and fitnees

feels taking care of body is like taking care of your mind

music is like a spiritual experience

65. How hard is it to embrace role-playing?

not hard, he likes it

hard to navigate but good to try new things

66. Why is this season running better than s6?

Found mods that made server run better that doesn't affect vanilla experience

67. How did you come up with your name XisumaVoid?

Xisuma is from music, flipping it around, chanigna letter, and adding a. Xisuma was already taken so he added void because of the band "void through materialism," something he was listening to at the time

68. What made you choose doom guy skin?

He likes Doom and it appealed to him but doesn't recall the exact moment he decided to change it

69. Did you think you would ever reach 4 digit milestone when you started playing hermitcraft? [number :-)]

no, but he put 001 in his first episode because he wanted to reach 100 episodes

70. What instruments do you play?

guitar, keyboard, drums (been awhile, like 5 years)

71. How do you keep your stinger so pointy?

"I sharpen it everyday of course"

[shapeshift xisuma confirmed? /hj]

72. Do you speak any languages beside english?

unfortunately no. he struggles with learning new languages, it's a weak spot of his

73. How did you get into hermitcraft and what caused you to become the admin of it?

Invited by generikb and after he left, xisuma felt they needed leadership and direction and he put his name forward as a steward and steer the ship in the right direction which eventually involved running the server and becoming admin

74. Would you consider proximity chat mod as a regular thing in the server?

agrees that it's cool and is now a regular thing

75. Do shenanigans such as Etho's free glass actually annoy you and the hermits but you just laugh it off?

no, all fun and games

[see @/hermette-historian's post about biffa pretty much making xisuma get used to pranks]

76. Would you ever make hermitcraft amplified again?

s3 amplified, he liked it and would do it again, but most of the group probably wouldn't do it again

77. HAve you finished the roof of the fish shop?

no, thank you for reminding me, I need to do that

78. Are you and Keralis gonna expand your bases to reach each other?

Yes

79. Most unexpected thing?

Pandemic

80. Do you think because of the pandemic the hermitcraft audience/community has grown?

yes, numbers across the board had increases

says reason why is sad but it is what it is

81. How long have you been making videos?

September 25, 2021 will mark 10 year anniversary

[COUGH COUGH MARK YOUR CALANDERS]

82. Would you make any doom videos?

he's already played the original on his main and played the newer doom guy on his second

he also says that if you have a question on if he's played a game, to look it up first

83. Pineapple on pizza?

Yes, any day. Also wants to try kiwi on pizza, is very non-fussy when it comes to food

[🤢]

84. do you record your voice when playing or do voice overs?

it's pretty much him talking. he makes it obvious if it's a voice over

85. How do you make so many high quality so quickly?

learned to get better over time

86. Secret to productivity?

discipline

87. Any future season to be modded?

side series maybe, but main is vanilla

88. Prefer late or early minecraft?

Prefers late where he can invest stuff into projects

though he does like doing early game every now and then

89. Specific way you like your tea?

without sugar, little milk

90. Why java not bedrock?

When he started, it was only java. And bedrock movement is a little clunky compared to java

91. How do you deal with burnout?

Already answered, but answers again

keep bigger picture in mind and power through. if you let yourself get derailed, it gets harder to get back on track

[this is me rn]

92. Favorite doom game?

Doom 2

93. Is hermitcraft at current peak?

Viewership and creativity, yes. Always gets better as seasons go on

94. Have you ever thought about collabing with other youtubers?

[I"M ALMOST DONE]

he does and do. clash of the creators in live streams

95. Will world download cost something when hc7 is over?

no, it's always free

if it's being charged, probably a scam and not hosted by them

96. after 1k episodes, what would you have done different/what do you wish you knew when you started that you know now?

1. get outside help, don't be afraid to get help, like thumbnails etc

2. be less strict at what he's saying and be more natural, used to spend ages retalking.

3. don't be a perfectionist

97. Any chance hermitcraft gets bedrock?

doesn't believe neither version will replace the other

chances it moves over is very slim since all play java and they don't have much interest in bedrock

98. any real life skills you think you have improved from minecraft?

Being a youtuber taught him how to work hard at things he wants to achieve

translated to music, videos, health/fitness, etc

development as a person tied to being a youtuber

99. What are you doing for episode 1k?

[well we already know]

same thing as episode 404

[which, if you search it up, doesn't exist]

[I"M DONE FINALLY OMG]

#xisuma #xisumavoid #hermitcraft #collections

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xiiaoxiing · 5 years ago

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I'm just now getting into Contenders, what do I need to know? What's the tea?

Ok I was going to just have a jokey answer like “haha what is overwatch contenders, blizzard sure never heard of them” but legit my body had a visceral response that refuses to let me fuck this up so here is a too long info dump: Overwatch Contenders is the official Tier 2 (T2) league for Blizzard’s overwatch esports. It is split into 6 regions: NA, SA, EU, CN, PAC, KR, AUS. (North America, South America, Europe, China, Pacific, Korea, Australia). Each hosts games based on their own time zone, have their own schedules etc etc. Liquidpedia has all the most updated info on schedules , standings and players Supposedly it’s the next step down from Overwatch League in terms of the path to pro, it’s suppose to be the direct pipeline of talent to OWL but lets be real, other than Boston Uprising, OWL hardly ever scouts outside NA and KR contenders. in 2020, the format of Contenders have changed drastically from previous years, its alot of stuff that im not going to go into about points and how teams can come up from Overwatch Trials to keep the path to pro dynamic but it also kinda fucked the broadcasting for most of the season so :/

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2020 stream links (youtube) :

English Streams of all regions here . Contenders KR in Korean can be found here. Contenders SA in Portuguese can be found here . Contenders PAC in Taiwanese can be found here . I used to watch CN in mando on cc but they have since switched streaming platforms and I have no idea where to find it now sorry.

Previous years were streamed on twitch and vods can still be found on there:

Eng / SA (esp) / KR / PAC: TW | TH / CN Boardcastgg did English language streams for almost all regions in 2018 and 2019 and they also have loads of vods review and t3 tournament coverage ! go give them some support !

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I think if you want a very good intro to All The Regions, 2019′s Contenders Gauntlet tournament that had all the best teams from all regions is a good starting point. It was a REALLY good tournament from PAC region underdogs to Atlanta Academy and KR’s Element Mystic beating the living daylights out of each other.

I personally watch alot of PAC and AUS and I highly enjoy them. I would suggest KR for Extremely High Quality Overwatch and CN for the Crazy Comp Aggressive Overwatch. According to @sayasurprise who religiously watches EU, it has the potential to be great if their players didnt get funnelled into NA at an alarming rate. NA is A Mess they literally had to do a 5 way tie breaker yesterday? WTF? I’m glad you’re looking into contenders ! any bit of support for T2 helps. Condenters is truly a dying scene, there are barely any prize money, and even then blizzard hardly ever cough up. T2 players and orgs are struggling with not enough resources and not enough coverage and just not enough anything - and the teams with no orgs are even doing even worse. ( I was going to talk about academy teams aka teams sponsored by an OWL org, but for 2020 almost all the OWL team got rid of their academy team :pensive: )

#overwatch contenders #this got long sorry #twentyratsinatrenchcoat

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foxcms130 · 3 years ago

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Dragon Ball Z Tenkaichi Tag Team Mod Goku Ultra Instinct

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renorasims · 5 years ago

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Sooo you've arrived at the post where I'm lining up some of the alternatives you can use instead of adfly! Missed my first post? It's HERE! Let's get to it shall we? =) before we continue I'd like to express my gratitude to a group of people who helped me out in lots of ways! <333 English is not my first language so their help has been highly appreciated!

Patreon.

In my opinion the best method to monetize CC if you want to be sure you get something in return for your time and effort! Patreon has become a widely accepted way in the community to donate money towards some of their fav creators. As a creator, it does not cost you a dime in advance! Their fees will be extracted from the donations you received. I am very pleased with what you get on their site! You can go all out; upload HD images, video's, create goals you can reach with you patron's, etc. The interface is easy to use and the best part is (to me) that you don't have to spend any time worrying about collecting payments, etc. It's all taken care of. You have to find a workflow, balance that works best for you and your followers. Some creators release their cc after patreon every week, 2 weeks, and some once per month. This is completely up to you. I personally try to release stuff not later than 2 weeks after Patreon. This is what works best for my personally.

NOTE: Patreon Exclusive CC tends to get re-uploaded by other people since it's locked behind a paywall then. It's also against EA tou but hey... it's all up to you! Best way to avoid all this (In my opinion!) is to be transparent about when you will release your work and don't go exclusive.

PayPal / Ko-Fi.

a completely different way of trying to get something back for your time and effort since it's an optional donation. I used (still use) PayPal a lot in the past / present and it's a very safe way of getting something back. Ko-Fi is very similar and friends tell me lots of positive things about it.I use both of them a lot to donate to creators I love! I really hope I can expand my donating ways to Patreon as well! I know that it is a non-committal way of monetizing CC which can make it less attractive for some creators to use but the donations I got from when I started with it (when I was a smaller simblr) till this day far exceed the $0,02485 dollars you get per click (highest payout rate, USA) on Adfly.

I personally do not donate to a creator that uses adfly-only links. My mindset behind that is; you're apparently satisfied with the funds you raise with Adfly. I'm not going to support you on that. What I mean with this sentence is; creating goodwill towards your followers is sooo much more valuable! It has definitely paid off for me, from when I was a smaller simblr, till now.

Adsense.

Last but most definitely not least! Adsense can have 2 scenario's depending on your tech levels I will explain both of them;

You're unable to code your own website (me too!). I mean, I know html a little but I'm far from able to create my own website! If you're like me, you most likely have to purchase a package at one of these companies; Wix, Wordpress. There could be more options out there but i'm only talking these about 2 since I have experience with those. You need to purchase a paid package to be able to run Adsense on your website, the free packages do not allow you to do that. The fees are very different between Wix and Wordpress! I believe that Wordpress is cheaper(!) than Wix. I've been at Wix from the beginning and moving a website out of their company is made really hard for customers (to prevent them from leaving of course) + I would loose my URL. That being said; Wix has a drag and drop html editor that lets you customize your site endlessly. Wordpress however provides better care for wordpress sites via plugins etc. Pro's and con's you have to decide whats best for you!

NOTE: Blogger is also an option. I have no personal experience with it unfortunately but loooong ago I looked into it and i thought it also has a free option + running Adsense? This is speculation at best! I'm not sure about this! Though it's worth mentioning it. Google is your friend in this case =) Add-on infoby Jennie, thank you! <3 Adsense for Blogger is free, but you need to fit the criterias set by Google to be able to use it (Blogger is owned by Google).

You're a solid coder that can code your own website. I've looked into this in the past and to me it seems that you only have to purchase a domain in that case. With Adobe Dreamweaver or other coding softwares for websites you then create your own website and include the main code for Adsense. Along with the codes for the ads itself (where you want them, which size, which sort of ads, etc)

From this point it's the same for both scenarios! To be eligible for the program your site needs to be around for a few months and have generated some traffic (visitors)! I don't know the exact numbers Adsense expect to see before letting you into their program. I also read on their forums back then it depends on more factors than just pageviews. It depends on what kind of website you have, what kind of content it hosts, etc. But when I started I had maybe 2000 followers on Tumblr? So its definitely not 100,000 pageviews in a month or something like that. Sucks that I installed my Analytics account only a year ago otherwise I could look up what my monthly traffic was back in the days. Bottom line of Adsense; In the long term this will generate income even if you're not releasing stuff everyday. Which is why I am so fond of Adsense. You need to put in so time and effort + money in my case but it has paid me back every penny I put into it! some months I generate 50 bucks and sometimes more or less. It depends on your own activity and factors you can't always control. For example; I just saw (in Analytics) that my Chablis Coat Product Page has spiked yesterday. This can be due to; Tumblr picking up on my Chablis Coat post or someone on youtube doing a CC haul video. These are estimated guesses tho! In 99% of the cases I have no clue why something gets flooded with visitors.

Some perks of NOT using Adfly / Short.e / Shorteners

Create sustainable bond with you followers for the long term.

Increase chances of people donating / supporting your work.

Increase your download count.

Increase site visitation levels & possible Adsense revenues.

Indirectly; increase you're followers count.

which leads to; more people who will likely support you / donate.

this upwards cycle does not have an end to it if you make the right choices! points 2. till 7. can repeat itself endlessly.

Meaning; every positive change you make affects the next step in this cycle. Same as it works for a downwards spiral I guess. One thing for sure; Adfly users won't experience the perks above to its full extend than users that don't use it. Adfly stagnates blog growth in general.

Sorry for the long post but I really hope I was able to give you guys some insights on other alternatives for Adfly / Short.e / Shorteners in general. Most importantly; it's all up to you! Do as you see fit. All I wanted to say with these 2 posts is, try to be mindful to your followers when you make a decision. Only they made it possible for you to monetize your CC in the first place!

#ts4 #s4 #ts4cc #s4cc #alternatives for adfly #no adfly #adfly

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haro-hawayu · 5 years ago

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CCS: Clear Card Ch. 44

Chapter 44 is currently available on the CLAMP-net’s YouTube Channel. Once again, please check @meimi-haneoka’s post comparing the English and Japanese translations!!

Chapter Reactions~

Our moon guardians grace the cover art this time, and as always, it’s gorgeous.

This scene reminds me of when Eriol turned daytime into nighttime D:

Did the sun guardians get force-transformed into their true forms?? Or did they initiate the transformation?

This very confrontational moment is kinda scary 0_0

Okay, so Nakuru calls them out---and they switch back. Soooo that means they initiated this transformation cuz they sensed threat?? From Yukito??

I found it really endearing and cute that even Suppi transformed. Like he’s up for protecting Sakura too!!

Yukito being the one to do explanations here~~is HE the one who created this nightscape??

Kaho-sensei!!!! I’m loving her outfit :3

Hmmm I wonder what it is that Yukito is wishing for??

He also confirms he has neither Yue’s magic or memories too. So is it the power/magic to protect his loved ones that he’s wishing for??

Whoaaaa what a revelation we’re getting now with Yukito!!!

Sometimes I still wonder how together/separate Yukito and Yue are. This will get long so I’ll save that for later.

Yukito’s barrier/field thingy reminds me of X/1999... lol. Which also makes me associate it with bad memories and unhappy endings D:

Oh man... Nakuru’s words with that face reminds me of Yuuko!!! 0__0

What price did Yukito pay for this??

I also find it very cute that Yukito wrote Yue a letter :3

Okay so like he paid the price, not only for this new magical power boost (from Tsukimine Shrine), but also to be able to retain his memories/change at will...

Awwww Kero-chan got so angry that he transformed!!

Suppi notes that Yukito’s very similar to Nakuru---I wonder if this also explains why Yukito and Nakuru have been bonding so well as of late.

Wow.... these Touya & Yukito montage scenes... I was not ready for this and I’m getting emotional over it T__T and a BIT teary too...

We get a new card!!! And it looks like Yukito. I’m curious about its functions too :3

Ahhh my thoughts too Sakura!! I hope it will help Yukito out... maybe in relation to whatever price he has to pay for his powers.

Momo’s like pissed cuz Kaito’s going on and on about being “alone” and Momo’s probably like “WHAT AM I TO YOU??? DO I EVEN EXIST?!”

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Thoughts/Theories/Etc

Oh mannnnnn what a chapter! What revelation too! I’m very surprised that Yukito has revealed all these things, and just the amount of action he has taken?? I think from like the early Clear Card chapters, and the anime, we get hints that Touya’s the one getting his powers back and he’s possibly trying out something new and just “waiting for that moment” to come, but we don’t really think much about Yukito. Nakuru also knows quite a bit about Yukito’s situation, and I wonder how much Yukito (or Yue even) confided with her :3

Yue/Yukito has always been like an interesting subject because with the other guardians, their transformation is more of a matter of switching forms, but like their memories are intact and they’re like the same character regardless of which form they are in. With Yue/Yukito, it’s very different because Yukito has had all this time to create new memories separate from Yue. They each kind of have their own personalities too... I wonder if in the end of all this we might find these two characters either assimilating (possible, since they revealed that Yukito will retain his memories, so that’s sort of a step towards them assimilating), separating (like in the actual physical sense), or just maintaining whatever status quo they have (similar to the assimilating, but not really). Is it even possible for them to separate? I think it gets a little TOO deep once we get into the metaphysical/existential aspect of things >_< but maybe I’m thinking too much into this.

Also, this whole thing also made me think a LOT about TRC/HOLiC. With Yukito making a contract of sorts with the Tsukimine Shrine to achieve his current powers (barrier powers), along with being able to retain his memories and changing at will, I wonder if his price is anything similar to like what TRC-Clone!Sakura had to pay... also is it a price he has paid ALREADY, or is something going to be collected later on? Or maybe it’s something he paid already but we will see the results later on? Like WHAT IF he like gives up his very existence (Tsukishiro Yukito) for this?????! I’m too scared to find out, and I might find myself crying when we do :(

Annnnd the Promise Card!!! This card reminds me of Nothing/Hope from the CCS Sealed Card movie. I’m hoping this will provide a sliver a hope for any suffering Yukito (and subsequently, his loved ones) might go through.

#clear card arc #clear card hen #cardcaptor sakura #ccs #clamp #manga #haro thoughts

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smol-green-angry · 4 years ago

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So what’s the queer anthem? I’ve been thinking about this for a long time, and so far the best answer I have is this one vocaloid song that showed up in my youtube recommendations last month and quickly became a favourite of mine. The song is villain by teniwoha and I listen to it on repeat. Turn on CC for the English lyrics.

Why is this the queer anthem? For one thing, it is very obviously about being LGBT+. But the thing that really makes me love it is that I have absolutely no idea what the identity of the person speaking is. This song is not completely inclusive (it leaves out aroace folks, for one thing) but it is super ambiguous.

There are lyrics that pretty much directly contradict each other or at the very least are incredibly unclear. Let’s take the line “X or Y,” for starters. This could mean so many things. It could be a person who is uncertain of their identity or orientation, a bi or pan person, or a nonbinary/agender person.

Then there’s the line “I wear different clothes and pretend to be a boy in front of you.” It is established that the “you” here is most likely an unaccepting society, so it sounds like the narrator is a trans girl, since they are “pretending” to be a boy. On the contrary, perhaps the translation isn’t totally accurate and in fact it is a trans guy speaking. My original interpretation of this line wasn’t either of these, but rather a girl pretending to be a boy so that she can be seen in public with her girlfriend. I think I thought of it this way because it was the most relatable way to think about it, since I’m a lesbian. A person with a different identity or orientation would probably have a different interpretation.

A bit later in the song comes a line that doesn’t fit with any of my thoughts in the last paragraph. “A dead end with stamens and stamens” sounds like it’s talking about... you know. Which would mean the song is about a gay man, but that doesn’t make much sense within the rest of the song.

“Do not be afraid/A wide variety of genders” is something else that is so, so ambiguous. This could mean the narrator is pretty much anything other than cishet.

The main part of the chorus is “Mr. Crazy Villain” which means, ok, this is a cisgender man, right? Maybe, but maybe not. The rest of the song contains so many mixed messages it’s impossible to say, and because they are becoming “Mr. Crazy Villain” in the eyes of society perhaps they don’t even identify as male.

Basically, the whole song is ambiguous and contradictory and I think that’s genius because nearly all LGBT people can relate to some part of it.

Now let’s move on to why this song is good enough to be an anthem for reasons other than its relatability. The song basically centers around a person who is rejected by society for their LGBT+ identity who eventually decides just to become the “villain” they are presumed to be.

This song starts out by talking about some issues and such that most queer people know all too well about. The very first line is “maybe hated when holding hands” which... yeah. Then there’s “I’m not a mutant/It’s just me” and “they say I am ‘infringing’ you.” Each of these lines strikes something deep within me, as I’m sure it does with plenty of other people. The fact that this song confronts issues that we face makes it so much better, in my opinion, than the traditional rhetoric of “haters back off I’m perfect.” We are seen as mutants, we are told not to show our true selves to the world because we make other people uncomfortable. In a lot of other people’s stories, we are the “villains.”

This song takes that notion of being the “villain” and says sure. Go ahead, think of us as the villains, we will take your hate and we will make ourselves stronger. I may be the “villain,” but at least I don’t have to hide anymore.

There are a couple lines that I’m still unsure the meaning of, so if you want to help me overanalyze them here they are: “Dear Sirs Duran Duran please come to pick me up” “My heart is 1LDK”

Anyway I probably overanalyzed this and potentially got way off base but I’ve been thinking about this for way too long. I’m interested to hear anyone else’s thoughts on this!

#lgbt #lgbt+#vocaloid

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lc-39a · 4 years ago

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(rubs my hands together like a shitty fly) paul petscop headcanons nobody asked for bc he’s MY faceless cryptic cc and I get to make stuff up for him

might have... fallen in love with this design

fluffy shoulder length brown hair and hazel eyes which require rectangular metal glasses

tall as hell. like he was the kid who was super tall in his friend group in middle/high school and he got made fun of bc he was awkward, but now that he’s LONG done with puberty he’s “filled out” and his friends are like “oh god don’t fuck with paul now”

not like, beanpole skinny tho, he’s got muscle under there. not a massive amount but more than u think

can you say NERD???

like genuinely the biggest nerd. he likes all sorts of stuff but i think he’d be into retrocomputing, puzzle solving & ciphers, and character design mainly

his favorite subject growing up was english and then he got to high school and hated reading shit he didn’t want to, so his brain shifted his attention to MATH AND SCIENCE, BABY

he’s in college getting a compsci degree! his minor is data analytics

but he does have creative hobbies too, he likes to write and he plays tenor sax in band

this mans is adhds.... facts. undiagnosed ofc but he has a hunch. his hyperfixation right before finding petscop was. the playstation. like its development, history, design, code, quirks, everything. bad coincidence huh

owns so many graphic tees, everyone in his life is like “dear god paul wear something other than tshirts and jeans” but no. he won’t. and i support that bc bitch me too!! the fuck

despite not having kissed anyone, a good and soft kisser. he is very soft with my neck and collarbone, he doesn’t bite. he likes to just ,, be soft

demi

likes to grab at me when either of us are scared,, hugs me really tight and looks out over my shoulder to scan for threats (bc he knows it reassures me if i’m scared, and it helps distract him if he’s scared)

his ideal background noise for work is fans/ac/dehumidifiers. he can’t listen to music while working because he gets distracted

gets really lonely late at night so he listens to livestreams and youtube when getting ready for bed

really really really likes getting his hair touched but god he can’t ask for it

slightly related - very touchy bc he.. just wants to Hold bro...

snuggly as fuck bc he’s never had anybody he’s wanted to snuggle with

impostor syndrome and self-sabotaging

big strong hugger

when not on meds, he had three types of days: “cries at everything” “gets excited at everything” and “complete numbness”

pressure stimmer

#it’s communicating #take a shot every time i project onto my comfort characters #some of these are polar opposite of me tho #so have fun guessing #long post #paul

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arisu-alisa-alice · 5 years ago

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Simmer-”Get to know”

by @cupcakegnome

I was tagged by the fellow @cloudberry-sims, so let’s see what it’s like!

Your name: My real name is Nargiz (also can be pronounced as Nargis but whatever) due to my mostly eastern origin, meh. Oh, and it actually means a daffodil (narcissus). But I prefer to go by Alice (Allie) as a nickname here, online.

Languages you speak: Azeri (Azerbaijani) because it’s a native one for me. But mostly, and almost everytime I use Russian as a speaking language and English ocassionally.

Are you a mermaid: Rather a fairy or a witch, meh.

Your play style: Storytelling but I like transferring some legacy challenges into CAS.

Your simself picture: It’s an old and unaccurate one because I’ve dyed my hair into blonde ombre since.

Stories or gameplay, builds, lookbooks, edits or cc: Stories and CAS.

Your favorite age state: Toddlerhood, teenage and young adult.

Your favorite season: Summer.

Your favorite holiday: A New Year, hm?

How was your day: Watching my favourite anime series from 2006 called “Oban: Star Racers” all over again, drinking latte and... Nothing interesting, really.

Your favorite career: Hm... Dunno.

Your favorite aspiration: Read below.

Your favorite EP, SP or GP: TS3: Supernatural, Into The Future and Island Paradise. TS2: University, Nightlife and Freetime.

How old is your simblr: Turned a year on 23.02.2020.

Have you woohooed: Never and (romantic relationships and its requirements) is not my priority right now.

Your favorite skill: Writing, musical skills and painting.

The size of your mods folder: TS3: Downloads (Sims3pack) - 1.69 GB; Mods - almost 5 GB. TS2: Lol, only 882 MB. TS4: 3.17 GB.

Your 3 favorite mods: The one and only... *badumtss* MASTER CONTROLLER. Oh, and Overwatch with Animator, as well.

Your interests (other than sims): Reading/writing, listening to music, creating aesthetic collages and watching tv series, movies and football games.

Your favorite sim (picture if possible):

My precious beans... Ehm, Serena and Felicity.

Equinox from Cosmic BPR. Maybe someday I’ll create a short romantic story about him and Nebula.

*no comments*

And the precious bean with a very long name. Shalom, Nate. Ma nishma?

My current heir who is also a very precious bean, nyeh heh heh!

*no comments* (2)

The humanoid/human king of the most precious beans and a desperate and loyal lovebird.

And this beautiful peach berry who is a generation two spouse from my ongoing TS4 CAS BPR. :) (There are also many other sims and characters who are waiting for their debuts.)

Which Sims games you have played (including mobile games): TS ones: The Sims 2 (with all EPs and SPs), The Sims 3, The Sims 4 (Only in CAS for some reasons), MySims (mobile version).

Propose a crazy scheme: The discovery of an alien existence and civilization.

Best part of simblr: Creativity, willingness to help each other.

Worst part of simblr: Drama and immature persons with overbearing egocentrism and toxicity.

What other games you play: Undertale (G - great!!!!), Fallout 3, Life Is Strange, Choices (Perfect Match and Damien Nazario with my male MC forever and ever!!!!), Angry Birds, Bejeweled, Chuzzle Deluxe... And some old Barbie, Bratz and Disney Princesses games. XDD

Other websites or accounts (origin, twitter etc..): Ehm... VKontakte? Youtube?

Are you single: As I’ve already stated below in WooHoo question.

Bye-bye, fabulous darlings! I’m tagging everyone, nyeh heh heh.

#saviorhide #trinitymarconeptune #cloudberry-sims #simblr

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kokoronopikuseru · 5 years ago

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Review: Pixelogue

A little late to post this, but I intend to share details and reflect on the editing of Pixelogue, in hope that it will help editors and organizers who need advice. (If you’re not interested in editing info, just skip to the last section)

Details are in Chronological Order -

# Software:

I designed everything from scratch in AE, with all the stock plugins. I had to relearn everything I used to know about AE; I last used it extensively in Pixelophobia years ago and furthermore, I wasn’t really used to the new CC interface. I had to seek tutorials for every simple effect I wanted to execute. It sure was difficult for me. For english speaking editors, this is probably your main tool if you intend to do simple video animations and graphics.

# Planning: Song Choice

I had intended to use a Korean Indie Track as stated in the collab details page. Sadly, the music really didn’t fit the music. I spent about 3 days rearranging the clips in every permutation I knew. I didn't really manage to find an arrangement that suited the clips. The unfortunate reality for editors is that we are usually at the mercy of the submission clips. I finally chose something Tigres’ described as “Shawn Wasabi-like”. It was a major challenge for my editing since I wasn’t exactly used to creating work that is colourful or cheerful rhythm-wise. I had to have major re-planning if I wanted it to work out.

# Editing: Draft

My process for editing clips always starts from arranging the combos. I used Vegas for this since, well, it IS a video editor, and it is pretty fast in processing clips. For learning purposes, here is the link of my very first draft (https://youtu.be/kRDwXTnxXGw). I think it’s necessary to spend a longer time at this stage, so as to visualize how its gonna turn out. And of course, to ensure that this is the flow of the CV you really wanted. By this stage, you should also have planned out the fillers (as denoted by the empty instances in the draft) and roughly how long your intro and outro will be.

# Editing: Intro

I didn’t really want to make something too kawaii. But yet, I can’t really escape the colourful imagery I imagined the intro to be. I compromised and made something that alternates between some modern TV visuals and old school TV visuals.

Modern TV; I was greatly inspired by those colour wipes that vloggers used for their youtube channels. It was one of those common and simple transitions that AE users exploit regularly. I found ways to incorporate it in a radial and a rotating wipe. The font animations were all plugins in AE that I found. I wasn’t gonna edit every alphabet like the previous CVs I made.

Old School TV; I took most of my inspiration from the adjustment knobs on analog TV. I found that it goes well with the subtle static noise in the music track. Hence I employed selection circles, and drew an actual knob (not sure if you guys realised that was what it was supposed to be). I also warp bulge the static background as well as the words, to emulate the concave glass distortion present in analog TVs.

And in the final burst of images, I made the clips alternate between 16:9 and 4:3, just to show the juxtaposition between modern and old school.

I really hope people notice all these small details. I didn't feel it was impactful enough, but I guess these are probably cool facts for those who are interested.

# Editing: Combos

I always render my CV in a 16:9 resolution, simply because it IS more pleasing to the eye now that computer monitors are no longer square. My preferences have yet to change. However, with regards to the clips, I have read enough indirect feedback that the cropping wasn’t something that most people liked. I took this criticism pretty seriously, and thought it was time for me to hop on the bandwagon, to try the new-age style of CV editing.

I had to put in much more effort to retain a 4:3 combo in a 16:9 visual space, with an additional need to create a secondary background layer. But because of this decision, it gives me more freedom to explore options of panning and perspective movements.

I create a blurred and expanded duplicate of every combo as a background. I thought it was great that I could retain the original colours and give the clips a “floaty field”. No one has done something like this before, so it was instantly cool and hip. It also gives more room and potential to play around with the transitions too. Eg, fading the background before the clip (transition from Tigres to popte). Interestingly, all the backgrounds all have different properties, namely position, scale and degree of gaussian blur. The reason was really because some clips were seizure inducing due to their extensive movements. I thought it would be nice to vary all of them, which adds a unique aesthetic touch to all the combos.

I am pretty new to editing in a 3Dimensional Space and camera tracking. I was intending to do something as simple and fluid like Talentica Neue. Well, I learnt it wasn’t as simple as I thought. I had about 5-6 Parameters of camera movements, and frankly till now, don’t really know what each one does. I highly suggest for editors who wanna try 3Dimensional camera tracking, watch more tutorials and try simple practice projects. Learning how to utilize it properly will extensively improve your editing game.

Oh yeah, remember to use the graph editor for EVERYTHING. Acceleration and Decelerations have too much aesthetic value to miss out on.

# Editing: Outro

Because I have spent so much time on all other parts of the CV, it’s only responsible for me to put in some effort on an outro which I am usually way too lazy to make. Yeah guys, it’s important to make outros too guys. I used the same warping and television static effect from the intro to retain a sense of continuity. It's simple and nice, I liked it.

# Combos; (Warning: Difficult to Stomach)

I’m gonna be a little too frank about this- the quality of combos I received were lower than what I usually work with (I love my UPSB submissions tho). I guess this is the huge downside of organizing sign-up CVs to an international community that is slowly dying and regressing. It was even harder when most didn’t submit on time. I had only 7 clips by the deadline. I wanna admit that I had moments regretting that I was organizing Pixelogue as a majority-signup CV. Some of the filtered combos either didn’t fit the style of CV (really sorry padrace) or was just bad due to the lack of effort. Mostly bad.

But here’s the heart of the matter, this might really reflect the standard of the international community.

I’m not sure if I am the only one who feels this way, but I feel that most of the current international CVs can be separated into two groups, the JEB invites, and the rest of us. Don’t get me wrong, I do acknowledge the high standards JEB spinners deliver. But I’m not comfortable with the fact that they don’t submit better materials since their combos are guaranteed to be featured, and mainly because the quality of an international CV is often a 50/50 hit or miss (could be lower). Who can blame them really. Even so, their names are usually enough to make the lineup look great.

> Pixelation was an all JEB sign up CVs. Pixelarium, Pixelophobia, Pixelography, Pixeholic were invites-only CVs, a mix of international and JEB guys. <

Most of my CVs have a JEB last spinner or a JEB dominant lineup towards the end. (coffeelucky 6th is also guilty of this). Clearly, you can see how much we use japanese invites as a way to boost the “quality” and hype of our projects. Yeah, sucks to admit it, but I am sure these are common sentiments shared with many of us international CV editors for a pretty long time.

Well, its not something I’m really contented with. In fact, I don’t like the way this becomes the norm.

More recently, around the time I released “Express 12.1.18”, I really wanted to believe in us - the international community veterans, the borderline pen spinning retirees, that we can perform. I didn’t wanna believe that the international community was any inferior. I finally felt ready to edit something solely from our pool of people. I can accept that I don’t have to rely on japanese invitations to superficially enhance the CV. We have enough to make something great ourselves.

I fondly assert that the international community does NEED this kind of confidence. Otherwise, we will always be second rated. Seen as the lesser beings. Y’all JapEn tiering meme-lords know what I’m talking about. I personally needed this to prove to myself that it will work out for us even when the scene looks pretty shitty now. And yes, I did feel better after this.

# Conclusion

It didn’t really garner much attention especially when there was a flood of CVs being released around the time it was released. But I do love it a lot. It’s made up of familiar spinners that I cherish, good combos that I’m thankful for, and finally, an editing that drained my whole summer holiday away. Yeah, I do love it a lot. Definitely one of my proudest work.

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i have the Vergil motivation to start doing digital drawing. But its kinda intimidating. I mean I've always done things traditionally and I do know how to make designs on Adobe software but not drawing. I was wondering if you have a software that you prefer or would recommend; or just tips in general.

Hello anon! how are you doing? :D

Thank you for asking, I’m not en expert, but I’ll try to help you as much as possible :D. Also, bear in mind that english is not my mother tongue, so there may be some mistakes (ans I’m also a idiot who types really fast without re-reading xDD).

First of all, I assume that you own a graphic tablet, this tool is essentioal for digital art, as they have pen pressure and helps a lot to create unique effects! The brands I’ve seen people recommending the most latelly are Wacom and Huion. I can only give you my opinion about the first one though, I’ve owned a Wacom Intuos 4 for over 6 years and it has never failed me ♥ not even when I accidentally threw the pen inside my tea xD.

Now, speaking about software, I have tried 3: Paint Tool Sai (1 and 2), Clip Studio Paint and Photoshop. Each one has their pros and cons, and you also have to bear in mind what your computer can handle.

1. Paint Tool Sai:

This is the one that I use and like the most, the interface it’s quite simple and the only thing that may cause you trouble may be the brushes settings, but once you have created you own ones, the only preset you’d probably need to change is density.

This software comes with a pen stabilizer, which is very handy if you do linework, I always set mine to S-3 so it’s easier to get more accurate and less “crispy” lines, you may also notice that the pressure works a bit different, like it’s a bit more sharp.

For colouring I always set my flats with selections and the bucket tools, and then I add layers for shadows ans highlights. I always start with flat shadows and blend them using both the Brush and the Water tool. I may share my brushes presets for Sai 2 if you like. This software also includes a “transparent” color, which is really useful when you need to fix some blended areas or softly remove part of the colour.

I have used bot Paint Tool Sai 1 and Paint Tool Sai 2, I have noticed that in the second version brushes work a bit different, specially when it comes to using the transparent color. But Sai 2 comes with many enhacements which makes it more enjoyable, thing such as:

Elipse Rulers

Linear Rulers

Perspective Rulers (they work wonders even if you know 0 about perspective)

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Shapes

Gradients

Better compatibility with Photoshop’s layers

It seems that Sai 2 is going to be on Beta forever, but you can still download (illegally, lol) and use it, It’s my fave one, so I really recommend this one.

If you want to see more about its interface, I highly recommend you to take a look to my youtube channel, I tend to upload there some of my drawings speedpaints, I hope they can help you to understand hot it works.

2. Clip Studio Paint

I haven’t used this one that much, I only made my first V drawing with it, as well as some headshots for practicing.

This also comes with a pen stabilizer, but I noticed it didn’t worked the same way as Sai’s, it took me a while to get a level of hardness that I liked. The good thing is that it comes with a wide variety of pens, and I really recommend G-pen when it comes to making linearts, it has a nice and sharp finishing.

It also comes with poseable 3D models to use as references, I don’t really like to use them as they have anime-ish proportions and such, but some people may find them handy I guess. CSP also has a wide variety of resources such as premade images (grass, dust, floers, manga panels, halftones…) so this one may be a good option if you also plan to create comics and such.

If you are going for the paid version, you also get access to a marketplace in which people uploads their resources, and you may find some interesting ones there for free.

CSP also has rulers and perspective tools as far as I remember, but I haven’t tried the new ones (this software used to be called Manga Studio, and that was the first time I used it xD).

You can see me struggling with it in this video.

3. Photoshop

I think this is the one that everyone knows the most, right? xD. Though the use of Photoshop has been widely spreaded, we have to keep in mind that this software is very heavy to handle for some cumputers, you’ll probably need over 8GB of RAM memory (I have 16 GB and it still crashes some times) to make it run “properly”. I am isung CC 2015, since I don’t have enough space in my HD for CC 2019, and I would probably need an SSD to make it work smoothly.

I find it really difficult to do linework with Photoshop, it doesn’t have a pen stabilizer (unless you pay for the lazy nezumi plug-in), so the pen usualy “slips” more, I don’t really know how to call this, but I don’t like the feeling I get when I do linework with it. On the other hand, I find it really funny to sketch with it, don’t ask me why xD.

When it comes to colouting, you have to find the brushes that appeal to your style the most, and it’s also really easy to make your own, you can also make patterns and such. Bad thing that you have to use the sampler a lot, in the end you have to use 3465654 tools to blend properly in photoshop, when in either Sai or CSP you only need two, and this is depending on your style.

I have seen many people doing wonders with realist style in PS (you may take a look to @i-have-no-name-v‘s works, they are awesome!) though!

Other thing I don’t like about PS is their color wheel…It works totally different to Sai’s or CSP’s, and most of the times I find it hard to pick the tone I really need. You may also need a plug in tho swap your color wheel too.

I like to use Photoshop when it comes to adding effects to a drawing, be it lightin, particles, color corrections, etc. It’s very handy for this, and it’s also a good thing that both Sai and CSP allow you to save in .psd format.

I hope this long post has been helpful to you or to anyone that needs it, as I said, I have no problem in sharing my Sai 2 brushes presets if you want, you can either reply here or send me another ask ;D

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