#its only 8gbs tho

[caramel-mousse]

Finally found the screwdriver able to open the 3ds backplate and my sd card is 4gb. Its also getting a cleanup because oh my god its filthy

[bgs-cave-o-thots]

NEW LAPTOP MY NEW LAPTOP IS HERE FUCK YEAH I CAN FINALLY USE SOMETHING THAT FUNCTIONS I FINALLY DONT HAVE TO RUN OUT OF RAM BECAUSE I HAD MORE THAN 2 PROGRAMS OPEN I CAN FINALLY PLAY MY 3D GAMES AGAIN

[onthegreatsea]

What OS and PC hardware do you use for emulating stuff? Also, what is your surround sound setup like?

if u mean the switch emulation stuff then i was using my main PC for testing

Thats uhh... Windows 10, an 8GB R9 390, MSI tomahawk z370, 16GB of DDR4 RAM (ballistix sport i think? i forget what exactly, just needed to replace the 24GB i was having issues with), 750w Corsair PSU and an overclocked Core i7-8700k

it emulates PS2/Gamecube stuff fine and even Wii U is great but it starts having issues with PS3/Switch. some games run fantastically; some not so much

if you were wanting to build a PC for modern emu i would definitely recommend a newer CPU. mines like 7 years old lol

u dont need to break the bank tho; even modern core i3 is probably gunna give u a better experience. tho im getting a Ryzen 5 5700x personally.

my GPU is fine for emu too and u could pick one up for super cheap nowadays. u wouldnt need an expensive overclocking board like mine either. also for surround sound i have a sony HT-S20R. its pretty great but the front left/right and centre speakers are actually in a soundbar so theres not quite as much distance as i'd like between the channels. rear speakers are discrete tho. if u can get something with completely discrete speakers u should imo i actually used to have this rly old surround system that looked like a PS2 + cost me £20. that'd be perfectly fine even today honestly... it just broke. u rly dont need anything stupid fancy or expensive to have a good surround sound experience

if yr only planning to use surround sound on a PC tho you can actually just buy a nice set of 2.1 speakers and then buy another set of two each time u want more channels lol. dont even need to be the same brand or anything

[mcrmadness]

I want to play Euro Truck Somulator 2 so bad but it keeps giving my computer Blue Screen of Death :( Even tho I don't acyually see the blue screen, but even my GPU says it's one, and I don't know how to solve the problem. No other game does this, and it seems to be a overheating problem but I already use a table fan to cool down my PC so I don't know what else should I do.

The next option is to upgrade my PC. But the mainboard is already old enough that there's no point in buying a better CPU when it's only slightly better than my current CPU, which means I should get a new CPU AND a new mainboard if I wanted to have a better system. I also need more RAM for this PC, that alone could solve the problem cos I currently have only 8Gb as that was still "a lot" back in 2016 when I built this PC. But now it's really not enough, but I'm not sure yet if you can mix different RAM sizes with each other, e.g. I have 2x4GB but idk if it's okay to buy e.g. 2x8GB and have 20Gb of RAM that way, or if I just should go for 2 or 4 new ones and have 16GB or 32GB of RAM...

And the next problem is: money. I looked it up and there's an online shop selling bundles of CPU and mainboard and RAM and those were like, 400€ at minimum and while that is not that bad when you can have part-payment... well, it's still plenty of money/month.

But tbh my other games would really benefit from an upgrade. Planet Zoo is awesome but it does get laggy the more traffic I have in the game, and CPU sounds like its dying. I also really need a new chassis cos I got a new GPU a few years ago and it barely fit inside the chassis and I suspect there's problems with the air circulation because of that. The chassis fans also have manual settings for fans, like, actual physical switches and I have already set some of them to High but I don't like that because then they get so loud I start getting headaches from the noise alone.

Maybe I could start with getting a new, bigger chassis with quieter fans and more space for the air circulation. I think I should also buy a bottle of compressed air and go through the insides of the PC with that. I do vacuum the insides every now and then and it's not been that long time since I did that the last time, but then I was out of compressed air because I tend to empty a whole bottle when I get to cleaning my PC with it...

[dark-sarya]

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)

Text

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

[orcelito]

guess who just impulse bought a 128 gb flash drive

thats right, thisssss fucker,

[gaberoothekangaroo]

my laptop is the absolute worst. it used to run so good and now its all problems all the time. itd be fine if it wasnt like....hey your audio stopped working, also btw theres no ip address and no matter how many times you clear the winsock and cmd prompt your way thru it its not gonna work. so heres to restarting your computer 18 times in a row after running through different troubleshoots and cmd lines and eventually just leaving it alone to read to see if it eventually sorts itself out. gotta do a little song and dance to make sure my busted cord stays at the right angle cause the charger port doesnt sit right anymore (the new cord is floppy and has worse connection than the old sturdy broken cord). ill launch a program and in my task manager its got multiple instances of the program even if only 1 of its open (example: 1 discord program running, 5 different instances of it in the task manager). fucking poorly labeled shit running in the background that all have the property of ‘system’ and im like but why are you running tho??? shouldnt you be in the systems section and not in background processes??? computer running at 40% memory and sometimes 40% disk and the fan being audibly loud when i can have all the same stuff open on a different computer with “worse” specs with no issue (intel 7th gen 16gb ram vs intel 3rd gen 8gb ram). dont get me wrong i love my computer but at the same time im like ??? why do you do the things you do???

[swansongbird]

Get to Know Me

Tagged by: @prompto-loco

Rules: Tag 20 blogs you’d like to get to know better. 

Nickname: Swan

Zodiac Sign: Pisces 

Height: 5′5″ (166 cm)

Last Thing You Googled: Porn haha okay but I’m not gonna tell you what kind, but you can probably guess. What can I say? I’ve an honest heart.

Favourite Music Artists: I love music in any language really, I have a soft spot for Kpop tho. I love The Weeknd, Allie X, Bleachers, Oh Land, Troye Sivan, Bebe Rexha, Wonder Girls, Son Ga-In, WINNER, Hyuna, EXID; that’s just off the top of my head haha I have like 8GBs of music on my phone. BUT Y'ALL BETTER LISTEN TO CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS. FRENCH ROYALTY.

Last Movie You Watched: I don’t even remember haha, its been so long. I think it was Kingsglaive, but i really wanted to see Get Out but I got lazy

What Are You Wearing Right Now?: Okay don’t judge me, but whenever I’m home I usually wear only my boxer briefs. But today I felt like pretending to wear clothes and I put on a tank top! But it’s really funny because its low cut af and I love it, there’s something really comical and satisfying to have a nip slip as a boy without tits, whenever there’s a breeze. Haha I’m lame.

Why Did You Choose Your URL: Guess. 

Do you have any other blogs?: Nope. But I’ve considered making more blogs but I’m lazy to be honest.

What did your last relationship teach you?: Nothing, lmao. I’ve never been in a “real” committed relationship.

Religious or Spiritual: No. Heresy is life.

Favourite Color: Pastels and black, and yes bitch they go together.

Average hours of sleep: 6-12 I know I’m all over the place, sometimes Dys keeps me up!

Lucky Number: Idk haha 1(?)

Favourite Characters:  Noctis (FFXV), Prompto (FFXV), Akira (P5), Yusuke (P5), Chloe (Life is Strange), Victoria (Life is Strange) not in any particular order 

How many blankets do you sleep with: 4 blankets with 3 pillows haha I’m extra af idk my favorite thing is being really cold and having a ton of blankets to warm me up and the feeling of cold yet fluffy blankets is so comforting. I live in an ice castle.

Dream Job: Depends on what kind my dream sugar daddy would want that night.

People I Want to Get to Know Better: Okay, I’m not doing 20 but I’ll meet you halfway. Feel free to ignore this if you’ve already done it @noctass @prmptoargentum @demnocts @devilbringr @noctislife @whatif-imjust-arock @lhugbereth @sriracha-chocobo @crossedquills @achryathesecond