#quastion

[interlockingpatches]

Hi hi. I thought chess pieces would make fun patch patterns — you could crochet an entire chess set, board included, and the square motifs would be good for scarves, afghans, etc. Thing is, I don't super play or know much about chess, so can you tell please me:

Here are the other pieces for context. While we're at it, if there's anything egregiously wrong (or indeed if there is room for even minor improvement) with any of them, I hope you'll tell me! Thanks nerds.

[yyyipes]

hihi! ive been wondering, apologies if youve answered this already, but how much of an illustration do you plan out before you begin?

Hm! I’d say that it varies HUGELY. And I’ve actually been wanting to rethink my process, so this is helpful to write out. This is all talking about imagined scenes and whatnot, not still life art (which I rarely do anyways)…

In the past (and preferably) I have a pre-formed concept all ready to go before I even begin drawing. As in, the basic layout of the image or scene is set, major objects/characters are already placed and I have “notes” in my head about other details I want to try and include. I’ve usually slept on the idea for a night or two and done a lot of mental math on it. So it’s kind of already “there”. Sometimes I still do some thumbnail sketches to get it just right first. Then it’s all about getting that picture onto the canvas somehow.

This isn’t to say that those “planned” drawings can’t change immensely between concept and final, they often do. But the “mood” and feelings I get while working on it generally don’t change much.

Lately, however, I have had much more trouble accurately planning out poses, subjects and scenes. Also difficulty feeling connected to my ideas. The mental images I have are blurry and watery, and it’s more of a feeling that I have to try and pin down than a “head picture” that I’m just transcribing. So, it all starts with the sketch, not with musing. Sometimes I spend half the day just trying to get the basic concept figured out. It’s very hard to draw anything deeply rewarding this way, but it works out most of the time if I try at it long enough.

Part of why I want to have another storyline to work on is— I think it would narrow my scope and maybe I’d have an easier time finding/imagining meaningful scenes with characters I relate to. I need to make connections with my subject to care enough to plan things out, I guess… or my mind needs to be in a certain place. Not sure what determines the level of planning, tbh!

Hope that explains things somewhat!

[elementaryboysoversherlockgirls]

Does anyone have any examples of fiction media making reference to Covid? I would think by now it would have been used as a minor plot point at the very least but I can’t remember even the slightest mention of it. It’s weird that there are all these shows and movies that supposedly take place in current times but it’s just… ignored? Maybe I just don’t watch enough tv?

[gameclam3]

i always assumed you were some kind of deep, primordial internet being that took the form of a low-resolution trollface, is that not accurate?

I'm not *that* primordial like i have a body and shit not just a jpeg. Thought I am flattered by this thought...

[cartoonqueen16]

Question, does anyone else ever have strange Ben10 dreams and then get so obsessed with it you turn it into a story?

[owlswriting]

Wie abgefuckt kann man nur sein?!

[michaelmellsmum1]

Im frEAking out ahhhhHh!!¡!!!

Idk which guy i should draw first, Hepaestion, or Bagoas????

I love them both sm that i cant chooseeeee

They r both so perfectttttt

And sweettttt

And hottttttt🥵

PlzzZz heaeaealllpp😭😭😭😭

[kiwi-draws]

if i opened a patreon would anyone consider becoming a member?

[reunionandthen]

BIRTHDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!

THANKS MATE!!!

[cablles]

gonna teach my gf magic by building four pauperish lists for us to play when she visits, what are some good archetypes to play? I want to do one of each general archetype (combo, control, aggro, midrange).

already built G tron for combo and burn is a shoe-in for aggro, but what about midrange and control? I was thinking affinity would be a good midrange pick since I can pick up the artifact lands for cheap and own a full set of frogmites and myr enforcers, but I'm SOL for control. is UB/esper good at a pauper level? are there any cool pauper aggro-control/tempo lists I could try?

[decapod-appreciator]

might be heaven and it might be hell

[fairycosmos]

[gameclam3]

Top 5 vegetable!

Green bean

Sweet peas

Carrot

Cucumber

Kale

[the-incradible]

Hey do people still dox other people here?

The main reason why I left twitter and reddit is because of how toxic those websites are, and I want to know if I should just give up on the internet altogether and go live in the forest or not.

[remxedmoon]

something about touch…

(greyscale below!)

[owlswriting]

And than there is you…