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BETTER CALL SAUL!
#this was mostly a test run on procreate dream!#its pretty good but it has a LOT of room for improvement#which i know the developers have been working on since the app is still technically in beta!#but hey i did this in like 3 weeks while working a full time job and also working on other art so#its pretty damn powerful software#good shit if you use procreate already!!#literally the biggest flaws rn are a lack of selection tool an undo/redo button and#and the app itself has a tendency to crash or slow down if theres “too much” going on#like i had to delete all but one of the preloaded animations just so the app would run smoother while i worked#so its still very clearly in its early phase but its good and im excited to see what the developers will do with it#ok review over#better call saul#saul goodman#bcs#jimmy mcgill#breaking bad#animation#brba#video#procreate dreams
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#study motivation#studyabroad#studyspiration#studyinspo#studystudystudy#studyspo#studyvisa#study aesthetic#italy#student life#study studying studygram studyblr studyabroad studyhard studyspo studymotivation studytime studyinspiration studyinspo studyaccount studyblo#study tools#biology#blue#baking#blogging#bookworm#book review#beautiful#basketball#books#blog#black and white#biochemistry#dark acamedia#light academia#dark academia#chaotic academia#book blog#book photography
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Now that I know more about writing, I'm upset at all the writing advice that urged new writers to find the one best way to write stories, when they should be telling us to play with writing techniques like toys.
Don't tell us to avoid certain points of view! Don't box us into the one currently popular prose style! Let us play and see what effects different techniques achieve, so we can learn the best ways to make use of them! Give us a whole ton of possibility instead of one cookie-cutter template!
#this has been in my head ever since i started churning out this year's short stories#(i'll admit it's possible that i am now able to play with style like this)#(because i've achieved a baseline level of competence with traditional story structure and style)#(so this shouldn't be advice for beginner beginners)#but anyway it came to mind again because i saw someone review a book that was in first-person present-tense#and it did seem like a poor stylistic choice for the subject#but they were like 'present tense is only for juvenile things'#and i was like EXCUSE YOU!#present tense is a stylistic tool that allows for deeper immersion!#and is a totally viable option used in many respected bestsellers#welcome to the 21st century#all the people who were like 'don't use second person'#meanwhile i use second person and get to learn how it creates an intimate relationship with the audience#tools are tools and they are not inherently bad#they just need to be used well and you need to use them to learn how to use them well#thank you for coming to my ted talk#adventures in writing
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On Wednesday before I gave my presentation I confessed to a new employee that I was worried it would be too long and she brightly told me her life hack was to just let AI rewrite things for her. She said I should put in all my talking points and ask ChatGPT to give me a five minute exactly presentation. I was like....how is the most polite possible way (since this is a new colleague I shouldn't get off on the wrong foot with) that I can express that I will Not be taking this advice. Ever. I told her that I didn't think we were allowed to use ChatGPT at this job (we most certainly are not, it is a nightmare for any type of protected information) and also that I prefer to write all of my own work. Despite my best efforts the last part of that was still passive aggressive, lol.
Something about being a writer makes it so that it's almost offensive to me for someone to suggest I use AI to do my work instead? Like, the day I reach the point where I let AI write something for me is the day y'all need to be checking me for brain damage because clearly I'm losing it
#i also told her i was capable of making a 5 minute presentation but that i had too much information to cover to explain the project in 5 min#and she was like oh that makes sense!!#but like im sorry 😭am i the insane one or like....#idk to me suggesting I use AI isn't a helpful suggestion it reads as someone telling me i don't know how to do my job#does that make sense?#i don't consider it a lifehack or working smarter instead of harder. it seems like you're suggesting i am incapable of writing well myself#i know a lot of people right now thing AI is the best thing ever#to me it's a blatant omission that you can't do your own work or think for yourself#this is also even crazier of a suggestion to me because that morning i had TWO managers on call debating wording of a sentence#like we were reveiwing this presentation tightly so that we said exactly what we wanted to and met the standards of our administration#chatgpt is not going to understand the nuances of what we can/cannot say or official/approved wording lol#i think we use ai tools in the sense of like...photoshop generative fill or ai stuff in scientific research/arcgis#but i'm like 99% sure we were banned from using chatgpt over privacy concerns of putting controlled information into it#anyway. idk. i know not everyone writes as well as i do.#but i'd rather read bad writing that came from a person than something that was generated for you tbh#and i will help review my colleagues' writing any day
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youidraw.com was lowkey a little disappointing
#bandit's doodles#grian#mumbo jumbo#waffle duo#is waffle duo even their duo name anymore#this must be some kind of sick joke right#Just for a bit in his video#Im calling it rn#It can't be permanent#waffle duo will live on forever#big fan of the grey hairs but the waffle man#think of the waffle#cue montage of all the waffle fun we've had over the seasons#now for the website#The setup looks great#looks professional#my expectations were high#They should not have been based on my last reviews#it had an eraser but it just didn't work?#whenever I tried to change the brush size it would just revert to the huge default??#It had that color picker thing with the gradient which was great#But whenever I tried to switch colors#the last brush stroke I did would change color#the selection tool was fine but when I tried to move things it was being so difficult#this might just be a mobile problem but still a problem#But there was this massive ad on the side of the screen so I didn't get the optimal canvas access#the stabilizer on the pencil was horrendous#that little 'no waffle :(' on mumbos head took like 8 tries for it to look legible in any way#Thats why I just used the text for grian which worked fine#actually 4/10 it looks good but works badly
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what even is an AI-powered google search . what even is an AI-chat . I’ll kill you
#truly . truly . it boils my blood#like . you type in your query . it answers . when it’s a straightforward question it’s often times correct . cool! where the fuck are you#getting your information from#it is not transparent with its sources . literally anything is better than using ai chat becaue at least you can check the sources#people shit on wikipedia but at least it’s actually fucking peer reviewed and i can verify myself through the many sources they require you#to link . jesus christ#jay rants#throttling every single stupid tech bro and big dumbass tech company thats forced ai down our throats#to the point where it’s actively started impacting my studies . none of our profs can implicitly trust us anymore and instead of receiving#the time we need to write a coherent and well thought out essay at home we have to write one in class in an hour/an hour and a half . lord#if ur gonna fucking plagiarise at least be a moral plagiariser and actually collect the information yourself instead of relying on a self#cannibalising synthesis machine to do it for you#longing for the return to when machine learning was still used as a complementary tool in professions where it was actually useful
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I love Higuruma. Not just because he’s so willing to help Yuuji and the others (and because he’s hot), but he’s a character with particular traits that I’ve appreciated throughout JJK. The constant adapting and learning that can be seen with Mahito, strengthening his own capabilities that aren’t inherently offensive or overwhelmingly powerful like Tengen with barriers or Nobara being Mahito’s natural enemy, etc. It’s not like there aren’t interesting aspects to characters that are overwhelmingly powerful like Sukuna or Gojo, but it’s gratifying to see characters who aren’t still find ways to make just as much of an impact and work with others to do so. It’s no wonder Sukuna admires him, while giving far less thought to characters that could arguably be considered more powerful or destructive.
#something something about modern sorcerers in the culling games and the new generation#also significant ino is there fighting with nanami’s cursed tool. literally carrying on his memory#jjk spoilers#I already typed this in a LONG review of the chapter but doing it again. I just love him#nobara could’ve been among this group with her power to affect the soul 😭😭😭😭😭#a lot of fans tend to downplay characters if they’re literally not as OP as gojo or have specific traits or skillsets#like calling nobara or yuuji useless when they both have abilities to single out the soul#or even yuuta sometimes if he’s not proving himself by fighting out in the open#I’ve seen more comments about this current team not having a chance but this is the most hopeful I’ve been for their success#power scaling aside gojo couldn’t and shouldn’t have won the sukuna fight#jjk 246#higuruma hiromi#lots of thoughts rattling in my brain
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The Los Angeles House: Decoration and Design in America's 20th-Century City, 1995
#vintage#vintage interior#1990s#90s#interior design#home decor#decorating#kitchen#dining room#Mediterranean#tile#beamed ceiling#fireplace#Los Angeles#California#Italian#style#home#architecture
#vintage#wood carving#1990s#interiors#apartment#applique#bedroom#bathroom#blanket#interior design#viral#tool review
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one (1) dynamic from a show I watched when I was 12 is has a stronger grip on me than it has any right to, multiversal strength gorilla glue-ass grip.
bayverse setting isn’t conducive to Venus’ mysticism background so uhhh... i guess they argue fantasy vs sci fi genres? idk who would wear big naturals better, Gandalf or Magneto.
zombies, star wars, and star trek are neutral ground
#fanart shitposting#I need the kids to understand Next Mutation was trash#HOWEVER#it gave me my beloved daughter Venus#to which I'm eternally grateful#but skimming reviews of the show has been... strange#The supposed love triangle was baaarely there#Between Leo's weird listening pose#Mikey's thirst that really only spanned frm ep.2-5#and Raph just being his regular ol' emotionally constipated self?#not a convincing case to me#Donnie and Venus didn't even really argue#Venus complimented him on his ingenuity#and despite his snide delivery he deferred to Venus when it came to supernaturalness#Donnie even expressed interest in the tools and items of her trade#(even if it was to contextualize it in his own westernized science understanding)#but they WERE peak STEM vs Humanities#for that I will always have a hearty chuckle
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Writers,
(that includes fanfic writers, hobbyists)
How do you include dialogue in another language, assuming all the character speak it, but not the reader?
More (not really necessary) details under cut, please answer me with reblogs or comments, you can also reblog even if you don't have an answer, for more visibility.
My story takes place in the french province of Québec ('ello there), but the story is in english, and so are most characters talking. However, i do wanna include french in some dialogue, because every bilingual québecer will easily switch between the two. I don't wanna do it too much, but only to add a touch of quebecism and make people understand that some characters have french as their first language. Some of my characters also have spanish as a first language and don't speak a lot of french
here's two dialogues example i got:
"Damn, she's so pretty." "She's gay." "Ouin, pis?" (Okay, so?)
"Bonjour, Alex. Je m'appelle Charlotte." (Hi Alex. My name is Charlotte) "They- They don't speak much French..." "You said they were bilingual!" "English and Spanish. Sorry."
"¿Qué diablos pasó ahí fuera? ¿Alguien te lastimó?" (What the hell happened to you? Did someone hurt you?) "Sí. Pero estoy bien, Anton. Solo tengo un- una- a concussion. I'll be okay." (Yes. But i'm fine, Anton. It's just a concussion.) "Y qué pasa con esto?" (And what about this?) "Me estas molestando" (You're annoying me.)
#language#bilingual#writers#writing#writer on tumblr#ao3 writer#writer tips#writing tips#note i'm not super fluent in spanish. Enough to write and review with help of translating tools#but not enough to be 100% certain it's correct (especially when it comes to more complicated syntax or verbs) so feel free to correct it lo
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new fountain pen (platinum preppy) and ink (noodler's pasternak). ink doesnt hold up as well as id expected against water, but i might not be letting it dry long enough. 54th massachusetts set my standards high lol. gorgeous color tho. very fond of how the pen writes as well. lines arent too thick, but dont feel scratchy
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#studyabroad#studyinspo#study motivation#studyspiration#studyspo#studyvisa#student life#study aesthetic#studystudystudy#italy#study mode#study studying studygram studyblr studyabroad studyhard studyspo studymotivation studytime studyinspiration studyinspo studyaccount studyblo#the case study of vanitas#study vlog#biology#blue#i need to lose so much weight#macha#study korean#dutch language#study journal#study in abroad#comfort food#book review#books and reading#makeup#journal#one year later#100 days of productivity#study tools
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How to Conduct a Design Review Like a Pro
Design reviews are crucial for making sure that your project is on the right track. Whether you’re designing a website, an app, or any other visual project, having the right tools and strategies can make a big difference. Here’s a guide on how to conduct a design review effectively and why tools like ScreenRec can be game-changers.
Simple Steps to a Great Design Review
Set Clear Goals: Start by knowing what you want to achieve with your review. Are you looking at usability, the look and feel, or maybe how it works technically? Clear goals keep everyone focused.
Get the Right People Involved: Make sure everyone who needs to be there is part of the review. This could be designers, developers, project managers, and even clients. Different perspectives help catch different issues.
Use Feedback Forms: Structured feedback forms with specific questions can guide reviewers to give detailed and useful feedback. This makes it easier to address specific aspects of the design.
Regular Check-ins: Don’t wait too long between reviews. Regular check-ins help keep the project on track and make sure any issues are caught early.
Use the Best Tools: Tools like ScreenRec, Figma, and InVision can make the review process smoother. These tools help you share designs, gather feedback, and make sure everyone is on the same page.
Top Tools for Design Reviews
ScreenRec: ScreenRec is perfect for capturing and sharing detailed screen recordings and screenshots. You can annotate your screenshots and create detailed walkthroughs of your design. Its instant sharing feature with secure cloud links makes it great for remote reviews. Plus, it’s super easy to use and keeps your data secure.
Figma: Figma is awesome for collaborative design. Multiple people can work on the same file at the same time, and you can leave comments right on the design. It’s great for real-time feedback and edits.
InVision: InVision lets you create interactive prototypes and gather feedback with comments and annotations. It also has version control, so you can see all the changes made and make sure feedback is implemented.
Zeplin: Zeplin helps bridge the gap between designers and developers by providing detailed specs and assets. It ensures that the final product looks exactly like the design.
Slack: Slack can be integrated with your design tools to streamline communication and feedback. You can set up channels specifically for design reviews, making it easy to share updates and discuss feedback.
Why ScreenRec is a Must-Have
ScreenRec stands out because it’s easy to use and incredibly effective. Here’s why:
Simple to Use: Anyone on your team can quickly learn to use ScreenRec.
High-Quality: It captures clear, high-definition videos and screenshots.
Instant Sharing: Share your recordings instantly with secure links, making remote collaboration easy.
Secure: Your data is encrypted, keeping your designs safe.
Final Thoughts
Design reviews don’t have to be stressful. With clear goals, the right people, structured feedback, regular check-ins, and the best tools, you can streamline the process. ScreenRec can make a big difference by helping you capture and share detailed feedback easily. Follow these tips, and you’ll be conducting design reviews like a pro in no time.
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Skincare step 1: cleansers
Gentle cleansers are like a soothing hug for your skin, delicately washing away the day's impurities without stripping its natural oils. Incorporating a gentle cleanser into your skincare routine is essential for maintaining a healthy and radiant complexion. By choosing a mild formula, you're not only showing your skin some love but also ensuring that it stays balanced and nourished. So, embrace the tender touch of a gentle cleanser and let your skin glow with happiness
I personally have normal-sensitive skin so I choose to use gentle cleansers. I love Korean and Japanese skincare products, and I really enjoy the brand Cosrx I've used them for years and I've never had a bad experience with their products. I'll be doing more posts about in-depth and high-end products you can add to your skincare but for today my suggestions are basic but reliable cleansers
(I will be also doing an overall full-step skincare routine for glass skin as well as individual step-by-step posts soon💋 ) Direct links for all product recommendations are available on my pintrest located on my seriousskincare board
#bueaty#perfect skin#skin tightness#skincare review#skincare regimen#skin tips#skincare products#skin treatment#skincare routine#skincare#skin cleanser#girly tumblr#girly girl#girly aesthetic#luxury#pinkblog#black girl luxury#bueaty tools#self care#self love#glow up#korean skincare#japanese skincare#girly tips#girl tips#girl time#high maintenance
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I want to get Procreate dreams but I'm not gonna do it until they add the lasso tool. Like??? That is a super important tool for animation why isn't that on there???
#i read the reviews and they all were just like “this app is amazing but PLEASE add the lasso tool”#i wanna make them pmvssss#cryptid rambles
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