#tried to make an actual one but im not used to the software and got super frustrated and gave up

[organised-disaster]

Just got a laptop and the software lets me make timelapses

[am-i-the-asshole-official]

AITA for wanting to stay in an important team position?

(For reference: 🎮🎮🤖)

(Sorry for the long post and any bad grammar!!)

So i (16F) am in a robotics team at my school, we take part in a pretty big national and global competition called FIRST.

recently my team got through to national stages, which is a MASSIVE deal, not exactly an everyday occurrence.

Our robot requires two drivers, one for the main body, and one for the arm. The whole time we’ve had the robot working, i have been the arm driver (apart from a couple lunchtime sessions where other people tried it out briefly) and took part in the actual qualifying rounds. I’m also the CAD designer so i designed the claw part and know what i have to do to make it move in the correct fashion and not damage it. My friend Pen (not any real names ofc) is the main body driver and has spent so much time working on the robot no one is disputing her driving.

The problem comes in with two people - Plane and Bolt. I’ve never particularly gotten on with Plane, while ive been kind of neutral with Bolt. There’s no active hostile feelings with us at the moment, but they have been pretty aggressive to people in the past, gatekeeping roles and new people joining - they had a huge fight on the team group chat over it with my friend Keyboard. They also tried to stop Pen (who was originally doing software) and another person in our team (ill call her Remote) from being engineers, but im the end Plane and Bolt did none of the hard work, doing very easy things while Remote and Pen were left doing all the manual work on the body, while i attached the arm.

Both Plane and Bolt decided in the week before the qualifying event that they wanted to drive the arm, and that we should rotate at the event. Thankfully the supervising teacher got involved and told them no, i had put in the time, he guessed maybe they could try do some more practise before the national event. Me and Pen were drivers in that and are now in the top 19% of global drivers, which i am insanely happy about. Despite being ill the day of the event, Plane was the human player, which means you still get to be around the field while not directly touching the controllers or the robot, but can help.

The first session after the event, Plane comes up to me saying how badly she wanted to be the driver and she was going to put in the practise. I told her that I didn’t want to be mean, please don’t take this the wrong way, but it depends on what our teacher says, and really, it’s a matter of skill. Me and Pen have had the time practising together, it’s not a personal attack on you. The next event is only 8 weeks away (a lot of that is holiday) so im really sorry, but it’s not up to me. You’ll have to take it up with the teacher.

She was obviously not happy with this and walked out of the room without saying anything else. I’m panicking that I was too rude but she’s been far more aggressive to me before and I haven’t got super pissed at her for it?

The rest of the team apart from Plane and Bolt agree with me, and I really want to stay driver because honestly I enjoy it. It’s something im good enough at as well, and I don’t super enjoy just sitting in the audience feeling useless.

Tumblr, AITA?

What are these acronyms?

[sadesluvr]

heyy saw that you take requests again xx

i NEED some william/steve fluff nothing in particular its really up to you🥹

im so soft for him😭

A/N: Hi Anon, TY for the ask! I went with the Steve persona just because I feel he's a little nicer (despite the obvious XD). This is more of a drabble but I hope you like it! :)

Working in the public sector was extremely tiring, especially now, at the turn of the millennium, where more people were beginning to lose their jobs to computer software that was slowly on the rise. Luckily, you had Steve, one of the career counsellors at the local governance department, to help you sift through the workload.

Steve had been in the business longer than you (considered a ‘vet��), and had even won an award for ‘Social Worker of the Year’. Higher ups respected him, colleagues invited him to work dinners, and you certainly liked him - which was why you’d spent time in the office into the late hours of the night. It was 11:30PM when you’d both decided to call it a night, switching off the desk lamps and shutting down the copiers, completely oblivious to the fact that it had begun to snow outside.

“Damnit..” you muttered as you tried to start the engine of your car, desperately wanting to get home, make a warm mug of cocoa, and fall asleep. It seemed the universe had other plans, as no matter what you did the car didn’t start - and to make things worse, the sheer cold had caused your key to get stuck, ultimately breaking off in the ignition.

You were screwed.

A knock on your window signalled that help had arrived. It was Steve, painted with a warm smile spread across his cheeks, accentuating his dimples. 

“Need a hand?”

You weren’t entirely sure why he hadn’t dropped you home, but you knew that you were far too tired to care. You woke up on a chequered, albeit slightly worn yet comfortable couch with a blanket draped over you. What struck you the most was the fact that you were still in the majority of your clothes from the day before, but your top had been replaced with a large jumper, which smelled faintly of black coffee.

“Don’t worry, I didn’t see anything,” a voice chuckled, and Steve strolled into the living room holding two mugs. He looked like a different person entirely - dressed in a sweatshirt rather than a button up, cosy socks and slightly ruffled hair.

“You used the bathroom before you crashed last night,” he continued, placing a mug down onto the coffee table. “That’s how you got the sweater. It’s a little stained, but it’s all good,”

“Oh,” you said, rubbing your eyes. What time was it? “Thanks…”

“I hope this isn’t weird,” he said, smiling down at you as he perched himself on the armrest, sipping his own drink. “Gas was low, and the roads were icy…It just made sense to come here, you know?”

You nodded, savouring the taste of the drink on your tongue. It was your favourite; Steve had clearly remembered it from all those mornings at the office. 

“I get it,” you shrugged. “Your couch was kinda comfy, actually…I won’t be long, I know you’re not a big fan of having people over…” you finished, pulling yourself from your slumber. Steve may have been a well-liked guy, but he’d always been rather shielded when it came to his personal life.

Instead of being met with rejection, the man shook his head and raised his hand. 

“Don’t worry about it,” he smiled. “Half of the office has called in. It’s basically a day off,”

You raised your eyebrows and stared at the man in shock. Days off were basically foreign, let alone to someone as hardworking as Steve. Glimpsing out of the window, you could see that the snow had settled; a thick white layer lined neatly on top of the man’s car. Considering yours was still down at the office, and travel was likely dangerous, it meant that you were going to spend a whole day at his house. Just the two of you.

The thought made your heart flutter. Steve was rather attractive; mature, bright eyed, and most importantly, divorced. You wondered if your feelings for him were mutual, but judging by the way he was staring at you, you got the idea. 

“Are you sure you’re gonna want me around?” you teased, smirking. “Work and home life doesn’t mix…”

“I’ll take my chances…” he whispered, gaze unwavering as he walked over to the small fireplace opposite, lighting it so that it produced a few embers before joining you on the sofa, his long legs and large frame taking up most of the space. Whilst some may have found this claustrophobic, you found it rather inviting. There was something about him that was cuddly. 

He lifted up his arms, and you instinctively snuggled under him, burying your face in his chest as he lazily flicked through the channels of the television. It was an unexpected, yet perfect start to your winter.

If you were lucky, you’d spend the rest of your seasons like this.

[shroomlet]

I got a lil samsung tablet so i can sit on da couch and draw more conveniently :D

Me rambling abt it below because idk i like talking abt lil tablets like these

It's galaxy tab s9 fe, wasnt sure about the 10 inch size since i usually use 13 inch huion but its actually pretty good screen ratio! I can have all my toolbars >:3!!

the s pen is a bit thin for my taste so i'm getting a lil silicone sleeve for it later, but its a great pen, tilt controls are very important to me since my fave brushes rely on it, also the button seems to be configured to turn into an eraser on clip studio which is great, i wish it was a toggle instead of having to hold down the button

The main thing tho to make it feel nice to me personally though, i had to get a matte textured screen protector, cause i hate slippery screens even if the original pen tip has a rubbery tip to make it easy to draw on, i tried getting those paperlike screen protectors for the first time for this and DEAR GOD its so textured, as in it can actually sand down hard plastic pen nibs like within a minute of scribbling. I knew this though from reviews so i got a set of nibs that had a metal one, and as much as i was apprehensive about metal on screen it feels GREAT!! Like ballpoint pen on paper. I just don't press hard when I draw so its not a huge problem I suppose. Don't use metal nibs without a screen protector btw

The main thing though.... is drawing apps. I love clip studio paint, it works wonderfully on this tablet, but.

Subscription cost. Lmao

I've also tried a few different apps available, ibis paint, infinity painter, hipaint, medibang, etc. I'm sure those are great for different people but I think i'm too clip studio pilled LOL i'll only switch if I find another app that can use .ABR style brush files since then i can import brushes i like, but clip studios file syncing also calls to me cause i hoard data on like 2 laptops so having artwork synced up is way easier esp if im not home

But yeah all in all this things perfect for my needs but also i'm stingy and don't wanna pay subscriptions but also I want clip studio to continue being good cause I'm afraid of software obsolescence hfhjfsjjfjd anyways this thing better fix all of my problems like immediately (plays cookie run on it until i decompose)

[viscerawrites]

status update 9/28/2024

just a lil post to announce what fics ive worked on/tasks ive crossed off my checklist today! its mostly for myself rlly fcngnhkk buuut its here if anyone's curious ig? Im just chilling

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what ive accomplished today:

wrote 492 words for chapter 2 of where love didn't exist

today was the first time ive been able to work on this fic (w/o anxiety) since i first posted it in january, so that's pretty nice! tbh i lost so much confidence in it after i lost my therapist since i was hoping to use it as a coping fic while i processed shit. but who knows, maybe it'll still help me learn things abt myself. regardless, im excited to be back at it!

wrote 156 words for my sleep token oneshot wip, the body as a temple ; got it to 913!

i havent worked on this one in a while either lol, mostly bc i started it right before The Anxiety started hitting me every time i sat down to write. i was honestly rlly nervous to return to it cuz i was scared I wouldn't be able to keep writing it at all. but im giving myself the grace to move slow, so. rare W for me.

retyped/sorta edited 582 words for chapter 1 of my hollywood undead wip the exorcism of jorel decker

i actually posted this 1st chapter a long while ago! then i deleted it, tried to rework into original fiction, realized i was having much more fun writing it as bandfic, and then foolishly orphaned the original version instead of just deleting </3 but the good news abt that is. idk if i still have it in my google docs at all. so at least i have that to reference LOL.

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soo.

today is saturday september 28 (this month is going by way too fast fr) and it's just past 6pm rn. got a late start today bc i was exhausted as shit for a while, then i talked to my mom incessantly for what was apparently hours. So i only got started around 3pm (but i still needed to warm up, soo it took longer. Bleh).

didn't set my checklist goals at the start of the day like i planned to bc i was having The Anxiety and a bit of decision paralysis. and was also worried abt.. Various things. so it doesn't feel as successful today, but ive still gotten shit done and that's what should matter to me.

out of everything ive typed today, ive done abt 1,230 words in total so far. Most of that was unfortunately just me retyping shit ive already written and am now moving from google docs to ellipsus (which i highly recommend btw). i typically prefer to retype into new software instead of pasting; it gets the brain flowing better.

but i did still write some new words, and a lot of what i retyped was modified and added to. or cut. Whatever it needed rlly.

im still trying to find the proper schedule for myself + the best way to juggle my millions of projects/ideas. I need to allow myself some wiggle room while still having some structure. adhd is making this a bit difficult (as it so often does), but it's rlly just trial and error rn. Plus a lot of self-acceptance and focusing on making things easier and more fun for myself - instead of worrying abt the "most reasonable" way to do things. Or anything others might recommend.

I do still plan on writing some more before the night is done, so I might be back w/ an update for this before I head to bed. I got distracted by my brother while writing this post so it's now just after 6:45 LOL.

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gonna close this post off w/ music ive been rlly liking today! bc,, why not.

Animals - Ice Nine Kills (maroon 5 cover)

Disturbia - The Cab (rihanna cover)

What I Never Learned In Study Hall - Ice Nine Kills

[eternalshadeart]

I've been doing digital art for almost 2 years now, with little to no practice on actual paper for these 2 years, and that got me thinking did I Lose my touch with traditional art, Haven't picked up an actual paint brush in so long. Its easy to get lost in the vast possibilities that digital painting softwares offer, ranging from hundreds of brush textures, to tools to make your shaky lines smooth, making the perfect circles, filing a solid colour in an instant.

Where you absolutely dont have to wait for your oils or watercolor to dry up before going for the next layer, and most importantly no need to spend dollars on art supplies and if you make any mistake the undo option is always there for you.

It did make painting easier in a way, but it also comes with its own cons, when I started digital painting I felt like I had to learn from scratch how to use the particular software, and had to learn to paint all over again. Tho it catches up quick but still figuering out how to use each tool, how all the functions, brushes, layers, blend modes work. It does take some time.

Nevertheless I ventured from my point, so since I've been painting dgitally for 2 years I figured its time to indulge in some traditional work, touch base and see If im still worthy.

I tried painting a couple of small canvas and got stuck figuring out what to draw, to have the exact outcome planned out because if I decide halfway through coloring my background that I dont like how it looks, I dont have a ctrl Z to help me this time, I'll have to paint over the whole thing and start from scratch. Painting on the canvas directly is a commitment and theres a looming pressure that the outcome should look beautiful and completed, and I already have enough anxiety, not really excited about been anxious about the thing i love.

One warm afternoon I picked up a tiny notebook I had, bought it on a whim last year and it has been sitting on my shelf since then, its a 4"x4" pocket notebook with decent paper quality, perfect to try out the random black gel pen I found lying around. And I got to it, found a cozy warm place and made a small pen sketch of a tree. The texture looked nice, i did mess up a couple timeson the leaves but since its just a disposable paper I didnt worry much on it, just covered it up with more scriblings. It felt pretty good, ad I realised with digital art the one thing I'm missing is customisign how I organise and decorate my work collection.

With digital software all your art is stored as mere .png or .jpg or whichever format you prefer, but thats it, its just a photo album, unlike a sketchbook where you can decorate the cover, add a couple of sticker or notes to it, stick a dried flower you found, or just about anything creative.

The overall feel of a sketchbook is entirely different and I dont have to worry about each page looking like a finished work.

I love painting digitally but painting on a sketchbook is almost nostalgic, so I finally started one.

Got myself a small A6 sketcbook with a pretty floral cover,cut out the pen sketch i did and glued it on the first page, and thus started to fill each page with totally random unrelated paintings.

So anyway this was a lengthy way to tell you how painting on a sketchbook somehow made me improve my art, and felt incredibly amazing, tho I've completed just couple pages, each page looks beatifull in its own way, and i got to try out a couple of pens, and paints that I havnt used in so long.

got to try doing simple portraits, tried to double tap multiple times on the page (stupid muscle memory).

so anyway here are a few pages that I have completed, and if you did read till the end, thanks for bearing with the (rant)?

[fallish]

i will absoluely take this baton, thank you for tagging @fairlylokai 🥰

1 ) do you make your bed? the truth is i tried for a while and i still do try occasionally but a majority of the time it ends up with me sleeping on top of a comforter because my brain cant put together the effort to pull it back and actually get in. im going to go with no (despite the state of my very made bed that i am currently sitting on at the time of this post)

2 ) what's your favourite number? two-way tie between 58 and 87. iykyk ;)

3 ) what is your job? im a software developer, its kinda a boring title but im getting good at it!

4 ) If you could go back to school would you? it really depends on the day you ask me this one. like generally? fuck no, it was hell on my adhd. on a particularly self destructive day? yeah and i might finish a college application before deciding to sleep on any major life decisions (and then i wont do it! 10pm rule that shit!)

5 ) can you parallel park? yes! i used to be the only one of my friends who could but i live on a street with only parallel parking and i think theyre getting better at it :D

6 ) a job you had that would surprise people? i used to be a camp counselor for one summer! everyone used to always tell me id be bad with kids because i didnt really like them, and i actually tried failing this interview but i guess they needed people, so i got the job. i got on swell with the kids! uh. not so much with the other adults tho. i accidentally made the ice tea spiked at the end of the summer and needless to say i was not invited back. i look back on it fondly :)

7 ) do you think aliens are real? of course. its unthinkable that humans are the only ones around in the whole universe. as they say, life finds a way

8 ) can you drive a manual car? nope. dated a guy who did once, and im ngl i was kinda into it, but i never learned myself.

9 ) what's your guilty pleasure? k pop photo cards 🙈 while I agree that guilt is for the weak, I do think I spend an unreasonable amount of money on those

10 ) tattoos? not yet, but ive got plans. my mom is super against them so while im at home, i cant. when i move out tho, i really want to get a set of wings in honor of ffvii (the first video game i finished)

11 ) favourite colour? i like yellow, like the mustardy kind but im partial to green and black

12 ) favourite type of music? i spend a lot of my attention on the punk/rock so like fall out boy and mayday parade and i listen to a lot of indie shit like glass animals and basement punk like the front bottoms and mobo, and recently im into kpop, particularly zerobaseone. also! i suspenct that no matter what, if i like the rhythm of the rap put in front of me, its highly likely ill enjoy it

13 ) do you like puzzles? i like puzzles so much i made it my job! one could absolutely say i like puzzles lol, me and my sister used to do them a lot and for her last birthday i got her a 10 pack.

14 ) any phobias? im not fond of men with raised voices, but on a lighter note, i wont go more than 5 feet into the ocean because i grew up in jersey on movies like jaws that made me wuite scared of shark attacks

15 ) favourite childhood sport? i uh didnt play sports 🫡 i liked watching hockey though and i still watch nhl hockey now! so that might count?

16 ) do you talk to yourself? oh yeah. all the time. i cant do tasks if i dont talk myself through them. it might not be out loud all the time (i respect public spaces and the quiet associated with them) but theres a constant running monologue i promise.

17 ) what movie(s) do you adore? cheesy answer but i LOVE inception its one of my all time top 5 movies i could watch it in any mood and it would amaze me.

18 ) coffee or tea? i like both, i prefer tea, but im not allowing myself to have either right now. im trying to get myself off of caffeine again because i recently started going back to work and drinking more coffee and what do you know? my migraines made a comeback

19 ) first thing you wanted to be growing up? i wanted to be a famous singer, and sometimes i still want to make music but i dont know, i guess it got away from me at some point. i still make little singing audios and send them to my friends and my mom always says i have a nice voice so the dream stays alive :)

thanks again for tagging! im going to tag @doomcannotbethisadorable @alittlebitofrainbyyourside @sherlockholmeson and anyone who wants to do participate!!

[smute]

the ios app is such a disaster honestly. idk how many posts ive made on here complaining about the performance and overheating issues but i do know that ive tried to tell @staff about them multiple times, both through apple's report an issue thingy in the app store and directly via the tumblr support page. ive been through every troubleshooting step. i cant even tell you how often i reinstalled the app. i have tested it on wifi and cellular, with 5g on and 5g off. its always the same thing. the app draws insane amounts of power whenever it is active/open, even when im not scrolling, and my phone gets warmer and warmer until it eventually shuts down with a temperature warning or gets too hot to hold in my hand

a couple weeks ago i actually upgraded to a new phone (for context: my previous one was only 2 years old, not some ancient underpowered thing, and apart from tumblr i NEVER noticed any performance/temperature issues so i wasn't really looking for an upgrade, i just got a really good offer from my carrier). the tumblr app also makes my (older) ipad overheat, so i already knew that the problem here wasn't a particular device, but given the chance i was ofc curious to see if things would improve with a newer one. they didn't 🤪

anyway i conducted a little informal experiment with the new phone to figure out exactly how bad the problem is. didn't even install the tumblr app when i first set it up, just to see how the phone would perform without buggy software (the answer is really well)

under normal usage the battery lasts for at least two fucking days. texting, playing music, surfing, fucking reading ebooks, watching youtube videos, we're talking like close to 30 hours of screen time on a single charge. SCREEN time, not standby.

on saturday morning, while using the tumblr app (and only the tumblr app), i went from 90% to 50% in TWO AND A HALF HOURS. that is insane.

like not only is it super uncomfortable to hold a piping hot thing made of glass and metal in your hands, im also genuinely concerned about the health of my battery lmao

until a few months ago i had NEVER encountered this problem, not even on my old iphone 8 that sometimes struggled with other apps as well. tumblr always worked fine. idk what they changed or which weird new feature that nobody asked for is responsible for this but something is drawing power like CRAZY and literally FRYING MY HARDWARE.

honestly its like the world's shittiest screen time reminder lmao. after 30 minutes the temperature starts to get uncomfortable and after an hour i literally have to take a break, close the app for 5 minutes and let my phone cool off. WHICH IT DOES BTW. like almost INSTANTLY. idk what else to say except that this seems to be a feature not a bug. in the sense that it happens no matter what i do

lmao sorry this turned into such a long rant. like i said, i already messaged tumblr support about it but this has been going on for months at this point and i am P I S S E D

[selamat-linting]

if yall think that department store job is bad wait until you hear about the stock broker job i almost had.

so, i recently turned 19 at the time and was desperate for employment. there's this walk-in interview ad on the local job site. i went there, hand in my resume, and without looking at my file the HR told me im accepted for a three day training program. it should be a red flag, but i came in anyway.

our trainer is a man in a fancy suit. the first thing he said other than the over-excited greeting was thanks. thanks for not believing the naysayers who said this job is a scam.

i might be stupid, but im not stupid enough to ignore that. immediately i was hyper aware of everything this trainer was doing and saying. our first day was all motivational speeches and bombarding everyone who dared to question their scheme with noises and covert shaming so they'd get in line. the actual product we're selling, the daily operation, he either sidesteps the question or explain it in such a vague nothingburger way that you couldnt understand it. at least they gave us free lunch though.

when i get home, i began looking up the name of the company. theyre formally certified as a broker company, but its hard to find an actual job desc or the benefits. there's even accounts of costumers who felt theyre getting scammed out of the whole deal. i still came in the next day.

i dont know what i was thinking tbh. i guess there is a part of me who wished it was all a misunderstanding, or a part of me who thinks i can actually make a sale and get money despite the circumstances, and a part of me who wants to convince myself that im not a quitter. i was a mess. i went on my second day, and at least a quarter of people are gone. we did our training, this time we're taught how to trade stocks, using software we barely understand with principles we dont even get. and ofc when we get the job, the money we use for trading would be our customers' money.

during break time, they told us to get comfortable with the workers who have been there for months. i was friendly with them, but i realized they're the ones i could actually get a straight answer from. i basically cornered and made one of them to admit this is a job with no base pay, just a commission scheme. and some havent closed anything for months since the day they start working. i admit, i did it for myself, but i hope other people who enrolled in training with me heard it too.

it was then i made the decision to drop out. dont get me wrong, commission only jobs are a standard practice for a lot of sales industry, and i respect people who do the hustle. actually, i might even try it one day if (big IF here) im skilled and financially stable enough to weather the rough months. but its wrong for that company to avoid explaining that aspect especially when the job is convincing people to fund your trading business and you cant even educate your workers on the product properly! its predatory and scammy as fuck.

and for years after that sometimes i hear a story of a coworker who tried their luck. all of them failed. well, one girl i know manage to close a deal. except she got screwed by her seniors and she didnt get her earnings. one guy i know even end up drowning in debt because of that job. but then again, i dont feel sorry for him because i overheard him confessed to raping a girl at a party once so he deserved it lol!

anyway, the office of that trading company was soon shut down around 2020. i heard they got sued, or they cant pay the rent for the building, im not sure. they were closed though. and everyone who knows that place but doesnt work there, recognized they have a not so stellar reputation. however, they recently reopened under a new name. different company name, same business model. thats capitalism.

[fantasmafanta]

chipspeech rambles so i dont explode

hi this is prolly gonna be a long post that makes no sense srry i just need to brainrot dump. but most important thing if ur not weird and you like chipspeech PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE dm me here so i can give you my discord or instagram where i am actually active more ahhhhhh.

ok anyway blue robots woohoo. these little bastards have been stuck in my brain for like a month now and its just gotten worse. the cool thing about chipspeech is it like doesnt entirely go with the rest of the vocal synth/vocaloid fanbase but rather than being its own seperate things its like this neat little extension of it in like multiple ways. it not only is just a really cool software that tried a lot of new cool things that we dont really see with like vocaloid and synthv and stuff but it also kinda shows the history of how we got to the point of modern vocal synth software in a cool way! even if you dont dive into it like i have you still get the basic “oh well voder was made in like 1939 and it had to be operated by hand how cool” and like through chipspeech you kinda get to see the evolution of how we got to where we are now and i think that thats really neat. 

but then if youre a nerd like me you get to have a ton of fun diving into all of the history and cool old tech stuff. liking chipspeech has made me find a new interest in old computers/tech/software/videogames do i fully understand how they work? hell no! do i love looking at them and having them explained to me by some dude on youtube? hell yeah!! and like its just so cool to go in and research the machines/softwares that inspired the chipspeech bots because even though its difficult sometimes you get to see these advances made and how each one differs from each other in how it was made, how it was operated, its function, etc. and thats SO. FREAKING. AWESOME. like dude have you seen the video of one of the tests for the votrax?? (the one that bert gotrax is based on) if you havent basically it was made so that people with disabilities so they couldnt talk could have conversations over the phone. they tested it by trying to order a pizza using only the software. it took like 3 tries before someone took them seriously and they got the pizza. and the moment they were like “yeah deliver that to the msu computer center” i got so excited cuz that just felt so badass!! like put yourself in their shoes, its 1974, you’re testing your new speech program, and it finally worked. a room full of people, a camera, a news broadcast (iirc), theyre all watching you struggle to order this pizza and then you finally do it and get to tell them to deliver it at the lab you just proved your intelligence to and fehjvddsujfs i cant explain my thinking but DUDE its just so cooooooolllllll!!!!!!! 

but like yeah i need to rant cuz in one of my lovely friend’s words i need to “GET THESE QUEERS OUT OF MY BRAIN!!” (a silly thing my irl said) also like i love the way the voices sound. like yeah sometimes i have no clue what theyre saying but thats not the point of chipspeech!! like vosim has such a nice buzzy voice and like dee no matter their range just sounds so.... great. i dont even know how to describe it it just makes my brain sooooo happy. like sam to most people would be like static weird... idk man but i loooove the staticky sounds theyre just so neat. but its so hard to find nice chipspeech covers/songs. luckily im starting to find how to discover chipspeech stuff but its still so difficult :(

and like fanart and general fan content toooooo how do i find it?? i think the answer is i dont but that makes me sad. cuz the twitters are no longer active and its never been very popular so it doesnt seem like we get much. and literally the only discord server for chipspeech is run by... not-so-great (from what ive seen/heard) people in the fanbase. even if the main accusations arent true it still seems to be a safe space for proshippers which makes me feel icky sooo. help. 

anyway im not re-reading through this so like sorry its so long and makes no sense i just need to get chipspeech thoughts out. if you like it PLEASE TALK TO ME!!!! im losing my mind ahhh

[lossie92]

hi lossie hope u get better soon and hope u dont mind me asking but if u do, ignore this, or if u would like to come back to this later im very patient haha! basically im looking to get back into art and im thinking of trying out digital but not sure about what tools are good so im asking around some artists i follow what they use and if they’d recommend it before i spend any money. thank u in advance n best wishes <3

Hi anon 👋

I'm feeling better and getting released on Monday (hopefully). Really excited about that. Nothing against hospitals, but I hate them 😶

Hmm when it comes to physical tools, I use a Huion Kamvas tablet and that's what I would recommend to everyone asking tbh. A friend of mine actually got one of them bc of my recommendation and they love it.

As for tools as in the type of software I use, the current ones are Krita and PhotoFiltre (the 2nd is just for editing and I use it to clean up my traditional art pieces too) when it comes to stuff that's free, and Rebelle Pro 5 when it comes to software you need to pay for.

I want to do a trail of Clip Studio Paint at some point, since so many ppl have said good things about it to me and I've watched a few vids that made me curious about it, but I haven't gotten around to that yet so I can't make a personal recommendation on that one. Just putting it out there though that it's probably a really good program too.

I hope that helped in some way. Unfortunately, I'm much better at recommending traditional art supplies 🫣 but I tried my best.

Good luck with your return to the art world! I hope you have a blast ❤️🫰

[journalofsorts2]

what happened to simple ui? im not talking about things like social media, they already have simple ui and if they didn't, they wouldn't be popular. im talking about shit like any adobe program or like a game making software. why is there like a full novel on how to use these types of software? i don't want to spend hours learning how to use photoshop just so i can make some crappy pictures, i want the layout to be easily accessible where im able to tell what the buttons do. and like there's nothing wrong with a complicated ui, sometimes its necessary and after you've gotten bored with a dumbed down ui you might want something more complex. my problem is that no one is making those dumbed down softwares anymore. so my only option is to jump straight into this super complex shit and get overwhelmed immediately because im super out of my depth. like game makers, i want to make a visual novel cause they're fun and i have a story idea, and everyone everywhere says ren'py is the way to go. problem is i have to know basic coding knowledge for that. i don't want to learn a skill to learn a different skill. i want some shitty software like powerpoint where it's super simple to do what i want and maybe i can't do super complex shit but that's fine!! i just want to make something for fun!! and i tried tyranobuilder and that is also a little overwhelming too. it's just game design seems super fun and cool but every time i try and get into it i can't because all the stuff made for beginners is stuff i already know but the rest of the options is way too advanced for me. i just want simple softwares again man. this is why i got discouraged with animating too. there wasn't a simple program for pc. like sure flipaclip is super simple and i actually really like it, problem is im not a phone artist and i use my computer to draw. but there's not really a flipaclip alternative for pc. i also really like flipnote on the 3ds but the coloring confuses me. i just wish people made simple ui programs again. idk rant over

[trainsgenderfoxgirl2816]

Keir, I'm currently 16 but my birthday is at the end of November my zodiac sign I believe is Sagittarius

My favorite color is red for autism and Communism no Lucky number yes my father had a pitbull named smooches and my mother has a fluffy little lapdog named serenity ive lived in Seattle for most of my life but i was born in Orlando i dont know how tall i am bug im about 6 foot my foot size is known only too my mother and i have no idea how many shoes I have

Uh I'm pretty good with 3 dimensional visualization like very good, no I'm not really psychic but I do have pretty good pattern recognition, anything that toby fox makes, nimona, a transfem catgirl or a femboy (who else), yes but not for a long time, no Church wedding, yes I'm a moon worshiper and in getting into witchcraft, yes especially with my shitty health, no trouble with the law yet but that will change as soon as the revolution arrives, uh no celebrities, showers, black socks, no, no not really not for anything other like being a notable activist or revolutionary, i have autistic music taste, no, a single pillow, I sleep on my side, my mothers house is 4 bedroom 4 bathroom, my eating habits are very unusual, I have never fired a gun but i woild like to learn Second Amendment Rights, yes I have tried archery, Gay is my favorite word, and Fuck is my favorite swear word, the longest ive ebery gone without sleep i believe was 30 hours, yes im covered in scars and bruises from my health issues, HOW THE FUCK I AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW IF I HAVE SECRET ADMIRER?!, um I can lie very well but I really like to overshare so I'm also pretty bad at keeping the lie for a Long time, perhaps, as for my accent I have Echolalia so I collect accents, my personality type is gay autistic transgender Communist, my most expensive piece of clothing is idk, my tongue I don't know what a curled tongue looks like, innie, I might actually be ambidextrous since I wrote equally shitty with both hands, kinda scared of spiders, BBQ RIBS, uh, I am a trash possum, my most used phrase is either train good car bad or fuck around and find out, my most used might be fuck, it takes me 5-90 minutes to get ready, used to have a gifted kid ego but it got popped, I crush lollipops, OF COURSE I TALK TO MYSELF ITS WEIRD NOT TOO, Yes I sometimes, shockingly good singer, biggest fear is fascism or climate change destroying everything i care about, gossip?, uh I don't watch most movies, long hair short hair feels vile, I can name all 50 states the periodic table too but I won't, probably either history or geometry cause I'm weird, Introvert Peopling is exhausting, nope never SCUBA dived but my dad has, climate anxiety, um sometimes it depends on wether or not I see something moving, yes I am the epitome of Um Actually 🤓, no not really, uh no I don't know enough people for that, no not really, no ive never drunk any alcohol the smell makes me feel sick, no but i woild very much like too when i turn 21, uh this girl in some of my classes and that might not have been a crush since I'm pretty sure I'm aromantic, no piercings yet but want to get my septum pierced, no I cannot roll my Rs, I have no clue how typing speed is measured, i think that fastest ive ever ran was about 6 mph, my hair is a coppery brown but i want to dye it red or pink or maybe Miku blue, my eyes are blue and so is part of my sclera (most people have white sclera), I might have MCAS so I'm allergic to whatever my body decides it doesn't like that it doesn't like, no I do not well technically I do for one of my classes, my father is a software engineer he worked at Amazon for 12 years and worked at Grindr until they did union busting and he is looking for a new job, no i do not like being 16 i feel powerless, CAPITALISM I HATE CAPITALISM AND CAR DEPENDENCY

I do not like my given name so I made a new one from my middle name, yes I have and it's all the most non binary ass names youve ever heard like fern, moss, cedar etc, don't care as long my children are queer, my strengths are unintentional charisma, pattern recognition, a vast array of surprisingly specific knowledge, etc, my weaknesses uh I'm in constant pain, I have trauma and shit, I have a tendency to lash out, I'm also stubborn, and in not as open minded as I wish I was, and I can't fucking write and I can barely read,

My chosen name is derived from my middle name,

My ancestors were not royalty they were farmers from Ukraine and Belarus more specifically they were Wolgadeutsche,

I am covered in Scars, Bruises and stretch marks because I have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and a skin picking disorder of some kind, my bed spread is all the colors, and my room is Tuscon Red

Get To Know Me Uncomfortably Well

PLEASE DON’T LET THIS FLOP AHHHH

1. What is you middle name? 2. How old are you? 3. When is your birthday? 4. What is your zodiac sign? 5. What is your favorite color? 6. What’s your lucky number? 7. Do you have any pets? 8. Where are you from? 9. How tall are you? 10. What shoe size are you? 11. How many pairs of shoes do you own? 12. What was your last dream about? 13. What talents do you have? 14. Are you psychic in any way? 15. Favorite song? 16. Favorite movie? 17. Who would be your ideal partner? 18. Do you want children? 19. Do you want a church wedding? 20. Are you religious? 21. Have you ever been to the hospital? 22. Have you ever got in trouble with the law? 23. Have you ever met any celebrities? 24. Baths or showers? 25. What color socks are you wearing? 26. Have you ever been famous? 27. Would you like to be a big celebrity? 28. What type of music do you like? 29. Have you ever been skinny dipping? 30. How many pillows do you sleep with? 31. What position do you usually sleep in? 32. How big is your house? 33. What do you typically have for breakfast? 34. Have you ever fired a gun? 35. Have you ever tried archery? 36. Favorite clean word? 37. Favorite swear word? 38. What’s the longest you’ve ever gone without sleep? 39. Do you have any scars? 40. Have you ever had a secret admirer? 41. Are you a good liar? 42. Are you a good judge of character? 43. Can you do any other accents other than your own? 44. Do you have a strong accent? 45. What is your favorite accent? 46. What is your personality type? 47. What is your most expensive piece of clothing? 48. Can you curl your tongue? 49. Are you an innie or an outie? 50. Left or right handed? 51. Are you scared of spiders? 52. Favorite food? 53. Favorite foreign food? 54. Are you a clean or messy person? 55. Most used phrased? 56. Most used word? 57. How long does it take for you to get ready? 58. Do you have much of an ego? 59. Do you suck or bite lollipops? 60. Do you talk to yourself? 61. Do you sing to yourself? 62. Are you a good singer? 63. Biggest Fear? 64. Are you a gossip? 65. Best dramatic movie you’ve seen? 66. Do you like long or short hair? 67. Can you name all 50 states of America? 68. Favorite school subject? 69. Extrovert or Introvert? 70. Have you ever been scuba diving? 71. What makes you nervous? 72. Are you scared of the dark? 73. Do you correct people when they make mistakes? 74. Are you ticklish? 75. Have you ever started a rumor? 76. Have you ever been in a position of authority? 77. Have you ever drank underage? 78. Have you ever done drugs? 79. Who was your first real crush? 80. How many piercings do you have? 81. Can you roll your Rs?“ 82. How fast can you type? 83. How fast can you run? 84. What color is your hair? 85. What color is your eyes? 86. What are you allergic to? 87. Do you keep a journal? 88. What do your parents do? 89. Do you like your age? 90. What makes you angry? 91. Do you like your own name? 92. Have you already thought of baby names, and if so what are they? 93. Do you want a boy a girl for a child? 94. What are you strengths? 95. What are your weaknesses? 96. How did you get your name? 97. Were your ancestors royalty? 98. Do you have any scars? 99. Color of your bedspread? 100. Color of your room?

[hemihr12005]

W1D2 fundies:2 (software)

We started out with making sheet 2 "straight line shapes". We then drew our new shapes and created every shape. The shapes were a little harder today but still quite easy.

(i changed the lighting bolt shape - mentioned down below)

This was my finished results. I will show the points i used while also talking about each "shape".

For this shape i used P tool to create the shape and then i used A tool when i was done to create a more symmetrical shape. I used the least possible points. This was the easiest shape to make symmetrical. i liked doing it online better then paper because it was easier to create straight lines that were parallel to each other.

this shape ended up being a little less symmetrical because one of the three main column going vertical was larger than the others, and i found i couldn't fix this while using the A tool without moving the entire form of the shape.

I used P to create the shape, but wanted to change the shape mid way through so i made the lightning bolt more on a slant to create a cleaner look. I did this through the A tool. The above shape is the original shape and below is what i changed it to. I think the below shape turned out better and looks more like a classic lightning bolt.

the dog had the most points, but i used more different slants on corners to make the shape more interesting. I again used p tool to create the shape and then a tool to correct. I created the eye after i was finished with the rest of the shape.

The star shape i used pen tool for the original shape and then used A tool to reposition the star points to make the star look more like the a star. This one was really hard to make even. (still easier than paper though because i cant rub out pen).

The last shape was quite fun, i drew a square first with the pen tool and then used that as a reference when i started drawing this shape. I tried to make it evenly spaced and i think it turned out quite good.

Started page 3 "single arc curves" they are terrible. Im currently not a fan of beizer curves. I did - through a lot of effort and anger - make a pretty okay circle though.

To show direction handles to further edit your curves: drag select on A tool - select (on top bar) - object - direction handles

Editing direction handles helps, but its still very hard to get a good looking curve.

(please ignore the circle in the corner i am just so proud)

Drag with line , and then drag with line again to make a "standard" curve. first attempts very difficult so i need to practice.

Keep your handles short.

The handles tell line how to bend so shorter has more control over segment.

1st attempts:

changed curve to 2nd design. adjusted through starting again.

finished curves

you can make handles longer by dragging them to make hings more or less harsh

final closed curves. ^

hybrid curves:

P > draw line > hold down mouse & hold down option> drag line across> let go of mouse> let go of option = should have curve now!

Make curve> go back and click last point (instead of option)

broken point make shape: drag upwards keep hand on mouse, put down option and mimic angle of other handle, then finish the curve.

option= click on anchor point put option and u can edit handles.

shift c: will convert curve anchor point into corner and vise versa.

Got a little over whelmed when we first learnt the beizer curve but doing the harder stuff actually helped me to realise what was going on.

[jelliestar]

Project 04

Dear GOD.... this project was HELL

like genuinely the sheer pain i went thru was insane... i will go thru this... hope whoever is marking this will enjoy my very traumadump-y retelling of it bc. GOD.

(i am so sorry lmao)

OKAY SOOOO

we got given the brief and itwas loke 'this studio is visual authourship and space' and my big brain went

'omg waittt i own varuyama what if i made a space where people could have some kind of interaction with them? like a game?'

the only time, btw, i did smth smart. which even then not really because why did i do that to myself actually?

ANYWAY.

I started by deciding I wanted to make a cutesy maze game, so I began to sketch out the sprites I would use, and began to dl some ides for javascript (so i could just make a small web game)

I was going to have really small, cute sprites but the actual point of the game would be to help Yama get all her dismembered limbs back and then go back to Varuna, who would, yknow, cause them to fall off again

(me when the doomed lesbian romance i am SO sorry for turning these projects into my OC brainrot but also no im not)

Ok so here's a pic of the yama sprite, half done because I was sharing my idea with friends and one of them (who studies CS) was like 'star why are you doing this to yourself just make a vn??" and I was like omg ur so right?!

ok yeah here is yama... erm...

so anyway this is the message i got from the cs friend:

this was so based of them all hail Meej.

So after i received this, I sat there and was like. yeah. yeah I should make a visual novel on this software.

So uh, thats exactly what I did! or tried, anyway.

[mangofmoon]

wait ive never shared this on here—

this is the first animatic Ive ever posted (and im still quite proud of it? weird). The way I made it tho… is uh… probably unconventional (click the read more thing to learn how ;3)

OK SO I firstbtried using flipaclip. but after the sketches and figuring out timing I realized that exporting the video caused the audio to be offset and that bugged the shit outta me so I changed plans i screen recorded the preview in flipaclip, imported the recording to procreate, and COUNTED THE FRAMES. INDIVIDUALLY. Finally i could match the number of frames to the actual nice ones I made in procreate. sweet! i had a video! i think! then i realized: “wait how do i add audio” PANIC

then I remembered the iMovie app my brother and i used to make home movies with. That could work! (i have no computer so no actual nice software, and less features in imovie) (sad) so i put the video into imovie and added the audio it… it was off. like very off. i tried editing it but it was so bad i got tired and gave up. i forgot about it completely.

like a month later i found it again, and being less sick of looking at it, I was like: yea sure i could upload this. I asked my brother, who had a computer, to add subtitles. But the program he used made incredibly crusty subtitles and i couldn’t match them completely with the frames. oh well. i uploaded without the subtitles and carried on my day.

until a few days later I realized I could make it BETTER I went back to the timed frames and added subtitles individually to each, according to the original music video, so us english speakers could know what the lyrics are (which i wanted because the korean lyrics are mostly the reason this song resonated so strongly with my story) so I tried to edit the timing in the frames better, but in imovie it again sucked ass. so, i finally gave up, and slapped the “timed” frames in so I could split the video in imovie and cut out extra time and get the timing PERFECT! it took like 3 hours cus i didn’t know what i was doing but I did it! i sure did

anyway ask me if u wanna know any lore stuff :) ill try not to give away too much

(also apologies if this is hard to read) (probs gonna edit it for clarity later)