Glad to hear that the baby pigeon is doing well, OFAV! But shouldn't you do something about broken legs? I mean… I'm sure birds could live like that, but I'd want them to be fixed at least. Oh, well… there must be a good reason he can't have his legs fixed or else you would've done it a long time ago.
Yeah, there is a reason, trust me. He's basically far too young to have any thing done to him, we can't put his legs in splints because he's just so small. There's nothing we can really do about it, other then give him pain killers and try our best to prevent any pain from coming to him. He's doing well though, despite it, he walks around fine. It doesn't seem to bother him really!
I'm trying to make a nice soft leather folding case for my new phone. I'm in a sewing mood lately. last week I replaced the leather side shields on an old antique pair of round lensed sunglasses I got from Ebay a while ago… I did a pretty good job of it too. It's just too bad they don't look that great on me- because of those leather bits at the sides it increases the goggle-like effect that the round lenses already inspire and makes me look extremely creepy. :( Bit like Judge Doom. -o.o-
It's just too bad they don't look that great on me- because of those leather bits at the sides it increases the goggle-like effect that the round lenses already inspire and makes me look extremely creepy.
don't think of it as looking creepy, think of it as highlighting your already out-going personality to never before seen heights of awesome. I'm sure they look fine. :)
I'm freezing my tits off this long weekend, its cold and raining and my house is about as insulated against the cold as a naked guy in the arctic wearing nothing but some swim fins. Ugh. Got two shirts, two jumpers, one heavy jacket, a pair of stockings a pair of jeans over the top and two pairs of socks on, I can't move my arms and legs, but hey, I'm not going to die, I don't think!
I feel like one of tose babies you see in those "starfish" fully body suit things.
Haha, tell me about it. Yesterday it was nice and sunny, and today it's cold, windy, and raining nonstop. I refuse to turn the house heating back on in June, so I'm wearing all kinds of layers and have a big blanket wrapped around, too. I decided to do laundry today (instead of tomorrow) because maybe running the dryer will warm the downstairs up a little.
I'm freezing my tits off this long weekend, its cold and raining and my house is about as insulated against the cold as a naked guy in the arctic wearing nothing but some swim fins. Ugh. Got two shirts, two jumpers, one heavy jacket, a pair of stockings a pair of jeans over the top and two pairs of socks on, I can't move my arms and legs, but hey, I'm not going to die, I don't think!
I feel like one of tose babies you see in those "starfish" fully body suit things.
Haha, tell me about it. Yesterday it was nice and sunny, and today it's cold, windy, and raining nonstop. I refuse to turn the house heating back on in June, so I'm wearing all kinds of layers and have a big blanket wrapped around, too. I decided to do laundry today (instead of tomorrow) because maybe running the dryer will warm the downstairs up a little.
Wow… if only I could trade a few degrees of heat and humidty with your freezing coldness… I can barely sleep without waking up soaked in sweat. I don't feel like turning on the air conditioning because the power bills are so high now. Open windows and the fan aren't working too well… the hot air from outside is actually being sucked into the room. O_O
Has anyone else been given the advice to take a hot shower when you have a sunburn? I've had more than one person tell me to do that before, but it seems so contrary. Wouldn't it be better to use cold water in a shower?
Has anyone else ever heard this advice before and is there any kind of credence to it?
So I saved up more than enough to buy another Cintiq 21ux. But due to the earthquake in Japan they are not producing many at all and every vendor says I'll have at least a 4 month wait. So I find one on Ebay that is $2,550! I was trying to either talk myself out of getting it or into getting it… Not sure. But luckily someone can and bought it before I could.
So I ended up buying a Cintiq 12 wx instead for $800. I've used this smaller one before too so I know I can make pages with it. It'll take a bit of getting used to. I still want to get the 21 ux again someday but until then I guess I'll keep saving up and actually be able to work on my comic again!
Now I just have to wait for it to get here. The wait is driving me CRAZY!!!!
I'm freezing my tits off this long weekend, its cold and raining and my house is about as insulated against the cold as a naked guy in the arctic wearing nothing but some swim fins. Ugh. Got two shirts, two jumpers, one heavy jacket, a pair of stockings a pair of jeans over the top and two pairs of socks on, I can't move my arms and legs, but hey, I'm not going to die, I don't think!
I feel like one of tose babies you see in those "starfish" fully body suit things.
Haha, tell me about it. Yesterday it was nice and sunny, and today it's cold, windy, and raining nonstop. I refuse to turn the house heating back on in June, so I'm wearing all kinds of layers and have a big blanket wrapped around, too. I decided to do laundry today (instead of tomorrow) because maybe running the dryer will warm the downstairs up a little.
I know how you feel, bro. But smart move with the dryer, that is an excellent idea, did it work?
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Has anyone else been given the advice to take a hot shower when you have a sunburn? I've had more than one person tell me to do that before, but it seems so contrary. Wouldn't it be better to use cold water in a shower?
Has anyone else ever heard this advice before and is there any kind of credence to it?
I have never hear of that. Usually I get told to just soak myself in Aloe Vera or something. This sounds like a job for the mythbusters!!!
I keep getting ads in French for some reason, heh.
I'm sitting on the brink of a large decision, artwise. I am about to decide whetherto make my next big project inked (digitally, once the tablet is up and running) or pencils only.
My pencils have been getting a bit better recently and I just need to clean them up a little more before doing the final version I guess. That would also let me work much faster, I assume 3 pages a day would be a reasonable amount.
But I foresee problems with buildings. I don't know if I can get all the necessary perspective grids laid down properly on paper. I just don't know.
Also, inks would give me crispier, cleaner lines and then I could use any paper (ruled/graph paper would work too) for the pencils (which would be more like breakdowns).
But then it might be difficult to keep things consistent for I tend to do very rough breakdowns if I'm inking digitally which often leads to proportions being off between pages. Also, it would considerably slow me down (2 pages at most).
I could also try traditional inking, but my inking skills there end at using a gelpen, and those things run out of ink a bit too fast (max. 3-4 pages if I remember correctly).
I think I'll have to come up with a short comic to test these ideas out.
I was speaking to ProductPlacement about the downtime today and I told him that I felt I was committing adultery by reading a strip on comicfury. Almost regret it, maybe the duck will take me back?
I know how you feel, bro. But smart move with the dryer, that is an excellent idea, did it work?
Yup it did actually! I knew it would because that's what it does. I suspect it only works because it's a condenser dryer though. It condenses the water into a tank, and some of the warm dry air escapes out a vent or something. No need to hook it up to external vents. (Which is why I got it in the first place.)
Has anyone else been given the advice to take a hot shower when you have a sunburn? I've had more than one person tell me to do that before, but it seems so contrary. Wouldn't it be better to use cold water in a shower?
Has anyone else ever heard this advice before and is there any kind of credence to it?
You're not supposed to use hot OR cold. Hot because your skin isn't able to judge the temperature and you're just irritating it more, cold because if it's too cold (like icy) you can actual kill the damaged skin cells and give yourself gangrene. Water/ice on its own doesn't do a whole lot for healing anyway.
The best remedy I've ever found was to steep some tea in warm water, then use a towel (it will get stained, as will any clothes) like a compress on the burned spots. Just wring the towel til it's mostly damp and just lay it on whatever's burned until it starts to dry out, then redo it. If you can let that tea-water sit on your skin all day or overnight, it will feel a lot better and heal much faster (if you can do it as soon as possible). Usually you have some tea left over the next day and can do it again. Tea, is there anything it can't do? I've been told you can do the same thing with milk, but I'm less keen to let milk sit around on my skin for extended periods of time.
Sheesh. They don't tell you how much work it is to get your name change while you are planning your wedding. I waited in line for 45 minutes to get my name changed with social security. 1 hour and 30 minutes to get an updated driver's license. 5 minutes at the bank (ok that isn't too bad). I still have to get a new passport and change my name with the school. But I can't change my name with the school until my new driver's license comes in the mail. Waaay too much work.
I recently found out I have a second cousin who lives here in New Orleans. Which is awesome, because he's apparently the other weirdo in the family. He's one of those guys that like, hangs from hooks and whatever. Going to see him perform tonight.
I was speaking to ProductPlacement about the downtime today and I told him that I felt I was committing adultery by reading a strip on comicfury. Almost regret it, maybe the duck will take me back?
If Drunkduck takes me back after making an account of my comic on there, it'll take back you :D Though I suspect it only took me back because it couldn't quite remember who I was after a long night of… being… A drunk duck.
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If your mother offers to fringe your trim, do not take up the offer, I learnt the hard way, she butchered by fringe and now I look like I've got a partial bowl cut half way up my forehead.
I was speaking to ProductPlacement about the downtime today and I told him that I felt I was committing adultery by reading a strip on comicfury. Almost regret it, maybe the duck will take me back?
If Drunkduck takes me back after making an account of my comic on there, it'll take back you :D Though I suspect it only took me back because it couldn't quite remember who I was after a long night of… being… A drunk duck.
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If your mother offers to fringe your trim, do not take up the offer, I learnt the hard way, she butchered by fringe and now I look like I've got a partial bowl cut half way up my forehead.
Dear God, and school photos are tomorrow.
Kiiiiiillllll mmmmmeeeeeeeeeee…..
When I was 17 I gave myself a chelsea buzz cut right before picture day. My mother didn't speak to me for like, a week.
Wow… weird ideas for comics come up in my head a lot… like this one…
Panel 1: Caption- How a girl sees a baby pigeon a young girl watches her baby pigeon on the table eating seed
Panel 2: Caption- How the Viking diety of Trickery sees a baby pigeon What looks like a Thanksgiving turkey with all the fixings is actually an oven baked baby pigeon chick, with the diety on the table. Dressed with his bib around his neck and knife/fork in his hands he shouts "Ahhh… Pigeon Chick Roast Magnifique!!!"
Panel 3: Closeup on the diety's face… except it looks like a giant studded iron globe has been smashed into it
Panel 4: Camera pans out with the girl holding the other end of the weapon. Looks like she maced the diety in the face. On the table the pigeon chick is contentedly eating its seed
girl: HOW DARE YOU!!!! diety: It was just a joke! A JOKE!!! OWW!!!
I hate having my haircut. It never turns out how I picture it in my head, it always ends up butchered. Which is why these days I just grow it out and I don't bother with the whole cutting business anymore.
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Thanks for the tea tip! I looked up both water and tea remedies on a medical website. Everything you said about the water is true – it can potentially leave permanent skin damage! It's amazing that so many people believe old wives tales about it.
And I guess the tea works so well because of the buteric (sp?) acid in the tea.
I love having my hair cut. Although, it's pretty hard to mess up the military cut. (although it happens often). I like the look i have with long hair, which i can't have right now….but i like the feeling of getting the hair cut. the buzz cutters on my neck is cool.
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I'm just gonna tuff out the sunburn. I've been through worse. One time, 7 years ago, i needed to renew my Lifeguard Cert. So we spent about 9 hours in the pool. I applied 1 layer of sunscreen at the beginning of the day. I couldn't wear shoes for a week, and even sandals were horrible. Getting dressed was the worst thing i've ever done. I got the nickname "Lobster Boy". It was the first thing everyone said when i posted over on facebook. I wouldn't trade all the gold in the world for those summers. ——- It's sooooo cold. and i'm pretty sure it's below sixty in this house.
Panel 2: Caption- How the Viking diety of Trickery sees a baby pigeon What looks like a Thanksgiving turkey with all the fixings is actually an oven baked baby pigeon chick, with the diety on the table. Dressed with his bib around his neck and knife/fork in his hands he shouts "Ahhh… Pigeon Chick Roast Magnifique!!!"
I see what you did there.
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Yeah, lovin' my partial bowl cut hahah, oh lord, I'm going to be using a truck load of hair clips tomorrow. :(
Humm, I just got a rather surprising critique on deviantart and now I'm debating whether or not to stop comicking all together. It wasn't anything I didn't know was wrong with my 'art' so much as what they had just noticed about certain characters that they thought was new, but has been something I've been drawing for years. I did something ELSE in the drawing completely differently, but the critic (who has been reading my comics since 2007) only noticed somethings that have been a constant in a few of my character designs for just as long, and praised me for it. Like "good job, everyone has different eye brow shapes, hair parts and eye shapes now!" when those have been something I've been trying to emphasize for a while.
And it sounds even worse when I paraphrase it. : |
I'm really mad at my stupid hands right now. I've known they create nothing but mediocrity for years, but I didn't think I was this bad off.
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