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TD will probably never return. Not without our resident troll and pain-in-the-butt at large LeFarce or his gang. The kids who made it so volatile and wild like /b/ have probably all moved on to greener/more disturbing pastures. Or at least I would think they have. As entertaining as it was from time to time, I don't get the impression that most folks want the forum's most active section being the junk drawer. I could be wrong though.
I think it's finally time for me to update my profile avatar. I don't know what to yet, but my current one is a bit out of date, considering I'm not likely to ever return to last words. Any ideas or thoughts? I'm thinking something slightly off-colour would be in order, but I'm just drawing a complete blank on what to replace it with.
Another work filled night at home, but at least I got more sleep this time.
And now in the office again during the day to relax and do nothing.
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Isn't life strange…
@Niccea - thankyou! That's a nice offer. I may take you up on that :)
@lba - how about your Last words toothy looking ghost guy with HIPster glasses and beard? :)
Speaking of hipsters, I was talking to a friend that other day who I hadn't seen in a long time. He'd had a holiday over in the states to see his brother in Seattle. And he told me all about this place called Portland where all the hot girls have lots of tattoos… which he seemed to think was rather notable for some reason. Anyway, he had the impression that it was an arty, fun place.
Reminded me of that hilarious show "Portlandia" and I just had to show him. He was dumbstruck. Hahaha, too close to reality ^_^
Portland is quite well-known for it's very liberal, health-conscious, trendy culture. For whatever reason, that portion of our country seems to attract a great deal of trendy types. The show was specifically made to mock the culture there. So far as the tattoos go, it is kind of notable in a way. I don't know if it's a uniquely American thing, but for whatever reason, in the last 5 or so years, tattoos have gained a widespread general public acceptance and are now working their way towards becoming a social norm in 20-somethings. It's something like 30% of the 25-36 age demographic has tattoos already and a further 15% have or are considering getting one.
I'm actually thinking I'd like to come up with something new for the avatar. Just not sure what yet. I might just cop out and take something I've drawn recently and crop it down.
gullas wrote:At times like this I am so happy I studiously avoided Top Drawer when it existed. As for greener pastures, look at the background of this page. It doesn't get greener. If anything they went somewhere that was less green.
huh, in the end the top drawer might return ;)
Well I loaded Google Chrome so I could edit my comic pages and good grief all of a sudden everything works and works well! IE was lagging and my wife spent half her time wondering around looking depressed that everything kept locking up or loading glacier slow.
Decorating a set sucks. The more I go through looking for accessories the more I realize I'll have to totally redress the set later. Everything is stowed away somewhere and I have to look through reams of stuff to find anything. Somehow, somewhere the flooring poster paper got wet so it's buckling. That will make everything not sit flat. So do I chuck the whole thing, cut it down, or just soldier through.
@Bravo. IE just does not work well at all and hasn't for many, many years, but people still stick weith it anyway. I find Chrome a bit spare myself, but it's many times better than IE.
lba wrote:
I don't know if it's a uniquely American thing…
Yeah, what I meant was that tats are really so bloody common that it doesn't seem like a notable thing to me. Most places I've been it's like 70% of people have at least one, from grannies to teens. It's a 2000's fashion fad that started in the 90s and then went mainstream this century.
The one really notable thing is that lots of tats, especially brightly coloured, well drawn ones, usually indicate a bit of wealth.
I saw this pic thing on Facebook where it has this bald guy with his arms covered in tats and another pic of him all covered up in surgeon gear and it had this ridiculous text at the bottom about how you shouldn't judge a book by its cover because the person you think is a low life could actually be saving your life on the operating table or some such gumph…
…and I though, "What is this? 1983??!!!"
Old people, doctors, lawyers and all sorts of well to do professionals openly have tats now as "personal expression", it's just universal. How can some tat wearers still feel persecuted?
ozoneocean wrote:America's a bit behind on some elements of social progressivity, depending on your region. Big news!
Old people, doctors, lawyers and all sorts of well to do professionals openly have tats now as "personal expression", it's just universal. How can some tat wearers still feel persecuted?
skoolmunkee wrote:And the statistics are: one out of four Americans have a tattoo. Upwards of 50% of them will at one point or another regret having gotten it. One third will try to have it removed. So the new big booming start-up business? Tattoo removal.ozoneocean wrote:America's a bit behind on some elements of social progressivity, depending on your region. Big news!
Old people, doctors, lawyers and all sorts of well to do professionals openly have tats now as "personal expression", it's just universal. How can some tat wearers still feel persecuted?
If I could swing the start-up loan I would do it. It requires great attention to detail and the ability to work on small things. Right up my alley. But the start-up is over $25,000 for the school and the laser.
I am like an internet browser snob… I use internet explorer for downloads, mozilla for facebook that I have modified, and google chrome for like everything else. The one urk I have with google chrome is that if you're saving images (like comics that make you laugh) and you do too many in one sitting it stops saving them even if it says it still is. Other than that it's a GREAT browser.
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I still wish that I had the guts to start up my business idea. There's so many talented people out there who can't get jobs because of the economy I'm so tempted to just hire as many as I can and just get them to start building whatever I can think of that they can. I mean it worked for 3M but still it's kind of a big risk to take on
Macattack wrote:
I still wish that I had the guts to start up my business idea. There's so many talented people out there who can't get jobs because of the economy I'm so tempted to just hire as many as I can and just get them to start building whatever I can think of that they can. I mean it worked for 3M but still it's kind of a big risk to take on
Just dooo eeeet!
Currently I'm helping a friend set up a business… it's hard, but it's also fun. You just need to get started :)
It's much easier if you partner with someone who has expertise in one role and you handle the area you're the expert in.
I'm not actually partnering though, I consider myself as a "consultant". I'm still putting in a crap-load of work and even a bit of money, but not taking any of the risk really. If it works out there'll be rewards down the track, as well as friend who is more happy and financially secure (which is the best part), but it's mostly all a favour for now.
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I have considered tats at various stages, but always demurred because I realised I was only interested as a monkey-see, monkey-do sort of thing: running with the pack, and I don't DO "running with the pack". The pack can go die.
If I get one it has to be my choice only, not for fashion, not to be cool, not to fit in, not for a joke, not for a girl.
ozoneocean wrote:First, tattoos are expensive. I rarely had that kind of money and when I did it went to model kits, fine dining, vacations and maintenance of home and car. I despise needles. I can't stand them at all and the thought of someone jamming one into my flesh repeatedly to put in ink freaks me out. Last, I never really found a design I'd ever want on my body permanently. Tee shirt, hat sure, but on my body?
I have considered tats at various stages, but always demurred because I realised I was only interested as a monkey-see, monkey-do sort of thing: running with the pack, and I don't DO "running with the pack". The pack can go die.
If I get one it has to be my choice only, not for fashion, not to be cool, not to fit in, not for a joke, not for a girl.
A few friends got tattoos and all the stuff they had to go through maintaining it after getting it with the bandages and alcohol and bleeding and all and you paid someone to do this to you? I depised having IVs and that was just one pin prick. But repeated ones?
Tattoos really don't hurt much apparently. The needle is moving so fast your body doesn't really have time to register it all that well. Imagine a prickly layer of Vick's vapor rub and you've got the sensation. They're also not as expensive to maintain as most people think, IF they're applied properly and you take care of your skin properly. Taking care of it after getting it is as simple as making sure you rub lotion on it regularly to keep it from drying out until it heals. The average person's tattoo won't ever need to be retouched provided they take good care of their skin in general. It's really a matter of getting a good artist who uses the right inks more than anything else.
This is all info from the girlfriend, who does have several tattoos. I'm not going to question her authority on it seeing as how she's the one trying to get a tattoo license not me.
lba wrote:
Tattoos really don't hurt much apparently. The needle is moving so fast your body doesn't really have time to register it all that well. Imagine a prickly layer of Vick's vapor rub and you've got the sensation. They're also not as expensive to maintain as most people think, IF they're applied properly and you take care of your skin properly. Taking care of it after getting it is as simple as making sure you rub lotion on it regularly to keep it from drying out until it heals. The average person's tattoo won't ever need to be retouched provided they take good care of their skin in general. It's really a matter of getting a good artist who uses the right inks more than anything else.
This is all info from the girlfriend, who does have several tattoos. I'm not going to question her authority on it seeing as how she's the one trying to get a tattoo license not me.
The closer it got to the nipple, the more painfull it got and the tail is close to a bone so I felt that one quiet a bit. But the needle the arist used for the stripes was bigger and that one hurt a bit, but it was worth it….
I've read somewhere that females have a bigger threshold to pain than males…maybe I'm just a whiney bitch…
Well. I went to a job fair today. It said on the flier to expect to be there for an hour and a half to two hours. They had three stations we had to go through. I stood in line with a bunch of high school kids in the first station where they entered everyone's name and email in a computer. We were told to right down departments we are intereseted in. I had signed up for administration or front gate. I was told that they were only hiring 20 people for those postitions so I might need to look into something else.
Station two was a mini oriantation about the company given by two GMs and the VP.
Station three was the good part. I was at the end of the line for interviews because I took some time to talk to the VP. They had someone at the head of the dividing everyone up and making them wait to be interviewed. The person took one look at my application and saw I had a Bachelor's degree, and called someone that was standing to the side over. Evidently they weren't making it public that they had a Cash Control position that they were interviwing on the side. They were just waiting for someone with the college degree to walk in.
The closer it got to the nipple, the more painfull it got and the tail is close to a bone so I felt that one quiet a bit. But the needle the arist used for the stripes was bigger and that one hurt a bit, but it was worth it….
I've read somewhere that females have a bigger threshold to pain than males…maybe I'm just a whiney bitch…
First question: who did it? Because that is just some kickass artwork.
Of all the artists in the world, I only envy a few their style and my number one is Hiroshige, and that remind me so much of his woodblocks. I'm a serious junkie of ukiyo-e, woodblock and the japonisme movement. It's about the only artistic movement that will stop me dead in my tracks. I can't even really exactly say why, I've just always loved the quality of relief printing and the movement and flow of those pieces. It's always been a major dissapointment to me that so many of those old prints have never been documented and shared.
lba wrote:Honestly it's not so much the tattoos or the process as it is me. I have such a phobia of needles (based on some horrible early childhood experiences) that it will never happen.
Tattoos really don't hurt much apparently. The needle is moving so fast your body doesn't really have time to register it all that well. Imagine a prickly layer of Vick's vapor rub and you've got the sensation.
I don't even like Vicks prickly heat.
Gullas' Tiger: I painted something similar on a 90mm female yakuza figure I did a few years back. She was topless and the painting instructions suggested she had body art. I dragged out some wood cut illos I had and tried to copy one in 1/16th scale. Looking at that I might get out one of fem figures and copy that.
Heh… so very VERY tempted to spoil a lot of Mass Effect 3. I estimate I'm halfway through the game now. Been taking care of every single side mission I possbily can as they have an impact on the ending (or so I've been told).
But I won't spoil the game. I don't want Skoolmunkee tracking me down and sniping my head apart with a Phalanx pistol… :)
@Lonne - Don't your DARE Lonne or you'll have more than Skool mad at you. I'm going to wait a few months to play ME3. I've waited a long time for it already and it's been hard, but I've just too much to do, I wouldn't be able to enjoy it. :(
@Gullas - Looks amazing on your boob!
@Niccea - Congratualations! And good luck too! ^_^
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Hahaha, well then, I forgot that when you do a crap load of work for someone as a favour; while you don't do it for money you do expect to have what you've done be appreciated. So That's the end of that work for a while I'm afraid. I will still help out as much as I can but I can't afford to have pro-bono stuff shunt out other previous heavy commitments. I've been waaay too lax with that so far and it's left me exhausted.
…So it's back to my freelance work, my own artwork, and all the pro-bono work for Drunk Duck… wee…
Got two weeks worth of DD soap script done. And then sent all the lines off into the blue yonder!
You'd think it'd be easy because it's all written out already, but it's not that simple… you have to edit stuff, turn it into lines, specially number each and every single one as part of an ordered system for editing later, pick roles for people, collate each person's different lines, describe the context and type of lines for them, send individual emails to each person…
It takes many hours.
But the end product is worth it! ^_^
Lonnehart wrote:
But I won't spoil the game. I don't want Skoolmunkee tracking me down and sniping my head apart with a Phalanx pistol… :)
You should be more worried about me coming to hunt you down. Unlike the swift and relatively painless death of being taken out by a clean shot from a sniper, I'm sure I can find some ways to make your demise extra slow and painful.
Edit: Since this is relevent… I just recieved this picture, from the guy who's handling my Mass Effect 3 order (part of a community that does group orders, for discount reasons):
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