SLO

joined 1 year ago
[–] SLO@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I leave mine unplugged. It would be nice if they would turn off.

[–] SLO@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

It's all Science Magic to me. I am continuously thrilled that the world is filled with people who are much smarter and more curious than I am.

I'll sleep a little better knowing the quiet strip flickering under my aquarium isn't a ticking time-bomb though.

[–] SLO@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (7 children)

We have a VR system set up in our living room. I don't even want to talk about how long it took me to figure out the receivers were making a steady, high pitched noise. There are 4 of them and they are situated near the ceiling.

I hear it from a lot of things when it's quiet enough. Clock radios, tvs, monitors, my pugmill, heaters. There was a noisy power strip with a flashing one-off switch that I'm still convinced was going to kill someone.

I DON'T know anything about electricity - so mostly it makes me anxious that my house is going to burn down. I have bad enough hearing loss that I have to use closed captions on my TV - but it IS mostly because deep voices are extremely muddled. I'm surprised a bit by how many "not really" answers I see.

[–] SLO@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

Every day is a big deal. They aren't any less important if your re-walking them either. It's the act of trying that's important, not the days behind your belt. Fucking awesome!

 

Digital drawing of a skull.

[–] SLO@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago
[–] SLO@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I guess I'm confused. No, the computer didn't trace anything. I traced the general outline of some flowers to create a rough draft before drawing the stencil for this tattoo.

[–] SLO@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It's just a drawing program, not an AI program.

[–] SLO@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (4 children)

The drawing program (Procreate) automatically screen records my drawing as I work on it.

 

A floral design I just finished in Procreate

 

I sat on the artwork for this one for almost a year with only a few drawings left to go. Publishing my first coloring book was rough - my family and friends were supportive, but to say it didn't sell well would be an understatement. My ego just couldn't take a second round so I shelved this one. Then spent 10 months pretending not to see the files on my desktop.

I finally gave up, finished the drawings and sent my files in to the publisher. I'm glad it's over. I was excited about this project when I started it and I'm disappointed that I let a bunch of sales algorithms get me so upset.

Remember that your art is more than it's 'like' count. Don't let numbers shit on your parade.

 

Is it still mixed media if it's entirely digital at the end?

 

They need smoothing and trimming yet, but I'm pretty happy with them so far. Still not sure about the size, but I guess we'll see!