I became a stay at home dad a few years ago, so while I have given up some work stress, I received a different kind of stress.

Don’t get too excited, this is an extremely rare occurrence for me as it’s only happened once before. But 12 years ago when I worked in a call center doing tech support in the US. It was near constant nightmares about getting calls in the call center, and the beep in the headset. I didn’t get good sleep or enough sleep between shifts. You win some you lose some.

I had a dream not too long ago (week maybe) where I didn’t dream about an event or a past, but I dreamt about a project I was working on and I invented something for myself that I can actually build right now if I wanted, but it is meant for me a decade or two in the future.

I’m a wood carver and I’m currently carving a gift for my brother in law. The dream was me fixing a lot of the things I had issue with in the project, and a future idea about my parents that I’ll be writing down and brainstorming until the times comes that I’ll probably want to build it.

I’m game if they fix a lot of the bad rotoscoping that happened back then. The blob (1988) in 4K is a great example of great restoration and great care taken with the special effects elements and good rotoscoping done to fix the bad roto done back then.

I wouldn’t tell people I won the lottery, but there would be signs.

Dang.

If it doesn’t state size, just donate a notecard or a post-it with the text on it. It’s small unobtrusive and “technically” complies with the law. As long as it’s hung in a location that people can read it if desired then there isn’t much room for them to complain. At that size it’s also incredibly easy for people to ignore since it’s small enough that people aren’t going to be able to read it while walking by.

found the source of the image, it’s from r/photoshopbattles back in 2018. reddit link the source or sources of the images they used came from a Finnish Wildlife photographer. who can be found here. soosseli away from the Meta algorithm.

National Geographic is usually very up front about who took the photo that they are using either on social media or on their website. Care to post the name of the photographer? I don’t have Facebook so I can’t check.

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Oh I have to know more about this. Care to point me in the right direction?

I use a seedbox to download the file from their site links for me, so I don’t see any of that anymore, so while I use their site I don’t directly interact with the torrent files or magnet links.

From personal experience yts.mx the site is full of ads redirects, etc. so using their site with proper ad, java blocking is a must, as for the files themselves having issues (viruses, worms, Trojans) I have not had issues as I scan everything in a secure space before adding to my server. And nothing has been detected so far.

I know the name of the group is “out of context comics”, but I’d love to know what comic this came from.

I was under the impression that fossil had a classic watch that either made a sound or flashed a small light when a notification came in. Connected to phone via BT, so the power cost was “minimal”. Not sure if they make those watches anymore but it’s worth a look if you are interested.

Agreed, finish a work and move forward. Don’t linger on something to get to “perfection”. Strive towards that in the next painting. These are always a delight to see, a bright spot in my day when things have gone sideways.

I haven’t commented in a while. Having skipped a few I can see a lot of difference between them and now. The color choices and blending looks so much smoother and more nuanced. Your lights and darks are looking more dynamic, but could use a bit more work, it’s ok to get really dark and to hide detail if the artwork calls for it (the bottom of the photo has the jacket and shirt almost too dark to see detail while the painting just a smidge too light in tonal value(dark vs light)). Keep up the fantastic work.

Looking great again. The head shape, eyes and skin are all seeing the work you put in from your previous paintings. By taking the artistic license to edit out the bit of jowl hang makes being able to see the chin much nicer. You have a wonderful job on the eyes so much of how Samuel shows his work is through the eyes so it’s nice with the whole package looks like it should. I think now you might consider doing a bit more on blending with your colors. Right now it looks like Samuel but you could much closer with a bit more time adding more colors to give yourself a smoother time blending.

This is just good, solid work again. The blending on the cloths is great and getting much better. You work on the face is where I feel you could use a bit more focus when you are painting the next Sam. Other than the dimple that someone else mentioned you seem to have lost a bit of his jaw line to help separate his jaw and neck. Not a huge deal, just an observation where you might consider putting more focus on color blending and light/dark color choice to help you.

I’m not aware of any specific examples, no, but as a photographer I would say a guide should have more info in it about what exactly you might look for when composition using negative space is important. Things like bad examples vs good examples, and if you have a good shot, but are considering using Lightroom to help yourself out of an overcast day etc. since I’m being asked, give me a bit of time and I’ll find something a bit more in line with what I’m thinking about.