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Does anyone else ever read a scene so awkward or makes you cringe so hard in a book that they just say 'no.'
Like, either mentally re-write it to play out differently or reject it as canon altogether?
Sorry author; blorbo would never.
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I love this thing.
What the fuck you you mean these aren't identical sextuplets????
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What the fuck
This is absolutely fascinating. I've now been looking at Alex Colville's paintings and trying to work out what it is about them that makes them look like CGI and how/why he did that in a world where CGI didn't exist yet. Here's what I've got so far:
- Total lack of atmospheric perspective (things don't fade into the distance)
- Very realistic shading but no or only very faint shadows cast by ambient light.
- Limited interaction between objects and environment (shadows, ripples etc)
- Flat textures and consistent lighting used for backgrounds that would usually show a lot of variation in lighting, colour and texture
- Bodies apparently modelled piece by piece rather than drawn from life, and in a very stiff way so that the bodies show the pose but don't communicate the body language that would usually go with it. They look like dolls.
- Odd composition that cuts off parts that would usually be considered important (like the person's head in the snowy driving scene)
- Very precise drawing of structures and perspective combined with all the simplistic elements I've already listed. In other words, details in the "wrong" places.
What's fascinating about this is that in early or bad CGI, these things come from the fact that the machine is modelling very precisely the shapes and perspectives and colours, but missing out on some parts that are difficult to render (shadows, atmospheric perspective) and being completely unable to pose bodies in such a way as to convey emotion or body language.
But Colville wasn't a computer, so he did these same things *on purpose*. For some reason he was *aiming* for that precise-but-all-wrong look. I mean, mission accomplished! The question in my mind is, did he do this because he was trying to make the pictures unsettling and alienating, or because in some way, this was how he actually saw the world?
omf i never thought i'd find posts about alex colville on tumblr, but! he's a local artist where i'm from & i work at a library/archives and have processed a lot of documents related to his art. just wanted to give my two cents!
my impression is that colville did see the world as an unsettling place and a lot of his work was fueled by this general ~malaise?? but in a lot of cases, he was trying to express particular fears or traumas. for instance, this painting (horse and train) was apparently inspired by a really tragic experience his wife had:
iirc she was in a horrible automobile crash, as the car she was in collided with a train. i find it genuinely horrifying to look at, knowing the context, but a lot of colville's work is like that? idk he just seems to capture the feeling you get in nightmares where everything is treacle-ish and slow and inevitable.
This looks like a screenshot from The Sims
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Leondorr helps Dr Silverbough picking up his plant on a borrowed bike. He's embarrassed because of the bright orange bike, not because of Halsin's arm around his waist, I swear.
I love it! Fantastic art! It's a delight to see Halsin so cheerful.
Weird side note: I love the supercub and just got the 2020 125c in red last weekend. My 6'3 boyfriend rode it (I'm 4'11) and was bit big for it. (He couldn't turn too sharp or the handlebars would hit his knees.) The idea of the big bear riding the mini moto is amazing.
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How many people does it take to steal one fucking idol?
More like how did a little kid manage to steal it? Doesn't look like it would fit in a pocket
Well no wonder she was caught however she was attempting to steal the thing ^^.;
I'm imagining her trying to drag away this statue that's as big as she is, leaving a deep groove in the dirt as she goes
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Cazador's spawn luring victims back to Caxador's boudoir: 'So you have to climb up a spiral staircase up a two storey wall. Then up a 24' ladder. Then climb more stairs. Then climb down two sets of stone stairs... Yes, all of this is done in borderline pitch darkness in a house with a dark colour scheme and there's an 80% chance you're of a species that doesn't have darkvision. Hopefully you're not scared of bats.'
(There's also the sewer entrance which leads into the Tourmaline Depths, but the spawn aren't supposed to know about that until the ritual, and also it's the sewers.)
These people were either horny enough to require psychological intervention, enspelled, or absolutely smashed (which makes them navigating the tall heights and stone steps with even more stone beneath them even more ridiculous).
At least once, one of these absoltely smashed victims stumbling along with the help of one of the spawn must have puked all over Cazador immediately after meeting him.
At least once.
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man going through bg3 mods for companions is hazardous. what are they doing to astarion. why are they yassifying my boy. who is giving gale the squarest jaw known to man. the only good male companion mod is whoever did the full dreads for wyll. they make him look like the most romantic hero to walk the planet. if i have one complaint it's that it absolutely drives his competition into the ground. how am i supposed to romance anyone else.
Long dreads Wyll is the only companion appearance mod I use. It just looks so excellent on him.
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Karlach - Sun🧡 tarot card for @bg3tarotdeck I also have BlueSky now!
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op didn’t add a link so here’s a link to his patreon where all of his minis are free to download please support him if you can
I would absolutely download a dragon, and I’ve already shared this with my D&D group. We’re gonna have some adventures! Thank you to everyone who made this possible!
official dragon post
this one would download a dragon even if we weren’t talking minis
this one would download
a dragon even if we
weren’t talking minis
Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.
I had a dream the other night that I was an assassin sent to kill Guenhwyvar. I didnt really want to kill the cat but $20 is $20.
Anyway, I went where Drizzt and co hang out, only to be surprised they're already holding funeral for Guenhwyvar. Drizzt said she'd been murdered. I pretended to be a detective investigating the murder so I could look at the body. I didn't know who completed the hit, I just knew it wasn't me.
I was pleased I at least didn't have to do it, but Drizzt seemed so sad. So I hugged him and said, "It will be OK." He said "It's not ok." And I said "It will be."
Then I left smiling because I basically had the day off work.
I have no idea what kind of looney tunes alignment dream assassin me is.
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Dudes healthcare is so fake. My ADHD meds are $940 without insurance. But they gave me a website of "coupons" which straight up looks like a scam website, and I got it today for $60! Just a coupon from a random website and it was $900 cheaper. America, I am confusion!! America explain!!
For all my uninsured judys out there it's for Walgreens only: walgreens.rxsense.com
as a pharmacy technician i can share with you some websites that give you those "coupons" for your meds!
goodrx is the most well known one, but if i'm trying to find the cheapest price for a patient i compare it to scriptcycle, and use whichever is offering the best price. you just type in the medication (PLEASE make sure you're getting the right drug, dosage, and quantity) and your zip code and they will spit out some offers for you
some pharmacies may have their own discount card to compare to as well!
if you are getting a name brand medication, you can also look at the manufacturer's website to see if they offer any evouchers for you to use too
good luck out there 👍
USAmericans, I am jumping up and down and waving my hands to get your attention: this is because your government refuses to stand between you and drug manufacturers.
In many other countries, the government has a department which makes deals with drug companies about which ones can supply drugs for the entire country. This gives them a lot of power to bargain the price down, because otherwise the company loses access to the market of The Entire Country. We still get the same drugs as you, including name-brand ones, but we pay much less. For example, I had to look into the cost of HRT in Aotearoa and a bottle of T gel is $22NZD*, which is about a third of the price I see USAmericans mention for it AFTER insurance!
And this can't even be totally blamed on the insurance industry (though they may also profit from higher drug prices) because we also have private health insurers! This is because the drug companies know that they can make you pay many, many times more for drugs by stopping the government from standing between you and them.
*This is assuming you're getting it unfunded for some reason; most people pay $5 or $0 because of further medication subsidies.