Its the symptoms tm
my bff tells it like it is
Its the symptoms tm
my bff tells it like it is
Me: Hey, can you send me those images and the script for the thing you want me to draw?
Client: Oh, don't worry, I don't need it done until mid-April, we have time.
Me: ... yes but I need that time to draw it.
I'm forgiving of stuff like this because personal adhd, but this wasn't reassuring. He's not gonna pay an extra rush fee, so I'm either gonna have to tell him I can't make that deadline or I'll have to hack it. And I don't want to hack it.
avatar change, be aware
Companies are advertising their stuff on facebook with crappy AI generated images... and I don't mean the product images but the illustrative bits meant to catch our eye. I see a new one every time I open the app.
They're not even particularly shady companies. But what they're all communicating is that they're okay with sub-par advertising, since they can't even be bothered to work the generator long enough to get a good image, or hire someone to fix the AI image's anomalies. Some of this stuff requires literally five minutes in Photoshop.
This pisses me off, because if someone is trying to manipulate me, they should at least put in the effort.
Poor dude changing my water meter is cursing like...well, like a dude who has to change a water meter without being able to see what he is doing because his hands barely fit inside the hole in the bathroom wall.
Extra sketch practice- made a little perfoming troupe with the @adorkastock poses that showed up in their sketch app :)
Hrmph, someone is advertising a neighbourhood board game meetup, but it's organised by a church group. Got excited for a minute there.
Not only did my favourite art supply warehouse not have what I needed, they're closing down in may. :(
Little bike ride with nothing planned
Question: Do you have a somewhat unique physical characteristic strangers tend to remember you by? (for example, if someone who didn't know your name were to refer to you, they might say "The one with the ___")
- Yes, unusual haircut/color
- Yes, unusual fashion style
- Yes, glasses
- Yes, piercings/tattoos/body mods
- Yes, a disability aid (wheelchair, cane, etc.)
- Yes, some physical characteristic (mole, scar, birthmark etc.)
- Yes, something else
- Yes, multiple of these
- No
Yesterday's sketching session, thanks to poses from @adorkastock !
From top left: @isbergillustration , @thinkingredwizard, @inthroughthesunroof , @fthgurdy
Thanks for being there, everyone <3
Dreamt I was at some sort of play test review for the new good omens game. Neil Gaiman was there and kind of unnecessarily rude about me not getting some concepts in the (suspiciousøy baldursgate3esque) game. Terry Pratchett's ghost was there also. Neil Gaiman, if you’re out there and have some free time in the next 20 years, you should make this. The bit with being chased by demons through an underwater temple was excellent.
I'm gonna do the dirty work and tag @neil-gaiman in this because I've just spent three days trying (and failing) to get the old Discworld games to work on my pc, and now I'm imagining the glory of wit that a Good Omens game could be.
I know I'm not really out to anyone i meet irl but i really wish this country didn’t have such a strong march 8th tradition for congratulating every non-man on their being a woman today.
You can TOO call it misgendering, it's not done as an attack or with bad intentions but it still murders you a little bit. Not your fault that you can't/won't completely out yourself and fight the same dangerous battle over and over and over.
It's the same shit over here and the tradition is to give flowers, which is supposed to be nice but is really just condescending.
I avoided seeing anyone today that could do this to me but the anxiety, urghhh.
Defaced but cool- a birdhouse designed for house martins
I'm witnessing language change in real time. The other day the 11-year-olds in art class were having a conversation composed entirely of phrases such as:
"My mother be like!"
"Me when the teacher says we have homework..."
"Meanwhile me in class be like!"
The missing context was provided by facial expressions, drawings, or the occasional phone screen.
Important addition: these kids are not native English speakers. But they still tack on 'be like' to their sentences, and use direct translations from English to express themselves.
It's fascinating. A little scary, but fascinating.
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Quotes for Polblr:
"Moja mama be like!"
"Ja kiedy nauczycielka mówi, że mamy pracę domową.."
"Tymczasem ja na lekcji be like!"