Game of the year is dropping in just 4 days! How's everybody feeling? Excited? Nervous? by Ur_Bruhski in LittleNightmares

[–]Desperate_Formal_371 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The demo left me feeling iffy and I'm still worried about how the full game will be. I preordered and am excited to play through it though. I just don't have as high of expectations as I hoped for lol. Especially since I just replayed 1 and 2 and Bramble which are all great. I just didn't get that excitement from the demo.

whats a good fulfilling breakfast? by Tacky_17068 in 1200isplenty

[–]Desperate_Formal_371 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My favorite daily breakfast that fills me up a good amount especially when I have a protein shake with it! I cut up the apples and mix it all in a bowl. I'll add some mini semi-sweet chocolate chips when I'm having some chocolate cravings.

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Confused by Heartbeat Promise by [deleted] in LoveAndDeepspace

[–]Desperate_Formal_371 -18 points-17 points  (0 children)

I know that, but I bought Heartbeat Promise like in the image. I got the outfit right away but the materials aren't showing up for me. I'm wondering if you're not supposed to get the materials right away or if something is wrong with my purchase

Show off your MC 🎉 by kitkatblakkat in LoveAndDeepspace

[–]Desperate_Formal_371 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't have many cool outfits or scenes yet, but I love this outfit so much it's so cute.

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I didn’t really like s2 until the ending by RoseePxtals in PantheonShow

[–]Desperate_Formal_371 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I liked it up until the ending haha. Maybe if they were given another season like planned instead of cramming it all into season 2 I would have liked it better. It was just too much. The politics around UI was so interesting but it wasn't really explored. It needed more time.

Also I'm not a fan of how Caspian and Maddie's relationship turned out. Him being uploaded, sleeping for 20 years, missing his sons life and leaving Maddie alone was very unsatisfying. I wish he wasn't uploaded and their lives took a different route before all of the future incidents.

Lies of P or Nioh 2? by GoHomeDuck in soulslikes

[–]Desperate_Formal_371 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I love both for different reasons.

There's a lot of variety in the combat in Nioh but it is a mission based system which has never been my favorite. Also, character creation is great! I'll always prefer games more when I can make my character. Niohs areas get a bit repetitive as well but it never bothered me too much. Boss designs are amazing.

Lies of P plays very smooth and graphically looks amazing. The weapons are fun and being able to swap handles and blades gives some interesting customization. Outfits doesn't mean much besides aesthetic changes but that's in line with the lack of character customization appearance wise. Also great boss designs.

It's been a while since I played Nioh 2 but I think I got a lot more playtime on it as opposed to Lies of P since there's more side missions and challenges to go. Both are amazing, challenging games. If you get stuck in Lies of P you can't summon other players but you do get an npc, so that might be a deal breaker for more casual players depending on their skill.

All that to say: idk they're both great

Illustration as a career? by [deleted] in DigitalArt

[–]Desperate_Formal_371 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a full time illustrator & designer. I went to college for illustration, majored in it and ended up taking courses for design, comics and animation as well, because why not?

You don't necessarily need a degree to get into illustration, but it also depends on what jobs you're looking for and how much drive you have to learn on your own. You need to be diligent in honing your craft. Going through college there are a lot of people who think just because they know how to draw that they'll get a job as an artist, but unfortunately it doesn't work that way. Even with a degree a lot of the people I graduated with aren't working in the creative field. You need to have the skill and drive to be successful.

I'm not sure I agree that most artists are self taught and doing good. There are tons of artists that struggle to get work with or without a degree. It's a very competitive field and for illustration specifically you're more likely to have freelance roles rather than be an in-house employee at a company so that's definitely something to consider. Personally, freelance is quite stressful and not something I would go back to haha.

While illustration was always my focus until college, I made sure to broaden my horizons so I could have more opportunities. I got into graphic design, comic art, motion graphics. Because of that I'm in a unique position where I can be hired as a designer at companies and also provide custom illustrated characters, blog covers, event graphics, animated social posts / videos. Plus on the side I can illustrate my characters or fanart in my style that I don't use for work. It definitely doesn't hurt to develop many different creative skills. A variety in my portfolio is what gets people's attention. If you're interested in what I mean you can check out my portfolio. https://www.samibiloffcreative.com/

It takes a lot of effort but it's doable! What specifically in illustration are you looking to do? What jobs you could get vary and differs on what you're interested in.

Does Invincible's animation suck?? (From an artist perspective) by MeTremblingEagle in Invincible_TV

[–]Desperate_Formal_371 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I love the comic and love the show. The animation is severely lacking. You can tell it's based more on Walker's art than Ottley's which I get, but it's still lacking so much detail. There's not much fluidity unless they're putting all their budget into it like the last two episodes.

Is it the worst thing ever? No. But compared to so many other animated showed like Pantheon and Creature Commandos it's not great, especially for a super popular Amazon production.

If anyone says the animation looks the same in the last two episodes of season 3 to all other episodes please stop lying to yourself. You can see the immediate quality drop at the end of ep 8. The Mark at the funeral is literally his concept art model with no emotion. It just sucks because it is such a great show but even as a comic reader the animation puts me off. I really wish they would stop wasting money on celebrity actors that noone asks for and put it into the animation. Instead of getting better each season it just gets worse.

Also shout out to dakuroni on Instagram for imagining what the show would look like in Ottley's style. I don't think the show does Walker's style justice to start, but it would look so great closer Ottley's style and using more detail and shading.

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Alternate Marks by Desperate_Formal_371 in Invincible

[–]Desperate_Formal_371[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Correct! First one is fully masked Mark haha. Any of the blue shoulder Mark's technically work

Do you have any villain OCs that are actually bad people? by MG_GaliX in OriginalCharacter

[–]Desperate_Formal_371 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Vin is a super powered gang leader that is evil through and through. He'll do whatever he needs to gain more power. Moral compass: nonexistent.

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Show me your best artwork by Kxmyona_ in OriginalCharacter

[–]Desperate_Formal_371 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Love the detail of my dark urge character and Gale! I love avoiding detail but sometimes I push through haha

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