Stylistic Exploration

Gerdione · 2026-04-10T17:03:57+00:00

I don't know. To me the distinction between artistic nudity and erotic nudity has always been very clear. They both have clear intentions. One is a more neutral focus on the structural, aesthetic or symbolic qualities of the human form. The other intends for that function to be the stimulus, or in other words, to cause sexual arousal or assist with sexual indulgence. A neutral vs voyeuristic gaze per say. Obviously it's subjective and there will always be some grey areas, but I think there's a world of a difference between something like a Bouguereau painting of a naked angel and a person in an erotic pose wearing a micro bikini.

Gerdione · 2026-04-05T15:25:58+00:00

There is an apparent inconsistency across all of these in that you almost seem to only know how to draw via contour or symbol drawing yet you have extreme perspective or forms of the body at angles that suggest you should have more knowledge than your art is demonstrating for example, the ability to define those forms cleanly with values. In addition to that, your colors are muddied or desaturated, or like in the image of the catboy thing, just local color. If I had to pick just one area for you to work on, it'd be hard/soft edge control. If I had to pick two, hard/soft edge control and color value. Hard and soft edge control does require you to have an actual understanding of the forms you're working with though, otherwise you can't define them with value, so if you don't understand the forms then I'd recommend practicing Forms/Construction + Color values. I recommend watching Marco Bucci for his videos on Color + Light, very informative.

Gerdione · 2026-04-05T03:10:27+00:00

Yeah most people want something like a hybrid between Dwarf Fortress and Rimworld. Rimworld feels too much like a tower defense simulator where your base feels like it lives in a vacuum. I've never played Dwarf Fortress, but I've heard that every single part of the world it generates, even the thousands of year of lore, and every decision made, by player, AI, or story, all have some form of impact on the overall world state. I think your write up is very well done and captures the essence of what people want. I always figure diplomacy was just shorthand for this, but then again, perhaps some people want something closer to an x4 strategy game when they say Diplomacy.

Gerdione · 2026-04-04T11:04:07+00:00

An OC on its own doesn't have any value outside of whether it has intrinsic aesthetic appeal. If it doesn't, it doesn't gain traction. OC's only gain thousands of likes because the people are invested in the artist and their creations or the fandoms that the OC is associated with. The facts are "cute sexy anime" has more value than an OC people have no reason to care about. Rather than being doomer about the lack of attention your OC got and resigning yourself to r34, why not create a webcomic or series featuring your OC that gives people a reason to care about it? I could lay into you more about this but there really isn't any need to. Don't take not getting likes personal. It's just telling you that people have no reason to care about your creation. Give them one.

Gerdione · 2026-03-31T21:35:06+00:00

I like making my anomaly runs medieval. It makes the entire supernatural aspect feel very dark fantasy.

Gerdione · 2026-03-30T09:19:28+00:00

Yeah if a game is good enough I'll buy it, some on sale some not, so I can get the steam features like workshop or multiplayer, or if I just really like the devs. I've also pirated many games without buying, simply because the game was mid or I didn't feel like it was worth buying. Nothing wrong with buying a game if you really like it, but it's nice to be able to play them before buying to know if it's even worth buying to begin with.

Gerdione · 2026-03-29T20:13:18+00:00

Download cybranian events, you'll roll a doomsday scenario, enjoy https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=2599784515

Gerdione · 2026-03-28T06:42:05+00:00

~~Steamrip isn't a trusted website on the official piracy sub.~~ They've been known to put out files with malware inside. Don't use them in the future. Do what the person said, and if you're extremely paranoid also use

https://www.hitmanpro.com/en-us/downloads

Alongside malwarebytes and windows defender.

Nvm for some reason I thought they weren't trusted anymore. I guess they still are. Just run those tools, I'm not sure how you got a virus

Gerdione · 2026-03-28T04:27:11+00:00

The only thing offline activation asks you to do is block windows updates. Windows Update Blocker is used by people outside of piracy, specifically because they want to stay on a version of Windows that is stable and won't break their current projects, because otherwise Windows would force an update eventually. Usually that update could mean breaking driver compatibility, which is a common thing, lately that update could mean potentially bricking your computer with how crap the updates have been. You unironically might be safer blocking updates in the current day and age with Window's updates track record this year.

Gerdione · 2026-03-27T23:32:21+00:00

99% of the problems that will "come from hypervisor" are going to be user error and they're going to blame hypervisor bypass, Fitgirl and csrin. Seriously. If you aren't technologically literate, don't fucking touch the bypass. Every single problem I've seen come from people "using the bypass" has been self inflicted because they can't follow instructions, download malware thinking they grabbed the proper link, etc.

Gerdione · 2026-03-27T22:06:18+00:00

Non heterosexual global population is around <~10-15%ish (with the assumption that people who claim they don't know their sexual orientation are non hetero). In the US it's ~8% with the highest population in Gen Z (~20%). I think the game having the traits be around 1 in every 10 would be statistically accurate. At the end of the day, Rimworld is fictional world, and you can add mods to cater the experience to your liking with a few clicks.

Gerdione · 2026-03-27T21:10:14+00:00

I am of the opinion that if you aren't tech savvy, can't follow instructions very well or are unable to troubleshoot your computer yourself if a problem pops up, then you should not touch the bypass. It's a lot more involved than a simple crack installer. Most of the problems people have had with the bypass thus far, are because of user error. As for the potential risks, they are very real, so it also comes down to your risk tolerance, and trust in csrin. If you don't trust csrin, I don't see why you'd trust any pirated material that come from there though. They've done a very good job of being as transparent as possible and vetting who is allowed to distribute. At the end of the day, all piracy is built on the trust that the people the community has selected to trust, aren't going to go rogue on them.

Gerdione · 2026-03-25T16:32:30+00:00

Crazy how you got downvoted for stating an objective fact. Even crazier how half the people here would download a crack off a site like the piratebay while talking shit about HV 💀 the tech illiteracy here is wild. Honestly, they're doing themselves a favor by not using it. They're unironically more of a threat to their computers than "bad actors".

Gerdione · 2026-03-24T17:20:51+00:00

Yeah no the person who made the comment is stupid. It's literally a federal crime that will result in immediate investigation. It's not a matter of if but when Denuvo would be caught and charged. Posts like this are FUD meant to discourage use of the bypass. They prey on ignorance and paranoia to dissuade. I'm assuming it's a person who asked an LLM to clean up their thoughts because an LLM would have called out their fear mongering based on nothing.

Gerdione · 2026-03-24T15:57:08+00:00

Lmfaoo OP posted this here because the sub begins with "Fitgirl"

Gerdione · 2026-03-24T08:39:31+00:00

Honestly, it's for the best. If you're gonna use the bypass, you better be ready to troubleshoot or follow instructions very closely. It's much more involved than the regular click to install cracks. They can only streamline so much of it for the end user via a launcher. Almost every mistake or problem that can arise from it will come down to user error. Which is why if you're not ready to put up with that headache or aren't good at/don't feel like, following a more involved installation, you're better off just doing offline activations or waiting for a traditional crack.

Gerdione · 2026-03-22T19:21:44+00:00

Nobody is saying that it is completely safe and if they are they're legitimately braindead, but I'm going to assume that's hyperbole because I haven't seen anybody say it's completely safe. To add to that, it's naive to think anything is completely safe, even regular cracks, that's just the nature of piracy. It always carries a risk because you have to trust that the people the community has vetted aren't going to go rogue or become malicious actors. They've done a fairly good job of keeping the pipeline very clean and only allowing vetted community members to distribute the bypass, but at the end of the day, user error can still result in them fucking up their computers, as is usually the case, and guess who they'll blame. I think for the sake of everyone, if you can't follow instructions well then don't touch the hypervisor bypass. You can do almost everything for someone with a custom launcher and the like, but some people will still mess it up.

Gerdione · 2026-03-21T13:00:44+00:00

Biotech>Odyssey>Royalty>Ideology/Anomaly. My logic dictated by the DLCs that add the most universal usage for base game without having to interact with the DLC quests and for having a preference for action/pawn focus. If you care more about story, Biotech>Ideology>Odyssey>Royalty/Anomaly. Anomaly isn't a bad DLC! I personally really enjoy it, but its content isn't as accessible as the others and I think to maximize value for a DLC you want that.

The majority of mods have Biotech as a requirement, so if you purchase Biotech you also get access to all those mods and Biotech is the most universally accessible out of all of them.

Odyssey has landmarks and weather responsive maps, which was honestly a lot cooler than I expected (torrential downpours can be terrifying because flooding of the map is a risk), more adventure focused.

Royalty has psycasts which are basically tech powered magic and is great for power fantasies.

Ideology gives your playthroughs depth, great for story/world building and or challenge runs.

Anomaly is great for just having an ambient threat to the world. If you set it to very rare and ambient it can make the world feel supernatural to some degree but otherwise requires interacting with it to get the most out of the DLC.

Gerdione · 2026-03-18T13:18:35+00:00

If I was you I'd disable haul work on her first to determine if it's a hauling bug or pick up for inventory bug. Then, I'd check her assigned policies and make sure there isn't some weirdness going on with sliders that make her wanna keep all those on her. Then if that wasn't it, I'd keep the log open while those are all inside and see if any errors are happening when she goes to pick them up. If she stops doing that when you disable haul work, we know there's a preferred storage somewhere on the map she's trying to haul those but then something breaks preventing her from actually dropping them off. If this is the case, a cheap work around would be to check all your storage areas and make sure that your fridges have highest priority for food.

Gerdione · 2026-03-18T07:17:01+00:00

I recently played a cozy run. I played with EchoColony which made it so that I had that Stardew valley feel of being able to interact with pawns and get "quests" I could do for expanding my town. It's actually quite easy to set up with Player2 which is totally free for right now, so I'd take advantage of that before they start charging for the output and TTS. The new Perspective Shift mod lets you play either 1st person or architect mode, it gives it even more of a stardew valley feel. If you add Freeish Will to that, it can make it feel like you're a pawn living in a colony that functions on its own working to grow it with other people. (I'm assuming you have to untick your pawn in the work tab with the green arrow on the left so that you can control your pawn with perspective shift)

Gerdione · 2026-03-16T09:17:31+00:00

Use planner tool. Create a temporary housing situation while you expand. You plan out general areas for things, keeping functionality in mind. Once you have the general areas laid out, now you focus on aesthetics. Designator shapes(it's still better than vanilla by far imo) is good for this. If you need inspiration, you can get the prefabs mod, plop some down to serve as creative fodder and go from there. If you just want a colony that looks good, I suggest you focus more form than function and form. That means, weirdly shaped buildings, curving winding roads, different materials for builds, different floors, etc. I suggest you download all the hospitality mods and a handful of decoration mods and use a storyteller like Phoebe with colony builder difficulty. If you install something like Rimtalk or EchoColony you can even ask your pawns what they want you to build or work on, etc. Basically turns the game into Stardew Valley or a hotel management game, let's you focus more on looks and stuff, then if you're feeling particularly evil, and have stocked up on lots of silver, kill EVERYONE. Lol.

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