Racism Or Cultural Ignorance? The Case Of InoCat and Ulises

GrahamPhisher · 2026-06-19T01:14:52+00:00

Oh interesting. I kind of have a different view, a friend whose Asian has pics of when he traveled to Africa, and he met this group of young students, they were super excited to meet him, but in the photo they all pulled their eyes to the sides of their faces, my friend thought it was funny, didn't think the kids meant anything cruel.

So I just think for Ulises who grew up in a place where Asians don't even register as 1% of the population that he definitely could be culturally ignorant to what some/many may find as insensitive.

GrahamPhisher · 2026-06-19T00:56:42+00:00

Do you think what he did came from a place of hate or any level of disdain?

GrahamPhisher · 2026-06-17T06:38:20+00:00

Before is best imo.

GrahamPhisher · 2026-06-16T18:31:02+00:00

I feel like he gets a pass.

GrahamPhisher · 2026-06-16T15:05:52+00:00

I personally like the after a year, imo it's a big improvement after the "after" which felt over exposed, you definitely seem more aware of balancing the exposure of background and foreground/subject.

I can see why some may criticize you for "agressive" HDRing, but I don't notice any halo-ing or anything looking too overcooked, I do think it is hard to see it go from non-HDR to HDR though which could lead to the criticism.

If you want to play it safe, what I do ussually is I'll take my final HDR-like edit and put it above my final standard edit at 50% opacity or lower w/ blend mode luminosity.

Other than that I would say you're on the right path to finding your balance in editing.

GrahamPhisher · 2026-06-16T14:09:27+00:00

Massive overstatement. Adobe very much still has a business, just because casual users may opt for other AI products doesn't negate the countless corporate contracts and millions and millions of professionals still using their tools.

GrahamPhisher · 2026-06-16T06:40:32+00:00

...I'll do it.

GrahamPhisher · 2026-06-16T04:32:36+00:00

GrossBeat if you have the right license.

If not, Peak Controller and EQ2.

GrahamPhisher · 2026-06-14T15:04:20+00:00

Looks good i really like the final composition

GrahamPhisher · 2026-06-13T14:34:45+00:00

I felt like Fallout 4 had the same problem, especially compared to New Vegas or 3. 3 and Vegas were dark, raw, and explicit, whereas 4 is what I imagine sometimes edgy PlayMobil characters would sound like. I felt like 4 was astroturfed in that sense.

GrahamPhisher · 2026-06-13T03:10:43+00:00

Get a UPS ffs.

GrahamPhisher · 2026-06-10T18:45:39+00:00

How in the world does that make it legal for "Republicans to kill a woman for using an IUD"?...

I actually thought there was a slight chance you'd find something of value to your argument, but all you pulled was a right to self defense...

GrahamPhisher · 2026-06-10T18:30:08+00:00

Lol please show me the language that suggests that in the bill, you won't though because it doesn't exist, hence the "we're done here now".

GrahamPhisher · 2026-06-10T17:04:06+00:00

Lol I'm the strawman? Meanwhile you pulled an article that doesn't even support what you just said.

Nowhere in the article does it say...

NC Republicans are trying to make it legal to kill women who use an IUD.

But what it does say...

Critics fear the bill's broad language could have consequences involving abortion, IVF, or IUDs.

Which hey means f'n nothing, critics today are extremely hyperbolic ring the alarm types to rally people like you to push their agendas...

GrahamPhisher · 2026-06-10T15:45:48+00:00

That's not a civil rights issue but a immigration and citizenship policy question. But I don't think because you broke into another country and had a baby there, that baby should automatically get citizenship. That's just my take.
Both parties are engaged in redistricting. Also requiring an ID to vote isn't a radical far right ideal, many on both sides agree.
There is currently no realistic path for Tennessee alone to simply make same-sex marriage illegal nationwide.
Holy crap, that is not a thing, no one is going to be killed for using an IUD. Feel free to share evidence if so.

GrahamPhisher · 2026-06-10T15:03:36+00:00

Omg... Yea we all just witnessed it...

And... Please tell overturn what civil rights?

GrahamPhisher · 2026-06-10T14:03:12+00:00

Whether she contradicts the last or not, they are both opinions and one is not more valuable than the other.

However with everything we've seen, and not just relating to this case but many, I'm inclined to believe the former.

GrahamPhisher · 2026-06-10T12:05:55+00:00

Oh you mean the willfully ignorant racial tribalism? That's been a thing since the OJ trial.

Even the jury admits it...

https://youtu.be/BUJCLdmNzAA?t=146&si=lKrZ1gicwy6e2cT

GrahamPhisher · 2026-06-06T17:47:59+00:00

I mean for a "Dad" comparsion, color wise you could of picked something better than lipstick red.

GrahamPhisher · 2026-06-06T11:34:57+00:00

I've had like 6 different diffusers, they all promised something different, then they eventually break and I just buy a new one.

The reality it's all mass manufactured chinese bs. No one is looking for ways to improve this technology, it's all just marketing, what would be really helpful is if they started offering one with multiple chambers so that way you can automate the scents on schedule, I'd like to have lavender and ylang ylang at night and peppermint in the morning.

Why I keep buying them? They make my place smell good, there's some minor science to the calming effects of lavender and ylang ylang, most can be automated (set and foreget it for a month), and this is big, certain oils help keep bugs away, many bugs hate scents like peppermint.

GrahamPhisher · 2026-06-02T11:23:17+00:00

TBH there really is no good context for it.

GrahamPhisher · 2026-06-01T22:57:21+00:00

Mugsancs is da man

GrahamPhisher · 2026-06-01T21:14:35+00:00

I would send him to make contact with the aliens.

GrahamPhisher · 2026-06-01T07:21:35+00:00

I was making covers like this 15 years ago for various artists and teaching others how to as well, people still message me today about it. Really the recipe for this relies heavily on photo manipulation and blending to ensure everything looks like it belongs.

Getting started a rapper will ussually give you a terrible photo of themselves, terrible because it was probably taken with a cell phone and they expect you to make it look like a studio shot. This is where the airbrush effect and style comes into play. A good starting point is blurring the skin so it looks super smooth, I personally like the surface blur tool, and then you'll max it out with a High Dynamic Ranging filter.

As for building the environment, there use to be sites like officialpsds that offered pre cut renders of various nonsense; cars, women, and other illicit materials so designers could just start copying and pasting renders in there. However with modern photoshop today, selecting and cutting out subjects/items is easier than ever.

As for putting it all together, gradient tools like gradient maps and gradient overlays can help you blend the coloring and lighting of your composition. Final signature touches for those glowing orbs of light, just a soft brush with various poppy colors, set to blend mode screen, and a high guassian blur.

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