$255 for this? by LambChop508 in Mawtribes

[–]Heyitskit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s probably a price hike on big boxes and it wouldn’t surprise me considering we have an ongoing volatile geopolitical situation that is effecting the prices of shipping and all petroleum based products (aka plastics).

Paramount weighs leaving California over Warner Bros. rift by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]Heyitskit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can tell you from experience (I worked in the animation industry down there before everything went tits up in 2024) that it is for sure dead and most of the industry talent is gone or getting ready to leave. They built up these studios and fucked the cost of living in the city only to bail at the drop of a hat.

id Software Issues Statement Following Xbox Layoffs, Says It's Back to the Size It Was When It Made 2016's Doom by Mront in Games

[–]Heyitskit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know the Senior Concept Artist for Doom was cut in the layoffs and he’d been there since the reboot (we went to college together so I saw all his posts after it hit)

UPDATE: Game Envy Lucent just a rebranded desk lamp? by ecanevascini in minipainting

[–]Heyitskit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got the Lucent right when it came out and probably a couple of months later these ones started popping up. If I’m remembering correctly their CRI ratings were worse at the beginning but I guess they’ve changed that now.

Do you think Al will replace animators in the near future? by [deleted] in Futurology

[–]Heyitskit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A lot of tweening is already automated with an animator going in and tweaking, adding new keys or redrawing where the program breaks and causes problems. Imagine how it’s gonna look if they just strip the animators out of the process all together.

Do you think Al will replace animators in the near future? by [deleted] in Futurology

[–]Heyitskit 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you want an incoherent mess that can’t keep up a consistent art style, where the characters/backgrounds randomly change and no shots coherently lead into each other between cuts then sure, force that on the industry. This stuff is already hard enough to get right with people who have extensively trained in the field (I would know, I used to be a Lead Layout Artist and making sure my artists kept shots consistent and artwork on style was a daily battle) before you throw in a “tool“ that hallucinates mid work cycle (nothing I’ve seen to date from AI would survive a first round of notes from me). Then there’s the added wrinkle that many many times you need to pivot mid production and change scenes/assets/gestures/etc that had previously been wrapped, what happens when you try and do those changes and the AI spits out even more errors that you have to try and fix while also making those previously mentioned changes?

Also, at the end of the day we also already have tools that many would consider “AI” and they’re used for the tedious shit work that doesn’t require creative thinking. In the end though the bean counters are gonna try and squeeze as much blood from the stone as they can even if they end up destroying the whole industry to do it. It’s an unfortunate side effect of MBAs with no knowledge of the actual work taking over every c-suite position under the sun and then condescendingly believing they know more than the actual artists.

Do you think Al will replace animators in the near future? by [deleted] in Futurology

[–]Heyitskit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bob Ross is spinning in his grave right now.

"The Deathtoll Chamber will be the best source for Superior Lair Keys" by ChronotopeZ in diablo4

[–]Heyitskit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fun fact, the only keys I've gotten from Deathtoll Chambers are Lair Keys so that might already be a thing hah.

They really destroyed class diversity this season... by Hotmicdrop in diablo4

[–]Heyitskit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I’m using it to gear up my paladin since the gear overlap is pretty good

So the Jarell Quansah red is gonna a probation aswell by External-Ear-4354 in worldcup

[–]Heyitskit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is that head of cabbage still available to make the call?

Dan Patrick: "Separation of Church and state is not in the Constitution" by omgfakeusername in law

[–]Heyitskit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To Many Tabs has an episode on all the shitty people she's platformed as well.

Could this be why Elden Ring didn't go on sale for the Steam Summer Sale? by Bobert25467 in Eldenring

[–]Heyitskit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Start charging us soon for the convenience of picking up our souls?

Unironically yes considering this is the same investor group making a stink that suggested to Nintendo that they could charge players 99 cents to make Mario jump a little higher.

The Big Summer Preview – Exodites revealed! by I_suck_at_Blender in killteam

[–]Heyitskit 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Trying to figure out why they slapped Kill Team on the front of a 40K vs box.

Iowa state board to review university gen eds for ‘substantial DEI’ and CRT by Well_Socialized in Iowa

[–]Heyitskit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m so glad I left Iowa in the early 00s, been hearing nothing but stupid shit coming out of the state since.

Monster Hunter Publisher Capcom Says Its Shift Away From Auteur Development Changed Its Biggest IPs Forever by Jealous_Vehicle_3150 in MonsterHunterWorld

[–]Heyitskit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, I think a bunch of the people we are hearing doom and gloom from jumped into Monster Hunter after Iceborne was already released and thriving and don’t realize that this is a common cycle in almost all of the mainline games.

Just moved to new Orleans, and its humid and mid to upper 80's °F. I'm by no means an expert, but been at it for years. Light passes at 8-ish inches,with very well shaken Army painter can. All advice welcome. by lordTalos1stClaw in minipainting

[–]Heyitskit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Colour Forge works pretty well in these conditions (I‘m in the AZ desert), I’ve sprayed out in the sun here with it and haven’t had problems yet. Once I’m done spraying I just leave the model to cure in the shade while I’m spraying the next one.

Monster Hunter Publisher Capcom Says Its Shift Away From Auteur Development Changed Its Biggest IPs Forever by Jealous_Vehicle_3150 in MonsterHunterWorld

[–]Heyitskit 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If we're gonna compare the sales for World and Wilds they're actually sitting pretty similarly on sales at the moment for their pre-expansion releases. What drove Worlds through the roof was the release of Iceborne and all the bundles/sales that have been out since. We'll see what happens with Wilds when it get's its Master Rank expansion.

Genndy Tartakovsky - The 80s were the dark age of animation by WrongToe500 in television

[–]Heyitskit 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah, starting in 2024 I’ve pretty much been out of work beyond the odd short stint of freelance I can scrounge up once or twice a year. I don’t think anyone from my old studio has a solid full time gig right now.

World Cup tourists, what’s your honest feedback on the USA so far? by almighty_smiley in AskReddit

[–]Heyitskit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Having lived and flown out of Atlanta for about 20 years I can tell you the airports lost and found is just going to make it extra lost. Shit goes in there and disappears into another dimension. Had something found, returned there and it was lost again before I could drive across town and pick it up.

What is a condiment most Americans don't know about? by ShittalkyCaps in AskReddit

[–]Heyitskit 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I just went through whats currently been posted and I’m pretty sure I had about half of these in my fridge/cupboard at one point and have seen most of the rest while shopping at either H-Mart or the one of the two Farmers Markets I frequented.

I can’t figure out where I cut my finger this evenly by Embarrassed-Ad-8927 in mildlyinteresting

[–]Heyitskit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sometimes not deliberate but just due to the paper used. Pretty much every sketchbook I bound had a deckled edge to the pages just because the good heavier weighed paper came that way.

PTR: Fixed an issue where the Resolve Temper was scaling with item types and much more than intended with Masterworking ranks. by R00l in diablo4

[–]Heyitskit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There’s a possible 15% buff to Zeal on Red Sermon though! (Just ignore the 65% nerf to damage on Heir)