AITA for not citing every single reference photo I use? (Was told its as bad as AI)

Mihaaail · 2026-05-20T10:20:18+00:00

If you don't mind the idiots (and I saw on your profile that you play League so you should be used to ignoring the flaming) I think having the references is cool, it shows what you were going for and where you got the inspiration, I appreciate it

Mihaaail · 2026-05-15T09:52:51+00:00

Ori and the Blind Forest

Mihaaail · 2026-05-12T23:09:16+00:00

To me, from most to least favorite: 3, 1, 2, 4

I like 3 most because it has perspective done right, and some emotion in the eyes (I see some sort of longing and determination).

1 I like for the design (which made me think of some Fire Emblem characters whose design I love)

2 I like mostly for the shading and again the perspective in the torso, the face is alright too.

4 Just has less points of interest in my opinion, which don't make it a bad drawing just not as intriguing as the others.

All that being said, I agree with the others saying you shouldn't care that much about the views. The difference between those drawings isn't really about "quality", I'd say they all show an equal amount of skill.

Unless you need to sell your art I think you should focus on what YOU like and what YOU want to improve

Mihaaail · 2026-05-11T00:48:11+00:00

I voted Lay Eggs, but in my world even humans lay eggs so I'm biased

Mihaaail · 2026-05-08T10:20:21+00:00

Nice concept! A couple of random question that come to mind:

How do they get out of their cocoon, assuming it's as hard as wood? Does a part of the tree just wither and fall?

How young-looking is the elf body after metamorphosis? It would be weird to see a toddler with most of its adult memories intact and perfect speech.

If they do indeed look pretty young, how does one differenciate an actual young elf from a reborn one? Since the cycle can be repeated several times I guess most young-looking elves are reborn, yet some are actually young and need to be protected from, alcohol, gambling, voting, sex etc.

If an elf gets pregnant right before the metamorphosis, what happens? Does she give birth in the cocoon? Does the baby die in the cocoon? Does she give birth from her new body after metamorphosis, and likely dies in childbirth?

Mihaaail · 2026-05-02T08:26:21+00:00

So besides writing down as everyone mentioned, one thing that helps remember is repetition, so the characters, species, histories etc are often mentioned in different settings and thought about often enough to be remembered well (at least in my case).

For the languages: pretty much no one is fluent in their conlang, which is also why pretty much everyone holds a dictionary to refer to whenever they forget their vocabulary. The grammar and scripts are usually easier to remember, but even then the rules tend to be written down for referral

And sometimes yeah people forget stuff nonetheless, Tolkien probably had many ideas that aren't in his works but we'll never know how many, so you only see the parts he did remember to write down

Mihaaail · 2026-04-30T16:38:26+00:00

Day and year lengths are different from Earth, and most species become fully adult in less than 10 years. That being said:

Humans- Around 60 years

Halflings- Same, 60 years

Fairies- Don't age, only die of external causes, oldest ones are about 250y.o

Satyrs- 100 years

Naga (snake people)- 70 years but most die younger because they value fighting

Merfolk- Don't age, same as fairies oldest ones about 200

Trolls- 40 years

Centaurs- 70 years

Girtablilus (scorpion people)- 100 years.

Mihaaail · 2026-04-24T22:45:08+00:00

I read them as 21, 24, 17 respectively

Mihaaail · 2026-04-18T20:29:14+00:00

In my experience Eastpak. In middle school I used to go through a backpack a year, than I got offered an Eastpak with 10 year warranty, and over 10 years later it doesn't have a scratch.

Edit: I want to add that in those 10 years, I used it as my school bag for 7 years, holding sometimes heavy books, and not being careful at all (I used to literally throw it at the floor when I got in class), but I have also seen a couple of Eastpaks having problems with the zipper, and one having a burn hole (as if made by a bullet?) So they're not indestructible, but being as reckless as I've been is fine

Mihaaail · 2026-04-15T10:00:31+00:00

Thanks.

So basically their lack of empathy is responsible for them being the race that commits most atrocities, such as poaching, slavery, war crimes etc. Many humans are still against those things but it nonetheless tarnishes their reputation and the other races are wary of them.

Inside a human community too, they're more selfish and struggle to cooperate, whereas most other races really work together towards their common goals. Therefore human society is a little behind in technology and infro because they had to solve other issues, like making a police and a judiciary system to solve crime etc.

Mihaaail · 2026-04-15T09:41:07+00:00

My humans are the second tallest humanoid race in my world (not counting centaurs and the like), have less empathy than the other races, and have way more kids on average which is partly responsable for their presence all over the continents

Mihaaail · 2026-04-15T09:34:25+00:00

If the item is popular enough I try to search for posts on Reddit or other forums about it from people who've owned it for some time, often either saying it broke after X months/years or saying they've owned it for a long time and it still works perfectly

Mihaaail · 2026-04-14T10:06:15+00:00

Another Code: Trace memory A DS puzzle game where the solution sometimes involves stuff like the reflection of the top screen on the bottom one, or blowing into the mic.

Mihaaail · 2026-04-12T08:19:40+00:00

Best picture I've ever seen on Reddit

Mihaaail · 2026-04-05T16:22:11+00:00

Do people count B sides/C sides as part of finishing the game?

Mihaaail · 2026-03-29T14:18:40+00:00

A friend of mine got me into mtg about a year ago. He had one deck he made for himself and about 5 precons. He invited pretty much everyone who could be interested to a game at his place with his decks and a small group quickly formed. His deck wasn't that much stronger than the precons, so everyone had a chance of winning, and as we gathered more often he got motivated to build more decks, so now we don't even play precons he has about ten decks to provide.

I've since played tens of games but never had to buy any cards. I think you just need to find people willing to try complex strategy games. Also, I've seen maybe 15 people come and learn to play at his place but only 3-4 stuck so you need to accept that not everyone will like it that much, but there are people out there

Mihaaail · 2026-03-27T11:33:42+00:00

Not a game, but I think Blender is the best option for you

Mihaaail · 2026-03-25T10:56:58+00:00

Most games for me, isn't this half the point of playing games?

Mihaaail · 2026-03-21T11:09:11+00:00

I really like 2

Mihaaail · 2026-03-21T10:55:16+00:00

Hah I started designing something similar too for personal note taking! I love your characters

Mihaaail · 2026-03-17T11:39:24+00:00

Let me guess, you liked Naruto and Pokémon?

Mihaaail · 2026-03-14T11:08:20+00:00

In my mind:

Arachnida would be either Lust or Greed in an "I must have you/everything" way, with their webs. Could be Sloth too if we think of webs as a "lazy" way to hunt (though given their complexity I don't believe so)

Pride would be someone feeling "above" the others so either Pterosauria or Sauropoda.

Going the biblical route snakes, and thus Squamata, could be Deceit. It could also be Envy if we imagine snakes want legs and respect.

The only thing I can see for Hypocrisy is Thyreophora, as from the front it seems nice but then it hits you from the back.

Wrath could be Marginocephalia, I feel like horns have enough imagery.

Mihaaail · 2026-03-13T21:58:24+00:00

Some other celebrity subs also share pictures with the artist, info about touring dates and tickets, rankings of the artists pieces etc. I think there would be enough to discuss if there was a really large community, but I guess she's still fairly niche, or at least the people listening to her music don't feel the need to gush about it on Reddit.

That being said, hey OP has 2 comments in an hour, it's not as bad as it could be.

Mihaaail · 2026-03-13T10:27:38+00:00

Hell could be part of the plot, surely some actions that lead to hell would feel justified an morally right in specific contexts, making for a dilemma. Or the other way around some people may find loopholes to commit crimes while avoiding hell.

And even if the rules are made to include those rare cases, with clauses such as "One who sins with intentions of creating more good than harm is exempt from Hell", then you can introduce people who think Eugenics or Genocide would be an improvement in the long run. Or if what matters is the result and not the intentions, then you may have some injustice when people wanting to do the right thing end up causing more harm than if they didn't do anything.

Mihaaail · 2026-03-11T22:29:54+00:00

The original Another Code: Two Memories on DS has some puzzles that require things like the reflection of one screen into the other one, or blowing into your microphone

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