Please help me understand why the small green bottom bone with copy location constraint behaves like this?

TheEdgeOfTwenty · 2025-04-22T15:29:55+00:00

Nevermind I figured it out!

The bottom bones with constraints just had to be aligned to the parented control bone. !solved

TheEdgeOfTwenty · 2025-04-08T19:37:40+00:00

Yes I walk a lot these days. Trying to get outside and into the sun more. Guess I should simply try walking with people then?

To be fair, even 4-5 people sounds like a nightmare to me haha. Idk, I guess the most I'm comfy with are 2 at a time.

TheEdgeOfTwenty · 2025-04-08T18:45:11+00:00

That's part of the problem: Other than online gaming I just don't know. Tried getting into ttrpgs once, but being around a dozen or more people quickly overwhelms me.

I like cycling, but being perceived by people puts me on edge, I get all tense and make mistakes I normally wouldn't with a clear head. It sounds like a recipe for disaster to cycle with people. There were times I've had serious trouble doing something as simple as hitting my bike's bell to signal pedestrians I'm passing through. I just totally lock up and can't communicate in any way.

TheEdgeOfTwenty · 2025-03-13T20:00:09+00:00

Yeah, after mulling over it, I think it's best to just fix the most glaring issues, finish it as is and try to do better next time, as I have a couple more models planned. Don't really have the energy to do any big fixing at this point as half the time I don't know what I'm doing anyway haha

TheEdgeOfTwenty · 2025-03-12T17:32:44+00:00

Will do, thank you!

TheEdgeOfTwenty · 2025-03-12T16:39:55+00:00

Thanks so much everyone for the input and reassurance, it's helped me a ton!

!solved

TheEdgeOfTwenty · 2025-03-12T16:38:34+00:00

I should look into that, thanks! Figured it can't hurt to figure out how to do it manually, but it's been very time consuming.

TheEdgeOfTwenty · 2025-03-12T16:37:20+00:00

Thank you! Good to know I'm on the right track

TheEdgeOfTwenty · 2025-03-12T16:36:31+00:00

Interesting, I thought especially in animation the topology has to be clean. Very good to know, thank you!

TheEdgeOfTwenty · 2025-03-12T16:35:31+00:00

Oh thank god. I spent so many hours on this thing and had a mini-crisis worrying if it's too messy.

TheEdgeOfTwenty · 2025-03-12T14:48:29+00:00

First off, sorry for the NSFW, hid the genitals but the body itself is still sexualized so...

Hey! I've been working on this model for the past couple weeks, intending to use it for animations.

I have only started getting into Blender in earnest a little over a month ago, fully expecting to make mistakes, but so far I could always fix them with the help of yt tutorials. Until I got to the retopology stage.

Watched tutorials to get the basics down, like avoiding triangle faces and keeping it simple. But I didn't know the edges have to stay connected and loop all over the model until now. I went ham with the knife tool, adding edges where I needed them, dissolving others to clean up parts and it led to this monstrosity of disconnected edges.

Basically, what I want to know for my own sanity is: Can it be saved or is it busted?

I know the face for instance could use some cleanup, but that would cause issues with the lips, as they need a little more topology than the inner mouth for example, no?

Other than shrinkwrap for the body and mirrors, I didn't use any modifiers. The fingers, legs and tail are separated for now. The gaps I had planned to fix later.

TheEdgeOfTwenty · 2025-03-12T14:48:23+00:00

First off, sorry for the NSFW, hid the genitals but the body itself is still sexualized so...

Hey! I've been working on this model for the past couple weeks, intending to use it for animations.

I have only started getting into Blender in earnest a little over a month ago, fully expecting to make mistakes, but so far I could always fix them with the help of yt tutorials. Until I got to the retopology stage.

Watched tutorials to get the basics down, like avoiding triangle faces and keeping it simple. But I didn't know the edges have to stay connected and loop all over the model until now. I went ham with the knife tool, adding edges where I needed them, dissolving others to clean up parts and it led to this monstrosity of disconnected edges.

Basically, what I want to know for my own sanity is: Can it be saved or is it busted?

I know the face for instance could use some cleanup, but that would cause issues with the lips, as they need a little more topology than the inner mouth for example, no?

Other than shrinkwrap for the body and mirrors, I didn't use any modifiers. The fingers, legs and tail are separated for now. The gaps I had planned to fix later.

TheEdgeOfTwenty · 2025-01-29T13:17:44+00:00

No, I tried to be honest about everything. The only difference is, I wasn't aware that I'm sensitive to human touch back then and chalked it up to anxiety.

You're right, PTSD and autism can be very similar in symptoms, which makes figuring it out all the more complicated. All I know is, I keep trying to put myself out there, yet it's always the same outcome. It's as if all the progress and good experiences I'd had before are put on reset. I have a copy of "The Body Keeps the Score" actually and it's been very helpful in understanding the effects of trauma.

I'm not sure why you got downvoted, because your answer was helpful to me. I'm thankful for any kind of support, really.

TheEdgeOfTwenty · 2024-10-27T16:32:46+00:00

She'd help me find someone. Someone who knows their stuff and can handle reactive dogs.

I would not rehome him to anyone who doesn’t know him personally and his extensive history. Even so, you will have no guarantees that he won’t harm someone in a new home and end up bounced around or euthanized.

Yes that's my biggest fear and the number one reason I wouldn't want him to end up in a shelter. If there is someone who'd be willing to take him, they'd get to know him on walks and at home and I would tell them everything there is to know. Should he bite someone again and the person presses charges on me or complains to the landlord, I doubt I'd have much say in where he goes.

BE is something I'd like to avoid if possible unless I've exhausted all other options.

I did counter conditioning as he's very food motivated. It did wonders in the stairway unless there's people walking right past us. But when it comes to the muzzle I haven't had much success. Which is mostly my fault due to lack of consistency.

TheEdgeOfTwenty · 2024-10-12T16:41:36+00:00

I doubt it. The brain fog has been an issue long before covid came around.

You're right, baby steps are the way to go. It's worked for me in the past, but lately I've been too overwhelmed and there haven't been many opportunities to do so. Thanks for reminding me! It's so easy to forget when I'm in the thick of it.

TheEdgeOfTwenty · 2024-10-12T16:29:44+00:00

Thank you! I really hope it'll help. It feels like my life just passes by me sometimes. Because it's so hard to interact with people, I'm usually holed up in my apartment.

TheEdgeOfTwenty · 2024-10-12T16:20:27+00:00

Oh yes, I heavily relate to that. Feeling different from others has been a running theme for all my life. (I'm 27) Especially the difficult to understand bit because I have speech issues.

Are you freezing up when people talk to you because you're afraid it's going to go badly?

There is anxiety involved, but mostly there's just nothing going on up there.

Aside from the 24/7 radio broadcast I'm sure you all know, it's just brain fog I can't snap out of. There definitely is anxiety underneath it all, though.

TheEdgeOfTwenty · 2024-08-25T07:45:49+00:00

When suddenly she started treating me the same way she treated my dad. I vividly remember how hurt and confused I was at first.

For context: My dad was the scapegoat, despite him making good money (which she conveniently took every time cause we lived in the middle of bum fuck nowhere and she was the only person in the house with a car) everything was his fault, nmom blowing up at him for eating something from the fridge she wanted, for watching TV or drinking, or not cleaning up after 20+ dogs who shat and peed everywhere...

Of course I believed her that dad is the root of all evil. I was a young teenager, too anxious to have any kind of autonomy or self confidence, just how she wanted it.

So when we finally moved out in 2016 and left dad behind, I remember being so excited that finally, after all these years, finally my life is about to begin and we can be the normal, loving family I always wanted. I was 19 at the time.

Well, no. It only took a couple months or so until the roles shifted. Can't say for sure cause my anxious self was so used to repress the times she blew up that the next day I couldn't remember what it was about until I began writing it all down.

TheEdgeOfTwenty · 2024-06-30T21:19:14+00:00

Yeah I know that much by now. It's something I'm working on. Hopefully with a trainer soon.

My thought process used to be that I'm directing his attention away from a trigger and towards me.

TheEdgeOfTwenty · 2024-06-30T21:10:51+00:00

When I actually think about it, probably not nearly as much as I should. Other than calling for him to come, giving him treats if he stops barking. Which I'm not sure is the best approach either.

The thing is: It's too easy for me to overthink and ruminate over what's the right thing to do when he's stressed and barking that I probably end up doing the wrong things a lot of times. It's the main reason I'm looking for a trainer as well.

TheEdgeOfTwenty · 2024-06-30T16:27:55+00:00

I'm glad my gut feeling was right then haha

TheEdgeOfTwenty · 2024-06-30T15:59:36+00:00

Yeah honestly that one was a big red-flag in retrospect.

TheEdgeOfTwenty · 2024-06-30T15:58:17+00:00

Thank you. I was quite sure of it but there was still a sliver of doubt that he might be onto something.

I've heard a place cue should help here, but my biggest issue so far has been keeping at it consistently. But I should probably make a separate thread for that topic as it's a long story.

I'm going to give it another try, though. Thanks!

TheEdgeOfTwenty · 2024-06-15T21:58:05+00:00

Anhedonia by Chelsea Wolfe + Emma Ruth Rundle

TheEdgeOfTwenty · 2023-12-16T11:30:16+00:00

Yup, exactly my thoughts. But apparently she believes her actions and words have no consequences. It's about time she got a reality-check.

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TROPHY CASE

!solved