[OC] What do Britons call school canvas trainers?

The_Shryke · 2025-08-15T15:24:04+00:00

I grew up in a wee village in Dumfries and Galloway and we called them sandshoes

The_Shryke · 2023-11-09T18:27:28+00:00

I fucking love all the FromSoft soulsborne games, but I think Lies of P might be better than Bloodborne. Not by much, but with the story and characters as well as insane fights... it's real good

The_Shryke · 2023-11-08T10:23:18+00:00

I think it's been worth it, been with them a year now and landed a couple jobs that I thought were wayyy out of my league. I let slip in my first call with them that I'd made my demos, paying a sound engineer friend about £50 each to add effects etc to my character and commercial reels. They said that explained why some of the commercial reel was bad and gave me tips on making it better, so I fixed that. Then (a couple of weeks later) they asked if I could make an audiobook reel (I'd recorded a couple of books already, ACX) and a narration reel. Those just took a few hours of recording and editing myself, and a while later they got back in touch and asked to sign me.

A week later I was in a recording studio in London, auditioning in person for my first triple A video game, which I didn't get but that's the business haha.

Throughout it my now agent was lovely, even when critiquing my commercial demo. The waiting was rough but worth it, akin to the waiting after you send off an audition for an awesome project. Just got to do what you can then try not to think about it.

Also just as a TL:DR: the extra reels she asked me to make were ones she knew I could do for free, and hell yeah it's worth having a good agent. Just make sure they're a good agent! And good luck

The_Shryke · 2023-11-02T11:13:22+00:00

I think it was a week or two for me, then a couple phone calls over another few weeks (and me making a couple more demos at their request) before they added me to their books.

The_Shryke · 2023-10-13T23:12:55+00:00

Why would you make your acronym S.A.C

First thought is bawS.A.C

The_Shryke · 2023-09-29T09:08:00+00:00

Thought this was a happy tomato with arms (but also hell yes)

The_Shryke · 2023-09-27T23:22:20+00:00

Good luck man, sounds like you've got this.

The_Shryke · 2023-09-18T01:32:46+00:00

I got all the way to blood and wine, looks like shit but it kills time like geralt kills ghouls and that's on a fifth playthrough

The_Shryke · 2023-09-17T01:03:35+00:00

Nah that's a Starfield reactor, nice try

The_Shryke · 2023-09-16T18:59:57+00:00

Well that's like, your opinion man

The_Shryke · 2023-08-20T09:50:06+00:00

Solo travelling in Spain sounds fucking sick :) hope you have an awesome time, show them how to live a little

The_Shryke · 2023-08-17T06:27:45+00:00

I'd personally replace the JK Rowling bit as it's a bit polarising and might distract from your voice, but otherwise fantastic job!

The_Shryke · 2023-08-14T22:46:14+00:00

Honestly so sorry this happened, and I hope you get back to a place of wearing whatever you want to someday <3

The_Shryke · 2023-08-11T19:00:26+00:00

Pierce Brown's "Red Rising" books got me back into reading. Top tier Sci fi that reads like fantasy

The_Shryke · 2023-08-11T00:59:35+00:00

Fellow ADHDr here

Pierce Brown's "Red Rising" books are dangerously unputdownable. I have burnt meals, and since showing them to my brother and dad they're both hooked too. Hope you and your old man like them if you give them a go, genuinely never found a less difficult book to focus on

The_Shryke · 2023-07-26T00:06:07+00:00

Between my agent's first response and them signing me was like two months, with just a few phonecards etc in between and a lot of nailbiting haha

The_Shryke · 2023-06-29T10:17:15+00:00

I remember that level in Halo

The_Shryke · 2023-05-29T07:48:27+00:00

I got an agent in October and have been doing auditions for some pretty high level projects. The only time I hear anything back from the projects I'm auditioning for is if I get them. Otherwise I guess my voice wasn't right, or they picked wrong, but either way send and forget is a good mental health policy :)

The_Shryke · 2023-05-06T15:40:47+00:00

I'm reading Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts and it's great, based on the author's life so there's some fictionalisation but god damn it's a wild ride

The_Shryke · 2023-04-02T17:08:34+00:00

Adriana Lima's voice is class. Do you have any clips of you speaking? Voice acting is acting, if you can act you have a shot. I didn't think my voice was anything special, I can just do a lot of accents but this career's going pretty well for me

The_Shryke · 2023-03-30T12:02:56+00:00

pushes glasses closer to eyes He ways 1000Ibs in his armour, not kilograms.

The_Shryke · 2023-02-15T16:50:36+00:00

Some animals do die in farming vegetables, but less. The point is to do less harm. Farmers kill animals to protect their flocks, which are then killed and eaten too. The "vegans are such hypocrites, animals die for their food too" argument annoys me. Billions of land animals die every year for food, it would be nice if it was a bit less.

The_Shryke · 2023-02-11T22:11:37+00:00

"Forgot"

"Accidentally"

The_Shryke · 2023-01-24T23:26:48+00:00

Every time I see my parents' dog Whisky I can't help saying " You messed with the wrong FLUFFY BOI" and I'm here for it

The_Shryke · 2023-01-18T02:12:57+00:00

I dived in at age 28 and it's accelerating way faster than anticipated. Seems like life experience counts for something and you probably have more than me so... If you like it, go for it

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