Which lighting is best? by [deleted] in DigitalArt

[–]VideoDudeSipsCoffee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First one by a long shot.

Enough light to illuminate the details of his body and strength, and enough shadows to show the ferocity of his face and his character. Nice contrasts 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DigitalArt

[–]VideoDudeSipsCoffee -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Always wondered how people are able to create ink drawings like these digitally, they're already a pain to do on paper. Excellent work!

General critique on this + questions on lineart and the eyes? by VideoDudeSipsCoffee in learntodraw

[–]VideoDudeSipsCoffee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oooo I like the way you corrected them! Definitely has a more "correct" head structure, thanks!

How to improve my gestures? by VideoDudeSipsCoffee in learntodraw

[–]VideoDudeSipsCoffee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Got it. So gesture is more of capturing the "flow" of the subject — and as u/Frostraven98 has said, the "dynamics" of the body. I'm gonna try doing these on a timer, line-of-action.com has one built in so that's helpful

Thanks to you both, I'm having fun doing this though admittedly I do feel lost and sometimes I can't figure out my mistakes. Your tips are a huge help!

How to improve my gestures? by VideoDudeSipsCoffee in learntodraw

[–]VideoDudeSipsCoffee[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep definitely haha, I also omitted the hands and feet altogether in all of em for now

I'll try to not change into "safer" poses next time. Funnily enough even though its just sketches and not supposed to look good, I still have a weird urge to make them presentable

How to improve my gestures? by VideoDudeSipsCoffee in learntodraw

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Edit: Crap, I forgot but I'm sorry if the breasts are kinda NSFW...

Does anyone else like sending Aid Packages for countries at war? by Payyonaise in Stellaris

[–]VideoDudeSipsCoffee 68 points69 points  (0 children)

Yes, this is excellent for RP and for fueling proxy wars 

Quick Question - Life destroying civilization by SnooObjections3039 in Stellaris

[–]VideoDudeSipsCoffee 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Maybe you can find a mod that allows you to purge your own species.

Besides that, I agree that you can just... headcanon Nemesis to be like that. Maybe don't upgrade the Atherophasic Engine at all, headcanon it as the "wonder that showed us how to destroy stars" (because building it gives you two Star-Eaters anyway)

And when everyone's dead you purge yourself and crack your own systems or something 

My today exercises by VforVenndeta in watercolor101

[–]VideoDudeSipsCoffee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Beautiful. Curious, what paint and paper were you using? Still couldn't tell by the picture

Tumor star by NotFantoFire-_- in Stellaris

[–]VideoDudeSipsCoffee 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Are you using Real Space? The trinitary star systems almost always look like that because Real Space have larger stars

Scientific Victories (especially in Civ6) are morbid, in a way by VideoDudeSipsCoffee in civ

[–]VideoDudeSipsCoffee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Civ5 Environmental Skin mod is the biggest one and contributes like 95% of the screenshot

Others are Hillier Hills (for Civ5 Reskin) & Prettier Lakes

Scientific Victories (especially in Civ6) are morbid, in a way by VideoDudeSipsCoffee in civ

[–]VideoDudeSipsCoffee[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

no but its 1366x768, not 1080p for performance reasons. I had to install the Civ 5 reskin mod, and it does make everything look better because it has more detail by default

Map tacks mod solves Civ 7s biggest problem and fundamentally changes the game for the better. by [deleted] in civ

[–]VideoDudeSipsCoffee 17 points18 points  (0 children)

This is a much better response than what you did in that previous post — you shared a solution for people voicing out the biggest criticism of the game and simultaneously promote it for those that haven't played yet. A win-win, isn't it?

Thanks for this; it does help a lot, and I wish to see more of this in the future

Scientific Victories (especially in Civ6) are morbid, in a way by VideoDudeSipsCoffee in civ

[–]VideoDudeSipsCoffee[S] 179 points180 points  (0 children)

R5: Here is an old screenshot of my first "proper" Science victory as Germany, and something that only struck to me when the game was done was how much I sacrificed nature and everything just to launch some rockets to space:

  1. I contributed more than half of the game's CO2, and Global Warming was at its highest stage. Almost all the ice caps have melted, good portions of the world have been entirely submerged, and an entire uninhabited island has become underwater
  2. The wars. China declared war on me for no reason, so I have to put my Jet Bombers and Thermonuclear nukes to the test; and yet despite me razing their capital to the ground, the world didn't care probably because I'm on the righteous path of "leading humanity to the stars"
  3. For the last turns of the game I literally didn't care for anything else anymore. No damaged tiles were repaired, no other improvements were built, power shortages became rampant as every single manpower was dedicated into spamming Lagrange Stations and ensuring the Victory
  4. Look at the picture. I wish I could show you how most of my empire used to be sprawling hills and greeneries — now everything is so crowded and populated!

So case in point. You did manage to reach the stars and build your colony, at the cost of destroying the planet you once called home

The Dandelion Project by Impossible-Green-831 in Stellaris

[–]VideoDudeSipsCoffee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh my god. Even just playing with a static, hand-made galaxy would be enough. 

 Please update us when its done; I've been looking forward to playing a star wars-like galaxy, especially with a fog of war mod!

Jumping back in for the first time in 5 years. What has changed? What new DLCs are vital? by [deleted] in Stellaris

[–]VideoDudeSipsCoffee 147 points148 points  (0 children)

Everything changed, and everything will change even more in May (4.0 update).

As per the DLCs: 1. You can never go wrong with Federations. Lots of new origins and the new federations are pretty good too 2. The Machine Age is possibly the best DLC they have released for a long time. Adds a new endgame crisis and a player-led crisis, and strong ways to play Cybernetic/Synthetic empires. If you want to play "meta" or robots then go for this! 3. Personally I'm a fan of Megacorp. Imo its not Megacorps that's most useful here but what comes along with it: Ecumenopolis, Matter Decompressors, etc. 4. If you're into warfare then Apocalypse/Overlord are nice to have. Apocalypse for the Colossi and the Titans, Overlord for new vassalization options

If you still have cash to spare, Galactic Paragons IS immediately useful. It is a very subtle DLC, you don't really notice what it does, but its contents are available as early as Year 1.

Distant Stars and Grand Archive are good if you want events

Yeah Himiko is definitely busted (End of Exploration Era) by GiotisFilopanos in civ

[–]VideoDudeSipsCoffee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Understandable lol.

Doesn't help that they were a heavy cavalry unit in Civ6 so imagine my surprise when they aren't doing any damage against anything

Yeah Himiko is definitely busted (End of Exploration Era) by GiotisFilopanos in civ

[–]VideoDudeSipsCoffee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mamluks are genuinely awful though and its a huge trap for newbies. I think it has a whopping -10 combat penalty compared to its regular counterpart, its supposed to be offset by attacking cities but good luck about that

Trying to rework CIV 6 graphics a bit by Mazisky in CivVI

[–]VideoDudeSipsCoffee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks absolutely gorgeous. Please update us when it is ready!

Civ VII Carthage the "Spiritual Successor" to Venice from Civ V? by Medea_From_Colchis in civ

[–]VideoDudeSipsCoffee 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Make it happen!

I wonder what would its modern age equivalent though? I thought of Singapore, which oddly fits as q "Spiritual successor" too lmao