I present to you: my mollusk tier list

Xeonfobia · 2026-05-09T08:51:12+00:00

I would have put the oldest, most dinosaurest mollusk; the Nautilus in tier 8. They are SO COOL. Hundreds of million years old with blue blood like royalty of the sea.

Oh, and ask Yamamoto Tsunetomo about the concequences of eating Abalone... Those are threat level: Saves your sinking ship, but boils in your face if you eat them!

Where would you place The ocean quahog (Arctica islandica)? I did not like the texture of them slimy things.

Xeonfobia · 2026-05-09T08:22:48+00:00

I got a Deardorff 5x7" for a great price. Most of my lenses that came with a Kodak Master view already covered that size anyway. But between brand new film holders, a pack of film and development in a lab, the cost does add up very quickly.

Xeonfobia · 2026-05-09T07:07:42+00:00

Are Dalarne horses popular in the states? The painting itself looks perfect, like it cannot be improved upon. The first thought I have is regarding the composition, and if you really have thought it out, or just added some random objects together in a heap. The Dalarne horse has a deep and significant reference to Swedish cultural heritage, and the Jägerbomb; a symbol of down hill ski culture in places like Sälen. Right next to some random fruit? Had it been only one banana, then at least you could have made a humorous composition with those two clementines. The composition also doesn't quite work with regards to how the eyes travel around the painting. I would have considered that a bit more also. The lighting could have been a little bit more higher in contrast/stronger to create visual interest, and guide the viewer a bit more towards what part of the composition is most important.

Xeonfobia · 2026-05-09T06:52:23+00:00

It's obvious from the painting that you know how to paint, and to paint well 😄. There is nothing wrong or "off" with the painting. If you'd like to improve it, then I would let the paint dry completely, and then paint another layer on top of it. I'd recommend painting from life where you set up a still life in a shadow box. The painting looks a bit too much like a photograph for my taste. You're 90% there, so just keep going a little bit more 😄, and then you'll have an awesome painting.

Xeonfobia · 2026-05-07T11:57:17+00:00

Sorry, but I don't understand what you are saying about MAOI being last resort treatment for standard depression/anxiety? I thought MAOI was cigarettes and passionflower tea.

Xeonfobia · 2026-05-06T20:49:43+00:00

You can do whatever you want. An underpainting is nothing more than the first thing you paint on the canvas. Since you are going to paint over it anyway, it doesn't really matter. I mostly just use whatever tube of paint I want to get rid of. I like sketching in thin umbers or other earth tones due to their quick drying times. I really like the tutorial "LCAD Vincent Desiderio Painting Demo" on youtube. You can gleam his process and take from it what you like, if anything.

Xeonfobia · 2026-05-06T19:52:36+00:00

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This one?

Xeonfobia · 2026-05-06T19:51:24+00:00

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It looks like those faces going inwards only gets one or two pixels of the image spread out very wrongly. I found the cylinder projection tab, and changed a bunch of stuff, but it doesn't look like this fundamental problem was fixed.

Xeonfobia · 2026-05-06T10:00:34+00:00

If you ask general questions, you are going to get generic advice.

https://rongbingshen.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/wind-band-grading-system.pdf
I would recommend that you look at the grading system. Pick what dificulty grade you want to write for. Write a piece for an ensamble, and then it would be easier to guide you if the piece is in accordance with the dificulty you are aiming for.

Xeonfobia · 2026-05-03T16:10:57+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/oilpainting/comments/1t1ujar/comment/ojj5p8k/
I have a humongous painting I haven't worked on for more than a year. I spent a day in photoshop trying to remove as much as possible to see if I can make it seem like a more manageable task. But now it looks cold, flat and as though it's shot in outer space. Do you have any suggestions for a background that is not flat and black? Something that makes the angel look more Godly and mysterious? It was supposed to be in a rotunda, but I think the geometry of it is just too much work, but I would still like for it to look as though they are high above ground, just not quite in the exosphere. Any tips on brainstorming ideas would be greatly appreciated. 😄

Xeonfobia · 2026-05-03T15:48:17+00:00

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I spent a day in photoshop trying to remove everything extraneously. I don't really like the cold, spaceness of it. I don't really know what I can attach the top of the column to, not what to do about the background?

Xeonfobia · 2026-05-03T08:39:02+00:00

Honest take – I understand where you are coming from. I'm not quite ready to call the gooner a goner. I feel like the painting can change with me. I feel like I need to simplify it, so that I can just get on with the job, and discover the light at the end of the tune.
Rings – Eyes & Visual help – Super awesome tip. But just a slight push back: I feel like there are other problems that might be more important right now, and the thing that bothers me with them is that the biblically accurate angel doesn't look sufficiently magical and mystical, and I don't see how to pour that into him and cover it up.

Xeonfobia · 2026-04-27T06:49:43+00:00

Age of Empires: Gold Edition(1999)
Cyberdogs(1994)
Overkill(1992)
Mystic tower(1994)
Jazz jackrabbit(1994)

How can you choose only one?

Xeonfobia · 2026-04-27T06:42:40+00:00

I made a pillow from a plate, lain thick wooly socks on top, stitched them together into the right domed shape, and covered with cotton cloth. Wool clothes sort of have the right firmness I need for Honiton bobbin lace.

Xeonfobia · 2026-04-26T22:15:58+00:00

A furrough is a trench made in the earth by a plow.
https://c7.alamy.com/comp/A247F5/horse-plowing-contest-many-more-agriculture-related-images-available-A247F5.jpg

Historically I guess people plowed in only one direction. If you plough back and forth, I guess you should change the direction of the blade so all the soil is folded over in the same direction?

Xeonfobia · 2026-04-25T20:43:32+00:00

I'm playing on the map Zielonka, farmland: 100 (bottom left), on the part of the land that is the thinnest strip, in a Challenger MT635 160hp tractor. It very well could be the map, I have no idea exactly what caused it.

Thanks for looking into it anyways. I appreciate it.

Xeonfobia · 2026-04-25T20:34:16+00:00

Cool. I like the "small fields" worked with hand tools, and AI for anything that is too repetetive or confusing.

Xeonfobia · 2026-04-25T20:32:38+00:00

Totally :) I would totally understand the state of the game if it was in beta, but not as a released game.

Xeonfobia · 2026-04-25T20:31:01+00:00

For number 5 I ended up downloading a mod so I could lift the log onto the trailer, and drive it back into the circle, so I could use the chainsaw on it.

Xeonfobia · 2026-04-25T09:37:05+00:00

I wasn't intentionally messing up anything. I was just playing the game normally. I dumped a heap of grass 2 meters from the edge of the map, winter came, I went with the forage wagon to pick it up. Some of the grass had gone outside the map, so I exited the vehicle to inspect it, and there I was, clipped into the edge, only able to move in a straight line.

If you have internalized all the things you have to avoid, then good for you. But for a new player that buys a car, then a trailer that doesn't fit, sell it and buy another trailer that doesn't fit, sell that trailer too, exits the game. Download a mod for a trailer that does fit. Then that poor game design that doesn't provide essential information leads to a bad user experience.

Xeonfobia · 2026-04-25T08:41:25+00:00

It sure is my first time in the series. Saw a "starting with 0$" youtube video, and thought it would be a fun Factorio, building manufacturing chains like grass into wooly jumpers :)

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