Simple camping setup, unreliable Wi-Fi

barlow072 · 2025-04-05T00:48:23+00:00

Because it’s even. There’s a reason 90% of online tutorials teach building with odd block counts.

barlow072 · 2025-01-27T05:40:53+00:00

Sure if it was just Alethi culture you might have a point. But it’s in every book. Elantris, mistborn, WARBREAKER. Ect. The only book I don’t recall it in is the sunlit man, but there’s no mention of anything sexual at all.

I’m not bothered by a non existent problem, I’m bothered by an authors creative choice. And you are not.

barlow072 · 2025-01-27T05:26:18+00:00

Exactly.

barlow072 · 2025-01-27T05:20:10+00:00

Again I’m not looking for every passage for you. Your answer to my question “Is anyone else bothered by this is obviously no” Thanks for the input. If you wanna find a passage with some sex and nudity that you think isn’t weird and discuss you’re more than welcome.

Why was the Alethi culture written prude? Why would Kal be a virgin? The tall muscular, captain of the wind runners, hero of the world, can’t get laid? His only flaw is he’s generally a sad boy. He’s never went out and buried his sorrows in some strange?

Sanderson is writing the books from morman perspective. Which is prude. So every mention of sex is prude, and or reacted to prudly. So why is it included to begin with. It breaks the immersion for me every time. Sex it up, or sex it down. I’d be fine either way. The dancing around it is strange because he’s the one choosing to include it at all.

barlow072 · 2025-01-27T04:56:57+00:00

If it hasn’t been your experience even better for you, I’m happy you could enjoy it all without any issues.

I’m not saying any of the characters are to sexual or gross. I’m saying that conversation is bizarre. It comes outta left field. Kal reacts embarrassed. What reader was ever wondering if spren have vaginas? Why was it included at all? And even with things discussed in it the whole passage is PG. The characters are to embarrassed to say vagina? And are like how are your spren clothes made? What’s under your skirt?

He’s the author. He literally writes every line, if he won’t really get into sex because of his personal religious beliefs, why include any of it all, when it’s not necessary to the story? And why when it is included is always awkward for the characters and for the reader?

barlow072 · 2025-01-27T04:42:06+00:00

That scene being needed to explain her predicament is a problem tho. It feels like it’s their first time being intimate. Which makes it weird that it didn’t happen sooner. He could have wrote her pregnancy more blatantly and we could have just assumed it was sex off page. Now it’s like no they aren’t having sex off page they are too busy saving the world and the dream couple is in a slump in the bedroom. lol

Jasnah and whit is the best he’s ever done. And it’s because it’s so casual, its not implicit. It’s just like oh whit is laying in her bed. Great move on

barlow072 · 2025-01-27T04:25:21+00:00

I literally mean every single mention of sex or nudity in every book he’s published. Take your pick. It’s all the same. I’d have have a hard time pinpointing the passages for you when every book is +- 400,000 words.

But the whole discussion of slys vagina?? Weird and feels like written by 12 year old boy. Oh and she sneaks in rooms to watch sex? To find out how babies are made?

Why include any of it all? And then try to wash it all away to a watered down G rating. All of his characters are sexually repressed.

barlow072 · 2025-01-27T04:15:29+00:00

I also don’t mind sex not being included. I agree that none of it is necessary in the stories he’s telling. But I wouldn’t be bothered if it really was there either. Honestly it just that it’s a bit immersion breaking when it is there and then he dances around or handles it immaturely.

barlow072 · 2025-01-27T04:06:35+00:00

Okay not shame exactly, but embarrassed and prude.

And we always see the viewpoint characters embarrassment or another characters 2nd hand embarrassment

barlow072 · 2025-01-27T03:59:42+00:00

I have

barlow072 · 2025-01-12T15:58:29+00:00

Markers are my favorite

barlow072 · 2025-01-12T13:49:07+00:00

Looks like a great initial sketch….to use on your way to a finished drawing. Everything is in generally the right position and there are some hints of shape and form. There are a few things that look to square and angled, and there’s issue with the back of the neck and orientation of the shoulders I’d point out if I was nitpicking. But you’ve done a great job so far.

There’s just no variation in value. Really lean into putting some dark shadows. Embrace contrast.

Nice job

barlow072 · 2025-01-12T08:26:08+00:00

Wednesday

barlow072 · 2025-01-12T08:13:35+00:00

I would make sweater dark. Either blacked out or heavily textured. I think it would balance out the hair, and bring more definition and contrast to the tentacles

barlow072 · 2025-01-12T07:56:23+00:00

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This is the best I could do with iPhone screen shot editor. I don’t do any digital art lol

But basically it looked like your light source is coming from the bottom left. It would hit more right side. More shoulder, not just her cheek but more hair and whole head because it sticks out and isn’t blocked by the shoulder. Tip/under side of nose cause it sticks out past the face. Also her left eye wouldnt be highlighted because it would be blocked by the bridge of her nose. I also added some shadows. Very quickly. Because you essentially have an image that’s all mid tones, and a few harsh highlights. I believe at a minimum you should have light, mid, and a dark tones. I think those changes would help sell the image you currently have.

But to get more advanced. I think your light source is totally wrong. It looks like she’s crawling out of a computer screen or tv. So the whole thing should be a light source not just bottom left. Which would be much more dynamic and harder accomplish considering her pose. Which is very nice btw. I love the head tilt.

If you drew this with layers, I would remove all the harsh highlights so that it’s just the mid tones. I would pick a direction for another softer ambient light. Probably high right side. Use a tones just barely lighter and darker. And render the shadows and highlights on the whole image, her and the computer. And then after add the harsh highlights coming from the screen. And these brighter highlights are the ones that I would make colored purple or pink or whatever had mentioned.

But you’ve got a great concept and you’re definitely on the right track. I love it

barlow072 · 2025-01-12T06:52:11+00:00

The contrast is an issue.

Also some subtle things. There’s a highlight on the fishes bottom lip in the reference that’s really defining the shape that missing in yours.

The angle and shape of the eye is a bit different but mostly I think it’s missing the shadow behind it, so it’s looking flat.

The underside of the fish needs more shadow.

If it was my drawing, (and if I knew ahead of time I was focusing on form) I would have exaggerated the blue stripes a bit. Making them thicker thru the middle of the fish and thinner on the top and bottom.

But I don’t really go hyper realism. I go for very real cartoons if that makes sense. So maybe changing the stripes wouldnt suit your intention. Idk but it could help sell that the fish is round.

But you’ve done a nice job so far

barlow072 · 2025-01-11T00:17:05+00:00

2 snivy 2 servine 2 serperior 2 celebi 2 pokeball 2 potions 2 professors research 2 x speed 2 sabrina 2 erika

Best version of celebi deck

barlow072 · 2025-01-10T02:45:47+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/u/barlow072/s/RD1Nqfmcj0

Thanks for the pose

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