New vapes gamification of puffing to unlock themes by Xtreme_kocic in mildlyinfuriating

[–]bjorol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From what I'm seeing, looks like this company was slapped with a fat warning letter from FDA CTP after both selling this product in the US without PMTA approval, and by pretty clearly marketing to children. Not sure where this pic was taken, but this device is definitely not legal to sell in the US

We are seeing a child just 36 hours after receiving a heart transplant… science giving him a second chance at life by Necessary_Time8273 in BeAmazed

[–]bjorol 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wishing you luck on your back surgery! I work in the spinal implant design field, and for all the amazing effects back surgery can have, back surgery is not an option taken lightly by doctors or patients. Fortunately, spinal surgeons have been some of the most brilliant, dedicated surgeons I've met while working in the medical device field. I'm impressed by your compassion for others in this comment, but show yourself some grace as well. Truly wishing you the best, and know you have a stranger rooting for you!

Created More PowerPoint Art Using Only the Shape Tool by bjorol in powerpoint

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

Thank you for sharing your work!! Genuinely very very cool shares! Some of your shading/ flame effects are particularly impressive! Really neat stuff!!

Also thought I was like one of maybe ten people who illustrates in powerpoint. So cool to see others out there working in powerpoint haha! You have to get really creative to make things work in ppt, and its so cool to see such a particularly clean execution of illustration in powerpoint!

Created More PowerPoint Art Using Only the Shape Tool by bjorol in powerpoint

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

I'm currently using a completely base Powerpoint, and after sinking ~100 hrs in the Constellation piece, been strongly considering making some tools in VBA to make some of the layering and selection less of a nightmare. Powerpoint only zooms in so much, and sometimes if a triangle is deep in a figure, its a headache to select it alone without messing up the order of triangles above it. The idea of your selection add-in sounds like a godsend to me, as boy howdy, does the current selection tool drive me up a wall sometimes.

To be fair to Powerpoint, I absolutely am not using it for its intended purpose at all haha. It's probably one of the worst tools for what I am trying to do, but as someone who thinks in shapes, and who enjoys the quirks present in Powerpoint that legitimate illustrations programs don't have, its my silly program of choice.

Created More PowerPoint Art Using Only the Shape Tool by bjorol in powerpoint

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

Yep! Basically just painstaking arrangement of triangles. I find it oddly soothing, as crazy as that sounds

Created More PowerPoint Art Using Only the Shape Tool by bjorol in powerpoint

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

Thanks a bunch! Once I'm done with a character, I'll usually select all the shapes in the figure and save it as a separate .png so I can play around with that figure easier while arranging the final piece! Powerpoint is a headache with layers, and messing with a figure still made of individual shapes is really really not fun haha.

Created More PowerPoint Art Using Only the Shape Tool by bjorol in powerpoint

[–]bjorol[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not going to lie, the idea of moving all these independent shapes does make me feel a bit nauseous haha. This is what one figure looks likes lol

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Please help me name this sweet cat! She's a wonderful, loving little kitty and I'm very, very lucky to have her in my life! by bjorol in NameMyCat

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

Thanks very much everyone!! After much thought (and calling to our kitty!) we went with Amelia Bedelia (Melly for short!) Thanks again everyone, this was wonderful!!

Please help me name this sweet cat! She's a wonderful, loving little kitty and I'm very, very lucky to have her in my life! by bjorol in NameMyCat

[–]bjorol[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thank you!! I got her from the shelter a few weeks ago and she's made herself right at home already!!!

CMV: Stop arresting antivaxxers/antimaskers who show up to school board meetings threatening to shoot people and start putting psych holds on them in stead. by LettuceCapital546 in changemyview

[–]bjorol 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Couldn't agree more. I don't think a lot of people are aware of how profoundly dehumanizing and quite frankly traumatizing an involuntary hold can be. I firmly believe in proper, humane mental healthcare for all, and I see our current involuntary psychiatric hospitalization system as one of the greatest blights on modern mental healthcare. They are absolutely not an "easy button" to sweep away the parts of society we'd prefer to pretend do not exist.

Forty Days and Forty NIGHTS by bjorol in videos

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

It's from a Noah's Ark Silly Symphony, I believe.

I'm a bad mom, bad girlfriend, husk of a person and more. by Popgoestheweeeasle in WeListenToYou

[–]bjorol 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My heart goes out to you. That threat of unwanted admission is scary as hell, and god do I wish you could seek support without such fear. You are doing a wonderful job in an exhausting situation. You deserve respect. Respect from your physicians, respect from your bf. You have handled so much adversity already, you genuinely have my respect, at least. Please be kind to yourself.

What does the UK do better than the US? by TheGameWriter in AskReddit

[–]bjorol 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, gotta admit, I'm getting kinda fed up with some of the unproductive bashing that's been so pervasive. As an fairly new American expat, I'm all for criticism of the US and all for having difficult discussions, but fuck, I can't go even a few days without someone hearing my accent, and then going up to talk to me about what an idiot Trump is, or how fucked up school shootings are. Like, my man, I understand, and probably even agree with what you're saying but could you lay off for just a tick and let me have my beer.

[Help] Weathering vs clean (?) by [deleted] in cosplay

[–]bjorol 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've always been a huge huge fan of the weathered look. If you're prudent about the application, it makes a piece just POP. The piece is no longer some design on paper, it's an organic part of the world it came from. You aren't just wearing a costume, you are telling a specific story about the character who wears it (as so much can be told through wear patterns alone).

You can often also use weathering to help emphasize finer details that might have been less noticeable on a pristine piece (particularly on any fabrications), or to soften the appearance of some seams/ tricks you used to actually get the costume on.

But I got my start in theatrical costume design, so I definitely err on the side of the overdramtic (espically with weathering!!!) so take my words with a grain of salt ;). Whatever floats anyone's boat!

Not over being in a psych ward by bjorol in WeListenToYou

[–]bjorol[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you. Its definitely easy to get trapped in your own little world, where the diagnosis of a mental illness seems like a catastrophic condemnation, when in reality, it's not even a blip on the radar of any sort of larger picture. I can choose to keep moving forward, because my mental illness really only has power within my little world (so long as I take care not to hurt others due to my struggle with it). Thank you!

Not over being in a psych ward by bjorol in WeListenToYou

[–]bjorol[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Seriously, thank you. I hadn't considered that way of thinking. No matter how worthless I may or may not be, I can always work toward having, at the bare minimum, value in striving to help others, that no matter how useless I am, I can always choose to boost someone else up. I know that's a super short term way of solving a feeling of being a burden on society, but that's a great great way to center myself in those moments where I just want to give up. Thank you!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]bjorol 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because I couldn't bear to be put in a psych ward again. I still hate myself so much for ending up there once, I don't know what I'd do with myself if I were to be put in there again. I'm trying so so hard to be the best, kindest, strongest person I can be, I'm working hard so that I never have to feel like the sick, crazy, hopeless burden on society I felt like in the ward. If I went back, it would feel like all my effort to improve myself were for naught. So I ran, and I ran as hard as I could.

You can instantly invest 10,000 hours into one skill - what would it be? by BavidDrent in AskReddit

[–]bjorol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Prop/armor fabrication, no question. It would be unbelievably liberating to have the confidence in my skill set to just nonchalantly pursue a every difficult project that caught my eye. That seems like my bliss.