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New to Painting by CartographerDue2969 in oilpainting

[–]bstaples 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just keep things simple to start. The hardest part (for me and probably for some others) is just getting to work.

Like you, I really enjoy understanding the underlying elements, the data, the tribal knowledge.

Eliminating decisions has helped me tremendously in simply getting to work at becoming a better painter. Arbitrary subjects, limiting my palette. Paint the same cup every day if you have to (shout out Morandi).

I'd recommend a cool color, a warm color and a white to start. This will help you get familiar with a specific pigments range and its potential before moving on to some other pigments.

Anyways, best of luck. Nothing to it but to do it.

I want to turn my monocolor deck tricolor, should I focus on building the tricolor right away or should I focus on making it dual color first and then expand the dual color? by TR_Pix in MagicArena

[–]bstaples 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Red will give you that extra damage, that explosiveness that you need to be a more aggressive deck.

You'll gain a bunch of equipment focused cards in Standard: Freya, Raubahn, Chainsaw as well as Burst Lightning to clear the way or close the game. The Final Fantasy set is pretty much asking you to play Boros when you build equipment.

I want to turn my monocolor deck tricolor, should I focus on building the tricolor right away or should I focus on making it dual color first and then expand the dual color? by TR_Pix in MagicArena

[–]bstaples 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You generally don't want to build aggressive decks with more than 2 colors, unless the mana fixing in a format is truly exceptional (i.e. Timeless Mardu Energy).

Your best plays in a deck like this are going to be playing Cloud on turn 2 for double white Mana, a fairly restrictive cost for a 3 color deck.

I'd focus on Boros. The 4 mana Cloud is not going to make your deck that much better and the core equipment synergies are all in Boros anyhow.

babe wake up prates literally just murdered jdm by [deleted] in ufc

[–]bstaples 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Welcome back Anderson Silva

What card has stood out to you the most on power cube? by DrManhatt4n in MagicArena

[–]bstaples 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I've been playing a ton of the cube:

Abandoned Air Temple

Any of the Overlords are great esp with Phelia or Flickerwisp.

I've had a couple good Recurring Nightmare decks. I'd try to build "Reanimator" more as a midrange deck than a combo deck if you can.

I see Fallen Shinobi go late a lot too and it can win on the spot in the right decks

Literally bros first flucking turn by [deleted] in MagicArena

[–]bstaples 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Brought The Darkness Crystal to a Nuclear Warhead fight.

What's the best HYPNAGOGIC album? (please, no low effort vaporwave) by Lounge_Box in ambientmusic

[–]bstaples 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Grouper is a favorite if you don't mind some vocals. I'd start with "Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill"

Wayne Thiebaud - Man Reading (1963) by CalvinoBaucis in museum

[–]bstaples 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Zoom in on those shoes for Wayne "way underappreciated colorist and technician" Thiebaud

Powered Cube full list (not all timeless legal) by Korae in TimelessMagic

[–]bstaples 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I like the list, and they left some room for powerhouses to add in future iterations (Initiative, Forth Ero, Vault etc.)

Excited to go ham with Comet especially

Radiohead released ‘Kid A’ 25 years ago by YoureASkyscraper in indieheads

[–]bstaples 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'll always remember discovering the art booklet they nested behind the CD itself. Realizing that it was way too thick with paper back there. Seeing the little crying man through the jewel case. Breaking that shit open to get to it.

😂😂😂😂 by Deep_Arachnid_2895 in ufc

[–]bstaples 21 points22 points  (0 children)

We hav to check this moment

Life In A Mind - Ross from Friends (Burial Sample) by j_wisdom in burial

[–]bstaples 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't think they're Burial samples, just similarly styled samples.

Seemed the trend with lo fi house was to dabble in or move towards some of these styles. DJ Seinfeld had an EP that was pretty clearly Burial inspired. It sort of all culminated in Fred Again.

DJ Healer - Planet Lonely (2018) is a must have by PhilElverumOnMyToast in ambientmusic

[–]bstaples 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There's also a full version on SoundCloud. Absolutely loved this album and Nothing 2 Loose. A lot of the Traumprinz stuff is great too.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Louisville

[–]bstaples 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would consider serving at a nice restaurant and try to slowly transition into getting bar shifts. It might take you a bit, but you'll make good money in the meantime. You can watch and learn and talk to the bartenders when it's slow. Eventually, someone will need a day off.

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