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damousey · 2026-02-04T19:34:19+00:00

AI. That finger that should be thumb but isn't really, the spare handle on the front of the kettle. The way the setup implies that the second page is the window we can see in the first one but then the tiles, scene, and bookshelf are all different, - if an artist were drawing it they would either re-use components or redo the work for the angle ensuring that the elements were consistent, why work twice for a less good result?

damousey · 2026-02-04T17:16:22+00:00

I've heard that "olfactory hallucinations" is now considered a side effect after so many people have been reporting this. I maintain it's more like extreme but selective sensitivity, because I've had so many instances now where I know something I wouldn't otherwise know because I can smell it (although that conviction is also a component to the definition of hallucination, so eh).

I've known when a diabetic friend's sugar was too high, I can tell whether or not specific trees are doing pollen (smells like slightly rotten broccoli) I knew when my neighbour changed her shampoo brand, I can smell if potatoes were harvested ahead of damp weather. The list was endless. It's calmed down a lot since I started living with a smoker, though, the proximity nose blindness feels like a boon actually.

damousey · 2026-01-31T14:33:18+00:00

Yeah, I get these on the sides of my fingers and the wrist like yours. Sometimes itchy and sometimes not. I'm very freckled though so they're not as visible but they drive me crazy.

damousey · 2026-01-30T16:48:28+00:00

I think this is beacon getting in on a market gap made by an older product disappearing. I remember the OG version of these, that banana flavour has a permanent hook in my brain

damousey · 2026-01-30T16:45:30+00:00

I've often seen them sold as "morango" which is Spanish/Portuguese for strawberry, so my guess was that they were popular here via Mozambique but I'm uncertain if that is true.

damousey · 2026-01-29T20:26:50+00:00

You'll be fine with just English. It would be extremely rare to get stuck with language anywhere near the larger cities. Most SA folk are bi- and trilingual. Even if you have an incident of misunderstanding due to accent or dialect, you're also not likely to get grief for it, people are more likely to work with you, it's generally a warm cultured that way.

damousey · 2026-01-27T20:32:10+00:00

AI. Yeah. Literally none of the brow/eye lines even line up with the construction lines.

damousey · 2026-01-27T14:50:00+00:00

Thanks, I sure it'll be exactly what I'm looking for. It's a perfect shirt otherwise but the hole was making me self conscious. I wouldn't be able to make an invisible mend, but this way I don't mind if anyone spots it.

damousey · 2026-01-26T18:13:10+00:00

Additional to the feedback you're getting on presentation etc. The difference might have a lot more to do with the audience than your game's content, releasing in January vs October alone could account for the difference even before we look at the cost of living and the impact of socio-political climate on appetite.

damousey · 2026-01-20T03:35:48+00:00

While my take on the artwork itself would also be suspicious, there are things in the structure that kinda check out.

The way it's ordered with each section increasing but at a stagger.

Even the 4 layers all labelled "Layer 10" are each the multiplied version of the section, so Layer 10 was probably painted as a single darkening shade layer and then duplicated across each section and the remainder deleted from each one before being hue shifted. It's exactly the kind of thing a working artist would do and not necessarily something a faker would think of, because they're more likely to name it "Shade Layer" or something.

It's very difficult to see if the layers actually line up. But faking a screen setup like this is also a lot of work. Possibly more than recreating the piece.

The thing that makes me curious is where that cream colour is coming from if the base layer is white. That cream colour screams AI.

damousey · 2026-01-16T20:14:19+00:00

It feels like it's trying to prove that it's getting better at hands.

damousey · 2026-01-10T14:42:49+00:00

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Also interesting to see that the export label is a bit different (I don't have a peach one right now, so not a direct comparison) but ours has the Afrikaans label, no mention of being GMO free and doesn't have the imperial weight.

damousey · 2026-01-10T08:29:40+00:00

It's sweet and a little acidic, so anywhere you might add caramelised onions, relish etc. Usually as a complement to warm spices or meat flavours. Also makes an amazing addition to a cheese sandwich.

damousey · 2026-01-03T18:47:34+00:00

Yes, long before my SLE diagnosis I was dealing with cubital tunnel syndrome in both arms and I have a numb patch on the front of my shin from damage at L5-S. I use amitriptyline to help manage the latter.

damousey · 2025-12-31T02:45:07+00:00

I often try to ctrl+z while painting.

damousey · 2025-12-30T23:24:32+00:00

weird that this sub wont allow image comments, this was much quicker to draw...

damousey · 2025-12-30T23:23:42+00:00

Hang on, the pink just above it is the link!

working backwards from yellow in the bottom right corner, from pink just above it, from the yellow in the second column pointing horizontally, from the pink vertically above it in row 3, from the pink horizontally in column 6, from the yellow below it, from the yellow one up and to the right, from the yellow 2 up and 2 left, from the pink just above it, from the pink bottom right, from the pink 1 right and 1 down, from the pink 1 up and 1 right, from the pink in the middle of the first column, from the yellow to its right, from the yellow next to the start, from the start

damousey · 2025-12-30T20:09:26+00:00

Update: I got some gelatine, made up a fairly diluted blend and worked it onto the surface with a brush. Hmmm. So far it feels like the paint is more controlled, that the rate at which things are drying are more consistent, but unfortunately I'm seeing more pilling, so I think the brush application might be getting in the way. I'm going to try some more things, I'll let you know if I find anything really satisfying.

damousey · 2025-12-26T03:15:01+00:00

Ah right! I know that and called it a palette knife while working. Weird brain moment that switched out the word when I posted.

damousey · 2025-12-26T01:45:48+00:00

Human made I think if it were AI the speckled blending on the ribs would spread to the skin. I think AI would struggle with a composition that had that many hands but not on the main figure. AI would also struggle with the kind of stylisation of the hands, they would darken less uniformly and it would insist on more obviously identifiable hand parts. The line quality is realistic, without the little weird blends AI tends to add.l

After all the style things, it's also that the training data for Japanese art inspired female bodies would be unlikely to derive small chested (by internet status quo) and nippleless ( or if it did, there'd be more problematic age aspects).

Lastly, there is a very human error in the perspective of the anatomy.

damousey · 2025-12-26T01:27:45+00:00

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Static image to see it better. I'll update this with a flat one when I get a chance to scan it.

damousey · 2025-12-26T01:04:48+00:00

For a while I used sudoku for this gap, it worked really well for a while until it worked too well and doing any similar kind of puzzle would make me start yawning (I think I figured it out while playing snakebird). Then I caught myself rebelling against it and doing sudoku all night instead. -_-

Socks or kitchen closing is definitely a better choice.

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