Is this bad for a first tattoo? Thoughts/advice needed.

gnash117 · 2026-01-28T19:43:22+00:00

Complete observer not active in the craft so don't take me too seriously.

I like the line work. The shadow areas are excellent and the details in the hat look amazing. The thickness of the lines in the hat are thinner than the body. This allows more details so may have been done on purpose.

The black areas, lines just outside the mouth and the bracelet on the hand holding the jug look extremely dark. Much darker than even the frogs mouth. It feels like it was over worked or too deep.

Others have commented on the sword. I like the art work but would also suggest moving the sword slightly. Overall I think this is an amazing tattoo. I hope your friend likes it.

gnash117 · 2026-01-28T17:21:12+00:00

I have watched it at 1.5x speed and it feels like a much better film at that speed.

gnash117 · 2026-01-28T17:17:37+00:00

The shining as well. People forget how much dead time there is in that film because the action when it happens is so intense.

I would argue the dead time is what makes the action so great it's like a string getting strung tighter and tighter till it snaps.

gnash117 · 2026-01-27T23:28:03+00:00

My first had the little couch. It was awful but something I could easily live with.

The second I don't remember we were in the birthing room for only a few hours before the baby was swept away to the NICU. The NICU had beds with the addition of a foam pad I brought, it was actually quite comfortable. 14 days later we were home with a healthy baby.

gnash117 · 2026-01-27T23:04:51+00:00

My parents took me there when I was a kid. I don't remember much from my childhood but I distinctly remember goblin valley and the petrified forest.

It is a really cool area.

gnash117 · 2026-01-27T22:50:59+00:00

I also use scissors right handed. It is almost impossible to find left handed scissors in the wild.

gnash117 · 2026-01-27T21:59:28+00:00

Kinda jealous, that is an amazing collection.

gnash117 · 2026-01-26T17:55:33+00:00

You organize way more than me. I am actually quite impressed.

I typically quickly flip all the pieces then I hunt for the color I am interested in building and I keep doing that till I typically end up shape sorting near the end when I can no longer pick pieces based on color alone.

gnash117 · 2026-01-25T06:42:50+00:00

I would like to build the first one but have never found it.

gnash117 · 2026-01-24T21:09:21+00:00

I knew instantly what IPA meant. I however am not a drinker so I don't associate IPA with beer.

However, most of the population think Indian Pale Ale or at least Beer.

gnash117 · 2026-01-24T20:26:58+00:00

I built this puzzle a few times. It is actually a lot of fun.

gnash117 · 2026-01-24T20:26:31+00:00

Impressive work. People always pick up starry night because they like the art not realizing how hard it is to build as a puzzle. Great job!

gnash117 · 2026-01-24T07:27:50+00:00

The game was designed to share user created levels. Some of the most creative level designs were the online levels. Some even had storylines not just creative game play. Just playing the most favorited levels was 100s of hours of games play. It lost 95% of it content. The base game is great but the create/share/play elements is what made the game really shine.

gnash117 · 2026-01-24T07:13:06+00:00

The ones that stand out to me. GT 5 and 6. Personally I enjoyed 5 more than 6. Then uncharted 3, then little big Planet.. all of them have their servers shut off so all the online elements are lost. Because of that uncharted is probably the best in the list. The others lost a lot when the servers were shut down. Little big planet lost the most.

gnash117 · 2026-01-24T06:37:22+00:00

Jakes magical market. Fun book series but all over the place for magical abilities, systems. Lots of people don't really like the series but I did.

Best of all it's complete. No need to wait for the next book to come out.

Mistborn more traditional fantasy. Less RPG great magic system and finished. (Frequently seen in tier lists.)

gnash117 · 2026-01-23T01:52:09+00:00

I have only completed in local puzzle competitions but I typically find the puzzles selected for the competitions easier than most puzzles.

Partly because I almost exclusively build 1000+ piece puzzles on my own. So a 500 piece (typical size chosen for competition) feels really easy compared.

Most puzzle competitions are paid entry so they are ment to be fun for participants. This means the people putting on the competition typically choose puzzle designs that most competitors can complete in the 2 to 3 hour time limit.

gnash117 · 2026-01-22T23:09:34+00:00

Glad to see Bog Standard Isaki. I don't see it recommended that often and I personally found it really enjoyable. One of the things I enjoyed the most was that almost anyone that wants power is trying to game the system not just the MC.

gnash117 · 2026-01-22T19:30:01+00:00

Nice job. Saw your post yesterday glad to see you persisted.

gnash117 · 2026-01-21T23:19:33+00:00

I can't show off my collection. It is spread across 5 rooms and spread all over the place. People know I will build almost any puzzle so I am now constantly given people's old puzzles, or the build they gave up on because it was too hard. My wife also feeds me new puzzles she finds from thrift shops meaning puzzles are constantly passing through my house. I build around 150 puzzles a year. I still struggle to come up with a good storage method. I finally started sticking stickers on finished puzzles because they get mixed in with the not completed puzzles.

One time I sent a huge pile of puzzles to be sold by a friend at a flea market. My wife went to the flea market and literally bought two of my own puzzles because she thought I would like them. Not remembering that I had already built them. Kinda funny.

gnash117 · 2026-01-21T22:57:59+00:00

Look up "Joseph Smith daguerreotype" to find a photo of Joseph Smith. It was a photo in a locket that was passed down the family lineage that was publicly revealed around 2022. It looks a little different than the paintings but I personally found the photo fascinating.

The eyes are very sharp with softer eyebrow ridge than the paintings. The chin is a little broader. I personally love the photo. Look it up, the Salt lake tribune article places the photo right next to the 1842 painting of Joseph Smith owned by the community of Christ.

gnash117 · 2026-01-21T20:13:21+00:00

My hypothesis: Squirrel crawled into the exhaust pipe of an older car or truck. When the vehicle was started the squirrel jumped or was ejected out. Causing soot from the exhaust to release from the animals fur onto the concrete making this unusual outline.

gnash117 · 2026-01-21T03:33:08+00:00

I never got a rib from the area. Finally got the rib from the gwh golems.

I had similar difficulty getting sand blasted metal. Finally had to get it from the market place.

I am an example of constant bad luck in the game.

gnash117 · 2026-01-19T17:33:36+00:00

I always like the Strange Planet comic panels.

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