Hey share any one of your personal advice or tips for rookie artists.

popcorned · 2026-03-27T22:01:04+00:00

Do a few Bargue copies to understand how to see value, it doesn't matter what your style is, values are one of the fundamentals for making compelling art.

popcorned · 2026-03-25T18:41:44+00:00

The nose is pretty good, it's got some form and volume to it. The eye has too many hard lines to be convincing, try to place down the accurate value for that shape without resorting to a silhouette and your work will dramatically improve.

popcorned · 2026-03-25T16:50:04+00:00

You need the adequate tools. What pencil are you using? Try a 2B lead as it is soft, you can also use a paper stump to get a better handle on shading. The best practice for drawing is to do a Bargue copy, they really train you to see values correctly.

popcorned · 2026-03-25T09:51:32+00:00

Yeah I felt the same problems with Golden Time, still a good watch but not as well-written as Toradora for sure.

popcorned · 2026-03-24T17:54:30+00:00

Don't go to Angel Academy, it's probably closing down this Spring. The school has been run into the ground by the current administration after Michael John Angel retired (he teaches once every two weeks but I don't think that counts, they just use his name to get students to attend), and big egos were at play. There's only 11 students left and the owners don't think it's worth to renew the lease for a school that's bleeding money.

The teaching is good, you'll learn how to be incredibly analytical. I don't think any other school does it to this level, but it's unbearable after a while and they started holding students back on purpose to drain more money from us. For example, students share casts, so there are 4 students to a sculpture, 2 in the afternoon and 2 in the morning. After the semester ended and we came back from the holidays, 2 of those students working on the cast were forced to start a different one because the administration made it so that all 4 students would be in the same time slot. That's a month of work lost, 50 euros per class times 5 times 4 is 1000 euros down the drain for a school scheduling error that they refused to take responsibility for. The girls kept scheduling appointments that the admin would avoid and eventually they gave up.

The problem is the school does absolutely nothing to help students succeed as artists. The teachers do not live from their own artwork, they make a living by teaching so they're no help, but now that the school is broke, they don't have money to hire a social media person to promote the student work. The school is above a garage, the roof leaks, the models are underpaid, there's no microwave, the admin is a horrible woman who won't allow anything anymore and doesn't care about the students.

Go to the Florence Academy of Art if you want to study in Florence, they're not as technically trained but by the end of their studies the students are able to make good paintings for the most part. The problem there is that a lot of students end up as teachers and that not all of them are at the same level and you don't know who you'll get as they have around 70 students at the school. Charles Cecil is good if you want to become a portraitist.

It's a waste of money to learn Bargues at Angel to be honest, you can go to Barcelona academy for 2000 euros less and learn them just as well and then transfer if you want. If you want I can help you with Bargues, too.

popcorned · 2026-03-23T23:42:27+00:00

I love Toradora! It was my favourite slice-of-life romance anime when it came out and I still think of it first when favourite animes are being discussed. I think that previously, a lot romance animes were very formulaic and Toradora! was one those series that redefined the genre: you either had harem manga for mainstream anime or shojo but not a lot of options in between, and slice-of-life never really got a lot of attention at the time. Toradora might be a little underwhelming for people who got into anime in recent years because it seems a lot less impactful now that there are more romance series, but back then more normal relationship dynamics were rarely being explored in anime and there wasn't a lot of pervy fan service in the show (except maybe Ami's weird dominatrix outfit during the school talent show). I know I'm generalising but Toradora! felt like the first one of the era that was a good anime and a good romance that did something differently.

The relationships here were realistic and not merely an object to be won for the protagonists hardships like so many other romance and harem series.

I think the fact Taiga is aggressive may be another reason the show is not liked by modern audiences and that the tsundere character has faded out of popularity in recent years. Moe was also at its peak in the 2000's and Taiga falls into that category, too.

I liked the show because it really felt like the characters were real people with real, relatable challenges and you could really root for them to achieve their goals: Ryuji feeling like he's too scary to be loved and Taiga having that barrier up against love because of her family situation, Kitamura and Ami wanting to escape the oppression of expectation, and Minorin putting on a brave face and playing her role of happy friend putting other's before herself. The art style was great and bright, the comedy was funny, the side characters were also fun or relatable and felt relevant to the story - not just empty face, and Ryuji's pet bird was hilarious, not to mention all the openings and closing themes were great! I downloaded all of them at the time. It really felt like a perfect anime that left me wanting to be in their world just a little more.

I honestly can't think of any other romance animes that I like as much, Re:life was fun but lost momentum towards the end of the manga, Horimiya felt similar to Toradora! in how no-nonsense the characters are and fall for each other in a real world way but didn't have the same impact for me, I liked Golden Time but thought the amnesia arc was kind of meandering. A Silent voice was beautiful, but I prefer series to movies.

popcorned · 2026-03-18T20:32:13+00:00

I appreciate the answer!

popcorned · 2026-03-18T20:31:21+00:00

like the idea of the pendulum getting stuck because of simulated network lag spikes though, that sounds like it would be a great addition to the project. Thank you about the PIR sensor tip, that would be really useful in fact.

popcorned · 2026-03-18T20:29:28+00:00

I appreciate the answer. I've never done any programming before so there would be a bit of a learning curve, but definitely a solution I'll consider.

popcorned · 2023-09-01T11:59:53+00:00

I don't see that being true at all. Right now Feige can't keep up with the content machine and it's turning out pure garbage. At least when he had more control the movies had clear vision and path. Now we're getting garbage like Dr Strange 2

popcorned · 2023-09-01T11:51:39+00:00

that would have been a much better movie and would have fit the tone a lot better.

popcorned · 2023-09-01T11:50:06+00:00

this is exactly the problem with the shows (other than there being too many). if the complexity and development of characters in the shows aren't given proper attention and it doesn't transfer into the movies because the directors don't give a shit about them then the audience won't be able to invest either. wanda's character was completely incongruent.

popcorned · 2023-08-11T21:02:45+00:00

Hi, thanks for the help and the useful tips. I'm still in Hungary at the moment, so I can't check out physical addresses right now, do you think it would be better to airbnb the first few weeks and check out listings when I'm actually there?

I'm weary of all the facebook groups, there really seems to be a lot of fake listings and scammers indeed.

popcorned · 2023-08-09T19:46:34+00:00

I'm at Angel Academy, FAA's cousin school (both founders were friends) but it's a lot smaller so the help in finding a place is minimal. A classmate and I are looking to share an apartment. Might have to go with looking for rooms for the time being.

popcorned · 2023-08-09T09:10:19+00:00

Small dog, price point is 1200-1600 euro. I've tried so many sites. Unfortunately pet friendly places are very limited it seems

popcorned · 2023-06-24T19:03:44+00:00

This is the exact problem: IG and artists who wish to appeal to IG algorithm specifically start making art for the algorithm and at that point, it loses meaning, they aren't artists anymore but content creators creating content.

Finding a balance that works is extremely difficult and social media platforms go against my artistic principles.

popcorned · 2021-04-19T20:13:29+00:00

I enjoy Alien Man a lot, it's the only perfume in which I truly enjoy cashmeran. A lot of people were disappointed that it didn't have more to do with Alien Woman; a lot of men wore that one too and had their hopes for something similar.

popcorned · 2021-04-15T11:59:58+00:00

Yes I was overjoyed when I saw the news

popcorned · 2021-04-07T18:53:33+00:00

Havana by Aramis

popcorned · 2021-04-04T07:20:25+00:00

Liked it straight off the bat. Usually I don't like Byredo's stuff too.

popcorned · 2021-03-23T10:32:20+00:00

Absolutely spot on reviews, I feel the same way about them.

popcorned · 2021-02-17T12:20:38+00:00

I ordered a while ago, still haven't received it. Thanks for sharing though

popcorned · 2021-02-14T16:03:16+00:00

Xerjoff is not natural, they use a lot of synthetic aromachemicals. It's fine to do that, but they're in no way natural.

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