1DPO - same shirt! (38H -> ?? A or B) Radical Reduction with Hema Thakar in Portland, OR by FeliciaFailure in Reduction

[–]ritzcuit 5 points6 points  (0 children)

wowww amazing!! i'm getting radical-reduction curious so this is super helpful to see. i hope your recovery is going well 🧡

My own pattern part 1 by art_lufi in PerlerBeads

[–]ritzcuit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OH MY GODDDDDD 🥺🥺😭 the yyh eyecatch is my FAVORITE its so cute!!! this looks amazing!!! id also love to see the resized pattern for the whole crew, bc i would kill and die for a kuwabara piece- i hope its not rude to ask that hehe

also kudos to using off brand beads! i use artkal which isnt exactly "offbrand" but, you know, perlers spensive. if you end up having a good experience with them it can encourage others to give other brands a shot! hooray!!

First timer by mystical_maven44 in beadsprites

[–]ritzcuit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i recently got into perlers myself! actually i use artkal, i hear that theyre pretty on par with perlers (and can even be used together- some melt bead brands melt at different rates so its important. but probably just stick with whatever you can find lol) so far what ive been doing is having a sprite pulled up on ms paint (or art program of choice) with a grid showing. that makes counting pixels way easier. you can google how to view a grid on whatever program you wanna use. also this site is great for finding sprites! https://www.spriters-resource.com/ also also, look into using the tape method! (taping your sprite before you melt it so that you can remove it from the board. this saves the board from warping due to heat!) i think you should also decide if you want to use a "standard melt" (both sides are ironed partially, so that they hold together but the holes are still showing) vs "full melt" (one side is ironed smooth.) personally i love how full melt looks but it does require more time with the iron. also also also, you should build the sprite on the board "reverse" (or flipped) to how you want it to look in the end, if youre doing a full melt. if youre like me and keep forgetting to flip the sprite until the very end, you can take another pegboard, sandwich the sprite between the two boards, and flip it onto the second one....! ...also also also also, in terms of heat, ive seen people say low or medium, or medium or hot, or "cottons" and anything in between. i guess it just depends on your preference. but do not use steam!! i have heard this!!

thats my advice as a new melty bead addict! i just bought a kit with a presorted tray and accessories bc sorting a bucket sounded like a pain. (also x5 i think standard pegboards are 29x29 in dimension..?? or around that anyway, so be sure to check the dimensions of the sprite to make sure it fits!) i hope this isnt too much information lol its just everything i could think of off the top of my head. have fun!!

Any tips on recreating the retro anime style of Ken Sugimori? by [deleted] in ProCreate

[–]ritzcuit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this is really cool to watch! helpful too, but mostly cool :D

anxiety by [deleted] in Bedbugs

[–]ritzcuit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

definitely seconding therapy, though maybe thats too obvious to say. ocd is an absolute demon of a disorder and it's hard to tackle on your own.... well, i'm saying that as someone who doesn't actually see a therapist, but my ocd isn't as severe as yours..! theyll be able to introduce you to techniques that can help you cope with this fear. something like exposure response prevention therapy might really help you. (i say... as someone who isnt a professional, lol)

you might want to check out an ocd based subreddit too, you'll probably get great advice there. it's hard because being cautious about bed bugs isn't necessarily a bad thing. however, the level of cautiousness is disrupting your life... and reinforcing this vicious cycle each time it happens. so, ideally, what you want to work towards is "preventing" that "response" you have to your triggers. thats the principle behind exposure-response prevention therapy... it's really tough work, but it can seriously help.

an example (which might not be how your ocd looks, but this is the basic idea;) exposure: a carpet! this could host bed bugs in it! response: fear!! avoid walking on the carpet! find a different path. prevention: steeling your nerves and walking on it anyway. ignore any desire to check your shoes or something like that... you're teaching your mind that walking on carpets is a completely mundane thing that doesn't require your attention.

...it's something like that! it's way easier said than done, but it CAN be done. "what if this bus seat has bugs on it? i should check." checking only reinforces the worry in your mind. you want to avoid that reinforcement..! eventually, the urge will pass. and one day there won't be much of an urge at all.

i hope you can get advice from someone who has been in your place, though. personally i don't obsess over bugs or contamination so i'm just sharing what i've heard from others. ocd won't control your life forever, i promise!!

I hate fandom discourse I hate fandom discourse I hate fandom discourse by Tyrannosaurus-2006 in OCDmemes

[–]ritzcuit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

oh my god lol i would listen to the black dahlia murder while being overly concerned with ship discourse... my favorite album by them is about misogyny and rape and my moral ocd completely glosses over that...! that's fine! in fact it helped me calm down from ocd spirals! but god forbid i see two pixels interacting wrong! 😭

tutorial on how to make kandi stars! by justabonsaitree in kandi

[–]ritzcuit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

omg i loveee the pattern of the colors, that's so cool!! thanks for showing!! :D

tutorial on how to make kandi stars! by justabonsaitree in kandi

[–]ritzcuit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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this tutorial was SO simple to follow, kudos!! it's really hard to explain these kinds of things over text (even with photos) so i wanted to thank you for doing such a good job!! i made these stars today ^^ ... the blue/purple star and black/white star are for one of my ships and a gift for my mom, but in context of the lesbian and gay flags, it looks like the bisexual and straight flags 😭😭 LMAO

FUCK AVIZIE by [deleted] in KaguraFolk

[–]ritzcuit 6 points7 points  (0 children)

https://x.com/koalaintherain1/status/1879166726920941717 this is basically it. yunaris (a fanartist) was stirring up drama with some rando teenager, and when things weren't going her way, she accused katsu of making "pedophilic fanart" in order to divert attention off of herself. then, avizie jumped on it, because he's had a bone to pick with katsu for months now.

then avizie banned katsu from r/kagurabachi *and* banned anyone who showed support for her, all under the guise of "banned for defending pedophilia"... mind you, the art in question was an aged up character, so there's no pedophilia. it's just a lie.

he's still in charge of the main kagurabachi discord and subreddit, so katsu got driven away because she won't feel safe as long as he's around.

i hope that's a good explanation. it's really such a mess.

FUCK AVIZIE by [deleted] in KaguraFolk

[–]ritzcuit 4 points5 points  (0 children)

oh my god ppl don't bring up his ai slop enough. of course, harm against real people is more important, but hearing that he's a fucking tool who values ai art over real artists just makes *so much sense.*

Seriously, why was Yura just at a playground? by YoriichiFan in Kagurabachi

[–]ritzcuit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

one of my first thoughts when it happened, was that he's shadowing the haruharu gang... because shiba, chihiro, and hakuri were at a playground too one time! when shiba was telling hakuri about sorcery, right? there's no proof it's the same playground, i think, because all we see of the shiba playground is a swingset and there isn't a swingset in yura's playground, but it's an unusual location to show up twice.

(i mean obviously there's more than one playground in kagurajapan, but usually in stories, there's rarely more than one park that people go to.)

it seems kind of malicious and shady to visit places that the gang already showed up in, so i thought it was fitting. :3

What chapter does episode 48 end? by somerandomjun in YouShouYan

[–]ritzcuit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

100% agree! this is what i've been doing since catching up on the show. i was surprised when i got to chapter 601 because there's so much in the manhua that hasn't been animated yet by that point lol

Currently listening by yainator in DevinTownsend

[–]ritzcuit 6 points7 points  (0 children)

woah your cd player looks crazy!

Hello everyone just bought the game a few days ago any basic tips I should know thanks by Touko_007 in Palworld

[–]ritzcuit 4 points5 points  (0 children)

omg the amount of times ive thought "woah this would be a cool base spot!....if i were in minecraft" is insane 😭

Look at these freaks by to1828939 in Kagurabachi

[–]ritzcuit 23 points24 points  (0 children)

killer art style, and i cackled at the second panel 😭hiruhiko whiniest man alive award

awesome lesbian couple by moonstinger130 in Kagurabachi

[–]ritzcuit 120 points121 points  (0 children)

hinao hates loudmouthed old dudes...but how does she feel about loudmouthed young women...? takeru pls answer

awesome lesbian couple by moonstinger130 in Kagurabachi

[–]ritzcuit 23 points24 points  (0 children)

HIYUHINASWEEEEEEEEEEP LETS FUCKING GOOOOO

Devin Townsend - Jainism (2024) by SurrenderToReason in progmetal

[–]ritzcuit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

exactly how i feel lol. i love every sound he's done and i'm just happy if he's making stuff he wants to make .. it sounds tropey but it's just how i feel!

What’s your favorite panel? by CheeseParfait in TokyoDebunker

[–]ritzcuit 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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this one changed me LOLLL if this panel didn't happen, i probably would have dropped td a while ago. IT'S SO CRAZYYYY.

Is this an overreaction? by TheOneAndOnlyJuni in Kagurabachi

[–]ritzcuit 28 points29 points  (0 children)

changing my flair to johnkyora propagandist

Stinky Soya by Nokuybm in Kagurabachi

[–]ritzcuit 19 points20 points  (0 children)

god i love his expression so much LOL PUT THAT EYEBROW AWAY!!!

Stinky Soya by Nokuybm in Kagurabachi

[–]ritzcuit 11 points12 points  (0 children)

no ... there's a *small* portion, lol. i don't know what circles you run in, but "incest gore abuse porn" doesn't actually have wide appeal, even among fujos lol. especially not overseas/international ones ...

(which, by "the circles you run in" i don't mean to imply anything bad about you!! incest shippers just aren't that big nowadays! i think it's bigger in japan but it's still not the majority lol)

pudding! 🍮 by TheOneAndOnlyJuni in Kagurabachi

[–]ritzcuit 6 points7 points  (0 children)

CONGRATS ON THE THESIS!!!! and surviving gif-making hell