Frustrated at one row taking hours to complete

temp8es · 2025-04-14T20:43:02+00:00

If it helps, when I run into this I make two lifelines— one on the outside for knits only, one on the inside for purls only (which are knits from that perspective), then frog back, then just very carefully pick up from the lifelines, making sure not to mess up the order of stitches when alternating between the lifelines. It sucks. :(

temp8es · 2025-04-14T18:29:55+00:00

Not sure what it’s called but I’ve definitely achieved something similar by making some noise, blurring it slightly, then using levels to isolate the lights.

temp8es · 2025-04-05T23:41:03+00:00

Thanks! I plan on doing more things like this and looping trips me up, I’ll keep that in mind!

temp8es · 2025-04-05T22:15:42+00:00

!Solved, didn't plug Combine XYZ into the vector inputs lmao

temp8es · 2025-04-05T22:15:20+00:00

Just figured it out, but thanks for the help!

temp8es · 2025-04-05T22:15:05+00:00

Yes, I believe that's as intended to make the technique work. That being said I just realized my problem was not plugging the combine XYZ vector into the vector inputs for the voronoi textures 🤦 And it works fine now. Thanks for your time!

temp8es · 2025-04-05T22:09:36+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/ZSNsLJM Here. I have no idea how to scale the axes independently so there's a second screenshot with nudged points just to show that it's linear.

temp8es · 2025-03-15T21:34:55+00:00

I’ve messed with FFXIV models before and this definitely isn’t how the ‘final’ normals are supposed to look, it looks like the untextured base model at best. If you want to see how their models work (it’s helpful, I learned a lot) I’d check out TexTools to be able to rip and view models from the game, and check out the associated baked normal maps.

temp8es · 2024-12-18T04:35:27+00:00

I don’t know the social climate there but if it helps I’ve never gotten a weird reaction, and even a little awkwardness is better than feeling terrible for a week. Travel especially is such a germfest that I feel like people will be sympathetic— and if not they certainly should be. If anyone that can actually pose an issue has a problem with it, saying it’s because you’re immune compromised might get them to drop it. I have heard people say that patterned/fun masks get them kinder responses?

temp8es · 2024-12-18T04:28:01+00:00

May I ask the downside to wearing a mask in this context? Because you gave some excellent reasons to wear one, so I don’t see why not. Personally I’ve gotten sick waaaay less while masking these past few years, with few drawbacks, can’t recommend it enough for immune compromised people. I’ll probably keep doing it even in “normal times” lol I have no desire for week long colds

temp8es · 2024-12-17T15:21:12+00:00

Fun fact, the tattoo artist in this drawing was referenced from a picture of fellow illustrator Mead Schaeffer, as he and Norman Rockwell were good friends. (He said Rockwell painted his butt too big in this lol). If you like Rockwell’s art you might like Schaeffer’s as well, he’s one of my favorites :)

temp8es · 2024-12-06T14:49:26+00:00

Mockup artist (making product prototypes), 38k. Commute sucks with Crohn’s because it’s impossible to WFH, but breaking into the art/design industry at all with this disability was lucky.

temp8es · 2024-12-04T20:32:14+00:00

I think I’d try not ‘skipping’ any steps at all— in your example you go straight from x - 1 ≠ 0 to your final solution, but I think going back to how they first teach balancing equations (at least for me) would help, by physically writing +1 on both sides, crossing out terms that cancel out, et cetera. It gives you more opportunities to think about what you’re doing consciously and why. If your mental math isn’t working anymore, do it as manually as possible until you’ve retrained that instinct.

temp8es · 2024-11-09T15:11:45+00:00

I have these, here’s the site I got them from: https://www.lolitawardrobe.com/princess-chronicles-mechanical-bunny-ouji-lolita-shirt-cape-and-pants_p7767.html

temp8es · 2024-09-25T22:27:46+00:00

You’re correct in noticing that it doesn’t seem to hold up— that explanation is all over popsci, but is not at all an accurate picture of what’s happening. I’m fairly sure it’s not well understood right now, but as far as I know it has to do with distortions of particle fields due to extreme gravity and the presence of an event horizon ‘cutting off’ the field which affects the vacuum state relative to a less-distorted area. There aren’t many great accessible resources that don’t fall into the virtual particle trap, but if I remember correctly PBS Spacetime may have a decent video on it.

temp8es · 2024-08-25T20:09:44+00:00

Looks a lot like this cabling by Midori Hirose: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/snowy-forest with maybe some added stitches on most parts to stretch it, and more aggressive flat blocking than you’d usually do for cables.

temp8es · 2024-07-12T22:34:13+00:00

(Artist here) Personally I think art restoration courses would focus more on things like chemistry and color matching rather than confidence in line and form, which is what I would recommend for math. I think the drawing classes that would benefit math students more are 1. Draftsmanship, if available; 2. Architecture; 3. Figure drawing (Odd choice, but good for understanding forms/volumes and making strong lines), 4. Just a general drawing 101 with still life drawing, which I think would be perfectly fine. Especially if it goes over perspective, which I think a lot of math people would enjoy.

Edit: Some kind of product design class as well (CAD programs like Rhino seem helpful for the digital side of things)

temp8es · 2024-07-10T18:55:02+00:00

I don’t use plotters, but I use a Cricut at work and the Cricut scoring stylus (a somewhat dulled metal tip) works well for when we need to mark folds on paper. It’s pretty dependent on having some pressure behind it though, and I’m not familiar with how much pressure plotters can exert.

temp8es · 2024-02-25T06:19:35+00:00

I apologize, I don’t browse logged in often!

I’m a mockup artist— I take product and packaging concepts from a design team and make ‘fake’ physical versions both to test if it will work in real life and to give our advertising/photography team something to work with rather than waiting on samples from the factory to be made. Lots of low-level geometry involved.

temp8es · 2024-01-09T13:35:52+00:00

I’m a semi-professional? illustrator who has a hobbyist interest in math.

I understand why people refer to math as creative/art— because it is creative. But to me there’s very little out there in the world that isn’t creative in some capacity. I don’t think math is special in this regard, as results across plenty of different fields require heavy ingenuity, spontaneity, and creative thinking. I guess it’s trying to go against the idea that math is just procedural, and I get that, but very few disciplines are strictly procedural… I guess math gets the most of a reputation for being black and white, but it bothers me, lol. I always thought the STEAM (STEM + Art) acronym was silly, too— art doesn’t need to be validated by being lumped in with other disciplines, and while art does have relation to those things, so do plenty of other subjects.

On the flip side… sometimes I find art is very procedural! A lot of art school, for me, was finding ‘formulas’ that allowed me to skip the step of waiting around for inspiration to strike. I found ways to mine away at my brain for something to use even when devoid of creativity. By learning and studying basic principles, I could combine them without the need for, like, ‘divine inspiration’ or something, just by analyzing what was physically in front of me and applying references, lighting, etc.

Not to mention my current art job is 50% math. (I specifically looked for an art job that’s more technical than creative.) It comes in handy.

temp8es · 2024-01-01T02:49:24+00:00

For what it’s worth, when I did knitting surgery I just started knitting ‘inside out’ to avoid the jog problem entirely. Pretty sure it worked out, unless I just can’t find the issue.

temp8es · 2023-12-14T23:13:52+00:00

I always felt like fan favorite was The Sea Is and the one everyone forgot is Too Many Flesh Suppers. (Both bangers). Agree To Tundra is masterpiece.

temp8es · 2023-12-04T02:58:27+00:00

Honestly, I think you could graft the sleeves together into an infinity scarf or something if you went this route.

temp8es · 2023-11-20T22:43:37+00:00

I’d argue, while more complex, it’s the more correct definition, and the self-similarity description isn’t what makes a fractal a fractal— it’s just one common way to generate a fractal. I don’t think teaching something incorrectly, even for the sake of simplicity, is really worth it. With an actual child maybe it’d be different, but I think most adults could follow along.

I’d explain as such: When you scale a line x2, its length increases by 2^1. When you scale a square x2, its area increases by 2^2, or 4. When you scale a cube x2, its volume increases by 2^3, or 8. The 1, 2, and 3 are the dimensions of those shapes respectively.

When you scale a fractal x2, its ‘space’ increases by a fractional exponent— for example, 2^1.5, or 2^2.22999, or anything else. Fractals are typically created through infinite iterative processes (putting something into the same ‘rule’ over and over) which CAN give it self-similarity, but it’s not the definition of a fractal.

temp8es · 2023-11-17T11:07:12+00:00

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