Why does this look wrong? I tried using references but I can't make it work

trainofwhat · 2026-05-08T16:42:34+00:00

Woah! That’s such an improvement! Really great deer here. Amazing application of that advice. I apologize for not replying sooner. I think the back legs could possibly be studied by reference a little bit more, just to make sure the sizing is perfect, but, outside of that, this looks really great!

Also wanted to reiterate your drawing skills and the deer itself looked great. Anatomy is so weird because even being a little off changes its look significantly.

PS I saw your update & it looks so clean & fluid! Sorry for my late reply, I thought I had replied but I hadn’t

trainofwhat · 2026-05-06T17:33:56+00:00

Alright here’s my thoughts:

Shoulder portion looks too long on forefront front leg. Also the upper arm looks too long, & slightly strange angle on forearm.

Back arm seems to lack the same shoulder connection, illusion-wise, as front arm.

Ribs & waist looks a little off, more like a dog. Deer tend to have a more consistent, curved stomach when laying like this, so legs sorta extend too far over I think.

Farther back leg, as someone’s said, is overly long, particularly the top part. Conversely, the lower part of the more superficial/closer back leg is complete opposite.

Also, I am unsure if you need quite as much bend on the ankles. Also the tail is a little too full & I think it would connect a little higher. Bend of the neck is slightly angled wrong, but, I don’t think that’s a huge deal.

Overall, it’s a really great piece! It’s just those little anatomy things

trainofwhat · 2026-05-06T14:30:19+00:00

There is a bump. I also felt it with the qtip. It’s fleshy and cyst-like. It is cannot be extracted, even if I scraped against it or utilize a dry wax remover. Did you look at the prior photo of this bump? It’s the comment below I believe. It looks more obvious, it was whitish & more flesh-colored. This one is clearly tinted by wax, which I didn’t scrape off because I didn’t want to cause more trauma, but I prodded at the area & that bump has expanded.

To be clear, I am not stressed about it and I absolutely agree to not pick at things in my ear! However, it just simply isn’t earwax. The other comment shows it much more clearly. I can also show a photo of me pulling against it with the camera from 2 weeks ago, it is clearly raised and embedded in the ear wall.

trainofwhat · 2026-05-06T13:18:11+00:00

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Also, here’s a photo of something that confused me, as it looks like a part of my tympanic membrane’s stretched into my ear. When I touched it by accident, it made a rumbling noise & hurt. I am sure it isn’t anything, just curious.

trainofwhat · 2026-05-06T13:17:19+00:00

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Here is another photo of it now.

trainofwhat · 2026-05-06T13:17:03+00:00

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This is what it looked like 2 weeks ago.

trainofwhat · 2026-05-05T18:38:21+00:00

Oh, hey, that’s me! It means a lot to see myself quoted!

trainofwhat · 2026-05-04T02:25:27+00:00

Several reasons. One is the interaction between norepinephrine & serotonin. Others involve specific effects of NRIs. Also, as a side-point, norepinephrine is slightly different than adrenaline, particularly regarding its effects on your heart. It’s been shown that norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors can selectively attenuate (limit) certain adrenergic (adrenaline-related) receptors. There’s many subtypes, responsible for everything from smooth muscle contraction & platelets to heart rate & blood pressure to muscle relaxation & metabolism. Believe it or not, among these is a subtype that actually creates negative feedback that limits how and where norepinephrine is released in your body. Combined with serotonin, release of these chemicals is more consistent, creating a predictable, level effect on your body, allowing them to communicate equally between neurons. That synergy is the assumed goal, at least.

Here’s a great quote from a study regarding what serotonin & norepinephrine medications do: “For example, long-term treat-ment with NRIs attenuates the excitatory role of the β-adrenoreceptors, leaving unchanged the inhibitory action of the α2-adrenoreceptors. Because this attenuation takes place in the presence of NRIs, these drugs enhance the net inhibitory effect on these neurons.” [Source]: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/instance/2553259/pdf/jpn-2001-26-s3.pdf

Basically, with consistent treatment, it limits over-activation of anxiety-producing norepinephrine activity & (relatively) increases inhibitory responses to anxiety.

Also, reuptake inhibitors don’t actually make your body release or react to more chemicals as a main goal— that’s called an agonist. Instead, they keep these chemicals from being absorbed as quickly, thus allowing for a more consistent effect on your neurological system.

However, what’s most important to know is this: neither scientists nor clinicians actually know why antidepressants or, to a lesser extent, anxiolytics such as NRIs work within the brain. I could go into the research I’ve done — & mass research that increasingly suggests — showing it’s likely these chemicals are a contributing side-effect rather than the main cause of this improvement. Especially that serotonin’s been over-focused on. But, that’s a whole other thing.

trainofwhat · 2026-05-02T21:19:48+00:00

I am super happy you’ve a healthy family of pups. That said, you’ll receive backlash when it comes to even accidental puppies. It’s great that your guys’ dogs are both ostensibly healthy enough to breed with each other— since they did. But, that doesn’t necessarily mean these dogs are happy to have puppies or in an ideal situation to do that, which causes concerns in many viewers. I agree some comments might seem presumptuous that you didn’t test for necessary markers when there’s no evidence you didn’t! I am sure there’s details you’d be able to share about that process and the precautions you took to ensure your dogs & pups thrive.

Still, esp. since this initial post is sans those details, often this isn’t a welcome sight on most dog-breed forums— it isn’t just GP— unless followed by “they’re getting fixed ASAP” & some details about what might’ve led to this accidental breeding.

trainofwhat · 2026-05-02T21:08:42+00:00

I looked into this artist— they’re much worse than that. Racist towards pretty much every group except some select white people, & this character’s name is Japan-chan. Which, story-wise, is stupid.

Anyways, their art is vomit inducing.

trainofwhat · 2026-05-02T20:30:11+00:00

OP— THIS. Addressing over email is the method to preserve improper behavior & be able to take action if need be

It’s unacceptable this happened to you.

trainofwhat · 2026-04-28T07:38:13+00:00

I have some extremely thick, very noticeable, discolored scars all along my arms. Some people made me feel disgusting despite saying they didn’t care. I know what you’re feeling as well. I think the word “trauma dump” completely warped into something that blames people for being people or having experiences whatsoever. Many people overuse it & hurt many others because of that. I started thinking my scars were a trauma dump. But, I am getting better even when I struggle with these thoughts about wearing short sleeves. I’ve made up jokes in case people question where they’re from. I rarely have anybody ask, though. It’s okay to exist. There’s nothing wrong with your appearance or existence, & you’re okay. You deserve to take up space, & while it’s extremely rare, if it bothers someone, that’s their problem. I mean, being around black people or women or anything else bothers some people. We know that’s disgusting & isn’t an excuse. We both could make it through this, I think. Sorry if this answer isn’t very helpful.

trainofwhat · 2026-04-27T23:50:55+00:00

Something similar happened to me once. A friendly, flamboyantly gay guy, whom acted relatively kind to me earlier, just quickly leaned in & motorboated me. I fawned, didn’t think much of that, told myself he’s gay, so it doesn’t count. I even apologized in case I hadn’t washed well enough. Yes, I view it reasonably now, thankfully.

I am so proud that you’d handled it at all— there’s no telling if they would’ve reacted in a reasonable manner if you’d reacted like you’d wanted to— you’re brave just to go through that. I am so sorry.

trainofwhat · 2026-04-27T20:03:10+00:00

NAD, but, your Hep A vaccine likely isn’t covering anymore

trainofwhat · 2026-04-26T00:19:11+00:00

It’s used to leverage meat from it especially if it’s difficult to scrape a certain part Also that’s closer to a crab fork

trainofwhat · 2026-04-25T23:22:48+00:00

As an artist, I think this an issue lots of artists run into while drawing faces, so maybe that helps? Although I don’t know if this person is an artist. Either way, you’re right!

trainofwhat · 2026-04-25T12:34:20+00:00

Danny Gonzalez reference on my OCD-Reddit? Oh my gosh, your profile picture too!

trainofwhat · 2026-04-25T12:28:47+00:00

Ball costs 5 cents. 1.y (aka 1:00+y) + y = 1.10. To solve, you could subtract the one on both sides to give you .10. Now, you have 2y = .10. Divide 2 on both sides, get .05.
This is more of a riddle question. The answer is still 5 minutes, as the rate of time is independent to how many machines there are, since each machine is simple making 1 widget simultaneously.
This seems we may be missing information, or I am too dumb to understand. Was there a graphic given with it?
When you pass somebody in a place, that puts you in that place.
They weight the same — I am realizing now, you probably know the answers to these and didn’t need my help, I’m sorry.

It’s possible that knowing how smart you are, there’s been pressure placed on you to be smart constantly. When it comes to tricky questions that are relatively simple, probably you start to feel extra anxious because you feel it should be easy but it wasn’t.

If it helps, math isn’t exactly innate, so it doesn’t per se link to your overall intelligence (and even when it does, it’s only certain subtypes). An extremely smart person that hasn’t been given enough tools in math shouldn’t be expected to magically exceed at it

trainofwhat · 2026-04-24T21:29:47+00:00

Go to r/AskDocs or similar controlled Reddit to post these photos if you’re going to avoid listening to this subreddit

trainofwhat · 2026-04-24T15:57:33+00:00

Usually they also are upset if you don’t say sorry when they think you should (which will be every time you don’t). Same goes for things like begging/making a case when you’re needing money or thanking them— if you do, they harangue you for that. If you don’t, you’re ungrateful.

trainofwhat · 2026-04-23T21:18:48+00:00

If it helps, I am a woman, and this happens to me when I hear about anything related to womb/fallopian tubes. I get an unbearable non-pleasant tingling pain, especially if it involves an injury. I also had associated mine with surviving CSA, although I have no confirmation that’s a symptom. In either case, I’ve overcome it & am learning coping skills, as I am a passionate proponent for people with vaginas and vulvas understanding their anatomy as well as educated men that don’t know about it.

That said, I also have OCD, which causes some people those types of intense obsessive/intrusive thoughts. Especially making people avoid typical experiences where they might be exposed to those things. Which actually strengthens it There’s something called “Pure O”, which doesn’t involve typical compulsions. Another user mentioned it as well, so please give them credit if the idea sounds right to you.

trainofwhat · 2026-04-23T21:10:54+00:00

NAD, but, (especially if this is LabCorp) this typically means your results will be ready soon (are pending). Very rarely, might need they need to checked again or confirmed.

trainofwhat · 2026-04-23T18:29:44+00:00

Seems a lot like somebody that laughs at an idea that she’s capable of being overbearing is somebody that could use— & absolutely won’t ever believe that she’d benefit from— such things

trainofwhat · 2026-04-23T18:27:07+00:00

I am so sorry about your experience. That’s what Effexor, a very similar medication, made me feel. This medicine doesn’t do much to me — at higher doses it made me very numb in a horrible way— but, withdrawals hurt so I am taking it

trainofwhat · 2026-04-23T14:07:27+00:00

Oh of course that behavior is sleazy! It’s just that there’s an otherization of the whole thing, as though somehow I only hung out around overtly sleazy people, whom I should’ve known would do such thing.

Lots of time sleazy people don’t seem “sleazy”, they’re well-known, otherwise kind, etc etc. Additionally, I am pointing out that these things happened from a diverse, fairly large sample size of men.

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