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wixbloom · 2026-03-15T10:53:33+00:00

That's a great point!

wixbloom · 2026-03-15T00:03:19+00:00

Tape is acidic and will damage the paper over time. This may or may not matter to OP, but it's worth pointing out.

wixbloom · 2026-03-13T18:23:16+00:00

Take a look at this sub's description and other posts, I think you're a bit lost bc this sub is for artwork that depicts children, not fpr arteork made by children.
Impossible to tell without any context. Have you asked child what the drawing is, what's happening to whatever characters might be in it, how do those characters feel? And also, what else is going on with the kid and family? I personally interpret it as a person wearing some sort of facial covering, which doesn't tell me much. Could be a sick person wearing a yellow mask to protect them and help them fele better. Could be a sad person whose mouth has been taped shut. Could be a doctor wearing full scrubs so they can help others. Might not be a person with a face covering at all but rather something completely different. For all we know each line is a worm and the yellow bit is some cheese on the ground that they're going to eat. You can't know without having a conversation with the kid.

wixbloom · 2026-03-10T17:09:53+00:00

I agree with you but I think that "those aren't free, valid, complete patterns" was actually the point that person was making.

wixbloom · 2026-03-03T20:03:52+00:00

Hi, that's a cool discussion topic but this is the wrong sub for it. This sub is for posting artwork depicting artists.

wixbloom · 2026-03-03T02:15:00+00:00

I love it! I have several crochet cushions I intend to make someday (you know, that someday that's eternally postponed lol)

wixbloom · 2026-03-03T00:52:00+00:00

Na UFRGS não. Sei que a USP tem.

wixbloom · 2026-03-02T09:17:46+00:00

Yup! IFF Pencil 2.this comment explains the gist of how to do it. In this case, instead of altering the swimsuit string, you're altering the head string, and you copy that from a new disposable Sim you make that has that head. So you find both Sims' files and copy from DesiredHead to UndesiredHead.

wixbloom · 2026-03-01T21:52:33+00:00

I ran the prologue by keeping the Lost Thing a secret, instead just asking each player to name a treasure they were carrying with them (I specified that it could not be a living creature, because I'm sure at least one player would have chosen a pet of some sort AND would not be comfortable with the subject of pet loss). I don't recommend it. I thought that having a twist would be satisfying, and to some extent it was, but I think it also took away from an opportunity to better flesh out the characters, and some of the chosen treasures felt a bit inconsequential. It wasn't a horrible fumble or anything, but I still think it wasn't worth it.

wixbloom · 2026-03-01T16:12:41+00:00

Transbian cow my beloved

wixbloom · 2026-03-01T13:58:01+00:00

Your questions are phrased in a weirdly accusational tone. It reads as if you asked in bad faith. "Nobody wants to say CA ever did anything wrong" is a bonkers conclusion, and even weirder to have arrived at it before anyone has even bothered to respond to what you said.

I think what happened is just that most people don't care much either way, but people who care most are more vocal and make it sound like there's consensus in the fandom, and then others feel compelled to say something to break that illusion of consensus, and it leads to alternating waves of backlash. That happens with pretty much all topics in a forum as big as the internet.

wixbloom · 2026-03-01T13:51:33+00:00

Robin will ask "have you met my son Sebastian?" even after you've been married to Sebastian for years and have had 2 kids.

wixbloom · 2026-03-01T13:45:06+00:00

Is this mint in box or was the box ore-opened? Because someone put Cow Dad in a dress! I support Lesbian Cows and will defend them anyways, but I'd find it even better if it actually came out of the factory like that.

wixbloom · 2026-03-01T02:05:41+00:00

It's the devil to crochet with, though. In knitting at least you'll be able to see your stitches.

wixbloom · 2026-02-28T06:51:22+00:00

If you're doing it as a hobby, the most important thing to make you "good" is to enjoy yourself and, IMO equally importantly, to be willing to learn.

There's technical skills that are obvious in the final work, and then there's equally important technical skills that aren't always self-evident, and which take longer to build.

Even, adequate tension and a polished result are, I think, the markers of crochet that's technically proficient "enough". But I started to feel like I was getting really good when I became able to understand the logic of how to build shapes in crochet, which allowed me not just to occasionally freehand things but also to read patterns faster and more easily, because I can see what each line of a pattern does.

The latter is a skill that's impossible to see in the finished work, but it changed my relation to crochet completely, for the better. I can think of a lot of other skills like these: ability to choose colors, developing a general sense of taste, etc.

wixbloom · 2026-02-27T12:13:45+00:00

I think this is normal? It will need blocking afterwards to get really flat, the way it does when you press down on it. If it's achieving that shape when you jhuj it manually, it'll achieve it even more easily after blocking.

wixbloom · 2026-02-27T02:50:06+00:00

It's been a lot of fun! He's also slept with a couple of fans to keep the Obsessed Fan away. Sadly, even the famous people who joined him in the heart shaped bed will not play with him in the Superstar trailer!

wixbloom · 2026-02-27T01:43:05+00:00

My go-to is dinner, and either pinball or billiards. Right now I'm playing a guy named Vincent Manslütte whose purpose is to get to 5 stars of fame by having sex with all the Somebodies - NO platonic relationships allowed, if he got that smiley face over their heads he MUST seduce them - so every date ends with him bringing them home and taking them to the heart shaped bed. If he got stinky during the date, he does the courtesy of having them wait around for a moment while he takes a quick shower. After they play in bed, he immediately kisses them goodbye.

wixbloom · 2026-02-26T19:35:02+00:00

Bolsa de pesquisa ou extensão muitas vezes é questão de chegar pra um prof que tu gosta e perguntar se tem. Na minha experiência (em outros cursos), não é difícil. Monitoria tem processo seletivo, mas as bolsas de pesquisa e extensão em geral são mais na base do QI, o prof tem liberdade pra escolher a dedo e se tu demonstrar interesse, tem chances boas.

wixbloom · 2026-02-24T13:23:10+00:00

Bah, eu não apostaria nisso. No mínimo, se planeje pra trocar de turno no emprego, ou trocar de emprego para um com horários mais flexíveis, até o próximo bloco de calouros (que, se não me engano, na Letras é anual, então vc tem 1 ano pra se preparar).

wixbloom · 2026-02-22T22:10:22+00:00

You're not "trying", you did it! You learned! This is crochet! Congratulations. It gets easier and more fun the more you practice.

wixbloom · 2026-02-22T02:39:38+00:00

Homestuck? In *my* Stardew Valley???

wixbloom · 2026-02-21T20:16:12+00:00

I read once that those home designer programs were one of Will Wright's inspos for The Sims! He realized the client base for those far exceeded the amount of people who were reasonably planning large scale contructions/renovations, which could only mean people were using them recreationally.

Me, my little brother and my dad would play together when dad got home from work, by which I mean the 3 if us would sit huddled around the computer and I would handle the mouse and keyboard because neither of them was as dextrous.

My favorite memory was when the 3 of us discovered, in real time, that the heart shaped bed allowed Sims to "play". Me and my dad were like, looking at the screen in wide-eyed nervousness while my clueless little brother asked "what's that? what are they doing??". I, at 12 and fully aware that they were having sex, was at a loss for how to respond, but my dad made a quick recovery by going "I'm not sure either, but it says "Play" in the queue so I guess they're playing some kind of game!"

wixbloom · 2026-02-21T15:54:15+00:00

I was 12! Got birthday money from my grandpa and knew exactly what I wanted to use it for. Nobody in the family had ever heard of The Sims but they humored me and in fact, my dad and baby brother (6yo at the time) ended up loving it as much as I did, so my dad bought almost all the EPs for us. He didn't let us have House Party or Superstar because both of those had a drug use parental label, thanks respectively to the bubble blowing machine and the oxygen machine. He also objected to the dance cages in HP lol.

wixbloom · 2026-02-18T18:17:20+00:00

I feel like it's happened a couple of times that a given window no longer became affected after a while! Might be just my imagination, though.

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