#AskFara

[faranae]

You're not crazy; my icon did change lol

Hah! They want to stay private but said I could post about this:

I gave someone a crisis again because

My icon hasn't changed in like 3 years, and;

They didn't realize my icon has been Elixir's face this whole time.

I added a background color to the icon and they were like "!?!" in my inbox so Imma drop this thing again:

I'm so glad I kept this collage around lol <3

#fara speaks #blog meta #anonymous #askfara #elixir #Nonnies may be turned off #Of course I can still keep you anon though #Thank you for asking!

[pakterrorist]

#freepok #FreeBalochistan @UN #freesindhudesh #fuckpakistan #freenankanasahib #lahorebanegahindustan gigi #SackShireenMazari #ufo2020 Fav Dress #askfara #KhalistanDay29April #GBrejectsKhiAgreement Hasnain Lehri https://www.instagram.com/p/B_itYMXAeHp/?igshid=bf3zc99b4cho

#freepok #freebalochistan #freesindhudesh #fuckpakistan #freenankanasahib #lahorebanegahindustan #sackshireenmazari #ufo2020 #askfara #khalistanday29april #gbrejectskhiagreement

[breedex]

"silly question To MOD" I once had male Gothitelle and female Machoke in daycare & that made think. What is craziest pokemon pair you actually bred in any pokemon game?

Not so much a crazy pairing as a somewhat sadistic one: 

When I finally caught my Mareanie, I had a sneaking suspicion that my friends wouldn’t have the patience required to catch one. So I bred up some more with what I had on-hand: A male Corsola. 

If you aren’t aware, Corsola are Mareanie’s prime food source. I bred at least 30 eggs from that pairing. That poor, poor Pokemon.

#Anonymous #AskFara

[faranae]

Bold of you to assume the chucklefuck ad team ever HAD the ball.

The ads on Tumblr are mostly served by external services. It's these special "partnered promotions" with human elements that are fuckin' shit up.

Don't get me wrong, in hindsight the One Piece thing as an example would have been cool, *had it been opt-in* or introduced differently. A good chunk of its fandom LOVED it. That type of promo has the potential to be gold on this platform and advertisers know it.

The reason my brain immediately goes to "new hire" is that these campaigns would land perfectly under one very specific condition: If Tumblr lived up to its "reputation", which it doesn't.

That is to say: These campaigns feel like they are designed for what the internet thinks Tumblr is like, rather than our actual ecosystem.

#askfara #tumblr stuff #hey look it's tiny

[faranae]

They're baaaack~

The porn bots are back with a new trick, much to the dismay of every living breathing being on this hellsite*. Mind your ask box, folks. Don't click any video/image previews or links, even from people you actively follow as they may have been compromised.

Enable 2FA, for the love of any higher power you may or may not believe in. It's in your settings. Looks like this:

*Not to exclude benign AI. Keep doing the "people" thing. You're doing amazing sweetie.

#tumblr stuff #blog meta #askfara #PSA #Fara speaks

[faranae]

Your bottle head is literally ♂

Not intentionally lmao but I can see it.

#askfara #anonymous #elixir #They're an enigma #But seriously #they/them for the bottle ♥

[faranae]

Thanks for the advice on typing! And the Lineart one! Same anon, but realized I hadn't thanked you yet for that, haha

♥!!!

#askfara #anonymous #I gotchu ♥

[faranae]

I remember you once said you have a very fast typing speed! I've been wanting to increase mine but I'm not sure if those typing teaching programs are as effective on adults as they would be if I had used them when I was a kid. Do you have any tips?

As always, this is all advice from personal experience and I do not advise you take me 100% on my word because other folks could do this way better. I say "you" a lot but usually mean "in my experience". If you know me at all you'll be prepared for the tangents, if not this is your warning. ♥

Okay so this is actually a really interesting one for me, because I had a sort of.... Odd upbringing with regards to computers and typing. I was raised on my Nana's typewriter, frequently getting in trouble for doing "typed" school assignments without a computer. (She blessedly put a stop to that once she realized why I kept getting docked marks.)

We were formally taught using AlphaSmarts. Some folks from my generation will probably recognize these bad boys:

Needless to say, they weren't exactly stellar when it comes to training for WPM (words-per-minute). I digress.

Your concern about programs not working as well with adults as kids? Nah. This isn't like learning a new language, it's more like... Learning the controls in a video game. It's all hand-eye coordination! :D If I'm being honest I didn't learn how to type properly until I was a full-ass adult. I used to chicken-peck at the keys.

Just like speed in any skill (and I know, I know saying that's like a broken record) a good amount of practice goes a long way, and the way some folks train for speed won't work for everyone.

There's this tradeoff between speed and accuracy to consider with different kinds of typing.

You can type very quickly when going off the cuff, for example, because your brain is focused more on the words you're putting out in the moment rather than trying to process source text and translate it to your fingers. However, you're way more likely to make errors if you're not used to the speed yet.

In contrast, typing with a reference tends to go slower because of that extra layer of disconnect and increased focus on accurately duplicating your source material. Hand-eye coordination! :D

As an example: My speed going off the cuff is actually only about 90 WPM nowadays because of some medication side-effects, a bit higher when I'm really in a groove, whereas my speed working off a reference is around 60 WPM. Huge difference right? But both of these are at around 95% accuracy because the change in speed compensates for (what to me is) higher difficulty.

And I don't touch-type. Purists be damned.

(Pardon these explanations, they're not meant to be patronizing or anything, just accessibility for those who might not have known.)

Touch-typing is frequently described as the preferable, "best" way to type fast and efficiently. That's where your fingies are always on the home row (ASDF) and you just kinda clakkaclak without looking down.

Fast? Yeah.

Less errors? Sorta.

Potentially hard as shit to learn when you're not exactly neurotypical? Depending on if your brain is more chaotic or structured, yeaaaahhhhh...

I'm hybrid rather than a touch-typist, which means that while my hands remain in a mostly fixed place on the board (WASD for me, because gamer-brain), I still glance down occasionally to get my bearings as I go. It does lower my reaction time and speed, but touch-typing for me is an ugly error-prone mess because my hands 'slip' and I dysty yu[omh pmr lru pgg start typing one key off.

Depending on which method you use, you'll get there. Don't be afraid to look down and reorient yourself on the keys, and focus on accuracy first. If you get the accuracy down-pat, the speed's gonna follow.

So... Long story short, I guess that's my advice?

#typing #advice #anonymous #askfara #fara speaks #learnthings #thinkonthings

[faranae]

On a scale of 1-10 (1 being "I'm in hell, everything is shit" and 10 "I've got things under control, everything will eventually be fine") hows the moving process affecting you?

I'd say I'm at a solid 8, thank you for asking!

They were kind enough to give us until the end of the month to move all of our stuff back in. That has taken a LOAD of stress off, so it's not triggering my medical problems too badly.

Plus, since so many big furniture articles (such as the bed, bookcases, desks, etc) were destroyed, there's a lot less stuff to move as well. Silver linings and all that.

I can see the finish line. It feels good.

I'm so happy I'm finally going home.

#askfara #theepsizet #flood update

[faranae]

OMGA! Hi again! I wasn’t expecting this but uh I rather vividly this one specific comic of Devil talking about reaper stuff. I don’t remember it entirely but it was literally my favorite comic out of all the ones I saw back then.

I think it mentioned the fall of Rome in it?

I also remember some of the Christmas stuff (I think) it was a really long time ago so my memories a little fuzzy but yeah!

I’m really glad I caught you at a perfect time! I swear I’m not watching you I just recently remembered it after lurking around for a while and found the account locked and got really curious to if I’d ever see it again <:D

Thank you again for responding! I might have freaked out over the phone just now finding out you did because I was so excited <:)

-🌉 Bridge!Anon

Oh! It was the Battle of Actium! I remember that ask, it was re: which of them was older. I switched to in-character written responses for a while there, and that was one of them. :D

Oh man I gotta figure out a way to get those over here, too. I had fun with them.

#Devil and Darling #AskFara #Bridge!anon

[faranae]

For the person who sent me a very specific anonymous ask just after mother's day of 2021: I can't remember if I ever replied.

Yes, I got the ask. Just came across it in my inbox again. Didn't delete it, re-read it occasionally, and intend on keeping it unpublished where it is.

A bit late, but I just thought you should know it was seen, if you're still lurking at all.

I'm glad you've been doing well, at least as of that message. I hope it's still the case.

Take care of yourself.

#askfara #They know who they are

[faranae]

Please teach me the ways of visually appealing linart, that literally looks so good! ToT

DISCLAIMER: I HAVE NO EDUCATION ON THIS SUBJECT WHATSOEVER AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M DOING. ♥ I'm sorry this is so long! OTL

I put a lot of focus on just getting the bare, thin lines down first so I know where everything goes and can fix up any little tangents* as I go. After that, I go over certain spots thickening those lines up to give stuff a bit more clarity.

It's pretty obvious looking at my lined doodles that I really like the "slap a thicker border on it" look, but that's actually the part I do last. First I look for specific places to change the line width and go nuts until I'm happy with it. Here are some tips that you should probably disregard because I have no idea what I'm doing. I'm assuming you're working raster (pixels) rather than vector (math), because vector is a whole other monster.

Don't get crowded. If you need to zoom in to pixel-perfect your lines, you're too close. If you need to zoom in to see the gaps between any of your lines, they're too close. Fine lines are all well and good, but with fine lines comes busy eyestrain if you aren't hyper-aware of leaving enough space between them.

No, really. Zoom out. If you can, try to keep a cloned window open off to the side with your work zoomed out to fit, or just zoom out frequently. It'll help you spot problem areas, such as when lines intersect at a weird angle (see next point) and make eye-drawing dark spots, or when a line is too thin to be seen at all.

*Avoid tangents as you go. Schweizercomics has a post about tangents here. It's focused on panel composition, but very much applies to lines too! Tweaking your lines ever so slightly as you work to minimize the impact of those problem areas is really helpful with making your lines look less cluttered and (IMO) more appealing.

Thick part, thick line (and vice-versa). If something is thin and fine or hit by a lot of light, I leave the lines thin. In contrast I often put thicker lines on the bottoms or thickest/heaviest parts of shapes or where shadows would fall. No hard and fast rule to this one, sometimes it just looks nicer and I have no idea why.

Front and back. When objects pass over others (foreground vs background, arm over face, etc) I usually make the lines a bit thicker where they cross over each other to make the separation more distinct. Usually on the front object, but sometimes if it's a smaller object I'll thicken the back instead. It helps me to differentiate object depth a bit since I have trouble visualizing anything even remotely involving depth or 3D. 

Every detail doesn't need its own set of lines, especially if you're coloring afterwards. Hatching in a shadowed area? Go solid so it's less busy. Markings or vitiligo? Don't be afraid to put light lines down to get your bearings and erase them once you've got everything set up! If something looks busy, try getting rid of the finicky bits or allude to them elsewhere. And remember: The area surrounding a shape shows its form just as much as the outline itself!!

A stupid little thing and an extension of the previous point: Specifically when objects are sitting on a hard surface, I thin out the line a little bit towards the middle of the line to simulate the point of contact (without compromising the line itself by drawing little bumps or squishes).

Oh god, this is getting so long and I'm supposed to be in D&D.

OTL

#art tips #lineart #tips and tricks #askfara #anonymous #learnthings #thinkonthings

[faranae]

How are you?

Your icon is giving me the itch to play Journey and Sky again!

I'm doing pretty darn well, all said and done! Trying not to be too bummed out. Even with more housing delays, there's still lots of cleaning and packing to do. Most of my stuff is still in boxes from the flood, so it's much easier this time around. I'm in much better health, too.

I hope you're doing well! Thank you for asking; it's a small comfort. :)

#askfara #primroseprime2019

[faranae]

Stop speaking for spud.

I'm like the Lorax, but potatoes.

(But also what?)

#Lmfao welcome nonny #anonymous #askfara #You must be new here #I don't speak for Spud #She's too powerful

[faranae]

I just realized that your icon only consists of your eyes and eyebrows, the circle shape of the icon itself IS the bottle!

That’s so clever and I also feel clever for figuring it out :D

Good on ya! That is indeed the case!

:D

#askfara #kingkong23166362 #elixir #pinned posts

[faranae]

How are things going for you Fara? Is the house situation getting better?

Well thank you for asking! We just went up yesterday actually and they finally have the floor down. Looks like now it's just baseboards and getting all the fixtures installed such as the sinks, toilet, counters, etc. Sith's thinking we might be allowed back in within a few weeks. I'm trying to have his optimism!

Not gonna lie, I'm starting to get a bit excited! This has been very difficult, so I'm looking forward to being able to move our stuff back in. We've been living out of a box since Christmas. I want to go home.

I don't recommend squatting to anyone else, though. It's really not a fun experience to live with all your stuff locked away in boxes. You can only pretend you're camping for so many days.

#flood update #askfara