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spacejams · 1 year

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UPLOAD GIFS TO A PAGE WITH THE BETA EDITOR

here's the easiest method i've found, it only adds one additional step from my previous method. this was based on this tutorial by @princehcmlet and just adapted for the new editor!

HELLO! USE THIS POST INSTEAD <3 IT'S EASIER: https://spacejams.tumblr.com/post/724773449109766144/gif-page-anon-here-the-one-who-asked-about-the

1. Open a new text post and click the image upload and choose however many images you want to add — it appears the upload limit for this method is 30 gifs at this point in time.

2. Click the gear in the right hand corner, then select the "Text Editor" drop down, and switch it to Markdown then HTML (a lot of you probably already do this currently)

3. Select all the code once you've completed those two steps and copy it for your page.

4. Create your page, style it however you want, and then post your gif code in the normal spot you would add it. There's some extra data to be deleted, but it'll work.

5. CTRL + H, paste whatever is in your "<figure data-orig..." code (this is the image dimension, so if your gifs are 268x150p, yours will be "figure data-orig-height= 150 data-orig-width= 268" within <> too.) and click Replace All

6. If you have this on your post, I'd also recommend deleting the h1 & br tags, but this just adds spaces so it's up to you really. If there's a big gap at the start of your gifs, though, I'd rec checking for it (pictured below)

After that, you can update the preview and check to make sure your spacing is correct, but this is how mine looks after I've completed those steps:

#rph #rpt #rpc #gif pack #rp help #idk what to tag this as atp #but i'm worried they'll switch me over everyday so <3

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nanistar · 11 months

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do you think we could get a sneak peak of saltburn's clan production? like the scripts or the sketches? (of pages already posted of course) i really like seeing how different people approach the comic making process

sure thing!

so i usually post the next 2 sketches on my patreon for the $1+ tiers on tuesday or wednesday, so they get an advanced little view of it before hand. so the ones here are all gonna be older pages.

my entire script and notes i keep in one long google doc. and i send myself feverish notes on discord to be copy/pasta'd into the doc later. i also have a rough estimation of my progress in the story and how much longer i have per chapters, since im trying to keep it to about 30-36 per chapter. i don;t want to spend longer than 2 years on this comic (though im not gonna speedrun it or anything if it ends up going long, im just hoping it stays shorter lol).

i don't script things line-by-line or like a stageplay. i tried doing it early on but i found i made too many deviations depending on how i placed panels and looking back at the script was really annoying.

earliest script i have^

i tend to do dialogue on the fly when actually sketching out the pages, because i know what i'm looking for, so unless i have the specific dialogue that i want to remember to add, i don't write any of that down. although sometimes i get on a roll writing and dialogue flows, so i write it down and change it as needed. i have scenes in my head rather than pages, and i translate those notes later when i need to work on that scene. i very rarely get actual page ideas in my head, but i will say today's update with saltburn flying thru the air and recalling some memories i;ve had in my head for months, along with the one where salt sees the angel i had planned for a while. (i'd LOVE to be able to get a ton of pages sketched at once so i can not worry about it, but the nature of the way that i work is that i just can't think in that much detail far ahead of me. so i can only really do 2 at a time)

^so it tends to look more like this, fast back and forth dialogue to get my point across that i will make fit their voices later on. also i don't use linebreaks or anything just because im lazy so my notes are a fuckin disaster

my god.

as for the actual drawing of the pages, i literally just do it i dont know how to explain it. i sketch things as fast and loose as possible , i try not to have the same size boxes next to each other unless i'm showing the passage of time or a very minor detail change between panels. large panels for establishing shots. ect. sometimes if needed i will do a secondary sketch to figure stuff out, like i needed to do a bunch when working out the first few coyote drawings since ive never drawn dogs in action before. but usually i just whip it out

nightmarish.

this one is still my favorite, and despite looking much better than my normal sketches i did whip it out like normal (i just looked at refs for the other critters so it looks nicer lol)

additionally, i do every single page in the chapter on the same canvas because i love it when procreate crashes. i do all my panel boxes, and any "weird" shaped speech bubbles by hand. i only have one layer for flats, one for BGs, merge them together and do one overlay layer. if i need some extra definition i will add an additional shading layer but i dont like to. once im done with all the art i merge every layer together, send the page to myself on discord, and open it up on my 'puter and do the remaining text and normal speech bubbles in clip studio.

oh yeah people sometimes ask why i do 2 pages instead of one per update, or just do a bunch and upload it less often and the answer is because i don't want to be working on this comic for a very long time, and 2 pages gets me thru faster. if i spend too long working on a scene it starts getting boring for me and im more likely to cheese it which i dont like doing, but if i do two at once i can get stuff done faster. additionally, i cant just do a bunch and upload them all at once because i like the feedback, and it's better for readers to have consistent updates. i have the deadly autism/adhd combo, and my life is literally scheduled week by week and i have to stay consistent or i will die.

but yeah. my process is nightmarish and fast (despite spending like 4-8 hours per page) and loose and crazy but it works for me and keeps me engaged.

#nyask #sbc #thanks for asking i love to talk about my process tbh #when i look back on it im always shocked like what the fuck am i doing here #mine

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vintagesimstress · 1 year

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Guess who's back (...kind of...?)

Hello everyone!

It's been 1,5 years. Wow, how the time flies!

You might have seen me lurking around on other simmers' tumblrs, writing a comment or two every now and then, but only now I feel like the time has come for me to return to my own space.

Here's a couple of announcements to get things re-started. I bet you're all busy, so I'll try to keep it short!

Private matters: A massive thank you to everyone who wrote me while I was gone ❤ There was quite a lot of you and I'm afraid I can't reply to each of those messages individually, but just so that you know: I've read them, they made me smile and I'm very grateful for all your kind words. I'm doing perfectly fine, and so is my little daughter. She's a beautiful and fascinating creature, learning new things all the time, and so unexpectedly that it really feels like if she was a sim levelling up and unblocking new interactions ^^

My CC: I still have very little free time and zero chance of going back to my old cc-making habits. That being said, in the past weeks/months I made a couple of teeny tiny things which I'd like to share with you, and also when I'm done with them I might make something new once in a while. Please keep your expectations low though! None of those things are Victorian; the majority (I guess?) aren't even clothes but mod add-ons, bug fixes, bb recolours - stuff like that. Still, someone might find them useful, so why not share?

For some more context, in case you care: my Victorian save got to the point of being quite paralysing (i.e. I wouldn't proceed unless everyone was dressed perfectly, living in perfect surroundings, reflecting not only their times, but also status and personality - and that perfect point turned out to be rather unattainable. Surprise surprise), and I really wanted to have some TS4 fun, so I started the Great British Sim Challenge. From the very beginning. Iron Age. At first I was determined not to make any cc for it and just roll with whatever I'd find, like any normal player, but you know how it goes XD So that's what pretty much everything I'm making is related to those days. Iron Age. Especially campfire. Why does everything I make have to do with the darned campfire...? The challenge is super fun, btw. I mean, for me. My poor sims would probably disagree.

Curseforge: I know many creators have by now moved to that new, EA-curated cc platform, and I've been thinking about doing it myself - even created an account - but in the end, for a number of reasons, decided against it. One of the main ones is that learning to use that platform and uploading there all my creations, old and new, would require quite a lot of time, which I simply don't have. If I have the choice between actually playing the game and having some fun, creating new cc I could share and uploading old stuff on yet another site... well, I guess it's clear which point has the lowest priority. So: nothing will change. Just as before, I'll be posting new things on my Patreon and simblr (linking to the Patreon page); everything will be free ofc, no early access either; and I'll keep constantly updating my downloads page, so that you could easily get an overview of everything I've ever made.

That's all folks! Have a nice day/evening and talk to you soon 😊

#announcement #important personal stuff #hiiiiiiiii everyone!

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asjjohnson · 4 months

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I froze, horrified, as the bus kept coming, squeezing my eyes shut and tensing at the last second.

...And then I was dreaming about words on a page, editing the same paragraph of a fic over and over and over and over and over.

Well, that's what I got for frantically working on a fic all day long to try making the upload date.

I didn't remember publishing the chapter.

I snapped my eyes open and sat up.

How far did I get before drifting off?!

...Huh?

...I was in a forest?

I now felt the hard ground beneath me, as I looked uncomprehendingly at the scenery around me, drawing an extended blank of where I was.

...Where had I been working on my fic? I didn't remember where this place was at all.

...I remembered thinking of going to the wooded park near my house after leaving the cafe...

I'd brought my new mini clipboard with me, with some blank paper and what I had of the chapter printed out half-sized. I'd made a lot of revisions in pencil and had gotten a little stuck on how to continue the chapter, before deciding to give myself a change of scenery.

But I didn't remember actually arriving at B ———.

I did remember leaving J———, though, with my latte in my right hand and the clipboard tucked under that arm as I worked on putting my change away, left arm fumbling with the chained billfold I always wear on my right side, as I walked.

I'd glanced up as I reached the street, and, not seeing any movement on the road for once, ran across.

Though my clipboard fell, so I spun around to hurry and get it before a car were to come.

And that's when I heard the motor of a large vehicle. I looked up from where I was squatting to see the front of the Redline.

I inhaled sharply. Before tucking my head between my shoulders and tensing for impact.

I searched my current surroundings with new focus.

Where was the bus?!

And why wasn't I in the hospital or something?

And... I felt metal against my wrist as my hand flinched along with my panicked thoughts.

I looked down to see my clothes faintly glowing. And there was a glove on my hand..?

I unconsciously moved my arm as I focused on it, pulling a chain along with it.

A stumbled footstep in the leaves snapped my eyes to the side. The handcuff chain was connected to a complete stranger? An annoyed-looking black girl?

She was wearing a strange outfit. Almost costume-like with the matching gloves and boots and skin-tight fabric and metal pieces, but it was made in such a realistic way that it looked perfectly normal. But it also looked familiar somehow, like I almost remembered seeing it before but couldn't place it. Where would I have been in order to see an outfit like that?

"If you're done with your beauty sleep, we should get moving." She raised an eyebrow. "If you still want me to fix my tracker?"

That voice! I looked the girl over closely, head to booted toe. "...Valerie?" I flinched at the sound of my voice.

"Don't get any ideas, spook. This is strictly business. I'd never be interested in some ghost who thinks it's fun to ruin everyone's lives."

I opened and closed my mouth, stunned.

That's my words. (Which still felt too contrived.)

This was...

I turned away from her to again scan the scenery.

An average-looking forest. Though with a little fire damage from what appeared to be a recent explosion.

...This was my fic.

I looked down at myself again, pulling my chin up against the base of my neck (did I feel bristly hair on my chin?) to get a view of the white logo on my chest; turning to find and dislodge the cape I was sitting on. Playing with the edge of the cape as I stared ahead of me, unfocusing my eyes.

...What do I do about this?

"Why're you acting so goofy? You hit your head too hard or something?"

I drifted my eyes toward her, still unfocused, staring at two of her.

...Should I say yes? It seemed like a good opening. Maybe the only good opening.

Otherwise I might never find a way to tell her and would just keep it hidden throughout the whole story.

But... how did I phrase it, even with the opening?

She needed to know Phantom lost his memory.

But what could he say that would make her figure it out?

...It had been easier in the fic.

"Phantom, come on. I've been here waiting over an hour for you to wake up. Now—"

"I–" I flinched again at the voice. That was going to be so weird. "I think I have amnesia."

"What."

"...Maybe?" My voice cracked on the high note.

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based on this fic: Deadly Evasions

and this post by @tozettastone: you are personally and directly hit by a bus

#asj post #asj writing #DE self-insert au #...I wanted to write it down? And it took until close to 3am?#'Isekai'd by bus to the world of my fanfic' sort-of-prompt thingy #real-world parts roughly based on real events haha #danny phantom #(he thinks like me in the fic anyhow so I would end up acting similar to him even accidentally haha)

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tdmtdmtd · 6 months

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Holy shit

HOLY SHIT

COOLMATH GAMES ARG

Part 3 - I was fucking right > last post

Another new post was uploaded to the CMG Instagram AS WELL AS a new game to the CMG website AND a message from the CMG Team

Let's start with the Instagram post.

It's nothing too extraordinary, just a photo of the prototype on the homepage. But where the crack was is now a message from the team.

Which takes you to a blog with the URL "burn-after-reading", the title of the page is "The Secret Has Been Uncovered". And the name of the upload is "Read This Before They Take It Down!"

It's Maddie. Talking about everything that happened and that they found. But as I read through it, other than a summary of what we already know, there's also things that we didn't know but are interesting to take note. Like how, since day 2 of the post, they felt like there was some sort of monster lurking the office. Or on Day 6 when they tried to get the game running themselves, the last line was to sleep with one eye open. But Day 8, today, they upload the game, the post, and end the message with "Use the clues found on this blog, look for the words that stand out. This is the key to the whole thing! Seek the truth and you shall find it."

If you don't want me to spoil the game and go try it yourself, here's a link to the game and on to the post.

For those who don't care about spoilers, get ready.

In the blog there are quite a few words bolded and italicized, this list includes: Search, Monster, Found, Myself, Escape, and Darkness. Starting the game, there's something broken down in the bottom right.

The story is that the player was in the middle of the forest with some other people, left for a minute, and when you came back they were gone. Going straight forward, you see the Hangman Monster and then get eaten by him. The choice before there is a hat that looks like yours.

"Huh, this hat looks a lot like mine. I don't remember anyone in the group having a hat like mine..."

Right before that, there were some popped balloons. Going left or right anywhere, there are two things you can click, the main object, and a bug after you solve the main thing. Both give you balloons, but the bugs give you glitchy balloons. Getting all the balloons, glitchy and not, you get a choice of path

Going left, you see the monster, not just the face, the entire Hangman Monster. It has something to say.

This strange forest is something I once called my home. Yet when I descend further, I see things are not as they seem. This forest is like no other; we cannot stay. There is no other solution. Do not fear me, I want to become your friend. Perhaps we can escape together.

The monster's balloons lift him from the forest, and so do yours and after a few more words, the monster says join me and the screen fades to black. You do in fact have to refresh the page to do anything again.

Going right, the balloons make you float away like normal... like if you didn't get all the glitchy balloons. You are then given a hint to look deeper. A very... subtle... hint

You actually see the color change as it's being written, or, typed, I guess. The next button text changes to "Find Me?" and then you restart after clicking it. One last thing to note is the instructions of the game.

I have nothing to say about them, but anyway, I thought I'd bring it up anyway. Also, I feel like the name is some kind of code, but I'm not too sure what code if it is.

So there you go, the entire prototype, if there's another Instagram update or anything like that I'll make another post but this is it for now. For those who don't want to spend the time trying to solve the bugs I'll list them here: (sights, descend, other, appear, become, together)

#tdmtdmtd #coolmath games arg #coolmath games #cool math games #arg #alternate reality game #196

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danpuff-ao3 · 9 months

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Fanbinding Process 1: Typesetting

Someone asked me to chronicle a fanbinding project a while back and now that I'm in the starting stages I figured "oh yeah I should do that!"

Disclaimer: still new at this. Please don't judge me. And also this is just what I do and really when it comes to some of the smaller details, that's personal choice and stuff you'll decide once you get going and know what you wanna do with it!

Anyway current project: A Choriambic Progression (one of my faves!) (I'm also doing In Between Days at the same time but I'm further along in that one so it's not a good one to really show.)

Step 1: Gotta save the fic! I'll say ahead of time how I do this with AO3 fic, even though A Choriambic Progression isn't on AO3. With that, I go to Download > HTML. I've found that way will copy over all the formatting whereas the other ones didn't for me. Then I open the HTML file and copy paste into Google Docs.

Instead with A Choriambic Progression I just went to the Wayback Machine link and copy/pasted all of that.

Step 2: I do my page setup before fixing the body of the work, so I inserted a few pages above the work. I consulted a few books on hand to decide the layout. Page 1 is a simple title page:

I know when I print, odd numbered pages will show up on the right and even numbers will be on the left. So when I first open the book, the simple title page will be face up.

Step 3.) Which means for Page 2 I do the copyright page:

I temporarily removed my actual location for this, but: I made a name for my bindery. Most I've seen have the location of the publishing company, so I have my location in that section. Most copyright pages vary in the setup and even some information, so I borrowed what I liked! A lot have like "First Printing: Date, Second Printing: Date" so I list where all I've found the work, plus when I'm binding it. Even though it's July right now, I figure most of my work on this will be in August so I put August 2023 for that.

For ISBN I usually will put AO3 ID: and the work ID #. Since this was originally posted to Ink Stained Fingers I used Ink ID instead and it's ID # (which is 21???? Very cool.) Also since this fic is old and not really anywhere else, I had to do my best guessing on the date, which as best as I can figure was sometime 2004? And the print line for funsies! Though I don't think I'll do more than this one printing of it, but who knows!

Step 4.) Images in Canva. Which is just....me creating whatever icons and images I want to use in Canva, which is at least a title image. In Canva I opened an Instagram Post sized template. I threw in the title + artist. I had no idea what sort of art I wanted, so I just typed in "magic" and found this crystal & plant art I liked. I fixed up the font how I liked and then went to Share > Download > check Transparent Background > Select Pages: 19 (to just save page 19) > Download.

I also went into another Canva project for smaller images that i call "icons" to make my bindery icon and also a simple image I want to have at the top of the first page and downloaded both of those.

Step 5.) Back in Google Docs aaaand....I knew I'd need some pages before my title image so on Page 3 I added the "archive information" (which is where I'll normally pull the info from AO3, but I did the same basic idea here.)

Then Step 6.) I inserted another blank page (CTRL + Enter) and on Page 6 I went to Insert > Image > Upload from Computer and added my title image. Below it I added my bindery icon and spent over fiddling with it to get it properly centered. (It never wants to center correctly.) Iirc I went into Format > Align & Indent and played with "center" and "increase/decrease indent" until it behaved itself.

Step 7.) CTRL + Enter for another blank page. Then I make sure the start of the fic is on an odd page (though I can always fix this later in Acrobat.) I inserted my cute lil story icon above the start of the story:

Step 8.) I realized I had a problem in that I did all this setup BEFORE setting my font. So I had to CTRL + A to select it all and set it to Times New Roman 16, which I know will print in a way I like.

Next I'll say, I like to keep the space between paragraphs in an ode to fanfic-y ways. But I also like indented paragraphs. So this is a personal choice, but with everything still selected I went to:

Format > Align & Indent > Indention Options > set Left & Right to 0. Then select Special Indent > First Line > set to .5.

THEN I had to go back and fix my title, copyright, and archive pages, but it's less annoying to do that than it would be to try to highlight over 300 pages to do this for JUST the fic. I later added some extras (such as the poem at the end, the author's note, and some review/recommendations for the fic that I wanted to format differently.)

....Basically just figure out how you want to format it.

Step 9.) CTRL + F. This fic was a NIGHTMARE to fix up, ngl. I did all of this last night but basically...I had to find all the scene breaks by going CTRL + F and searching "***" so I could replace those with a horizontal line (Insert > Horizontal Line.) But a few places had tildes instead so I had to do an extra CTRL + F: "~~~~" That wasn't so bad.

The bad part was realizing how much had to be italicized. Regular italic words had a "*" on either side, while correspondence began and ended with an underscore. So I had to CTRL + F: "_" and then highlight and italicize all the letters. Then CTRL + F: "*" to find all the italicized words of which there were like 200. Very tedious.

Step 10.) File > Download > PDF Document

Step 11.) I opened the PDF in Adobe Acrobat for my final stages. Mostly here I make sure all of the pages are in an order I like and make sure all of my pages that need to end up on the right are odd numbers. And if not, I can go to the sidebar on the right and go to "Organize Pages"...there I can reorganize or add blank pages where needed.

Step 12.) Page Numbers & Headers! Again this is personal preference but I can show you how I did it and you can make your own decisions about how you want to do it.

Close out of Organize Pages. Then from the sidebar I chose "Edit PDF." Then at the top toolbar I click on "Headers & Footers" and select "Add."

For me, I wanted the title as a header, and I wanted to insert page numbers. So in "Header Center" I wrote the title and in "Footer Center" I clicked on "Insert Page Numbers."

Then because I want my page numbering to start on Page 3 (I like to start numbering at the Archive Information page) I click on "Page Range Options" and in "Pages From:" I changed "1" to "3."

Note, if you fiddle with the pages later on and reorganize or add new blank pages, Adobe won't adjust the page numbers for you, which is why I make sure my pages are all in order first.

Step 13.) My least favorite part is REMOVING headers & footers from pages I don't want them on. So on all blank pages I took off the title & page number. I took the title off of the Archive information and the Title Image page. I took the title off of the "Recommendations" pages later on, too. It's not only tedious but Acrobat likes to be difficult about letting me select the page numbers so it takes a few tries of me getting the page just so before I can select and delete the page number.

Anyway at that point it's ready to go so I make sure to save it to my Fanbinding folder and next up I can print! So...we can do printing & page folding and maybe page cutting in Part 2.

You know...if I remember. 😬

#danpuff binds #progress pics #step by step #wow this is a lot #whoever asked for this i hope you're happy 😂

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tonesmcgroans · 1 month

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Are you an asshole or just a jerk to Straitfox? He barely knows you.

buddy.

these words, this sentence, that which i am typing to you, right now, is the first and only time i have ever said words to you. so it's really REALLY weird to me just how personally you're taking all of this.

first off, you ain't slick. at least change how your sentence ends if you're going to pretend to be somebody else.

you know, i had you blocked on social media, but it was such a long while ago that the reason initially escaped me. but when you made the above comment on an FA upload, i thought that was just a super weird thing to do, so i went looking into the matter, and as it turns out, you in particular seem to follow, like, retweet, and interact with a lot of people and content that runs counter to my own morals and ideals. quite aggressively so, even! clearly, your posts and/or content came across my feed at some point, and i simply did not care to see it, so i took action for my own sake and got ahead of things by placing a block.

quite a normal thing to do on social media, by the way, you should try it sometime.

except, you did, apparently, which makes this whole thing even weirder considering you're going out of your way to try to mess with me for some reason??

my personal rule is to curate my experience for my own needs, and that includes blocking people that i don't wanna see or interact with, especially if i already know it wouldn't go anywhere. that's called setting healthy boundaries, pardner.

but lo and behold - you pop up on my FA page, complimenting my art, while drawing attention to the fact that i'd blocked you before. so, after i did my research into the issue, i felt it necessary to take even further action to cement my boundaries in all of my respective spaces (because, somehow, i had a feeling you would try to get around it again. funny!) your pride seemingly couldn't handle that, so now you're reaching out to me via an Anonymous message on my barely-used decrepit art tumblr because you can't get to me any other way. all because of the fact that I, some random dude on the internet, who does not matter in the SLIGHTEST in the grand scheme of things, never said a solitary word to you before blocking you ONCE.

listen. this thing you're doing? weird and creepy. not just once, but twice, even??? frankly, ignoring my boundaries and doing whatever all of this is, is actual asshole behavior, brother. it ain't the guy curating his spaces and trying to just move on with his life, that's for sure.

just be an adult and stay in your corner, man. this ain't worth it. -I- ain't worth it. you're supposed to know better, anyway, you're OLDER than I am. you've had more time to learn these kinds of lessons than I have, so like. use 'em. please.

just leave the issue alone. what's it to you, anyway? you barely know me.

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sambuckyhalloweenbingo · 2 years

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The FAQ & Guidelines of the Event

So, I know people have questions about the event. What you can make. How long the event runs. You can go to the FAQ & Guidelines page for this information as well, but I thought I'd make it into a post just in case.

What is this?

It’s a little SamBucky Bingo.

Is there any pressure?

No pressure at all. Fill one square. Fill all nine. Do however many you please.

Can I fill more than one square with one piece of art/one fic?

Yes! You can fill one square with one piece of art or fic. You can try to fill all nine at once with one piece of art or fic. You can do any number in between.

Are there any prizes for making a bingo or a blackout?

Just the satisfaction that you made something cool.

Is it just SamBucky?

Yes please, just SamBucky. There can be side ships, but the main ship should be SamBucky.

How long will this event run?

It will run until November 14th, so that people can have a little time after Halloween to turn things in.

What does the bingo card look like?

Here it is.

I heard there are badges I can use for each bingo fill?

There are! Use these for your bingo fills if you’d like to.

What are the guidelines to the bingo?

I will be borrowing some of this from the MYSU Valentine’s Day Bingo 2022 Guidelines, since they were fantastic.

For Everyone:

1. Remember to @sambuckyhalloweenbingo2022 in the post as well as #sambuckyhalloweenbingo2022.

2. Please also tag the square you’re filling (for instance, if the square is “pumpkins”, use #pumpkins as one of your tags when posting about it on Tumblr).

3. If you’re uploading to AO3, please:

a ) Say somewhere which square you’re filling.

b ) Add it to the SamBucky Halloween Bingo 2022 Collection (SamBucky_Halloween_Bingo_2022).

For Artists:

1. Create at least one piece of new art that can’t have been posted anywhere else before this.

2. All visual art forms are welcome:

a ) Gifsests, at least 4 gifs.

b ) Aesthetic boards or moodboards, at least 4 images each.

c ) Drawing/painting, that is not a sketch.

For Authors:

1. At least 500 words.

2. Posted on Tumblr or AO3.

3. Can be part of a series, but should work as a standalone.

Things to be mindful of when creating:

For Sam

Avoid framing Sam only as a caretaker or emotional support for Bucky. Be mindful of Sam acting angry or aggressive in an out-of-character way and falling into the angry/sassy Black man trope (check out the MCU source material to help with character traits).

Avoid decentering Sam as a main character and refrain from focusing entirely on Bucky.

In art: avoid whitewashing Sam’s skin and research drawing Black characters.

General disclaimer: Race affects every aspect of his life, including interacting with police/government and the white structures of the world when it comes to performing his duties as Cap and simply being a Black man that lives in the U.S.

For Bucky

Avoid phrasing “flesh/normal/human hand” to refer to the contrast between his prosthetic arm and his right arm. The phrasing is ableist. You can simply refer to his prosthesis when relevant, otherwise use “right/left arm/hand”.

Specific Tags:

Avoid tags in AO3 like “Sam Wilson is a Gift” or “Sam Wilson is a Saint”.

#sambuckyhalloweenbingo2022 #sambucky #sam wilson #bucky barnes #sambucky event #sambucky halloween event #sambucky prompts #rules and faq #guidelines

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yukarinuniversaltraveler · 9 months

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An extremely long life update

Copy-pasted from a news post on my Newgrounds page: https://yukarinladyboss495.newgrounds.com/news/post/1381639

Hey, so I just kinda disappeared out of nowhere with only a vague comment about going on a hiatus but never making any "official announcement" about it. So here I am, just tryna get y'all up to speed with what's been going through my life. Nothin' much, but still quite a lot, so when I make a comeback to all art places, I'm gonna have to do some heavy rework of all my social media to make sure everything's up to date, since many things are very outdated.

So first off, the reason why I went on this hiatus was because of the heavy burnout and a lot of pressure that I was putting on myself, on top of being very emotionally unstable due to gruesome things happening in my life (cutting ties with "friends" that manipulated me, feeling awful about myself, my art, and everything I do, added to having an overall bad luck strike for some months, where it seemed like I could not do a single thing right without messing up five in the process), so I was forcing myself to draw to exhaustion just to keep doing something, so I wouldn't have an anxiety attack. But I just couldn't keep on doing that, which is why I decided to stop producing art for most of this year.

The emphasis is on the word "producing". I'm still making and creating new art, but putting less and less effort into it, and just drawing anything I felt like at the moment, mostly just pencil sketches that I posted on my Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr, and refraining from creating digital art.

It's worked wonders on my psyche, and with every week that went by, I began to "fall in love" again with drawing. I still do not plan to return to making art "seriously", but when I do, I definitely will change the way I produce art, so I can still find the art process enjoyable without putting too much "unnecesarily pointless" effort into it. Some of the sketches I made got a lot of likes and attention, easily putting the rest of my artworks to shame! So yeah, there's that.

The second reason is that since I am a person who just-so happens to be and live in Venezuela, my Paypal account got terminated when I received a very much needed donation, and now I cannot accept support from anyone until I can find a suitable replacement to use that is not Paypal. This means that I am no longer taking commissions(not that I ever got any commissions to begin with), and my Ko-Fi account has donations turned off, essentially locking away all the exclusive content that was uploaded there. Then I watched that Duchess Celestia video where she talked about Ko-Fi's lack of security and how she lost a lot of money, so it's safe to say that I will quit using Ko-Fi altogether. I'm planning to migrate all my content to Patreon so my content is still available for, idk, some lost wandering soul that sends me money probably by mistake, but till then, all of my more recent artworks are banished to the Shadow Realm.

The third reason is that my ol' dinosaur PC is finally gonna get upgraded to 64 bits, so I had to do the tiresome task of making backups of everything I had on it, using only one 23 GB USB drive. Because of that, I couldn't make any digital art even if I wanted to, because I do not have the program to do it, so yeah, if anything, I'd call that a win. That said, once my PC is fully functional again, THAT is when I will be able to produce digital art normally again, so my hiatus will go on a little longer after I feel fully "recovered".

That, in a nutshell, is why I went on this massive hiatus, and let me tell ya, hiatuses are underrated! I know y'all who live off of art have your brains consumed by hustle culture and wouldn't take a break even if your working hand fell off your arm, but as someone who never had art as a career option, taking this time off was the best thing I could ever do. I feel rejuvenated! I'm starting to enjoy things again! I'm happier! I'm exploring new things and rediscovering things that I'd forgotten about or left behind!

I am much better now!

So yeah what I'm trying to say, is that this perception of taking a break as something bad that has to be avoided, and more like a positive thing, seriously! People gotta stop focusing on those silly Twitter numbers and start focusing more on their health and well-being!

"Yeah but it's not that simple, some of us need to make art for a living", brother, I am not looking for a debate, please do not try to reply with this, because I will ignore you. I am in the right, and so are you. Let's just agree to disagree, and move on with our lives, okay?

And that would be it! Just dropping by to let y'all know that I'm still breathing, that I haven't given up on Newgrounds, and that hopefully soon I will return with more art and better than ever!

As my favorite FNaF character would say, I always come back. ;)

Be seein' ya!

#text post #long post #status update #life update #newgrounds #news post

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honeysuckle-venom · 1 year

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Discussion of weight, BMI, medical fatphobia, weight loss medications, ed triggers, internalized fatphobia, desire to relapse, and other related content. No numbers, ultimately recovery oriented but pretty honest about the relapsey feelings

Overall the hepatologist appointment a week ago was good. She said mostly the same thing as the surgeon; it's good to be off the birth control, I'm not in danger currently unless I go back on any estrogen based medication or become pregnant; I need another MRI in a few months to monitor the tumors. She didn't have time to look at the MRI images before the appointment as they take a while to upload, but promised to look at them with the radiologist and surgeon there and call me once she'd looked.

She did mention weight loss could be the one other factor that might help shrink the tumors. Going off the birth control is the biggest thing by far, but she said weight loss might help. I tried to make it fairly clear that I wasn't interested in that, that I had a history of anorexia and was not looking to pursue weight loss at this time. She backed off, and it was okay. But then when I was leaving they handed me a paper with information about the visit, and in big font on the first page it listed my height, weight, and BMI. I'd resigned myself to knowing my weight a few months ago bc of all of these doctor's appointments, but it's been at least 5 years since I've known my BMI, and that was a very conscious choice on my part. I know BMIs are bullshit, but I used to be dangerously obsessed with them and it's an even bigger trigger than weight or calorie numbers are for me. So that was really distressing, and has been bothering me and making food even more difficult than normal for the past week.

Today, thankfully during my therapy session, the doctor called back to discuss the MRI images and her consultation about them with the other doctors. And she again brought up my weight, said that the other doctors all suggested weight loss, and that there was a new type of weight loss drug she could put me on. I lost it, and my therapist stepped in and explained why that was a bad idea. It was one of the most triggering conversations I've had in a very, very long time.

I used to be quite thin, but gained an extreme amount of weight very quickly when I was put on psychiatric medication (esp seroquel) as a teenager. My psychiatrist tried to counteract this by giving me incredibly fucked up advice about what to eat and by putting me on diabetes medication (I'm not diabetic) for its off-label use as an appetite suppressant/weight loss drug. When that had bad side effects she tried to put me on weight loss shots, but I refused. But she spent years pushing various forms of weight loss medication, and it was honestly somewhat traumatic bc of the way it was done/tied up in my ED history.

I stopped seeing that psychiatrist a few years ago, and my current therapist knows I still have an eating disorder, even though it's no longer strict anorexia, and that pursuing intentional weight loss would be incredibly detrimental for me. She's worked to communicate this to my current PCP, and overall I've been fortunate enough not to have people constantly pushing weight loss like I used to expect. So today just really, really took me off guard and upset me. Someone telling me I needed a weight loss medication brought up sooo many triggered thoughts and feelings. I'm very skittish about medication in general, have a lot of medical and medication-based trauma, and have been trying to recover from decades of disordered eating and shame about my body. It was honestly one of the worst, most destabilizing things that could have happened to me.

I'm doing a bit better this evening, but I'm still really upset. I can feel all the different parts of my brain fighting. Part of me wants to cling to recovery and intuitive eating and anti-diet work and all of that stuff, and I know that's the right thing. But so many other parts of me are telling me that it's wrong and weak and bad and dirty and ugly and selfish and lazy and and and and. That I should listen to doctors, that I should diet, that I should relapse, that I should take the pills, that I should get weight loss surgery, that I should never allow myself to be okay with being fat. And I know that's wrong. I know. But the internal fighting and conflict between different world views is vicious right now. It makes me feel dizzy and sick and psychotic and desperate and scared and angry. It's awful. It's just really awful.

#text post #my post #ed tag #eating disorder cw #eating disorder tw #medical fatphobia cw #medical fatphobia tw #internalized fatphobia cw

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vg-sanctuary · 2 years

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Picross 3D and Round 2

HAL Laboratory - DS, 3DS - 2010-2016

[images from nintendolife and worldofgames]

nonograms, Japanese crossword, "picross," Pic-a-Pix, the only number puzzle I actually like. I couldn't get my head around kakuro and sudoku felt like a waste of time. picross, though, makes a nice picture at the end and it's easier to tell when you've made a mistake, especially on digital picross that usually tells you outright. I think I prefer picross because you feel like you've made actually completed something once you complete the puzzle instead of just putting some numbers on a page in an array that's "correct" according to an arbitrary set of rules.

Picross 3D is one of the small handful of games I remember trying a demo of from the Nintendo Channel on the Wii when I was little. the Nintendo Channel was a wonderful thing and I'd never played any puzzle like the ones in Picross 3D, so I was hooked, but I'd never played the full game until more recently. honestly, I still don't think there are any puzzle games that offer puzzles that have to be handmade like picross, 3D or otherwise. a computer can't make a picross puzzle on its own because of the picture part. Picross 3D, adapts these age-old deduction-based color-by-number puzzles into glorious 3D on the DS of all things. it was appropriate because of the touch screen, it's just that the DS wasn't exactly known for its 3D capabilities. not that it's especially visually complex anyway. it's also a late DS game that's quite good and not really talked about. seems like those things go together.

the main ideas and strategies of plain 2D picross adapt to 3D beautifully despite the extra dimension. both kinds of puzzle ask the player to use limited information to figure which cells are and aren't filled in. you don't need to know 2D picross to play Picross 3D, but it helps a little. in Picross 3D, each puzzle is a grid of cubes where any side of a cube can have a number on it, and that number shows how many cubes on that line of cubes are painted instead of broken. sometimes there will be a circle or a square around the number. a circle means the painted cubes are in two groups separated by at least one broken cube, and a square means it's three or more groups each separated by at least one broken cube. some lines of cubes don't have a number, which just means you don't know how many cubes in that line are painted or broken, and you have to use the available numbers to figure that line out.

somehow Picross 3D got a 3DS sequel, simply called Picross 3D: Round 2, that improves on the original in practically every way. the biggest difference is that there are two colors of paint instead of just one, which adds an extra layer of depth to the puzzles. (for those curious, there are multicolored 2D picross puzzles too.) in the original Picross 3D, you linearly progress through puzzles that ramp up in difficulty, but in Round 2, the puzzles are sorted into books with themes like birds, sports, or trucks, and each book has different unlock conditions. every puzzle can be played on easy, normal, or hard, unlike the first game's strict difficulty curve. Round 2 is really nonlinear and you don't need to do every puzzle to progress, so if you don't want to do the time limit or one strike puzzles, you don't have to. it also allows as many hints as you want with no penalty. the less punishing rules and library theming make Round 2 feel really cozy and sort of zen, while the original has the distinct feeling of a late DS game. I personally love both. the only thing the original has over its sequel is the ability to create, upload, and download user made puzzles over Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, but Nintendo WFC is dead now anyway so that doesn't matter.

usually I feel like I need something important to say about all the games I write about. I don't have anything like that for this one, I just really like this pair of games and think the puzzle systems are really interesting and fun, and of course, most people don't know about them. you do now, though, and I hope you'll enjoy these games if you're into puzzles.

#picross #picross 3d #3ds #ds #nintendo #hal laboratory #my writing

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bunny-wk-fanfic · 4 years

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Hey bunny! I've been fan of your work for some time. I'm happy to hear you're back and I hope everything goes well to you. I've been meaning to ask you and I hope it isn't too much to ask, what is your writing routine? I'm a writer myself and I've been struggling with some writer's block for a while now and since you're quite experienced I'd like to hear you sharing some tips in this. How much time do you write, what do you recommend? Lots of good vibes to you and your family

Hi Dreamer! Can I call you that? Yes, no, maybe? ...moving on... It’s so sweet of you to say such, and it really means a lot to me. I also hope everything goes well, not just for myself, but for you as well.

As for your questions, I’m glad you ask, and I’ll attempt to answer them the best I can.

If I’m writing something serious, as in I put more thought and planning into it, I’ll write a rough draft first. And normally on paper. Most often with pencil, but I find pen best as it means I can’t simply erase or fix ‘mistakes’. It’s meant to be a rough draft after all, so quick and messy is more than okay.

This is done usually in a small notebook or journal that I carry with me everywhere I go

This enables me to write while on the go; at parks, at cafés/restaurants/bars, riding public transit, during breaks, etc.

It allows me to write when inspiration strikes while I’m away from my computer. Personally, I find typing on my cell phone tedious

This also forces me to think differently as I’m using a different medium. Sometimes it feels more natural and the words just flow, other times I really have to think in order to form a simple sentence

I also set a limit on how much I should write, perhaps no more than two pages at the most.

This helps keep things small and manageable, making writing easier

It can also be seen as a personal challenge, if you’re more prone to writing more/longer pieces

I personally find that setting a limit makes writing rough drafts not only easier, but also more enjoyable and it lets me write more. It sort of helps get the ball rolling, and keep it rolling, due to the smaller increments

After the rough drafts, I type them up. Not once, but twice.

I do this because, the first time typing, I may not be aware of any mistakes that I’ve made. The second time helps me catch those

This is done with a combination of a writing program and google docs, as each have their own form of spell/grammar check.

I have also recently taken reading my work out loud, now that I live alone, which also helps me catch any further mistakes. Since I’m reading out loud what is before me, I can hear how the structure sounds, and not simply assume that I wrote what I meant.

I will then edit/proofread one last time before publishing the piece in question. Whether it be here on tumblr or else where. Which I recommend, since I’ve experienced a few times parts of my work disappearing after I’ve uploaded/published them.

Now, if I’m writing something that is more spur of the moment, one-shots or tumblr head-canon requests, I write them as is. The one-shots without any real planning, and the tumblr requests on tumblr directly.

That’s pretty much it for my writing routine. I’ll try to write as much and as long as I can, other times I’ll only manage perhaps a few hundred words, it sort of depends on that particular day. If I’m doing good, got the time/the inspiration/the drive to write, how I am health wise, etc. Just a note, for some having a set schedule is better, for others, writing more freely is best. I tend to do a bit of both, so I can’t say for sure one way or another. I can only suggest trying both, a combination, and do what feels best to you.

Here’s something else I suggest you do: join a group or community.

You’ll meet great people and friends that share similar likes

They’ll provide support and resources

Offer out of the box thinking you, yourself might not have thought of

Bantering with others can prove a great source of inspiration, as you will be tossing ideas back and for to each other. Trust me on this one, they sometimes don’t stop, the ideas that is

And lastly, here are some of the resources I’ve taken to using and have enjoyed doing such.

Google Docs: it comes with your google account, so it’s free. It’s a great way to also share your work with others, as well as give permission should you have a beta reader, a co-author, or someone to help proofread/edit your work

LanguageTool: this is by far my favorite spell/grammar check tool. You can either use the site alone, or use the browser add-on that checks any word document online. Such as replies to tumblr asks, for example. It’s free, for the basic package at least, and it has other language extensions, which is also a plus.

The Story Shack: this is the site I used when I hit a particularly hard bout of writers block a while back. Specifically the writing prompt generator. It’s simple but effective.

Open Office: this is the writing program that I use. It’s set up similarly to Mircrosoft, only free, so it’s not too difficult to understand and use.

I hope that helps, and if anything is unclear, please let me know so I can try to clear things up. With that said, I sincerely hope your writers block comes to a quick end, and you are once again writing, and enjoying doing so!

#faq #chatter #misc #resources

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