So, I paint my nails pretty regularly these days. I also work as a barista/cashier pretty regularly these days. A few weeks back, I had a customer come in, a fairly typical, sheltered, suburban soccer mom, and she ordered a latte from me. She saw my brightly colored nails and said, “Wow, you’re so brave! My son asked me about painting his nails, and if it’s okay for boys to do that. Now I’ll tell him there’s a cool guy who does it too!” It was a nice moment, very cute.
Then, last week, she came in again, and said, “Hey, I’m so glad you’re here! I want you to meet someone!” She then brings her son forward, and says, “Okay sweetie, show him what you did!” And he throws his hands up, showing off his bright, sparkling blue nails. He shows them off, and I show mine off to him. He smiles. We fist bump.
Guys, I’ve only wanted to cry once at work before, and that was when someone ordered a large dry soy cappuccino on ice.
This time, though. This was a good cry.
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prince-ichi:
I’m really glad I found this blog oh gosh you’re like a godsend
I really struggle with figuring out how to draw armor, this was my first mock up of a character that has a more or less important role in act one of a webcomic I’m working on. She’s a general, and I’m more or less trying to pin down something more or less pretty basic in terms of her armor. She’s only going to be shown in armor a few times. (I’ve included her more prominent outfit. The king’s color is royal purple.)
This is already a few months old, and absolutely atrocious now that I’m looking at it again (the pauldron and cuirass and wow everything)…especially now that I need to start actually working on her because she’s going to be showing up in pages soon.
Could you maybe steer me in the right direction for something that’s not ungodly boring to look at? (and feasible?)
I’d gladly take any suggestions on the other outfit, too.
Hope this helps!
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I always find stuff like this AFTER I’ve done one and designed a [bad] suit of armor.
Reblargin’ for ref. Also handy after someone was asking me about the difficulties of drawing armor in the stream today. Good timing!](http://24.media.tumblr.com/43d6f7fc794303c0599cc890f96b7352/tumblr_mlzpdrM2Cp1rfiet9o1_500.jpg)
psdo:
I’m really glad I found this blog oh gosh you’re like a godsend
I really struggle with figuring out how to draw armor, this was my first mock up of a character that has a more or less important role in act one of a webcomic I’m working on. She’s a general, and I’m more or less trying to pin down something more or less pretty basic in terms of her armor. She’s only going to be shown in armor a few times. (I’ve included her more prominent outfit. The king’s color is royal purple.)
This is already a few months old, and absolutely atrocious now that I’m looking at it again (the pauldron and cuirass and wow everything)…especially now that I need to start actually working on her because she’s going to be showing up in pages soon.
Could you maybe steer me in the right direction for something that’s not ungodly boring to look at? (and feasible?)
I’d gladly take any suggestions on the other outfit, too.
Hope this helps!
a thing
I always find stuff like this AFTER I’ve done one and designed a [bad] suit of armor.
Reblargin’ for ref. Also handy after someone was asking me about the difficulties of drawing armor in the stream today. Good timing!
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Dear lovely internet,
It is the birthday of the brilliantly talented and gorgeous Katelan V. Foisy.
Go read her latest post on Dangerous Combinations, and then celebrate her birth by writing someone a love letter.
XO
Veronika
That will be yet another GPOY from my pal Rich this week.
“
At a workshop not too many years ago a newer writer began to condemn a best selling novel, pointing out all its flaws and jagged edges. I listened for a long time, nodding.
“All those things are true,” I said. And gave him the C.C. Finlay quote. “But until you learn what the good parts were that excited the reader, you’re always going to be bitterly upset about what is wrong with that bestseller. Learn to spot what worked in that book, and you’ll be able to move forward. And you’ll be a lot less upset all the time as well.”
” —Tobias Buckell on “The fate of today’s book bloggers”
The C.C. Finlay quote: “A novel doesn’t excite readers because you took all the bad stuff out of it, it excites them because of all the good stuff that’s in it, regardless of the bad.”
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