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New Geeks on the Block / Re: Hola. Marhabaan. Whatever.
« on: February 10, 2017, 10:52:32 AM »
Are you a real person in real life?

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Main Page Stuff / Re: Back in my day…
« on: February 01, 2017, 01:28:51 PM »
What is it to read the information into knowledge so too. I like it a lot because I'm not that good.
Condition are too what thou hast into. Believe in that which were.

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Political Opinions / Re: Personhood Fails in Mississippi
« on: February 01, 2017, 01:27:33 PM »
tp;fu?

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Anarchy / Re: OMG ITS ME! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
« on: January 25, 2017, 04:16:08 PM »
Hey... get off my damn lawn.

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Entertainment / Re: New Star Wars Movies
« on: January 12, 2017, 10:12:25 PM »
What, exactly, is the point of a storm trooper helmet if they can be killed/knocked out by a religious freak with a stick?

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Entertainment / Re: New Star Wars Movies
« on: January 12, 2017, 10:04:55 PM »
I liked The Force Awakens better when it was called A New Hope.
I liked Rogue One when it was... oh, hell... they're all basically the same story told over and over. They may have gotten my last dollar unless the next one comes in 360° VR headset version.

</Disney>

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Entertainment / Re: Wacom Intuos Pro Tablet
« on: January 12, 2017, 09:49:27 PM »
I think I like this version of the side view. Now, I need to do some more at different angles.  Then, I'll move onto the rest of him.

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Entertainment / Re: Wacom Intuos Pro Tablet
« on: January 10, 2017, 08:15:56 PM »
Whoa.... he looks bad-ass on the dark gray background!

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Entertainment / Re: Wacom Intuos Pro Tablet
« on: January 10, 2017, 08:15:21 PM »
Side view.  Need to change up the eye socket and the lower jaw.

I'm getting close.

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Entertainment / Re: Wacom Intuos Pro Tablet
« on: January 09, 2017, 09:29:12 PM »
More monster

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Entertainment / Re: Wacom Intuos Pro Tablet
« on: January 08, 2017, 10:55:58 AM »
Here's today's effort. Trying to draw the original Cog Monster head in different poses/angles.  Gotta get the general construction right before I can start adding detail.  His bone structure is weird... not like any other animal that I can find.

Small head, big jaws/snout, recessed eyes.

...predAtor, dumbass

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Entertainment / Re: Wacom Intuos Pro Tablet
« on: January 08, 2017, 10:50:53 AM »
Nope. I'm drawing using photoshop so I just added a layer on top of the cat image, reduced the actual cat image to 50% opacity, and dew on that new layer above the cat layer.

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Entertainment / Wacom Intuos Pro Tablet
« on: January 07, 2017, 11:55:56 AM »
I recently invested in a Wacom Intuos Pro Tablet so that I can expand my bike jersey company - www.cogmonstergear.com

I need to be able to re-draw the Cog Monster in different poses and actually own the artwork so that I can go national/international with my sales.  Right now, it's limited to my little group of 20+ cyclist club called Black Swamp Cog Monsters.  It's a hobby at best. I want it to generate residual income.

Yesterday, the tablet was delivered and I set it up. It was a relatively painless process with a couple of minor hiccups related to Windows 10 specific settings that aren't explained or handled by the instructions/software.

Getting used to a new HID is challenging. Add to that the fact that you're looking at a tiny circle on the screen while manipulating a pen-shaped device on your desktop and it's a bit more of a challenge.  This tablet has 2048 levels of sensitivity. Accessing them via Photoshop's brush tool settings is yet another challenge.  Opacity, Flow, and Brush Size are all capable of utilizing the sensitivity of the pen/tablet.

The first image is just playing around with those settings.

My first real drawing was just some dumb cartoon cat that I drew as I watched along on a youtube video as some girl drew it and talked about how awesome she is at drawing. I'm glad you can't see all the erased lines.

My second drawing I did this morning. In order to get used to the disconnect between tablet and screen, I decided to trace something. I've always enjoyed tracing and I'm rather good at it.  So, it seemed like a logical approach to gaining better control of the hardware and getting used to the software settings.
Here's the cat I traced.
http://onistocke.deviantart.com/art/Sideways-Glance-655951913

I'll post more here as I get better.

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Main Page Stuff / Re: 2017 New Year's Resolutions for #FFFFF Guys
« on: December 31, 2016, 03:47:11 PM »
Dan is fluent in Klingon, too... I'm sure.

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Anarchy / Re: Merry Fucking Christmas, you insufferable bastards
« on: December 26, 2016, 08:12:23 PM »
4600 calories... do I dare ask what you ate afterwards?
Diesel Punk Stout and a Mediterranean pasta salad.  Lots of both.

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Anarchy / Re: Merry Fucking Christmas, you insufferable bastards
« on: December 24, 2016, 04:39:42 PM »
I'm spending my 12/25/2016 doing the Atheist's Ride To Nowhere. This is an event where I put my bike on the trainer in the living room and spin the equivalent of 100 miles while never leaving my house.  Five hours of calorie burning fun!

I hope you do something that brings you joy.

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Anarchy / Re: Tastes like purple
« on: December 13, 2016, 09:13:19 PM »

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Anarchy / Re: Tastes like purple
« on: December 12, 2016, 06:01:23 PM »
Scope creep.

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Anarchy / Re: TIL
« on: December 06, 2016, 09:36:15 AM »
TIL: Amazon accounts for 88% of the wasted space on FedEx vehicles

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Anarchy / Re: TIL
« on: December 05, 2016, 10:44:22 AM »
One of my biggest pet peeves... that.

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Anarchy / Re: New Theme and Stuff
« on: December 04, 2016, 12:15:43 AM »
I don't see how to add to the "Shoutz" either.

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Anarchy / Re: Blast from the Past
« on: December 02, 2016, 10:20:22 PM »
Oh my.

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Anarchy / Re: New Theme and Stuff
« on: November 29, 2016, 07:54:42 PM »
Concur. Indeed.

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Anarchy / Re: TIL
« on: November 29, 2016, 07:51:27 PM »
TIL: The metropark police aren't messing around when it comes to curfew and the new (but not yet open) mountain bike trail.  They let me off with a warning.

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