Posts by Lace Sabatons

I mostly have pretty negative feelings about Canva/Webtoon. I was deeply invested in the webcomic scene of the 2000s, and I resent the way Webtoon gobbled it up. There was a lot of hassle and heartbreak back then of course, but there wasn't a single corporate entity lording over it, making arbitrary decisions and pushing "SFW" art and paywalls.

This is inevitably the way things go of course. Big money moves in and the West gets less Wild. There are probably more artists making a living off their work now than there used to be, and that's great, but it ain't my scene.

I did read Tales of the Unusual, and enjoyed it a lot! I also read a good amount of Clinic of Horrors and My Giant Nerd Boyfriend, as well as a few others. Aside from ToU, though, I don't think any webtoons have really clicked with me.

What is Camlost about?

I probably listen to more synth music than anything else. Mostly because it's easy, and helps quiet down parts of my brain that distract me.

Aside from that I've been listening to a good amount of vintage Japanese City Pop, some Disco (which really just means Donna Summer), and I've been dipping my toe back into some Bedroom Pop, though most of my old favorites make me sad now haha.

Nice!

I don't get to the cinema as often as I'd like to, even though I've got several great little indie movie houses near me. I think the last thing was Weapons back in July.

Oh hot diggity, another thread I can participate in now that I've finally got my first mobile device.

I play a lot of Zachtronics Solitaire, specifically Fortune's Foundation.

That's actually pretty much it. I guess I also played through the first few Phoenix Wright games on my phone, but they don't really count as 'mobile games' proper.

My guess would be that we still have a few years before a new Animal Crossing, but there's absolutely going to be one.

Quote from Shortie

At the moment I am thinking about what to make for dinner later and also thinking about ideas for a project I am working on.

What's the project? What's the idea?

I feel you. I enjoy holiday seasons more than holi-days.

Though I have to remind myself not to let the holidays become obligations for myself. As an adult it's easy to get into a mindset that I *need* to do X, Y, Z thing for every holiday. It's exhausting, and can kill my enjoyment yanno?

A lot of friends of mine love kpop. I've tried getting into a few different artists, but for some reason the genre doesn't click with me.

Yo, I've always wondered who was using Edge. You're the one keeping that browser afloat, eh?

Muppet Christmas Carol is another great one.

Arthur Christmas is also quite good.

Let's send people to other websites, and trust that they'll come back here eventually.

Here's a subreddit where only wizards are allowed to post: https://www.reddit.com/r/wizardposting/

Here's a website full of figure drawing prompts: https://quickposes.com/en

Here's a neocities site I like called The Squirm Zone: https://squirmzone.neocities.org/

I also agree with Kyde. I don't pre-order almost anything. I even avoid day 1 purchase of anything. I'd rather wait a few months for reviews to work out, and kinks to be resolved. The pre-order bonuses I've seen mostly seem to be stuff I don't actually want (overpowered in-game items, or cheaply made game merch); or it's content cut from the actual game (in which case I don't want to buy the game at all. There's more great games in the world than I'll be able to play in my entire lifetime, why waste time on a game that's gonna jerk me around?)

I always enjoy the mainline Mario games. It's long past time for a new 3D entry, so that'll be great. I'm also really hopeful that we get Mario Maker 3, but Nintendo has generally handled that series so poorly that I kinda suspect they might drop it.

I'm also intrigued by the possibility of more simple Zelda games in the vein of the Link's Awakening remake, or Echoes of Wisdom. I enjoyed both of those a lot.

And indies, of course. Lots and lots of indies.

Had it been working before that? I don't think mine has worked in several years actually.

Maybe I just wasn't using it x'D

Truly they are. I'm just barely starting to feel better now, but I gotta be careful. If I jump to full normal activity too early I'll just make myself sick again. It always happens to me.

Spent most of this morning cleaning up my environment. Things got pretty out of control during the worst of it.

I didn't have any particular plan with the masks, I just tried to figure out what shapes I could make work with the homemade plaster I was using. Eventually I tried adding some structure to them using a wire mesh (that's the big red one in the photo), and that's around the time I lost interest. It'd be fun to get back to one of these days, but now I think I'd be more inclined to make a mask out of wood perhaps.

They've been remaking Ranma1/2? I hadn't heard that. How is it?

I wish I went out and socialized more often. It's a skill I haven't spent enough time developing. I do a lot better about it now than I did a few years ago, but it's still probably the thing that I'm worst at.

What's the best meal you had in the past week?

Thanks! I've been working on my art a lot this past year, and I'm pleased with the results.

Last October I made these gravestones, which I'm also quite fond of.

Before that were a few years when I didn't get around to doing any crafts, and before *that* I mostly made masks each year. We didn't get them out, but here's an old photo of them all strung up together:

Quote from Smokey

Thinking I got up way too early today and should probably take a nap for like an hour......

I do those all the time, so real, get your nap for sure.

Though today I actually slept for something like 12 or 13 hours. I've had a cold the past few days and Im eager to.get over it.