It's not a bad song, in fact, it's a really good song.
It's just that Eminem's verse hits rather close to home for me. I've expressed a desire to get into music for a living before, but I often feel I simply don't have the talent for it and have thus not really bothered to learn anything about how music is (professionally) made. For the record here's a transcript of the lyrics, because I know you're not going to want to listen to a rap song being a metalhead and all.
Alright let's pretend Marshall Mathers never picked up a pen
Let's pretend things would have been no different
Pretend he procrastinated had no motivation
Pretend he just made excuses that were so paper thin they could blow away with the wind
Marshall, you're never gonna make it makes no sense to play the game there ain't no way that you'll win
Pretend he just stayed outside all day and played with his friends
Pretend he even had a friend to say was his friend
And it wasn't time to move and schools weren't changing again
He wasn't socially awkward and just strange as a kid
He had a father and his mother wasn't crazy as shit
And he never dreamed he could rip stadiums and just lazy as shit
Fuck a talent show in a gymnasium, bitch, you won't amount to shit quit daydreaming kid
You need to get your cranium checked you thinking like an alien it just ain't realistic
Now pretend they ain't just make him angry with this shit and there was no one he could even aim when he's pissed it
And his alarm went off to wake him off but he didn't make it to the Rap Olympics
Slept through his plane and he missed it
He's gon' have a hard time explaining to Hailie and Lainie these food stamps and this WIC shit
Cause he never risked shit he hoped and he wished it but it didn't fall in his lap so he ain't even here
I don't know what he means, I just want to be able to live without having to worry about things paycheck to paycheck.
I can make my own fun, I don't need Xty Billion Dollars or whatever. I just want to have a job I don't hate, and to again, not have to live paycheck to paycheck.
I suppose even that's too much in today's economy.
Doctor Who reference in Pokemon B2W2? Headcanon accepted.
you guys just have to realize that you gotta take a few steps out of your comfort zone to accomplish what you want in life, in many cases it's nothing too crazy
I wanted to draw a comic, I did it; I wanted to drive a truck, I did it; I wanted to be a Marine, I did it; I wanted to get a decent degree and learn Chinese, doing that now
Hardly anyone reads my comic but I don't care, I still draw it and enjoy it. You guys should do the same thing, and I'm not trying to preach or anything but the best place for you all to get started if you haven't already is in a higher education
Fulfilling at least some of my desire to go into graphic design and not suck at it.
I feel sapped of any design desires lately, though; my creative desires manifest themselves mainly through writing MLP:FIM fanfic now which kind of embarrasses me right now :/
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Doctor Who reference in Pokemon B2W2? Headcanon accepted.
Look at the line of action on each of these characters and how their arms and legs and stuff are positioned to make it look like a really dynamic picture. They need to be teaching this shit and not those horrible "how to draw manga" books
Well, it's more than a decade later, hasn't happened. Is this depressing? Kinda. But I think what happened is that I found the learning curve to be a good deal steeper than expected.
I kinda wish drawing directly on MS Paint or some similar program was a thing that was possible, but everyone who's ever tried that has told me it's the equivalent of trying to do heart surgery with a threading needle.
I only really wish that because I don't have a scanner or anything like that.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
At times I've wanted to write a novel, but thus far (a) I don't feel like I have the skills necessary to do one successfully, and (b) I haven't yet had a compelling inspiration for one.
I've long wanted to be a humor writer. When I look at stuff like Cracked articles or TGWTG reviews or Dave Barry columns I think "I could do that!" But I worry that this isn't exactly a good thing to aspire to, because, well, are silly humor articles actually of any value?
At times I've wanted to write a novel, but thus far (a) I don't feel like I have the skills necessary to do one successfully, and (b) I haven't yet had a compelling inspiration for one.
I've long wanted to be a humor writer. When I look at stuff like Cracked articles or TGWTG reviews or Dave Barry columns I think "I could do that!" But I worry that this isn't exactly a good thing to aspire to, because, well, are silly humor articles actually of any value?
Humor articles are actually very difficult to write. Trust me on this one.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I only really wish that because I don't have a scanner or anything like that. I have an old scanner here that won't work with anything past Windows XP...I'd give it to you, if I had a way of doing so...
I appreciate the sentiment, but I ain't got anything with XP on it anyway.
If I ever get better at drawing I generally want to avoid the typical anime style
Is this bad?
no, of course not. Anime is just a permutation of Carl Bark's style -- like just about everything else. Me, I started with the widest range of styles possible and I'd like to think that I'm still doing that but I know my style has refined a bunch especially over the last 1.5 years.
^^^^^Said style just seems kinda stiff to me...is that bad?
I'd say if you think all anime styles (there is definately more than one) are stiff you're probably just not familiar with the good stuff, cliche an answer that may be.
Spirited Away and most of the movies by Studio Ghibli (Summer Wars is a more recent example) have some beautiful art.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
...You know, I was planning to write 25 humorous Christmas-themed blog posts for the month of December, but it occurs to me that doing so would be going for quantity over quality and that's exactly the opposite of what I need to do if I want to improve my humor-writing skills...
I think I'll cut it down to 12 (as in "Days of Christmas"). I have enough ideas that I can fill that out, but I can dedicate a little more effort to each one instead of just cranking out 25 unfunny, unpolished posts.
^^^^^Said style just seems kinda stiff to me...is that bad?
I'd say if you think all anime styles (there is definately more than one) are stiff you're probably just not familiar with the good stuff, cliche an answer that may be.
Spirited Away and most of the movies by Studio Ghibli (Summer Wars is a more recent example) have some beautiful art.
^^^^^Said style just seems kinda stiff to me...is that bad?
Also looking at Forsythe's Deco avatar does reveal some Disney in it (though Disney influence was already evident in stuff like Astro Boy)...
Tezuka was the guy who basically created manga and anime. All of it comes from him, and he was directly influenced by (and was very good friends with) Carl Barks. Carl Barks also directly influenced (and was friends with) R. Crumb. We know this nowadays, but years ago I thought that there couldn't be two more disparate styles than Crumb's and anime and they're basically fraternal twins.
There's arguably no single typical anime style, but quite a lot of popular anime are produced on fairly tight schedules and budgets, which impose constraints on what they can do.
^^^^^Said style just seems kinda stiff to me...is that bad?
Also looking at Forsythe's Deco avatar does reveal some Disney in it (though Disney influence was already evident in stuff like Astro Boy)...
Tezuka was the guy who basically created manga and anime. All of it comes from him, and he was directly influenced by (and was very good friends with) Carl Barks. Carl Barks also directly influenced (and was friends with) R. Crumb. We know this nowadays, but years ago I thought that there couldn't be two more disparate styles than Crumb's and anime and they're basically fraternal twins.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
For some reason I was wondering what Fouria G thinks of my traffic light animations, which is weird because I don't think he's into roadstuffs.
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It's not a bad song, in fact, it's a really good song.
It's just that Eminem's verse hits rather close to home for me. I've expressed a desire to get into music for a living before, but I often feel I simply don't have the talent for it and have thus not really bothered to learn anything about how music is (professionally) made. For the record here's a transcript of the lyrics, because I know you're not going to want to listen to a rap song being a metalhead and all.
Maybe I'm just being silly or something. IDK.
I don't know what he means, I just want to be able to live without having to worry about things paycheck to paycheck.
I can make my own fun, I don't need Xty Billion Dollars or whatever. I just want to have a job I don't hate, and to again, not have to live paycheck to paycheck.
I suppose even that's too much in today's economy.
Well, it's more than a decade later, hasn't happened. Is this depressing? Kinda. But I think what happened is that I found the learning curve to be a good deal steeper than expected.
You know I read that page forever ago and completely forgot about it.
Found the first book as a .pdf literally seconds after I googled it.
I AM AMAZING AT EVERYTHING.
hopefully this will be more helpful than the "draw every day" advice I've been given.
I'll call them and ask about the title & author this evening (they'll be at work during the day).
'k.
I kinda wish drawing directly on MS Paint or some similar program was a thing that was possible, but everyone who's ever tried that has told me it's the equivalent of trying to do heart surgery with a threading needle.
I only really wish that because I don't have a scanner or anything like that.
Silly humor articles, if done well, can at least make someone laugh and brighten their day a bit. I'd say that's worth something.
ninja'd by less harsh answers
I keep starting novels and then realizing they suck a few chapters in.
I will attempt to keep this in mind.
I should point out that drawing is not something I'd like to do for a living. That'd strictly be a hobby.
Ideally I'd like to be involved in rap music somehow, either as an artist or label-owner or something, but..yeah. :/
I'd say if you think all anime styles (there is definately more than one) are stiff you're probably just not familiar with the good stuff, cliche an answer that may be.
Spirited Away and most of the movies by Studio Ghibli (Summer Wars is a more recent example) have some beautiful art.
i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis
i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis
i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis
Though, if there were a glitch that somehow converted entire posts into greentext (that specific colour, no less) I guess that would explain a lot...
good nights