I know this post will receive replies of, "Duh...", but I must ask. When did Deviant"Art" become nothing but a glorified Pinterest? Was I wrong to assume the intent of this site was to provide a forum for people to post their work? If that's the case, is there no sort of quality control to prevent people from just posting stuff they downloaded from somewhere else? If not, then what's the point of this site?
It was bad enough when there was a flood pics of guys posting blurry camera phone shots of their junk in pantyhose, but at least it was original.
Rant done.
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"One of the interesting things about space is how staggeringly bewilderingly dull it is. You see, there's so much of it and so little in it."
- Slartibartfast [paraphrased]
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Hello Again
2 min read
I just logged onto DA for the first time in several months and won't be able to reply to all of the favs and nice comments, so thank you very much for them. Also, thank you in advance because it'll probably be a few more months before I log back in.
Earlier this year, I hit DA burnout and a deep dissatisfaction with my Poser "creations". I put creations in quotes because I haven't really created anything; rather, I've just posed content which I've purchased from somebody else. Poser gives one the ability to create sets, camera angles, lighting, and tweaking textures, which was fun for a while, but I upgraded to 2014 Pro and can now no longer get the textures to work correctly. I really have no knowledge of creating 3D images outside of Poser, so I'm limited to the few things I've learned so far on my own. Learning Poser is a bit of a menacing endeavor because there really is no how-to guide for things you want to do. Instead, you'll need to comb through the millions of online tutorials and forum entries to try to find that one particular thing you're trying to accomplish. Because of that, I decided to start using Poser for what I had intended to use it for when I first picked up a copy many years ago, which was just to use Poser as a reference for other projects.
Please don't think I'm badmouthing other Poser artists, because there are some people out there doing some amazing things with it. It just became a distraction with too steep of a learning curve for what I really wanted to do.
I've been learning Anime Studio and I'm (slowly) working on some projects. It's all a work in progress, and I've got a long way to go with it, but it's fun.
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DeviantArt?
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Disney - A New Hope
3 min read
Dear Disney,
When I first heard that Lucasfilm had been sold to Disney, I wasn't really surprised. Honestly, I had hoped this would have happened a long time ago, and the fact that Lucas has hawked over Star Wars like an overprotective pageant mom is what's most upsetting to me. The fact is, there were 16 years between Return of the Jedi and Phantom Menace where Lucas did nothing with the franchise except release mediocre video games and a Wookie holiday special. That's 16 years in which Star Wars could have really evolved and grown, but was held back by a jealous parent.
It's going to be a difficult road ahead because hardcore Star Wars fans are a bit like abused children protecting their dysfunctional family. They knew that Lucas would continue to dish out mediocrity, but we would defend him to the bitter end. Sure there was a lot of bad Star Wars over the past 13 years, but it was still Star Wars and we took it with a smile on our faces with the hope that there would be a treat buried somewhere in the trash.
What these fans might not realize is that George Lucas hates Star Wars. "Hate" might be too strong of a word, but my ex worked for LucasArts in the nineties when Phantom Menace was being made, and she said the only reason he made another Star Wars movie was to shut up the fans. "Fine! You want Star Wars, I'll give you Star Wars and yer gonna like it!" He still fancied himself an independent filmmaker and resented Star Wars for becoming so huge. If he had his way, he'd be making Radioland Murders II, III, and IV and more Young Indiana Jones episodes. His love for the Indiana Jones franchise doesn't explain Crystal Skulls, I know, but he supposedly had volumes of stories that he continued to write filed away in his library, but I digress.
The move to Disney now allows Star Wars the room to grow that it deserves, and I look on with cautious optimism. Yes, there will be some bad product, but the potential for greatness has now increased infinitely. Whether Episode 7 is good or not so good, one thing is certain, it will be better than what we've been given since the first half of Return of the Jedi.
So if I now may humbly make a few suggestions:
1 – Jar Jar Binks and midichlorians never happened. Just a bad dream.
2 - Hayden Christensen and the kid from Episode 1 never happened…
3 - …no, in fact just redo everything that happened over the past 13 years. Give us Episodes 1.2, 2.2, 3.2, and a Clone Wars redo and make it right…just make it right.
Thank you.
A loving fan
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"One of the interesting things about space is how staggeringly bewilderingly dull it is. You see, there's so much of it and so little in it."
- Slartibartfast [paraphrased]
When I first heard that Lucasfilm had been sold to Disney, I wasn't really surprised. Honestly, I had hoped this would have happened a long time ago, and the fact that Lucas has hawked over Star Wars like an overprotective pageant mom is what's most upsetting to me. The fact is, there were 16 years between Return of the Jedi and Phantom Menace where Lucas did nothing with the franchise except release mediocre video games and a Wookie holiday special. That's 16 years in which Star Wars could have really evolved and grown, but was held back by a jealous parent.
It's going to be a difficult road ahead because hardcore Star Wars fans are a bit like abused children protecting their dysfunctional family. They knew that Lucas would continue to dish out mediocrity, but we would defend him to the bitter end. Sure there was a lot of bad Star Wars over the past 13 years, but it was still Star Wars and we took it with a smile on our faces with the hope that there would be a treat buried somewhere in the trash.
What these fans might not realize is that George Lucas hates Star Wars. "Hate" might be too strong of a word, but my ex worked for LucasArts in the nineties when Phantom Menace was being made, and she said the only reason he made another Star Wars movie was to shut up the fans. "Fine! You want Star Wars, I'll give you Star Wars and yer gonna like it!" He still fancied himself an independent filmmaker and resented Star Wars for becoming so huge. If he had his way, he'd be making Radioland Murders II, III, and IV and more Young Indiana Jones episodes. His love for the Indiana Jones franchise doesn't explain Crystal Skulls, I know, but he supposedly had volumes of stories that he continued to write filed away in his library, but I digress.
The move to Disney now allows Star Wars the room to grow that it deserves, and I look on with cautious optimism. Yes, there will be some bad product, but the potential for greatness has now increased infinitely. Whether Episode 7 is good or not so good, one thing is certain, it will be better than what we've been given since the first half of Return of the Jedi.
So if I now may humbly make a few suggestions:
1 – Jar Jar Binks and midichlorians never happened. Just a bad dream.
2 - Hayden Christensen and the kid from Episode 1 never happened…
3 - …no, in fact just redo everything that happened over the past 13 years. Give us Episodes 1.2, 2.2, 3.2, and a Clone Wars redo and make it right…just make it right.
Thank you.
A loving fan
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"One of the interesting things about space is how staggeringly bewilderingly dull it is. You see, there's so much of it and so little in it."
- Slartibartfast [paraphrased]
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Why Mass Effect 3 Sucks *SPOILERS*
5 min read
There has been a lot of focus on the crappy endings, so I won't get into those. Gamefront sums it up better than I can:
www.gamefront.com/mass-effect-…
Okay, maybe "sucks" is too strong of a word for Mass Effect 3. Return of the Jedi wasn't the world's worst movie, but it sucked in comparison to Empire Strikes Back and A New Hope. I won't even talk about the prequels. They are dead to me.
So while Mass Effect 3 wasn't awful, it certainly didn't live up to its potential, and here's why:
1 - You are the commander of a spaceship and have earned Specter status, so you should always make the correct decisions when selecting weapons and armor. At the very least, you should have specialists who would assist you. As a player, it's impossible to know EVERYTHING about the universe in which your character lives, so certain things need to be taken care of behind the scenes (this is more of a flaw of all computer RPG's). Shepard has the resources of the entire military and Citadel at his/her disposal, I cannot possibly know this information, therefore, my character should make certain choices automatically.
2 – You are the commander of a spaceship full of military personnel, now pick two of them to go with you to fight hundreds of enemies. I mean when you finally fight Kai Leng, he summons dozens of troops to kick the hell out of your team. Not really fair. Again, pretty much every computer RPG does this.
3 – Bad controls kept me from really enjoying the game. Whether you're trying to avoid Kai Leng in a large round room or you're wanting to put some distance between yourself and an advancing banshee, the "duck for cover" and "run" buttons are the same. So instead of running, you're constantly crouching in front of every object in your path whether you want to or not. Kind of sucks when something is chasing after you and you keep hiding in plain sight. You die a lot. I got so frustrated with this that I stopped playing and read the spoilers to see if I really wanted to continue.
4 – Lame character conclusions that were probably written by high school kids. When I see a movie before my friends, I always tell them, "Everybody dies" regardless of what happens just to goof with them. In Mass Effect 3, "Everybody dies!" I'm sure there are other outcomes to these scenarios, but the way these turned out in my experience were weak at best.
- Ashley returns in this story, becomes a Specter, accuses me of still being with Cerberus (even though I'm with two familiar characters who would vouch for me), so I kill her. What? Do I subdue her? Do I knock her unconscious? Does Liara stun her? Nope. I shoot and kill her. I of course don't kill her, the game does on its own on my behalf thanks to the renegade button.
- I learned that the Geth had just been defending themselves against the Quarians and not attacking them as the Quarians claimed, so I decide that the Geth deserve a break. Because of this decision, the entire Quarian race dies by attempting a suicide mission against the Geth and then Talia jumps off a cliff. Duh.
- Miranda dies for no good reason. Hey, I've got like 8 Medi gels and can resurrect fallen comrades, but sorry Miranda…Talia…Ashley...Mordin. Yes, Mordin also dies in a suicide mission, so I guess I can't do much there.
- The talking digital eyeball EDI from ME2 is transformed into a sexy fem-bot with a schoolgirl crush on Joker. I'm actually holding out hope for that sort of thing in our world, so I won't complain too much about it, but the dialog throughout the game was kind of goofy.
6 – The renegade button sucks. I'm sure Shepard wouldn't kill Ashley or punch a Quarian admiral in the gut, but she does.
5 – You can't have a bunch of reserve ammo, so you pretty much need to pick up dropped ammo when you arrive at a new battle…you hope.
I'm sure there's more, but I'll stop there. I guess what makes Mass Effect 3 so disappointing is that 1 and 2 were so amazing. ME3 started out strong and then crumbled early on like Heroes and Battlestar Galactica. I'm guessing the reason for all of the stellar reviews was that nobody actually finished it. They played it for a bit, were pleased, and gave it a high rating. And as I posted to another journal, you don't actually beat the game, you complete it, and then it beats you without any real justification of why you're being punished.
If the Mass Effect universe is to stay alive, the storyline will need to pick up after the galaxy recovers from being knocked back into the stone age, or they can have a time paradox with the destruction of the relays or something.
Until then, F#k YOU Bioware. F#k YOU!
Thank you.
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"One of the interesting things about space is how staggeringly bewilderingly dull it is. You see, there's so much of it and so little in it."
- Slartibartfast [paraphrased]
www.gamefront.com/mass-effect-…
Okay, maybe "sucks" is too strong of a word for Mass Effect 3. Return of the Jedi wasn't the world's worst movie, but it sucked in comparison to Empire Strikes Back and A New Hope. I won't even talk about the prequels. They are dead to me.
So while Mass Effect 3 wasn't awful, it certainly didn't live up to its potential, and here's why:
1 - You are the commander of a spaceship and have earned Specter status, so you should always make the correct decisions when selecting weapons and armor. At the very least, you should have specialists who would assist you. As a player, it's impossible to know EVERYTHING about the universe in which your character lives, so certain things need to be taken care of behind the scenes (this is more of a flaw of all computer RPG's). Shepard has the resources of the entire military and Citadel at his/her disposal, I cannot possibly know this information, therefore, my character should make certain choices automatically.
2 – You are the commander of a spaceship full of military personnel, now pick two of them to go with you to fight hundreds of enemies. I mean when you finally fight Kai Leng, he summons dozens of troops to kick the hell out of your team. Not really fair. Again, pretty much every computer RPG does this.
3 – Bad controls kept me from really enjoying the game. Whether you're trying to avoid Kai Leng in a large round room or you're wanting to put some distance between yourself and an advancing banshee, the "duck for cover" and "run" buttons are the same. So instead of running, you're constantly crouching in front of every object in your path whether you want to or not. Kind of sucks when something is chasing after you and you keep hiding in plain sight. You die a lot. I got so frustrated with this that I stopped playing and read the spoilers to see if I really wanted to continue.
4 – Lame character conclusions that were probably written by high school kids. When I see a movie before my friends, I always tell them, "Everybody dies" regardless of what happens just to goof with them. In Mass Effect 3, "Everybody dies!" I'm sure there are other outcomes to these scenarios, but the way these turned out in my experience were weak at best.
- Ashley returns in this story, becomes a Specter, accuses me of still being with Cerberus (even though I'm with two familiar characters who would vouch for me), so I kill her. What? Do I subdue her? Do I knock her unconscious? Does Liara stun her? Nope. I shoot and kill her. I of course don't kill her, the game does on its own on my behalf thanks to the renegade button.
- I learned that the Geth had just been defending themselves against the Quarians and not attacking them as the Quarians claimed, so I decide that the Geth deserve a break. Because of this decision, the entire Quarian race dies by attempting a suicide mission against the Geth and then Talia jumps off a cliff. Duh.
- Miranda dies for no good reason. Hey, I've got like 8 Medi gels and can resurrect fallen comrades, but sorry Miranda…Talia…Ashley...Mordin. Yes, Mordin also dies in a suicide mission, so I guess I can't do much there.
- The talking digital eyeball EDI from ME2 is transformed into a sexy fem-bot with a schoolgirl crush on Joker. I'm actually holding out hope for that sort of thing in our world, so I won't complain too much about it, but the dialog throughout the game was kind of goofy.
6 – The renegade button sucks. I'm sure Shepard wouldn't kill Ashley or punch a Quarian admiral in the gut, but she does.
5 – You can't have a bunch of reserve ammo, so you pretty much need to pick up dropped ammo when you arrive at a new battle…you hope.
I'm sure there's more, but I'll stop there. I guess what makes Mass Effect 3 so disappointing is that 1 and 2 were so amazing. ME3 started out strong and then crumbled early on like Heroes and Battlestar Galactica. I'm guessing the reason for all of the stellar reviews was that nobody actually finished it. They played it for a bit, were pleased, and gave it a high rating. And as I posted to another journal, you don't actually beat the game, you complete it, and then it beats you without any real justification of why you're being punished.
If the Mass Effect universe is to stay alive, the storyline will need to pick up after the galaxy recovers from being knocked back into the stone age, or they can have a time paradox with the destruction of the relays or something.
Until then, F#k YOU Bioware. F#k YOU!
Thank you.
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"One of the interesting things about space is how staggeringly bewilderingly dull it is. You see, there's so much of it and so little in it."
- Slartibartfast [paraphrased]
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No More Harley Quinn!
1 min read
I'm just curious to know if anybody else out there is sick to death of Harley Quinn? The character was kind of cute once, but now that she's been done over and over and over by every girl on DA, she's just annoying.
Please make it stop.
With that said, it is my promise to all of you that I will never do a Harley Quinn Poser character. Same goes for Poison Ivy.
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"One of the interesting things about space is how staggeringly bewilderingly dull it is. You see, there's so much of it and so little in it."
- Slartibartfast [paraphrased]
Please make it stop.
With that said, it is my promise to all of you that I will never do a Harley Quinn Poser character. Same goes for Poison Ivy.
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"One of the interesting things about space is how staggeringly bewilderingly dull it is. You see, there's so much of it and so little in it."
- Slartibartfast [paraphrased]
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