I'm a paranoid parrot
So I spent the last few hours trying to brush up on my computer graphics skillz. It's been a while since I've willingly opened up Photoshop for fannish-related things :3 and it does feel good to finally get back in the fray, as they say :p
Since I'm "old" and stuff, I've went through all those graphics fads. From over-used brushes, obnoxious blinking boxes, pixel!types, 'creative' cropping, the works. Now the "in" thing are textures + selective coloring.
Hmmmm....
I really do like the emphasis on selective coloring. It makes usually dreary caps so much brighter *-* and that's a needed especially with Supernatural caps :p. I still have to brush up on texture-usage though, so that the texture doesn't look pasted on.
I am now trying to post my work on Tumblr and the tags aren't working. Dude, really? D:
And now, it works...
Anyway, just a little ramble that shall explain why I even placed that subject line up there. I have a confession to make. I feel like whenever I join a fandom (and by join, I don't mean just actively lurking, but actually trying and spreading out/contributing) I feel like I'm a death knoll. That after a while that fandom would gradually but surely wither away and die.
Yeah, as said, I am a paranoid parrot.
It's the same thing with sports teams though. Most of the teams a root for eventually lose. But I can explain that one away, I am a sucker for underdogs so my sports teams losing a few games here and there does not mind me as much. (And when they finally win the big one? MUCH REJOICING will commence.) Please note that I said when not if.
But yeah, I know that people's attention do shift and people do flit in and out of fandoms. I'm not immune to that, I still <3 all of my fandoms, but I will not refute the fact that right now most of my internet time is spent trolling the SPN fandom with wrestling mixed in (I simply do not have the time to check sports-fandom, anime-fandom, etc. And sadly, some of them are not as active as they used to be). But I sometimes have that paranoid feeling that in the end it would just be lil' ol' me waving the fandom flag >: while everyone else has moved on.
Apparently I have separation issues :p
And that abruptly brings me to another topic. I really have to work on some school work now D:. I have to fix our thesis, update my thesis groupmates and order some stuff for junior internship to my classmate. I'll do them tomorrow later.
I only have 3 full days left. Oh gods, prepare for an increased amount of whining as these days pass by. You guys have been sufficiently warned.
Since I'm "old" and stuff, I've went through all those graphics fads. From over-used brushes, obnoxious blinking boxes, pixel!types, 'creative' cropping, the works. Now the "in" thing are textures + selective coloring.
Hmmmm....
I really do like the emphasis on selective coloring. It makes usually dreary caps so much brighter *-* and that's a needed especially with Supernatural caps :p. I still have to brush up on texture-usage though, so that the texture doesn't look pasted on.
I am now trying to post my work on Tumblr and the tags aren't working. Dude, really? D:
And now, it works...
Anyway, just a little ramble that shall explain why I even placed that subject line up there. I have a confession to make. I feel like whenever I join a fandom (and by join, I don't mean just actively lurking, but actually trying and spreading out/contributing) I feel like I'm a death knoll. That after a while that fandom would gradually but surely wither away and die.
Yeah, as said, I am a paranoid parrot.
It's the same thing with sports teams though. Most of the teams a root for eventually lose. But I can explain that one away, I am a sucker for underdogs so my sports teams losing a few games here and there does not mind me as much. (And when they finally win the big one? MUCH REJOICING will commence.) Please note that I said when not if.
But yeah, I know that people's attention do shift and people do flit in and out of fandoms. I'm not immune to that, I still <3 all of my fandoms, but I will not refute the fact that right now most of my internet time is spent trolling the SPN fandom with wrestling mixed in (I simply do not have the time to check sports-fandom, anime-fandom, etc. And sadly, some of them are not as active as they used to be). But I sometimes have that paranoid feeling that in the end it would just be lil' ol' me waving the fandom flag >: while everyone else has moved on.
Apparently I have separation issues :p
And that abruptly brings me to another topic. I really have to work on some school work now D:. I have to fix our thesis, update my thesis groupmates and order some stuff for junior internship to my classmate. I'll do them tomorrow later.
I only have 3 full days left. Oh gods, prepare for an increased amount of whining as these days pass by. You guys have been sufficiently warned.