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Better Days Though Cooler. 73rd Journal
15 years ago
This is my head.
I must say things are getting a little better around here. Got my daily computer working again. (the one I am typing from). I have the exciting saga in my previous journal
. Also Replaced that bad mass air flow sensor (MAF) in my car and got that running well. I did had some problems with it but I found the connect popped loose after I installed the new unit in the first place. But once I popped it fully on (tight fit), it runs so much better.
The weather getting cooler too. The morning starting to get nippy. While this summer wasn't super hot like last year (like 60 days of plus 100°F days), it was still toasty. Now if the temperature stays around this level, that would be great. Too cold I don't like.
ANd the big thing that lifted off my shoulders is work getting less frantic. I did some major reorganization and cleanup, which helped sort through my workload. No more bins of stuff to work on scattered all over the floor. With my new shelves, I got them off the floor and out of the way. Now I have much more room to work with. The rate of production also slowed somewhat. No more double shifts though the single shift quite crowded. And the shortage of parts becoming a little better too.
It has been so busy all year that it is nice to get a breather. It still be a long time to to totally catch up (if ever). However, I am finally making a dent in the pile. Wither this last or how long remains to be seen. So I want to take advantage of it as much as I can.
I find it interesting that out of my latest two submissions, the adult version has exactly ten times of the views of the tame one (28 compared to 280). Typical though it can go 20:1 or even more.
The adult one is nice and blood. It is part 2 of my planned 3 part series, which I hope to get by Halloween. The first part did really well (for me anyway), getting oh so close to 1000 views. Even though the clean version only grabbed 28 views, I actually got some comments on it. I like that a lot more than views. Even the bloody one garner a good chunk. Despite having like a quarter of the views, the second part got slightly more comments.
Speaking of the views, I am slowly marching closer to 20k of them on my main FA page. I would be happy to get it by my birthday near the end of November, but I don't think I will make it at the rate it is going. Not even sure if it hit that mark by the end of the year. But whatever the case, I'll have one of those kiriban contest. More information on it once I get much closer.
Oh BTW, I thought I was going to lose something like ten watchers due to my latest gory drawing. So far only two bailed out on me. Either people not paying attention to my work anymore or I reached the point where most of my watchers know what to expect from my darker side and stick around despite of it. Maybe a few actually enjoys it. Who knows? I certainly don't. Well, I like them so there. *sticks out his tongue* Nah nah naaaah.
Well, anyone have any questions? Any answers? Random act of comments? Anything? Darn. Nobody wants to talk to the 'friendly' dragon. '.'
. Also Replaced that bad mass air flow sensor (MAF) in my car and got that running well. I did had some problems with it but I found the connect popped loose after I installed the new unit in the first place. But once I popped it fully on (tight fit), it runs so much better.
The weather getting cooler too. The morning starting to get nippy. While this summer wasn't super hot like last year (like 60 days of plus 100°F days), it was still toasty. Now if the temperature stays around this level, that would be great. Too cold I don't like.
ANd the big thing that lifted off my shoulders is work getting less frantic. I did some major reorganization and cleanup, which helped sort through my workload. No more bins of stuff to work on scattered all over the floor. With my new shelves, I got them off the floor and out of the way. Now I have much more room to work with. The rate of production also slowed somewhat. No more double shifts though the single shift quite crowded. And the shortage of parts becoming a little better too.
It has been so busy all year that it is nice to get a breather. It still be a long time to to totally catch up (if ever). However, I am finally making a dent in the pile. Wither this last or how long remains to be seen. So I want to take advantage of it as much as I can.
I find it interesting that out of my latest two submissions, the adult version has exactly ten times of the views of the tame one (28 compared to 280). Typical though it can go 20:1 or even more.
The adult one is nice and blood. It is part 2 of my planned 3 part series, which I hope to get by Halloween. The first part did really well (for me anyway), getting oh so close to 1000 views. Even though the clean version only grabbed 28 views, I actually got some comments on it. I like that a lot more than views. Even the bloody one garner a good chunk. Despite having like a quarter of the views, the second part got slightly more comments.
Speaking of the views, I am slowly marching closer to 20k of them on my main FA page. I would be happy to get it by my birthday near the end of November, but I don't think I will make it at the rate it is going. Not even sure if it hit that mark by the end of the year. But whatever the case, I'll have one of those kiriban contest. More information on it once I get much closer.
Oh BTW, I thought I was going to lose something like ten watchers due to my latest gory drawing. So far only two bailed out on me. Either people not paying attention to my work anymore or I reached the point where most of my watchers know what to expect from my darker side and stick around despite of it. Maybe a few actually enjoys it. Who knows? I certainly don't. Well, I like them so there. *sticks out his tongue* Nah nah naaaah.
Well, anyone have any questions? Any answers? Random act of comments? Anything? Darn. Nobody wants to talk to the 'friendly' dragon. '.'
I do wish I had more talent. I try to work with what I have but can be frustrating to get anywhere near to my vision. I wish I can get feedback on my works. I is hard for me to get motivated and every little bit helps.
I get tons of ideas too but is rare for me to get it down. Often I end up with results very different than I first wanted. I want this epic thing and finished with a fraction of what I originally planned. I just don't have the skill set for it. However, every once in a while I pull off some stuff that amazes me. Super rare but a pleasant surprised. Of course I can never repeat the feat though it would be neat.
For me, getting feedback is such a struggle. I pretty much had to resort to beg for them and even that didn't work. And it gets maddening when I get like one comment on my latest work like that bunny portrait I did not too long ago. I put a lot of effort in the fur and I thought it came out decent enough.
Your work not too bad. Better anatomy than me. I suck at them. Thankfully I can resize and tweak my sketches on the computer to get it look the best I can. Even then I often mess up.
I got my scanner nearly a decade ago but still works when I do a rare scan these days. Bought it for a good price too back when they went on sale often. It seems the sales have shifted to cameras, harddrives and the like. Been a long time since I saw a flatbed scanner on sale but then again, I haven't really been paying attention to them since mine been working fine for all these years.
Feedbacks are totally welcome though I get them so rarely. I tend to get more on IRC when I post a link to a preview than I get here on FA. Every little bit helps. I am to the point of thinking of giving up posting WIPs here. Doesn't seem to get much traffic. Hell, even my finished work hardly get any though my last 'gore' pic got a good amount. Well, according to my usual, yeah.
As for FA itself, I don't plan on leaving anytime soon. Maybe something better for us furs will pop up in a thousand years or so, but for now my butt is firmly planted in here.
Yeah, the camera method not the best but it works. Try different lighting to see if you can even out the brightness. With careful tweaking, you should get some decent results. Worth a try anyway.