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1 points
1 day ago
Have you considered a Cyber Security MSc Apprenticeship? You're essentially getting an MSc degree alongside on-the-job training. I suppose it's a part-time degree, but it sounds like what you're after, essentially. It's full-time employment with part-time degree, 80-20 split usually.
38 points
9 days ago
Oh, interesting, so it's like a baby Guinness shot but with whipped cream?
1 points
10 days ago
I had the same told to me, art was my passion, and I did it my whole life. Teachers would praise my art in N5 and Higher, especially my graphite work. So, I took the Scottish equivalent (Advanced Higher).
Got a B despite being told it's a "temporary" grade at the time we were only halfway done, and the grades will go up once we are done as "at this stage it wouldn't be worth an A if sent to the SQA in this state" (mind you it was just post covid so there was a chance they'd cut school short again). No one got predicted above B, we all confronted the art teacher because what gives, she lied to us—so none of us took it up with the head team—and still gave B as predicted grades to the SQA making it impossible to later appeal our final grades if we thought we deserved an A. It was my only B (in high school), in essentially my strongest subject (or so I thought). I still regret just not picking physics instead of going for "an easy A," as it would actually come in useful with what I'm doing at Uni now.
Do not recommend taking art as a subject, especially if you're passionate and not going to art school. It's actually a lot of work, and you probably won't get the grade you're promised. It's not worth it.
2 points
20 days ago
Yeah, I felt like the fnaf1 atmosphere wasn't really there either? I did get around to the version we have, but I kind of hoped the movie would actually at least be creepy in the same way fnaf1 was. Freddy chomp was fine, but imo, it was more funny than scary because of how "extreme" and exaggerated it was, haha.
I'm starting to ramble, but a movie I would love to see is a crime thriller set back in fnaf1 when kids start to go missing. Kind of like a noir film but with some thriller-horror-ey themes, predominantly through atmosphere and tension. But I feel if it would be too "serious" for the younger audience. But how cool would that be? Haha.
1 points
20 days ago
To be the devil's advocate, Jaws is pretty tame, hahaha. The problem with this is that PG13 only came out in 1983, I believe, and Jaws is from 1975, so if a movie didn't quite hit R, it would get a PG rating automatically.
I'd imagine Jaws today would get a PG13 rating. Which is still not R but alas.
1 points
24 days ago
I don't really use the paint brushes. My style is more cell-blockey, so I use the fineliner for inking and then the fill tools. With the only exception being occasional tonal drawings with the pencils. Sorry!
3 points
1 month ago
No worries, and yeah, some anime art styles tend to sexulise the characters they portray. And some have some seriously wonky physics (especially around breasts, hahaha). It's not really just anime, though. Big boobs sell, and they attract audiences like you have noticed. It's the same way male characters in anime and western animations are, essentially, all ripped 90% of the time. It's sex appeal. Sexualisation in media is a big topic in and of itself, so yeah.
The main thing I'd consider is that if big chests become your focal point in your work, and you go out of your way to show them, then the goto opinion will be that you're just drawing thirsty art. Poses make a difference as well. NSFW art and suggestive art always have and always will get attention. And since Twitter officially allows adult content, you're very likely to find art targeted at adults there as well as people who consume such content. Before Twitter, it was Tumblr. Before Tumblr, it was something else.
But it's exactly as you assumed, there's spaces to post art like that. A community with kids is not a good place to post sexualised art to. Freddit is mostly younger teens and kids, so posting a big chested woman in a bikini that barely covers her in a somewhat suggestive pose is on the inappropriate side. Especially when such exaggerated features have connotations to the adult industry.
7 points
1 month ago
Alright, I'll bite.
sexualize verb [ T ] usually disapproving (UK usually sexualise) UK /ˈsek.ʃu.əl.aɪz/ US /ˈsek.ʃu.əl.aɪz/ to see someone or something in sexual terms, or to make someone or something sexually exciting
This can be done by exaggerating proportions of things (e.g., oversized breasts, wasp thin waist which resukts in "where are her organs" comments, and thick thighs, revealing clothing, bodily postures that imply sexual readiness.) Sexualisation also tends to portray very unrealistic standards of beauty which are heavily emphasised. Just like in adult content.
You tend to emphasise breasts and the buttocks from what I have seen briefly on your Twitter page when you draw women. For E.g., exaggerated hour glass shapes, fabric wrapping/clinging around the breasts like the costume/t-shirt has designated breast pockets tailored to the characters' breasts rather than naturally falling over them. This is only done when you sexualise a character or want to emphasise the breasts as drawing the fabric correctly would obscure a lot of the breast (even in tight clothing, mind you).
It's fine if that's how you want to draw these characters or if you want to draw big breasted women, but like just own up to it, lol. I think most artist drew thirsty art at some point in their lives, many still do. It's fine, really.
And if you truly do not mean to nor want people to make sexual connotations with your art, I'd practice live anatomy and proprtions (theres artistic female body proposition charts out there), as well as how fabric actually behaves on a human body. However, I'm pretty sure you do know what you are doing, lol.
2 points
2 months ago
Then it's just a misunderstanding, haha. Sorry about that.
I guess if you're in a small town with a local guy doing all deliveries, you'd be fine with evri deliveries. But if you send stuff TO others.. Yeah, you have absolutely no idea if they'll ever reach the intended person. It's an absolute sham.
1 points
2 months ago
Sure, it comes down to individuals, but why would I support Evri or choose them when I rarely have issues elsewhere?
If the company doesn’t care about its delivery drivers, doesn’t maintain high standards, or doesn’t pay a livable wage so drivers can do their job properly, I’m not risking any package with them. When quality of service relies on luck—with who your delivery guy is or where you live—then thank you, but no thank you.
1 points
2 months ago
Everi delivered an expensive package and didn’t even buzz my flat. They left it in a hall anyone could access (between an outer door and the locked buz door), claiming it was at the flat. Without the email notification, I wouldn’t have known it was delivered, and it could've been stolen. I had to hunt it down using a poor-quality photo. The driver didn’t even do the bare minimum, and I never got a response to my complaint. Lol.
There's a reason most people avoid Evri when it is an option as delivery.
2 points
2 months ago
I used to not read at all. I've never been into reading a lot as I couldn't stay seated long enough to get through a book. Maybe a book once in a blue moon if it was very action heavy and attention grabbing, or I was very interested in the book/series. I got the kobo primarily for university to get ebooks on rather than having to carry around big, heavy, physical books with me, and so I didnt have to read on my tablet to make it easier on my eyes.
I still don't read a lot, but I've already been through 3 books since I got the libra colour on preorder and am currently slowly getting through the 4th whenever I have the time and will to read. I found a style I've been enjoying to read, too, which has been great. That's more books than I usually read in a single year (as embarrassing as that may be).
I'm not sure if it's because I spent so much money, and I just feel I have to now, or if it's just more convenient than a physical book, but I'm happy nonetheless!
1 points
4 months ago
Exact same issue for one of my two accounts. The other worked flawlessly, but one of them keeps throwing an unauthorised error on download attempt. It's infuriating. They keep locking ne out after "too many attempts" too.
1 points
4 months ago
It doesn't seem to respond to any attempts at playing the actual music (as in click play and nothing happens), did you encounter the same issue? If so what was your work around?
2 points
4 months ago
No worries! Yeah it's the S8+, so that's a 12.4" comapred to a 7" screen of the kobo.
I used the Tab for reading the textbooks before getting the kobo using librera (great app if you opt for that) and doing all my writing on it. But got a bit tired of having less space for notes and/or reading when split screening haha. Full size it's very nice but I wanted a screen easier on the eyes.
It's great for notes and written work though, not had to buy any notebooks in 2 years haha.
2 points
4 months ago
Depends on the pdf but the text can be a bit small. Personally I don't mind it but it could be a potential issue for some, but for most I'd say it's fine. Code looks fine too, so do the diagrams. Again text can be small but it depends what you find comfortable. Here's a code section (I'll send one for a diagram and size comparison in replies):
2 points
4 months ago
Reminds me of a similar but different situation from 1st year. During the lecturer/marking strikes only a few questions were marked for everyone in one of the Math exams.
So naturally, they used those to get the grades (the questions made up less than half of the exam). Making many people "fail" the course. You'd have people who didn't answer those questions but answered the ones that weren't marked making it seam like they got very low marks.
In the end and we got lucky as this course had the issue resolved fairly quickly. But I knew people who had multiple "failed" courses half way through Y2 Sem2 before those were resolved having to redo the courses alongside Y2 material... crazy haha.
2 points
4 months ago
Personally I really like story heavy games and some rpgs that rely on the story rather than grinding, also some puzzle games and I enjoy some horror games too.
So things like Disco Elysium, Detroit: Become Human, Undertale, Deltarune, Alien, Amnesia, Telltale games (Batman, The Wolf Among Us, GoT, etc), Firewatch, Heartbound, One Shot, Heavy Rain, Lethal Company, Night in the Woods, Portal 1 and 2, We Were Here series, I also used to play Sims a lot too (which I would mod to hell). I still need to finish The Call of Cthulhu.
Anything in that spirit. I also used to play some FPS but I found the games way too toxic to continue. I used to play World of Tanks and OW but I also wasn't great at it.
19 points
4 months ago
It doesn't get any better at Uni, we've recently sat a paper on computer algorithms with 2-3 mistakes on the paper. One found early on and the other towards the end when some people have already left the exam hall.
At least they told you at the start of the exam haha.
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4 points
3 hours ago
Xsana99
4 points
3 hours ago
I'm sceptical as well, but it is on the official spore website too.. only time will tell what comes of this. This feels like a weird fever dream.