Hello I am new, confused and excited about Lemmy! I like the vibes.

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Cake day: June 15th, 2023

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  • I’m sorry you feel stuck right now. I know you don’t want to hear this, but if you want to achieve your dream of a family you are going to need another job and therapy. Even if the women of your dreams showed up ready to get pregnant right now, you’re not ready. Do you really want to raise kids who know daddy hates himself? Do you really want your family to deal with your emotional spillover? Teaching kids emotional regulation is HARD and damn near impossible if you are struggling yourself.

    There is nothing wrong with wanting a family. That is a fine goal and a perfect thing to look forward to. Many poeple are starting families later just bc of the cost of living, so I don’t think you will be too old even if it takes you another five years to get there.

    There is someone out there for everyone. Maybe she can make all the money and you can be a stay at home dad! But you gotta get up, flip off the fucking world, and get a job and start putting together a social life of poeple who care about you. Stay safe and remember you are valuable and worthy of self love.


  • RIGHT!? And maybe it’s me but whenever I see one of these villages I have to help them. I fell so bad watching them stranded in pits and stuck on cliff sides. Derails whatever I was doing bc I feel so bad for them. Sometimes I’ve had to destroy and block off entire houses bc they spawned in a cave under the village and the villagers were getting eaten alive trying to get to it.









  • Fellow artist here! I love the colors! I second brushing up on your anatomy, but I also wanted to recommend plastic artist models. Like gray scale action figures of poeple, but proportionly correct. I use them all the time. Get a stick for a prop sword and your good to go. Really helps me rough out a pose and make sure the prop/object is being handled naturally.

    Which brings me to my next point, pose. Even standing still like this you can give your charters a sense of self and personality. Look for a dynamic action in the hands. Figure out which leg is taking weight and which isn’t.

    Have you ever spotted one of your friends from some distance away? You couldn’t see their face but you knew it was them becuase of how they were standing, how they carried themselves. Same idea.

    One of the things that helped me was gesture drawings, no details just motion. I would grab a sketch book and head to a park with lots of poeple and free sketch. Also get some books on animation! Sorry I have written a novel here but I LOVE art and have been painting my whole life! Keep going! I can see the skill in your work. Hell your probably better at clothing than I am! (I have to get mad reference for clothing, especially shoes.)




  • Don’t be afriad to involve her in your stuff, even if it’s boy stuff. My dad taught me how to fix cars, wilderness survival, how to shoot guns, how to fix stuff, it didn’t matter that I was a girl, if I was interested he’d show me. I didn’t care that this was boy stuff, I just liked that I was helping dad.

    With the bonus payoff of me being a rather handy cabable adult too! Although he did his fair share of playing Barbie and tea party as well.

    She might not like all of your hobbies (I never liked fishing) but give it a shot! Don’t be afraid just bc some stuck up parents would be agast she’s learning to change the oil in the car.