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[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago (3 children)

How 3D I got this to look!

It's a little mace like thing my character has on the end of his tail, it's shiny and spiky but it's just...I picked quite possibly the hardest shape to paint in a way that looks convincingly 3D, but I think I pulled it off! πŸ˜ƒ

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This is awesome! I thought this was a model render until I read your description.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Thanks so much! That's just what I am aiming for!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Thank you! πŸ˜ƒ For this drawing I'm going to try my best to make it look as closely to a scene from a Gamecube-era game as I can! I always loved how old 3D games looked!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I worked 4 hours today, filling in for someone, and I made it through the first half of the day without getting fired or falling apart.

Not a lot to be proud of, I guess, but its been a while since I was able to be productive for even a few hours at a time.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Sounds like a positive step forward, we're rooting for you.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

I've just taught myself to knit. I made a simple ribbed hat and now I'm halfway through a cabled headband. There are loads of mistakes and it's not as relaxing as I would have hoped but I'm proud of it all none the less.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

Deciding not to settle for a "red flag" person and instead respect my boundaries, rather than let myself be with a manipulative and dangerous person.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I purchased a Tp-Link Archer C7 router at a thrift store for 5 dollars. Brought it home and flashed a specific revision of open-wrt to its firmware, and then ran an update file on top of that firmware revision to turn it into a pineapple router.

Had no idea if it would work when I was doing this.

Works great, the 5 bucks was totally worth it, and now I can use it to test hardening on my mobile devices.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I recently started using voice (SSB) on the HF ham bands, and have made contacts on 15, 17, 20, and 40m. No real DX, but made one foreign contact ~1000mi away and another domestic ~2000mi away.

I live in a city and it's challenging to get a good antenna setup, so it's always a compromise where I am.

Nothing very impressive by ham standards, but it's fun.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Ham radio is fun. Im not active, but maybe try posting a conversation on the different ham radio Lemmy communities.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

I learned how to use and configure kipper on a printer. Trying to make a model how.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Finally pulled the trigger and started emailing therapists to look for who's taking clients. That I got anxiety just thinking about doing this should have been my first clue I need therapy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I’m rooting for you! Just been through the same thing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Currently training to be sous chef at a restaurant I've only worked at for 6 months. Feels pretty good ngl.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

I wrote a program to make a web server with routes and their content sourced from a text file in golang. I have wanted to learn go for a while so this was a good first step!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Made authentic butter chicken yesterday and it came out better than I hoped for.