that darn kat!

twudle: For people curious about my settings 1. I use the brush...

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:36:02 -0700

For people curious about my settings

1. I use the brush tool for almost everything, even for lineart. Easy for rough sketching.

2. Blending, works better with a texture thrown in.

3. Flat brush gets you a semi painterly look, wonderful for laying down color and whatnot.

4. Overlay abuse, I actually do most of my color blending with them haha

Brushes downloaded from here I believe

stuff-and-shenanigans: Legit crying.

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:35:26 -0700

stuff-and-shenanigans:

Legit crying.

otakugal: allthatisnt: nepetaquest: angelfire93: Alright, if...

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:35:13 -0700

otakugal:

allthatisnt:

nepetaquest:

angelfire93:

Alright, if you’re a consumer and you’re considering picking up the new Xbox One console, then please, take a moment to listen to me. Before we begin, no, I am not a fanboy or a hater. I have no console Bias. I have a PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, and a Gaming PC. Each has their pros and cons but now onto business.

DO NOT BUY AN XBOX ONE. Why? See the reasons below:

Xbox Requires an internet connection. Here’s how it works: Every 24 hours your Xbox will try to connect to Microsoft’s servers for verification. If it is unable to connect, sucks to be you. You’re blocked from playing even single player games until it can connect.

Source: http://kotaku.com/xbox-one-does-require-internet-connection-cant-play-o-509164109

Do you like renting games, lending them to a friend, or even borrowing them from a friend? No longer possible. Every Xbox One game you get must be registered to your Xbox live account to be played. After that point it will only work for you. No one else can use it unless they pay a fee. Essentially it works like this. You pick up a used Xbox One game from somewhere or someone, pop it into your console. The system verifies it’s been registered to your account. Uh-oh, it isn’t! In order to play it, you have to pay Microsoft a fee, which is currently slated to be full retail price. Doesn’t matter how scratched up it is or how cheap you got it at gamestop or from a friend. You aren’t just buying the physical copies anymore. You’re paying Microsoft for a LICENSE to be allowed to play that game.

It is worth mentioning Microsoft is exploring ways for you to trade in and resell your used games. This is rumored to mean that you can sell your digital license to play the game (registration) back to microsoft, likely for microsoft points. You can then trade in the game at gamespot for some cash if you like. Either way, as it currently stands, the new owner would still have to pay a fee on top of the price of actually buying the physical copy.

Source: http://www.technobuffalo.com/2013/05/21/xbox-one-fee-for-buying-used-games-full-retail-price/

Is it worth mentioning that Microsoft if shafting Indie Developers as well? Where as on Playstation Network or (whatever the Wii has) Indie Developers can self publish their content easily. Playstation even encourages this. Microsoft however forces these Indie Devs to enter publishing deals with them to be allowed to market their content. You don’t go through them, you don’t get to sell what you developed.

Source: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/22/indie-devs-cant-self-publish-on-xbox-one

I’m not quite done yet! Now, I’m sure you heard a lot about “TV TV TV TV SPORTS TV TV SPORTS SPORTS TV.” Yes, the Xbox is slated to be able to stream live tv, live sports, etc. So let me ask you this. You obviously already have something like cable or DirecTV. Do you really want to shell out hundreds of dollars more and pay a monthly subscription fee to have another television provider? Yes, I said hundreds of dollars, and I don’t mean the cost of the console. To view live TV from the Xbox you are required to purchase ANOTHER separate device for it to work. Why would you even consider shelling out more money for something you already have anyway? Even if you didn’t, DirecTV is cheaper. Or you could even subscribe you Hulu.com and watch live tv on your computer. FOR MUCH CHEAPER. You essentially have to buy another cable box if you don’t have one. And if you do… what do you need the Xbox One for?

Source: http://www.vg247.com/2013/05/21/xbox-one-live-tv-available-in-us-only-at-launch-requires-separate-device/

So far we’ve discovered that the Xbox One is not really a gaming console, at least… not a consumer friendly gaming console. It’s being marketed as an all-in-one home entertainment system. Something to replace all of the other devices in your house. But there are drawbacks even to that. Put on your tin foil hats for this part folks. Take from it what you will, all I’ll say is… possibilities…

The Xbox One’s features will not function unless the Kinect is plugged in and active. This is not an optional piece anymore.

Source: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/21/xbox-one-will-not-function-without-kinect-attached

So imagine your Kinect piece breaks? Tough luck, no more Xbox for you. But you know what’s worse?

Pay attention, because this is important. The Kinect is always watching. Always listening. Even when the system is off.

Yes. One of the ways to turn the system on is to audibly say: “Xbox On” while the system is off. The Kinect, which is always on, hears you and turns it on. Now this might seem like a cool feature, but did you know Microsoft patented a feature that would allow the Kinect’s camera (It’s no longer just a sensor, but a camera) to spy on you for the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America?) While they may not actually do this, it is actually possible for them to do this now. It has a camera, and a microphone. The Kinect is always on. It is ALWAYS listening, ALWAYS watching.

An idea has been tossed around that by using this feature, it will allows game developers and movie produces to set a limited amount of how many people can be allowed to view the entertainment. So as a hypothetical example, you and three friends are watching a movie, which is the maximum allowed. A fourth friend enters the room and the Kinect’s sensor registers the fourth individual. The movie stops and you a prompted to pay a fee so that the extra individual may also view the film. Again, that is NOT currently the case, but these are the ideas currently being tossed around with the system’s current capabilities.

Source for listening: http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/21/4352596/the-xbox-one-is-always-listening

Source of spying: http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/139706-microsofts-new-kinect-patent-goes-big-brother-will-spy-on-you-for-the-mpaa

Now, just two more things and I’ll be done here!

This isn’t really a good or bad thing, but it’s annoying. It also explains how they can prevent you from playing a used game if you didn’t pay their fee. Xbox one no longer plays games off the discs, you HAVE to install them to the hard-drive in order to play them. I believe PS3 also has you do this (on a number of games but not always it seems), except that PS3 isn’t trying to Nickle and Dime you at every corner. It also seems according to this article there is something related to the Online portion at the beginning of this post. The option is there for Developers to require the Xbox to always be online to play their particular game. Well, it seems PC gamers and console gamers have one thing in common now… DRM.

(At least pirates on PC can bypass DRM easily. Not an option for Consoles.)

Source: http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/21/4352314/xbox-one-hard-drive-game-installs

And last but not least, another annoyance… Xbox One will not be compatible with any and all current headsets. Nope, companies will either have to make new headsets altogether specifically for the Xbox One, and they have to adhere to what Microsoft wants. Look forward to price gouging.

Source: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/22/xbox-one-incompatible-with-current-gaming-headsets

Oh, one more thing… If you have an Xbox 360, don’t get rid of it. Why? Well if you want to keep playing your old 360 games you’ll need it. The Xbox One isn’t backwards compatible. At all. Not only that, but President of Microsoft’s Xbox Division Don Mattrick insults the very notion of backwards compatibility! He calls it: “Backwards thinking.”

Source: http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/21/4350662/new-xbox-has-no-backwards-compatibilty

Source of insult: http://www.polygon.com/2013/5/22/4355984/xbox-one-backward-compatibility-backwards-thinking-don-mattrick

That is all I have to say currently folks, and I hope you took the time to read this far. I’ll conclude with the following… please… PLEASE do not buy this console. Paying for this supports greedy and anti-consumer business practices. Speak with your wallet, and pass up the Xbox One. No matter what games it might have that you want, even if they are exclusive. Do the right thing and make a statement. Refuse to be nickle and dimed like this. Refuse to be seen as a mindless consumer who will buy anything tossed to them.

We won’t know much else until after E3, but as it stands now, the PS4 or a decent gaming PC is the best way to go.

If you are willing to do so, please spread this post around. Liking is not even remotely necessary, but do please share it if you agree with and acknowledge what you’ve read here. The more people know, the fewer of them waste their money.

Thank you, kindly.

~Dylan Jordan

(Originally posted on Facebook by one of my friends. He brings up many valid points. Mind you, I haven’t been a fan of Xbox in a long time and I will most likely get a PS4. But this confirms further for me that I won’t be getting an Xbox one any time in the foreseeable future.)

TL;DR —The XBOX One is going to be a piece of shit and you really shouldn’t even remotely think about getting one.

Okay if the other consoles adopt a policy like this I am going to stop being a gamer because fuck this so hard

Edit - Also, that has the potential to destroy rental companies…

Yup. No new xbox for the forseeable future in our house.
Fuck you microsoft. Fuck you and the Cloud you road in on.

karenhurley: This flower shaped confetti contains flower seeds...

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:31:19 -0700

karenhurley:

This flower shaped confetti contains flower seeds that grow into wildflowers. It is hand made and biodegradable so it leaves no waste. Via

bryankonietzko: ca-tsuka: Artworks of Kairos (Studio La...

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:24:14 -0700

bryankonietzko:

ca-tsuka:

Artworks of Kairos (Studio La Cachette).

AHHHHHH! This stuff is the coolest and most charming, simple, and elegant. Depressed and inspired simultaneously and in equal measure, like the first time I saw FLCL. The depression wears off though, and the inspiration stays.

mahwaha: tobbycat: forrestevermore: thelifeandtimesofagaymer: ...

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:18:55 -0700

mahwaha:

tobbycat:

forrestevermore:

thelifeandtimesofagaymer:

pettyartist:

thornsofsky:

princekid13:

manga-maniac:

- That was a pretty easy catch.
- Sometimes all you gotta do is ask.

Does noone understand that James is like, the best trainer? He may not be the strongest, but he ASKS his pokemon if they want to join, seriously he’s nicer than Ash to his pokemon.

The poor man gets bitten, poisoned, chewed on, strangled, stabbed, prodded, crushed, blown up, and all manner of painful things by his pokemon, AND HE LOVES THEM ANYWAYS.

James needs his own show. Of when he was a kid or something. And his amazing gift with pokemon.

It’s most likely due to the fact that James grew up in a formal upper-class family and didn’t have any friends besides his pet Growlithe which he had to leave to escape an arranged marriage.

He’s nice to Pokemon because for the longest time, they were the only ones nice to him.

James is such a cutie patootie. ; w ;

He’s always been my favorite character on the show.

The main reason I love the Pokemon anime is that despite all the ridiculousness that goes on with Jessie and James, they are legitimately *good people* who have been through really bad times and make bad decisions because of it.

They’re foils, but they’re still fully fleshed out characters who have deeper motivations than just “get the thing from the good guy”, and I think that’s great.

Guys, that moment you realize James asks his pokemon if they want to join because he knows what its like to be forced into something and feel captured. he wants to give them the choice that he was never given. oh god, these feels.

and most of the time when team rocket fails or they can’t fight back its because James’s pokemon spend all their time trying to hug or show affection for him and want to show him how much he means to them

O-oh my goodness, this is precious.

toxeh: cynicalsleeper: this is the best thing that appeared on...

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:16:32 -0700

toxeh:

cynicalsleeper:

this is the best thing that appeared on my dash today

I’m giggling like an idiot help.

fernosaurus: yumeninja: 8bitchick: dapatches: pixiv: シャボムプ...

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:19:54 -0700

fernosaurus:

yumeninja:

8bitchick:

dapatches:

pixiv: シャボム

プリンセスのために…。

I MAY BE HYPERVENTILATING DUE TO TOO MUCH EXPOSURE TO AWESOME. OMG.

ho my god

Holy shit

for Zeitoh

motherfuckingcheese: blueeyeddrug: rape—princess: Nailed...

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:17:28 -0700

motherfuckingcheese:

blueeyeddrug:

rape—princess:

Nailed it.

Photo

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:13:03 -0700

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Sat, 25 May 2013 11:10:59 -0700

tramampoline: kaimitch: rurone: justjasper: siamese cats...

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:09:58 -0700

tramampoline:

kaimitch:

rurone:

justjasper:

siamese cats getting really fucking distressed at their owner being in the shower

“Operation: Save the human from the loud spraying water box of death” is my favorite thing

cats that actually say meow

ohhh my gooood

helpyoudraw: Neck Reference Updated by MelissaDalton from...

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:58:32 -0700

helpyoudraw:

Neck Reference Updated by MelissaDalton from DeviantArt

Many thanks to spreeunit for linking us to this!

mishaphilia: aiclan: he died a hero’s death #OH MY GOD #WHY...

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:55:30 -0700

mishaphilia:

aiclan:

he died a hero’s death

#OH MY GOD #WHY IS THIS NOT ME

Photo

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thebestmusicintown: Dragons - Caravan Palace Electroswing is a...

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:00:15 -0700

thebestmusicintown:

Dragons - Caravan Palace

Electroswing is a good genre. It makes me all giddy ‘n stuff.

Follow my main blog: themagicalflyinghipster

perbast: muchadoaboutmusicals: The Original Broadway Cast of...

Fri, 24 May 2013 20:51:53 -0700

perbast:

muchadoaboutmusicals:

The Original Broadway Cast of Disney’s The Lion King

Mufasa :: Sarabi :: Young Nala and Simba :: Simba :: Nala:: Rafiki :: Pumba and Timon :: Zazu :: Scar :: The Hyenas (Ed, Shenzi, and Banzai)

Wowowow this is neat!!

alxbngala: [x]

Fri, 24 May 2013 20:49:49 -0700

alxbngala:

[x]

thistwit: Never Heal Myself- Cults

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:35:09 -0700

thistwit:

Never Heal Myself- Cults

that darn kat!

twudle: For people curious about my settings 1. I use the brush...

stuff-and-shenanigans: Legit crying.

otakugal: allthatisnt: nepetaquest: angelfire93: Alright, if...

karenhurley: This flower shaped confetti contains flower seeds...

bryankonietzko: ca-tsuka: Artworks of Kairos (Studio La...

mahwaha: tobbycat: forrestevermore: thelifeandtimesofagaymer: ...

toxeh: cynicalsleeper: this is the best thing that appeared on...

fernosaurus: yumeninja: 8bitchick: dapatches: pixiv: シャボム プ...

プリンセスのために…。

motherfuckingcheese: blueeyeddrug: rape—princess: Nailed...

Photo

Photo

tramampoline: kaimitch: rurone: justjasper: siamese cats...

helpyoudraw: Neck Reference Updated by MelissaDalton from...

mishaphilia: aiclan: he died a hero’s death #OH MY GOD #WHY...

Photo

Photo

thebestmusicintown: Dragons - Caravan Palace Electroswing is a...

perbast: muchadoaboutmusicals: The Original Broadway Cast of...

alxbngala: [x]

thistwit: Never Heal Myself- Cults

fernosaurus: yumeninja: 8bitchick: dapatches: pixiv: シャボムプ...