What are you doing right now?

Paidiske said:

Honestly, because I was kicked out of college and wanted something to do with my brain while I was pregnant.

Or did you mean more technically?

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Was it hard to build the audience? How did you manage to get kicked out of school?

Swan7 said:

For now I'm just using the Asus Transformer which has Windows 8.1 on it. I was using my desktop with Windows 10, but I had to put it away for a while.

I use Huion 610 Pro for drawing/colouring. The style I draw is anime I'm just practicing illustrating for now. I'm not very confident in colouring yet.

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I have not used Huion yet. I have a couple of old wacom drawing tablets, but one uses the serial interface, so not much use lately! Does the Huion perform well? They are usually a bit cheaper than Wacom and seem to have more options.

Are you going for a cell shading look once you start doing the color?

tall73 said:

Was it hard to build the audience?

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Not really? I mean, it's built slowly over time, the main thing I did was add the link to my signature in another forum where I'm active (and where that's allowed), and that drove a lot of traffic. I have a link on my profile here but obviously that drives much less traffic.

But I didn't really particularly care about building the audience, so I've just let that happen over time. And it's still not huge, in social media terms, but it's big enough for me to feel that it's worth maintaining.

tall73 said:

How did you manage to get kicked out of school?

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I fell pregnant. (I was married). And I was very sick, expected to lose the baby, and basically they wouldn't work with me to give me the flexibility I needed. I got this email saying (hang on, I still have it, I'll quote it for you): "The situation is that you are formally and fully on leave from candidature for a period of eighteen months. That means that you are not a student of the Theological School for that period of time and are not eligible to attend the [various formational activities]. (Chapel prayers and eucharist, of course, are public gatherings). ...you cannot be regarded as a student of TCTS."

They didn't even discuss it with me first. Just sent me an email out of the blue, that said something completely different to what I thought the situation was.

Paidiske said:

I fell pregnant. (I was married). And I was very sick, expected to lose the baby, and basically they wouldn't work with me to give me the flexibility I needed. I got this email saying (hang on, I still have it, I'll quote it for you): "The situation is that you are formally and fully on leave from candidature for a period of eighteen months. That means that you are not a student of the Theological School for that period of time and are not eligible to attend the [various formational activities]. (Chapel prayers and eucharist, of course, are public gatherings). ...you cannot be regarded as a student of TCTS."

They didn't even discuss it with me first. Just sent me an email out of the blue, that said something completely different to what I thought the situation was.

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Wow, I guess their theology stayed on the academic level, and forgot to go to the human level.

Basically, it was a system designed for blokes; and despite having some years of ordaining women under their belts, they had never thought through how our experience or needs might be different. I was the first pregnant ordination candidate they'd ever had, and they had no policy in place for that.

This is, of course, a common problem with many of our social institutions and structures!

trying to pick paint colors for family room
I've picked 3 different ones and husband doesn't like any of them

talking about variations of white, off white
how hard can this be, lol

for the record, I don't like his picks, either

I'd go for something with a blue-ish tinge.

Mind you, first house husband and I lived in, his mother made some decorating choices before I moved in.... the very bright blue feature wall in the bedroom was something I found hard to live with!

At work listening to this message:

What do you do for work, Toro?

Paidiske said:

I fell pregnant. (I was married). And I was very sick, expected to lose the baby, and basically they wouldn't work with me to give me the flexibility I needed. I got this email saying (hang on, I still have it, I'll quote it for you): "The situation is that you are formally and fully on leave from candidature for a period of eighteen months. That means that you are not a student of the Theological School for that period of time and are not eligible to attend the [various formational activities]. (Chapel prayers and eucharist, of course, are public gatherings). ...you cannot be regarded as a student of TCTS."

They didn't even discuss it with me first. Just sent me an email out of the blue, that said something completely different to what I thought the situation was.

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Wow. That is terrible.

Totally unbelievable.

tall73 said:

Wow, I guess their theology stayed on the academic level, and forgot to go to the human level.

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True of a lot of Christendom; unfortunately. In many cases, of Judaism as well.

I know only of a couple of Messianic seminaries, and to my knowledge they have not had female rabbinic candidates yet. But we are a relatively young movement. I have met at least one woman messianic rabbi, but her ordination was in Reform Judaism.

And people wonder why I make a fuss about women's rights and women's equality. I've seen what happens when no one stands up for those things.

Indeed Paidiske. Good work you are doing.

What I am doing at the moment:

Watching my wife drive off to Shabbat service. I am staying home; nursing a really bad sore throat.

Hot coffee is helping. So is cranberry juice.

Paidiske said:

What do you do for work, Toro?

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Security on the executive side of oil production.

No dream job but God is using it to provide what I need at the moment so I am content.

tall73 said:

I have not used Huion yet. I have a couple of old wacom drawing tablets, but one uses the serial interface, so not much use lately! Does the Huion perform well? They are usually a bit cheaper than Wacom and seem to have more options.

Are you going for a cell shading look once you start doing the color?

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Yes, I’ve had this Huron tablet for over 2 years and it performs very well! I paid $60CND from Amazon and it’s well spent for what I use it for. I like that I can use the buttons on the side for quick zoom ins and outs, undo, etc.

I’ve cell shaded before but I’m trying to go for a more advanced look. Still trying to figure out the layering while colouring.

Toro said:

At work listening to this message:

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Very good message and I can certainly relate.

Getting ready to start a counseling session online with a client in a few minutes

Swan7 said:

Yes, I’ve had this Huron tablet for over 2 years and it performs very well! I paid $60CND from Amazon and it’s well spent for what I use it for. I like that I can use the buttons on the side for quick zoom ins and outs, undo, etc.

I’ve cell shaded before but I’m trying to go for a more advanced look. Still trying to figure out the layering while colouring.

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Yeah, I saw your piece over in the visual arts section, and it had more of the smooth shading.

Do you use a lot of transparent layers to build up, or just use layers to address different sections?

How much soft edge do you use when you shade? I started out with more soft and transparent brushes, but I sometimes benefit from working with harder edge brushes.

Digital is great in that you can adjust down to every little detail. And the layering is similar to a watercolor with the transparency, but you have a lot more control over the layers, and of course an undo button!

tall73 said:

Yeah, I saw your piece over in the visual arts section, and it had more of the smooth shading.

Do you use a lot of transparent layers to build up, or just use layers to address different sections?

How much soft edge do you use when you shade? I started out with more soft and transparent brushes, but I sometimes benefit from working with harder edge brushes.

Digital is great in that you can adjust down to every little detail. And the layering is similar to a watercolor with the transparency, but you have a lot more control over the layers, and of course an undo button!

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I mainly use the airbrush for all kinds of shading and highlighting. I have used a watercolour brush for shading and I might try it again with the second line art piece.

As for the layering, I’m still getting to know my way around that, lol. I’ve found that I very much dislike a lot of layers. Folders are so nice though. I use that for colouring. I use layers for basic colour for every separate detail (hair, skin, attire/accessories, etc), and use shading and highliting as different layers.

What’s your approach for yours?