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Yakamaru

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  1. I don't put the toilet seat back up again after I finish laying a Snickers. :>
  2. I just want this day to be over so I can go back to sleeping. o3o
  3. Pineapple on pizza is actually pretty good.
  4. *boops @Yoshi89, @Nsxile, @Props Valroa, @Ice Princess Silky and @Luna the Great of all the Russias* Because why not. o3o
  5. Take it Discord and the like are included? My answer would be maybe.
  6. Loyalty and honesty are the two most important on both. Good sense of humour, good chemistry. Someone who genuinely wants what's best for you.
  7. Playing Helldivers 2. And found a bit of a funny graphics glitch. :>
  8. Oh, forum is back up again. Nice.

    1. Astralshy

      Astralshy

      oh, yes :> It is 

  9. As someone who commissions art(perhaps a little too much ^^'') and have a good amount of experience on this front there's always something at the back of my head that gnaws ever so gently when an artist, or supposed artist approaches me for commission work. The initial interactions is rather vital for me to indicate whether or not this is a legitimate artist contacting me or if it's a bot/AI or someone trying to scam me. First point to look out for is a gallery. Does this artist, or supposed artist, have a gallery? Granted, not all artists have one but it's a good way to show someone's portfolio and increases the chance of someone being a legit artist. This art gallery can be on FurAffinity, deviantArt or what have you. Second point is speech patterns and general language use. Some scams are literal bots/AI, and as such are easy enough to distinguish through some clever wording and sentence structuring. In the case it's a real person trying to scam this can be detected through a bit of inquiring about their supposed.. "work", although I really don't recommend treating every potential artist as a scammer. That's rather backwards. Pattern recognition, although this one may be a bit more on the Autistic side of things. There is more often than not patterns in things, especially speech, so keep an eye out for various patterns that may indicate whether this artist is legit or not. Art consistency. Consistent art is important especially if the artist, or supposed artist, have a gallery. You should be able to verify this rather easily even for artists with a mid level of skills. Some artists however have several styles that they draw, one such prime example is feve who does different styles depending on what's been commissioned. In the case of you having posted an advert (example below. The finished piece ended up as a Japanese Oni samurai which were a bit of a deviation from the original ad, but it came out pretty nicely regardless :>. It's in the spoiler just below for anyone curious) where you are looking for an artist to do a specific pose, scene or what have you, a scammer could use this as a potential venue of getting money from people. That chance is low however as you're the one putting out an ad and get to see various artists with their portfolios, which is where scammers tend to end up being discouraged as portfolios and even publically available galleries is a huge boon for genuine artists. I could write half a novel on interactions alone when it comes to trying to figure out whether this artist is legit or not, but I will refrain from doing so and save people from reading Autistic drivel. In general just use your intuition and feeling on the front, and be aware of scammers, but don't let it stop you from normal interactions and making a potential genuine artist happeh with a commission.
  10. Merry Christmas to you all!

    1. Sparklefan1234

      Sparklefan1234

      Merry Christmas, BFFFF! :rarityhat:

  11. Applejack is best pony. Don't @ me. o3o

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    2. Yakamaru

      Yakamaru

      Nuh-uh. Swear on me mum, darling. :mlp_smug:

    3. Nsxile

      Nsxile

      But you did. B) Also, why are you speaking in Rarity? :confused:

    4. Yakamaru

      Yakamaru

      Don't be silly, darling. Only a darling would argue that, darling. :devious:

  12. Unbanned for giving me a back massage that one day in March when I needed it the most. o3o
  13. .... Where's the food? >: Breakfast in bed? Aren't we supposed to be newlyweds?
  14. I throw some tasty tasty cheesecake at you.
  15. .... Good Lord. I know this is horribly late of me because my activity here the last year or so have been sporadic at best, but may she rest in peace. And may she and her family have my condolences on their loss as she will obviously be sorely missed. If there is such a thing as an afterlife I wish her a good one.
  16. Still watching uThermal playing Protoss beating Grandmasters with only one unit. :>
  17. Like how it doesn't link properly on my phone.
  18. One of my previous attempts like two months or so back at doing digitigrade anthro/kemono sci-fi space captains standing on their ship's bridge. Came out pretty damn well I dare say, though the background could need work, and so does his eyes. Oh well, an experiment success none the less I suppose. And then we have those more crisp detailed pieces. I've learned quite a lot over the course of two months and my prompt crafting have gotten pretty decent I'd argue. I had some very good Medieval/Viking-themed ideas but this retard somehow managed to delete the folder they were located in. Oh well. Will have to go create something better at a later date.
  19. Some more recent generations that I've been playing around with lately. I'm a huge sucker for highly detailed living eyes, especially blue ones. Theme for this one was kind of supposed to be "giant angry tit attacking a city. And there's devastation and stuff" but ended up kind of a.. cute fail in a way? Giant angry emo bird staring at some skyscrapers. Or possibly a miniature city set? Who knows. Came out pretty fun either way. Do note that all of these are first-gens. No inpainting, pure first generation generations and prompt crafting. They can be (in some cases vastly) improved through inpainting and using image to image improvements by editing or generating new things in the image itself. Stable Diffusion is but one of many, many AI's that you can use, all of which provide different themes, algorithms, efficiencies, reference points, etc. One of the major reasons I've chosen Stable Diffusion is among other things it's easy to use and can be used with AMD cards which aren't all that optimized for use with AI and their algorithms. And who wants a very fluffy pony(that is missing an ear possibly, but that can easily be rectified)?
  20. Thread name speaks for itself. Been having, probably too much fun with AI and Stable Diffusion despite using an AMD card. Though being a Furry and not so much a Brony/pony fan anymore, I've been dabbling a lot more in anthro/humanoid characters as opposed to ferals and ponies, but I have some cute stuff on that front too. And to stay on topic I suppose, here's two generated art pieces from yesterday.
  21. Ah. Thanks for the clarification, love. Was contemplating finding a place where I can post all my goofy crap.
  22. Used Firefox for like, how many years? Since 2004 to 2019, so about 14-15 years or so? Changed over to Brave before the end of the decade and been using it ever since.
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