Explaining Narumitsu To My Partner

i’d love to see someone write this, i’d do it myself if i had the skills to hhhh

SOTR/THG Fanfiction Idea:

Haymitch succeeded in pushing everyone away after the incident with his family, worried he'd put his friend's lives in danger. Not even able to tell them why he's pushing them away, and watching everyone slowly leave his side. Finally content (and so very lonely) about how they can't be hurt because of him. He thinks he made the right decision.

A year passes, and he goes on with life begrudgingly, learning how to be a mentor, so he can at least try to give these kids (most of which are around HIS age if not his age) a fighting chance. Working sponsorships, galas, etc. Crumbling at his first lost tributes. Knowing he'll be doing this every year unless he gets a victor and trying to cope with it.

Then another year later, it's his birthday again. But someone must truly hate him. For it's Burdock Everdeen's name that gets picked for the games while he's 18 (his last chance of even being able to be picked) alongside a girl, and Haymitch is now forced to mentor his ex-best friend and get him through the arena, working under the Capitol's gaze. All the while still learning how to be a mentor period. (and feel the everlasting guilt that he didn't push Burdock far enough and he got picked because of Haymitch - Whether or not this is true).

A friendship reunion except it's in a way literally no one asked for.

happy unnecessary feelings! what was i on about back then, but at the same time he is canonically a huge fan of the in-universe equivalent of power rangers so he could be a brony??? also why did i decide then was the time for perfect grammar. what is this post i regret it but i don’t at the same time oh well

Miles Edgeworth singing ‘My Past is Not Today’ from My Little Pony while alone in his office, almost about to throw his cravat on the floor during the second verse but not properly doing it because no way is he going to wear a cravat that he once threw on the floor in a moment of (un)necessary emotional intensity.

this is my first post on this site, and:

do you know how much this feels like the first page of a sketchbook? this is the one that proves to you that you can be creative and great for the whole book, or if someone is looking at it: it’s their first impression of that part of you you channel through your art. it’s disgusting to see that go to waste by messing up a line, right? well, i did the maths. literally everyone is scared of doing it. no matter whether i see a masterpiece on someone’s first page, i know that the person who made it must have put so much thought and care into it. we all strive not only as creatives, but as humans, for perfection. but, we never attain it — that’s what brings us here, either finding an escape from our journeys on a blogging site, or trying to share our creativity with others.

if you think this is a whole load of cringe, my blog is literally titled ‘roma’s random rants’. you cannot stop me, for now i am here! and i shall find my way back to creation and artistry from the dark paths of art block!!! muahahaha!!!

Miles Edgeworth singing ‘My Past is Not Today’ from My Little Pony while alone in his office, almost about to throw his cravat on the floor during the second verse but not properly doing it because no way is he going to wear a cravat that he once threw on the floor in a moment of (un)necessary emotional intensity.

ed zitron, a tech beat reporter, wrote an article about a recent paper that came out from goldman-sachs calling AI, in nicer terms, a grift. it is a really interesting article; hearing criticism from people who are not ignorant of the tech and have no reason to mince words is refreshing. it also brings up points and asks the right questions:

if AI is going to be a trillion dollar investment, what trillion dollar problem is it solving?

what does it mean when people say that AI will "get better"? what does that look like and how would it even be achieved? the article makes a point to debunk talking points about how all tech is misunderstood at first by pointing out that the tech it gets compared to the most, the internet and smartphones, were both created over the course of decades with roadmaps and clear goals. AI does not have this.

the american power grid straight up cannot handle the load required to run AI because it has not been meaningfully developed in decades. how are they going to overcome this hurdle (they aren't)?

people who are losing their jobs to this tech aren't being "replaced". they're just getting a taste of how little their managers care about their craft and how little they think of their consumer base. ai is not capable of replacing humans and there's no indication they ever will because...

all of these models use the same training data so now they're all giving the same wrong answers in the same voice. without massive and i mean EXPONENTIALLY MASSIVE troves of data to work with, they are pretty much as a standstill for any innovation they're imagining in their heads

happy 8th anniversary to hollow knight!

was thinking of making some art but i felt too burnt out to do it after school so never mind

ace attorney fans have three (3) jokes:

almost christmas

2. updated autopsy

3. parrot

and that’s about it.

So, I saw this image on Facebook, and it was supposedly showing what Queen Nefertiti would have looked like in real life:

Now, I thought this AI generated garbage was just truly terrible on a number of levels; first off, she looks wayyyyyy too modern - her makeup is very “Hollywood glamour”, she looks airbrushed and de-aged, and as far as I’m aware, Ancient Egyptians didn’t have mascara, glitter-based eyeshadows and lip gloss. Secondly, her features are exceptionally whitewashed in every sense - this is pretty standard for AI as racial bias is prevalent in feeding AI algorithms, but I genuinely thought a depiction of such a known individual would not exhibit such euro-centric features. Thirdly, the outfit was massively desaturated and didn’t take pigment loss into consideration, and while I *do* like the look of the neck attire, it's not at all accurate (plus, again, AI confusion on the detailing is evident).

So, this inspired me to alter the image on the left to be more accurate based off the sculpture’s features. I looked into Ancient Egyptian makeup and looked at references for kohl eyeliner and clay-based facial pigment (rouge was used on cheeks, charcoal-based powder/paste was used to darken and elongate eyebrows), and I looked at pre-existing images of Nefertiti, both her mummy and other reconstructions. While doing this, I found photos of a 3D scanned sculpture made by scientists at the University of Bristol and chose to collage the neck jewellery over the painting (and edited the lighting and shadows as best as I could).

Something I see a lot of in facial recreations of mummies is maintaining the elongated and skinny facial features as seen on preserved bodies - however, fat, muscle and cartilage shrink/disappear post mortem, regardless of preservation quality; Queen Nefertiti had art created of her in life, and these pieces are invaluable to developing an accurate portrayal of her, whether stylistic or realistic in nature.

And hey, while I don't think my adjustments are perfect (especially the neck area), I *do* believe it is a huge improvement to the original image I chose to work on top of.

I really liked working on this project for the last few days, and I think I may continue to work on it further to perfect it. But, until then, I hope you enjoy!

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I BEAT THE PATH OF PAIN (YESTERDAY)