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peaches2217

peaches2217

Give me Gackpoid AI or give me DEATH 26 From Arklahoma
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  • peaches2217
    The only thing I really didn’t like about Miku’s V4X design was how thin and wispy her twintails were, so the fact that her NT design’s twintails are thicker than her entire head makes me happy. :miku_ani_lili:
    peaches2217
    I’ve thought about rewriting my first OliLen fic from the ground-up. It was a fun concept and fun to write! But... you can tell it was my first OliLen fic. Their personalities are a complete 180 from how I ended up consistently portraying them (Len’s the reserved, insecure one, and Oliver’s the playful and open one).

    Today’s been a horrible day for my self-confidence, just a real smack in the face, a forced confrontation with my complete lack of skill and talents. And I was thinking, maybe if I take an older work of mine and somehow successfully fix it, maybe that would give me a little more confidence back? I don’t really have anything to lose I guess.
    peaches2217
    Ah, I’m gonna be honest: I’m really not digging this whole “being awake” thing today. Maybe if I go to bed now tomorrow will be better.
    peaches2217
    I uploaded a cover of the grace edition of Cantarella last night... and wake up to find one of my significantly more popular, more cool, more talented subscriptions just uploaded a cover of the exact same song, just with different singers and, of course, significantly better.

    I’m an idiot. I’m an idiot that has no right going anywhere near a piece of vocal synthesis technology. Every time I think I’m doing good, I just HAVE to be reminded that I’ll never be good at anything. :yohioloid_lili:
    Twillby
    Twillby
    Nooo don't say that! I really liked your cover. Cantarella is one of my favorite classics and more covers of it are always better!
    Scarlet Illusion
    Scarlet Illusion
    Nah. You're great! I haven't heard it yet, but the most important thing is that you enjoy yourself. And, the best thing you can do is stop comparing yourself to others (I used to fall into this trap with art) and you'll feel a lot better!
    (Also, I know that feel. If I had dime for every time someone (usually Tanjiro, lol) beats me to the punch or uploads something after I do, I'd be rich. Not really, but I wish.
    peaches2217
    In spite of the pain not being as bad as last time, I’m even more worthless this time around. I’m constantly exhausted and have to lay down. If I sit up for more than half an hour at a time I get nauseous. I can only write and edit and tune in very short bursts. If this keeps up I’ll be little more than a barely-coherent waste of oxygen for the next few weeks. I hope that’s not the case. I don’t like being useless, and I’ve got so much work to do.

    I’m gonna try to get something done by tomorrow night so it’ll be ready by Christmas! I can do that much, right?
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    It's normal to feel tired after surgery, don't be so hard on yourself you'll eventually get over it and you'll be in better shape in no time! :kaito_move:
    peaches2217
    Welp. I caved. IA was available for $50 on Mercari, so I got her. Pray with me that she'll be functional and I didn't just get an expensive box...
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    Leon
    Leon
    Oooooh good luck!! With the Cryptons you have a slight failsafe of trying to register the product to reset the serial, but I don't think IA has that option...
    peaches2217
    peaches2217
    I’m going on good faith here. I tried messaging the seller directly through Mercari, but I wasn’t even permitted to sign up because I wrote my name in katakana, signaling that I’m a filthy gaijin, and “non-domestic customers are not permitted”. If all else fails, I can cry Scam on Facebook and someone might take pity... I’m praying it doesn’t come to that though!
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    peaches2217
    The more I work with him, the more I'm willing to defend Yuudai with my life. I guess he's like the Sonika of CeVIO, at least for me - it takes a lot of work to make him sound good, but not only is it possible, his voice is just overall charming, flaws and all.
    peaches2217
    From the moment I got back after my surgery, my eldest son has been diligently nursing me back to health with his warmth and purrs. He follows me when I get up (which I still can’t do often), waits at my feet, then returns to lay with me on the couch. I’ll be healed in no time!
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    Since my months-long job hunt has failed miserably and consistently and my financial aid return is running dry, I really wanna start doing commissions. But

    1.) I could never charge for my art. If anything, I should be paying people for looking at my art since it's that bad. I really don't think I could charge more than $5 per drawing, and even that would be pushing what I think people would be willing to pay for my shit.

    2.) My only talent, if you can call it that much, is writing. I've heard of people commissioning fanfictions, so that seems like fun! But, like with my art, it's not good enough to charge for, I think.

    Basically, I have no marketable skills. I'm good at grading and organizing and running errands, and that's about it, but not even Work Study will take me since I'm a transfer and, therefore, low-priority. I have an associate, but no one else will take me without a bachelor, and the obvious jobs like fast food and retail I can't work because I'm autistic and will shut down in high-pressure or loud work spaces.

    I'm at a loss.
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    uncreepy
    uncreepy
    Okay, I have some ideas. Me, my sister, and my irl friend used to scheme how to get money all the time and some of them actually worked (with varying levels of success).

    1) Swagbucks. I haven't used it in a couple years cause I have a job now, but at the time, you would have to answer surveys/polls, watch commercials, use their search engine, apply codes they'd email you randomly every couple of days, etc in order to earn points. When you reach a certain number of points, you could select an item to buy with it. We would always buy $5 PayPal giftcards for ourselves. Nowadays, I think there are other sites as competition where you have to do these sort of tasks (I think Bing and Amazon have one?), but this site I have the most experience with and us and our friend got a lot of $5 PayPal cards.

    2) If you are willing to go through physical discomfort, check if your area has a plasma donation site. The one by me is called BioLife Plasma Services. It takes 50 minutes for them to suck the plasma out of you and pump the blood back in. You have to donate twice a week (the 1st payment, they give you like $20, but for the 2nd payment, they give you $50 because they can't use your donation unless they have the 2nd bottle of plasma). You have to drink a lot of water/eat to prepare to go so you don't pass out and you get a small circle scar on the inside of your arms. (Be prepared to take iron pills for when they check your levels or eat cereal with the daily dose included.)

    3) Even though you think your art isn't worth anyone's time/money, I beg to differ. I have a pitch for you and will explain it through example. I used to do commissions on FurAffinity (I don't even consider myself a furry, I would sometimes draw furries, but mainly drew humans with kemonomimi), and I will tell you how it happened. At the time, my sister and I had been making price sheets, even a website with commission prices and examples. We were desperate and advertised on deviantART and FurAffinity (we had more followers on FA, because the community is so much smaller than dA). Finally, I made a breakthrough and accidentally got a wave of customers.

    I had made a small animated avatar of a chibi fox walking in a loop (it was like 5 frames and 100 x 100). As soon as I uploaded it, strangers were begging to commission me to customize it to be their character. Shocked and scrambling, I edited the description and said I would do customs for $7 each. Every 3 or so avatars, I would raise the price again and again until it costs about $20 for a custom walking avatar. This even got people commissioning me for normal illustrations. What I learned from doing so many icons for people is that FurAffinity has a culture of 1) customers giving tips, and 2) customers LOVE their OCs and want to collect cheap icons of their characters. $5 icons is the perfect starting range for getting icon commissions on FA (and then gradually increasing the price). If it's an icon, the largest you would have to draw is maybe 500 x 500 pixels (so the drawing can be shrunk down to an icon). You might be thinking, "But uncreepy, I don't draw furries, what am I supposed to do with this information?" I will tell you that there are different art styles on FA, ones that are very realistic animals, ones that are cartooney with big snouts, and ones that are anime-esque with big eyes and cute button noses. I think you could draw the later. All you have to be able to do is change the anime nose to a cat nose, a dog nose, a beak (for birds/griffins), and be prepared in case a "scaley" wants something (lizards/dragons). The only warning is to be careful about scammers (decide if you want the money before you draw or after. If the price was larger, you can split it like "Here's the sketch, give me half of the money and the rest when I finish the drawing".

    4) Fiverr. Me and my sister used this briefly back when everything cost the customer $5 (with Fiverr collecting $1 of it). Now, you can have prices that are bigger, like $19 or something. There are many services on there, you just have to come up with a gimmick. Some people offer to draw portraits. Some people translate. Some make music or play an instrument. I imagine you could offer to write for people, maybe even fanfics for people. It is kind of a pain to set up your prices and stuff, though, and some scammers are on there (like ones who get the item from you and then make an excuse like their grandma died so you feel sorry and let them have it for free).
    uncreepy
    uncreepy
    I forgot to mention, you are good at tuning, you could offer tuning commissions. I have no clue how popular those are, though.
    peaches2217
    peaches2217
    Oh wow. Thank you guys so much!!
    • I AM on Swagbucks. It's good, but nowadays I'm rarely given a survey that I qualify for. I've got a little over 3,000 Swagbucks (about $30), so if I cash out now that's a tank of gas for my car. I think if I work harder I could get more.
    • I don't know if I can qualify for plasma donation. I'm clinically obese and have a higher-than-usual heart rate. I'm extremely healthy otherwise, no diseases or blood pressure issues or diabetes or anything, but I got turned down (very publicly) at a school blood drive because of it. I could always check, though. I was allowed to sign up to be a bone marrow donor back in October, so maybe I could also give plasma.
    • I'll look into FA! It sounds like fun. I might set up a commission page here first, just because I know y'all and it's less scary that way.
    • I'll look into Fiverr. I've signed up for several freelancing websites, but I quickly learned that I wouldn't be making a penny no matter how hard I worked. They kept making me pay to take tests to prove I was any good.
    • I'm no Toota, but tuning commissions do sound fun! But that's the issue: I'm no Toota.:yohioloid_lili:
    Another thought that occurred to me: I enjoy making custom skincare and topical oil blends! I use my best friend as a guinea pig, and she recently admitted that she's advertised my work to like everyone we went to high school with. I did try launching a side business a few months back, just something small and fun. I was grouped up on by people I used to go to church with who are dedicated members of multi-level marketing schemes, all saying "Girl, you could never make products on par with R+F/Arbonne/Younique/etc.! Just buy a starter pack! You'll save yourself so much humiliation that way!" I might try again, because I'm not as worried about hiding my contempt for MLMs nowadays...
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    That was... surprisingly simple. Last time it took six or aeven hours (the waiting, not the surgery). Between me arriving ar the surgery center and me regaining coherency after tge surgery, it only took two hours. I’m still not fully coherent, they face me a looooooot if happy juice, byt I’m good otherwise. Thank y’all for the well-eishes!
    peaches2217
    When you post a selfie and someone tells you, and I quote: “Ugh, why do you look like someone decided for you to have an open-casket funeral?”. Is that a good or a bad thing? I thought it was funny at first, but my mom went into a rage when I showed her the comment, and my best friend is threatening to track him down and rip his genitalia off and shove it down his throat (her words, not mine). So I’m guessing it’s not a good thing.

    We don’t speak a whole lot, but he’s never struck me as someone who would make fun of a person for something so petty. So I just assumed it was either a joke or a morbid compliment. Maybe the one time I don’t take something as malicious, I’m supposed to. I am, historically, a terrible judge of character. :yohioloid_lili:
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    uncreepy
    uncreepy
    Yeah, I don't think most compliments start with "ugh" and proceed to compare you to a dead body. Even if you were spookily-inclined like a goth or someone who wears vampire-style clothing, if the person truly liked your appearance and wanted to compliment you and brighten your day, they would say something universally complimentary like "You look great today, I love your outfit." If I were you, I would consider reflecting on that person's past behavior (or ask someone who knows them) and consider if this isn't the first time they have slighted you.
    Leon
    Leon
    Hmm. I can see how it could be an ironic style complement. But also not at all. It's hard to say...
    mobius017
    mobius017
    Maybe it was supposed to be a joke or something? Otherwise, no, it doesn't sound nice.

    If it was a joke, it was a bad choice to do it in writing, where you can't see/hear each other, unless you guys know each other really well and can guess each other's intentions. Which it doesn't sound like is the case here.

    It seems weird if it's as out of the blue as it sounds from your description. Maybe there's something up with him, or he's made a bad joke he should have really thought better of (for the reasons above, if nothing else). Or else, yeah, maybe he's just mean/nasty/etc.
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