@dexiheart yuuuuup, there's definitely a confidence aspect to it
i guess it's pretty natural to lean on the opinions of others when you aren't confident in your own–but that also means that it can be pretty easy to justify ignoring how things work differently for you, and that's always a disaster
it's really hard to tell when things that make your creativity unique are shining through vs not just lacking important context–after all, you can't get external confirmation for something so internal
@dexiheart oh, absolutely!
it's always just interesting when that relationship goes squarely against the advice of people who are much better than i am
it means that i internalize advice i don't really feel quite a lot because the people who gave it to me know a lot more than i do, and "what if my instincts are secretly bad habit pitfalls?"
(this thought is brought to you by trying to do linework in pencil crayon, doing experimental coloring with gel pen, extremely disliking the result, and not being able to play around with it at all to find out what would work better)
sometimes people tell i should try to draw in more permanent mediums because committing to lines and being more okay with drawing badly helps with being creative
but i find in practice the opposite seems to be true?
like, being able to erase and experiment with 90 different things quickly has been a lot more informative and fun for seeing what works, and what doesn't
if i try to draw with things i can't tweak, i just draw worse and try less since each experiment takes so much more effort
hee. i got some gel pens a while ago, and i'm still figuring out how to use them tastefully
it's nice being able to have more bold colors for lines though!
@codl snivy are precious~
re: terraria
@cinnamon it's true, if i don't have space to dodge, aggro is basically a death sentence
i might just carry both in my inventory to use depending on the amount of space we have to work with, so i can switch between UnHoLy DpS and "keep everyone alive" modes
re: terraria
@cinnamon yeah! i will end up doing a lot less magic damage, but i literally just need to change my headgear to play angy-healer
re: terraria
@cinnamon oh wait! it looks like spectre armor converts magic damage to healing for the player with the lowest health!
maybe that would combine well..?
re: terraria
@cinnamon oh what, that's a thing??
also yeah, that sounds like an extremely tank setup in rpg terms, though i don't know how that would work in the absence of a healing class
@cinnamon hee, glad that i have a reputation
@cinnamon hell yeah! ^^
@cinnamon oh! mood
oh hi! i do computers, and sometimes draw stuff~ i like lo-fi things and cute aesthetics!
i also probably like you
(also, tagged #abdl ahead, soooo 🔞)