Sergio
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2·14 hours agoNow I know what it feels like to be in France under Napoleon III.
2·2 days agoYeah, the smoke’s also there in panel 2. The way I see it, Nemi is holding the cigarette below the table in both panels 2 and 4. It’s a little awkward to think that she swapped hands between panels 3 and 4, but not a huge deal. I’m a little more disturbed by Nemi blowing second-hand smoke into Cyan’s face in panel 2, but maybe sh’es enough at an angle that it isn’t noticeable.
Missed a great opportunity for the last panel to have her looking at the “camera” like Disaster Girl .
Great question! I’m just using this as a fun way to learn more about GIMP and about the structure of cartoons. After maybe 1-2 more of these I’ll prolly move on to something else.
So, specifically about the wording: I don’t have access to the original Norwegian, only what I find floating around the web. I encourage Norwegians to look at http://nemi.no/ which directs them to the artist’s Facebook page with links to a store for the physical comics in Norwegian, which they can buy to support the artist.
I think the ones I find online were translated into UK English. As a learning exercise I “translate” it to American English, which is my native language. I personally tend to be kinda wordy, so as an exercise I try to minimize the number of words used. I also think a lot about the specific words used. Like in the copy that I found, Nemi says “Tons” which is kindofa British way of saying things. For a while I had that at “Lots” which is more American. At the last minute I changed it to “Plenty” bc I thought it flowed better. But now I’m thinking of changing it back. (idk, got any thoughts?) (EDIT: after thinking about it all day, I changed her utterance to “Sure.”) In the strip I found, Cyan (Nemi’s friend) said “Do you have any…” which I thought was kinda wordy, so I changed it to “Got any…”. BUT THE THING IS, I realize that “wordiness” says a lot about a character! i.e. it contributes to the perceived personality of the character. So minimizing the number of words is not always the right answer. Anyway, by going through this exercise, it helped me think this over and really internalize the importance of word choice.
2·3 days agoI use feeds on Piefed. Take a look at these feeds with less politics and less tech:
- (less memes): https://piefed.social/f/highsignal
- (memes/humor): https://piefed.social/f/highmemecontent
back when I used lemmy instead of piefed, I read by “new / subscribed” and only subscribed to those communities.
Insane Clown Posse, “To Catch a Predator” :
I stab em in the neck first
cuz it hurts
get him where the blood squirts
carve his whole face off
and make him eat it
chain him up by the foot
in the basement, bleeding!
2·3 days agoHey, I wondered what happened to Bello and finally found this. Like someone said here, there’s a way to cross-post from Bluesky to Mastodon (and maybe to Lemmy too?) but dunno much about it. Happy New Year, I hope everything works out for you!
Sometimes you need to play video games. winnieThePooh.jpg
Interesting video. I think Japan has a relatively good “safety net”, so at least they have access to healthcare.
The closest I saw was a year or two ago Luna 13 was opening for Hocico and the lead singer (who has a Nosferatu-like pallor) did a “burlesque” style strip-tease as the concert proceeded. It was interesting but didn’t add much, the music was quality enough on its own.
E. only outbursts against stupidity. In his heart of hearts, he knows that going to see The Smiths is not a stupidity.
They can pry my obsolete and low-end … ThinkPad from my cold dead hands!
RIght, but the point is, that’s beyond the scope of what Piefed is interested in. It’s not going to take that step down that road. I like it.
Aw, don’t hate, it’s the vibe that the customer wants. (But yeah, I’da killed myself softly long before Act III.)
2·4 days agoyeah flawed characters are often more interesting than perfect ones. Haddock is more relateable than Tintin, Abdullah is more relateable than Chang, etc.
So… when I was like 8 years old and first read Tintin I thought the bratty kid was hilarious. I was a lil ruffian myself but was kept in check by slaps and yellings. Seeing this kid who got away with everything was fascinating.
Now ofc I realize that such a kid would grow up to be one of those entitled but clueless nepo bros who still gets away with everything but is just making the world shittier.
Something tells me that even among Costa Rican Spectacled Owls, that one’s considered unusually good-looking. Like all the other owls are like: “Yeah, that’s Felipe, everybody knows him!”
wow, so far I’ve only watched the analysis of the first bout, and this is a killer breakdown! There are a lot of easy-to-miss tactical details that the video author is explaining really well!