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Finished artwork!

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Hey guys I finished my recent dragon artwork!! I decided to call it Imorth (dragon name), I have two colour versions so I didn't want to upload them all separate otherwise it will look like im just spamming the same thing haha, so I decided to do a SideBySide versions for the basic/semi/finished, I have scheduled them to spread them out and the basic/semi is already published!! the two will have a side by side (Bright to dark) like mentioned but I will upload the final ones separate first and then a Side By Side so you can see the difference. I hope you all like it!!

For me its the best I have done so far and hope to do more like this. :D Feel free to check them out down below.

Imorth (Plain version)
Imorth (Dotted version)
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Thank you all!

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Just hit 30.1K Page Views & 376 watchers, yay! Hey guys I dont really do this sort of thing haha but thought I should I know I take time when drawing or never finish the piece, I get a lot of WIP haha but I do appreciate the support from everyone, I do try my best when I draw or try to improve my detail more and more, I also sometimes get put off from drawing (Mostly the reason behind my long uploads) but I am starting to push myself to improve. Which hopefully soon I will be doing bodies that do struggle with haha, for me its all a learning curve its like trying to break a wall but with no tools, I am self taught for pretty much all art related and I probably should watch vids on YT haha, I guess I find it even harder when I see them doing it simply. XD I im really new to digital as well (First ever Photoshop art Nov 9, 2020) like no one even taught me *slowly dies in the inside* so I think I've done good or at least alright haha, I probably dont have the best brushes as well since im no good in making them (only use one brush and the smudge tool), I am also very messy at drawing when it comes to digital haha. Oh and I will keep doing traditional art (pencil) as well since that will never leave my heart, I have got one upload that I have finished dont worry not a WIP (done on ipad) so hopefully that will be up today. :D but my main thing I wanted to say was that I'm glad I got people who do like my art when I first came to DA I didn't really know what to do, for art I wanted to try but had struggles even though my art was bad back then (still bad now) people liked it and I think its what made me stay and try, I do love to draw so thank you all for the support now and back then!!


Have a virtual hug XD

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Question to do with thanking for faves

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Hey guys I got two questions one is to do with faving other is to do with how you handle it, I want to know your opinion on thanking people since I have a tendency to thank a lot I want to know, since I don't want to annoy anyone (Sorry if I annoyed you with it haha) and I also want to know how you handle the amount of people both the faving and handling are similar one side is the person receiving the other is the person giving haha.



For the faving part I know I may repeat the same text so it may not look special for some, but to me, I feel like I should at least thank since it's a way to say you really liked my art and that made me happy I know some people say another way to thank is by giving a llama BUT once given and then you receive a huge amount of Faves of that person you can't then give another one unless you wait a certain amount of days which can be a while. Sooo I'm making this to know what people think or feel about it, should I just thank once and give a llama and never thank for a very long time or should I just upright not do it since I can ambit I get over 100 faves and damn it's hard to catch up (that topic will be mentioned in a bit) or just give a llama and that's it? I was thinking of making a custom thanks for Faves/watch art and use that instead of words, but I don't want to start doing it if it's just going to make people feel the same way.


Now to the how to handle it for the people who do get over 100 odd notifications to do with faves how do you handle it haha like mentioned, I feel like I need to thank so I do go over the 100 odd people to thank it can get overwhelming some I end up leaving for days since I get a lot at times. Problem is you get a lot of people some people I know/recognise and I'm like ok, I already, thanks him or her so I know just to delete the notification and give that person some peace from me xD but it's hard to remember over 100 odd people so you have to check if you already done it or not, so would like to know how you handle things do you just stop doing it because of the amount and resort to llamas instead or do you do it to a few people? Maybe the ones who fave the most, its like mentioned, I don't want to come off rude to people but don't want to also be annoying as well.

If anyone has anything to say feel free to comment

and thank you for reading this haha.

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Australia

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I wanted to thank everyone for favoriting sharing and commenting
me seeing all the videos of the koalas and kangaroos and seeing people's homes it has really affected everything in Australia so many species even endangered are dying because of it. :( 

I drew this because of all the things that have happened in Australia it saddens me knowing what it has done, I'm hoping people may share it to friends, family or just too random and by doing so I'm hoping something good has come from this drawing. 

I know this drawing isn't much, but I'm hoping I made someone do something great or get inspired to do the same thing, it's a sad artwork, but you can also make it a positive.
Every little thing helps if it means a drawing or a photo just by spreading it across the world.  

If you know anyone who might donate or like to please share the links down below. 

And anyone who is affected by it please stay safe 
Thank you 


How to help evacuees

Donate to the Australian Red Cross, which is supporting thousands of people in evacuation and recovery centers across the country. Local residents can volunteer their services.
Donate to a GoFundMe dedicated to displaced First Nations Communities that need to rebuild. 
Donate to the Salvation Army Australia, which is providing meals and support to evacuees and first responders in multiple locations. 

How to help wildlife 
Nearly 500 million animals — including mammals, birds and reptiles — have died in bushfires in New South Wales.
Many organizations are working to rescue and rehabilitate animals caught in the blazes.

Donate to WIRES, a wildlife rescue nonprofit that is rescuing and caring for thousands of sick, injured and orphaned native animals.
Donate to the World Wildlife Fund Australia, which is directing its efforts towards koala conservation.
Donate to the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital's GoFundMe, which has rescued and treated dozens of koalas suffering from severe burns. The hospital is using donations to install automatic drinking stations in burnt areas to help wildlife searching for water and to establish a wild koala breeding program to ensure the survival of the species.


Australia by IIAnnaBananaII
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Update: 17/01/20

Want to thank everyone once again for spreading this journal/art with others right now it's a serious situation where lives are hurt animals and people are dying because of the fires.
The post and artwork that i did was a serious thing to me but seeing people doing what they are doing is making a positive thing in very little ways. 
I know i keep repeating things but it really does mean alot to me once again thank you.
 
I also thought i share some news if people haven't seen it already
We had some bad and good news yesterday rain finally hit australia sadly didn't clear the fire out completely but i hope it made a huge difference in helping out.
another article showed the before and after which is very sad hope things are turning for the better :(

www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-au…
www.theguardian.com/australia-…


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Skyrim Answers and Questions

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I play Skyrim LE aka 32bit engine so not Special edition 
Want to warn you i may get some of the things wrong or mixed up please correct me so i can replace or add it to this im still learning and trying to understand this myself haha


Make sure to always backup things so you wont have to worry if you mess up

better be safe than sorry when it comes to modding XD


Modding drives me insane when things don't work sometimes I spend hours or days to then have to restart all over again, but you learn from it, I'm still a noob at it and I know for a fact someone can do way better than me and i probably made loads of mistakes but at the moment it's working so I'm glad I achieved something  xD

So i got asked yesterday how do i make my skyrim stable/loads of mods etc and i thought id share what i said and share it on here as well since people may want to know the same just to say im no expert on modding but i thought i'd share some tips/advice from what i learnt :)

Does your Skyrim ever crash when loading?
If not, I'd love to hear like what you've done to not make that happen because every time I install Skyrim and mod it (even when using S.T.E.P.) it just eventually starts CTD'ing every so often?

It use to crash until I took my time to actually mod it the best I could do usually the reasons for crashes on start ups are plugins and load order conflict, random CTD can also be because of a mod fighting another mod and they just don't agree at all another reason can be because of dirty plugins and heavy loads for me now the only thing it does is stop responding if I click my mouse while on a loading screen xD or if I freak the game out, but besides that it works fine for now haha 

INI guide 

Helpful for your skyrim settings and so on :)


STEP Guide 

Helpful for understanding and learning can also help you with modding and other things

What do you use for modding?


I use to use Nexus mod manager, but changed to MO 2 which I find is way better it helps with Modding it also helps protect your vanilla files since it makes it's own folders and puts the mods/files in a separate folder instead of the data folder and because of that it doesn't replace or remove or cause problems when uninstalling or just installing a mod for example, I could install a texture mod, but I may not like it so if I remove it I could get purple textures because it removed and replaced my vanilla textures thous causing my game to break its also easy to use as well.

Any tips or advice for modding skryim?


If I install mods I try to read in the description if it needs patches or what conflict, it has for other mods one advice, DO NOT MANUAL MOD it can cause a lot of problems its a very unstable way to mod if the mod is not an nexus Install winrar or 7zip and archive it (usually it's already archive for you if you got either one of them installed) and drag it onto your downloads and activate it like you would do with a normal mod 

Installing 200 mods at once and then launching your game is not a best haha I read up a recommend way. Install a few mods let's say 5-7 if these mods are big then, 20-25 if small sort them with LOOT launch your game check if it's stable Install 5 more and so on repeat. I also install mods that help the game become more stable like crash fix mod like Load Game CTD Fix or ini edits can help etc.


Any tips or advice for making skyrim more stable?


TES5Edit 

Is an advanced tool for manipulating Skyrim plugins. It is especially useful for comparing multiple plugins at the same time and resolving differences between them. It includes powerful functions for creating de-isolated plugins using simple drag-and-drop editing. It also supports batch editing of selected records, which is extremely useful if you want to do something like add or remove an inventory item, faction, or AI package on a bunch of NPCs. It also lets you easily compare two or more similar records and drag-and-drop changes among them

LOOT

Setting the right load order for your TES V: Skyrim mods are a crucial step to enjoying a stable modded game. The Load Order Optimisation Tool (LOOT) can help with that, by providing automated load order sorting that's simple to use and fully customisable. While sorting, LOOT checks for load order errors (such as incompatibilities and missing requirements) and notifies you of any issues that it detects. It also provides thousands of plugin-specific messages, such as usage notes and bug warnings, to help keep your game healthy. 

Loot is very useful I would always use it when installing a mod so it can try to sort it in the order it thinks is right. Cleaning your mods you can use TES5Edit for that, but don't clean every mod you do that can actually break mods/games if you want to be safe use LOOT and clean the ones they mention. 

Any tips or advice for merge plugins/patches


(Sort way)
I just wanted some clarification on merged patches, Merge Plugins, Mator Smash, and Wrye Bash's Bashed Patch. As far as I understand, here's how it is:


What is a bashed patch?

A Bashed Patch helps alleviate those issues by combining all the leveled lists together so items are distributed evenly and without conflict, thus making your game more varied and allows you to enjoy the items from all your mods rather than just from one mod all the time.
here's several ways of how mods can edit levelled lists, some require a bashed patch. A bashed patch is a patch between several mods editing roughly the same thing. Normally the mod that loads last wins. However, sometimes you really want both of them to work, then you need a bashed patch. For example, one mod adds capes to NPCs while another adds a super cool helmet. Both edits the same NPC, if they edited it directly you need a bashed patch, if one is added by a script. Then the scripts are unique and no issues.

Can be merged into bashed patch?

When you make a bashed patch there is an option to merge plugins that can be merged into the patch. This is only for plugins that make minor edits and do not add new records.


What is a Merge patch?

A merged patch is an attempt to combine the properties of several mods & allow them to work together rather than overwrite each other's changes. For example, with a merged patch NPCs should use weapons from all your leveled list, altering weapon mods & not just the last one loaded.  
Merged patch is very close to the same concept as a bash patch except a merged patch handles everything within a ESP file whereas a bash patch handles only the leveled list. ... This is going to include the esp and esm files of every mod you have installed.


What is a Merge plugins?

Is a tool that allows you to cleanly combine plugin files and the assets associated with them. It just combines esp, not as good at dealing with leveled lists but it helps to make more room. 

These are other guides on Modding which are useful Some of the things i mentioned above are also explained/guide with vids etc as well I did/read the full guide for both, but if you are just looking to make it stable and only have a couple of mods then you can probably ignore most of it since he has different sections some are to do with making the game stable some is what mods and some are patching, ENB, merging etc. but I definitely advise reading through it. Just to say Skyrim only supports 255 plugins once you reach that limit you will have to merge the mods to save room and it also makes the game stable like mentioned before :D

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