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[dani_meows]

Best part about it being so cold to a native Floridian is every time I turn on the electric blanket for warmth I get three or four cats clustered around me.

The downside is that I was so cold I didn't get to the computer like I had planned.

I did try following a coloring tutorial for icons but I don't think I liked the results enough to do it again. It involved a lot of painting sections of the icons in different colors and in the icon I made the skin got washed out something awful. Tried a crop with the image of Martha that was one of the sample caps and it washed her out to a very pale that was distinctly not her dark skin. I did however learn some new techniques for enhancing hair. Going in with a pink brush on red hair and then a yellow brush and then black to enhance shadows did look lovely.

Most important it was not stressful and I'm not feeling like I might have a rage stroke.

I am still very worried about the situations the USA is in

And hoping the threat of everyone else is enough to keep his hands off the big red button.

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[tommx]

Best part about it being so cold to a native Floridian is every time I turn on the electric blanket for warmth I get three or four cats clustered around me.

I've never tried an electric blanket, but thankfully, a regular blanket with dogs usually is enough for me.

I did try following a coloring tutorial for icons but I don't think I liked the results enough to do it again. It involved a lot of painting sections of the icons in different colors and in the icon I made the skin got washed out something awful. Tried a crop with the image of Martha that was one of the sample caps and it washed her out to a very pale that was distinctly not her dark skin. I did however learn some new techniques for enhancing hair. Going in with a pink brush on red hair and then a yellow brush and then black to enhance shadows did look lovely.

I'd love to see the finished product.

I am still very worried about the situations the USA is in

So am I. Stay strong!

[immortalje]

Trying to follow tutorials can be an exercise in patiences. Especially when using a different image. Painting on icons and setting it to different layer modes is a lot of fun, but I usually do it in black and white (outside of a couple of images featuring no humans) and it can be so difficult to keep the skin tone looking natural, let alone the skin tone it's supposed to be!

I'm sitting with my blanket in front of the computer, but it's just a regular one. Still, it's very comfortable :)