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The Sites that Could Have Been written May 2, 2020 21:05:52 GMT
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wow, i have so many sites-that-could-have-been. one amongst them was a grand ffxiv project, where i was imagining having three separate boards for each of the regions gridania (the black shroud I GUESS see this is why it will never get made), thanalan, and la noscea... and i guess a spinoff maybe for the other regions like coerthas and stuff. they'd have interconnected plots but largely be their own thriving places / economies / cultures. sometimes there would be battles maybe ?!?! tension ?!?!

i don't remember if i went anywhere with the three-site idea but i did start to try to make a skin for at least one ffxiv site. my interest in ffxiv waxes and wanes with my subscription hahaha so it probably will never come to fruition.
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Post a Random Thought written May 2, 2020 18:31:20 GMT
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this dough is kicking my ass. it's not my fault (yes it is) that my wrists are so weak. this dough should consider my personal level of activity when deciding whether or not to be hard to knead and manipulate
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allowing templates vs using site-exclusive codes written Apr 30, 2020 5:28:53 GMT
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i am turned off of sites that make you use site-exclusive codes. either they are not visually appealing to me, or they have way too many fields (like lyrics. i don't like lyrics in templates. i just want a place to put my words and a tag/notes section), or they all have places for an image, or i just don't want to copy and paste a code each time i sit down to write a reply?

i am very basic and lazy, and will uuuuusually just do blockquotes nowadays. or if i'm feeling particularly mischievous, absolutely no blockquotes at all.

so i suppose: let me not use a template if you're forcing site-only codes, but overall i vastly prefer sites that let you do whatever the heck you want :0
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Coding Confessions written Apr 28, 2020 18:54:54 GMT
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Apr 28, 2020 16:46:46 GMT said:
pretty much the entirety of my designs are just me putting a pretty graphic and song lyrics together and bulls***ing the rest. moral of the story is, creativity is for people with hand-eye coordination - the rest of us can somehow get by with hit-or-miss firing tactics. i'll cheer for you.

hahaha, thank you !

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Apr 28, 2020 16:41:24 GMT said:
to this idea of being "uncreative" or "lacking in artistic creativity": creativity!!! is!! a!! skill!! that you learn via practice and work in the same way you get better at drawing via practice, or you get faster at coding w/ practice. (in my experience) creativity is 95% iterating and 5% actual "creativity". if anything, when you break down creativity, it's just a matter of thinking about the utility of the product you want to create and then figuring out how to execute on that idea. sometimes you come up with an idea you really want to execute on right away, sometimes you start with a blank canvas, add a box, pick a random colour and then force yourself to make do with what you have. 

my biggest suggestion to people who think they're "uncreative" or "not creative" enough is to code/create as much as possible and to consume a lot of different kinds of media!! the more you dedicate serious time and effort into it, the more it'll pay off and you'll realise that "creativity" is just as much of a process as any other form of art!! we all have a creative spark in us, and it's up to us to decide whether or not we want to hone it and how much time we're willing to dedicate to the growth of it!! 

and yes, i agree! perhaps i wasn't clear enough or used the wrong wording. 

it's more... hmm. i think for me, it's more that i learn(ed) to code, and i like to code... because i want something specific that isn't already available on resource forums and the like. it's not that i don't consider myself uncreative, but rather, i don't see the point of making codes just for the sake of making codes or exploring hovers/gradients/animations/etc.

i wish i could! because many people make very lovely things, and they seem to have a lot of fun, and it's definitely a form of art, what y'all do. but it's like... i can't code stuff just for fun. and furthermore, i don't really want to in the first place?

hmmm. hopefully that makes sense? basically: creativity is there, but drive and willingness to code just for fun not there, for me, personally... and that's alright tbh! 
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Coding Confessions written Apr 28, 2020 3:22:53 GMT
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i like to code but i never, like, go out of my way to code something?? i only do it if i need or want something specific. the utility is there but not the artistic creativity u__u i wish i could pop out codes like a lot of y'all... with ur fanciness and ur animation things and your incredible variety