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I spent the last couple of days of 2020 scrambling to archive my favorite doll maker Flash games before Flash died in 2021. I did this by digging into the source code of the web pages and downloading the .swf files, which was surprisingly easy. Anyway, I figured I’d share the files I saved for people who enjoy dress up games!
The games I picked to download are mostly anime-inspired (specifically by a creator called RinMaru), but I also downloaded some more Western-influenced games. In total I have almost 90 games saved, including the Sailor Senshi maker, multiple avatar makers, and pretty much all of the exclusive Azalea’s Dolls games.
As for how to play .swf files… I’m a Mac user, and I found that Elmedia Player does the trick! As for Windows, I found a couple of different sources that you can try out, plus Elmedia Player works on Windows as well. I heard that the VLC Player can play .swf files as well but I couldn’t get it to work for me.
Anyway, I hope this helps people out!
Some examples of dolls I’ve made with the games in this archive:
You might hear these words often when you watch a shounen anime. We really don’t recommend to use this at all while you’re traveling or studying in Japan. Use this article as a reference instead so you know what it means when you encounter them.
These are not the complete list, but it does contain some of the most frequent words used in manga/anime.
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Just using an improper pronouns can be rude in Japan. So be sure to know
what words to use in what occasion! But below you will find some words
which you shall never use unless you really know what you’re doing!
Rude pronouns
俺 ore: me お前 omae: you
*Some boys/men use this word casually among group of friends. These
words has a manly nuance. But you definitely can’t use this word when
talking to stranger or your superior.
こいつ koitsu: this person / thing そいつ soitsu: that person / thing あいつ aitsu: that person / thing over there どいつ doitsu: which person?
*Note that these words follow the same pattern as これ、それ、あれ (kore, sore,
are : this, that, over there). But it’s used to talk about people. They
are actually the abbreviated version of あの (ano), この (kono), その (sono)
with やつ (yatsu). So こいつ (koitsu) comes from このやつ (kono yatsu) and so on…
**If you’re a beginner, avoid these pronouns. These word has a lot of
nuance. You can use it to call things, in some cases, あいつ (aitsu) is
often used to talk about a “love interest”, and some people just
considered these words as straightly rude!
てめえ temee or temae: you 貴様 kisama: you
*Men might use these words when they’re angry. So basically it’s
equivalent to an insult. In English, words with same nuance would be
Motherf***er! or A**holes!!
This is a compiled list of some of my favorite pieces of short horror fiction, ranging from classics to modern-day horror, and includes links to where the full story can be read for free. Please be aware that any of these stories may contain subject matter you find disturbing, offensive, or otherwise distressing. Exercise caution when reading. Image art is from Scarecrow: Year One.
PSYCHOLOGICAL: tense, dread-inducing horror that preys upon the human psyche and aims to frighten on a mental or emotional level.
UNSETTLING: fiction that explores particularly disturbing topics, such as mutilation, violence, and body horror. Not recommended for readers who may be offended or upset by graphic content.
As a history major I also want add to the beautiful comments on this post that things weren’t “different back then” either.
The average medieval woman was married in her early or mid twenties.
Arranged marriages might have rarely been performed at a younger age, but it was absolutely not normal for them to be consummated, and the punishment for pedophilia when it could be proved was usually far worse than it is today.
Stop using medieval inspired fantasy as an escape for your sick bullshit.
Medievalist piping in to add yes he’s right. Child marriages were looked on with disdain and disgust in the Middle Ages. Arranged marriages might be performed as a rite and to secure land but it was kind of obvious to everyone involved that it was a legality thing and that the pair of children or child involved would not actually be involved in anything until they were an adult. Because that’s never been acceptable.
And before anyone says “but Ancient Greece!”…. no.
It is true that pedastery was practiced in Ancient Athens, modelling themselves on Minoan Crete, and that the younger partner in such a relationship could be as young as 15.
What they don’t tell you is that the age of majority in Ancient Athens was… also 15. These young men were old enough to vote, marry, and own land. You know, what we’d call in the modern era “a legal adult.” And even then, the sexual aspects of pedastery were frowned upon until the younger partner could grow out a full beard. These relationships were mainly used as a gateway into Athenian elite circles and to teach all the complex social customs practices therein, not as an excuse to bone underage boys (though I’m sure some unscrupulous individuals used it that way. It wasn’t the norm, though).
And many of the older partners werent that much older, usually in their early to late 20’s.
So yeah, the Athenians would look at you leering at that 14-year-old and also want to vom. An adult thirsting after someone below the age of majority has (surprise!) always been considered super taboo!
It’s almost like we created the age of majority to decide the age at which most people are mature enough to make important, adult decisions like marriage. And sure, in our modern era, that age is no longer 15 (and for good reason!), but when we analyse these sorts of practices, they require more historical context than just “the Greeks were paedophiles.”
historyblr is absolutely tearing apart MAP apologists in this thread and I’m all for it
Okay, so today I want to talk about anti-aliasing in CSP because it’s kind of a lifesaver?
But also I have a super hard time remembering how to do it or that it exists so here we go.
Basically, anti-aliasing helps you color line art without going outside the lines. Here’s a gif of me coloring with my mouse so you can kind of get an idea of what it is we’re talkin’ about here:
So how do we do that?
First, select your line-art or sketch layer in the layer panel of CSP. Click on the little lighthouse icon at the top of the panel. When you click off there should be a little lighthouse on the side of your line-art layer! This icon means that is now a reference layer!
Step2:
Go into your brush settings and click Anti-overflow! Click “Do not exceed reference layer” to make it work, tweak the other settings till you’re happy. These are the settings I used in the example below to get a cleaner coloring style
Step 3:
Add another normal layer below you line art! Make sure it’s selected and color away! Here’s what it looks like with the settings above:
RIP me
It should be anti-overflow in this tutorial, anti-aliasing is a totally different thing
Writing 101: Avoid hovering over the first few chapters of your story. Just write it & MOVE ON. It can be tempting to keep editing and tinkering the beginning, but if you give in you’ll be stuck at the start forever and never discover how your story ends.
I wish someone had told me this a long time ago
I wish I had realised it a long time ago! Happy I could help ^^
Hi!! I hope you're doing well!! I recently found your blog and I really admire your work - especially your animations! I recently had made the effort of getting into animation, and I wanted to ask you a question regarding the subject. how do figure out the timing for movement in animation? like how do you know the timing of a head turn, or a run, and things like that? I've really been struggling understanding the concept of timing and i would love to hear your insight!
Thank you!! Uhh honestly a lot of trial and error, it’s something you have to get a feel for.
But! To get a feel for it I can recommend observing frame-by-frame animations you like, you can see how others tackle it. Or if you learn better by doing, take those frames and trace over them. That’s how I picked it up. Note how long frames are held, how many in-betweens, is there any secondary action, any breakdowns, overshoots or settles?
This one sounds dumb but feel how you move or watch how other things move. It’s kind of being mindful of how you move in space. For example picking up an object, are you fast, slow? Do you hesitate, push it forward a little? If that’s too tricky just record yourself! I frame-by-frame stock videos when I get stuck.
I also do rough timing, so taking the keyframes and spacing them out with blank frames. This means you aren’t randomly adding frames. If you do inbetween and it looks off, rather than delete everything try shuffling the frame exposure. Sometimes just holding a frame for a little longer or shortening is all it needs. To avoid doing whole drawings you can also just draw a stick or ball as a placeholder while you figure it out.
Uhhhhh realise I kinda used a bunch of animation jargon, so here’s some more things OTL
Breakdown: like a key between keyframes, it adds an extra action
Overshoot: an action going further than the keyframe
Secondary action: things moving at different speeds, like hair moving after a person stops
Settle: an action stopping, like after an overshoot or secondary action
Exposure: how long a frame is held. Like at 24fps there are 24 frames when holding for 1, hold for 2 and it’s 12 frames, hold for 3 it’s 8 frames.
NOTE: one type of fold will rarely appear on its own - they interact with each other quite a bit! for example, spiral folds might define the outline of a pant leg, while the interior folds might be zig-zag folds.
i’m trying to re-learn how to draw clothing, so i made this little guide to the most common shapes of folds that appear. hope it helps someone else too!
