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  1. Right now it's only the bare minimum, things should be a bit more clear in a few weeks and you'll start to see more of the shape of the float!
  2. HENLO I'M TWO DAYS LATE BUT HERE I AM WITH THE FIRST EDITION OF THE FLOWER PARADE BLOGGINGS!! So last week was a lot of setting up and trying things out. I've pretty much been put in charge of the styrofoam platform, where all of the styrofoam cutting happens, which will be a LOT this year, by the way! Even moreso than in 2015, when I had to create more or less 35 to 40 plugs that would be used to connect tubes together on the float out of styrofoam. The guys at the workplace spent time putting together a styrofoam cutting tool, with an iron wire that heats up to 350 degrees celsius. That worked all fine and dandy, but then there were 3 issues we encountered: 1. You couldn't adjust the height settings properly so you can get the exact measurements we wanted 2. The measurements were being switched around all the time 3. Getting 30cm wide blocks cut in half through the length is a real pain in the ass if you want to do so with the styrofoam cutter So there were some fixes to the machine, and then all things were fine and dandy again! Eventually we settled on the measurements of 15x25cm roof tiles, with one corner being 8cm high, two corners at 4cm and one corner ar 0.5 to 0 cm, effectively creating a slope with them to make them look like roof tiles. Since the float design is a haunted house, you can imagine we'll need a lot of the roof tiles, and, well, you're right! There need to be about 2000 pieces of 'em made. It may sound like a lot of work, but after having worked for a week on them or so, it's actually not all that bad! In about 2 or 3 days of work, we cut out roughly 550 ~ 570 pieces of them, which is a pretty decent amount. Once we hit 1000 pieces, we're gonna see how much can be covered with what we have, and then we'll see if we still need more for the roof; It may be entirely possible that we need more or less than 2000. It'd be nice for both me and the people who have to cover up the roof tiles with paper mache in order to strengthen them a bit, LOL Next to that they delivered a load of styrofoam plates yesterday, many of which being 4.5 cm thick. which is ideal, as we'll need a lot more styrofoam next to the stuff for the roof tiles; there's a LOT of tiny stones that will be put on the float to get a brick texture going. The thickness of the plates are perfect for those, as a flower is about 5cm wide on average, so they cover up the sides nicely of the plates/stones. And another thing I may add, although not entirely relevant to the building season; There was a pitchfork darts tournament last Sunday, which is held every year, and this year there were about 108 teams of 3 people participating, many being part of specific workgroups. It's taken about 10 years, but people from our workgroup -- specifically my older brothers and one of their friends -- finally managed to secure first place after having gotten second and third place many times! It was fun to watch, and someone told me I should participate next year as well, but... I'm not so sure about that LOL, I got chicken shit for strength in my arms. Perhaps I should start working out more to get SWOLE and actually be able to lift things more easily without dying when trying to pick up something one of my brothers could pick up with ease. But we all know that I'm not gonna be able to get swole because I'm a lazy fucker :^) That about wraps it up! To finish things off, here's a few photos of the progress on the float. I took the photos on Saturday so they're not entirely accurate anymore (and you probably can't see shit from it because it's just concrete iron, scaffolding and cardboard), but here ya go regardless: Thank you for reading and please do tune in again for the next one!
  3. b i r t h happy birthday dude!! hope your day is filled with lots of good music :]
  4. Late but I reached my goal! Thank you so much for the support y'all :]
  5. Some people may remember that I made a similar post last year, but never kept up fully because lol stress and a lot of shit happened last year which ended in a huge disappointment (a.k.a. the harsh winds being stupid and causing us to choose to not participate for safety reasons -- which i completely understand! but still, it was honestly really sad). But for those unaware what this is about; There's a flower parade in my town, and I actively help out every year with building one of the floats! Twenty workgroups build a float each year for the parade, and since it's a competition as well, they try to make it the best to their abilities so they will stop in front of the town hall during the second passing of the floats past it -- meaning they win first place! The parade is organized and built entirely by volunteers. You could call it an out of control hobby! There are hundreds of volunteers involved with building one float, and in total there's thousands of people who willingly spend their time working on something amazing. It's integrated into the town's culture as the parade is one of Europe's oldest -- It's been around for over 80 years! To get an impression of what it's evolved into over the course of those years, you should click this link and see it for yourself what it's like :] So! Enough with the basic introductions, let's get to the point; This year's flower parade. Once again there's 20 entries this year, and as the flower parade never has a set theme (except for certain years that involve a certain anniversary related to Van Gogh, as my town is the birthplace of the famous painter), the ideas and themes vary wildly again. In the spoiler is a video of this year's designs, together with timestamps for each different design, the workgroup who will build said design, and the name of the float. I'd like to apologize as I had to translate these myself as the official English titles have not been revealed yet, but they should be good enough to get an impression as of what the floats are about! Now, the purpose of this topic is for me to tell you guys about the building process of a float like this, and I will -- once I'm finally able to actually help out at the workplace -- post weekly updates on what's been going on. Also, let me know what you guys think! Which design do you think is cool? Or which do you not like as much? I like hearing people's input on this, so post it below! I hope you'll enjoy reading the blog :]
  6. wow i did not expect this to happen so soon but... i need to open emergency commissions. Like an idiot I ran out of money this weekend because some stuff i bought ended up costing more than i thought i'd end up spending, and if I do not raise 75 euros by thursday I most likely will not be able to afford food or my phone bill which needs to be paid for on june 19th without ending up in the minus. please please PLEASE PLEASE consider commissioning me, it'd help me immensely!! you can read more about it on my tumblr here!
  7. rwby v4 soundtrack releases next week and im just 👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

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    2. Wolfox

      Wolfox

      speaking of full openings, does anyone have the link for v3's full opening?

    3. seki108

      seki108

      It's all over youtube.  It's been there for a year, about a day after the vol 3 soundtrack dropped

    4. seki108

      seki108

      Well, four volume 4 songs are avialble for purchase on Itunes (or you can apparently listen to them free if you pre-order the soundtrack).

       

      Naturally, they have already leaked onto youtube.............

  8. Welp, here we go again! Like I said a while ago, I'd be remaking a previously done topic by me so I would have a less cluttered topic. This should all make it a bit more neat and tidy. And to those who are unfamiliar with this side of me, hi! Aside from being staff here on the forums, I'm actively a creative content creator. I make art, music, and I also follow a study on visual arts for games, and wish to specialize in character animation for games. I draw all sorts of things, although primarily fan art, but wish to become more original in content as time goes on. You can find some of my past art on Tumblr and deviantART. I also have a YouTube channel on which I occasionally post music I created/remixed. I also have my commissions open, as well as having a Patreon for people who want to support me over an extended period of time (in exchange for some cool rewards!), so check those out if you're interested in financially supporting me! It'd always be immensely appreciated as I tend to struggle financially from time to time, so you'd be helping me out a great deal. Constructive criticism is always appreciated, and if you're interested in commissioning me, please contact me on Discord, Tumblr or by PM here on the forums! Thank you! You can find my current commissions here!
  9. DELETE TEXEN

    1. DeltaReverie

      DeltaReverie

      where do i sign the petition tbh

  10. It's not anymore, but don't fret because I got the song for you right here: I'm actually the person who made that remix, so I'm glad to hear you like it! c:
  11. Kakori's gym puzzle is a bit glitchy, and it's been very hard to actually fix this issue, but please be patient, there will be a fix eventually. Until then, post your savefile in the savefile troubleshooting topic.
  12. It is! I mostly use Photoshop, premiere and after effects, but I still want to learn illustrator at some point as well. They're all very useful tools, and for a student license only being 15 euros a month for all those programs it's worth it.
  13. I actually use paid brush presets! They're brushes made by Kylebrush, you should look up his website -- he got a load of cool and super nice brush presets for sale for relatively cheap. They're super worth the money and have helped me enormously in experimenting in style and workflow c:
  14. hey man................. im tired

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    2. Wendel

      Wendel

      Hi tired, I'm Front

    3. Anime

      Anime

      go rest Zumi

    4. Jmanultrax1

      Jmanultrax1

      looks like you need to change your reborn name, huh tired?

  15. WHO'S READY

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    2. Aishi

      Aishi

      (I HAVE NO FUCKING IDEA WHAT THIS IS) 

    3. Lupo

      Lupo

      HOLD UP I JUST GOT BACK FROM DINNER

    4. Hycrox

      Hycrox

      I'M READY

       

      FOR FREDDY

  16. Hey, so with V9 right around the corner a.k.a. TODAY, the spoiler lock for any mons encountered in the new areas in V9 is now in place! This will stay for about a week, so until then please do not post spoilers in this topic c:
  17. Zumi

    Mudkip

    Yes! You should be able to find it at the sheridan wetlands. Also, you can ask these questions in the Pokémon location guide as well, so you know for future reference!
  18. i still have this saved so lemme post it here again as it is (once more) relevant
  19. Photoshop CC 2017! I have an Adobe creative cloud license which i need for my study c: Thank you very much though! I'm glad you like my work!
  20. Zumi

    I Need Your Help

    I'm waiting on Jan for a final decision on this, so until then it may be better to wait with donating again. There'll be an update on this very soon, so please be patient for a bit!
  21. Zumi

    I Need Your Help

    As of right now there's none, but I could probably look into some stuff and get it arranged. Paypal is still the most preferable though, as it saves us both trouble given Jan isn't really in a position to set up a lot of things.
  22. Zumi

    I Need Your Help

    All donations so far have been transferred to Jan's paypal -- Thank you immensely for your help! He'll be super happy with it c:
  23. what the fuck is wrong with people. good god.

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    2. NatJones

      NatJones

      its heartwrenching isn't it :'(

    3. Anime

      Anime

      Thats awful :( how Cold are these people

    4. DigitalAmber

      DigitalAmber

      Those bitches deserve the farther ring of hell! No Mercy

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