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Practical skills, hobbies, and crafts
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Who here is wanting to expand their interests? I'm sure we all are. I'm curious as to if people have the same issue I do, where it's just hard to motivate yourself to continue the learning process of something, especially in the very beginning stages of learning something you have no experience with.
I think we have a very wide swath of experiences and skills here, and I'm interested in making this thread a place where those that are learning a skill can come here to get advice from those that might have some knowledge of it, or even encouragement to continue forward when frustrated. For example, I'm going to try and learn electronics, because I've always been interested in it, and it's an interesting subject. What do I know about electronics? Next to nothing! But I bet some people here have some knowledge!
So how about, it, SE++? What are you good at? What do you want to learn? What advice are you willing to provide for novices?
I think we have a very wide swath of experiences and skills here, and I'm interested in making this thread a place where those that are learning a skill can come here to get advice from those that might have some knowledge of it, or even encouragement to continue forward when frustrated. For example, I'm going to try and learn electronics, because I've always been interested in it, and it's an interesting subject. What do I know about electronics? Next to nothing! But I bet some people here have some knowledge!
So how about, it, SE++? What are you good at? What do you want to learn? What advice are you willing to provide for novices?
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The moment you want to get any deeper than the skin is when frustrations, lack of resources and lack of guidance really hits that motivation hard
Like, for a living.
Like, the internet?
It'll never work!
but they're listening to every word I say
ask me about kerning
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
I love woodworking but I live in an apartment so I have pretty much no opportunities to do it. It's the number two thing I am excited about one day having a house for, directly behind "dog ownership".
Been inspired to whittle some large clubs with a nice heft to them?
If you live in a decent sized city, you should look around for a community maker space. There are like 3 of them here in Vancouver. They usually feature a monthly membership fee for which you can access the space during specific hours and use the communal tools. They also often have masterclasses and workshops included in the membership or for a little extra money.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
I've considered looking into local theaters. Set construction would scratch that itch pretty good and I really miss doing running crew for shows too.
Did you know you can find pictures of ladies on the internet.
And sometimes they're naked.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
Mrs Rhesus is the creative one. She draws, makes felt decorations, and has a much wider knowledge of cooking brilliant things. I'm a workhorse, she's one of those fancy... triage? Decoupage? Horse dancing, you know
Sorry, we were talking about pooping into a guy's mouth?
We might be there tomorrow. I'm taking the week off from training because my neck has been kind of tweaky and sore and practice has been aggravating it. I don't really have a project to work on because I just don't really do that stuff, but it'll be fun to hang out while you creative types get creative.
Do it, I'll put ya to work. There's plenty of shit we can always use a hand with.
I then used the rest of the craft kit to make a Pac Man fancy dress costume
Speaking of time, now that I don't have a job I have a ton of it. I'm probably going to pick up an Arduino this week or next depending on when I get my severance pay, and a bunch of accessories in a kit so I can brush up on some robotics skills.
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Plaster, mostly, just for cost reasons. I might do some resin casting, but it's more expensive. Haven't done any metal casting yet, but I'd love to learn how. I looked into making a little aluminum foundry last year, a little, and might actually set one up this summer if I get around to it. I do a lot of sculpting using insulation foam, so doing lost form casting with aluminum wouldn't be that difficult, in theory.
I kind of really want to learn to ride and/or work with horses, but I've emailed a couple local barns about possibly volunteering with them and never heard anything back. I don't have the money to simply take lessons (and again, want to learn to work with them as well) so I kind of don't know my options here. Although if I get a job I'll be hearing back about within a week, I'll be moving to a new place and the organization itself has horses as part of its programming, so there may be opportunities.
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I just became acquainted with a guy who does classes a couple times a week. I could introduce you if you ever feel like following through with it.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
I could refer you to some people that might help, but it's likely to be just a load of old cobblers
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I dunno man, I heard Prince say the internet is over.
He meant the name "Internet". We're supposed to call it ð now.
I am currently painting the penis of a weird troll monster man. I could've just put a loin cloth or something on him, but I thought, "You know what? Nah. Let's get that dick out."