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One day she'll accept the trade-off, losing a piece of her humanity. She'll look back and see the wisdom in it. But not today. Today she just wants back what she's lost. (Oh this better, updated last sentence: Today she screams.)

Timelapse: https://bsky.app/profile/ballshapedman.bsky.social/post/3mq5v2fdv4k2n

As much as I like cybernetics and media with it, I don't want it. I have a few irrational fears, this is one. The other is finding a toilet in a dream and using it.

Every other entry in this series has been at peace with or loved the trade-off. But I wouldn't and when I saw the reference image I knew exactly what I was going to paint with it. Someone tortured with the choice.

I also love Fredrik Backman, Bear Town is one of my all time favorites. The way he gets me to feel emotions with his words is something else. So the blurb above is my attempt in his style.

Thoughts? Also is the rain convincing?

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[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

Re: rain

It should fall very rectilinear, there's a certain curvature on it instead.
on the body, it should drop always towards the ground and puddle when not in a near vertical surface. If you want to show the path it took, the arms could start in the orientation you drew (longitudinal) but veer off to the side (towards the ground) to highlight the arm movement from the side of the body to the face.
It clings more to skin than painted surfaces, so thinner runs, smaller but higher puddles / droplets on artificial surfaces. Conversely, meandering, wider runs, and wider but shallower droplets and puddles on skin.
water droplets have less color and are basically just texture and reflections. They should have the same pallette as the surface they're on.

I really like this piece. A lot of raw emotion, fantastic color pallette.

[-] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Good observations, thank you for pointing all of that out. I wouldn't have considered that skin and other material hold onto water differently. I'll need to practice both in the same piece.

Thank you!

this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2026

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