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After months of work, chanelqueen17 has created a gorgeous scene of Alice and Oz from Pandora Hearts, using scans that didn't even feature both characters together. Even after spending so much time on matching the details of the characters to their new looks, chanelqueen17 didn't stop there and went all out on the background too! This wallpaper definitely needs to be seen!
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☆Bantam
33 minutes ago
They will be lost in time for him
$Loftydreamer
43 minutes ago
But he is missing sparkly panties!
$damoser
45 minutes ago
Give him a couple hours, he'll be here
☆Bantam
1 hour ago
I know, doesnt he have like a panty beacon or something?
$Loftydreamer
1 hour 7 minutes ago
Though I have to admit that I'm surprised Aki isn't around currently.
☆Bantam
1 hour 16 minutes ago
Unlimited pink boxers
$Loftydreamer
1 hour 20 minutes ago
AP happened here
$Airman
1 hour 22 minutes ago
Oo;;; what just happened here?
$Loftydreamer
1 hour 24 minutes ago
You gotta use all available skills. It is an art you know.
`chibimisao
1 hour 25 minutes ago
Ninja flasher! o_o
Tutorial for "de-texting" scans for wallpaper use?
4 months 18 hours ago
"Yeah, I know what you're talking about. I'm just saying that at least in the pictures that I'm trying to work with, parts will be --really-- difficult to paint in and look seamless. I was planning to vector the characters (with a touch of soft CG shading) and use the cleaned-up version of the original background as a backdrop.I might just have to repaint the entire background in order for it to all match -_-;
Nice work on that reconstruction, by the way.
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Tutorial for "de-texting" scans for wallpaper use?
4 months 21 hours ago
"I figured as much, but are there any techniques that make doing so less painful? Characters are usually easy, but soft, out-of-focus paint-style backgrounds seem like they'd be next to impossible."
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Tutorial for "de-texting" scans for wallpaper use?
4 months 22 hours ago
"I've seen a number of scans in the gallery that originally came from a magazine or other print media and were buried under a ton of text submitted in their clean, text-free forms. How exactly is this done? I have a couple scans I'd love to wall, but text is making the task quite difficult."
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v6 Suggestions
4 months 2 weeks ago
"Really? Because honestly, aside from the stats page (which isn't really what I'm suggesting) I don't see it. If the features already exist, they certainly don't make themselves very obvious...
Links on the main wallpaper page (searches ALL wallpapers) and a nice little menu next to the resolution selection menu on category pages would be perfect.
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v6 Suggestions
4 months 3 weeks ago
"I would really appreciate some alternative ways of browsing the galleries alongside categories and tags. Stuff like highest rated, most downloaded, most commented, etc.This occurred to me a little bit ago when I came here wanting to look for some good walls without any particular anime/manga series in mind.
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FLAC vs mp3 (at 320Kbps)
10 months 3 days ago
"Your iPod can play Apple Lossless, however - just google up a FLAC --> ALAC converter and you're good to go.
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FLAC vs mp3 (at 320Kbps)
10 months 3 weeks ago
"Yes, I can hear a difference. It's quite subtle in some cases, but it's still there. I don't have "audiophile" grade equipment, either - just my iMac G5 (which actually has a mid-high grade sound card in it, believe it or not - look up Burr Brown PCM3052), my $150 Klipsch 2.1 system, and Sennheiser HD 280 Pro's. Not terrible, but far from the quality of the ridiculously-priced "audiophile" components.And at least for me, the space argument doesn't matter in the least. This is 2008, not 1996. Space is cheap. 35mb+ for a single song is no big deal. But then again, I don't attempt to take the entire record store with me on my 20GB iPod.
So when I can, I go for lossless.
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Programming Languages
10 months 3 weeks ago
"I managed to get to an intermediate level with RealBASIC (if you can call that a language) and have messed around with Objective-C/Cocoa enough to be able to do a few basic things with it. If you count web languages as programming languages, I'm pretty decent at HTML and CSS."
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18 years old and over
1 year 3 weeks ago
"Read again. Most of us are abstaining from those things not because we think we're better than everyone else or something, but rather because we think that those actions are stupid.
For example, would you purposely stick your hand in a beehive? Eat rat poison? Jump off of a cliff without a parachute? No? Why is that? Because it'd be stupid to do those things. Same goes for us and those actions.
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Would You Buy Designer Clothe?
1 year 3 weeks ago
"I really don't give a flying crap about fashion. As long as I look decent (clean, fairly groomed, clothes that don't look like rags) I'm happy. My favorite attire is none other than that of a pair of jeans and a solid-color tshirt. Boring? Maybe. But at least I don't spend ludicrous amounts of money for something that's truthfully no better than the walmart special."
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A question for all virgins over twenty
1 year 3 weeks ago
"The way I see it, there are a few things that contribute to nearly everybody losing their virginity before they hit 20 (and in many cases before 18). Some of these factors are:• Possibly most obviously, raging hormones. It really depends on the person, but for some hormones are extremely strong -- to the point of affecting thinking, even.
• Simple curiosity. Some teens are controlled by their curiosity, which can also lead to virginity loss.
• Peer pressure -- "everyone else is doing it". Those who aren't strong individuals are particularly vulnerable to this.
In a high school and/or college environment, just a few people succumbing to any of the above causes will sometimes start a vicious cycle that goes like this:
1. Person A loses virginity, feels regretful for losing it.
2. Person A becomes jealous of virgins for being strong enough to not engage in sex at a whim.
3. In attempt to make themselves feel better, Person A pressures any virgins they meet to have sex so that they may lose their virginity too.
4. One or more of the people pressured by Person A loses virginity, becomes bitter, and starts the cycle all over again.
So in many cases, people who have trouble with virgins do so not so much because it's "the norm" but rather because they're jealous and out on a mission to sabotage anybody with wiser judgement.
With that said, I'm 19 (almost 20) and still a virgin. I don't plan to give it up until I meet a girl that I truly love and care for with the deepest part of my heart. Others may have a problem with that, but who cares if they do? Screw 'em. It's my life, not theirs. They had the opportunity to choose the same path that I have and it's not my fault that they didn't choose it.
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18 years old and over
1 year 3 weeks ago
"I disagree. To me, wasting years of life on partying (when I could have been doing something useful), shortening my lifespan significantly, and generally degrading my health aren't worth knowing that I've experienced that handful of activities to their "fullest". It's an extremely high price for something so intangible and of questionable value.
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18 years old and over
1 year 3 weeks ago
"I'm currently 19 years old and will be turning 20 in February. I haven't smoked, drank, done drugs, or had sex. I'm completely clean. As stated by other replies in the thread, my reason is not so much that I'm trying to be "better" than anybody else, but rather that it's simply quite stupid to take part in most of those at any point in one's life (with the exception of sex, which I will explain my opinions on in a paragraph or two).I probably will drink a little bit of alcohol in the form of wine at some point in my life. Why, you ask? Well, as long as it's in moderation (for example, a single small glass before a meal) it's not truly wrong, at least in my opinion. Some occasions more or less require it, as well (prime example is a wedding).
In fact, regular consumption of small amounts of wine has been scientifically proven to be healthy; a good living example of this in action is that of the people of Italy -- you see, most Italians drink a small glass of wine with their meals, and they happen to be one of the healthiest groups of people in the world. Last I checked, they have the one of the lowest heart attack and cancer rates worldwide.
Picking up smoking or drugs is unquestionably stupid. It's akin to purposely sticking your hand into a nest of bees, setting your clothes on fire, or eating year-old spoiled food. You know there's going to be consequences (possibly quite hefty ones at that) to the point of outweighing any benefit of doing it, but you go and do it anyway. It's completely illogical.
Sex, I think, is something that's very conditional. I feel that it's fine if:
• The couple truly love each other
• They have taken the necessary precautions (making sure they're both clean, using protection of some sort, etc)
• Both are in a position in life that would be able to support an unexpected baby in case protection fails (i.e. both are out of high school, at least one is employed with a decent-paying job, they have their own place to live).
I highly disapprove of things like one-night stands, prostitutes, and strip clubs, however.
Those are my thoughts on the "sins"."
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FAN SERVICE ON GEASS!
1 year 1 month ago
"If you really think Code Geass is bad about ecchi/fanservice, then something like Kanokon would give you a heart attack."
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Your Opinion About Disney Artists
1 year 1 month ago
"Definitely 100% pure crap. All of them were designed, assembled, and pushed by the industry (Disney specifically) for the sole purpose and intentions of making money; no talent or drive to create something amazing exists on the artists' part (if you can even call them artists)...What's worse is that Disney is teaching all these kids a lie. What's the lie, you ask?
That simply isn't true, at least not in this reality. I mean it's good to encourage kids to dream, but to delude them into thinking they'll be rich and famous when they reach adulthood is another thing entirely. Kids should be taught to dream while having a firm foothold in reality."
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Post your sexy self
1 year 1 month ago
"Well, I don't think I'm anything too impressive, but here I am! :PView
other peoples grammar
1 year 1 month ago
"Oh yes, it bugs me.You have no idea how much it makes me want to punch something whenever someone who should have had no trouble at all using proper spelling and grammar in their written works decides to be lazy and use half-assed broken English, "leetspeak", or AOL-speak instead.
Leetspeak and AOL-speak are particularly bad. The most common excuse I hear given for their usage is "because it's faster". That's the biggest bunch of bullcrap I've ever heard; if one practiced proper spelling and grammar in everyday applications such as posting on forums and IMing people, it'd wouldn't be a problem - they'd be able to type out everything at full speed, and as a bonus, I wouldn't have to sit on the other end spending extra time trying to decipher their mutilated variant of the English language.
And no, in case some punk tries to suggest it, I'm not an "old fart" that "doesn't understand modern conventions". I'm 19 years old, turning 20 in February. Age is no excuse for acting ignorant.
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Lucid dreams
1 year 1 month ago
"As far as I can remember, I have only had a lucid dream once in my entire life. It was very short, however, because once I realized that I was conscious while dreaming I got all excited and woke up.I don't think that it invoked itself, however. It happened only a month or so after reading about lucid dreaming through an article linked on Digg.
I might give it another shot in the near future. The only problem is my semi-erratic/irregular sleep patterns, which I would probably need to change.
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Apple?
1 year 8 months ago
"As DeepDragoon stated, Apple tried licensing Mac OS in the mid 90s. It didn't work out because the licensees gave crappy support for their machines, which painted a bad picture of Mac OS, among other reasons.
I also hope that you realize that in order to license Mac OS X to other PC vendors now and sell OS X for generic PCs, they'd have to write drivers for every type of hardware under the sun, resulting in a bloated, unstable version of Mac OS X that is no better than its competitors. So there is actually a good reason for them not licensing Mac OS X.
Incorrect, games are not the only applications out there that take advantage of multiple processors or cores. Thanks to Apple utilizing multiple processors in consumer computers before other companies even considered it (Apple started putting dual processors in their towers in July 2000), the vast majority of Mac applications these days are designed to take advantage of this extra power. This is in stark contrast to Windows, where the only programs to do that are games.
Your virus comment is also false. The only known OS X malware of any type are a few proof-of-concept viruses that never made it into the wild and one trojan horse that relies 100% on human stupidity. Most have had the vulnerabilities that they used fixed, and the trojan can't even run on its own - it requires the user to manually download it, open it, and give the trojan their name and password in order to work.
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Don't you use Microsoft?
1 year 8 months ago
"I'm a Mac OS X user, although I have used Windows 95 through XP, various distrobutions of Linux, and BeOS Personal Edition r5.I find myself always coming back to OS X for a number of reasons -
• It's been plenty stable for me.
• The UI and workflow really feels smooth and thought out, unlike "maximizing every program window open is best" Windows.
• No stupid space-wasting redundant menubars attached to each and every window. The one at the top is also at the same location no matter what, making it easy to throw your mouse at and grab a menu at any time.
• Consistent design and feel between Mac OS applications, even if they're not Apple-created. You don't have a huge clashing mess of a mish-mash of different designs and techniques between programs, as is seen in Windows and ESPECIALLY in Linux (the open source community is so indecisive).
• Emphasis on drag and drop. Drag and drop is almost 100% guaranteed to work in any situation in any program running on Mac OS. I really don't know why other OSes haven't picked this up as well.
• Eye candy and fancies without dragging your hardware down. Mac OS X is capable of Vista Aero-level visuals without the beastly requirements that Vista has.
• OS X takes little or no maintenance. Never needing defragmented, scanned for viruses, or spyware, you really can just use the hell out of it and not have to worry.
• Constant, very substantial updates. Unlike Windows users, we don't have to wait years and years for service packs and new versions to come out (lolvistadelays).
• The OS doesn't get in the way or treat you like an idiot. There are very few stupid things in OS X such as Vista's UAC or having to go through a stream of dialog windows just to delete a single shortcut. It just faithfully and silently does the work you give it, waiting for your next command.
• Anybody can be a developer. Every Mac and Mac OS X Install disc comes with a very large set of free enterprise-class development tools. There's no need to piece together your own software development kit or even buy development software. It's all included.
• It's *NIX power without the hassle. With OS X, you will never have to recompile the kernel just to make a single driver work, or even touch the commandline once during the entire time you use it. If you do happen to need it, however, just pull up the Terminal for 100% unadulterated pure *NIX power.
There are a lot more reasons that I use it, but I don't feel like listing them out :P
Now that's not to say that other OSes aren't good - I'm personally a fan of Ubuntu - but if the Linux crowd doesn't get its shit together pretty soon and set forth a set of standards for software developers to follow and eliminate the need for the end-user to ever use the commandline, it'll get nowhere fast.
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End of the World?
2 years 2 months ago
"Well, it really depends on how the end of the world comes into place. If it's something like a planet-sized asteroid hitting earth and blowing into chunks, I'd probably spend my remaining time doing all the things I wished I could do but never did.If it's a situation where there's a possibility of survival, though, I'd take myself and my family, gather supplies to last a good 4-5 years, and dig a bunker in some remote mountain wilderness somewhere. When the apocalyptic stuff started going on I'd then hide in my bunker and hope nobody bothers me for the duration of it and pop out whenever things seemed safe or when I had to due to running out of supplies. I have no intention of giving up easily..."
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Learning to Like Bad Anime Music
2 years 2 months ago
"Yeah, I can think of a few cases when a new season of an anime started or I started watching a new anime and thinking to myself, "holy cow, this theme song sucks!" After a while though, they usually end up growing on me and I add them to my ever-growing music library :POf course there is also anime music that doesn't necessarily suck, but there would have been no way that I would have listened to it before watching the anime series. A good example of this is most of the Eureka Seven soundtrack... the animation pretty much made me like the music, if you know what I mean."
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Will Bleach become the new DBZ?
2 years 2 months ago
"I agree with that, actually. I wish they would have added in a few "back-at-home" type filler episodes between the end of the bounto arc and the beginning of the Vaizard/Aizen arc... It felt kinda rushed with Ichigo and friends being so abrubtly pushed into action again so soon.
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Old School Cartoons
2 years 2 months ago
"I agree, so many cartoons are just plain stupid these days. A few, such as Justice League, managed to escape this fate, but most are very badly drawn, animated, and written. The art looks like it could be something a 5-year-old drew, the animation is mediocre at best, and storylines are just plain out nonexistent. It's sad that I'm disgusted 90% of the time when I flip to Cartoon Network or Toon Disney.The old Looney Toons are classics. They were funny without being nasty or disgusting and the art/animation was actually pretty darned good considering the period they were created in ('60s to early '80s, and some even earlier). The '90s produced some decent stuff too, such as Doug.
I really hope this trend changes soon... it's such a shame seeing all of our awesome modern animation technology never used and the great cartoon writing talents of the world never given a chance."
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Will Bleach become the new DBZ?
2 years 2 months ago
"Where exactly are the filler episodes? I've watched up to episode 126 so far and the only fillers that I know of (and I'm not even sure of that) is the Bounto arc, which I thought wasn't all that bad... I dunno. Maybe I'm just stupid, but it's flowed quite nicely in my opinion.As for comparing Bleach to DBZ, I wouldn't know. The animation/art style in DBZ annoyed me too much for me to watch it - 3-foot tall foreheads FTL!
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