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Obscurum shared canday's post
August 3, 2020, 9:13 pm with Public

canday
August 3, 2020, 6:08 pm to Public
day 4: vote for DragonsDungeon

read more here: https://www.planetminecraft.com/forums/pmc/discussion/pmc-election-part-2-voting-614556/comment/3459672/#reply_3459672

Today we are lobbying for the McD Manifesto :)
Our very complicated plan will ensure world hunger is no longer. The stream server party will fuel our nation with Big Macs.

A word from our leader DragonsDungeon:
"ENJOY MY
HAPPY MEAL
I MAKE YOU
HAPPY
MEAL"
- Words of a true leader to support

glory to the stream server party
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Obscurum shared Kawaii's post
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Kawaii
August 1, 2020, 10:47 am to Public
I just want to say something, think before you comment.

I will see comments such as "I wish I could shade like that, I could never possess that talent" or "my skins suck lol! teach me", sometimes along with compliments to the artist. I am not saying this specifies to skins, it can apply to anything.

as it's not the intention, it can make the artist feel uncomfortable or awkward because the person is bringing themself down and the artist will feel compelled to say something like "ah, don't say that. I think your skins are nice" when in reality they only say that because they feel it'd be rude to ignore the person's comment. In general, it's healthier to not bring down your own work.

I am not pointing at anyone in particular here, but I have felt a little uncomfortable replying to certain comments because of this. I do keep in mind that it is not anyone's intention, but try to stick out of bringing down your own work when praising other people's work. :,0
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Obscurum shared Auri's post
August 2, 2020, 10:23 am with Public

Auri
August 2, 2020, 5:09 am to Public
I was originally writing this in response to one particular wallpost but I figured it'd be helpful to dedicate a whole wallpost to it and maybe expand upon a few things unrelated to the OP. Recently I've seen a handful of posts regarding practice, improvement and self-denigration.

Firstly on mindsets - overall, skinning should be fun/enjoyable. Any mindset that encourages unhealthy lines of thought will wear you out and you'll end up dreading skinning as a whole.

One of these is the self-denigration mindset (which Kawaii has commented on): especially if you're new but even if you're a seasoned skinner, please don't denigrate yourself when it comes to your skins. I'm no stranger to self-deprecating humour but it's only something I do on occasion and usually it's at a point where it's bants with close friends. If you lower yourself all the time to other people, you'll never rise up

The other is the excuses and expectations mindset: don't beat yourself up over missed expectations, excusing yourself, etc. Personally, that's only ever been useful when I'm trying to confront something unhealthy about myself irl. Skinning is something to be enjoyed and thinking in those terms is the farthest thing from fun

As for getting better as skinner - yes, the answer is practice. How do I practice? usually I practice with three steps(?) in mind:
- I read up on what other people do (blogs, descriptions, whatever) or I'll talk to them (usually via Discord servers)
- I download skins I like and dissect them by zoomin' in a bunch and using the eyedropper tool; all the while I'm relating concepts I know/have heard of to what I'm seeing in front of me
- then I'll put what I've read/learnt together in a skin

But how should you approach practice? Personally, I don't sit and practice skinning, per se - first and foremost I skin for the purposes of making something; practice is something I achieve along the way. Often I'll come up with an idea for a skin first, then I'll look for something new to actively try or something I've done before that I'd like to consciously improve upon. Other times I'm not really seeking to improve, but even then every lil bit helps.

Now to keep things real, a lot of the time I'm not terribly satisfied with the end result. But at the end of the day, and getting back to my main point, I skin cos it's something I enjoy. If I'm not enjoying it, I'll find something else that I can enjoy and get back to skinning later. Hell, sometimes I'll just go on break altogether

TL;DR: skinning should be fun - if you're lowering yourself to others, if you're beating yourself up over excuses, if you're wearing yourself out over practice, then you're probably not having fun.

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Obscurum
June 3, 2020, 9:16 pm to Public
i have an interview today and i'm waiting on the email that contains the invite but it's taking long ;-;
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Obscurum
May 19, 2020, 12:03 pm to Public
i dare anyone to make this into a skin

dw the link leads to twitter
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sonderrr said 2020-05-19 12:13:22

I am up to the challenge

dont hate me if it looks terrible lmao

Terminant said 2020-05-19 12:08:33

Pls
Obscurum shared DragonsDungeon's post
May 17, 2020, 1:22 am with Public

DragonsDungeon
May 16, 2020, 6:14 pm to Public
Mega Mario Madness has been released! This is the second proper attempt at a trending takeover, gaining over 30 entries! Thank you everyone for entering. I hope you enjoy! Check out the collection!

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Obscurum shared DragonsDungeon's post
May 7, 2020, 5:24 am with Public

DragonsDungeon
May 6, 2020, 6:12 pm to Public
Weekly enters week 6! As promised this week, there is an on skin lightsource skin on my part. Terminant provided a great, more accesible option, in case you get stuck on the on-skin lightsource or just prefer the simpler design vibe. Good luck!
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Obscurum
May 3, 2020, 2:12 pm to Public
I can't sleep aaaaa
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Obscurum shared Woo's post
May 2, 2020, 12:38 am with Public

Woo
April 30, 2020, 4:23 pm to Public

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Obscurum
May 1, 2020, 3:56 am to Public
Too many community contests... and I want to join them all... and I'm going to... and no one's gonna stop me
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Obscurum shared lilita's post
April 29, 2020, 12:20 pm with Public

Original post was deleted by the original poster. Post ID (180959)
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Obscurum
April 23, 2020, 9:22 pm to Public
I'm liking the new preview for skins on pop reel
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Obscurum
April 23, 2020, 12:55 am to Public
I'm in the last stages of skin making, which for me is coloring the insides, and then I realize that I've made the entire front on the back side of the skin. I've done this three times now—all Alex skins—and I don't think I've learned my lesson yet of checking whether I'm actually placing pixels on the side where they're supposed to be.
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Obscurum replied to CaelChan's comment below 2020-04-23 01:52:44

Yep! I've spent the last 20 minutes and it's fixed. Thanksss

CaelChan said 2020-04-23 01:23:54

:copy paste to flip:
Obscurum
April 22, 2020, 12:21 am to Public
Had several nightmares today. One of them was that I was a t-rex who floated around this infinite world but couldn't change the direction that I was facing; I was floating sideways, to put it simply. Afterwards, I found a monstrous-looking dragon who tried to kill me because I interrupted his bathroom time. So yes, that was awful.
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Obscurum replied to wrong_tickle's comment below 2020-04-22 03:07:17

Indeed...

Obscurum replied to KittyCat12346's comment below 2020-04-22 03:06:48

I wish I had too! This was just a rare occurrence, and I don't even remember most of what I've dreamt. What I do remember sometimes is just mundane or boring.

KittyCat12346 said 2020-04-22 01:12:32

i wish i had that interesting of dreams!!

wrong_tickle said 2020-04-22 00:39:05

Interesting...
Obscurum
April 18, 2020, 7:04 pm to Public
I really wanna host a contest some day :L

Maybe when I reach 100 or 150 subs? I gotta think about the prizes and what it's going to be about aghhh
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DinowCookie replied to Obscurum's comment below 2020-04-19 19:32:05

Ah I'm glad you found those helpful 😁 I'll be looking forward to your contest!

Obscurum replied to DinowCookie's comment below 2020-04-19 19:08:04

Yep, I've been reading your contest banner blog too. Thanks!

DinowCookie said 2020-04-19 12:46:23

Maybe this could help! 😁

Obscurum replied to lunarotic's comment below 2020-04-18 19:15:38

xD I'll definitely host one, but I just need to wait it out a bit more and plan some things

Obscurum replied to Parine's comment below 2020-04-18 19:14:59

Aww thank you! :))
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Obscurum
April 18, 2020, 8:17 am to Public
There's just something magnificent about capes, whatever kind or size they are.

Just some random thoughts that popped into my head~
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