This is really good! I really like the use of color and the painting style is pleasing. The subtle shades of the background blending into her top are especially well done.

If you’re looking for constructive criticism, the only two things that stood out were:

• the earrings look to be different lengths (but I know earrings like that can appear asymmetrical in real life, so maybe it’s just an illusion of the angle)

• I think the lower lip highlight is a touch too harsh and makes the lip look a bit flat and cartoonish; maybe needs a little smoothing, a thinner brush, or an additional “mid-light” layer?

But these were little nitpicks after staring at the image for a while. Overall, very nice piece!

I don’t care, I’m not giving up the em-dash in my own writing. Good luck reading half of my run-on sentences without it~~~

A roulette wheel of random instances is certainly a solution, but it’s not a great one, given that there are substantial differences between instances that could potentially impact a user’s fediverse experience, such as who they’re defederated from, whether they allow nsfw or downvotes, etc…

You and I have very different definitions of “mildly”

No, not unless the “choose an instance” problem at sign-up is resolved.

I agree that

“Female” instead of woman or girl.

Edit: as in, where “woman” or “girl” would be grammatically correct. e.g. “a lot of females work at that company” vs “a lot of women work at that company” or “that company has a lot of female employees”

I actually thought the ending to S1 was brilliant, especially for a cliff hanger, and that the first arc of S1 was the weakest of the three (although E3 was quite good), and that S2E7 was just okay, so it’s likely that we have different tastes.

S1 did an excellent job of its storytelling, such as show don’t tell; character actions driving the plot, not the other way around; and well-written villains with clear motives. S2 fell flat on a lot of those fronts. I’d need to rewatch it for a proper write-up, but some examples from what I remember:

A lot of what made S1 great continues over into S2, such as the soundtrack and animation. But the character development, writing, and little details just didn’t match up in S2.

Re: Bee and Puppycat – YouTube or TV show version?

I thought the short-form YouTube version had much better pacing.

Archer was great until the South Pacific season (S9). It’s like they fired all their writers and hired new ones off temu. I stopped watching there; does it get better after that?

I thought S1 Arcane was brilliant, but S2 (especially starting with E4) fell apart. Still had some good moments though.

Your two anime picks are Cowboy Bebop and… Future Boy Conan!?

Ngl, didn’t know anyone else even knew that series existed.

You got newts and salamanders (somewhat) backward:

From Wikipedia: Unlike other members of the family Salamandridae, newts are semiaquatic, alternating between aquatic and terrestrial habitats. Not all aquatic salamanders are considered newts, however.

This literally just happened. How is it already compressed to early-2000s levels of jpg?

The allegations are literally the only reason I had any idea that the band is still ongoing (and that all the members has swapped out, several times apparently).

Newsboys, a major Christian rock band founded in 1985. All original members have been replaced.

“Kitten cuddling” is a euphemism. They are chaos gremlins with needles permanently affixed to their feet.

Still cute tho.

I’ve never used Blender before, but sixty hours is a lot of work! Which part of the process was the most laborious/fiddly? (I saw the 40hr mark shot in another comment, which kind of gives me an idea)

the free and open source office suite trusted by millions of users around the world.

Do I use Libre office? Yes. Do I trust it? Absolutely not (in the sense that I don’t think they’re stealing my data, but wow is the user experience a buggy mess)