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exatronI went to my grandparents' house last Sunday to celebrate my grandfather's birthday and got the chance to see what lightning did to a tree in their yard last Thursday.
The bolt of lightning went partway down the tree's west side, crossed through the tree to a metal hanger for a birdfeeder, went through that (shattering a pane of glass in the feeder), and down to the ground on the tree's east side. Long, thin strips of tree were still scattered around their yard, and the tree itself had very ragged wounds along the path of the strike. Since the tree was near their utility lines, the lightning also zapped their kitchen phone and reduced their cable connection to a few broadcast channels.
It also scared off all of the wildlife my grandparents feed.
I need to do something nice for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
codyvfrost since his job has been very stressful lately, but I'm not quite sure how to make him feel better. Should I try making him laugh? Drool? Scared by absurd cuteness? Calm with a tranquil image?
Until I figure that out,
Design Sheet
I tried reworking Dan's delts a bit so they're less teardrop-shaped (hopefully they've improved), and I'm still not happy with his smile in the side view. Getting an expression that says, "I know you're staring, and I kind of like it," is tricky.
Hockey!
The hockey picture is coming along nicely, but I need practice drawing footwear and I need to rework the muscles of his left deltoid. When hockey season starts, I'm going to have to revisit this theme and put Dan in a Red Wings jersey.
I also attempted to modify my icon's source code so I could add other emotions to it; unfortunately, some of the document's structure needs to be reworked so the confused spiral eyes will rotate around their centers rather than the corners of the document.
The bolt of lightning went partway down the tree's west side, crossed through the tree to a metal hanger for a birdfeeder, went through that (shattering a pane of glass in the feeder), and down to the ground on the tree's east side. Long, thin strips of tree were still scattered around their yard, and the tree itself had very ragged wounds along the path of the strike. Since the tree was near their utility lines, the lightning also zapped their kitchen phone and reduced their cable connection to a few broadcast channels.
It also scared off all of the wildlife my grandparents feed.
I need to do something nice for
codyvfrost since his job has been very stressful lately, but I'm not quite sure how to make him feel better. Should I try making him laugh? Drool? Scared by absurd cuteness? Calm with a tranquil image?Until I figure that out,
Design Sheet
I tried reworking Dan's delts a bit so they're less teardrop-shaped (hopefully they've improved), and I'm still not happy with his smile in the side view. Getting an expression that says, "I know you're staring, and I kind of like it," is tricky.
Hockey!
The hockey picture is coming along nicely, but I need practice drawing footwear and I need to rework the muscles of his left deltoid. When hockey season starts, I'm going to have to revisit this theme and put Dan in a Red Wings jersey.
I also attempted to modify my icon's source code so I could add other emotions to it; unfortunately, some of the document's structure needs to be reworked so the confused spiral eyes will rotate around their centers rather than the corners of the document.
