Local House Witch Telling You To Please Learn Basic Housekeeping Skills.

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Hi. I don't know if this is out of line or anything and if you're uncomfortable with answering this ask then you should totally ignore me and all that but I was wondering if (seeing as you are hoh) you maybe had any advice or anything like that for writing a hoh character? (In general, but especially any knowledge about hearing aids would be greatly appreciated)

Sorry to bother

ok so im not sure what information i can give you on being hoh that you probably haven't already heard, BUT with hearing aids i can absolutely give you a couple tips!

when you first put them in in the morning, assuming you have hearing at all, there's a slight echo. that's your brain registering sounds through the hearing aids and through your normal ears. it fades after a few minutes but i've never seen that mentioned ever and i think it could be pretty cool to bring up in a story

hearing aids are not water proof. idk why you might need to know that but there you go

OH. when the wind hits your hearing aids it makes a goddawful sound like someone blowing into earbuds mics. even a slight breeze can do that and it's awful

idk if this is common but my hearing aids have a startup jingle so when you turn them on or take them out of the charging station they do a little ditty. i can try to upload a video later if you're curious

um. if you're writing the character really early on, having just gotten hearing aids, everyone talks about the wonder and awe that comes from hearing rain, birds, cats purring, whatever, but i haven't seen anyone mention the blisters you get in your ears? the little bastards aren't very comfortable, even if they are cool.

also the plastic little sports guard thing that helps keep the aids in your ears can chafe.

if your character has a mask or glasses, those are pretty tough to wear with hearing aids. my glasses keep nudging my aids off the top of my ears and making them fall out

last thing isn't a hearing aids thing, but it is a hoh thing- please don't feel like you have to make your character speak sign language. i only know the very very basics of asl, and as much as i appreciate people trying to learn it to talk to me, i really wish that wasn't viewed as a mandatory part of being hoh/deaf

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I have used this for many years. Definitely b do it.

Hi!! I love your art, and I was wondering if you have any advice for drawing things in perspective/foreshortening? I love how you draw your characters at different angles espec when they're doing an action, it just makes your art look so dynamic 😊

hopefully this helps!! ^^

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adding this to my internet trinkets collection; bunch of very cool tools collected by @good-morning-czernobog! thank you for making this :D

included are:

dice rollers!

GIF and video makers and savers!

art refs and tools!

useful apps and generators!

open source/free to read books and research!

and other nice things!

Wait, do people know about the Before I Play wiki?

I have used this for..... at this point easily over 6 years. It's a wiki where there will be low-spoiler/non-spoiler hints about just stuff you would want to know before playing a game.

It's always stuff like.... "Vitality in this game is useless, put your points in everything else first" or "Don't leave the second hub town until you buy X item, it'll become unobtainable."

Lemme pick an example almost everyone will know. From the Animal Crossing New Horizons page, the first tip is:

Nearly everything on the island is movable later, including all buildings and even cliffs and rivers. The main things that are fixed are the stuff on the border of the island (river mouths, beaches, rocks/peninsulae, the dock and the airport) and the resident services plaza, so picking your island layout should be based around that primarily.

That's stellar advice, tbh, given what you'll know about the game 30 hours in instead of 30 minutes.

Not every game is covered obviously and not every piece of advice is good, it's all subjective, BUT..... I look up almost every game I play for the first time, just to keep stuff in mind. The SMT4 page had top tier advice imo.

Hey, you are not an embarrassment for not knowing how to do certain household chores/basic self-care. They do not come naturally to us. A lot of it takes practice! Maybe you had a neglectful guardian. Maybe you had one that was very coddling and never thought to teach you. Maybe you haven't lived in a place where these things were available to you or needed. Doesn't matter. It's okay to not know and far more common than you might realise.

That said, this website provides very simple instructions on how to do everyday tasks such as making your bed, using a washing machine, cooking different foods, washing dishes, taking a shower, etc. All you have to do is use the search bar to find the task you're struggling with, and it'll come up with what you need + other related how-to's:)

If you're having trouble navigating it, let me provide you with some examples:

How to clean dishes by hand

How to make your bed (with visual demonstrations of each step!)

How to fold clothes (with visual demonstrations of each step!)

How to take a shower & dry yourself off (also provides ways to shave beards, armpits, legs and genitals)

How to shave legs, armpits, beards, pubic areas, etc. (a more in-depth guide)

How to mop the floor

How to sweep the floor

How to swallow pills

How to make small talk

How to make eye contact in different situations (or how to avoid it while still looking natural)

It's also perfectly okay if these don't help or aren't appealing to you. Unfortunately, nothing helps everyone.

i hate that every time i look for color studies and tips to improve my art and make it more dynamic and interesting all that comes up are rudimentary explanations of the color wheel that explain it to me like im in 1st grade and just now discovering my primary colors

being a self-taught artist with no formal training is having done art seriously since you were a young teenager and only finding out that you’re supposed to do warm up sketches every time you’re about to work on serious art when you’re fuckin twenty-five