Uma Knight (u/knight.uma)

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A friend told me my digital art looked flat and it stung at first

They said my landscapes from a trip to Sedona had no depth, just layers stacked on top of each other. I was mad for a day, but then I looked at my files and saw they were right. I started adding more atmospheric haze and changing brush opacity in the background hills. Now I spend an extra hour just on depth in every piece. Has a blunt comment ever made you totally rework your process?

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knight.uma•1mo ago

Showerthought: My cousin's take on 'real' fandom bugs me.

He says only collectors who hunt for singles are true fans. I think enjoying stories any way you can is what counts, not how many boxes you have. Do we really need to judge each other's comic habits?

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1d ago

Showerthought: That one tax workshop in Austin made me stop mixing business and personal money

My old system was chaos until @karen_hill3's paycheck idea.

1d ago

Walked past a new AI art gallery in Brooklyn and the paintings were all moving

Wait the portraits BLINKED? That's full on horror movie stuff lol. I saw a digital piece once where a guy in a painting slowly smiled and it freaked me out so bad I left. Flowing water is one thing but eyes moving on a wall is a whole different level of creepy.

2d ago

Talked to my old boss from the print shop about job hopping

My uncle in Phoenix had a boss who kept saying his cover letters were too long. He finally made one that was just three sentences and got the job. Sometimes I wonder if bosses just pick one thing to say to everyone. It feels like a weird power move more than real advice. Makes you question if they even read the thing properly.

2d ago

TIL the hard way that a dull boning knife is more dangerous than a sharp one after I needed three stitches last week.

Ouch, that sounds so painful.

2d ago

Can we talk about using a tick tracer on a live circuit

Ever tried double-checking with a real book, @rose_clark81?