Recent content by Nihal

I suppose the saturation and vibrancy are more noticeable in digital paintings due the nature of the medium. If you always mix pure colors it'll look very saturated and even muddy. I can't really compare with oils since I've never used oils, but painting digitally takes a little practice to get...

No. No, no no no. It boggles my mind that in stories that requires no laborious explanations of why a male character is the best of the world despite not being the hulk it's required that you change an entire gender's physical attributes so it's "believable" to some people. I'm under the...

Yeah! She's not only a fascinating chinese pirate, she's one of the most successful pirates of all the time. She's also a good example of how a woman can operate in an hostile environment and a patriarchal society, playing her role of "being a woman as it's expected", and still achieve...

Did you even read what I wrote? Did I say you called me a girly girl? I reckon not.

The males of the past are the heroes, the conquerors, the builders, the poets, the... (...). There is a variety to them. The women, when they appear are mostly confined to their subservient role. Really? You see no problem at all? And, oh dear. You tried to use me in your example, but...

No, Mythopoet, I'm not dictating how one should write, it was one example of how those accidental male-less/female-less scenarios happen and how relying on those statistics can worsen the problem instead of helping to overcome it. No, I'm not saying that biological differences don't matter at...

It's not directed to a single person in particular, it's a rant about this new sex-deterministic trend. It has been popping up frequently of late. As you said, Nameback, it's at least grossly overstating any weight those "facts" may have. There are so many disturbing issues in relying on...

I have serious questions to anyone who argues that females are biologically different beings that deviate from normal people: What exactly makes you think men are the default? What makes you deny your female characters the right to individual (true) characterization? Why male characters can be...

I don't recall playing these with my sisters, but I did with my friends (all-girls group). Though, curiously... We were faeries that went on magical battles and saved damsels in distress. The most prominent mainstream females were Mulan and Anastasia, and they didn't appear until half my...

BronzeOracle, I'd be careful with children's comparison and "natural" behaviour. My house has always been a nearly all-female house. My parents had four girls. We played with dolls, yes, a lot. But we played with balls (a lot!), vehicles, and included in the crap we did as children was...

Isn't it puzzling the use of biological differences, statistics and the like to force dubious preconceived notions on female characters but have none of it for males? -- In any case, regarding the original question: I'd rather have a book without female characters than have artificial female...

Well, here is the thing from my particular female POV: Those assumptions that I somehow care about my gender and what means to be a woman pisses me off. Seriously, having a young apparent age and small build (for whatever gender you pick) have a greater impact on my life than my gender! The...

I use mainly Photoshop + Wacom Tablet (drawing tablet, not those pseudo-pcs). I have an Intuos4 and a Bamboo for backup purposes, which is smaller and perfect for travel or for when I feel too lazy to set up the Intuos. My desk, so you can see the tablet: I use the default hard round...

It was never a proper holiday where I live. :| We don't trick or treat and collect candies, wear costumes (unless it's a party inspired by your Halloween) and none of these things I see in movies from English speaking countries. When I was little I had my doubts about you really letting your...

Interesting line of thought. I believe it's not in the standards, thus the support across readers will be inconsistent. I know that some versions of Adobe's reader support SWFs (flash animations) for PDFs, Calibre should be able to display animated GIFs for EPUBs, this sort of thing. I wouldn't...