Just started!

Just started!

Just wanna share my progress! I’ve just started the game (finished the regular and mirror Indomitus campaigns, now onto the Elite) and having fun so far. It’s been a fun ride so far, but I’m just curious to how the game scales in the future. Also, I was wondering about character equipement. I’ve read somewhere that you shouldn’t ascend them? Can someone explain a bit about that?

TLDR:
How does equipement work and what’s the most efficient way of upgrading?

u/ivovanroy — 9 days ago
▲ 1.2k r/Tokyo

Meguro river

Rain is pretty strong and Meguro river is starting to fill up quite a bit. Heavy rain and landslide alerts during the afternoon make for a sad silver week…

u/ivovanroy — 24 days ago

Ocarina of Time remake looking slick

I’m excited, but am feeling a tad let down in the art style. What are your opinions?

u/ivovanroy — 1 month ago
▲ 17 r/Natsura+2 crossposts

Natsura at the H22 Launch

I was lucky enough to present some stuff at the H22 launch event in Shenzhen, China last month. I worked a little bit together with George and Feike, the founders of r/Natsura and created this page to show the work that was done on the presented project. Enjoy!

For those interested in seeing more of the slides, please check out the ArtStation post:
ArtStation: Natsura - Ivo van Roij

u/ivovanroy — 2 months ago
▲ 144 r/Natsura+1 crossposts

Houdini 22

Sorry for the post, just wanted to share that I presented at the h22 launch presentation here in Asia. Was a great event with many visitors, and I’m just very grateful to have been part of the new release. Thanks to SideFX!

u/ivovanroy — 3 months ago
▲ 221 r/japanpics

Mt. Fuji looking great this morning

Love the little sliver of clouds.

u/ivovanroy — 4 months ago

Happy new growth!

My wife started making burritos and fajitas on the regular, so I’m happy to now be growing cilantro haha. Look at how many have sprouted! And finally after weeks of trying, my rosemary and lavender have sprouted too!

u/ivovanroy — 4 months ago
▲ 74 r/kendo

Kendo, martial art, generative AI

Lately in the budo communities (not just kendo) is see more and more generative AI popping up. As an artist and a Kendoka, I’m forced to watch the usage of stolen art slowly seep into daily life. It baffles me that people proudly present images for their own promotion, but worse now is that I see it in events. The upcoming EKC promotion is an example of this. Shouldn’t the kendo community (as martial artists) support other artists? Is it really OK to pay companies to use their services while the original artwork is stolen? Why do kendo people lately feel the need to take away the access to wealth from the skilled, while simultaneously give access to skill to the wealthy. Apologies for the long post, end of rant.

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u/ivovanroy — 4 months ago
▲ 475 r/Tokyo

Meguro river slowly filling up

It’s a lot more than usual, great to see it’s working here

u/ivovanroy — 4 months ago
▲ 10 r/kendo

Genuine question.

Hi! As many of you know the Asia-Oceania kendo championships were held this weekend in Tokyo. It’s a great movement to have a similar competition to the Americas and European championships, but for Asia and Oceania. My question (and I’m just trying to understand), how can a country be represented in multiple Taikai? I’m just curious and want to understand, but for some reason I feel like people are going to feel offended.

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u/ivovanroy — 5 months ago
▲ 96 r/Houdini

Houdini 60 Minutes live event

Participated as one of the 4 competitors in the Houdini 60 Minutes events in Tokyo last week Friday! 4 people “battling” it out to create a scene in front of a live (100+) audience! Was fun, just wanted to share!

u/ivovanroy — 5 months ago

Am I screwed..?

As you can see in the pictures, I discovered what I think are Mealybugs on my indoor little tree. I’ve sprayed it with Benica and removed as many as I saw afterwards with alcoholic wipes, but I’d still like to know from the more experienced people in this reddit… will it survive and is there a high risk of this going to my (many) other indoor plants? 🥺

u/ivovanroy — 5 months ago

God damnit

Tried growing kale and cabbages on my balcony in central Tokyo. 12F, was gone for a nice 3-day-trip during golden week. Came back to this. Any advice? 😭

u/ivovanroy — 5 months ago

Purple stems are slightly changed to green, and pepper is growing! Still very curious to what pepper this is going to be…. 😅

u/ivovanroy — 6 months ago