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How to shift mindset from copying to understanding?

Hello. I recently did these three studies and one piece of feedback I received on them was that I wasn't analyzing the piece enough and moreso just drawing what I'm seeing instead of understanding the underlying forms. I'm struggling to figure out exercises or ways to practice that will help me - what should I be thinking about? I try to simplify the arms and body into basic cylinders, but it seems like my assignment is to go further than that. How can I practice adding the specific forms of the muscles while maintaining the original cylindrical form of the arm, for instance? Does that make sense at all?

u/smellygirlmillie — 6 hours ago

Exercise and examples for practicing drawing overlapping/interlocking forms?

Hi! Does anyone know of a good exercise with examples for this? I have a basic understanding of drawing form but the moment I want to attach another form (say, adding a twisting lump to a cylinder) the image comes out flat or wrong.

I seem to remember an exercise like this in a popular drawing book, but I can’t remember whose. I want to say it was something by Michael Hampton or maybe Vlippu? If anyone knows that specific one I’m talking about I’d really appreciate it, but any exercise with examples will be helpful.

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u/smellygirlmillie — 2 days ago

My current job will pay me to go to college as long as I choose between six degrees. Which of these should I choose if I want a desk job that wont be too difficult breaking into?

Hi. I currently work at Wal-mart, and they have a program that allows you to go back to school as long as its one of the degrees that they cover. My biggest requirement is that I can sit all day and that I can actually find a job when I graduate, but I have no idea what I'm doing or what would be best. Right now I'm leaning toward Supply Chain Management. I'm worried Computer Science is oversatured, industrial engineering would be too physically demanding for me, and the Business ones would have me end up in sales and I'm not sure I'm extroverted or persuasive enough to be in sales. But maybe I'm overlooking something - perhaps the business degrees are more adaptive than I imagine them being? Here are the possible degrees;

  • BS Business Administration – SNHU
  • BS Business Management & Leadership – Bellevue University
  • BS Computer Science – SNHU
  • BS Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering – Indiana Tech
  • BS Supply Chain, Trans, Logistics – Bellevue University
  • BSBA in Supply Chain Management – University of Arkansas

Let me know what you think! Pros and cons would be nice.

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u/smellygirlmillie — 6 days ago
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How to feel comfortable going out?

Obviously the problem is deep rooted insecurity. There are happy, confident people who don’t fit into beauty standards but I’m not one of them. I’m a fat balding trans woman who is seeing friends I haven’t seen in like 12 years this weekend and it’s freaking me out so badly. Nothing I do makes me feel pretty and being out in public makes me feel like walking detransition motivation. I don’t want to flake on them because I’ve already done it once because I was so anxious about being so ugly. It’s crazy. How do yall psyche yourselves up for times like this?

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u/smellygirlmillie — 9 days ago
▲ 6 r/t4t

31TF looking for someone to care for and someone to care about me!

Hi!! I’m a creature from the old internet like newgrounds and pre-2016 4chan and forums like yugiohcardmaker lol. I miss when people weren’t so insanely mean online and I wish it was still a place for weirdos and nerds instead of a place everyone goes onto to grift. I am ALL about free speech and hate Puritanism and censorship. I spend a lot of my time listening to music and making topster charts and playing slay the spire and just stuff like that. I have an old school RuneScape account I’ve been playing since release so please hit me up if you wanna take me raiding!!

Let’s get physical appearance out of the way. I have short hair but am growing it out, am very thick/bbw, and have blue eyes and a round baby face. I’d say I’m pretty clocky. I’ve been on hormones but had to stop for health reasons but am starting them back up at full dose this month. I’m also on wegovy so if you like skinny girls I’m like an investment lol c:

I watch a ridiculous amount of YouTube. I miss the old internet like CRAZY. I like Pokemon and video games, Minecraft some, fromsoft games some, I paint and draw sometimes. I’m very kinky and hornypilled. I’m cringe as all hell but I’m free. I love writing and the human condition and literary analysis and spreading my heart out. Honestly lately it’s been hard to enjoy things but I like all sorts of music.

I write some. I had a love for literature since I was a little kid but I don’t really read anymore. I think I have a lot to say about the human condition and just like life but I’m probably just pretentious. I’ve won a few awards for my writing but I won’t make you read anything you don’t want to lol.

In an ideal world we’d skip the boring getting to know each other parts and just like hug each other and junk but then it’s weird and doesn’t have meaning so there has to be a balance I guess.

I do have a bipolar diagnosis but I’m medicated as of almost two months ago. I’m unemployed but trying. Please be at least 24!!

US EST BTW!

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u/smellygirlmillie — 13 days ago

Still bleeding after 8 hours, when can I stop reapplying gauze?

Just had mine removed today. It’s slowed down and the gauze arent getting soaked but there’s still a big slob of blood and ooze no matter what I do. My instructions said most people can stop using gauze 2-3 hours later but I’m still suffering here. I’m replacing it every 30-60 min like it said.

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u/smellygirlmillie — 18 days ago

Opinions on staying on the pill at 1.5?

I only started the pill a week ago, but I tried injections before and couldn't tolerate them when I titrated up doses. 1.5 is doing great for both my appetite and side effects, has anyone else just stayed at the starting dose?

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u/smellygirlmillie — 20 days ago

Monks

I thought it looked cool without eyes, but the fur texture and nostrils gave me trouble. Wasn’t going for a one for one copy but still.

u/smellygirlmillie — 22 days ago

Bipolar drug causing boredom - not sure my doc is even right about me?

Been on a mood stabilizer for about two months now and now I’m on the therapeutic dose. Ever since starting it it’s like the days have gone by so slowly and my emotions are blunted, except for this mild sadness. It’s honestly worse than depression ever was, at least I felt something on depression. Can anyone relate? Please tell me it gets better

The reason I’m unsure if I’m even bipolar is because my entire life I’ve mostly been depressed, sure I had periods where I tried to do stuff and be productive but I never participated in risky behaviors or felt like I could stay up all night or anything like that, and they always happened when I took my vyvanse, which I’m off now until the mood stabilizer kicks in as per my doctors instructions. I dunno, I should trust my doctor over Reddit comments, but what if I’m not even bipolar? What does a mood stabilizer do to someone who isn’t? Ugh I hate this

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u/smellygirlmillie — 1 month ago
▲ 5 r/t4t

30TF looking for someone to care for and someone to care about me!

Let’s get physical appearance out of the way. I have short hair but am growing it out, am 320lbs thick, and have blue eyes and a round baby face. I’d say I’m pretty clocky. I’ve been on hormones but had to stop for health reasons but am starting them back up at full dose this month.

I watch a ridiculous amount of YouTube. I miss the old internet. I like Pokemon and video games, Minecraft some, fromsoft games some, I paint and draw sometimes. I’m very kinky and hornypilled. I’m cringe as all hell but I’m free. I love writing and the human condition and literary analysis and spreading my heart out

I do have a bipolar diagnosis but I’m medicated as of almost two months ago. I’m unemployed but trying. Please be at least 24.

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u/smellygirlmillie — 1 month ago

So, what’s being on Lamotrigine supposed to feel like?

I’m five weeks in and just started the 200mg dose. Started Vraylar alongside it. Honestly I’m more anxious than I’ve ever been and I wouldn’t exactly call myself happy, but I’m noticing I’m doing things like showering and making my bed and buying myself clothes more often. Just generally taking care of myself more. Is this all it does?

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u/smellygirlmillie — 1 month ago

Summer Sweep-Up Suggestion: Consistent and Improved Grouping

I am a maxed player who has the Verzik CA helmet. This isn't that impressive in 2026, but I'm mentioning it because it gives a little context when I say that learning CoX in 2025 was one of the most frustrating and un-fun experiences I've ever had in this game. Having to rely on an outside service like We Do Raids, where you essentially have to beg for people to take learners, alongside the social friction of worrying that you're influencing the raid in a positive way, was way worse than 99 runecrafting. I am not socially anxious. I just think the friction and difficulty in an mmo should come from the mechanics and the bosses, not from having to join some discord and ingratiate myself with the people there. It's also telling that while ToB is near universally praised for its mechanics, it's by far the least popular raid - WDR doesn't even do TOB learners at the moment, and finding a cc that is both non-sweaty but also willing to teach is difficult and, once again, relies on the player to go to some discord and hope for the best. The game is already facing an uphill struggle with group content. The game is basically 600 hours of solo content followed by end-game group pvm, so of course many players find this particular part of the game difficult.

The thing is, I want more group content in the game. It's the most fun part of the game, and its what makes the game an mmo. However, I think we need to improve the grouping experience in some way. Obviously don't take away the ability for a group of friends to just raid with the boys, but there should be an option where we don't have to rely on things like WDR. With Raids 4 upcoming, I really think Jagex should solve this problem before launch so more people can enjoy it in groups instead of most people doing it as solo content like TOA. Imagine a board at each raid that allows you to designate yourself as a Learner/Experienced/Expert at the content based on KC that allows you to inspect other players stats and gear before accepting them.

At the very least, the current grouping is just inconsistent. The way you make a party in CoX is so unintuitive compared to ToA, which is different than how you make a party in ToB, which is different than how you make a party in Barbarian Assault, etc etc. Standardizing this would at least give SOME consistency.

Wanting to improve grouping is not the same thing as wanting to eliminate the social aspect of the game.

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u/smellygirlmillie — 2 months ago
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Friend can't join realms? Gets the invite only on xbox app, but not through Minecraft

Hi, this is driving us all nuts. My friend has a realm he made on PS5's bedrock edition, where we all play. We want to invite our other friend, but he is not getting any invites except through the Xbox app. When he clicks that, the world attempts to load, but doesn't work for whatever reason - sometimes it says failed to load realms, try again later. Other times it says there's an issue with his skin, but even after changing it to default it's giving the same message. We made sure he was on Bedrock edition and he's playing through his PC. Both games are updated to the latest version. We've also had him restart his PC, log in and out of Microsoft, gave operator to another user so they can invite him in game, and none of it works. Other people who have already joined the real can join and receive invites, just not him. Please help!

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u/smellygirlmillie — 2 months ago

Hi, I've been receiving SSI for a while now. I always get texts from direct express a few days before the first telling me the deposit amount and it's always the accurate $994. However, for May the deposit is only $894.60. on the MySSA website, it says I should be receiving a full $994 with no reductions. Has anyone ever had this happen? I plan to call tomorrow as soon as I can but I'm fretting over it. $100 is a lot of money to me.

I have gotten no letter explaining a change in benefits

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u/smellygirlmillie — 2 months ago