Ian, male (he/him), Undead Rogue and semi-retired Knight of Hope. Anime/manga, webcomic, and video game enthusiast, avid Mac-gamer, and unabashed Blizzard fanboy. Currently depriving himself of sleep and working on webcomics. Mentally ill as fuck.
I decided to train the neural network to randomly generate Pokemon names and abilities based on this list as a training set - and found that it was good at generating Pokemon. Annoyingly good at it - by the time it had gone through the training set 50 times, it was already fluently plagiarizing Pokemon word for word. I had to go back to my very first snapshot of the neural network (16 times through the training set), at which point it hadn’t yet learned the entire set of names and abilities, and was still coming up with hilarious new ones.
Thought I’d give self-advertising a shot, on the off chance, since I’m thinking of relocating to Los Angeles or San Francisco (I’m okay with either; still debating) and I would definitely feel more comfortable going with a more stable job. I’ve been focusing for a role as a background painter/designer or visual development and so my portfolio is primarily 2D, but I do have experience with 3D modeling, compositing, motion graphics, and web design as well. You can view more of my work on Behance . I’ll still be available for freelancing in the meantime.
Anyway, I’m planning to physically be in the state starting April to start house-hunting! And as I won’t really know anyone in the area, if you know anyone who’s looking for a housemate or if you’d just like to meet up, I’d be happy to confirm that I’m not a serial killer 👌.
Feel free to e-mail me at vjohkv@gmail.com! Or any messaging platform besides Instagram, which I keep forgetting to check, @kvebox. I appreciate all/any help and support, thank you! 03/01/17.
Man though you know what makes me sorta sad is when nerdy, “quiet” kids latch on to me during camp and they just talk and talk and talk about a thing they’re into (Skyrim, Pokemon, Harry Potter, Doctor Who, dinosaurs, whatever). And I see the kids just light up when they say something and I can chime in with an ‘oh hey, are you talking about [x]? I love that thing! Tell me more about it.’
Like, their parents will warn me ‘so-and-so is pretty quiet and hard to engage’ but no, man, just listen, your kid is so smart and so into This Thing, they’ll engage like fuck and talk your damn ear off it you let them. Frame it in their damn terms. Or! Just! Listen to them about their Thing! And they will engage with the rest of the material! Because they know you care about them! Amazing!!!
Quiet kids are usually that way because either no one listens, or there is always someone more dominant speaking wise in their group that always talks over them and then they give up. Some quiet kids are starved for attention and really really want to talk, but don’t always get the chance to
Everyone who reblogged this are good people. Bless you, this made me happy to read
