Howdy

[Steve]

Yup, Howdy is my version of "Hello World".

Greetings all. I am a hobbiest writer and, more importantly, returning table top gamer. I played TT games in the early 80's and played for years. Of course college, career, marriage, kids...etc, etc. Well, the kids are older now and I took up TT games again - okay, actually VTT. It hasn't taken long for the old DM in me to want to start creating my own content. I've played with Blender, Sketchup, GIMP, and Inkscape for years. I am okay when dealing with straight lines, simple curves, and CAD like thinking. However, when it comes to real art skills (the kind needed to make decent looking game assets), I find my artistic knowledge as well as application knowledge...lacking.

As I said, I hobby write and I also do quite a bit of scratch cooking. What I know from both disciplines is that they are part skill and part talent. I do not delude myself. I know I can learn and excel in the skills department, but will always lack in the talent department. Still, my ceiling should be more than high enough to get me the quality I need for my hobby. My goal isn't professional grade.

So, here I am. Consider me a total art noob and don't assume I know the difference between an alpha channel and a purple bananna. Be kind. Feed the animal and watch him learn. Laugh with him as he goes sprinting through this thick forest blindfold tightly wrapped. I truly appreciate all the helps even before you give 'em.

Thanks.

Steve

[waldronate]

Greetings all. I am a hobbiest writer and, more importantly, returning table top gamer.

A hobbit writer, eh? Interesting.

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...don't assume I know the difference between an alpha channel and a purple bananna.

In certain technical documentation, an alpha channel is the channel of a river that carries the most water, while purple banana is a colloquialism for a the first left-hand tertiary channel branched from the alpha channel when viewed from the river's mouth. Or something like that. Or maybe it's just my poor reading comprehension and faulty memory that's causing problems again.

[Steve]

A hobbit writer, eh? Interesting.

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In certain technical documentation, an alpha channel is the channel of a river that carries the most water, while purple banana is a colloquialism for a the first left-hand tertiary channel branched from the alpha channel when viewed from the river's mouth. Or something like that. Or maybe it's just my poor reading comprehension and faulty memory that's causing problems again.

LOL. I am having one of those lack of sufficient coffee days.

Good points on the channels. I think. Let me run it through my super secret decoder ring first.

[waldronate]

Looks like I forgot that I wear the gleaming vestments of the community leader these days and not my accustomed dingy green software developer's coveralls. Must remember not to taunt the new folks!

Anyhow, welcome to the guild. There are many tutorials hereabouts that are appropriate to pretty much any skill set. And there are lots of helpful folks hanging about that are usually more than happy to answer questions or offer advice.

[Steve]

Looks like I forgot that I wear the gleaming vestments of the community leader these days and not my accustomed dingy green software developer's coveralls. Must remember not to taunt the new folks!

Anyhow, welcome to the guild. There are many tutorials hereabouts that are appropriate to pretty much any skill set. And there are lots of helpful folks hanging about that are usually more than happy to answer questions or offer advice.

no. no. taunt us noobs. We need all the heckling we can get.

I am looking at the tuts. some successes. Some failure. questions to come.

Thanks for the welcome!

[Steve]

Looks like I forgot that I wear the gleaming vestments of the community leader these days and not my accustomed dingy green software developer's coveralls. Must remember not to taunt the new folks!

Anyhow, welcome to the guild. There are many tutorials hereabouts that are appropriate to pretty much any skill set. And there are lots of helpful folks hanging about that are usually more than happy to answer questions or offer advice.

seems my original reply failed. oops. I prob. typed the captcha wrong or something.

short version - no, continue to heckle the newbs. we need to know we are alive.

thanks for the welcome. Working on tuts, but having mixed results. questions to come no doubt.

[Steve]

hmm. tried twice to respond but it won't post.
Tried to create a new thread in general forum with a map mapping question. Won't post.

[Korash]

Just to echo the heckler above, Welcome to The Guild, The Mappiest Place on the Web

And the reason that your posts weren't showing was that they were caught up in moderation...an anti spamming measure that was reinstated recently. You now have the required 5 posts so that should NOT be happening any more.