/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>4713917
You're supposed to name the DAD, but I think I know whoa you had in mind.

>>4357048

>>4330784

Nope, can't accept that.
No other administrator has requested funds and I don't intend to do so / host ads / find other financing options until site hosting costs balloon to amounts economically unfeasible for me to sustain by myself.

>>4238208
I failed mine.
Made progress in other ways, though.

...right?

>>4204376

I SAID BULLY ME

don't worry anon i won't

Finally. The nightmare is over.

The image processing job is done. Now, I can safely talk about all the changes since the last patch that was deployed since last week.

> Challenge, Badge and Submission title character limit increased from 50 to 100.
> Submission and Challenge description character limit increased from 1000 to 2000.
> Post-upload processing behaviors have been updated.
> If the total pixel count of your submission is greater than 9,000,000 (3000 x 3000 image), it will be scaled down until its largest dimensions is 3000 images. (example: 6000 x 3000 -> 3000 x 1500). Otherwise, it will remain untouched, and uploaded as is (permitting unusual formats, like long comments or panoramic canvas so long as you stay below that limit).
> The 10MB file limit is now enforced pre-processing, rather than post-processing.
> All exif data will be removed automatically, to preserve user privacy.
> Thumbnail / Avatar generation will remove animation (sorry, this means no more animated badges or profile pictures).
> An anticipated side effect of these changes will be that the multiple-upload glitch will happen significantly less, ESPECIALLY with regard to animated gif uploads.
> A sub-bar has been added to submission list views, which will indicate: time of submission, number of comments (if any) and whether or not the submission is an animated gif (indicated by the film roll icon).
> Front page will now display recent activity in the form of the last ten actions in terms of: comment, submission and challenge creation. This will continue to be refined in the future.

i'm fucking exhausted. i did not expect to babysit that job for almost two weeks. phew goddamn. now i can start drawing again. more submissions tomorrow, i will continue to monitor and dev as time goes on.
now if you'll excuse me, i am very tired and still moderately sad so i will now go to sleep

>>4174516

Oh and a follow-up disclaimer: if I don't respond, it's not because I'm gone - I'll be monitoring.reading all responses after I sleep / work. I need to sleep and continue making STEMbux so I can continue to house DADdies and post comical reversals of the dragon fucking cars meme. Please be patient, I'll try to take all your feedback into account.

>>4136399

No! Wrong! You missed the point!
This is as straight forward of a challenge as you can get! It isn't about meeting some arbitrary benchmark or the expectations of your peers. It's about having the heart to give it your all, and seeing where your reach is, be it feeble or mighty. It's a scream out into the dark saying that you will, with all your creative capacity and courage, create something that pulls you to the brink of your skills. It's a chance to get excited, and just throw yourself passionately at the opportunity to simply create something! It's about embracing what made you want to do this in the first place.
Look at me! I'm armed with nothing but knowledge of gestures, one point and two point perspective. But I have a dream, and will continue to step towards that dream regardless. And I want you, and everyone else on DAD to at least have the ability to say they chased it with the sincerity their ambition deserves! So untether your soul and bare it forward bravely!

>>4106497

A functional-level understanding of Ruby on Rails, a basic to medium-level understanding of HTML/SCSS/SASS, a basic understanding of RESTful APIs and a basic understanding of javascript. The site is not particularly complex, though the code is sloppy and I'm simultaneously cleaning my shitty amateur-level trash with cleaner, more professional code.
But if you're learning for the sake of pursuing a career, just choose web frameworks that are most in demand right now. There are more programming jobs than qualified candidates.


>>4106501

I have high expectations of myself as a professional web developer and as a potential professional artist (the operative word being potential).
The first because it helps me justify my pay grade and comfortable life style despite my self-perceived inadequacies (I don't think I have imposter syndrome) and because it's the duty of a webmaster to make prudent updates (which I have been a bit sloppy on for various hiatuses and all, I mean, christ, we still don't have tokens, topic challenges or the tribunal yet).
The second because for the concept of LAS to be properly honored, I need to achieve a caliber of success that vindicates our mission statement. How the fuck does it look if the webmaster / site admin himself is /beg/ as hell? It reflects on us, poorly. I don't just want to succeed; it is a prerequisite for me to do my job correctly.

Am I stressed out? Sure, on occasion, maybe frequently. Sometimes I have trouble sleeping. But I'd rather be highly motivated and anxious than complacent only to regret things later. I've done the latter for over a decade, and it fucking sucks.

More follow-up stuff!

> Fixed the left and right arrow keys navigating to other submissions while typing a message (accidentally reintroduced this bug with the previous patch).
> You can now meta-link CHALLENGES with >>C# (i.e. >>C13)
> You can now meta-link SUBMISSIONS with >>S# (i.e. >>S25)

To see this in action, see the comment here:
https://dad.gallery/submissions/38399

More to come.

>>4059289

this was actually 45 minutes which is embarrassing as hell
i was borderline comatose energy-wise and struggled so fucking hard with the figures and redrew them like three times

as promised, i've set aside time today to comment on everyone's stuff from yesterday

apologies on site delays, i'm back on my anti-depressant meds and i promise to work harder

Thanks for the support guys. I'll hang in there.


>>3897228

This is actually an idea I had from the beginning but wasn't sure if it would actually be useful. I'll bump up the priority.

I've heard enough stuff about it and the development and flourishing of a community and its' content is more important than my ethos regarding internet discourse. Pick your battles at the right time and place, I understand that now.

Sometime soon (between now to three days later contingent on how tired I am), I'll remove the character limit.

Dev this week may be a bit delayed. I found out some really unpleasant family-related things that I need to work through right now.

Don't let anyone take a good heart for granted.