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Rokket
Dances with Bees
I've always had a very active imagination. Sitting on a school bus or waiting around for something I would always dream up cool adventures for myself. Green Lightning grew as I did. I first started imagining myself as a superhero at 10 years old. I put him away as I got older and got into other things, like booze and girls, but I always came back to him. The inspiration for the latest (and final) version of him are all the Marvel and DC movies that are coming out. I figured it was time to bring him to life, and with the help of Poser, Wings 3D, Blender, Hivewire, and now 3D Coat, I can finally do the story justice. And I get to decide the look of the characters, the sets, and how the story develops.
Lorraine
The Wicked Witch of the North
That's what I love about 3D, being able to produce on the screen what my imagination comes up with. I can't draw and my painting skills are confined to my boat so (for me) using DS has been a fun 10 years or so. And now HW has opened up another way of doing things, a collaborative way I really like.
What she said. LOL I can't draw or paint by hand, either... 3D was a godsend for me, it finally allowed me to get the stuff out of my head that had been bouncing around in there for my whole life!
Rokket
Dances with Bees
At least you have something bouncing around up there! My brother used to holler in my ear because he said he liked to listen to the echo. I used to tell him to look away from me so I could see through his ear and watch tv. Yeah, we were mean to each other back then. He's jealous of me because I got all the artistic talent. I play several instruments, sing, write songs, poetry, stories. I used to draw quite a bit before arthritis got me.
Yep... I play multiple instruments, and I've been writing creatively ever since I was old enough to form the letters on paper. LOL I do some jewelry making, some sewing, crochet, a lot of offline crafts, yes. Everyone in my household has some form of artistic craft they do...
My sister, not so much. She can sew - and she is very, very good at it - but that's about the extent of it. She dabbled briefly in band during middle school and quickly dropped out of it. She went into color guard and cheerleading instead. She's the social butterfly, though, so it makes sense to me. Don't ever ask me to put on a frilly skirt and jump up and down and shout, though. It's not going to happen. LMAO But artistically, no... she mostly just sews. That's about the limit of it.
There's no jealousy between us, we live a door apart and a world away, always did even as kids. We're not very close, honestly, just don't have anything to talk about and nothing really in common other than we come from the same mother. LOL The rest of my extended family... well, I'm the black sheep for multiple reasons on that side of the family anyway.
I'm the only without a college degree, the only one not in some fancy dancy high end job, etc etc. Most of that side are things like business execs, court stenographers, lawyers, doctors, etc. It's just not my thing. I'm happy being the ugly duckling, and that's that.
My sister, not so much. She can sew - and she is very, very good at it - but that's about the extent of it. She dabbled briefly in band during middle school and quickly dropped out of it. She went into color guard and cheerleading instead. She's the social butterfly, though, so it makes sense to me. Don't ever ask me to put on a frilly skirt and jump up and down and shout, though. It's not going to happen. LMAO But artistically, no... she mostly just sews. That's about the limit of it.
There's no jealousy between us, we live a door apart and a world away, always did even as kids. We're not very close, honestly, just don't have anything to talk about and nothing really in common other than we come from the same mother. LOL The rest of my extended family... well, I'm the black sheep for multiple reasons on that side of the family anyway.
I'm the only without a college degree, the only one not in some fancy dancy high end job, etc etc. Most of that side are things like business execs, court stenographers, lawyers, doctors, etc. It's just not my thing. I'm happy being the ugly duckling, and that's that. 
Seliah I look at that as they are the sheep following what society thinks is the right way...I think to have the courage to go your own way no matter what anyone thinks is far more rewarding...and just remember...the ugly duckling became the most beautiful swan!
Oh, I don't worry about it, Sanbie. I don't actually have a lot of contact with that side of the family for numerous reasons. It works for them, I'm good with that... what I do works for me. I did time (five years) as a nurse's aide, and before that I was an EMT... even as a teenager, I was part of a youth outreach type program... junior ambulance squad, you rode with the EMTs to calls, depending on the call you might be hands on helping, or you might not. They wanted me to push up and take the classes to get my certification... they said they couldn't teach me anything further in the group because it would be stuff that was over the head of the other kids, I knew too much for the junior corps, basically.
I did get my certification and I worked for quite a few years in it. Left the workforce when we had our daughter, and when I went back in, I ended up at a nursing home as a CNA. I am no doctor, and I don't have a nursing license, and my EMT certification at this point would be expired. I have from time to time thought about going back into it, but for my household, it just doesn't work for us to have me working outside of the house. My daughter has high functioning autism, and she gets nuts when I'm not home... and my husband, well... she got it from somewhere, LOL, and he's too old-school in some ways... it just doesn't work out. The house goes downhill and my kiddo gets crazy.
Besides, I like what I'm doing now. There's something a little satisfying to being able to say you work for yourself. My Bear works hard; he's a carpenter... but at this point he earns more by himself than we used to earn combined, so it's all good, and it did enable us to pull our kiddo out of the public school district and get her learning, actually learning what she needs to know in order to survive as an adult. When we first pulled her out, she was entering 10th grade and only working at an early to mid 8th grade level... she's not stupid, not at all, it's just the poor school system that we have in this area. Most of these kids get out of high school and the first thing they have to do when they reach college, IF they get there, is take a whole semester of remedial courses. She won't have that battle, thankfully.
So yeah... really, I don't care what the other side of the family thinks. What I have works for us, that's what matters. They don't have to like it, and they live on the other side of the country, in some cases across the ocean, so it's all good.
I did get my certification and I worked for quite a few years in it. Left the workforce when we had our daughter, and when I went back in, I ended up at a nursing home as a CNA. I am no doctor, and I don't have a nursing license, and my EMT certification at this point would be expired. I have from time to time thought about going back into it, but for my household, it just doesn't work for us to have me working outside of the house. My daughter has high functioning autism, and she gets nuts when I'm not home... and my husband, well... she got it from somewhere, LOL, and he's too old-school in some ways... it just doesn't work out. The house goes downhill and my kiddo gets crazy.
Besides, I like what I'm doing now. There's something a little satisfying to being able to say you work for yourself.
My Bear works hard; he's a carpenter... but at this point he earns more by himself than we used to earn combined, so it's all good, and it did enable us to pull our kiddo out of the public school district and get her learning, actually learning what she needs to know in order to survive as an adult. When we first pulled her out, she was entering 10th grade and only working at an early to mid 8th grade level... she's not stupid, not at all, it's just the poor school system that we have in this area. Most of these kids get out of high school and the first thing they have to do when they reach college, IF they get there, is take a whole semester of remedial courses. She won't have that battle, thankfully.So yeah... really, I don't care what the other side of the family thinks. What I have works for us, that's what matters.
They don't have to like it, and they live on the other side of the country, in some cases across the ocean, so it's all good. 
Niiiiice. I like!!
I haven't done much in recent years (decades), but I learned to knit and crochet at around the age of 10, and learned to sew in grade school. I even sewed (with my mother's help, of course) my dress for 8th grade graduation. We had sewing class the last 2 semesters, and the last one we concentrated on our graduation dresses.
I haven't done much sewing, except for mending and sewing hems, but I do have a collection of needlepoint, bargello, crochet and macrame projects hanging on my walls. I even have a large hooked rug hanging on the wall behind my couch.
My mother was a seamstress, so she taught me to sew, but I didn't like it enough to do it more often, mostly because I couldn't take it with me. IOW, I was stuck in front of the sewing machine, but everything else, except maybe the rug, I could work on during the bus rides to and from work, or on my lunch hour if I didn't have other plans.
I haven't done much sewing, except for mending and sewing hems, but I do have a collection of needlepoint, bargello, crochet and macrame projects hanging on my walls. I even have a large hooked rug hanging on the wall behind my couch.
My mother was a seamstress, so she taught me to sew, but I didn't like it enough to do it more often, mostly because I couldn't take it with me. IOW, I was stuck in front of the sewing machine, but everything else, except maybe the rug, I could work on during the bus rides to and from work, or on my lunch hour if I didn't have other plans.
Hornet3d
Wise
My love of 3D goes back around 10 years as well. I started with Daz as it was free and I really did not have a clue what it did or how to use it. As soon as I found I could get the pictures out of my head and on to the screen, even very badly as they were then, I was hooked. I now use Poser a Vue as they seem to be the ones I can work with best, although Vue has become so in the last couple of years. They compliment each other as I tend to use Poser of indoor scenes and Vue for anything outdoors. Having Poser handle the materials for any Poser content within Vue is a real plus for me.
I still don't think my renders are anything special but I do occasionally look back at what I was creating 10 years ago and I realise the that the software has moved on and hopefully taken me with it, at least a little.
Ah... see, that's the difference. My mother can sew, but she never thought she needed to teach either of us girls how to do it. We both, independently of each other, ended up teaching ourselves.
I cannot sew with a machine. Everything I sew, is done by hand, so I can take it with me as easily as a crochet or jewelry project, if I want to! LOL
I think we all feel that way, Hornet. And we all do improve... you should see some of my early Poser 4 renders... *shudder* LOL
I worked with a gal years ago who sewed a lot by hand, and her stitching was so perfect you'd think it was done by machine. I always envied her for that talent. I can sew nice hems and mend small seam separations, but a whole project by hand? I don't think I'd have the patience. Doing a large needlepoint by hand is one thing, but sewing something I'd eventually wear? Nope never ever considered it. ~LOL~
My mom often reminded me she learned to knit when my brother was born, and 12 1/2 years later, she learned to sew when I was born. Her sewing machine was a fixture in my parents apartments. I can't remember when she didn't have one, but then I was probably a very young child when she got her first sewing machine. I'm not sure if she would've showed me how to sew to the point she did if we didn't have the sewing classes that last year of grade school (the cooking classes were the year before).
Yep, I can't use a machine to save my life. But give me a needle, thread, and material.. and a lot of time.. and I can do it by hand.
I've not attempted clothing yet - I've done mending and such by hand - and none of my husband's mending has come undone, so I must be doing okay with that! But other than that, what I've done are pillows, towels, washcloth, cloth dinner napkins... people say the same about my hems, that they look almost machine done. I've never had any seam pop out that I've hand sewn, though...
I've not attempted clothing yet - I've done mending and such by hand - and none of my husband's mending has come undone, so I must be doing okay with that! But other than that, what I've done are pillows, towels, washcloth, cloth dinner napkins... people say the same about my hems, that they look almost machine done. I've never had any seam pop out that I've hand sewn, though...
Then your work must be really good Seliah.
When I knitted sweaters, my mother always wound up blocking them, and then sewing them together on her sewing machine. That's one thing I never tried. Sewing regular material is one thing, but sewing sweaters, especially bulky sweaters, wasn't ever something I wanted to try.
When I knitted sweaters, my mother always wound up blocking them, and then sewing them together on her sewing machine. That's one thing I never tried. Sewing regular material is one thing, but sewing sweaters, especially bulky sweaters, wasn't ever something I wanted to try.
Lorraine
The Wicked Witch of the North
Arthritis has a lot to answer for. My favourite handcraft is crocheting but that's become too hard.
My son and I are the black sheep in my family and I love it but it does make for forced conversation at the conventional table.. My son and I are the only ones up north so we be black sheep and geeks together.
Believe it or not, I developed CTS as a kid from knitting and crocheting, but they didn't have an "official" name for it back then. Most folks think CTS developed when so many secretaries spent hours every day typing, but it's actually any repetitive motion that'll do it.
Lorraine
The Wicked Witch of the North
Yep, been there, wear the scars! Had both hands done at the same time under local anaesthetic, was the worst experience of my life including childbirth. I completely lost my sense of humour and that takes some doing! Mine was caused after I moved onto the boat and started doing all my washing by hand. Wringing out sheets and towells and jeans and all stuffed them completely.
Ohhhh yeah. Two of the secretaries at my old firm had the surgery. One did one hand at a time, and I don't recall the reason she developed it, but the other one did both hands at the same time, and boy she was miserable. Luckily her hubby's a good cook, and can handle just about anything else that needed to be done, but she felt so helpless. She developed it while she was helping hubby rebuild a deck around the house.