A wise man once said, "Vanndril's right." (If we had signatures on here, he'd use that for sure.)

I just don't want to manip if I'm not enjoying it. To put it plainly, editing expressions has not been fun for me. And, even with the one manip of the two that I was the most-pleased with (and spent some quality alone time with on more than one occasion), it still was nowhere near perfect. I'm proud of it given my skills, but if improving those skills means going through that kind of frustration again, then no thanks.

I'd much rather focus on learning new eye effect techniques, getting better at adding props, and writing better text. All things that I feel I can accomplish and enjoy. And I'll stick to manipping pics I like in their base form, rather than pics I'd like if the character was kneeling, had her arms limp at her sides, and was drooling out of one side of her mouth.



Otherwise known as Gelbooru.

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:D

Yes, wise men say this often. :P

So I just found a way that helped me see hypnosis in a different light which can probably lead to more original manips/hypno stories. May not be the same with everyone but it made me think a little.
Basically look into hypnosis as a science rather than a fantasy. I was in a psychology lecture recently and one of the topics were on hypnosis, the science of it, the theories and facts behind it as well as a few videos on its practical uses and to what extents it can be used. It basically debunked a bunch of false ideas that are associated with hypnosis and made me see what else it is capable of. So basically do some homework on hypnosis, there has been a lot of interesting theories that can make for great manip plots. Divided consciousness is something I just learned about recently and interested me a lot.
So yeah, probably seems like a lot of unnecessary work to support one's fetish but there is never an excuse not to be learning about things that interest you, CUZ KNOWLEDGE IS POWER.