Maybe I'm just insane but...

Toastenator · Post by **Toastenator** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 4:35 pm

wow, you guys made me feel a lot better. yea, i method draw sometimes, when its a tough face. sometimes i even stand up and look at myself in the mirror in a character's position. but only if im not utterly lazy, like my current strip.

PieceOfSkunk · Post by **PieceOfSkunk** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 8:03 pm

About half the time I do an involved drawing, I'll work for about half an hour, then I think, "Whoa, I'd better save this!" And then I'll realize that my pencil and paper rarely crash on me and I return to drawing.

Fiore42 · Post by **Fiore42** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 9:22 pm

Wow, I've never done anything like trying to control-z \ a sketchpad error. I do sometimes try to alt-tab between different pages in physical books, though..

And if I say something bad about computers, I always apologize to my machine, and tell her I just meant all the other computers. She knows I love her, and she just crashes to show how much she loves me... She don't mean no harm by it...

Fullcircle · Post by **Fullcircle** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 11:07 pm

This thread rather reminds me of Mac Killed my Inner Child somehow. /(^v^)\

Talking to computer/sketchpad/characters is totally normal. Having long drawn out arguements with characters about 'sitting still' also wouldn't make me blink. And yeah, I make the faces too

Artists are weird. Most people accept this. So I wouldn't worry.

~SR

JexKerome · Post by **JexKerome** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 1:10 am

I've done everything here BUT that undo thing. Guess it's because I've been drawing by hand long before you could it on PCs, so it has never become a reflex for me.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 4:39 am

I was looking for undo on paper back when I went from drawing mcDuffies on Tablet to paper.

KathleenJ · Post by **KathleenJ** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 9:46 am

Here's one that's kind of the opposite. When I'm working digitally and I make a serious mistake, I rush for the ctrl+z as fast as I can - like if I leave the mistake on the canvas too long, it's going to stain or bleed or something, and won't be able to be undone.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 10:03 am

I've said "smiles" and *waves* instead of smiling or waving.

Komiyan · Post by **Komiyan** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 10:36 am

I do the trying to find control and Z on a piece of paper thing. I've tried to do it in games before, too.

Luprand · Post by **Luprand** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 12:46 pm

I've said "Shrug" as an answer when I couldn't decide something. But that's more from reading a lot of For Better or For Worse as a kid.

--Sij

Nanda · Post by **Nanda** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 1:37 pm

I find myself squinting my eyes so that the page blurs slightly when I'm drawing something really complex. As though that's going to help.

Godoftarot · Post by **Godoftarot** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 1:53 pm

rkolter wrote:I've said "smiles" and *waves* instead of smiling or waving.

I've come close to doing that sort of thing a few time. I always catch myself before I do it, though.

Col · Post by **Col** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 2:01 pm

I know someone who admitted to thinking "LOL" when she thought something was funny.

SimLuke · Post by **SimLuke** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 2:05 pm

I've actually said 'Lol.' I think it was 'lmao' actually, but never mind.

I once tried to correct a word a teacher highlighted in red by pressing down on it with my finger. An option list didn't come down though, despite my persistent taping.

Oh, and I once tried to press Undo whilst writing a text message on a phone.

Me, addicted to my laptop (that I have named Riff?). Never!

Nanda · Post by **Nanda** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 4:09 pm

Yeah, I've been known to say "Oh look! I'm 'ROTFL'" when something's so funny that I've ended up on the floor. Then I laugh harder.

Genesis_13 · Post by **Genesis_13** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 4:31 pm

I said "WTF is up with this lab" to my chem teacher, and I almost got a detention.

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 4:47 pm

I've seen stock labeled with the number 1337, and I immediately read it as "leet".

I've passed a building on the highway...the company is the Object Management Group. Of course, all I see is OMG and think something completely different.

I also occasionally say "teh" out loud.

[AlmightyPyro] · Post by **[AlmightyPyro]** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 6:10 pm

kathleenJ wrote:
mcDuffies wrote:When I draw, I act out my character's roles, means when I draw a sad guy, my face is sad etc.
I do this too, and people think I'm insane. Especially if I'm in a public place.

I'll also try to Ctrl+Z for everything, like spilling milk in the kitchen.

I do this too. I don't think that it's uncommon, especialy the part about acting out your drawings. People who don't really draw in my school laugh at me because I make sound effects to me drawings as well as exspressions and poses. And here lately I've cought myself trying to ctrl+Z my way out of quite a few mistakes myself.

Hartchamber · Post by **Hartchamber** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 6:27 pm

i too make faces when i draw or write. also i sometimes i have dreams where my characters come and talk to me. also i do squinting your eyes things too. i was taught to do that in an art high school to do that to help you decide what were gray values of your drawing

Jops · Post by **Jops** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 2:21 am

I often find myself yelling at the computer (or the car) when the thing doesn't work.
I also happen to talk to / threaten videogame characters:
"Sorry sir, but i need you car! I'll bring it back later, i promise!" <- GTA 3
"Come out of there, you bastard! Show you're face, and i'll dig an hole between your eyes!" <- Project IGI 2

It has nothing to do with computers, but this actually happened: