Smittee's Corner

There is a role play (rp) I just started writing with a few friends of mine, in which I wanted there to be a "Story Thus Far" section, in case we needed a reminder. In order to get Page Break to work correctly, I wrote a short... story? It's extremely silly, but I wanted to share it with you. Our story begins with a young cattle driver. He drives cattle, because everyone in his family has driven cattle. He didn’t get a full education. Why would he? His job is laid out for him since the day he was born. He doesn’t need on of them new fangled educations! So, he just does as he is told and continues the cycle. Till one day, he has a kid. That kid says,” No! No! I want to be more!” He is furious with him for not wanting to do the same thing that has always been done. He’s angry, because his son wants to learn and thrive in the community. “No son of mine is ever going to be anything but a cattle driver!” The son took it to heart, and ran away. Later, in his ol

Amazon Link I bought these markers to play with. I've used the acrylic makers, but I thought I would give the water base a shot. I've seen videos on some of the high end ones, like Winsor Newton, but I can't really afford those. A friend of mine gave me an Amazon Gift Card, so I figured I would try out these.  In this set of 15, you get two shades of green, blue, and pink. Then you have 1 yellow, one orange, one purple, one silver (?), one red, one gold (?), one white, one brown,  and one black.   These are quite skinny, with a skinny tip. Unfortunately, the tips are a bit frayed at the in, so they don't always sit down nicely. Just something to keep in mind. I had some extreme variation with these makers. Some of them primed well, some did not. When added water to the patches, some colors lifted, some barely lifted, and one would not lift no matter what I would do (will notice this on a piece I made with them as well.) I may be able to unde