And to save on power (and utility bills), I put a power plan on it to shut down on its own when I leave for work, boot back up when I'm almost home, and stay on 24 hours on Mondays/Tuesdays (my regular days off).

I'll still have to remain mindful of it during the Summer since that room has no AC.

But since the NAS is on 24/7 and pulls less power than my desktop, I can use the method better this way. And the transfer speed is acceptable at around 20 seconds.

Now, the connection CAN drop since the router's wi-fi can be spotty. But it's better than CSP throwing an error at me.

My old method to sending/retrieving files between desktop and laptop can be used more efficiently here, except now I'll be doing that between laptop/NAS, and desktop/NAS.

I didn't like the fact that either my desktop or laptop had to be ON to communicate with each other, and R/W speeds SUCKED.

On laptop its a different story. I can only connect via wi-fi, and that's proved to be too slow when trying to open the same file on CSP as it error'ed out. My router wireless is showing its age and does drop low quite a bit (especially when i play F-Zero 99). But I do have a backup plan.

In other news, I found out about Dreamcast PVR files thanks to GameBanana, and the fact that GIMP now opens them as of 3.2.

This'll come in handy for future Jet Set Radio pics. For now now, there's some ground textures I can extract with GIMP and properly redo in HD with Clip Studio Paint.

There's also my earlier concerns about overloading the wall plug. So for now, it's going to the other room where the router is located. I'll have to be mindful of the summer months, and leave one of the doors open (whichever room has the AC on), or just leave it powered off for the season.

I'm nervous of overloading the wall.

Things to think about.

The only thing I really got worry about is the Summer months. There's only one room I can put that in, and there's no AC in it.

I did get a new power strip recently for my desktop in my bedroom that's pretty robust. All but the tower's plugged into. I could plug the NAS there but...

So I gotta transfer the file from desktop to laptop over wifi, then continue there since it'll save normally. But then I gotta transfer it back to the desktop if I decide to be on that for the day.

So I think I might just get a NAS so that I can put projects in there without further fuss.

And since they're communicating over wifi, that transfer speed can be slooooow, especially when saving a project whose file is on the other computer. So for example, I'm on the laptop accessing a CSP file from the desktop. I attempt save, and it takes mad long to to finish saving.

The Hiragana and Katakana are fine and I can trace (or type) them out if it's just those present on a sign. But if there's Kanji mixed in that I can't figure out, then the either part of, or all, of the sign's getting tossed.

#JetSetRadio #JSR

But there's some that are so blurry, it's hard to discern what the Kanji says in some of these. I've been using (kanji.sljfaq.org) to get an idea, but again, the blurriness of some of these is killing me. I may just leave some of these blank and just use the logos.

#JetSetRadio #JSR

I've set it up so that UK visitors aren't fully blocked, but instead get redirected to my Links page instead. The closest UK visitors will get to all artwork posted to BFA will be through NewGrounds.

artofdpx.com/links/

There's a whole lot more to talk about over on the BFA. I'll speak more about Harriette's role in Belinda's world when I start posting the Main Circle later on.

artofdpx.com/harriette-le...

I ended up referencing a photo from Marie Bunny for the pose. The outfit was partially based off the USPS uniform. And the boxes are all riffs from real world companies. There's even one from my old part-time at Michaels!

#OC #OriginalCharacter #pinup #Chubby #plussized #thicc #NSFW #R18

I made the decision to put her in the same universe as Belinda Cauldron. The previous times I drew Harriette, she was supposed to be chubby. But It never came out right or wasn't obvious. So I referenced Marie Bunny for this.

#OC #OriginalCharacter #pinup #Chubby #plussized #thicc #lingerie