Hello Hive,
My name is Thomas, I just created my first blog on hive last night, and have already gotten so many great comments from this community so I guess it would only be fair to let the community know a little bit about myself. BTW the little guy I'm holding is Charlie.
I got involved with Hive blogs and the hive blockchain as a whole through playing Splinterlands. I had some interest in Crypto and have always been an avid gamer so when I read an article about how Splinterlands merged the two I was in. I started playing just about two months ago, so I am still incredibly new but I have been loving the game. I also am so happy I found such a robust community surrounding the game.
My first post was to enter the weekly art contest that Splinterlands does, you can see my entry at the link below:
https://hive.blog/hive-13323/@tomarabi/splinterlands-art-contest-week-164-retro-sea-monster
I have always enjoyed art, though I have never really done anything with it formally before. I have always used it as a de-stressor. As a gamer I have played my share of table top RPGs and used to spend hours painting miniatures. Not so much anymore since Charlie has knocked the paints off my table more than once when jumping on my lap :) Fortunately digital media is also an option. I grew up playing the 8 and 16 bit games of Nintendo and super Nintendo and have always love the pixelated art that they used in those games. the idea that you could do so much with so little always intrigued me and I have always enjoyed making my own pixel art, though until now that was just for myself.
In the non-digital world I work in transportation. for a Class 1 Freight Railroad. I am also the local Chairman for my Union (some other crafts call it a shop steward) and have about 125 members who I am responsible for.
Again, I cannot thank this community enough for the warm words and encouragement that I have already received. Stay tuned and hopefully you will get to see a lot more of me and the world of pixilation
And also a thank you to @traciyork & @lovesniper from OCD for getting me to do this write up.
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Awesome! thanks for the welcome and for the pizza!
Hi Thomas / @tomarabi! You're very welcome and I'm so glad you did an intro post to go with your awesome Splinterlands artwork post. 😊
Charlie is adorable! And now I have another community to recommend...lol! Seriously, I think you'd enjoy Hive Pets Community, and I could give you links to a few others to check out, but I don't want to overwhelm you. But just in case... 😉
Hive Gaming Community
Tabletop Miniatures
Sketchbook
Oh and as a gamer, I think you'd like connecting with the HivePizza crew. They're very active in the SL community, as well as other games. Here's a link to their !PIZZA Discord if you want to chat with them - https://discord.gg/cD38QXsbXz. If you do pop in, be sure to tag me in general-chat and say, "hi!"
And happy Hiving, Thomas.
Thank you again Traci,
its not too overwhelming... yet. Thank you for all the suggestions I will definitely be checking them out.
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Fuck dude, those were simpler days, weren't they? No worrying about latest video cards and processors and stuff... we just had to stick a tape in the fun.
Interesting profession. I've always been curious about those machines, since my grandad worked as a station chief back in the glorious days 50's
Welcome aboard, you and Charlie!
Yeah, they don't make them like they used to. Don't get me wrong, I do love the current crop of games, but there's just something about the classics that always pulls me back.
Yeah the engines are impressive. My duties keep me in the terminal/ yard so I rarely get to ride in them except for some company events but even driving through the yard you realize how massive and powerful they are when you only a few feet from them.
Thanks for the interest!
Hello Thomas and Charlie! Welcome to Hive! I look forward to seeing your pixel art, sounds very promising. Also, would be interesting to know more about your non-digital life and your gaming adventures. Thank you for sharing and see you soon!
Welcome to the Splintertalk community
Welcome to Hive @tomarabi! I hope you enjoy your journey here. See you around! 😁
Welcome to HIVE and Splinterlands! You will see this is a pretty awesome place. I am sending over @flauwy-1up for a ONEUP-vote and @monster-curator for some SPT-vote.
Welcome, fleshling!
Hello Thomas! 🙋
Welcome to hive