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ink-the-artist · 1 month

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forgive me if you've been asked this before or if its annoying, but how did you learn to use colored pencils like that? your art is so special to me.

ty :) I took an art class for a few years where our teacher had us buy prismacolor pencils as one of the art supplies and had us use them kinda like paints, pressing down hard right away and blending the colors together. its not how youre supposed to use them she was just trying to teach us to use color and ig this was more to the point. I picked them up again years after i stopped going to that class just bc they were there and i wanted to play around w them a bit and ended up actually enjoying it when doing it on my own terms lol

#it was a weird class #it was just this russian lady doing private lessons in her house that my mom learned about somehow #I did NOT like those classes all we did was still life and they were hours long which is esp rough when im in high school and busy #and she wanted us to stand while working the whole time bc tradition i guess?#she did allow me to work sitting but thought i was lazy for it. idk dude i dont want to exhaust myself fast for no reason #standing is a lot more tiring than walking #i def did still benefit from those classes just from learning to accurately draw from life #did not like the teacher tho #on one hand shed paid for the art supplies for kids whos families were too poor to (and these are nice expensive supplies)#which is very nice #but on the other she was very homophobic and open about it #like when they legalized gay marriage she went on a rant about how horrible it is that they can adopt kids now #and also kind of racist #she was telling me how she got blocked from a facebook group bc she made a post asking if she could speak to a white person #and she didnt realize she was posting that publicly she thought it was a private message to the group owner #im honestly still not sure i heard/understood her correctly bc it was so bizzare and the only time i ever remember her being racist #she talked abt it like she genuienly was unaware it was racist #she described it as a misunderstanding bc she accidentally posted it publicly instead of privately #like it wouldnt have been racist to ask that at all #also one time she talked about how she saw demons in her home once #also she doesnt vaccinate her kids bc of microchips #she was like a walking russian stereotype lol #anyway heres some ink the artist lore

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obsob · 9 months

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mmgngm i was all excited tellin my mum abt me wanting to start bookbinding n she was just like well. what about your portfolio. are u sending it to people? youve been working on it for ages. yes i know!!!!!! im slow and disabled!!!! and want hobbies!!!!! bites you!!!!!!!!!!!

#barks #i will deleted this later my brain jus has bees in it #bites bites bites maims #n then shes like :( why do u feel pressure to work all the time n feel guilty when u dont :( HMMM #anyway. im gna start bookbinding fanfic KSJJEJEODJ #i have. most of the materials already which is nice i will need paper and a guillotine n card but i got everything else!#i'll probably do smth short first n then...progress #i might also buy a new printer bc good lird #our printer is maybe 7 years old n buying new ink on god is more expensive than buying a New printer. incredible stuff

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abyssalhuntersnerd · 9 months

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Have you ever experienced getting sneaked up by a shark? Now you have.

#finished fish art #my art #arknights #specter #specter arknights #skadi arknights #skadi #okay I really don't like these markers at all and would rather buy more ink than to ever use them again #I want my indian ink and my glitter markers back thank you never again lmao #that or get a pack of expensive markers that will not fuck my drawing up ;;;#it's also very messy cause it took me a while to finish cause of my arm so #wooo but have messy fish idk what they are doing they are just having fun #skaspec

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ecto42 · 3 months

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Fuckin’ love Worlds Beyond Number. I’ll let Lou, Erika, Aabria, & Brennan make me cry any day of the week.

#worlds beyond number #d&d #aabria iyengar #brennan lee mulligan #erika ishii #lou wilson #comfort show #comfort podcast #that ink tree with mushroom really got me #art is beautiful #I pay more to watch and listen to these people regularly than I do any other streaming service #that’s not because it’s expensive it’s because it’s good and they’re good people and I am picky about where I spend my money #the sound design is so good too #Taylor Moore you know how to make or break my heart

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our-summer-is-winter · 4 months

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Also as a Christmas gift from me to me I ordered some new inks online, hope they'll find me well

#nothing fancy just black pelikan ink #but i only have blue inks rn so #for a long time liked blue one more but now i started to write with black gel pen and maybe black looks better actually #i need to buy some notebooks too but why is this shit so expensive #i feel like it's the area that get fucked up by inflation the most #notebooks that used to cost like 5 - 6 złoty are 10 now #and i don't like to buy those things online because online store tends to mess with me #(sending me notebook with different cover art than i actually purchased and other stuff)#but i feel like it's almost impossible to find nice notebooks in stationary stores now #so no matter what you choose you're fucked #*i liked more

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jvzebel-x · 14 days

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#UGH #it might be time to admit my burner phone is dead.#the screen is totally shattered. &like for a while that was actually completely fine.#but there's been a black spot that has-- over the years-- taken over the entire screen lmao.#so its prob time to retire it. 😭 ive had this $45 walmart phone since i was homeless&had to sell my other phone??????#i am actually quite attached to it lmao.#&not just bc now i need to decide on using my personal phone for a variety of things-- not preferrable--#or look into getting another burner-- even less preferable.#if i get another burner itll be a used phone bc obvious.#but getting a used&unlocked phone will actually be more expensive than just getting a new burner from walmart.#its another iteration of the printer thing where its cheaper to just buy a new printer&throw your old one in a landfill #than fucking buy ink.#its fucking absurd. were living in hell times.

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discountalien-pancake · 9 months

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The friendship harem has started up some good old analog correspondence, so I fell down a fountain pen rabbithole and splurged on some new materials. Did I choose a very expensive ink purely because it was glass green and named Cinderella’s Slipper? Absolutely.

In the meantime, I dug out a very old, inexpensive dried up pen that I have no idea where it even came from. Took it apart and tossed the nib and cartridge into a bottle full of water to dissolve the old ink.

Something about this image of my dimly lit desk covered in art supplies and papers and random junk, with a bottle of bright blue water smack in the middle of it is immensely pleasing?? No idea why.

Anyway, perhaps I will pick up a bottle of less expensive, more versatile blue-black ink tomorrow so I can put my cheap pen to use while I wait for my nice pen to arrive.

#the ink cost more than the pen #well. sort of.#the pen is the aesthetically prettier version of a less expensive model. literally the same except for the finish #so the cheaper version of the pen costs less than the ink #but it’s still on the lower end of fountain pen nonsense tbh #the prices on these things gets. astronomical #but it’s an investment of sorts #fewer disposable plastic-bodied pens #i won’t ever have to replace it if i take good care of it #if you are also intrigued by fountain pens then jetpens.com is a wonderful place to start #their guides are so thorough and informative and less daunting than the fountain pen forums #and all of their listings having samples of how the pen/ink/paper performs #the stat breakdowns are so detailed #you can filter by sooo many criteria #it’s like. ao3 for penmanship nerds

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estrangedandwayward · 1 year

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I did another historical outfits drawing, this time using two fashion history books cause I wanted a bit of a wider variety. My favorite is probably the Tudor one

#1600s dresses my beloved #the era titles are also vague #egypt was fun id like to do more of those #ironically because the greek dress is purple it might actually be the most expensive dress on the page #cause ya know that purple snail dye was expensive #art #my art #fashion history #traditional art #regency era #regency clothing #guilded age #tudor era #tudor fashion #medieval fashion #Egyptian fashion #also i know that the tudor one shouldn't have such thick dark eyebrows since i obviously took a lot of inspiration from lizzy i #but they just ended up really dark when i inked it #other than that i like that one though

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caffeine-hifi · 1 year

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4 of 6 started!

#i have what i think are magenta and light cyan left #im mixing printer ink with acrylic medium and im using the HP 02 cartridge set which has cmyk and light magenta and cyan #i got the ink cartridges for free because sometimes people would recycle like brand new cartridges at office maxpot #and i decided to take them and break em open and now i make art #but i am realizing these paintings like. shoild be expensive ahfngngn #i wanna get more ink cartridges to break open but its a waste to buy em they cost So Much #the nice thing is more printer companies are hopping on the eco tank train and so i can buy Bottles Of Printer Ink #still expensive for art supplies but ill get so much more use #and like bigger bottles than art supplies ive bought from whay ive seen so #i love using things in ways they arent intended especially for art #i also love mixing ink with colorless medium and making art that way idk

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dragons-and-yellow-roses · 2 years

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I want a new tattoo and also a piercing but those cost money and are also painful :( Want to pierce my nose tho and I have some type of idea for the tattoo(s) I want.

#one of the biggest problems i have tho is that i get faint when i get tattoos or piercings or anything involving needles tbh #and it makes me feel sick. like throw uppy #whovh is so much more miserable than the needle making holes in me or pushing ink into my skin #i want a shark on my thigh i think #also this may seem weird but i want a tattoo of my old pet fishes. like the two of them next to like. a plant or something #idk why i thought that would seem weird people get pet tattoos all the time #and. most importantly. a black bear. with some other details that im slightly undecided about #but the black bear is important to me #im thinking shark on my thigh. foshes on my side nesr my hip kind of. and bear on my shoulder #and i want to pierce my nose. and maybe get some more ear piercings #why must it be so expensive #its okay. im getting a raise and i have a lot less expenses now so i should be able to save easier #and put aside some money for all of this #my best friend knoes a really great shop that im going to go to #im excited. just need money lol

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bmpmp3 · 2 years

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now if you’ll excuse me im in the middle of doing some pen mods *jams a screwdriver into a platinum preppy*

#messing around more with my glass fountain pen nibs and i needed to get the feed fins out of the pen hksldjfds #so far its working out....i got the nib in and its writing #currently its secured in there with silicone tape but if it doesnt dry out overnight while capped (the problem i was trying to fix)#then i'll try a more permanent solution. do u think the plastic will survive milliput curing or will the chemical reaction do something #we shall see..........#doing all this because the only glass nibbed fountain pens on the market are all like 100-300 usd kfdjffkdfs #willing to do a lot to find a good writing utensil thats easy on the hands but....maybe not willing to spend 300 smackaroonies #(plus tax plus shipping plus the exchange rate)#im finding recently that a lot of fineliners dont accomodate tilted pen angles well and a lot of them you have to press kinda hard #i need to become an art youtuber so i can get pr. i want companies to send me free art supplies so i can figure out what wont hurt my hands #why does buying things to aid with accessibiliy so expensive. they need to give me a billion dollars for free #now if you'll excuse me #picks up a stick off the ground and starts whittling a pen out of it #edit: i made a shitty reed pen out of a pencil and it worked not half bad #i imagine actual professionally made reed pens hold ink much better than my 3 minute carved pencil #but its kinda neat

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tsume-inuzuka · 2 years

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Foaming at the mouth desperately wanting to bind my favorite fics

#This is definitely a hobby I could see myself getting into #Ink is so expensive tho #I just want to see them on my shelf cause I like reading physical stuff more than online stuff most of the time 😭#Someday perhaps

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kruxton · 4 months

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me ignoring the 100 question physics homework i have due in less than two weeks

#the thing is i know i can finish it in less than two days BUT #i have adhd man #its going to take me at least a week MOST LIKELY more to even start doing it #bc i need to print it out and i hate printing things out #so much paper and it takes so long and INK IS NOT CHEAP why is it so expensive huh. RM100 for one coloured cartridge and RM50 for black??#absolutely INSANE #ugh

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foone · 7 months

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why are printers so hated? it's simple:

computers are good at computering. they are not good at the real world.

the biggest problems in computers, the ones that have had to change the most over the time they've existed, are the parts that deal with the real world. The keyboard, the mouse, the screen. every computer needs these, but they involve interacting with the real world. that's a problem. that's why they get replaced so much.

now, printers: printers have some of the most complex real-world interaction. they need to deposit ink on paper in 2 dimensions, and that results in at least three ways it can go on right from the start. (this is why 3D printers are just 2D printers that can go wrong in another whole dimension)

scanners fall into many of the same problems printers have, but fewer people have scanners, and they're not as cost-optimized. But they are nearly as annoying.

This is also why you can make a printer better by cutting down on the number of moving elements: laser printers are better than inkjets, because they only need to move in one dimension, and their ink is a powder, not a liquid. and the best-behaved printers of all are thermal printers: no ink and the head doesn't move. That's why every receipt printer is a thermal printer, because they need that shit to work all the time so they can sell shit. And thermal is the most reliable way to do that.

But yeah, cost-optimization is also a big part of why printers are such finicky unreliable bastards: you don't want to pay much for them. Who is excited for all the printing they're gonna be doing? basically nobody. But people get forced to have a printer because they gotta print something, for school or work or the government or whatever. So they want the cheapest thing that'll work. They're not shopping on features and functionality and design, they want something that costs barely anything, and can fucking PRINT. anything else is an optional bonus.

And here's the thing: there's a fundamental limit of how much you can optimize an inkjet printer, and we got near to it in like the late 90s. Every printer since then has just been a tad smaller, a tad faster, and added some gimmicks like printing from WIFI or bluetooth instead of needing to plug in a cable.

And that's the worst place to be in, for a computer component. The "I don't care how fancy it is, just give me one that works" zone. This is why you can buy a keyboard for 20$ and a mouse for 10$ and they both work plenty fine for 90% of users. They're objectively shit compared to the ones in the 60-150$ range, but do they work? yep. So that's what people get.

Printers fell into that zone long, long ago, when people stopped getting excited about "desktop publishing". So with printers shoved into the "make them as cheap as possible" zone, they have gotten exponentially shittier. Can you cut costs by 5$ a printer by making them jam more often? good. make them only last a couple years to save a buck or two per unit? absolutely. Can you make the printer cost 10$ less and make that back on the proprietary ink cartridges? oh, they've been doing that since Billy Clinton was in office.

It's the same place floppy disks were in in about 2000. CD-burners were not yet cheap enough, USB flash drives didn't exist yet (but were coming), modems weren't fast enough yet to copy stuff over the internet, superfloppies hadn't taken over like some hoped, and memory cards were too expensive and not everyone had a drive for them. So we still needed floppy disks, but at the same time this was a technology that hadn't changed in nearly 20 years. So people were tired of paying out the nose for them... the only solution? cut corners. I have floppy disks from 1984 that read perfectly, but a shrinkwrapped box of disks from 1999 will have over half the disks failed. They cut corners on the material quality, the QA process, the cleaning cloth inside the disk, everything they could. And the disks were shit as a result.

So, printers are in that particular note of the death-spiral where they've reached the point of "no one likes or cares about this technology, but it's still required so it's gone to shit". That's why they are so annoying, so unreliable, so fucking crap.

So, here's the good news:

You can still buy a better printer, and it will work far better. Laser printers still exist, and LED printers work the same way but even cheaper. They're still more expensive than inkjets (especially if you need color), but if you have to print stuff, they're a godsend. Way more reliable.

This is not a stable equilibrium. Printers cannot limp along in this terrible state forever. You know why I brought up floppy disk there? (besides the fact I'm a giant floppy disk nerd) because floppy disks GOT REPLACED. Have you used one this decade? CD-Rs and USB drives and internet sharing came along and ate the lunch of floppy disks, so much so that it's been over a decade since any more have been made. The same will happen to (inkjet) printers, eventually. This kind of clearly-broken situation cannot hold. It'll push people to go paperless, for companies to build cheaper alternatives to take over from the inkjets, or someone will come up with a new, more reliable printer based on some new technology that's now cheap enough to use in printers. Yeah, it sucks right now, but it can't last.

So, in conclusion: Printers suck, but this is both an innate problem caused by them having to deal with so much fucking Real World, and a local minimum of reliability that we're currently stuck in. Eventually we'll get out of this valley on the graph and printers will bother people a lot less.

Random fun facts about printing of the past and their local minimums:

in the hot metal type era, not only would the whole printing process expose you to lead, the most common method of printing text was the linotype, which could go wrong in a very fun way: if the next for a line wasn't properly justified (filling out the whole row), it could "squirt", and lead would escape through gaps in the type matrix. This would result in molten lead squirting out of the machine, possibly onto the operator. Anecdotally, linotype operators would sometimes recognize each other on the street because of the telltale spots on their forearms where they had white splotches where no hair grew, because they got bad lead burns. This type of printing remained in use until the 80s.

Another fun type of now-retired printers are drum printers, a type of line printer. These work something like a typewriter or dot-matrix printer, except the elements extend across the entire width of the paper. So instead of printing a character at time by smacking it into the paper, the whole line got smacked nearly at once. The problem is that if the paper jammed and the printer continued to try to print, that line of the paper would be repeatedly struck at high speed, creating a lot of heat. This worry created the now-infamous Linux error: "lp0 on fire". This was displayed when the error signals from a parallel printer didn't make sense... and it was a real worry. A high speed printer could definitely set the paper on fire, though this was rare.

So... one thing to be grateful about current shitty inkjet printers: they are very unlikely to burn anything, especially you.

(because before they could do that they'd have to work, at least a little, first, and that's very unlikely)

#printers #my writing

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moongothic · 9 months

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Ordered new pins and stickers

Gave up on the fifth sticker sheet idea, it's. Not worth the effort, man, four sheet designs is enough. I just need to get that order going into manufacturing man, there's barely over a month until the next convention and the pins went on sale today, I don't wanna waste time trying to force out any more sticker designs

#Moon posting #Mine #Now I get to calm the fuck down and focus on my webcomic and like #New prints #Already did the math and so I know how much photo paper I need to get for new prints #No clue about my ink stock though so like #I'm probably gonna refill my print stock with what I have and then once I'm out of photo paper #I'll order more of that and whatever ink I might need to get the rest done #Ink is expensive and yeah sure it's not like it goes bad (when it's unopened and stored properly)#But I don't want to buy more than I need when. Shit's expensive #But I ain't dealing with the prints today. We drawin' kermic bewks

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inklingofadream · 11 months

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they don't make most of the murderbot books in paperback specifically to Oppress Me

#anyway i just finished all systems red finally!#just rlly irked bc hardcover is more expensive and ends up costing Way more than a book that length should #books #ink post #i rlly want to yknow. financially support stuff i love #but if Life gets like 2 degrees worse im looking secondhand i am running out of pegs to hang my mental health on

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