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claypigeonpottery · 8 months

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sold

this magnet was made during my ‘oh fuck I have a show coming up and no small/cheaper shit to sell’ period, when I made 33 bottle magnets in about three days lol. it was madness. I keep meaning to do that again but ugh it takes so much energy

tip to anyone who wants to sell art at markets and craft shows: always have small $5-$20 items available. these can make the difference between a bad show and a decent one (or more hopefully a decent show and a good one). lots of people like to support artists but not everyone wants/can afford to buy like, a print, or a plate.

magnets and pins and patches, you guys. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gotten pins at a market. also I tend to remember the booth/artist later if I got something from them.

I’ve also had a few people at shows buy a magnet (and get my business card with it) and contact me later to buy a plate. sometimes it’s just hard to carry around a piece of art that might get damaged when you’re at a show!

#rambling about markets #pottery #ceramic #sgraffito #carving #before and after #timelapse #video #crocodile skull #alligator skull #crocodilian #ceramic magnet #animal skull #skull #skulls #artist advice #claypigeon

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ninja-knox-ur-sox-off · 10 months

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Y’ALL THE MARKETING TEAM DID PIXAR’S ELEMENTAL SO DIRTY

#knox rambles #Elemental #ITS SO GOOD???????#ITS GOT SOME FIRE (pun intended) LINES #AND THE TRAILER IS LITERALLY NOTHING LIKE THE MOVIE Y'ALL DONT' UNDERSTAND #I'M FLIPPING TABLES #I SWEAR DISNEY IS JUST TRYING TO OFF PIXAR RN WITH HOW BAD THEIR MARKETING HAS BEEN LATELY #actually i notice marketing in general has just dropped in quality lately but what'eve's #my bro wanted to take me to see it so badly and i couldn't understand why until i watched it like #trust me dudes it's GORGEOUS #AND its got amazing story #like #UGH I'M FISTFIGHTING THE TRAILER #IT LEADS YOU TO BELIEVE THE MOVIE IS ABOUT SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT #LIKE ITS SO BAD #THE MOVIE ITSELF IS TOP TIER QUALITY #I would say i'm overhyping but then i remember some of the lines and the way the characters and relationship are written and just #no i'm really not overhyping it's actually really good #there's so much mroe going on in that movie than just romance my dude

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aethersea · 2 months

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devastating to go into the tag for an obscure vampire movie I've been quietly obsessed with for years to find mostly gifsets of minor characters (played by big-name actors) and review blogs saying they didn't like it :(

@ everyone who made a post saying "I liked it :)" I am blowing you a kiss. everyone who made a lovely gifset or photoset of the cinematography I am tipping my hat. that one poster that said "bro did y'all just miss the Entire Message about class and race or???" I am shaking your hand with enthusiasm there was SUCH a message about class and race

anyway everybody should watch Night Teeth and revel in glitzy flashy modern vampires in LA with me

#finx rambles #night teeth #vampires #apparently the marketing heavily overemphasized megan fox (she has a bit role. she's in like one scene)#so that one's not on the fans #but I am sad about all those people fuming bc it didn't have a poly ending #girl this is hollywood? what did you expect?#invent it yourself? that is what fandom is for?? queer reads have always been about discarding endings and living in the liminal??#(side note I love queer readings of fairy tales. fairy tales class was so fun. god I need sleep or something my brain is on SUCH tangents.)#frustrated by that one post saying 'the vampire-slaying gang leader spends the day after a catastrophe befalls #trying to get his shift covered at work? unrealistic'#bro he's working class. he's poor. he's gotta put food on the table. do you think your job cares about your personal tragedy #this is in fact part of the Themes At Play wrt class. believe it or not.#sad also about those reviews that are like 'eh it was mid' but I've never needed critics to agree with me and I'm not about to start now #I did think the gifmakers would be on my side though #the lighting in this movie???#that whole opening sequence in the credits with the storytelling done through reflections in cars at night?#the color choices??? the lighting??!?!?!?!

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spinjitsuburst · 3 months

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holy shit i've spent the past four real life days trying to beat a minigame in stardew valley and i couldn't beat it until today i was doing it and i zoned out while thinking really hard about the logistics of vengestone production and distribution prior to the events of crystalized and i beat it moral of the story zone out and think about a very specific aspect of ninjago you can accomplish anything

#pov my brain: harumi's secretive nature would imply that vengestone is only available through a black market but then how does that explain #the police having it in season 6 AND if it was a niche black market prior to this how would nadakhan have gotten his hands on it and him #doing so implies a level of understanding of elemental powers which makes sense given arrakore mentioned djinnjagan(?) dragons but that #doesn't explain how he- HOLY SHIT I'M AT 48800 POINTS OH MY GOD #anyways #also for anyone who knows stardew i was doing the get 50k points in junimo kart challenge #i was about to throw my switch #ANYWAYS I THINK I'LL MAKE A POST DISCUSSING VENGESTONE STUFF BECAUSE I NEED IT TO MAKE SENSE #losing my mind someone help me #spinjitsu screams #im not tagging sv or ninjago im not clogging the tags with my unhinged rambling

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beastrambles · 2 years

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I hate how marketable witchcraft has become within the last few years.

Don't get me wrong- I'm glad it's gaining momentum and more support! I love to see new people within the community! I welcome you all with open arms.

However, the mass spreading of misinformation, cultural appropriation, cheap goods sold at expensive prices, amongst other things is. Headache inducing at a minimum.

The local stores and festivals I've frequented over time have gone from small, affordable, locally sourced goods, to large-scale social media shills, shoving bundles of "DIY spell" kits and overpriced crystals under my nose.

It's exhausting.

#please do your research about where the supplies you buy come from #go to a local farmer's market instead #pick your own herbs #witchblr #witch #pagan #salt #rambles #witchcraft #paganism

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queentoriel · 1 year

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my thoughts on the lovejoy merch

tldr: i'm disappointed in the lovejoy merch. it doesn't promote their band and should have at least included their logo somewhere. i think anvilcat needs to be pushed as a character of the band, and have mocked up some of my own designs that i think would work better.

lovejoy has gone about this merch drop like a cc would - trying to make subtle references and items that people wouldn't be 'embarrassed' about wearing in public. this is not how band merch works! not only a money maker, band merch is key for promotion and advertising.

think about nirvana, metallica, the rolling stones. their logos are SO iconic and recognisable because they were used fucking EVERYWHERE! it SCREAMS their name. the lovejoy merch doesn't say their name ANYWHERE, and instead only pushes the name of their record label, and i have absolutely no idea why they landed on this (i know it's are you alright themed but cmon, why are you pushing that motif more than your band name?)

before i get into what i think they should have done, let's talk about what they did:

fucking inconsistent long sleeve: anvil cat records logo is alright but the shape of the anvil isn't readable. i'm always a fan of sleeve details but the lyric choice feels a bit immature (?) overall pretty boring

anvil cat records short sleeve: this is a worse version of the previous logo. the cat has no detail and and makes the anvil even less readable. and again, why are they pushing the record label logo instead of the band's?

it's only available in black and white which is very basic and i think would have worked better with a red/maroon print to fit the are you alright theme.

jimjam pocket: really not a fan of this. from a distance it's a yellow long sleeve that you're paying £35.00 for. up close it's a tiny print of a dog character that honestly i don't think works well enough to printed (fine as album artwork but like this just looks like a black smudge lmao). movin on bc i don't want to think about this one anymore

socks: i like them. unique item to sell. designs look alright - not much else to say

pebblebrain jumper: this is BY FAR the best product and you can tell that they have put the most effort into this. it looks high quality and is quite impressive that they've been able to make it. this is the only item i was considering buying (the price put me off) i'm not mad that this isn't explicitly promoting the band bc you can tell they were making it from a fashion pov more than a 'listen to our band' pov

so overall, it's a disappointing merch drop. i understand what they were trying to do since it was promoted as a 'one year celebration' merch drop, and so making an item for each ep (and the knee deep cover?) makes sense to mark what they've released since forming as a band, but i think 90% of their focus (and budget) went into the design and logistics behind the pebblebrain jumper, leaving the other products to fall short.

so what should they have done?

lovejoy already have an incredibly designed logo, and i am beyond confused as to why they haven't used it anywhere - especially when they're celebrating their first year as a band! it's literally your name!

slap that on a t-shirt and you can call it a day - it makes so much sense and i really want to know what the thought process was behind not using it. not only is it literally the brand you're trying to promote - it's a good looking logo!

they also have this amazing cat skull logo (which i'm a huge fan of) this is a WAY BETTER representation of anvil cat, and helps to convey the genre and tone of their music. it relates perfectly to are you alright and is instantly recognisable. it will stay in people's minds, but the only way to do that is to USE IT.

speaking of anvil cat, i made my own designs for him. imo, he should be the (face? mascot? character?) of lovejoy. the bird is a bird. the dog is annoying to look at and was created for a cover. the anvil cat has a story and the possibility to have a personality for fans to know and love and associate the band with. he directly links to the lovejoy's biggest song that started their whole career. he has a huge potential to become an icon for the band as well as a marketing tool.

my mockups are messy but they get the point across. look at him! the crossed out eyes, tongue hanging out, and the exposed ribs from the anvil! it makes sense! but get this - lovejoy have already experimented with his design, here he is, a small icon used in the centre of the poster promoting their halloween show.

i think that's all my ramblings for now. sound off in tags or replies what u think. am i completely wrong and should be burned at the stake for insulting precious band? maybe. but i mean it in good faith. i wouldn't care this much if i didn't want them to succeed

#lovejoy #lvjy #long post #wilbur soot #ash kabosu #joe goldsmith #mark boardman #love joy #long long rambles about merch #nothing ever changes #i feel very passionate about merch designs #and marketing in general #especially when they charge a lot of money for products #that either dont look good #or dont serve their purpose

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jojo-schmo · 6 months

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This is not a criticism of people who make Kirby merch from memes!

But as someone who likes the entire franchise and it’s many characters other than Kirby, this is simply an observation I’ve made lately as a regular patron of artist alleys in the United States lol

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ninadove · 19 days

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The only way they could mess up Adrien’s S6 redesign is to make him look even prettier, even more proper, dressed in even more white. This child needs to be himself, in whatever style that may be.

Then again, I suppose an even more polished appearance could be a narrative win if it is meant to illustrate how Gabriel continues to haunt him… Hmmmmmm…

#I don’t know… I’m already seeing posts about how people dread the redesign and how it will “RuIn ThEiR bOy”#MY BROTHER IN CHRIST ADRIEN IS ALREADY RUINED. THIS IS WHY HE NEEDS THE CHEEPEST CRINGIEST CLOTHES ON THE MARKET. IT WILL FIX HIM #But if they do make him even prettier THIS BETTER BE ADDRESSED AS UNHEALTHY #miraculous ladybug #adrien agreste #gabriel agreste #random ramblings

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spoonietimelordy · 1 year

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The first part of the prophecy is about Ciri but the second one, I'm not so sure.

How the fuck are we supposed to not think this part is about Jaskier, just how??? The text, the cinematography, and even the music! And just the fact that jaskier went "wait what?".

Bonus picture:

Éile being given a dandelion at the beginning of ep1.

#charlie is rambling #also why include jaskier in this if we arnt supposed to think about him #plus this heavy marketing with joey #the witcher blood origin #jaskier

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suntails · 1 year

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im feeling a little better today so i scribbled myself if i were in twst

#i forgot to label my loving trustworthy eyes. blinking so cutely at u. do u want to hear me talk At you about the housing market #me with my unstoppable brainrot over diasomnia: so anyways i am sooooooo deeply octavinelle to my core. i hate it here <3 #its the Everything abt me. fun fact! i figured out when i was 7 that i could do whatever i wanted if i was willing to accept the price of th #e punishment for an action. it was a fair transaction! and thus started my whole life where i do anything i want without worry! wooooo!!!#thank u octavinelle for embracing my silly life-hack of a transactional mindset!! so fucked up!!#also bought a house at 21 and i know EXACTLY how the slippery slope to being a landlord would work soooo. sighs. i know too much #pls. i want to say id pull a rook hunt and switch dorms but i rly dont know if i would. the outfit is so snazzy. and i wouldnt get into dias #omnia so whatd be the point lmao #okay thats enough rambling lmao #hush catriona #for good measure <3 #twisted wonderland

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merrymorningofmay · 11 months

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the way so many of the moomins books feature this element of being adrift and reclaiming the space around you to anchor yourself in it like.

you have no home and must wander through the darkness in search of it.

now your home has only a few hours left to live and you must grab everyone and everything you cherish and make a shelter.

now your home is flooded and you must explore and repurpose this strange floating structure filled with strange stuff to be yours.

now your home is the same as before but the rules have changed so drastically you have to learn to live in it all over again.

now you're in a strange place full of strange stuff again, but this time everything you knew is a sea away.

now you have gone searching for a comfort zone only to find it empty and you have to work with these weirdos to try and get some of the comfort you came for.

losing and reclaiming and re-appropriating and rebuilding over and over again

#like we all know the moomins are darker than what they're marketed as but this particular theme just speaks to me especially idk!!!#it's not about an immutable home its about a home persevering.......#mari rambles #moomins

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djsherriff-responses · 4 months

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The “healthy ship” in question is between two characters who have an age gap, had one conversation and has several fan stories where the writer depicts them not having a healthy relationship

oh, and chances are possible season two will pull a Star Wars and confirm that they’re related if the Polokus comparisons are leading anywhere

I’m not gonna shame anyone for ship preferences and I’m up for media criticism but this just kinda weird? Not kinda, just flat out weird actually

It’s extremely weird people keep commenting on that Laserhawk shipping shit post with crap like “well Rayfrog is healthier-“ when the two aren’t even canon and their romantic dynamic is pure fan speculation as this point, not to mention it’s an extremely shallow view of both the characters and the show’s themes.

Yes Alex sucks ass, but to say people shouldn’t even attempt to explore Alex and Dolph's relationship in favour of a non canon ship because it’s “healthier” is just so? Dolph has so much tragedy to his character that also says so much about the environment that Dolph and many other kids who grew up like him had to experience in the setting of Eden, and Alex plays a huge part of that.

To say Alex x Dolph isn’t worth “shipping” is to basically admit you don’t care for the show’s themes of exploitation, abuse and trauma under an uncaring capitalist dystopia.

Regardless if Alex’s love was genuine, the relationship he had with Dolph was no different to how Eden used Dolph as a tool and I think that’s definitely far more interesting than just “what if Rayman makes out sloppy style with twink Globox?”

Also, you know you don’t have to ship “ethically”, right? You can have spice. Obviously criticising ships and fiction shouldn’t be taboo either but everyone is “problematic” to some degree. Please use the block button

Edit: I wanted to add now that I thought about this more is that I now realise what it is that bugs me about Rayfrog despite it being a good ship , and it’s not because it’s the most popular ship in the fandom or the two are hog 90% of tags all over the place

It’s because we got a situation where a chunk of the fandom wants to focus on Rayfrog being a wholesome ship while actively ignoring the source material is full of dark , mature and outright problematic story elements, so people who want to talk about Laserhawk’s less vanilla aspects are drowned out by people who joke about rayfrog being toxic yaoi/yuri but can’t actually handle actual toxic yaoi/yuri (wanna stress this does not apply to everyone who ships rayfrog but it’s a noticeable bias on that shit post I made)

probably also awkward that Rayman’s original series is aimed at kids so 🤷‍♀️

#rambles #captain laserhawk #captain laserhawk spoilers #dolph laserhawk #Alex Taylor #if I keep getting comments about how rayfrog is “healthier” I may just make them actually related in my road trip au out of spite #That’s partly a joke most rayfrog shippers are fine but it is grinding my gears how people ignore the adult show that has adult topics #In favour of Rayman snogging the assassin marketable froggy

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skyward-floored · 10 months

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I had a weird dream last night that there was this lu arc that somehow everybody knew about but me, and a post about it ended up on my dashboard and I was like “what’s this from I don’t remember it?” and everyone in the comments was like “you don’t know about [lu comic arc]? How did you miss it??? It’s like the best one how is that possible????”

#I don’t remember what it was about aside from Malon was there #there might have been a farmer’s market or something?#rambles from the floor #linkeduniverse #linked universe

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cloudcountry · 1 year

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🔫 Your eel facts-- Hand em over!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IM SO GLAD YOU ASKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OGM i love moray eels w/ my whole heart and soul they are so cute and squishy and toxic and slippery and mrphrmhpmrhmphrmpmprhmphrmphmrpmphrpmhpmrpmrhm

so the shrimp thing!!! ofc morays do eat shrimp, but they also have mutualistic relationships with them (example: the red rock shrimp. the shrimp rids to eel of parasites and the moray protects the shrimp. win win!)

(i had one of my quotev readers ask me what kind of shrimp i thought floyd saw mc as, and we both eventually came to the conclusion that they were just Shrimp since there's a bunch of different kinds of goldfish and riddle is just Goldfish.)

also yeah, the whole thing with jade and floyd both listing some form of octopus as their favorite food? that's not them being little shits (though part of it very well could be.) moray eels do eat octopi and they like it. they also have this behavior where they tie themselves in knots to gain leverage over their prey, so they can rip off chunks of flesh easier. think about how the hagfish feasts on whale falls and you'll have a pretty good idea of what i'm talking about.

they secrete mucus which comes from goblet cells, and that mucus protects them from scraping against the coral reefs they swim through and hurting themselves. !!! this mucus can be toxic !!!

morays have very poor eyesight but a good sense of smell, hence the two little antennae like thingys sticking out of their head

yeah, those are their nostrils. (also thats a california moray eel!! it has ridges on the roof of its mouth to help keep prey in place. plus moray mouths are just really cool because if they have a wacky pattern, chances are that pattern continues in their mouth!!)

speaking of prey!! they have a second set of jaws call the pharyngeal jaws. they're attached to muscles that act as rubber bands and can shoot the jaws forward to help pull prey down the moray's throat.

if you see a moray "yawning" or just showing off his silly shiny teeth, it's not a threat. that's how they breathe! they're pushing water over their gills with that opening and closing of the mouth motion.

they come in so many shapes

(dragon moray eel, a very colorful boy!!)

and sizes!!

(the banana moray eel, very small and adorable :C)

and some of them look so goofy and huggable

(the greyface moray!! isn't it the cutest???)

some of them might look a little scary...

(the fangtooth moray <3 they get a bad rep from what i've seen :(((( unfair.)

and some are just iconic!!

(the snowflake moray eel!! aka the millennial moray smh /lh)

IM GOING TO SPARE YOU

morays are truly beautiful and i swear we dont talk about them enough. thank you twst for plunging me into moray eel hell. it changed my life.

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cryptic-queer-cryptid · 6 months

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look. not to get sappy on main but like.

call it cringe call it silly call it whatever you want but do you know what it felt like to be a depressed teenager and hear the doctor say “do you know, in 900 years of time and space, i’ve never met anyone who wasn’t important before”?

cause let me tell you, hearing that… there are whole years of my life that i barely remember because of my depression. chunks of my time on earth that i’ll probably never get back. but i do remember watching that damn special because it meant something to me, even in that fog.

#emotional about dr who tonight #dr who #doctor who #prof rambles #my life #mental health #no but see the dw marketing team knows their audience. the writers know their audience the actors know their audience #this shows been going on for a damn long time and there is a consistent trend of like. people ages 9-25 who are extremely depressed #not that there aren’t other fans obviously but that is a Large demographic and it always has been to some extent #i have friends parents who were into dr who in the 60s and 70s and that was a big demographic even then #and anyway my point is: they put that line in there for the fans because they knew it would mean something to hear the doctor say that #and that just like drives me crazy like the. i guess the inherent kindness of having a beloved character say something that’s in character!!#but like also very much vague enough to apply to the audience #it’s like having kirk say ‘hang on tight and survive. everybody does’. and that always sustained me as a depressed child #because i watched star trek tos religiously and still do #anyway #shoutout to showrunners and writers and marketing people and actors and everyone who makes a show #for seeing their fanbase of young mentally ill people and saying here #have this character that is amazing and that you love say this really motivational and loving thing #idk it’s nice #and just a good line in general #yeah #that’s all #byeeeee living up to my prof RAMBLES tag

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iliterallydecepticanteven · 7 months

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A lot of things confuse me about TFA but the one that confuses me the most is how the fuck did a child get her hands on machinery and electronics capable of creating weapons of mass destruction? Like fucking Professor Princess is flying around on a robot horse and launching attacks on people with weaponry that I can only hope is not on the public market and I'm supposed to just not question that? That's a 7 year old. Where are her parents? How did she get all this shit? They should've just given her a DS and a copy of Animal Crossing Wild World and she would've been too distracted to do any of that destructive shit.

#yes i know tfa is super far in the future but lets all pretend the ds and acww were on the market #she confuses me #because all the other human villians make sense on some level #mostly cause theyre all adults #is she like that rich bitch from ppg #is this a pacifica northwest situation #where the fuck did she get this shit #and who told her about the military industrial complez #just. just give that child animal crossing.#tfa #transformers animated #professor princess #my ramblings

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