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ultravioart · 4 months

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I think 2024 will have more text musings from me. Idk tho.

But here is one anyways:

The dream would be 3d modeling on pc and producing 3d print works like figurines but painting is legit impossible for me due to health now lol, guess I have to wait until the Statasys PolyJet/BJP patent expires in a decade+, so that consumer level color/transparency/multimaterial printers can become available. $50,000 for the base machine is not affordable lmafo.

Honestly with the rate at which certain tech advances, it truely feels like patents in those specific fields stunt global advancement for decades. Feels criminal.

For things like 3d printers that are able to print with different materials, colors, and transparencies, it could truely save lives and at minimum drastically improve livelihoods, so it is so bizarre that tech like this is gatekept and not shared to be expanded on and innovated on by others.

This is also a problem in the gaming industry, (albeit at less severity, but still ridiculous). Tell me why there was a DECADES long patent on "mini games during loading screens" that was barely even used before it expired? And the nemesis system...

Obviously, patents have a use and can be very important in making sure creators are not taken advantage of or ripped off (in fact it will likely be a saving grace for taking down unethically sourced data for the current scummy unregulated generative ai models out there), but in certain situations like 3d printing it is straight up detrimental gatekeeping that benefits no one.

#text #musings #certified old fart yells at clouds #tell me that 3d printing full color flexible or transparent merch that looks like mold injection quality at home wouldn't be cool as hell.#with the bs 2d ink printers have now with subscriptions and other bs... i am not looking forward #to that monetization model.#designing and wearing 3d printed shoes that accommodate you sounds cool as hell too.#3d printing

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kitsunetsuki · 23 days

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Monet Jewelry Ad (1974)

#monet jewelry #vintage ads #photography #fashion photography #vintage fashion #vintage style #vintage #retro #aesthetic #beauty #seventies #70s #70s fashion #70s style #70s model #1970s #1970s fashion #editorial #jewelry

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rongzhi · 1 year

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maybe the real verified users were the friends we made along the way

#the 'doing it for the bit' monetization model tumblr has been going for lately has been pretty amusing if nothing else #text #sorry to be posting so many text posts today but #i did laugh out loud #is this new or do i just never check the tumblr menus

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dreams-in-blk · 1 year

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celebratingwomen · 4 months

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Victoria Monet for NOTION magazine, 2020

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beckydenimjean · 8 months

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@beckydenimjean

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emiliavenus · 7 months

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• like or reblog if you save.

#victoria monet #victoria monet icons #girls icons #icons #site model #site model icons #site model tumblr #site model girls #icons aesthetic

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sinnamonscouture · 2 months

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Victoria Monét Covers DAZED Magazine

#Victoria Monét Covers DAZED Magazine #fashion #style #model #beauty #black model #black fashion #music #victoria monet #dazed magazine

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xunqiz · 1 year

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. ° ∬ messy layouts ︵ . ‿ headers by me

#wednsday addams #wednesday icons #wednesday #gossip girl icons #jenna ortega #jenna orteaga icons #green layouts #messy aesthetic #green moodboard #blue moodboard #brown layouts #monet de haan #gossip girl reboot #savannah lee smith #site model icons #savannah smith icons #icons #ulzzang psd icons

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yoiku · 11 days

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So I played through episode 12 yesterday and episode 13 today between my cleaning sprees and i only cried a little maybe dozen times through it all, so all I can say is that the main story continues to deliver. Wasn't very keen on the storytelling style of ep13 at first, but definitely warmed up to it along the way. Getting scenes from the wiewpoint and in the thoughts of so many characters in just one episode turned out to be pretty refreshing. I did feel a bit overwhelmed as well but i'll put that on me chewing through it all in one day. Sometimes I feel a bit worried that where is the main story going to go after a huge chunk of it comes to a conclusion, but at the same time... If the side stories have proved anything, its that there are so many things about the entire world and lore to explore. And I have to admit I'm still getting more curious about it all. if you told me 5 years ago that the story and universe in a gacha game(derogative) is going to be something i'm obsessing over, I would've been so pissed at you even suggesting that. Anyway, its a nice feeling to be so interested in something. I've lost interest in so many things and i feel like over the years its getting harder and harder for me to really get into something.

#i'm also pretty proud of myself with how well i've dealt with the whole gacha element over these 5 years with arknights #i used to struggle a lot with putting money into games for nothing #money that i didnt even have basically #i used way too much of my student loan back in the day to buy lootboxes and other similar shit #which i will continue to regret for another 15 years more before the debt is hopefully paid off #so i have purposefully avoided any games with -put in real money for random number generator results- options #and I really REALLY just dislike the whole gacha idea and model of monetization #it is your own damn fault if you put your money in and regret it later #but the model is still distasteful and also predatory to people with existing gambling problems #As much as i really enjoy arknights i also don't like to bring it up to talk about with random people because it is a gacha #and it will always first and foremost be judged by that factor

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longlistshort · 27 days

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Sarah Meyohas, “Interference #19”, 2023, Holograms, mirrored black glass, aluminum

Georgia O’Keeffe, “Poppy”, 1927, Oil on canvas

Francis Picabia “The Church of Montigny, Effect of Sunlight” 1908, Oil on canvas (left); Christian Sampson “Projection Painting”, 2023, Acrylic and films with LED light; and Claude Monet “The Houses of Parliament, Effect of Fog, London” 1904, Oil on canvas (right)

The Nature of Art exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg merges art from the museum’s collection with loaned works to explore- “art’s crucial role in our evolving quest to understand our relationship with nature and our place in the cosmos”.

One of the benefits of an encyclopedic museum is that visitors have the opportunity to experience art throughout history, and to revisit works that resonate with them. For the section titled Artist as Curator, Sarah Meyohas and Christian Sampson chose pieces from the museum’s collection to pair with their own work.

From the museum-

At first glance, perhaps, these may seem like unusual combinations, but upon deeper contemplation, their selections reveal complementary artistic intents. For instance, Meyohas and Georgia O’Keeffe share an interest in close looking, particularly in finding new ways to examine underappreciated aspects of the natural world. Sampson, influenced by the California Light and Space Movement, is interested in current scholarship that suggests the hazy fog found in Claude Monet’s work is an early depiction of air pollution, offering an entirely new perspective on the artist’s representations of light.

Sampson also created the four-part installation, Tempus volat, hora fugit, on view until 2025 at the museum.

Below are some of the works from additional sections of the exhibition.

Postcommodity, “kinaypikowiyâs”, 2021, Four 30.5-metre industrial debris booms

Postcommodity is an interdisciplinary art collective comprised of Cristóbal Martínez (Genizaro, Manito, Xicano), and Kade L. Twist (Cherokee).

About Postcommodity’s work, kinaypikowiyâs, (seen above) from the museum-

This work is composed of debris booms, used to catch and hold environmental contaminants such as garbage, oil, and chemicals. The colors of the booms correspond to different types of threats— red (flammable), yellow (radioactive), blue (dangerous), and white (poisonous)-in the labeling system for hazardous materials. To indigenous peoples, these are shared medicine colors that carry knowledge, purpose and meaning throughout the Western Hemisphere. Suspended like hung meat, the booms represent a snake that has been chopped into four parts. Each part represents an area of the colonial map of the Western Hemisphere: South America, Central America, North America, and all of the surrounding islands. The title, kinaypikowiyâs, is a Plains Cree word, meaning snake meat. Divided by borders, Postcommodity asserts that all people living in the Americas are riding on the back of this snake.

James Casebere, “Landscape with Houses (Dutchess County, NY), 2009, Archival pigment print mounted to Dibond

James Casebere creates architecturally based models for the large scale photographs seen above.

Duke Riley's Reclaimed ocean plastic sculptures and “Tidal Fool” wallpaper

Duke Riley’s work, which was previously shown at Brooklyn Museum, addresses issues of environmental pollution by using discarded plastics found in the ocean and other waterways to create new work inspired by the past. You can hear him discuss his work in this video.

From the museum-

Inspired by the maritime museum displays he saw while a child growing up in New England, Riley’s scrimshaw series is a cutting observation of capitalist economies-historic and today-that endanger sea life. The sculptures were created for the fictional Poly S. Tyrene Memorial Maritime Museum, and are contemporary versions of sailors’ scrimshaw, or delicately ink-etched whale teeth and bone. Riley first thought about using plastic as an ode to scrimshaw when he saw what he thought was a whale bone washed up on the beach in Rhode Island; it turned out to be the white handle of a deck brush. Riley regularly removes trash from beaches and waterways, and often uses this refuse in his work.

Riley collaborated with Brooklyn-based Flavor Paper to create these two custom wallpapers for his solo exhibition DEATH TO THE LIVING, Long Live Trash at the Brooklyn Museum. Tidal Fool exhibits Riley’s trademark humor in the face of devastating water pollution; notice the Colt 45-guzzling mermaid. Wall Bait vibrantly references Riley’s meticulous fishing lures, which he crafts from refuse found in the waters around New York City.

Daniel Lind-Ramos,"Centinelas de la luna nueva (Sentinels of the New Moon)", 2022-2023, Mixed media

From the museum about this work-

In Centinelas de la luna nueva, he evokes the elders of the mangroves, spiritual beings who watch over and ensure the health of this essential coastal tree. Mangroves are the basis for a complex ecosystem that shelters sea life and serves as the first line of defense in the tropical storms that batter the sub-tropics -including Florida.

Lind-Ramos's practice reflects the vibrant culture of his native Loíza, Puerto Rico, by honoring local agriculture, fishing, cooking, and masquerade. His sculptures also evoke Hurricane Maria (2017), the COVID-19 pandemic, and ongoing environmental degradation. Lind-Ramos is committed to the survival and sustenance of Afro-Taíno traditions and people of the Puerto Rican archipelago. However, his art engages the global community through shared emotions, parallel histories, and the commonality of human experience.

The next post will discuss two other artists in the exhibition, Brookhart Jonquil and Janaina Tschäpe.