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picture junkie; viral culture devotee

[thingsfromthedirt]

[the1920sinpictures]

1920s Royal Winton/Grim Wales "Norman" teapot. From Paul Clark, Pinterest.

[thingsfromthedirt]

[sluttynurse]

everyone's afraid of looking busted everyone's afraid of making mistakes everyone's afraid of looking stupid everyone's afraid of embarrassment everyone's afraid of imperfections because of the damn PANOPTICON that is current society and it's fucking STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hunter-rodrigez]

So I do 3D modeling and printing as a hobby, and a few weeks ago I designed wheel guards meant to prevent office chairs from running over cables and clothes... or your pet's tail.

I got the idea from cowcatchers old locomotives used to have.

Anyways, yesterday I uploaded the model to Thingiverse, and just hours after uploading it, the Community Relationship Manager of the whole website left a comment suggesting I enter the model into a competition that's currently being held on the site.

So I did... and now it's in third place not even a day later. First place is $500, but the competition still has a month to go.

Then the Community Manager contacted me again, telling me they want to feature my model in an upcoming design promotion.

Just, what is happening? I mostly made this thing for myself in, like, an hour, and now it's suddenly super popular? This is all a little bit overwhelming 😵‍💫

Other models I worked on for weeks didn't get nearly as popular. I swear, it's impossible to predict what people will like.

Anyways, if you want to print the wheel guards yourself, you can get the model here or here.

I also made a quiet version you can stick furniture felt pads on.

[these-violet-delights-fic]

People love simple, extremely practical things. I hope you win!

[nobrashfestivity]

Juraj Herz, Beauty and the Beast, 1978

[nobrashfestivity]

Lennart Heideken Serigraph 1971

[thingsfromthedirt]

[thingsfromthedirt]

[a-book-of-creatures]

Is it socially acceptable to use opaque watercolors, or is that considered gouache?

[facts-i-just-made-up]

It could be a sign of a bad temperament.

[soft-lovely]

photography was invented to take pictures of cats

[systemdeez]

Sometimes I go "meow meow meow." Not today though because I'm full of darkness.

[thingsfromthedirt]

Summer Places by Brendan Gill and Dudley Witney (1978)

[florial]

[charnel-grounds]

Gothic 19th-century daguerreotype metal plate photograph of a young lady dubbed “Mona Lisa of the Deep”.

This portrait was found in the wreck of the ship that sank 1857.

source

[starberry-cupcake]

here's a photo of the daguerreotype in the shipwreck remains themselves, which I think is wonderful to see

[zxid]

collection

[fishlung8877]

[guineapiggies]

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