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Hello! This is my blog for whatever I like. This is also a side blog so I can't follow back. I have a compulsive need to tag every post otherwise I will d*e.

[gvalesdraws]

Melkor from Silmarillion that I did for the amazing Lucifer zine! (@the_cursed_zine on instagram)

[azolitmin]

art I made this year recap!! i'm really proud of the stuff I made and I hope to draw more in 2026 I still have so many ideas I started this year but couldn't finish in time, I know there's still a month of december ahead of us but I don't think I can finish it in time LOL

[pancove]

one of my fave scenes from the manga... happy to see it animated

[promethea-excelsior]

1000 year old helical step well with 8 staircases twisting from 8 shrines, hidden for centuries, found in Maharashtra, India

[noirlac]

[randamhajile]

[bogleech]

I went looking for how pixel art was typically being done up to the 90s, because I just assumed it was usually with something similar to MSpaint by then.

It wasnt.

[meruz]

How does it feel? I don't know, I...

[sol-rust]

oc's

[megaelod]

[aaronstjames]

One of our fabric sales reps came in for an appointment yesterday and we ended up talking about the long term impacts of the pandemic. The home quilting market is predominantly a conservative customer base, so when COVID precautions were politicized, those ladies followed along and didn't get vaccinated, didn't wear masks, etc. Now many of them are dead. Most of the fabric stores in the conservative regions that our reps call on have lost twenty percent of their customers. The ladies the shop knew by name because they could be counted on for annual trade-in upgrades of $9000 sewing machines? Dead. Viking is laying off half of its staff. It's taken two years for the impact to become obvious, but the home sewing industry in the US is in shambles. A lot of experience, knowledge and artistry was lost and when the independent shops have to close, we'll lose even more.

[aaronstjames]

Aaaaand now JoAnn Fabrics is closing 500 out of 800 stores. Full list here: https://www.fastcompany.com/91277436/joann-fabrics-closing-stores-list-locations-states-bankruptcy-update

[aaronstjames]

Sorry to anyone who had a JoAnn's not on the above list. All stores will now be closed and liquidated.

[aaronstjames]

The CEO of Birch Fabrics just sent out a letter saying that they are running a sale to see if they can generate enough cash to last another month. They are literally a five person business at this point, and production costs have gotten so high that they might not be able to continue. I hope they can hang on, because their organic cotton canvas is so good. I love their Charley Harper collection. :(

[abigailspinach]

Like dang.

I'm in the Modern Quilt Guild and while we are mostly white, female, and older... at least we all got vaxxed and did basic COVID safety protocol.

Joanne's I think ran afoul of a Private Equity buyout a la Red Lobster, Toys'R'Us... etc.

If anyone in SoCal wants local shops, I am fond of:

SuperBuzzy - the most modern selection

Lucky Deluxe Thrift Fabric Store - a gem!

M&Ls - flat folds

Orange Quilt Bee (under new management this year)

Quilt Passions in Mission Viejo

The Stitching Post (Oregon)

[wizardhecker]

I love when you post a species on inat and seconds later someone called "salamandergirl" "solidagoman" or "troutlilly_identifier" swoops in to ID it. Like yeah, you know what youre about. I trust your ID of my Bombus bimaculatus, "bombusboy200"

[pnwnativeplants]

I posted western tiger lily and it was correctly sent up to research grade within 10 seconds of upload by "Lilyboy"

[wizardhecker]

This is EXACTLY who inspired me to make this post

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[seshrat]

flow winning animated feature is the kind of story that's going to be taught like the boogeyman to every big animation studio's intake class for decades

[seshrat]

i keep thinking of this team and getting really emotional. maybe it's because of the being made in blender and kinda looking like a cutscene thing but they really remind me of when tiny indie game studios win massive and Just Can't Believe It. they came to the oscars with cufflinks of their little cat on it. they had the cat embroidered into the lining of their jackets. they posted photos of them all celebrating with their oscars at in-n-out afterwards. imagine being in an indie studio in a country that's literally never been recognized by nomination at the oscars, picking up TWO nominations for an ANIMATED film, getting flown out, decking yourselves out in easter eggs of your little guy, going "hey we may not win but holy shit latvia's at the goddamn oscars let's gooooo" and then running away with the biggest mainstream animation award there is. i'd lose my fucking mind. peace and love and joy and jubilation on planet earth

[seshrat]

this rules actually

[eebie]

i miss everyone

[eebie]

[themysteriousmurasamecastle]

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[iheartvelma]

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