EPICBlenderArtiste

Sub-blog of @mydnyteraven, as an attempt to keep my art organized.

[kisu-doodles]

I've been learning how to 3d model recently so here's a lil look at Circe's palace exterior (learning to model has really sped up my process)! I think it might be neat if Eurylochus clocks that the room the men go into looks smaller than the exterior would suggest and also that it seems that the palace has amenities for alot of people, since for my interpretation of Circe i'm going for the vibe that she has her nymphs hide since she cannot risk any possibility of them getting hurt. Once the crew be piggies, the room opens up to reveal it's actually far larger (maybe magically or just curtains idk) maybe the palace is deceptive with the front and receiving room being more traditionally greek and the areas the nymphs use are more unique and anachronistic Anyho i've been ponderating which animatic to focus on since rn im working on a bunch, which are Suffering, Survive, Puppeteer and Done For. I do feel Survive might be the hardest and longest to do so idk whether i should focus on one of the easier ones while working on Survive on the side Also the original animatics are still in motion but rn im just noodlin at them while i figure out what do

[winry-lucy-beth]

I've recently learned that escaping enshitification is actually really easy. When I was younger I would use FOSS (free and open source software) because I usually couldn't afford anything else. Back then the paid options were usually significantly better than the unpaid options so when I finally got money I started using the paid stuff and completely forgot that Foss existed.

If you don't know why Foss is awesome its not just that its free. Open source software has a huge set of advantages. Most software is proprietary meaning that its code cannot be viewed by other people. Open source softwares code can be viewed by everyone and people can contribute their own code to make it better. Open source is often more secure than proprietary because more people have more eyes on it and more people have contributed to it's security. Its also easy to know how much privacy you have with every software because you can read the code. No more "trust me bro I'm not harvesting and selling your data" you know if they are collecting and selling because the code is publicly available.

In the last two months I have been switching almost completely to Foss. I was worried at first because when I stopped using Foss over 10 years ago the average Foss software was genuinely worse than the paid proprietary alternative. Thankfully things have really come full circle. 90℅ of the software I have tried in the last 2 months works better than the proprietary alternative and is 100℅ less obnoxious.

So here is a list of every Foss software I have tried and recommend. There is way more than this available. This list is just what I have used and like personally. Anyone can feel free to add and we can turn it into a master list. Please just take these as a place to start and do your own research to see if these softwares will work for your use case before you fully ditch your proprietary software.

Operating systems

Graphene os: android alt. Security and privacy focused. The most secure and private smartphone currently available.

Linux mint: easy to use linux, 100℅ better than windows.

Pop!: The Linux distro you should use if you have nividia hardware and want to play games using said hardware. Very intuitive and easy to use.

Kubuntu: Ubuntu Linux with KDE desktop. This is the linux distro one I am currently using and I don't have any plans to jump ship again. Better than windows and better than Mac. The companion app for your phone makes life soooo easy. Its pretty and easy to customize to a ridiculously granular level. No fucking notes.

Kindle jailbreak- ko reader: use jailbreak to free your kindle from the tyranny of the bezos. It will download ko reader which is a Foss OS that has every fucking feature you always wished kindle had and let's you read whatever the fuck you want, and have whatever the screensaver you want (no more ads!). Soooo fuck amazon and use this. I genuinely cannot recommend it enough.

Linux FOSS: (some available on windows and android as well)

Calibre: Foss desktop eBook library. Packed with features. You will want to use this with koreader to make managing your kindle easy.

Manuscript: skrivner alt. Does absolutely everything I need.

Bitwarden: password manager (use a keepass fork if you want self hosted)

Next cloud: private google drive and cloud alternative that you can self host if you want but it's not required. App available

Proton VPN: to the best of my knowledge it is the only Foss no log VPN you can get. You can pay for higher speeds. App available

Quad9dns: free encrypted DNS provider. App available.

News software:

Use any Foss RSS reader and for the love of god stop getting news from social media. Take control of your feed!

Apps (I only know for android)

Fdroid: great app store to find Foss android apps and download them.

Antennapod: you can get all of your podcasts fetched to one feature rich app via RSS feed. No need to rely on spotify or music steaming services.

Openreads: it's good reads but private and 100℅ stored locally. No amazon, no social media aspect, it just tracks your reading, you can import your good reads but if you want to import from storygraph you have to make a good reads burner account, import to good reads, then import to openreads. The menus Navigation on this one is a bit cumbersome but honestly good reads app is worse.

Newpipe: YouTube frontend that let's you have YouTube subscriptions, watch YouTube in the background, and blocks all ads, without logging in to YouTube. You will want to use this one with a VPN set to Canada (or any other country) so YouTube doesn't keep blocking it in order to force you to sign in. But even with that extra step its worth it for the privacy and the lack of ads.

Proton mail: one of 2 more private gmail alts. But you should note that email cannot be 100℅ anonymous or private.

I think that's it. There are still a lot software varieties I am slowly finding.

[centrumlumina]

LibreOffice is a FOSS Office suite that can handle word docs, spreadsheets, presentations and databases.

[prismatic-bell]

I know people get mad at the name, and I understand why, but straight-up I've been using GIMP for 15 years and it's a good solid art program made under the GNU program. It's worth a look.

[penrosesun]

To add:

Blender is an amazing FOSS suite for 3D modeling and animation, as well as digital sculpting and motion tracking. Pros use it. It’s a staple in game development. It’s what the Academy Award winning film “Flow” was made on. It’s not the bland name alternative to an industry standard; it is an industry standard.

Krita is a fantastic FOSS application for digital painting. Everyone I’ve ever talked to who uses it has loved it to death.

OBS is the absolute go-to choice for screen recording and live streaming. You can use it to record your entire desktop or a specific window, capture audio from multiple sources, and even add overlays, webcam feeds, or transitions to your videos.

VLC Media Player is the best media player, hands down. It’s lightweight, it’s reliable, it supports virtually every audio and video format known to man, and it has built in media conversion and even basic editing. I truly can’t imagine why anyone would use a media player that isn’t this one. It’s just the best there is, easily, no contest.

Audacity is a fantastic multi-track audio editor and recorder. It’s free and it’s good, and podcasters love it for a reason.

And believe it or not, Thunderbird is a really good email client now. I’m not even joking. If you used it back in the day and hated it, please give it another chance, because the glow up is unreal.

[prophetictattoo]

really selfishly i think we should bring back that simblr trend of mutuals making each other’s ocs in their own sim styles

[epicblenderartiste]

ooh?

[mirisia]

Mirisiverse!Cassandra has wavy deep red hair, 'flame-like' under sunlight and 'dark as undiluted wine' in night, and vivid ultramarine blue eyes. When she became Apollo's lover the god adorned her hair with golden highlights as the evidence of his love for her, and when he gave her the prophetic vision there appeared golden speckles in her irises, making them look like pieces of lapis lazuli. But as Cassandra turned him down when he wanted to sleep with her, he made sure not only nobody believes her but also everyone sees she lost his favor. The golden streaks in her hair tarnished into ashy blonde, and they are slowly spreading, gradually fading more and more of the original deep red of her hair. The speckles in her eyes remain, and they still shine each time she sees visions.

Mirisiverse!Odysseus has tightly curled strawberry blonde hair, borderline ginger. He inherited this hair from Hermes. (Mirisiverse!Hermes also has fresh green eyes and Anticleia and Ctimene inherited these eyes) His hair easily gets messy, and Penelope loves it, thinking her hubby looks cuter with his hair attractively messy. He also has heterochromia, one eye hazel brown and the other bright blue. His eyes turn silvery gray when Athena Quick Thoughts him. He doesn't resemble his dad very much, and this is the reason in Mirisiverse why there used to be a rumor of him actually being a bastard of Sisyphus. Laertes loved his boy too much to pay the least attention to such a *vile slander*, and in Mirisiverse Odysseus is indeed Laertes's biological son.

[epicblenderartiste]

[mirisia]

So, once my amazing and wonderful friend made this awesome art and other versions of it, so that I could use her art as references of mine. Took me long enough, but I finally managed to remake her art in my style.

Shout out to @epicblenderartiste you have my great thanks 💜

[epicblenderartiste]

I gotta get on the PHM train too…

And make some spaceships! (Cuz I want that Hail Mary model…)

[plushdablush]

Random thing for people to consider is that since Laika is the saint of one way trips should Felicette be known as the saint of safe landings since she did make it back to the ground safely

[blended-ice]

Omg did anticlea’s genes even try???

He got her nose leave me alone 😭

edit: AND her pileus

[epicblenderartiste]

I love the continued tradition that Ody is slightly sharper than his father (in terms of shape language but also in cleverness) and he inherits that sharpness from his mother.

[blended-ice]

YOUR ON TWITTER.COM!

EGADS

Oh hey I like that drawing though

Shout out to the very cool @epicblenderartiste who put it on a vase

[epicblenderartiste]

Life is good when you can hold the world in your arms.

[yourdelusionalservant]

Anyone got any recommendations of fanart of Odysseus as a child?

[epicblenderartiste]

Here I'm going to promote some of my own... here is one of Ody and his sister after Ody has to relearn how to walk after getting his leg scar

[post-troy-stress-disorder]

the cap of a mushroom is called the PILEUS!!! as in odysseus' shitty hat!!! this brings me joy!!!!

[blended-ice]

he has connections with many great and powerful figures -> calls it mycelium networking

[epicblenderartiste]

[epicblenderartiste]

Making a Vase for @blended-ice

They were inspired by a vase, so I made them a vase.

[blended-ice]

Saw a vase on Etsy, needed to draw Odysseus and Penelope

vase:

[epicblenderartiste]

Would you mind terribly if I put this on a vase?

[epicblenderartiste]

New PfP for the server

And her half-Drow boyfriend.

[cuunos]

peak dynamic in my opinion

[epicblenderartiste]

[blended-ice]

do you have a favorite genre of horse

🏎🎠

Hi horse formula 1 car anon, yes I do!

^i like whatever was going on with the naming of Hector’s horses (Wilson translation) in Iliad book 8

[mydnyteraven]

Robert Fagles, and George Chapman translations of the same line. (If you translate from the greek in Chapman's, you get Xanthus; golden/blonde, Podargus- Swift-foot, Aethon- Flame/Ether, and Lampus- Shining/Sparkle)

[blended-ice]

fantastic addition

[blended-ice]

Felt inspired to draw some of his horses (this ones flame/ether), quickly realizing idk how to draw horses

[epicblenderartiste]

As soon as I get sims working again, I'll make the 4 horses and a scene with Hector.

[epicblenderartiste]

Who is that lounging on the Ithacan throne?