I am (Princess) Batman

Shop my silly little crafts 2 Legit 2 Knit. Glasgow, UK - Egyptologist. Mad Scientist. ADHD as fuck. You can do whatever you want with The Poem but if you make money on it then cut me in otherwise I Don't Care - Buy me a coffee

[somecunttookmyurl]

I finished the giant gengar pixel blanket and apparently hate myself to do it again for money (again) so DETAILS ON COMMISSIONING A PIXEL BLANKET (Does not have to be a gengar. I would in fact prefer it if it wasn't)

Yarn cost depends on what yarn you want, how many colours are involved, and how much of each I'll need. Yarn for that gengar cost around £100 / $135. There's a lot of it. It's huge. And heavy. Just... so heavy.

A general estimate for the labour cost is £5.50 / $7.50 per 10 squares. This works out to approximately half the minimum wage in the UK so tips are very much appreciated.

Labour + yarn for Gengar (1,652 squares) works out to £1,000 / $1,350 Yikes. Yeah. Now double it to pay me minimum wage. Can I pay in instalments? I mean. If you can pay afford much upfront you have WAY too much money. You can divide the labour costs into as many monthly payments as you want/need. Chances are it'll take me at least 6 months to make the whole thing anyway if it's as big as gengar. (he's 200ish labour hours) So. You've got time. The first payment needs to be the full cost of the yarn (I gotta buy it somehow) + labour. But if you can only afford the yarn upfront you can just buy it and I'll start actually working when you have labour money. If you can't afford the payment one month I just. Won't work on it for a month. We'll get there when we get there innit. Not exactly an overnight project. How do I pay you? PayPal. Venmo, cashapp etc don't exist in the UK so it's PayPal or bust I'm afraid. I'll set up an invoice with as many payments as we've agreed to. If you're also in the UK you can bank transfer me directly / set up a standing order if you'd rather. How big is it? Kinda depends on the yarn and size of the hook? And the number of pixels, obviously. The squares in gengar are made using 10 ply yarn and a 4.5mm hook. Each square is roughly 1.5" / 4cm across. Gengar is as wide as he is tall and ended up being roughly 6'3" / 1.9m in each direction.

Thinner yarn and a smaller hook will produce an end result that is physically smaller, however it will not be any cheaper because it's the exact same amount of work going into it. Similarly using a bigger hook will make something that's larger in the end (and also make a thinner fabric) and won't cost you any more in labour. Will need more yarn, though. What if the thing I want doesn't have many pixels but I still want it blanket sized? Like. It's a small-scale sprite or whatever I can just make the squares bigger by adding extra rounds and then work out how long it takes to make one of those bigger squares. Labour cost is ([time taken per square] x 2 for sewing together) x [number of squares]. An extra 25% is added to the total time for charting, calculating, weaving, finishing, washing etc. What yarn do you use? That's your choice. I'd suggest acrylic since not only is it the cheapest fibre (and there's a LOT of it) but it comes in a wider range of brigher colours so will be easier to match to your image. Ultimately it's up to you though so if you wanna drop $$$$ on natural fibres that's your business. We'll choose specific shades together so you have the final say on what goes into it. Does it have to be a Pokémon? Nope. Anything that can be pixellated can be done. It's like a fibre version of perler art.

Does it have to be shaped? No. It can be a normal square/rectangular blanket if you want but obviously this will increase both labour and material costs to make the background.

Can you make a rug instead? Sure. I can use a smaller hook to make a thicker/denser fabric more suited to being on the floor. But for a rug I'd recommend cotton yarn over acrylic. It's more durable and heavier.

Are you completely insane? Probably. But I'm also broke

[somecunttookmyurl]

(not calling you out or targeting you personally to pressure or anything this is just a repeated sentiment in the notes sorry for blasting your tags specifically)

just to reiterate again for everyone in the notes/reading this like "aw if i had the money i would"

i not only accept but actively encourage paying in instalments on large projects. something large or complex takes a long time for me to finish! months, even! stretch it out as much as you want there's a lower limit to how quickly i can feasibly do something massive or complex but there is absolutely no upper limit. if it takes us both a year it takes us both a year. if you can't spare anything one month i simply do not make any progress on it that month it's no big

the only required upfront payment is for whatever the yarn costs because i have to buy that shit first but if necessary you can even wait another little while to start paying for labour. again, don't care. i work on it when you can afford for me to work on it. it lives in the cupboard otherwise. this does not bother me.

paying me as i go makes it easier for you, but also easier for me because i have adhd and no impulse control and a semi-steady income supply of like. £80 a month is far more manageable than a one-time windfall of £800 (or whatever) that i then have hanging over me until i finish

(also you can commission gengar if you want i have probably sufficiently mentally recovered i retract my initial statement re: another gengar. a different sprite would be cool though. for the variety)

[liberalsarecool]

Intellectual property laws used to mean something when it targeted the consumer.

Now the venture capitalist steals the IP to make derivative AI bullshit.

[vintage-tigre]

Beautiful stop motion animation by CliffCreativity

[teashadephoenix]

i dont think im ever gonna get over the scene where rocky finds out grace isnt going home.

the little foot stomps when he says question, which is something he does every time but are infused with actual frustration while he interrogates grace

the sulky way he says no again and again when grace tries to get him to give him a thumbs up

the way grace's voice breaks when we says "we got stars to save."

"need word. to risk self to save other." / "dumb." and then writes brave with this sort of painful pride because he doesnt know yet

the way grace steps away to have a moment to himself

rocky doing the math on his claws. "i can give. i go home six years slower."

the resolve in rocky's voice when he says he couldnt fix his crew but he can fix this, and grace go home

the way grace's breath hitches when he breaks down

"okay."

"i thought you made peace, question?" / "i didnt mean any of that. that's just something you say."

ending with the hug which is plain adorable.

like fuck me it is so perfect. front to back perfect. the performances are so good. like i have a lot of favorite scenes in this movie but it is up there.

[byjove]

A large part of the reason families were bigger in the past was because marital rape was not considered rape and birth control/abortion methods were ineffective, dangerous and/or illegal. We can dance around this and act like our great great great grandmothers just loveddddd being mamas so much that they decided out of their own free will to have 11 children. We can pretend that they DECIDED to have big families because it was a financially advantageous decision so they could have more labor around the farm. But a lot of children in the past were fundamentally unwanted and not conceived out of love, children were not a choice women got to make. We need to admit that and stop pretending historical women were inherently more maternal because they were impregnated at the age of 15 and kept having babies until they were 40. That did not make them loving mothers, it did not make them ‘the divine feminine’ and it sure did not make them happy.

[byjove]

A large part of the reason families were bigger in the past was because marital rape was not considered rape and birth control/abortion methods were ineffective, dangerous and/or illegal. We can dance around this and act like our great great great grandmothers just loveddddd being mamas so much that they decided out of their own free will to have 11 children. We can pretend that they DECIDED to have big families because it was a financially advantageous decision so they could have more labor around the farm. But a lot of children in the past were fundamentally unwanted and not conceived out of love, children were not a choice women got to make. We need to admit that and stop pretending historical women were inherently more maternal because they were impregnated at the age of 15 and kept having babies until they were 40. That did not make them loving mothers, it did not make them ‘the divine feminine’ and it sure did not make them happy.

[paper-wounds]

“If I Am Killed For Simply Living” — Althea Davis

[charlesoberonn]

[virtu-typhoon]

[scifikimmi]

[captain-starskull]

[charlesoberonn]

[emperorpenguin]

These two fire extinguishers at my work

[edge-complains-and-loves-art]

Had to draw them

[charlesoberonn]

They share the highs and the lows.

[catharticscream]

Remember in 2010 when Taio Cruz said "I throw my hands up in the air sometimes"? I appreciated his restraint. You can't just throw your hands up in the air whenever. There's a time and a place, and that time was 2010, and the place was the club.

[vonlipwig]

developing the hots for ryan gosling because of project hail mary is so fucking embarrassing I swear to god. that is a conventionally attractive man. a noted hollywood heartthrob. he's even blond, are you kidding me? did he win people magazine's sexiest man alive? I don't know. I'm not going to check but it wouldn't surprise me at this point. it's such a mainstream taste. such a clichéd celebrity crush. like oh I fancy ryan gosling and my favourite drink is coca-cola and my favourite snack is ready salted crisps. jesus christ. 'b-b-but i only like him when he's in a science pun tshirt and playing a dorky-awkward loner type!' doesn't matter. he's still ryan 'ken from barbie' gosling. it's so trite. I feel like the weird nerd girl in a teen coming-of-age romcom falling for the super popular jock. don't I know that I have a reputation to uphold here? cringe.

[fandomsandfairytales]

This post is the spiritual successor to that post about David Corenswet:

[epellucid]

via

[sexhaver]

lmfao the Scots in town for the World Cup have made a pilgrimage to Boston's world-famous Cop Annihilating Slide

[blackwoolncrown]

[telumendils]

I thought I could never care for anyone again, until I met you.

The Golden Girls, S2E5: “Isn't It Romantic”

[somecunttookmyurl]

me: i think i'm due an eye test can i book in?

receptionist: what's your date of birth again?

me: [redacted] 1990

receptionist: …

me: …

receptionist: 1990 what? 7? 8?

me: …just 1990

receptionist: blimey you don't look it

[authorkims]

[heinous-bitch]

you forgot the best one

[memewhore]

[youngalientype]