#digitize

[smollestpeanut]

I'm Digitizing and I Feel so Powerful

The way I can just make simple designs into embroidery files it scratches my brain so well I cannot wait to bring these to life tomorrow I'm so hype

All the artwork and digitizing are all done by me so it gives me extra pride in my little designs hahaha.

[the-cardiovascular-syndicate]

okay so this is a cry for assistance

I'm going to attempt to tag this with every single relevant thing I can think of, if I've missed anything please tell me.

I'm visiting my grandparents for the holidays and my grandmother has given me a lot of nice vintage and antique things, largely jewelery, usually not older than roughly 1940. I feel fairly confident it won't be damaged. What I'm asking for advice on is the other thing I've been given, which is a ladies' journal, or rather a collection of publications in one book, from 1875. It has no exterior covers and only part of the spine preserved, and contains stories, fashion plates, fold-out pages, &c. I haven't looked inside too much out of worry for the state of the book. If I'm remembering correctly it's American in origin, but I don't know the city of publication right now. For fashion it's getting tagged Victorian because that's what most people know the style as.

I can't check those detail things right now because currently the thing is encased in a very reinforced shell of foam board and packaging tape, I did take care to make sure the sticky side couldn't contact the book, and then wrapped in bubble wrap roughly an inch thick. When driving back I might just keep it in my lap so it can't jolt, but I'm worried the sunlight could damage it so I'm not entirely sure how to store it when at home.

Even though the fact that this seemed to be popular enough at the time makes me suspect I don't own the only copy in existence, I still have a vested interest in digitizing or scanning the journal somehow so that I can look at or share the pages without damaging the book from overuse or having it leave my possession. I absolutely don't want to damage it in this process. Outside of your typical equipment, my best bet is obtaining access to Huntington Library somehow to use some of their things.

So, digitization and how to actually store and handle the thing once it's home are my concerns. I really need some more expert archivists to help me out here. If you find error with my packing, please tell me so as well.

I don't ask this of people, but please reblog this or tag people or do whatever you can to make sure I can reach someone who can give me advice on preserving the book. It's very important to me that it's not damaged, and I know everyone's collection of antiques has to start somewhere, but I'd like to start off on the right foot.

[archivejourney]

Donations

We went into the room for our Saturday hours today. We got 2 donations, music cds of the high school's chorus concerts from 1999-2009. Amazing.

Then our second donation was 35 MM slides from the 70s. It looks like photos taken during High School during the early 70s. Should interesting to digitize.

I love looking at old photos. I'm finishing up scanning photos from HS reunions. There were / are 20 small albums (100-200 per album) I have over 900 scans in one folder.

I'm gonna be keeping myself busy for a while at least. Digitizing stuff. :)

[meihouwangslittlecumslut]

No one talk to me I'm making silly colorful furries

[jacetilde]

(Octransfur 2023) - Slow

Those wireless transfur speeds isn’t the best, makes getting TF’d into a digimon slow as heck. Always did want to do a Digimon TF, went with a classic Renamon because, of course lol. Based the victim loosely on the Cyber Sleuth Main Character, since that's where I really started with Digimon aside from small bits of the anime. I do wish I had more time to really sell the digital bit, but you know how it is. Still, make me really want to get even more into Digimon stuff...

[hwyhaul]

Kale yeah! Did you know 1 cup of chopped raw kale provides more than 100% of the recommended daily amount of vitamins A and K?

A big shout-out to all of our kale-growing partners! Happy National Kale Day!

[pinkpolishdesign]

Bird Brained, this concept is still a bit rough, but has some potential. A fun sketch after a day full of commission painting.