#making stuff

[beecreeper]

I was inspired.

[solar-powered-robot]

The thing about handspinning is that it's an expensive and niche hobby that is not marketable. There's a lot of skill and knowledge that goes into it, but we will never earn money doing this. We're all just doing it because we like it, and because of the fundamental human urge to make stuff. There's also something about the sound of a spinning wheel that feels really satisfying, like we're remembering all the years our ancestors spent making stuff, too, and I just think that is very cool and very human of us. (This is a handspinning blog now)

[thelloydvoid]

I'm so excited I'm bursting at the seams and I just need to get it out

A week ago, I made a Reddit post about some paintings I made while recovering from post concussion syndrome. I really wanted to play Skyrim but couldn't, so I ended up painting the beginning of my character's journey across Skyrim!

Here's the paintings:

The Reddit post kind of popped off, and people were SO NICE!!!

It encouraged me to make the video!

I feel so excited! But also, like I'm going to cry and throw up lol

I know I should temper my expectations to have none lol. It felt like something "clicked" and it was like, "THIS. This is what I want to do." I just wanted to share lol

Also, here's the video

And a picture of the the thumbnail that I'm a little too proud of lol

Okay, shameless self-promotion over lolol

[owenbroadcast]

here's something i picked up along the way that i often think about:

[westiec]

You can just! Write stuff! You can just! Draw things! It does not have to be carefully optimized to present the purest distillation of an idea! You can just make the thing! And then make it again and again and again!

[alberta-sunrise]

I’m so darn proud of this

[all-the-reasons-why]

Reason 99: Making something really cool out of scrap materials.