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Video, Re:

A Hat Full of Sky – Tiffany Aching in 3D

A Hat Full of Sky

Best viewed in 3D on Sketchfab: https://skfb.ly/oDOIH "...the sky was midnight black, shorn of stars. This was the landscape of Tiffany Achi

Best viewed in 3D: https://www.olenashmahalo.com/project/tiffany

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An imaginary scene about real science: extragalactic neutrinos plunging into the sea & producing Cherenkov radiation - by me via ImaginaryScience

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A Hat Full of Sky

Best viewed in 3D on Sketchfab: https://skfb.ly/oDOIH

"...the sky was midnight black, shorn of stars. This was the landscape of Tiffany Aching’s mind.”

"On top of a round hill was a four-wheeled shepherding hut, with a curved roof and a chimney for the potbellied stove. Inside, the walls were covered with the yellow and blue wrappers from hundreds of packets of Jolly Sailor tobacco."

I discovered Terry Pratchett's Discworld ~ a couple of years ago. Not sure how it took so long, since I love fantasy and magic.

Truly, better late than never. These books helped me through a lot of the last year. I swallowed a good chunk of the Discworld series, starting with Guards! and Tiffany. Since then I’ve carried in my own mind an image of granny’s shepherd hut as it existed in Tiffany’s head, her hat, and witch herself. This personal work / fanart took a few months, on and off, to realize.

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Of course I don't notice the last image is hot garbage quality until its been reblogged a few hundred times. 💀 Replaced, futile though that may be.

Thank you all, I'm very happy you like it!

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It is that time. 🍂

→ Insert into "what they think I want to wear vs what I actually want to wear" meme

#Goblincore #SweaterWeather ( Why yes that is a black 3M Aura N95 on the last one. Even less possible than the sweaters ;_; )

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How to Taper Vector Lines Cleanly in CSP

I always forget how to do this, since I don't do it often & it's buried in the UI. So I was googling it again and found my old Reddit post! Thanks, me! Posting it here too.

Also explained here: https://tips.clip-studio.com/en-us/articles/600#7426c312 → page search for: G. Redraw vector line width

To taper a vector line cleanly, use the Correct Line tool → Redraw vector line width:

Or, use Correct Line → Control Point → Adjust line width. Then just drag the control point you want to adjust to the desired size:

Either way, it's better to adjust the line thickness after drawing a non-tapered line; this will give you a clean line with fewest control points ↓

Versus drawing it tapered using the Starting and Ending option in Line tools — CSP adds a bunch of points along the line, making it a mess that's hard to change ↓

(If someone knows of a better way to draw it cleanly and tapered to begin with, please LMK! Best to comment on the Reddit post; I don't often see replies here on Tumblr.)

Likewise, "Adjust Line Width" is not good for precision; it will give you a wobbly line with a ton of points:

(But along with the Liquify tool, it's fantastic for organic drawing and painting!)

Related:

How to use the special ruler “Rulers/Perspective rulers #12” by ClipStudioOfficial - Make better art | CLIP STUDIO TIPS

TheSpecial ruleris aSub Toolunder theRulertool and lets you draw precise parallel and radial lines....

How to make a multi-colored, multi-tip scatter brush in Clip Studio Paint — correctly

They made it annoyingly specific in CSP and I keep forgetting every time. So this is a note-to-self + whoever else needs it: ↓ What we don't

CSP is amazing for painting (among other things, Lasso Fill Brush is fantastic; I wish Procreate had it). It's my go-to nowadays for most illustrations.

But it's weird for design; missing a lot of features. Even should-be-simple tasks like centering an object to another are kind of a pain. Always surprises me, since CSP was also (or foremost?) made for comics and has layout tools baked in.

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A collection of wearable 3D art inspired by science:

✦ NEW: Wave-Particle Duality Pendant ✦ The Wave-Particle Duality Rings ✦ A Candle in the Dark: Lantern Earrings

Available now on Shapeways!

✦ Shapeways.com/shops/nature-in-theory ✦ Linktr.ee/NatureInTheory

Original designs © Olena Shmahalo / Nature in Theory

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↑ Art by me For Scientific American ↓

What If We Never Find Dark Matter?

Dark matter has turned out to be more elusive than physicists had hoped

INFO Inspired by antique nautical maps depicting monsters in unknown waters (here be dragons), this celestial map shows dark matter styled as a draconic serpent wrapping around galaxies. (Dark matter is like a gravitational glue that binds galaxy clusters together, while dark energy pushes them apart.) Imagery and labels on the objects around the map suggest dark matter candidates like axions, WIMPs and black holes.

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NEW PRINT!

Black Hole Laboratory, an art print by Olena Shmahalo

This is a gallery-quality giclée art print on 100% cotton rag archival paper, printed with archival inks.

A fantastical, retro-futuristic laboratory for black hole research. Originally created for The Institute for Advanced Study – The Institute Letter.

The graphics on the small screens represent real black hole characteristics: Kerr black holes, donut-shaped accretion disks, gravitational effects, binary systems & more.

Credit: Olena Shmahalo for The Institute for Advanced Study