tide in, whales north

more ink than your average squid, more melody than your average radio and commercial free, all day

[charlesoberonn]

[clouds-of-wings]

There's also the additional aspect that if luxuries are what's expensive, you can choose to go without and then you don't have to make so much money. You can choose to work part-time, or seasonally, or one person can provide for a group, if living is cheap and you don't need luxury. But if being alive is expensive, you have no choice but to work a lot, regardless of how frugal your lifestyle is. And then you may as well buy yourself the latest gadget to cheer yourself up after another annoying week at work, because it costs barely anything anyway.

[sassinake]

Exactly this. Basic necessities are priced like luxuries.

Everything else is just sugar water.

[fleurdelucienne]

STORYTIME. Last February, I sold a mug on Etsy. Common occurrence. Great. After it arrived at its new home, I got an email from the woman who bought it. She thanked me for the beautiful piece and remarked that the handle was perfect—she struggles with arthritis and finds many mugs difficult to hold. I was so touched!

Fast forward to six weeks ago—I receive an email from her husband, explaining he broke the mug (lol) and asking if I’d be willing to take on a commission to replace it. He reiterates how she has arthritis but also shares she used to make pottery, herself, but can only really paint, now. I say of course! Come to find out, he wants a WHOLE SET of mugs to replace the broken one. Even better! I end up making the whole set twice (I wasn’t satisfied with the first attempt), but finally get them packed up and sent off across the country.

I just received the kindest message from the husband, saying “It is not often in today's world that someone does 100% of what they have promised,” thanking me profusely, and sharing that his wife is already happily using the new mugs.

Anyway, I guess the point is that making art is hard. And commissions always cause me a lot of undue stress, but things like this remind me why I love creating and connecting with people. 💙

[moldspace]

squeezing one last shop update in before the summer ends! next Friday, the 14th, at 6:30 PM MT! be there or be square >:^)

[rabbits-of-negative-euphoria]

if they're gonna remake The Princess Bride, it should open with a kid sick in bed scrolling on his phone. his grandpa arrives with a gift--it's a DVD player with a disc already inside. grandpa hooks it up to the TV and presses play. and we all just watch the original 1987 film again.

[navigatorsnorth]

Phenomenal spare wheel cover I walked past the other day

[txttletale]

every time i watch some piece of media about how abused children need to put in the work to understand their poor put upon parents i think about the scene in the asoue netflix show where klaus is told his shitty boss had a terrible childhood and says "i'm having a very terrible childhood right now". like damn gottem pack it up we can stop doing this narrative in film and literature now

[acorviart]

ceramic previews are now in the shop so you can read descriptions and prices! these drop on aug 8, 2PM CT and have historically sold quite fast, so make sure you set an alarm

especially if you want the black cat, because you'll have to compete with the person who's snagged multiple of my previous black cat figures within seconds in the past 👀

[acorviart]

ceramics are up now, good luck

[vithcy]

Currently here

[pocket-deer-belly]

i do actually think it's crazy that employers get a say over shit like tattoos and piercings and we just let that happen

[pocket-deer-belly]

if you look cool as fuck you become unemployable

[pocket-deer-belly]

i do also mean like, face tattoos, yall know that right

[partyinthecloudkingdom]

besides the obvious that people should have the right to do what they want with their bodies as a form of self expression, the stigma against face tattoos specifically has a long, violent, racist, imperialist history that stretches across the globe

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[beardedmrbean]

[approximateknowledge]

once you learn enough about evolutionary biology you start seeing ghosts everywhere

[approximateknowledge]

after the end cretaceous extinction event, basically all megafaunal niches were suddenly empty; and most got filled in some way. proboscideans instead of sauropods, carnivorans instead of theropods, ungulates instead of ceratopsians and hadrosaurs etc...

but the thing is: only *most* got filled to some extent

not all

because there used to be dragons

and now their niche is just *empty*

it's like i can feel the gap they left, in everything from open grassland ecosystems to isolated islands; the world we know is shaped by the absence of a truly big flying predator

no bird could ever fill their niche, because of plain and simple anatomical constraints

because they cannot use their wings to jump

birds could never be azdarchids

they could never be dragons

there are no more dragons

but there used to be

there used to be...

[eomer]

i love seeing fantasy media and people in general find out about the extinct irish elk and its mclargehuge antlers and using them in their stories but i feel like everyone's been sleeping on the also extinct bush antlered deer and its equally impressive antlers

[eomer]

look at those thangs

Image credit to Ghedoghedo on wikipedia

[ullathynell]

New digital extra has been unlocked in the Woodlands Kickstarter: A set of wallpapers designed for phone, tablet, and laptop! Detailed specs can be found in the latest update.

[loish]

Are your drawings confusing and chaotic? Or do you feel like it's missing something? It might be because your focal point is unclear. Don’t worry - you can fix it! It’s all about shifting your… focus *ba dum tss* 🥁

I made a tutorial about how you can boost your focal point! I explain why it's important and do some paint-overs. Check it out here!

[liberalsarecool]

Israel First, America Last. #DefundGenocide

Vote accordingly.

[acorviart]

ceramic previews are now in the shop so you can read descriptions and prices! these drop on aug 8, 2PM CT and have historically sold quite fast, so make sure you set an alarm

especially if you want the black cat, because you'll have to compete with the person who's snagged multiple of my previous black cat figures within seconds in the past 👀

[vanessavonskittles]

Haha, that would be meeeeee~~~~~~. I love your little cats SO MUCH and the only thing protecting my bank account from utter ruin is that you don't take commissions on ceramics and I respect that.

I will note, however, that out of the three cats in your last shop drop that someone else beat me to the punch on the one I wanted the most badly and had targeted first. So you've got at least two sets of twitchy fingers gunning for them.

I'll also throw in that I've been bringing one of your little guys along with me on most of my trips in the last few months and taking photos. I've been planning to put together a small album of them to share with you, but, well, effort and the intimidation of initiating contact. As a teaser, here's a shot from this weekend at an event that has notoriously sold out quickly as well:

And here's where the whole collection lives at home:

The mini canvas is the work of @iambittythings, bought at last year's round of the quick-ticket event.

[acorviart]

oh my god he’s got a guillotine

thank you for giving them a good home!!

[ciborgueamaral]

Cross-legged chair by Luiz Philippe Carneiro de Mendonça spotted at a Street antique market at Rio de Janeiro

[redscharlach]

A chair that doesn't give a sit.