I don't need clean hands

[silverfox66]

Adobe is going to spy on your projects. This is insane.

[audacityinblack]

For general graphics: use GIMP For vector graphics: use Inkscape For drawing and illustration: use Krita For print and web publishing and design: use Penpot For PDF authoring: use LibreOffice For PDF reading and form filling: use Okular

All are free, open source and cross-platform. None use AI.

[victoriadallonfan]

Reblog for everyone

[cpericardium]

friends don't let friends use GIMP. use photopea

[differentdancesfandom]

Gonna pop my favorite reference for Adobe alternatives here, lovingly compiled and updated by xDanielArt since at least 2020:

[captain-acab]

For an alternative to Adobe Illustrator, the maker of Photopea has now released Vectorpea!

Instead of Audacity or Adobe Premiere Pro/Audition, check out KdenLive!

[moonchild-77777777777]

- Marie Muravski.

[killyridols]

the sandman by cathleen clarke, 2023, oil & acrylic on canvas, 20 × 30 × 1.5 inches

[sharpenededgess]

[kuttithevangu]

Instead of doomscrolling lately I have been reading my PDFs and it turns out if you do this you learn a whole bunch of stuff. I’m afraid I must recommend it

[utatane-piko-official]

Sits on your dash

[thememedaddy]

[pastel-pink-psycho]

[pastperfectcontinuous]

bell hooks mentioned going through a time in her life where she was severely depressed and suicidal and how the only way she got through it was through changing her environment: She surrounded her home with buddhas of all colors, Audre Lorde’s A Litany for Survival facing her as she wakes up, and filling the space she saw everyday with reinforcing objects and meaningful books. She asks herself each day, “What are you going to do today to resist domination?” I also really liked it when she said that in order to move from pain to power, it is crucial to engage in “an active rewriting of our lives.”

[nervebynerve]

“The daily routine of most adults is so heavy and artificial that we are closed off to much of the world. We have to do this in order to get our work done. I think one purpose of art is to get us out of those routines. When we hear music or poetry or stories, the world opens up again. We’re drawn in — or out — and the windows of our perception are cleansed, as William Blake said. The same thing can happen when we’re around young children or adults who have unlearned those habits of shutting the world out.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin 

[kosmogrl]

[talon-dragonbeast]

i swear people freak out about the tamest shit ever

"they identify as animals" thats nice, sharon

"no but they actually think they are animals" theres a war going on, sharon

"like they wear masks and run around in all fours and even bark at people" sharon the war

[true-bean]

[enchantedbook]

"God of Cosmos" by Elderghoul (Dalton Kaplan)

[huariqueje]

Seeing Things in Black and White - Frances Featherstone , 2026.

British , b. 1976 -

Oil on linen 100 x 95 cm

[arjuna-vallabha]

Jahangiri Mahal, Red Fort, Agra, 16th Century. Photo by Amit Pasricha

[bonivers]

the whole world seems to revolve around marriage i’m bored