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illustration i did for my uni project !!

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Gaming Dice.

I learned a lot about edges and light and color relationships here.

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Unpopular opinion but if you don't enjoy the process you should find a different thing to do.

And I think this is true in general but now I'm talking about it in the context of AI.

If you don't enjoy making art and only care about the end piece and how it'll look and how much traction it"lol get online then making art is not something for you, find something you enjoy from start to finish.

Same goes for writing: if you do not enjoy writing and rewriting and then some more and instead want AI to write for you, being a writer is not something you should pursue.

Sure, not every part of creative process is going to be equally enjoyable but you should get satisfaction from solving the problems along the way and you should get a sense of accomplishment on your way of "making the piece yours" and you should have a sense of ownership once you are done.

None of these things will come from typing in a prompt into chatGPT. And I am sad to see so many people are missing on the opportunity to experience the joy of making something with their own hands and brains.

Just give it a try and if you don't like it don't do it again.

But also don't let the expectations of it coming out perfect ruin the fun you are having while making the thing. Because what if I told you this: having fun while creating is the actual purpose of the creative process, not whatever comes out of it.

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Finished my wood-burned beholder design. Only took me *checks watch* 11 months.

I have too many hobbies.

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photo submitted by @strawberryfixld!! who it won't let me tag for some reason but oh well

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I made some new "Goddess of winter" dice! They are made with some soft blue and white pigment pastes and some sparkly metal foil. These are still raw and need some sanding and inking.

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[ID: Photos of a relief sculpture of a leaping horse, inspired by the palaeolithic cave paintings of Lascaux. The horse starts as a painting at the rear and is completely three-dimensional from the shoulders, so it appears to be emerging from the block of clay. Each photo shows a different angle. End ID.]

Commission piece from October 2024

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Hey y'all, do Etsy sellers a favour here, if you request help with an order asking for a refund, do not then immediately open a case against their shop. Give people a day to actually be awake. Etsy sellers aren't (supposed to be) companies with multiple employees. They're a single person or maybe like 2-3 people working together.

This is an asshole move and you're a dick if you do it. Opening a case: 1. Immediately flags the seller to Etsy as untrustworthy which affects literally every aspect of their business 2. Immediately drops their ratings, and viewability in searches 3. Flags the account to other buyers for WEEKS afterwards as having had a case against them 4. In some cases you get a double refund! Which sounds nice except the shop owner pays it twice to you and our profit margins are low. When that happens it costs us a lot of money.

Remember that the person you're dealing with is a human being who has to do things like sleep, eat, use the bathroom, shower, be sick, spend time with family, cook, and possibly also has school or another regular job. They aren't sitting there waiting to respond and issue your refund in under 5 minutes. Most of us check our shops 1-2 times a day. Hell, you don't even expect that sort of speed from mega-corporations. So why are you opening a case for 'failure to respond' on someone who's a single human and simply hasn't seen your request?

*Obviously you should open a case in some cases! But give the person 24 hours before you do, chances are really solid they just haven't checked yet and haven't seen. A case isn't necessary in most requests for help and when it isn't, it hurts perfectly legitimate and honest people just trying to earn a living.

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"Luna In The Sky," made by Ann-Marie Miro

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choose your fav flower friend

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Packing this Seventeen hat made to match their lightstick cover 🩷💎

So much fun to work on!

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Gaming purse. late 17th century. Credit line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/170357

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🅹🅸🅽🆇 | Test set, uninked.

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