#mastering carving

[techdriveplay]

How to Carve on a Snowboard

In this guide, we'll explore the personal insights I've accumulated as a snowboard instructor to teach you how to carve on a snowboard.

As a globetrotting snowboard instructor, I’ve dedicated the last few years of my life to mastering and teaching the art of carving on a snowboard. Carving isn’t just a technique; it’s the essence of snowboarding, combining speed, precision, and grace in a way that feels almost like flying. This guide is a culmination of years of experience, offering a deep dive into everything you need to know to…

[hoshizoralone]

haloween

[doctorwhoisadhd]

print i made of an illustration from dwmag 116 (sept 1986) :D

[reality-detective]

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[miserymet]

Hello! For the drawing requests, could you please do a drawing of Roll? Love your comic btw and I'm excited to see what happens next!

Shes so cute i miss her so bad capcom PLEASE

[jorenilee]

super scuffed but i got no time so rough concept sketches of witch hat josuyasu..... the brainrot deepens

[padawansuggest]

You know you into yarn when you have headcanons about what spindles characters would particularly like, what they prefer to do with the yarn, what type of wheel spinner they are, and who has 17 projects going on at once (Anakin) vs who’s gonna focus almost entirely on one project as they go through thought spindle spinning a fine yarn, plying and washing enough of it for a blanket, immediately sticking it on the loom, and weaving a particularly intricate pattern (Obi-Wan) vs who’s the ‘I add the knots of silk and locks so that I can live in the moment and let chunks come out when they need to’ (as if I even have to say it, it’s Qui-Gon)-

ANYWAYS. I actually love yarn and think that yarn craft should be more in fics but that’s sorta like how lots of chefs and bakers make a lot of foodie fics like it’s nice but. Everyone eats. Not enough people care about Scottish spindles. Obi-Wan has 7 Scottish spindles and like 8 Turkish ones so he can make a blanket’s worth of yarn in a single go without having to unwind them and ply right away. Qui-Gon likes supported spindles and a traditional wheel. Anakin designs and makes his own electric spinners, electric yarn counters, and electric cone winders. And then he knits Padme shawls. Qui-Gon crochets blankets and keeps leaving them in the creche or outside random apartments in the temple. Obi-Wan weaves. Anakin spent 5 hours learning how to dye fiber in Padme’s favorite colours, made an electric wool carder to make batts of them, spent a solid 15 hours spinning enough for a massive shawl in lace weight yarn for his wife, knit her one, and then went back to his ADHD project hopping.

I have ideas!!!!!!

[hollow-head]

What material do you use to sculpt?

Lots.

My favorite material is digital, but I sold my 3d printer when I moved cross country a couple years ago and haven't got a new one yet.

Earlier this year I was going to the little local art center really close to my place that does pottery, but their kiln's been broken for like 2 months and they need to replace it. I made a leaf-shaped spoon rest and a leaf-shaped utensil cylinder with a lizard on it.

I used to do a lot of "soft sculpture" ie dollmaking but am too lazy these days. to really get back into it. I also made weird gothic marionettes in high school, like this little pumpkin guy

Right now I'm using Sculpey oven bake clay, which is the acrylic paint of sculpture in that it is quick and cheap, but I'm having trouble with how squishy it is.

What I REALLY need to learn is how to cast molds. Then I can make toys that are more durable than 3D printed stuff. Soon as I can make small batch artisanal action figures I'll be unstoppable.

[letmeinimafairy]

Available miniatures

Some of the latest available paintings and resin pendants, plus one diorama. Botanical motifs on sea pottery, three pieces based on The Master and Margarita, arcs and landscapes.

And now there's a backup option for payments through PayPal, yay. In case boosty doesn't agree with you

[orangejuice13467]

MASTER SHAKE

[therentyoupay]

Hello, Kris! I think I might’ve already gotten the gist of it, but it’s been some time. What exactly IS Academia Mode? Are you still in school, or is this your actual job, and it just happens to be involved in the education system?

Many thanks!

hahah no worries!!! that is a good question 🤣😭😭🙏 for me, academia mode is currently finishing the 5th and final year of my doctoral program and includes (but is not limited to lol):

data collection, analysis, write-ups

writing python programs to support my data cleaning, data coding, stats, and data analysis/visualizations

applying for GRANT MONEYYYY

submitting abstract proposals to conferences (and applying for MORE GRANT MONEYYYY)

reporting research findings (writing journal article manuscripts, preparing conference slides)

writing my actual dissertation manuscript lol

supporting and instructing my research assistants

sharing my research with mainstream public audiences

writing my non-fiction book based on my ongoing dissertation research

teaching classes, grading papers, holding office hours, fielding emails, writing letters of recommendation for all sorts of students' fellowships/grad admissions/grant applications, teaching students how to strategize their personal statements, grant purpose letters, and other aspects of apps, etc.

peer-reviewing others' journal manuscripts, providing feedback to colleagues (blind review or not)

assisting with my advisor's research and textbook manuscripts (proofreading, copy-editing, internet sleuthing, finding more up-to-date citations, occasionally writing rough drafts)

writing chapters for edited volumes on various topics

READING. all the time. reading new literature and research articles constantly. ALL THE TIME. writing 1-pagers and mini-annotated bibs for future lit review use, etc.

WRITING. all the time. professional-speak, academic-speak, insructor-speak.

getting paid to travel to conferences to present my research (GRANT MONEYYYYYY)

by may 2025, i'll be a Ph.D.!!!!!! [screams]

academia mode! ✨🤣🤣🤣😭🤣💕 every day, i think about how lucky i am that i get paid to do what i do 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 hope you are having a magnificent day, and thank you for the ask!!

[age-of-moonknight]

“Crusader,” Phases of the Moon Knight (Vol. 1/2024), #1.

Writer: Benjamin Percy; Artist: Rod Reis; Letterer: Cory Petit

[dreamsrunfaster]

god i love watching old discovery. every season is pitch-perfect to the moment it was released. it met us in our grimdark misery and said hold my hand and it led us to the 32nd century.

[universestreasures]

"Here ye! Here ye!"

"There's a reason I said it twice!"

"And now, make some noise because the future King of Duels has finally arrived!"

Tatsuhisa “Luke” Kamijo from Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens / Go Rush has been added as a Somewhat Active muse! Canon compliment and headcanon expanded!

Luke's orientation is bi!

[theboykingsmichaelsword]

i don't have many fandom pet peeves because if i don't like it i scroll away and try not to think about it but regarding the spn fandom in particular, people downplaying dean's hell trauma will never fail to grind my gears

[sheltiechicago]

Tender Interactions Emerge from Wood in Fumiya Watanabe’s Delicate Sculptures

Based in Gifu, Japan, the artist studied wood carving during university, then later with a master Inami artisan. Honing a technical understanding of the medium prompted Watanabe to immortalize things he saw and experienced into delicate artworks.

Photos by Sayumi. All images © Fumiya Watanabe