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AI-blocking is where?

In my version of the Tumblr interface, the slider-button to block AI is under Visibility, "Prevent third-party sharing," and AI is barely mentioned at all; it's not until I got past the "licensed network of content and research partners" that Tumblr admitted this includes "those that train AI models."

*click*

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Old Lady Moon continues! She will become available on EveryDayOriginal next week.

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Starting a new personal piece. It's a work in progress.

Right now I'm using erasable colored pencils to get the lines down, figuring out how to turn an idea into a story. Let's see where this goes…

(This scribbly sketch will grow into a watercolor for Every Day Original later this month.)

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Details of a golden sea, part II : Sunset at sea, by Diyarbakirli Tahsin (1875–1937)

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Sounds about right to me these days. Try to live without it, you’ll see…

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on perfectionism

There's a difference between striving for self-improvement and being a perfectionist. Working hard to do a good job or to be a better person is laudable. Being a perfectionist makes those things harder to accomplish.

The goal of being "perfect" isn't to improve, it's to avoid shame. If you're aiming for "perfect" instead of "better" then you're probably full of self-doubt and constantly worried about disappointing yourself and/or others. These negative emotions make it harder to take risks and try new things. They make it harder to experiment or to reach beyond your current skill level.

Perfectionists also spend their time focused on the end result. This means that they lose a lot of learning during the process or journey they took on their way to finishing. It also means they can fall into a trap of procrastination. If it's never finished then they'll never be judged for doing a bad job.

If you have perfectionist tendencies, you probably learned them from those around you. Either they are perfectionists and expect you to be one too or their actions pressured you into trying to be perfect in order to escape some form of pain.

Are you constantly being told that you're not good enough? That the things you do aren't done well enough? Are you punished severely for every mistake that you make? Are people always comparing you to someone else who's "better" than you are and asking why you aren't like them?

Perfectionism is a way of protecting yourself from those kinds of attacks and the way they make you feel.

Getting out of the loop of perfectionism takes a lot of time and practice and might also require the help of a therapist. But there are some things you can try to help you ease out of it, at least a little bit.

Give yourself the positive feedback you aren't getting from others. Positive self-talk and encouragement can counter some of the negativity you're otherwise being exposed to.

Allow yourself to make mistakes in areas of your life where those negative people aren't involved. Perhaps even do it in complete privacy at first. Make a mistake and feel the shame and disappointment, but follow that up with positive self-talk. Congratulate yourself on taking a step away from perfectionism. Find something beautiful or funny in the mistake. Realize that you're still okay, even though you aren't perfect.

And above all, remind yourself that your value doesn't come from being perfect. It doesn't come from the things you produce or the actions you do to support others. Your value is inherent and immutable. You're worthy because you exist. You are here and you are wonderful and you are loved. ❤️

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COMUS par John Milton

1921/24

Paris : Librairie Hachette

Artist : Arthur Rackham

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An early piece by Leyendecker for The Inland Printer

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Brilliant!

I feel confident enough to post these now. A collection of all the existing posters after some edits from the other post that got 13k notes! These are full size/quality. Go nuts.

You may use them for wallpapers, tabletop campaigns, whatever. Consider tipping me (do people use kofi for that or tumblr's built in system? Let me know what you prefer) or buying a print or sticker here! If you do use them, let me know what for, or send pictures!

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In which I announce a Signing! https://emeraldcitytrolls.com/events.html

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In honor of the happy floating grimoire I recently painted for 78 Tarot's oracle deck, here's a spookier grimoire I painted for Magic years and years ago! I bet it's much less fun to read.

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The Halloween Tarot and its companion “Creatures of the Night” oracle deck are coming to KS! And here's my watercolor painting for the Lovers, set up on its card for the announcement!

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MtG artist news

My newsletter this month has updates about my work for Magic;the Gathering.  Among other news, I’m going to start signing cards again. https://mailchi.mp/068d6c0244b4/magic-cards-butterflies

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Resilience by So MK

I adored working on this painting. It is the second one I documented day after day on social media. You can find a whole folder of WIP picts on my Facebook 🙂

The colours are a mix of very stable plant based pigments that I grow, harvest and make, and some good traditional ones.

The gold leaf is 23.5kt for the yellow, 22kt for the white and the sterling silver circle at the bottom has been heavily oxydized for a darker look.

The brown is my walnut ink, the yellow is Dandelion, the blue is my own Mayan blue (indigo on sepiolite), the greens range from stabilized  elderberry leaves to mixes of indigo+dyer’s weed.

The whole painting is roughly 35×65 on artboard. It will come with its mount as pictured in the last photo.

The whole wip folder can be found here https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10159019964711871&type=3

I will add the shipping afterward, at the customer’s convenience!

Please, feel free to contact me for any info!

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It has been a while, but another Magic card has been released into the world with my name in tiny type at the bottom. It is always a pleasure to work with my friends at Wizards of the Coast.