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Have a look at this!

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hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

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MGC was fun!

The Wisconsin Computer Club table at Midwest Gaming Classic 2024 in Milwaukee this last weekend.

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Brilliant.

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Cat software on dog hardware

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btw if you borrow dvds or cds from library you can rip them onto your own blanks or onto your hard drive or whatever. librarians don’t care and they won’t know if you do it or not

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Some photos from the Wisconsin Computer Club's Open House Show in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin on 3.30.24. As usual I got pictures mostly at the start and end of the show when there weren't as many people around. All involved had a great time!

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Reblog to open a rail line from your blog to the person you reblogged this from

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Coming into a fandom late

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Now that's neat.

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So a free tool called GLAZE has been developed that allows artists to cloak their artwork so it can't be mimicked by AI art tools.

AI art bros are big mad about it.

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Most folks were thrilled with the consoles they were familiar with, while folks from the club were excited to play with systems they don't usually get a chance to try, like the Neo Geo, Virtual Boy, and PC Engine SuperDrive. The surprise success was the "Cool Baby" bootleg NES Mini (seen in the photo playing "Tank A 1990") after the Xbox cut out and it got swapped in. Virtually every game is a sprite swapped bootleg of something else, and it was a delight playing around with all the weird games on it. Evercon 2025 will kick off on February 28th! See you there!

Evercon Video Game Museum, 2024

122 video games in total, ranging from 1973 to present day.

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This is gonna be good!

Evercon setup! The (second) biggest retro tech show in Wisconsin! Starts on Friday, March 1st, 2024! See you there!

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The Wisconsin Computer Show on February 2nd, 2024 was a big success!

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Woodgrain is good.

Going in for repairs! 1976 Atari Pinball Breakaway game.