Miss seeing so many peeps so am following the migration from Twitter to Bluesky. 🦄 Once a lurker always a lurker but at least I can see friendly faces, catch up on normal things, and not have what I want to see steamrolled by algorithms.
Miss seeing so many peeps so am following the migration from Twitter to Bluesky. 🦄 Once a lurker always a lurker but at least I can see friendly faces, catch up on normal things, and not have what I want to see steamrolled by algorithms.
"Why is this handmade plush $500?! I could make it myself for $20!" Okay go buy the 5 types of fabric, thread for each color, stuffing, eyes, design your own pattern & embroidery, buy an embroidery and/or sewing machine (or do all by hand), cut & sew & stuff. $20 worth of materials, time & effort!
January 14, 2026 at 1:09 AM
"Why is this handmade plush $500?! I could make it myself for $20!" Okay go buy the 5 types of fabric, thread for each color, stuffing, eyes, design your own pattern & embroidery, buy an embroidery and/or sewing machine (or do all by hand), cut & sew & stuff. $20 worth of materials, time & effort!
Back to work, and trying to tie up a lot of loose ends. Its amazing how much time gets eaten up by tasks not directly related to art itself; there's book keeping, supply sourcing & ordering, organization, social media/website, convention research/applications, convention set-ups, fulfillment...
December 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Back to work, and trying to tie up a lot of loose ends. Its amazing how much time gets eaten up by tasks not directly related to art itself; there's book keeping, supply sourcing & ordering, organization, social media/website, convention research/applications, convention set-ups, fulfillment...
"people can still download your art from bsky and feed it into AI" if gamer behavior has taught me anything, just one extra button press is more than enough to annoy a MASSIVE amount of people into not making the effort
December 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"people can still download your art from bsky and feed it into AI" if gamer behavior has taught me anything, just one extra button press is more than enough to annoy a MASSIVE amount of people into not making the effort