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Towards A More Perfect Union
Trump is a fake giant, surrounded by real pygmies. He checks out, that's half the battle.
December 13, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Trump is a fake giant, surrounded by real pygmies. He checks out, that's half the battle.
LINK: www.clipstudio.net/en/
Clip Studio Paint – Digital Art App for Drawing & Painting
Create comics, illustrations, and animations with Clip Studio Paint. Powerful multi platform drawing app trusted by pros, with thousands of free brushes.
www.clipstudio.net
December 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
LINK: www.clipstudio.net/en/
However, there is a less sophisticated offering named "Krita" that has a free version that may well suit my needs. I downloaded it, and I'll see if I can do anything with it. If it works out, I'll have to give them a donation. [10/END]
December 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
However, there is a less sophisticated offering named "Krita" that has a free version that may well suit my needs. I downloaded it, and I'll see if I can do anything with it. If it works out, I'll have to give them a donation. [10/END]
CSP is not particularly expensive, but it's effectively a pro tool. I was thinking it would be nice to use to generate copyright-free images for my own use, but it would be overkill for that purpose. [9/more]
December 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
CSP is not particularly expensive, but it's effectively a pro tool. I was thinking it would be nice to use to generate copyright-free images for my own use, but it would be overkill for that purpose. [9/more]
CSP allows import of 3D models, with tens of thousands of models available from "Clip Studio Assets", it appears including shared user models. It supports comic creation with features such as text balloons, and page-oriented or vertical-strip layouts. [8/more]
December 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
CSP allows import of 3D models, with tens of thousands of models available from "Clip Studio Assets", it appears including shared user models. It supports comic creation with features such as text balloons, and page-oriented or vertical-strip layouts. [8/more]
CSP supports both "raster" and "vector" drawing -- raster as in a typical paint program bitmap image, vector in which an image is a set of lines. A wide range of different brush styles is available. [7/more]
December 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
CSP supports both "raster" and "vector" drawing -- raster as in a typical paint program bitmap image, vector in which an image is a set of lines. A wide range of different brush styles is available. [7/more]
CSP was introduced by the Japanese company Celsys in 2012; in Japan, it's known as "KuriSuta", short for "Kurippu Sutajio (Clip Studio)". While it does use some AI features, it is at heart a drawing program, with the artist using a digital pen on a tablet. [6/more]
December 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
CSP was introduced by the Japanese company Celsys in 2012; in Japan, it's known as "KuriSuta", short for "Kurippu Sutajio (Clip Studio)". While it does use some AI features, it is at heart a drawing program, with the artist using a digital pen on a tablet. [6/more]
Nobody would put such effort into drawing background detail by hand, so I assumed that it was rendered by computer, and wondered what tools were being used. Apparently, there's effectively only one: Clip Studio Paint (CSP). [5/more]
December 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Nobody would put such effort into drawing background detail by hand, so I assumed that it was rendered by computer, and wondered what tools were being used. Apparently, there's effectively only one: Clip Studio Paint (CSP). [5/more]
OK, nothing more to be said about that here -- the significant thing being that the webtoon imagery is rendered in startling detail, for example glittering palaces, or in the case of Lady Bianca, extraordinarily elegant dresses. [4/more]
December 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
OK, nothing more to be said about that here -- the significant thing being that the webtoon imagery is rendered in startling detail, for example glittering palaces, or in the case of Lady Bianca, extraordinarily elegant dresses. [4/more]
The book says she will poison her romantic rival, Maria, and then be slain by her fiance, Duke Ricardo. Bianca tries to defy the script, but though she can modify the story, it always says she will be killed in the end. [3/more]
December 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The book says she will poison her romantic rival, Maria, and then be slain by her fiance, Duke Ricardo. Bianca tries to defy the script, but though she can modify the story, it always says she will be killed in the end. [3/more]
For example, I follow the series I'M THE VILLAINESS, BUT I WON'T LIVE LIKE ONE. It's a Korean "romantasy" -- romance-fantasy -- in which noble lady Bianca Crawford finds a "magic book" that seems to tell her the future course of her life. [2/more]
December 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
For example, I follow the series I'M THE VILLAINESS, BUT I WON'T LIVE LIKE ONE. It's a Korean "romantasy" -- romance-fantasy -- in which noble lady Bianca Crawford finds a "magic book" that seems to tell her the future course of her life. [2/more]
SUPPLEMENTARY:
PS: Action in the Caspian Sea is ramping up, with attacks on the freighters RACHMANINOV and ASKAR-SARIJA, which were carrying cargo between Iran and Russia, including munitions. They were hit by air drones, directed by the Chernaya Iskra (Black Spark) resistance movement.
PS: Action in the Caspian Sea is ramping up, with attacks on the freighters RACHMANINOV and ASKAR-SARIJA, which were carrying cargo between Iran and Russia, including munitions. They were hit by air drones, directed by the Chernaya Iskra (Black Spark) resistance movement.
December 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
SUPPLEMENTARY:
PS: Action in the Caspian Sea is ramping up, with attacks on the freighters RACHMANINOV and ASKAR-SARIJA, which were carrying cargo between Iran and Russia, including munitions. They were hit by air drones, directed by the Chernaya Iskra (Black Spark) resistance movement.
PS: Action in the Caspian Sea is ramping up, with attacks on the freighters RACHMANINOV and ASKAR-SARIJA, which were carrying cargo between Iran and Russia, including munitions. They were hit by air drones, directed by the Chernaya Iskra (Black Spark) resistance movement.
If Orban is complaining, the EU is doing something right.
December 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
If Orban is complaining, the EU is doing something right.
I was Army, but I won't be unhappy if Navy wins.
December 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I was Army, but I won't be unhappy if Navy wins.
Always gotta remember: Hoover got 40% of the vote in 1932. He was slaughtered electorally, and the GOP was completely out of power for 20 years -- and didn't really recover until Reagan.
December 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Always gotta remember: Hoover got 40% of the vote in 1932. He was slaughtered electorally, and the GOP was completely out of power for 20 years -- and didn't really recover until Reagan.
As was just demonstrated by Kristy Noem ... none of Trump's stooges seem to be able to think over the long term.
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DAYLOG MON 08 DEC 25 / ONCE & FUTURE HAS-BEENS: Donald Trump is not going to be around that much longer, with the question of: what comes after him? Nobody has a sure answer -- but one Dan Seitz, posting on BlueSky, suggested that Trump's stooges will be unhappy people. [1/more]
December 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
As was just demonstrated by Kristy Noem ... none of Trump's stooges seem to be able to think over the long term.
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60% disapproval is politically lethal.
December 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
60% disapproval is politically lethal.
Zelenskyy's presence near the front lines suggests AFU defenses against drones have become very solid.
December 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Zelenskyy's presence near the front lines suggests AFU defenses against drones have become very solid.
We've got too many trolls on BlueSky trying to sow division among the Dems. I just block them.
December 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
We've got too many trolls on BlueSky trying to sow division among the Dems. I just block them.
"Both things can be true!"
I'm thinking Trump's galloping senility might have something to do with it, too.
I'm thinking Trump's galloping senility might have something to do with it, too.
December 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"Both things can be true!"
I'm thinking Trump's galloping senility might have something to do with it, too.
I'm thinking Trump's galloping senility might have something to do with it, too.
Yeah, OK, whatever.
December 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Yeah, OK, whatever.
Nothing to disagree about there.
December 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Nothing to disagree about there.