Welcome to my account. My pronouns are he/she/they. I will occasionally post some digital and traditional art or other stuff here. My art will be under the cuchinkaartstuff tag. I like fantasy and sci-fi games. And books. Also... Cats. Cats are nice.
Extremely correct response, leaving out the inevitable debacle over citizens declaring counterfeit genders in order to have rarer pronoun pins to sell to collectors in the underground pronoun market.
Dibbler, only mildly discouraged, eventually realizes he can sell embellishments for your pronoun pin, which he claims will upgrade your gender.
Also of note is that there are no cops present at Ankh-Morpork Pride. This is not because they aren't welcome (everyone knows Nobby is as kinky as they come), but because the festivities include throwing bricks at the City Watch building and they are busy trying to make sure they still have a place to work the next day. The Night Watch prepares each year with a barricade, and pre-marriage Vimes always collects the good bricks so he can save for a house. Nobody is really sure where the tradition came from, but it's good fun and usually nobody gets hurt too badly.
The bricks are provided by Vetinari, who considers it a good test of city infrastructure and training for the Watch.
Cheery would 100% march in the parade. She'd get Nobby to go with her, but Nobby would be completely oblivious as to why (he assumed she just wants company).
Moist von lipwig would have pride-themed stamps made; these would inevitably have some kind of issue, which would create some outrage and ultimately make the stamps more valuable as collectors' items.
I don't get the impression that Ankh Morpork ever had anti-sodomy or crossdressing laws, so I don't think the queer community's history with the police would be the same as it is in the real world. Especially because Cheery Littlebottom literally started the Dwarf trans/feminism movement as an officer of the Watch, with the Watch's support.
Dibbler would totally sell pride flags with the wrong colors (and then insist it was the "new, updated version" if anyone questioned him)
The nobility are all scandalized, meanwhile the Seamstresses Guild has a float in the parade
Adora Belle Dearheart is deeply involved with at least one queer organization and is one of the main organizers of the Pride festival, but refuses to answer any questions about why
Ridcully decides the wizards should be involved, and Ponder Stibbons should make a float and organize the refreshments for them to eat while riding on the float. Ridcully's concept of allyship is loudly saying, "Well done, that man!" and pointing at anyone he thinks is exhibiting particularly queer behavior.
Madam Sharn and Pepe release a whole new line of Pride-themed chainmail
Bengo Macarona is embraced as a gay icon
Reg Shoe decides the main pride event is too corporate, and organizes an alternative pride parade for the same time and place; this immediately gets subsumed by the main pride event. Some Omnians show up to Pride to protest and Reg is delighted to have someone to fight with.
People keep trying to put Octarine into Pride flags, but since only wizards and cats can see it, it mostly leads to confusion; any wizard with one makes sure to incorporate it on general principles.
The average Ankh-Morporkian on the street has a Master’s-level understanding of queer theory, no two people agree as to the definition of any term or theoretical position. The acronym for the movement is too long to fit on the largest banner available and it keeps getting longer every year.
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So you can avoid them stealing things from you, the artist/writer, etc.
Pro GenAI websites/Programs:
Facebook
Instagram
X/Twitter (Remember, Grok gives people cancer)
Threads
Pro Writing Aid
Grammarly
Duolingo
Google Docs
Microsoft Word/all Microsoft products Takes from and will feed their machine.
Youtube (taking advantage of people who are hearing impaired. ==;;)
Adobe Products. All of them. If you HAVE to use them (Some businesses require it), save offline because there is a film of at least some privacy protections there, so if you have to sue, you can say it violates US privacy law. Remember, contracts do not circumvent US law.
Corel won't feed the machines, but still uses AI stolen from other artists. Which sucks since Corel Draw is the second best overall for vector programs. (Plus I love Painter, but I bought the offline version to avoid AI). (Canadian company)
Canva Takes and feeds their machine.
Deviant Art Not only supports AI, but put a tool in and said they are going to steal your work if you like it or not for their machine.
Sketchup went Pro-GenAI. The thing is that you can do the same thing in Blender these days with precise measurements.
Autodesk has stated they are Pro-Gen AI here. It is not clear if they will use your models to feed their machine. But be on guard. They make Maya and 3Dmax. You can replace it with Blender.
Neutral ground:
Tumblr (there is a way to opt out [Link] and they don't have an active AI machine.) https://www.tumblr.com/dookins/743519550598987776/heres-how-to-disable-third-parties-like-ai
Etsy allows GenAI, but still has some (minor) restrictions. I'd still be cautious. (Also be cautious of drop shippers). Complaints about too much AI and AI images+patterns made by Ai still exist on the website. They lean slightly more pro-AI, but still won't let it run completely amok, say like Facebook. They won't feed your work into a machine, but also don't ban it through robots.txt.
Bluesky They don't use an AI algorithm except for in the "Discover" section of their website, but while they are anti-GenAI strongly, they don't seem to block the Gen AI bots from entry, so you'd still have to use Nightshade or Glaze (links below). There is no opt-out because they don't need an opt out. (Leaning towards strong position on AI, but I wish they would block GenAI bots).
Searxng- If you super want to screw over Google, in general, and have some tech savvy, you can set up your own search engine through searxng. It's easier on Windows and Linux than it is on a Mac. (Mac you need Docker), but if you're determined on privacy, Searxng adds a layer of privacy. Some of it sometimes uses bits of AI, but most of it doesn't and you can fuss with the settings so it doesn't spit out AI results. At sheer minimum Google will stop spitting out weird videos on Youtube at you because in your private browsing, you searched for the origin of ball bearings while not logged in for a book and Google likes to break privacy laws.
Strong positions against AI:
Scrivener (Creator vowed against AI) Writing program. There is an active forum, and versions for Mac, Linux and PC. It is paid, but at ~60 USD, it's cheaper than most programs. There is usually a holiday sale around Christmas. It has a learning curve, but with an active forum with the programmer of it there to ask obscure questions it's not a dead zone. They often take suggestions and implement them over time. (Especially if you rank the importance, applications, etc) US company.
LibreOffice Open source and free Spreadsheet and Word processor program that can replace Microsoft Word. Some people might have seen older versions where it was called Neo Office (now extinct) and Open Office. LibreOffice is still populated, plus the forums are super helpful if you get stuck. The UX is pretty intuitive if you've used Microsoft Word. Scrivener, BTW, supports exporting to odt (the native file) as well as .doc, and this can open both. The slight thing is that sometimes it doesn't export to .doc smoothly. And I DO wish more magazines, and agent (big clue here) supported .odt files since it is free. Part of the reason .odt isn't as supported is because Microsoft and Adobe have a deal with the devil with each other, so Adobe's Book formatting program InDesign doesn't support ODT. (BTW, if you have a good open source replacement for InDesign that supports ODT, let me know.)
Dabble (as suggested by SF stories, see reblog) is a writing program. Similar to Scrivener. Has vowed against AI and to resist it. 108 dollars a year for Basic. It is almost twice the price of Scrivener who lets you update for fairly cheap. 29 dollars a month, v. 59 dollars for the whole program (Scrivener) for the same features of Premium. You choose.
yWriter is a free Writing program and like Scrivener, and has vowed against AI Last I looked it had some UX issues, but some people swear by it. The learning curve is higher than Scrivener which is saying something.
Ellipsus is an online writing program and vowed against AI. The main feature I like (which Scrivener doesn't have) is the ability to change spellcheck based on region/language. It is a requested feature of Scrivener, but lower priority. So if you have a Brit, you can get the spelling for the character. They are a British-based company.
Cara.app (The creator of the website sued GenAI there is no chance they'll convert) is an artist website. Cara is trying to institute an auto Glaze/Nightshade into the website if given enough funds. People see it as a soft replacement for deviant art. (which went fully AI) If you believe in human art, please donate if you can. Zhang Jingna, the Creator,is Chinese-Singporean. She lives in Singapore.
Clip Studio Paint added AI, but saw the light and decided to protect artists instead because of protest and removed it. There are tutorials and a good forum if you get super stuck. Based in Japan, so the UI and UX is really clean.
Davinci Resolve Pro is a film editing software that's super good. There is a free version and a paid version. The forums are responsive. The programmers aren't always present. There is a healthy group of tutorials. US company. Clean UX. It does take a little bit of time to remember the shortcuts.
Tahoma2D is anti-AI and open source animation program. Takes a little getting used to, but is good for animations and doesn't crash as often as Animate. Programmers are in the forums and some bugs are fixed within hours. The forums are super responsive and helpful.
Krita open source and free, no AI. I'd rank it secondary to Clip Studio Paint (which is paid) I haven't tried the forums, but it's pretty intuitive and can stand for a lower level replacement for Painter, and do a lot of the basics of Photoshop. It's usually ranked higher than the equally open source Gimp.
Writer P AKA Writer+ (app for when you're on the go) is a simple word processor app for your phone that doesn't use AI. The original programmer stopped updating, so Writer+ person took over and isn't out to make a profit since it's free in the spirit of the original app. It has subfolders you can use. Since it was programmed before GenAI it doesn't have AI. Intuitive, easy to use. Fairly easy to upload the files through three dots->share. The files can save to your card or phone with some settings fussing. Simple word processor.
Inkscape is a free vector program and no AI. It is harder to use than illustrator and has less features. But if you're doing smaller vectors for one-offs with less complexity, it'll do you after some learning curve. Best of the lot. I hate Affinity Designer which is the same thing, only paid. (Neither Affinity program was worth the money paid)
Affinity (Designer, etc) swore to be AI-free and does Vector and Photos. The UX is messy, I dislike the program and regret paying for it. Inkscape and Krita are better UX and do the same thing. The forums aren't as friendly since there has been an onslaught of people seeing it's supposed to be a replacement for Photoshop and Illustrator, but the programmers aren't present. The people on the forums are often on edge about this assertion. And the capabilities of the program don't outshine basically Krita or Inkscape capabilities (both free). What is usually intuitive is not. UK company. If you're going to pay for a program, go for Clip Studio Paint which rivals Corel Painter.
Blender is a 3D art program and does not use GenAI. It can do 2D animation, but Tahoma is easier to use in this regard. It's open source and free. Plus there are plenty of tutorials. The forums can be touch and go sometimes, but there are plenty of sub Blender communities that might be responsive. It can also do animation.
Handmade vowed against AI and promised to never sell itself for stock prices to prevent AI (as a replacement for Etsy.)
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Proton (to replace Google Suite) as suggested by SF Stories (see reblog) Vowed against AI. They are missing a spreadsheet, but have online and offline capabilities, plus a built-in VPN.
But you need a pro website...
Look up robots.txt and AI bots: https://www.cyberciti.biz/web-developer/block-openai-bard-bing-ai-crawler-bots-using-robots-txt-file/
Use cloudflare:
Use Nightshade:
https://nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu/whatis.html
which will poison the algorithm
Use Glaze:
Take Away:
The thing is you think you doing it alone will do nothing, but the more AI feeds on itself, AI images, the worse they become, and the less detailed so, denying it the images, adding poison or not being able to read the human text is eventually going to lead to an AI collapse.
Analysis shows that indiscriminately training generative artificial intelligence on real and generated content, usually done by scrapi
And why not help that along?
I don't want to give cancer to poor people [Link] or make the planet burn faster [Link]. So GenAI collapse is everything I dream of. GenAI apocalypse is not.
why are all these modern aus for the Odyssey set in a high school. where's the retelling where Odysseus is just a guy lost in an airport who keeps missing his connecting flights home due to a comical series of delays and disgruntled airline employees
Jesus Tapdancing Christ... THIS is a good welt pocket and the people who designed Simplicity 2895 ought to be blasted well ASHAMED of themselves for the crap way THEY wanted a welt pocket made. *SNARLS*
This is how I learned to do it and a good example of what you want to see in a short form tutorial: pinning, pressing, seam finishing, good fabric handling.
I would mention that you can make the pocket facing with a small panel of your matching fabric that is visible and the rest in a lighter fabric to reduce bulk. That's a lot of denim layers for comfort.
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Another post after a veeeeeeeery long time of inactivity. Meet Adward everyone. He's my dhampir(vampire, but game mechanics of a dhampir due to balance) cleric of Kelemvor (ironic, no I don't know how he became his cleric either. I'm working on it, I swear. Blame the Roll for a character challenge).
His name is a pun on that one sparkly vampire.
He's my current PC in my friend's DnD and he's so much fun to play as. I've had him for two sessions, but i'm already attached to him. So prepare for possible Adward content.
Fun fact: As a part of his cleric spell repertoir, he has the Ceremony spell and he had succesfully burnt himself on more than one occasion while creating holy water. He also sometimes sparkles. And you can 100% definitely trust him with your exposed neck.
a quick psa to anyone recently getting into greek mythology and is a victim of tumblr and/or tiktok misconceptions:
-there is no shame in being introduced to mytholgy from something like percy jackson, epic the musical or anything like that, but keep in mind that actual myths are going to be VERY different from modern retellings
-the myth of medusa you probably know (her being a victim of poseidon and being cursed by athena) isn't 100% accurate to GREEK mythology (look up ovid)
-there is no version of persephone's abduction in which persephone willingly stays with hades, that's a tumblr invention (look up homeric hymn to demeter)
-as much as i would like it, no, cerberus' name does not mean "spot" (probably a misunderstanding from this wikipedia article)
-zeus isn't the only god who does terrible things to women, your fav male god probably has done the same
-on that note, your fav greek hero has probably done some heinous shit as well
-gods are more complicated than simply being "god of [insert thing]", many titles overlap between gods and some may even change depending on where they were worshipped
-also, apollo and artemis being the gods of the sun and the moon isn't 100% accurate, their main aspects as deities originally were music and the hunt
-titans and gods aren't two wholly different concepts, titan is just the word used to decribe the generation of gods before the olympians
-hector isn't the villain some people make him out to be
-hephaestus WAS married to aphrodite. they divorced. yes, divorce was a thing in ancient greece. hephaestus' wife is aglaia
-ancient greek society didn't have the same concepts of sexuality that we have now, it's incorrect to describe virgin goddesses like artemis and athena as lesbians, BUT it's also not wholly accurate to describe them as aromantic/asexual, it's more complex than that
-you can never fully understand certain myths if you don't understand the societal context in which they were told
-myths have lots and lots of retellings, there isn't one singular "canon", but we can try to distinguish between older and newer versions and bewteen greek and roman versions
-most of what you know about sparta is probably incorrect
-reading/waching retellings is not a substitute to reading the original myths, read the iliad! read the odyssey! i know they may seem intimidating, but they're much more entertaining than you may think
greek mythology is so complex and interesting, don't go into it with preconcieved notions! try to be open to learn!
some people think writers are so eloquent and good with words, but the reality is that we can sit there with our fingers on the keyboard going, “what’s the word for non-sunlight lighting? Like, fake lighting?” and for ten minutes, all our brain will supply is “unofficial”, and we know that’s not the right word, but it’s the only word we can come up with…until finally it’s like our face got smashed into a brick wall and we remember the word we want is “artificial”.
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Dargon- a displacer kin fighter (I might change him into a rogue though) for my friend's upcoming DnD campaign. He's a pirate with no backstory so far (but I swear I'm working on it)
Shuffle your 'on repeat' playlist and post the 10 first tracks & tag 10 people
(youtube music has Replay Mix)
thanks for the tag @tyunningcore !
Flu Game - Fall Out Boy
Raoul and the Kings of Spain - Tears For Fears
Disloyal Order of Water Buffaloes - Fall Out Boy
Young And Menace - Fall Out Boy
I Won't Touch a Girl Again - Feverfew
The Kids Aren't Alright - Fall Out Boy
Pretending to be Someone Stronger - Feverfew
GH2024 - Waterparks
The City Sleeps In Flames - Scary Kids Scaring Kids
America's Suitehearts - Fall Out Boy
clearly still deep in FOBland lol. tagging um @lowoliet @mentally-unstable-fangirl @ralexsol @whaaaaaaaalllle6 @acidrain39 @playgroundeyes @barringtonishigh @reinventlqve @hiddeninthe-veil and sorry to anyone i forgot, please join in!
I wouldn't do this either and I was hesitant to join to the parade but damn... My character had a hard time and I am allowed a little secret. Can you keep it swear this one you'll save...
Here enjoy my heavenly youtube shuffle mix! And thanks for the tag @curse-of-dming-strahd ( I see we have an artist twin in 1st place. I see you are a person of culture as well °^°!)
1. Lo Fi (Full Music video) - Tom Cardy
2. AURORA- All My Demons / Studio Version - AURORA
3. 恋の遮断機 feat.H ZETTRIO - koinosyadanki feat H ZETTRIO (feat. H ZETTRIO) - ATARASHII GAKKO!
4. SALTY SEAMEN ( a completely innocent sea shanty that's definitely(...) - Dan Bull
5. sucker is a new and original son which doesn't plagiarize at all - Triple-Q
6. Guns for hire (fromt he series Arcane League of Legends) - Woodkid
7. An old Frend tune ( by Georges Brassens) Pomplamoose ft John Schroeder - Pomplamoose
8. Natalia Sarsgård (Tsarikova) Nightwisch - "Sleeping sun" - Natalia Sarsgård
9. Howl's Moving castle Theme but it's actually dark and depressing - PianoDeuss
10. [French] Kainé (Salvation)- Nier (feat. FFMelodie) - Mioune
And now I'll summon some beings I think will be happy to get tagged (probably, assuming I haven't annoyed the hell out of them)
@diabolossrising @cuchinka @mxvanrichten @anantplayingdnd @saladcannibal @willow-boop @drowsylock @sleeplesssly @curseofkolyana @sunshinegirl24
No Longer You - Jorge Rivera-Herrans, Mason Olshavsky (Epic: the Musical)
Dancing with the Source - Tambura version - Borislav Slavov (Divinity: Original Sin 2)
Sebille's Theme - Borislav Slavov (Divinity: Original Sin 2)
Another Round of Gwent - Miracle Of Sound
Kiss Me You Animal - Burn the Ballroom
Here's a Health to the Company - Sean Dagher, Richard Irwin, Nelson Carter, Nils Brown, Michiel Shrey, Charlotte Cumberbirch, David Gossage (Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag)
Ascension - Miracle Of Sound
Blade of Frontiers - Jonathan Young, Em Young
You're Gonna Go Far, Kid - The Offspring
Suffering - Jorge Rivera-Herrans, Anna Lea (Epic: the Musical)
As for tagging people, I have no idea. Whoever feels like doing this, I guess?
Also thanks for summoning tagging me @niccola-decapovina
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So apparently drawing by hand with stylus on a graphic tablet is much easier than with finger on a screen. Shocker. Also I'm trying out new art style. So have a bunch of DnD characters I haven't played as yet and I will be using them to my portfolio for college, but they have a bunch of lore.
Characters:
Snake/lizard-like creature: Yet unnamed, it was supposed to be bush viper yuan-ti, but yuan-ti don't have both legs and tail, they're mainly tail or just legs, so there's this creature now. Probably a mix between a lizardfolk and yuan-ti.
Kobold: His name is Zap, he's a wild magic sorcerer who got his name by accidentally electrifying another kobold as soon as he hatched. I'm not sure what he will be hoarding yet, since I've read somewhere that kobolds hoard random stuff, but he will probably hoard sticks because sticks are cool.
Drow: His name is Valdrin, he's a disaster rogue and he's a part of Bregan D'Aerthe. (Cliché, I know, but I swear he's not edgy. He's just dumb sometimes.) Also random fact about him: He can run in 6 inch stilettos as s result of a drunken bet.
Anyway, I've got a bunch of stuff on my phone that I'm working on, but also stuff on PC, so there will be in future posts combination of art styles. Also Photoshop works differently than Ibis Paint X.
