Hadi Rahnaward: 'Fragile Balance' (2023) rug sculpture created with matches
Was being a neighbor-botherer today…hopefully not too much of one…
Karl Alexander Wilke (1879-1954)
The Devil's Grandmother After A Rejuvenation Cure
something that boils my piss about visa and mastercard and stripe and paypal unilaterally declaring themselves the final arbiters of what kind of legal business people are allowed to conduct is how much of their bullying is based on pure aesthetics. If you go through the retailer list of a certain specialty herb supplier, the stores that are dressed as legal highs and head shops have all got the banhammer but the stores dressed as wellness and lifestyle have the full suite of payment options available. THEY'RE THE SAME. FUCKING. BUSINESS.
It's the same with adult products, if you want a dildo from Horny Hank's Freaky Fuck Bazaar you gotta pay with crypto or bank transfer but if you want the exact same dildo from the Heterosexual Coupling Healthy Happiness Enhancement Emporium you can pay with paypal.
They don't even truly care what you're selling they only care how it looks. The image of respectable conformity matters more than the substance of the business and products. And actually I don't think anyone should have to meet arbitrary standards of what an acceptable storefront looks like to be able to draw a cartoon dick when drawing cartoon dicks is in fact perfectly fucking legal. You should be able to draw and distribute cartoon dicks in accordance with the law without being forced to dress your cartoon dick dispensary like a hot yoga studio, actually.
was about to make a silly post about how i'm lying on my bed, kicking my legs in the air, smiling like a teen girl in love, while reading about mealworm pathogens, but that post is cancelled because i found this gif instead
you forgot the best part tho
(via @butchmuppet)
no lie, the second half of this post really helped me put a different perspective on my life and greatly the decreased the anxiety i have about my life to come
[id: 10 panels of the Are ya winnin son meme. This time, the father is at the door, the son on the ground crying, surrounded by papers. Father asks: are u ok. Son responds: no i don't know what to do in the future and it's getting closer and closer and i feel so overwhelmed.
2nd image: Father says: Listen, son. 3rd image: Father is in the room, saying: The future isn't gonna sneak up and catch you one day. There's only today after today after today. 4th image: Father sits down. He says: You don't need to know exactly what you're going to do a week from now, a year from now, or an hour from now.
5th image: Father says: Just focus on what you can do today to prepare yourself for tomorrow. one day, you'll be far past this day and you'll wonder why you were ever worried. 6th image: Father says: It's normal to feel overwhelmed. I'm here if you ever need help, and you're allowed to take a break whenever you need one. One step at a time, son. 7th image: Son responds: thanks dad
8th image: Father is about to leave the room and says: Of course, son. Just take a moment to calm down. I'll go get you a drink. 9th image: Father says: I love you. Son responds: I love you too. 10th image: Son stops crying and sighs. End id]
Thank you for the id!
Uncaring
with the news Gumroad is going to be cracking down on nsfw content due to payment processor pressure, reminder that itch.io is mostly known for games but explicitly allows books/zines/etc too and many nsfw creators swear by them as a host for their paid works. (with the caveat that they do limit this to nsfw content that is fictional, not eg irl porn work, among other content requirements; the full policy is here.)
itch.io is especially noteworthy because their approach to creator/platform split is incredibly flexible; you as the creator choose the split. you can in fact choose to take 100% and give itch.io nothing, only losing out on any payment processor fees. obviously itch does need people to choose to share some revenue with them to continue going, but if you as a creator need to retain your profits to keep going, you can set it wherever you like and itch honours that. and as itch has a culture of people choosing to set it above zero because the community wants to keep it going, if you need to reduce their cut, it's an option!
itch isn't as popular as a platform to share non-game works so promoting your stuff elsewhere is important for visibility. but as someone who regularly buys both comics and books off there, it is very, very viable. here is a basic 101 guide:
now: itch uses the same payment processors that prompted the gumroad changes, and may at some point be challenged on the same grounds. it's not inherently a safe haven. but itch.io has historically made its commitment to working to keep nsfw content viable on its platform clear (look up the epic store apple lawsuit nonsense sometime; it didn’t result in a nsfw ban despite everything) and as of now is still small and niche enough they are not getting challenged the way larger, more generally popular sites like gumroad are; they are not trying to be a big commercially viable site, just stable enough to keep trucking, so they are less likely to be subject to that much scrutiny, or cave to it.
Changeling is available on Itch.io, and I set the payment split to be the same as the other, larger, platforms I publish on for exactly this reason.
The mere fact that they LET me set the payment split, means I'm much more willing to let them actually keep an appropriate portion.
They say judas is in hell because he betrayed jesus but thats actualy a misconception, that was gods plan and so he didnt do anything wrong. Judas however IS in hell because god thinks he made his son gay
You cant fucking do this to me
NEW SCHISM NEW SCHISM
Edward Elric was like "only God can judge me 😤" and then God did judge him and he was so mad he embarked on a quest to convince God to take it back
Clown thought
I should do blackout poetry from the book dune by frank herbert
Not gonna add glaze or a watermark. The AI data scrapers can have this one. on the house :)
No writing version under the cut:
word of honor as whisper posts
I'm like if a chivalrous knight kissed a fair maiden's hand and said "my lady, I fight for you" and then walked off and immediately tripped over his own armor and fell on the ground
"As I was saying, milady," he springs to his feet, declaring proudly, "I worship the very ground you - " before tripping again.
#my knight in stumbling armor
The full Dragon series!! Each creature from a different biome… I had a lot of fun coming up with the different types of dragons and imagining what it would be like for these warriors to face each one. The fire dragon being particularly destructive. The night dragon near impossible to see coming in the dark. The ice dragons the size of mountains. The river dragon’s keen eyes. The sand dragon’s deadly poison. The mist dragons forcing the battle into the sky. The water dragon hiding in the deep. The garden dragon is chill though. Good lad.
Fire Dragon
- Komodo
- Mage / Staff
Night Dragon
- Wolf
- Samurai / Sword
Ice Dragon
- Bearded
- Viking / Axe
River Dragon
- Crocodile
- Thief / Dagger
Sand Dragon
- Cobra
- Archer / Bow
Mist Dragon
- Eagle
- Knight / Spear
Water Dragon
- Eel
- Sailor / Harpoon
Garden Dragon
- Iguana
- Healer / Potions
Prints are now available on Society6!
modern social media should stop offering "sync with your phone contacts to follow them" options and start offering "block all your phone contacts so they never see your account" options