UNDERWATER VOLCANIC HELL

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ava / 1997 / she
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mark-gently

my sibling in christ it is not sufficient that you log off of your computer: you must also log off in your heart

A senior monk and a junior monk were traveling together. At one point, they came to a river with a strong current. As the monks were preparing to cross the river, they saw a very young and beautiful tumblrina. The young tumblrina asked if they could help her log on.

The two monks glanced at one another because they had taken vows not to log on.

Then, without a word, the older monk picked up the tumblrina’s laptop, opened a browser, logged her gently onto the tumblr app, and carried on his journey.

The younger monk couldn’t believe what had just happened. After rejoining his companion, he was speechless, and an hour passed without a word between them.

Two more hours passed, then three, finally the younger monk could contain himself any longer, and blurted out “As monks, we are not permitted to log on, how could you then log on that tumblrina with your hands?”

The older monk looked at him and replied, “Brother, I logged off on the other side of the river, why are you still logged on?”

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i love kabru im so glad hes on tv

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anubiarts

the pixel art brothers

legends say that if you pet them all at the same time, you become the pixel art master!

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spiribia

did you know this is what the band “mother mother” looks like. i was somehow simultaneously shocked out of my mind and not surprised at all

hypnotically caucasian

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The finished result! I’m so ridiculously proud and pleased with how it turned out!

This was an ordinary door + 3 pieces of mdf board. I carved and sculpted them with my dremel multitool, inspired by the carvings I saw in Bali, mounted them and then painted and sanded the whole thing in several layers before adding a final tint of gold. 💙

The door and side panel I sculpted myself. The top carving is from Bali.

This popped up on my activity page, getting notes again for some reason! :D

Damn, I miss doing things like this… I really should try to get around to setting up a proper workshop in the garage this spring, and see if I can get back into the groove.

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wolfsmom1

WOW!!!!!

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ms-cellanies

You are clearly an extremely focused and PATIENT person.  Even considering tackling something like this would give me a nervous breakdown requiring hospitalization.

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sabbykatt3

I second the nervous breakdown…nope…you are amazing!

Thank you!

But also, it’s actually not that time consuming? Each of these panels took only a few hours to sketch and carve, I made one/day. And then mounting everything and doing the first layer of paint one day, sanding and second layer another day, and more sanding and final highlights and gold the third day.

I am in fact a very impatient person! If it hadn’t been fast, I could never have done it. 😂

Here’s another door I made; I cut out and carved the whole panel in… one day? Two? It was pretty fast at any rate!

And then I got as far as painting and sanding/distressing the paint in three layers, and adding highlights to 75% of it… and then I got adhd-tired of it and never finished the last few highlights or added gold. XD

It’s still pretty, though!

I realized I never actually shared the finished-finished result, with the door handles mounted!

I bought these two beautiful bronze-green seahorse handles on Bali several years ago (along with several bronze dragonflies of various kinds used as towel hooks and general decorations in the bathroom itself).

We bought a bronze patina lock from a local hardware store to match, and I covered the remaining hole with another lotus carving.

It’s been years, but seeing this door every time I head to take a bath or shower still makes me smile. I love it so much. 🥰

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