jdb @jdb@octodon.social
Librarian, runner, baseball and hockey fan, art dabbler, and counter of things. I read a lot. I try to think more than I speak. He/him.
I'm a parent of a millennial and a 14-year-old and I've been surrounded by college aged kids constantly since finishing college myself in the 90's. They give me a lot of hope for the future as it seems to me these generations are only improving with each year.
I appreciate Jeet Heer addressing the millennial backlash: https://newrepublic.com/article/144237/malicious-politics-millennial-bashing
#nowplaying Arcade Fire - Everything Now - Creature Comfort
#djharvey #anonradio //anonradio.net
Shout out to @Ayior for organizing the #dailysketchchallenge 🤗
don't think i uploaded this here yet, my portrait of willem arondeus, a gay dutch artist who was heavily involved in the resistance to nazi occupation, bombed a records office to prevent the nazis from finding jewish people in the area.
executed by firing squad, with the final words "let it be known that homosexuals are not cowards"
he's a big painting, 3' by 3'
https://mastodon.art/media/twMhJg-GSymgdn7ZWKQ
Pay no attention to the cat behind the curtain
https://mastodon.social/media/4tH2_dWx9pAZ5ayqVXQ
Huh. Bandcamp has audiobooks, as well! Neat - and a very good time to discover and purchase them!
I painted last night! With oils! First time ever - helped that it was monochrome so that my charcoal habits were transferable.
I was anxious for no reason. Thanks for the encouraging words the other day, @CountZero @eylul and @Curator
Slightly terrified about my first painting class tomorrow.
#Krita Foundation in Trouble https://krita.org/en/item/krita-foundation-in-trouble/
Another library conference. Hope y'all give me something good to read throughout the day!
GIMP 2.8 is a solid photo editing and graphics program as many of you already know. The work is ongoing toward the 2.10 however, and the development release is somewhere around 2.9.4 and is already quite stable.
2.9 has support for 16bit and higher, and has the #MyPaint brushes engine integrated.
GIMP 2.8 (stable) is still actively maintained and is available for Linux/Win/OS X.
As for 2.9, nightly builds are available for windows. There are the options of an unofficial PPA out there for linux that you can use at your own risk, if you don't want to build it yourself, and flatpak packages are apparently in the works.
Working on more poppies.
ポピー連作作製中。
#watercolorpainting #art #watercolor #flowers #poppy #floral #painting #水彩 #芥子
It took a while, but I got my broken brain into production mode today and get to leave for the weekend all caught up for the first time in months.
Wishing you all the best and hope you all get a decent break.
Conference time. Surrounded by even more librarians than usual.
OH my gosh guys I'm back now, promise! I've been playing around with El Lawrence ink on watercolor paper (lines with a F Lamy nib and lighter tones diluted with water in a brush pen) and I'm a wee bit enthused with how this looks and feels 😀 https://mastodon.art/media/Io8flgaUS0rdvGGsdrQ https://mastodon.art/media/JT4XZlIjCp2S12YKXZg https://mastodon.art/media/qR6uKmXv87inhif10IU #pleinair #mastoart #fountainpens
If you all don't know this @jason fellow, you probably should: https://octodon.social/@jason/1049542
Sort of a #FollowWednesday recommendation: A compassionate and interesting real actual person. (That last bit is an assumption on my part, really.)
