 Hi. I’m Sam. This is my first post here. I’m a sign painter in Boston Ma. I draw and paint everything by hand without the use of computers. I’m hoping to connect with some artists and makers like myself. Been away for a while but maybe gonna try to give mastodon a fair shake again. So uh... here's some recent illustration work as an ice re-breaker....    I really ought to be working right now, but instead, I made this "happy not happy" calendar on my site...
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@rek a long time ago I used an app called Moodstats to track my mood. I think it's abandonware now, but it was really interesting and I've often thought about building a modern version of it. The only piece that I felt was missing was this idea of compounding mood. While you could add notes, there wasn't a system to weigh/tag influences or events. For example if I don't have my coffee, I'm much more likely to be grumpy. Heading through to Glasgow for the MASTS Annual Science Meeting [1] today to tell a mathematical story about salmon, featuring some lovely illustrations by @rek. It is about a detail that comes up when trying to understand the effect of salmon farms on the wider ecosystem and involves a neat (I think) mathematical trick [2]. [1] https://masts.ac.uk/annual-science-meeting/  "A community of people living on boats in San Francisco Bay is being unlawfully evicted, and their boats are being destroyed. Local governments and agencies have been trying to remove the anchor-outs for decades, and are making the final push now.  @rek It's so fucking heart-breaking, and pisses me off. These people are just trying to live. And like, these accusations of environmental harm are so bogus: let's check out one of the big homes in Sausilito (a super wealthy town) and see what THEIR environmental impact is. *scoffs* I'm a bit late but here's my October newsletter! Enjoy some good painted pumpkins, some ghost art, a few announcements and a bunch of music recs! https://open.substack.com/pub/cabtastic/p/the-october-2024-cab-post Sunlight reflects off the Salish Sea as seen from the International Space Station on April 11, 2020. It is incredible to see our home waters in this way. halloween is such an anarchist holiday so many other holidays are all about “family.” shut yourself in with people you may or may not like. don’t go out. nothing is open anyway. respect traditional family structures. halloween is about community. go outside. meet your neighbors. share candy with them. nothing is closed. participate in this grand communal ritual with strangers. everyone hide your identity and trust one another.
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 @jepyang this is so true! and I wanted to add that for Passover you're supposed to open your door so that strangers may eat with you, but we've never done that in my family…
 Just released the list of changes to the Hundred Rabbits projects for October! Lots of fun stuff this month ^^! A belted kingfisher hangs around the docks, we see/hear them almost every day now ^^. We had a visit on our bow this morning ^_____^... “The unlicensed use of creative works for training generative AI is a major, unjust threat to the livelihoods of the people behind those works, and must not be permitted.” A keen horticulturalist, Tim Curry loves to develop and restore gardens. One time, he designed a garden for Freddie Mercury. Freddie came back from a tour and said to Tim... "The garden, dear, it's dead." "What? Did you water it?" And Freddie said, "Water it, dear?" In this strange computer, rules can be sometimes applied backward, pressing the arrow button will unapply a rule and might help you recover and earlier state. this is the level of confidence I'm aiming for in life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbh_J7VI94g Même si t'as changé le muffler, chromé tes roues et que tu fais tes stops comme il faut, conduire un char volé c'est pas "éthique". |
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@letterluxe Hello Letterluxe Signs from MGVM. I paint by hand too, but on canvas. Both viable and historic art forms. Check out my work at vilomah.life when you get a chance.
@letterluxe Welcome! Like the sign you did for the barbershop. It stands out well.
@letterluxe oh my gosh, that is such gorgeous work...! I would love for there to be more sign paintings out there :>...
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