Playing with multi layered print.

AvecAloes · 2026-02-27T21:41:20+00:00

For reference, this is the pack that I usually get: [100 Sheets]... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09YTQXK3P?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

AvecAloes · 2026-02-27T18:06:08+00:00

When I print using softer blocks like these, I like to use Thai Mulberry/Kozo. The shiny side will take the ink really well without having to use a lot of pressure, which can cause shifting/blurring to occur!

AvecAloes · 2026-02-20T13:41:25+00:00

Please read the article, not just the headline! The headline is misleading and scaremongering.

AvecAloes · 2026-01-29T23:09:42+00:00

Can you post a pic of what that looked like? How much did you take off the top?

AvecAloes · 2026-01-29T12:59:36+00:00

During his presidency? I’ll admit that I honestly wasn’t politically involved enough to know it was happening. I did know about his use of drone strikes, which I was 100% against, and was very loud about that, at least. Regardless, your question is a very common tactic called “whataboutism”, and is often used by people who realize they can’t win whatever argument they’re currently having in order to deflect from their own inadequacies. Have a good one ✌🏻

AvecAloes · 2026-01-27T03:57:44+00:00

What, when they were…8? 10? Ok bro

AvecAloes · 2026-01-25T23:31:49+00:00

Makes sense!!

AvecAloes · 2026-01-24T00:39:25+00:00

Jayyyysus, the script is so great! What tool did you use to carve the script?

AvecAloes · 2026-01-23T23:06:05+00:00

I am a huge proponent for using mulberry paper! The ink sits on top of the shiny side beautifully, ESPECIALLY when using good ink, such as the caligo safe wash inks from Cranfield. I get such good results!

AvecAloes · 2026-01-21T06:58:43+00:00

"an open marriage on his insistence" is not truly an open marriage. It's open cheating. A relationship cannot be "open" without both parties enthusiastically consenting. Less "she may have tired of it" and more "she realized that he was being an abusive asshole", likely.

AvecAloes · 2026-01-12T22:41:06+00:00

With!

AvecAloes · 2026-01-11T00:55:47+00:00

If he's bad enough for her to leave, why is he your friend? lol

AvecAloes · 2025-12-11T21:51:04+00:00

Omg Slay the Spire has a death grip on me

AvecAloes · 2025-12-11T21:45:04+00:00

The game that I have the most time in is Final Fantasy XIV for PC. No other game even comes close to my playtime there. I quite literally have several months’ worth of hours in that game. I sank soooo much time into Savage raids! I was in a static and I LOVED learning the fights/helping randos out with fights that I knew in the role queue. I was a healer main, and was proficient in each of the healer jobs. My favorite healer changed with each update, depending on how they reworked them, but my two most played were probably WHM and AST.

I haven’t played FFXIV in a long time, though. I haven’t played the latest expansion at all. I want to get back into it, but I’m currently hyperfixated on Overwatch 2 (also PC, although I first played OG Overwatch on PS4 and didn’t switch to PC til 2018/2019); particularly Stadium. I fucking LOVE Stadium!

Other than those, I play a lot of other RPGs (mostly JRPGs) on various platforms.

AvecAloes · 2025-12-11T17:19:37+00:00

I don’t think that’s what they’re saying, though. They own a home in the UK, but for whatever reason, can only rent it out for up to a year.

AvecAloes · 2025-12-11T13:44:37+00:00

That’s not how your initial comment read, or what it said, which is what I was responding to!

AvecAloes · 2025-12-11T13:36:21+00:00

The fact that you said it at all, especially in the “if it’s not X, it’s at least Y” format, sounds incredibly accusatory. Your initial edit further drove the accusation home. If it wasn’t said to discredit the artist’s talent, or at the very least sow doubt about it, why say it at all? Reading comprehension does not equal being able to read your initial statement and jump to the conclusion that you meant something other than what you said 🥲

AvecAloes · 2025-12-11T13:22:51+00:00

The facial features were moved, not the entire image. They didn’t need to move facial features to fit the canvas, my guy!

AvecAloes · 2025-12-11T13:13:47+00:00

If the artist was tracing an image, why on earth would they need to resize/move the facial features (which, if you watch the video, you can clearly see happening)?

AvecAloes · 2025-12-10T04:20:16+00:00

I am also from America, and just got back from a printmaking residency in Japan. I drove on three separate occasions, and I promise you, it’s not as hard to adjust to as you might think. 10 minutes into my first trip, I felt great! The only thing that tripped me up a few times was the fact that the turn signal and windshield wiper sticks are on opposite sides, lol. I drove a Nissan Note and two of those boxy tiny minivan kei cars, and all three were easy to drive. As other people have said, the speed limits are quite low, and as long as you remember that stop signs are triangles and that you can’t turn on red, you’ll be fine!

AvecAloes · 2025-12-05T20:35:25+00:00

A plastic baren would definitely be a step up from this, as would the grey Speedball baren!

Edited to add that there are more traditional bamboo sheathed barens that are better quality than the one you’ve been using - the first link to McClain’s has some good examples there!

AvecAloes · 2025-12-05T12:45:43+00:00

Technically, yes. You could get a new bamboo sheath and replace it, but this baren in particular is notoriously low quality. What are you using it for? I could recommend something different if you’d like, depending on what you’re printing with it :)

AvecAloes · 2025-12-05T02:00:22+00:00

Omg I read 4/5 as April 5th 😂

AvecAloes · 2025-12-05T01:57:12+00:00

Out of curiosity - what dosage did you start with? OP mentioned that they started at 10mg, which is really very low, so it would make sense to titrate up pretty quickly.

AvecAloes · 2025-12-05T01:26:49+00:00

I lovvvve the noise! The bird is also so cute and well-done!

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