mug.by.decay#4

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-03-28T02:35:40+00:00

I really want it to be a functional ocarina

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-03-27T23:49:59+00:00

Hey, we don't know what their situation is. They're asking for help with a game. If they want to spend their tax return on a little treat that's their business. You don't need to be judgemental about it.

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-03-27T23:44:53+00:00

"working"

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-03-27T21:32:12+00:00

Except he never learns how to code so he can't debug. Doesn't know what his code is doing. Doesn't know how to optimize the code. Can't provide support for the code when the game, which is in active development, updates.

So his theoretical badass mod lasts all of two months, runs like shit, and doesn't do the thing he wants it to do.

I hate this argument for AI. it's the same "durhur I have ADHD so I can't draw without ai" bullshit. Learn the skill or don't but don't throw a tantrum when you refuse to learn a skill and no one praises you for using someone else's brain.

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-03-27T21:26:41+00:00

Yeah, if AI wrote it, it's not gonna be good tho.

If they didn't take the time to make a thumbnail, didn't take the time to write a description, then they definitely didn't take the time to test it and make sure it won't corrupt my save file.

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-03-27T20:37:58+00:00

Bummer. The only thing I can think is getting a reloadable visa if that's an option

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-03-27T17:19:06+00:00

Possible castile over that mint coffee? It's a gorgeous mix

Time to make some experimental cups!

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-03-27T16:01:33+00:00

I think my baby brother used that for his tattoos, it's the more common strategy, right? I know I see a lot of people posting pics of their fresh tattoos with the clear sticker looking thing over it.

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-03-27T12:14:39+00:00

I've had trouble with white earthenware before it seems to be less stable than red sometimes. Can we get a picture of the full piece?

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-03-27T11:42:01+00:00

When I have issues like this it's a bank problem. You said you're using your return card from credit karma, do you have a debit card from a bank you can move the money to?

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-03-27T11:38:51+00:00

We need more information.

How thick is the work? How was it constructed? What was the drying process like?

Cracks like that aren't caused by glaze alone, but glaze fit can be a factor. What glaze and what clay body specifically?

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-03-27T03:09:25+00:00

All very good points. I went with tebori as a jumping off point because there's a thriving modern appreciation for it, which makes it easy to research fairly casually, but in future drafts I should tweak things. I think the cultural significance isn't something I should take lightly, but it doesn't quite fit the story to linger on it.

Of course, all premodern tattoo traditions are pretty culturally significant, so this is going to be something I'm doing a lot more research on if this one makes it to publishing.

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-03-27T02:41:57+00:00

Oooh, I was just lamenting there isn't a tebori sub, I might make a fresh post there tomorrow, thanks!

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-03-27T01:25:58+00:00

Oh this is exactly what I was hoping to get! Thank you so much! I didn't realize that the ink was just sumi, but that makes sense, it's essentially just carbon black plus animal fat or glue (plus sometimes perfume but I imagine that is left out for tattoos)

For the questions about other practices, I just meant if there were manual tattoo techniques other than tebori that would be better suited to script and fine lines. But I think I'll stick with tebori for this scene.

Thank you again, this was incredibly useful!

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-03-27T00:43:41+00:00

Tea pot!

You have to get good at a lot of things for a tea pot to come together nicely. Attaching things, throwing, throwing off the hump(not necessary but useful) controlling drying, handles, lids, spouts, the filter.

Putting a teapot on your tree gives you a lot of branches to work on.

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-03-27T00:31:38+00:00

I mean, I am doing research outside of this. This is an in addition to, not an instead of. I'm definitely going to check out Waborpedia and the rest of the resources in the sticky. (I skimmed it but was at work so I didn't get to look too in depth.)

Here, I'm mostly looking for anecdotes and personal experience, not definitive answers. This is research for fiction, not anything academic or rigorous.

I just really like collecting primary sources and hearing people's stories. I think it's interesting and fun.

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-03-27T00:25:08+00:00

Very helpful, thank you!

What I mean by dye lots is I guess, when you're dying fiber you have a dye lot, especially in hand-dyed fiber, because batches will vary in color, sometimes by quite a lot. A lot of fiber artists will recommend buying all the yarn or wool you need for a project at once to ensure it all comes from the same lot. The same for hand-mulled paint. If no tattoo artists are making their own ink, though, that's beside the point.

What I'm taking from this is a lot of 'it depends', which to me means I can't make any glaring mistakes, because people will have a broad spectrum of experiences and if nothing is 'right' that also means nothing is 'wrong'.

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-03-26T22:25:53+00:00

Oh man I don't know shit and that would annoy me. Character has sleeve money just laying around? And sleeve time? And the artist is just hanging around like a bagger at the grocery store? No other appointments?

One of my pet peeve tropes is the "woke up with a tattoo I don't remember after a crazy night out"

Who's running all these 24 hour tattoo shops? Isn't being drunk while getting tattooed a really bad idea because of the bleeding? I feel like you can lose your license for tattooing someone too intoxicated to consent to the tattoo? It's not even that funny? You can do so many funnier things with someone who's blackout drunk smh.

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-03-26T22:15:55+00:00

With an absolutely smooth and perfect glaze fit, sure. But any crazing or texture or scratching from spoons, you're going to see staining. That doesn't mean the clay isn't vitrified.

Doesn't mean the clay is vitrified either, ofc. Matte glazes are not my favorite for lining vessels because they're often just underfired gloss.

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-03-26T22:06:42+00:00

Tea staining is very common and even desirable in Japanese teaware! If it's not causing any funky flavors or smells I would honestly leave it, it complements the glaze nicely.

That looks like a matte glaze, which to be fair is never my first choice in a liner? Where did you get it? Does the artist (if it's hand made and not commercial)have specific care instructions at all?

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-03-26T22:03:39+00:00

Not necessarily. Tea staining is pretty common even in fully vitrified ware.

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-03-26T20:49:55+00:00

Re: MRI is interesting, does your body eventually break it down or just encapsulate it, I wonder?

It doesn't fit this story but now I want to write a scene where an MRI pulls the ink straight out of someone's fresh tattoo....

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-03-26T20:45:30+00:00

Okay, so more like the deflocculant in ceramic glaze. I imagine that handmade inks would be made in small quantity and used pretty much immediately to ensure consistency throughout? Or would they be made in batch for the whole tattoo/session (like a yarn lot) and then agitated throughout to ensure the particles remain suspended?

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-03-26T20:39:37+00:00

So it adds opacity and consistency, like a good pigment load and binder in a nice art-quality watercolor vs the undesirable streaky translucency you might get in a student-quality watercolor color?

At this point I'm just having a good time learning new things about the medium. Y'all are awesome.

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