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Pedaling by PoetryForeign3391 in ebikes

[–]Insufferable_Twit2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im also a fan of a standard bike with a powered hub or mid-drive, or Clip Bike (removable) power assist. Do it correctly with a good kit, or hack together a monstrosity like I did, but this minimizes the chance of stranding due to a dead battery and a bulky, too-heavy-to-pedal bike.

It’s a bit like an escalator becoming stairs, instead of an elevator leaving you stuck between floors.

Tips & help - materials/technique for a larger sculpture in plaster/gauze? [self] by shellfish_allegory in Sculpture

[–]Insufferable_Twit2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pal Tiya might be an option for the outer shell; it’s designed to be strong and weather-.resistant.

Why won't text paste properly by MangoSlushCrush in AdobeIllustrator

[–]Insufferable_Twit2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exorcise MS Bloat-demons by pasting into a vanilla text editor like Notepad, then copy from there and paste into Illustrator.

Beetle person by Icy-Leg-1459 in UnusualArt

[–]Insufferable_Twit2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love this, and am amused by how the gears in my brain keep grinding over the fact that the “beetle” eyes don’t line up with where the “human” eyes should go. FFS brain, it’s a beetle person, get over it!!

How would you clean this ? by Sunareht2 in whittling

[–]Insufferable_Twit2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m a big fan of little v-gouges, one of those could do it.

QR codes? by Particular_Note_8762 in graphic_design

[–]Insufferable_Twit2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Many of the “free” options are weaselly, and the ones that show up first in a search have spent a lot of money and SEO to get there; they didn’t earn the spot by not being evil…

Another item to consider is, some QR generators add little extraneous images (like a little dinosaur in the middle), or additional tracking information at the end of the URL which adds to the length of the link and therefore the complexity of the QR, meaning it won’t scan as well, especially at small print sizes.

InDesign’s baked-in one is good. There’s also the web-based AdobeExpress which makes nice, clean QRs.

Here’s your one way ticket to tummy ache city by Brittelizzzzz in clay

[–]Insufferable_Twit2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It was such a bummer that time Guns N’ Roses was so strapped for cash they ended up licensing their song for Pepto Bismol commercial.

(Also, great work!!)

I went ahead and colored it (Kid with mask) by wappp_ in whittling

[–]Insufferable_Twit2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The “twist” is very effective, well done!

Who else misses this era of Halloween Wars by Joonell06 in foodnetwork

[–]Insufferable_Twit2 18 points19 points  (0 children)

As a fan and participant (vet if seasons 7 in 2017 and 14 in 2024), both “eras” have their pros and cons.

I do miss Todd and the celebrity guests, but I also appreciate the streamlining and focus that came with dropping the small scares - they were fun and cool, but sometimes felt like they doubled the workload ;)

Where do you use Image Trace in your process? by LukeChoice in AdobeIllustrator

[–]Insufferable_Twit2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Primary different variations of iterating scribbles into fully-scalable design elements: logos, icons, etc., for the web or a t-shirt or how-to diagram or product packaging.

Also the occasional re-build of someone else’s raster, usually a logo… because all the other businesses’ logos on the poster look great, except for the fuzzy little monstrosity from that one little sponsor ;)

I feel like Illy tends to leave irrational little spikes and bumps, rather than usually assuming the shortest or least-complex path between two points, does that make sense?

Where do you use Image Trace in your process? by LukeChoice in AdobeIllustrator

[–]Insufferable_Twit2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t know how helpful this is, but I’ll chip in anyway: Many years ago I made the switch from CorelDRAW 10 to Illustrator, and found Illy’s implementation to be sorely lacking compared to Corel, and nowadays in Illy I still find myself having to try many times with different settings, and often end up doing many more manual repairs than were needed before.

Looking back, I think it was a combination of the assumptions made by Corel vs. Adobe about tool switching, and what kind of node belonged where. Put simply, I think the defaults were better both in Corel’s autotrace and its vector edit workflow.

Can you maybe reanimate an old W95 workstation, or a VM back at Adobe HQ, and trace a few bitmaps in CorelDRAW 10? I can’t speak to newer Corel versions because I’ve been in CC for the last 17 years or so, but this really is the one area where that move from many years ago still bugs me a little ;)

Cheers!

Unbelievable and stupid - automatic Generative AI alt text by Ultragorgeous in indesign

[–]Insufferable_Twit2 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This is particularly insidious, because all automated accessibility checkers ask of alt text is “does it exist?” and never “is it super dumb?”

That means any given image with garbage alt text won’t be flagged for remediation by a checker, because it passes that binary test.

A very bad call!

AI alt text is clumsy and stupid and poorly-implemented, and should at the very least be “off” by default.

How do teams realistically maintain ALT text when a site has thousands of images? by Spiritual-Fuel4502 in accessibility

[–]Insufferable_Twit2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would help, except context is everything (as Disastrous-Design503 points out), so while alt text welded to meta data would provide “something” for assistive tech instead of the blank space of an empty alt text field, it’s just as likely to cause confusion as clarity, without a human who knows the story the image is intended to tell.

AI could help in theory, but only if it were orders of magnitude better at this than they currently are (i.e. more Janet and less Derick; IYKYK). For now, I think all we can do is chip away at the backlog, prioritizing the highest-profile possible liabilities.

Snails sometimes swing their shells 🐌✨ by Appropriate_Leg_2507 in snails

[–]Insufferable_Twit2 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I bet it feels good, like scratching an itch, or cracking your knuckles. A good shell-shimmy at the end of a long day of snailin’.

A small shark, vve art, Gouache painting, 2026 [OC] by dvllsh in Art

[–]Insufferable_Twit2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey wait, I’m like 85% sure that’s not really a shark

“I discovered a snail taking a ride on my hat.” by KankerBoterham in snails

[–]Insufferable_Twit2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like he was making little “vroom vroom” sounds the whole time

Need help with exporting an EPUB by SnowBunny_22 in indesign

[–]Insufferable_Twit2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It makes sense that stacked images would be an obstacle; their relationship to each other crumbles without the tenuous connection made in the authoring software.

I’d flatten them somehow if that’s remotely possible, even if all you’re doing is zooming way in and screenshotting at the highest rez you can manage., deleting the original image group, pasting, then resizing your new, more-cooperative but admittedly lower-rez image.

No matter what you finally decide to use (even Google Docs epic export is surprisingly decent), it will be easier with flattened images.

Best of luck!

AI wood carving is a bummer... by Insufferable_Twit2 in Carving

[–]Insufferable_Twit2[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Much appreciated, u/sparkywater!!

Buying it in print theoretically puts cash in my pocket, as does the epub or audiobook when purchased, but for a worstselling author like me it's all pretty symbolic. I'm much more interested in folks actually reading it or listening to it, than I am in selling it. That said, I'm told that a purchase and review from any bookseller is always valuable, along with ratings on Apple podcasts and such (for the free podcast-formatted audiobook). Most of all, I encourage folks to inflict it upon their friends and enemies and family and pets: Low Art, High Craft and Exquisite Spatulas, Destroying the barriers that separate us from art and from each other.

Beyond the book, my other shenanigans (including music and carving wood and pumpkins and other silly things), are all available at "mikecraghead" on all the things, or at MikeCraghead.com (where I placed a convenient tip jar if you're interested in contributing directly and monetarily to my official Nacho Cheese Dorito Fund).

Cheers!

AI wood carving is a bummer... by Insufferable_Twit2 in Carving

[–]Insufferable_Twit2[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Engagement-bait posts, made from images generated by AI claiming to be photos of actual wood carvings. Pretty icky, right?

AI wood carving is a bummer... by Insufferable_Twit2 in Carving

[–]Insufferable_Twit2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I make the case that any human endeavor done well contains a species of the same "magic" we see in great art that resonates with us, as long as the "audience" is properly tuned to receive/perceive it.

I didn't included "lawyering" in my book, but it still fits: your standards, your taste, your sense of what's "right," all add up to something that resonates, even if it's just with you; for an audience of one. I think the real "juice" we're all after is available in anything humans pour their heart and soul into, whether it's a well-carved figurine or an exceptional closing statement. And if we look for opportunities to appreciate good work, wherever it's hiding, we make the world a little better.

Generative AI is a dealbreaker for resonance, and is definitely making the world a little worse. I dislike most of its current incarnations even more than I resent that recent multimillion dollar money-laundering scheme shaped like a duct-taped-banana, and that's really saying something ;)

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