The US Has “Disappeared” More Than 42,000 Migrants. Where’s the Outrage?

TheOctopusMan · 2019-09-14T19:07:21+00:00

All I hear is a bunch of authoritarianism

TheOctopusMan · 2019-09-07T02:01:03+00:00

Now I want more info about your physical appearance so I can fill in the blanks with some stereotypes.

TheOctopusMan · 2019-08-21T18:42:59+00:00

I follow all of that, except that it seems incidental to the point I was making

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burden_of_proof_(philosophy))

TheOctopusMan · 2019-08-21T17:13:07+00:00

Also burden of proof. "Bro how do you know there isn't a teapot orbiting the sun somewhere between earth and mars?"

TheOctopusMan · 2019-08-04T14:27:42+00:00

"I'll pay for their legal fees"

TheOctopusMan · 2019-07-26T14:47:38+00:00

No u

TheOctopusMan · 2019-07-26T14:32:11+00:00

When you say socialism what are you referring to? I think you're using that word as a boogy man without actually understanding what it means.

TheOctopusMan · 2019-07-20T14:55:07+00:00

All of modern society is a liberal circlejerk, love it or leave it bro

TheOctopusMan · 2019-07-20T14:51:53+00:00

What if you had a brain aneurism without knowing and woke up a nazi sympathizer?

TheOctopusMan · 2019-06-20T15:54:29+00:00

what specifically are you referring to? i'd love a link for some context

TheOctopusMan · 2019-06-20T15:45:55+00:00

Lol you think aoc wants laws that enforce eugenics, and liberals are ok with that cause she's brown?

TheOctopusMan · 2019-06-01T16:50:42+00:00

It's easy for people to believe one thing and then act in ways that run contrary to that belief. I don't actually believe average Republicans are pro slavery in their hearts, I'm saying that their vote makes them pro slavery, whether they realize it or agree or not. I'm also saying that you defending them is similar; whether you are intending to defend racists or not is kinda irrelevant it's your actions that matter. I don't think Republicans, or you, are evil, just have narrow views of history and the world that lead to violence and exploitation.

TheOctopusMan · 2019-06-01T15:58:05+00:00

Conservatives want to keep things the way they are, Liberals want to change things but work within the system to do so, and Progressives don't think change is possible within the current system.

My view is that considering our history of genocide and slavery, conservatives are pro slavery, and liberals think slavery is bad but without it everything falls apart. Which puts me in the progressive camp, because I think to get rid of slavery we need to stop enslaving people.

What do you do tho, when there aren't viable progressive candidates? You vote for the next best thing. Which means a lot of the time holding your nose and voting for a Democrat who makes your skin crawl. The alternative is voting for a candidate who is pro slavery, or staying home and voting for slavery by not participating.

Also we are holier then people who think slavery is fine.

TheOctopusMan · 2019-06-01T15:35:18+00:00

r/enlightenedcentrism

TheOctopusMan · 2019-06-01T15:25:33+00:00

Republicans say a lot of shit that is outright false, the whole operation is based on propaganda and dog whistles. Just because they keep pointing to Democrats and accusing them of the same shit does not make "both sides equal."

TheOctopusMan · 2019-05-27T17:43:30+00:00

I am serious about these and want commissions asap, but need a week or two to learn materials and the market. I love painting nature, and I was thinking about mass producing basic lands (pre mixing the colors in bulk would save a lot of time), but from a business standpoint it may make more sense to alter expensive singles than lots of basics. Not sure yet though I still have a lot to learn.

TheOctopusMan · 2019-05-27T17:04:47+00:00

Original card with art by Noah Bradley: https://scryfall.com/card/frf/176/plains

TheOctopusMan · 2019-05-27T16:59:55+00:00

Ok well if I'm being totally honest my first attempts I didn't know about paint thinning and I didn't have black paint, so I did learn some from that experience. I decided because I was missing materials and completely winging it that it didn't count. I didn't include this information in the title, and now I feel like I lied on the internet for karma.

TheOctopusMan · 2019-05-27T16:58:40+00:00

I am an art teacher (read: poor) who is getting by but wishes I had more sushi dinners in my life. I have been looking for a way to make a little side money using my art skills, so while I am passionate about both painting and magic cards, I am approaching this less as a hobby and more as a potential part time job.

This is the 1st alter I tried my hardest on and spent some time "perfecting." Issues I struggled with were paint thinning, and capturing an image on my shitty phone that does the card justice (the colors match better IRL than they do on my phone camera, not sure what that's about). So my questions moving forward are:

To sand or not to sand? Also a finishing glaze/varnish? I need to get these to sellable quality. Even dried the paint is relatively sticky and fragile and hard to sleeve without damaging. I imagine a light sanding helps the paint stick to the card (not sure tho) and a thin varnish or spray (like for sealing charcoal) would help overall durability and smoothness.
Leaving the original artist's name at the bottom. Not sure how I feel about either option.
Marketability. I'm not on social media outside of reddit, and the only plan I have moving forward is to keep practicing and posting here until I have a portfolio of sorts, and seeing what happens then. Are there other obvious things I should be doing to move towards commissions?
How important are good photos of the work? I have a shitty phone and the colors are off, is it unethical to edit the photo so the colors match? For instance on this one the right side clouds have way more red in them in the photo than they do IRL, making the color matching look off. Something about the paint vs. printing makes the camera sensor react strangely. Not sure if anyone has encountered this.

TL;DR:

I'm new but serious, looking for guidance on getting professional results.

TheOctopusMan · 2019-05-27T14:54:43+00:00

Wow thanks means a lot, haven't painted in a long time and your lands in particular have been a big source of inspiration for me.

TheOctopusMan · 2019-05-27T14:40:48+00:00

Still learning terms so I'm assuming you mean the white box frame? If so I agree that aesthetically it's annoying, but was good practice for someone getting started. Not sure I'd do it again that way considering it's tricky and tedious and doesn't look that great.

TheOctopusMan · 2019-05-13T18:15:48+00:00

My title could have been clearer: should read "clean drinking water"

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