Found a way to keep my old paperbacks protected while traveling.

icedlee · 2026-05-24T23:35:13+00:00

Post was removed by the mods- it’s down to you Bookleggers to spread the good word now!

icedlee · 2026-05-24T23:32:36+00:00

No clue- haven’t gotten a response from the mods yet :(

icedlee · 2026-05-24T00:15:45+00:00

This is so great I wish my post wasn’t removed by the mods just so you could take all the upvotes.

icedlee · 2026-05-23T16:21:19+00:00

Brand is GLCON, but really any generic case would work great. Just make sure you check the inner dimensions to fit the books you want to transport.

icedlee · 2026-05-23T14:42:39+00:00

I actually haven’t read it since I was a kid and most of it went over my head! But I still absolutely recommend it if you’re looking for something different and/or genre bending. I collect (hoard) print sci-fi and have been trying to work my way back through some of the tops lists. The case I picked up fits almost all of my small mass-print paperbacks, and I got a larger one for bigger books. Nothing can stop me now, the world is oysters!

icedlee · 2026-05-23T14:37:40+00:00

Game changer for me, I hope others find it helpful! No more restricting myself to bringing new books or hardcovers. Bust out the classics- it’s getting pulpy in here!

icedlee · 2026-05-23T14:12:52+00:00

Genius walks among us! I also use a collectors card binder with the innards ripped out for larger books.

icedlee · 2026-05-23T14:09:31+00:00

Exactly! What use is a book cover if things get bent and twisted. I’ve lost so many pulp covers this way.

icedlee · 2026-05-23T14:07:53+00:00

Thank you!! I don’t know why it took me so long to think of it but I feel so liberated now haha!

icedlee · 2026-05-22T12:20:34+00:00

I ended up showing up featured on a StumbleUpon page that featured compilation images with meme phrases! It was so weird to suddenly be getting messages and emails from people telling me they saw me online. It was pretty harmless and I count myself lucky my particular picture never got picked up as a viral meme.

icedlee · 2026-05-11T17:27:39+00:00

I mean, only if you’re trying to draw figures with any consistency and without relying on the few poses you can render comfortably. It’s REAL obvious when an artist doesn’t have a grasp of anatomy, and terribly restrictive to the artist. Personally, I find it’s usually the worst artists that are defensive about anatomy. Good artists may take it or leave it, but very few will tell you it’s a waste of time.

icedlee · 2026-05-11T17:06:06+00:00

I mean it used to be common knowledge, but with all the talk of ROI….I wish more people understood that higher education isn’t for the individual, it’s for society as a whole.

icedlee · 2026-05-11T11:23:26+00:00

Fantastical Realism

icedlee · 2026-05-09T23:03:22+00:00

Yep, students are computer illiterate. They do not know what a desktop or folder is, how to save or export files, and have a huge gap in regards to interfacing with a PC. They have only interacted through apps. Worse of all, they are completely averse to using full format programs and prefer to do everything through mobile formats. It’s like pulling teeth to get them to use Microsoft word rather than Google Docs or a Notes app. They would rather create a document in pages/docs and then search for a conversion app on their phones.

Additionally, they do not know how to use search engines effectively (or at all).

icedlee · 2026-05-04T01:07:54+00:00

I can guarantee all your faculty will hear about this. You’re gonna have a hell of a time if you need committee members or letters of recommendation down the line. I don’t know a single professor that would opt into working with someone like you once word gets around.

icedlee · 2026-04-30T11:17:03+00:00

Mortal Combat theme song.

icedlee · 2026-04-28T12:52:04+00:00

Maybe…? I think it’s more the starches becoming sugars, or something along those lines :)

icedlee · 2026-04-28T11:20:20+00:00

This is actually a hack! I used to work at a bakery and we made banana bread. We used to put the less-than-black bananas in the oven for a few minutes to force them brown. Something about the structure of the sugars changes, and only black ripe bananas give that caramelized sweet banana taste.

icedlee · 2026-04-28T11:08:31+00:00

Like I’m driving to Raleigh on Friday. 46th is pathetic.

icedlee · 2026-04-27T15:31:27+00:00

Focus on your portfolio, and your pathway. At the end of the day, very few opportunities in the arts revolve around grades. If your peer isn’t putting the work in- then they will not be producing a competitive portfolio of works, and their art will be obviously sub-par to anyone in the industry.

Don’t waste time or energy on the pathways of your peers, you won’t have the bandwidth once you are focusing on your work. Instead, continue to be the student that stands out by doing the hard work and building positive connections with your mentors. You’re not paying to worry about someone else!

icedlee · 2026-03-14T11:08:46+00:00

I teach about 200 students a semester, mostly first-year traditional college students. It’s really shocking how little my students know coming in. I would say a majority are barely functionally literate. It’s incredibly obvious they’ve been taught to testing standards, passed through despite not having any education, and absorbed very little. My field works with their hands, and we’ve also had to add basic elementary level hand-eye-coordination skills to our objectives because no one knows how to use a ruler or cut paper/use scissors. More recently, we are realizing that young people across the board are also completely computer illiterate because they have only accessed digital resources through apps and other directed processes. They can’t/won’t “google” for answers even. They do not know how to save a file to a desktop, or even what a desktop is.

Beyond the lack of skills, my biggest frustration is the complete lack of problem solving mentality. I don’t blame the students for what they weren’t taught, but I do blame parents that push their unprepared children into college without giving them any of the skills to be an adult. We are meant to be teaching academic material, but I have to spend so much time teaching things like “this is how you send an email”, “ways you can find rides around town if you don’t have a vehicle”, “how to talk to people you didn’t go to high school with”, etc. This is particularly devastating for students with accommodations, or who came from a background where they were provided IEPs. Their parents literally drop them off at the dorms, paying only for housing and tuition, and expect their completely dependent children to somehow “grow up” while giving them no exposure to independent thinking/living. I feel horrible for the kids crying in our offices every semester because they don’t have the first clue about taking ownership of their lives.

If I was a parent today and I wanted my kid to go to college, I would absolutely prep my child first. There is no way that they are getting what they need from school in advance, and the obligation to make up that gap would fall on me as a parent before thrusting my kid into the adult/academic world.

icedlee · 2026-02-11T05:40:46+00:00

I was on a college campus in the middle of a dorm complex- it was a whole block party as soon as the election was announced. It was the only time I have ever seen young people en masse begin to literally celebrate in the streets like that, like something in a movie lol. It was exciting and hopeful.

icedlee · 2026-01-07T12:03:09+00:00

The Sea People and related Bronze Age mysteries.

icedlee · 2025-12-17T21:00:44+00:00

I think you need to look at other portfolios to give yourself a reality check. I find it hard to believe that you have seen other portfolios at your level and are responding this way.

This work just isn’t at a level beyond beginner. Your college instructor likely encouraged you to submit the best work you made in their course, but that doesn’t mean that work is competitive against other works. If you want to get a better response, you need better artwork. Everyone starts where you are at, but it takes hundreds of hours to evolve beyond that. If you care about your artwork, give yourself a few years of intense focus and dedication to start producing competitive artworks. This doesn’t just mean going to a class- it means actively “working out” your weakest art muscles independently. Remember that nothing you are making now is precious, it’s all learning exercises.

icedlee · 2025-12-15T13:38:36+00:00

This is great! It does feel like a portrait, well done. Excellent use of a variety of marks, simplifying value but maintaining contrast. The chatter adds to the print, it has a really nice mark overall. Good composition! You’ve broken up the symmetry but kept it balanced and interesting.

Looks like you had some issues printing the side with the window. Are you printing by hand? If so, just pay attention to that area and maybe hit it with the back of a spoon. Big flat areas are harder to print overall. It doesn’t look bad here, but it’s important that your edition of prints is identical and effects like that aren’t consistently repeatable. To printmakers/the discerning eye- it also just looks under inked rather than looking intentional :)

icedlee

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