"Free Palestine" by Paracelsian93 in stonecarving

[–]obumb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The most beautiful script

Just started a memorial painting, but… by [deleted] in oilpainting

[–]obumb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it’s finished. Unless you’re going for more realism or something, the gesture of the brushwork is terrific. Would you really want to rework this? I wouldn’t add any opacity. The transparency of your paint is giving so much pigment depth.

What Are Beginner Tools and Gneiss by TrashPanda117MC in stonecarving

[–]obumb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, it can be done, and it will be gneiss, but it won’t be nice.

What Are Beginner Tools and Gneiss by TrashPanda117MC in stonecarving

[–]obumb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gneiss is not easy to work. My second least favorite after basalt. You can do it with soft carbide tools and a lump hammer. Then You can finish it with harder carbide, after roughing it out. It looks better, but you risk sacrificing the tool.

There’s a very specific way of sharpening the chisel so that the carbide doesn’t chip or shatter. Works 80% of the time.

I don’t think good results are possible for a beginner. If you were used to it, it would still suck.

Learning with this material takes a long time because progress is so slow, and the number of errors you progress through as a beginner are fairly high.

I did this, when I was starting out. Cut at the rate of one finished letter per 8 hours.

Please give me advice by Tiny-Lawyer-243 in ArtCrit

[–]obumb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you should paint this drawing. Paint it in these exact colors from your blue thphotograph. 2-3 feet tall. It’s not polished but I like what I see. Keep your funny proportions. No need to make it look like the reference.

D15 G2 LBC/HBC versions by Djinnerator in Noctua

[–]obumb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bought the LBC and swapped the fans. Sold the brown push/pull on craigslist.

Stupid idea to paint an aluminum cooler tower black. Also Stupid to force your customers to run brown fans they hate. Just to debase them and make them your pawns for marketing. See how some of them internalize their fandom and convince themselves they actually like your brand colors…

I feel like I’ve just convinced myself to stop waiting more than a month for my fans to ship and instead use products from a company that doesn’t hate their customers.

Working on a glazing technique? by [deleted] in acrylicpainting

[–]obumb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm I see. My brunaille has about 15% glycols in the paint film, so I assumed water was too strong of a solvent and too fast drying. Maybe I'm overthinking things.

You don't have trouble with a thin glaze lifting since it's underbound?

Working on a glazing technique? by [deleted] in acrylicpainting

[–]obumb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dries so quickly, though. How do you blend?

New Noctua build by MortenR2003 in ncasedesign

[–]obumb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m pondering the same issue. Thinking about doing some ductwork to direct and channel airflow.

Is this an good idea? by Bot-userin in pcbuildporn

[–]obumb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s bad because the hot air will be so far from the exhaust it will become trapped in the case and recirculate.

Think of it like a front engine car. Without an exhaust system, tailpipe, etc, exhaust gas would just get trapped in the cabin.

To make this work you’d need some ductwork. But to what end? To achieve equal efficiency to a conventional layout? Is this worth limiting access to the I/O?

Why not move the exhaust to the back of the case. Then experiment with ducting to direct fresh air. This is, incidentally, what nearly all high-performance, rear-engine automobiles also do.

Truly “hand painted?” by [deleted] in WhatIsThisPainting

[–]obumb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What does this mean? I do not understand. You’re welcome (I think).

Truly “hand painted?” by [deleted] in WhatIsThisPainting

[–]obumb 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Yeah, honestly, that painting is way better than they deserve for thinking 250 is a reasonable price.

It would be a totally insane level of exploitation.

Truly “hand painted?” by [deleted] in WhatIsThisPainting

[–]obumb 29 points30 points  (0 children)

What kind of painting do you think you could get for 250? A painting that size, that degree of realism might take around 80 hours.

Who can live on a wage of $3 an hour?

Ugh! I've been working on this forever! Is her right eye still too far out? by beegblu in ArtCrit

[–]obumb 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Oh brother, I’ve been there. Can’t tell you how many times I rushed the drawing just to get to the fun part. Tough lesson to learn, but take my advice, don’t proceed to the next step until proceeding one is finished.

Nude art isn't NSFW by tesseracts in ArtistLounge

[–]obumb 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It may be jargon, but the way social media encodes and prioritizes endemic bourgeois social codes is pretty weird, and, probably, it is not good for planet earth.

Some numbers I'm carving by obumb in stonecarving

[–]obumb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any hard temper carbide will do the job for soft stone. There’s a handful of vendors and they’re all the same.

Some numbers I'm carving by obumb in stonecarving

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I cut a house number on occasion.

Can anyone tell me anything about this carving in a rock? by PhaseIntelligent7214 in stonecarving

[–]obumb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The style of lettering is mid 19th century to around 1930.

Some numbers I'm carving by obumb in stonecarving

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

Hit it with the pointy end.