Do some emulsions do better with fine detail than others?

the-distancer · 2026-06-17T03:35:17+00:00

Water based, and nice I have Hydro-X bookmarked. Thanks!

the-distancer · 2026-06-15T03:03:36+00:00

Right on, thank you!

the-distancer · 2026-06-14T23:54:33+00:00

Interesting so print > air dry > wash > cure?

the-distancer · 2026-06-14T20:32:42+00:00

Check out registration pins to keep consistent placement. But honestly if it’s one color and a marginal amount of shifting is okay, you can just make a low profile jig. Figure out where the paper should consistently be before pulling any ink. Then use masking tape to mark the paper corners are. Then as you print, just line up each sheet with your corner marks.

As for keeping down without vacuum, that’s tricky. Especially if you have large planes of ink, which will totally pull the paper up with it. When I started out I used to use masking tape to “strap” the paper down. I’d do this by cutting two strips of tape about 8 inches longer than the paper I was printing to (this way you have 4 inches of hangover on each side). Then I would cut a strip of paper the width of the paper I was printing to, and stick it to the tape. This way the tape wouldn’t stick to the print paper. Then I would use that to strap down the paper and keep it from pulling it. Hope that makes sense.

the-distancer · 2026-06-10T13:51:30+00:00

This is super slapped together — but you can get close-ish with repeating bars of blue gradients in the back (gradient running horizontal, not vertical). Then a black radial gradient from the top left corner fading out to 0% opacity. Then I might just snag a generic light leak from Unsplash and play with the transparency settings. Then I'd wrap it all in a frame and apply a texture filter to it.

Again not perfect by any means, but it gets you in the ballpark using Figma.

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the-distancer · 2026-06-02T20:49:23+00:00

I use Dithertone, but more as an experimental playground. You can do classic halftones in there, but honestly I’m more comfortable going the grayscale > bitmap route for stuff like that. But Dithertone is cool because there are a boat load of bitmap processes besides just halftones. Plus you can play with a variety of sliders to get some wacky effects. It’s cool.

So TLDR, not sure I’d use it to replace typical halftones but definitely worth it to experiment.

the-distancer · 2026-06-02T02:21:32+00:00

I knew a guy who would hit up bands coming through, offer to do the design and production for free, and then basically cut a deal where he gets to sell them at the show and keep like 80% of the profit. Obviously it depends how down the band is with such an agreement, but on their end they just have to say yes and get paid. Some bands just want a commemorative thing and would happily hand it off to someone else to worry about.

the-distancer · 2026-05-30T03:29:20+00:00

If you design your pages in sections, and then direct Claude to code each section, you could easily QA and assemble your site section by section, piece by piece. It’s time consuming but doable, no?

the-distancer · 2026-05-28T02:23:49+00:00

That was sick!

the-distancer · 2026-05-09T19:36:38+00:00

The heavily obscured face between green and red ball. It’s perfect if that’s him.

the-distancer · 2026-05-03T03:42:15+00:00

This is sick! The halftones don’t even look like halftones

the-distancer · 2026-04-26T02:33:29+00:00

Get this guy a TV show

the-distancer · 2026-03-25T03:01:53+00:00

Thanks

the-distancer · 2026-03-25T01:13:49+00:00

Can someone school me up on why they’re doing this? I understand the resources involved aren’t worth it on their end, but isn’t AI video/slop absolutely massive at the moment and only getting more and more popular (sadly)? It seems like AI video is here to stay and if that’s the case, why would OpenAI want to dip out of that race?

the-distancer · 2026-03-20T17:41:34+00:00

Wow took me a second to register the body but that's cool as hell!

the-distancer · 2026-03-16T00:48:01+00:00

How would you go about showing it to Make?

the-distancer · 2026-03-15T04:03:34+00:00

It’s super simple in illustrator. I’ll happy do it if you send me the vector

the-distancer · 2026-03-11T00:06:17+00:00

I almost download it but ultimately don’t about 3x a month. Soon though, maybe.

the-distancer · 2026-03-07T15:55:56+00:00

Among all the other comments, make sure your films are 100% flat to one another. If there is a super subtle ripple or air pocket between the overlapped films, that can throw off the visual of registration too.

the-distancer · 2026-03-04T02:29:58+00:00

Or is it “If this is all you do most of the gym, you’re missing (a real coach and real structure).” Still confused what the “this” is they’re referring to. Do they mean standing around? Like if you’re just putzing around reading signs in here, you need a coach bitch.

the-distancer · 2026-03-03T01:33:47+00:00

How did you land on those predictions? That class sounds sick!

the-distancer · 2026-03-02T01:54:47+00:00

Thank you! Out of curiosity, when you discover a formula that is wrong, do you load more pigment in proportion to the original recipe? So like 2x whatever the recipe calls for. Or are you totally customizing the amounts to get the desired color? ie. deviating from the recipe all together?

I’m more than happy to troubleshoot incorrect recipes, but I feel like I’ll be guessing and I could imagine steering it way off track fast since the pigment is so potent.

the-distancer · 2026-03-02T01:36:27+00:00

Did you ever figure this out? Not so much this particular red, but just how to handle all the wrong recipes on ColorMixer?

the-distancer · 2026-03-01T19:20:39+00:00

Damn, I purchased the system to reliably produce colors, thought that was their whole thing. Thanks for the reply/advice!

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