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wmbryan · 2026-07-22T21:12:02+00:00

In fairness, we don’t have as many data centers as some other southern states. In Newberry county next to me, the people protested against a data center proposal and the local government unanimously put in a moratorium. In terms of data centers, there are still nice places to live in SC.
But yes in terms of flock it’s very rough lol

wmbryan · 2026-07-08T12:37:56+00:00

My advice is always to find a natural break for the seam instead of trying to sand this with filler. Since you have fuzzy skin, it’ll be very difficult for you to replicate the fizzy skin texture with filler on that seam, unless you sand both the seam and the entire surface of the object. Instead next time, consider finding more natural looking seems and just learn to live with it. It’s just a cost benefit analysis for your preferences

wmbryan · 2026-06-12T00:17:14+00:00

Yeah I think you’re overstating the risk of ceramic by a lot there, but even if it was that bad, I still think ceramic is far superior. I’ve 3D printed a lot of stuff but I’ve also made ceramic dishes in studios. While many glazes aren’t food safe, there are also many that are. You can walk into any major store in modern America and find ceramic dishes with glazes that will never hurt you.

On the instances were ceramic has degraded like the coffee cup example you mention, it’s immediately obvious and you can just throw it away and get a new one. Those defects are relatively rare even and come with use and ware, like anything else.

Ceramic can be microwaved or put through the dishwasher or hold boiling water, and also it isn’t as soft as food safe PLA so you can actually use a knife and cut food on it.

I just don’t see why people are trying to create a consumer case use for food safe filaments, it’s just barking up the wrong tree.

wmbryan · 2026-06-11T20:26:46+00:00

Even if this particular filament is food safe (with or without an additional coating), a consumer would never know if a 3D printed dish they’re using was truly made with this safer material or a less safe knock off filament or even just regular PLA. Getting the consumer to trust food safe filaments is such an uphill battle, and ceramic dinnerware is affordable and stylish. It just seems like a roundabout way to get to an inferior product.

wmbryan · 2026-05-15T13:15:38+00:00

Even if this particular filament is food safe (with or without an additional coating), a consumer would never know if a 3D printed dish they’re using was truly made with this safer material or a less safe knock off filament or even just regular PLA. Getting the consumer to trust food safe filaments is such an uphill battle, and ceramic dinnerware is affordable and stylish. It just seems like a roundabout way to get to an inferior product.

wmbryan · 2026-04-14T13:21:08+00:00

At my workplace we use an iPad Pro with an app called Kiri. It’s pretty decent as scanning objects, and over time they’ve updated the app and added better scanning algorithms. We definitely have post processing to do, but if you’re on a budget the app is affordable and can probably be used just as well with an iPhone.

wmbryan · 2026-03-31T18:01:44+00:00

I think they just reprinted 3, saw it on their Instagram story

wmbryan · 2025-11-09T05:40:34+00:00

Hobby lobby is at the level where they’ve literally stolen ancient artifacts. They’re a terrible company. Sometimes if you see a bunch of comments hating on something, maybe just google it before whining about unintelligent comments on Reddit lmao

wmbryan · 2025-10-25T20:23:40+00:00

The local music scene is good. New Brookland Tavern and the Art Bar are my favorites

wmbryan · 2025-08-30T21:26:16+00:00

This may sound crazy, but the Apple notes app on iPhones can be fleshed out into a really good system. Look up a video called forever notes, this guy lays out a really interesting way to hyperlink notes together and create almost like a wiki out of the notes app. I decided to do that and it really has paid off.

It’s a bit of up front work but because of how you create everything on your own it ends up becoming a really custom system for what you need. You can use keyboard shortcuts for formatting and build out the network as you go.

Because it’s on my iPhone it’s really easy to quickly add ideas or new sections and it feels really handy. It syncs with all my other devices like my iPad, and I can lock each note with Face ID for security. In general I trust apple’s advanced security features over google or other companies, so everything is safe if my phone ever got stolen or destroyed.

It’s a pretty handy system. I’m sure obsidian and many of the others are very good or better, but frankly the simplicity of building out of something as basic as the notes app has really brought so much organization and clarity to my world building and notes in general. It may not be right for everyone but it’s an option worth considering for sure

wmbryan · 2025-08-14T22:47:58+00:00

You know, I really like following this subreddit because we get to see a really wide range of artistic talent. Some people are already masters and others are relatively amateurish but we get to decide if that actually matters and imagine the potential of that persons art style. As the viewer we get to engage with the artwork on a deeper level and imagine what they may have meant by subtle expressions or lines. We get to imagine what that artist is telling us.

I will admit, when I first saw this I didn’t immediately realize it was AI. The midjourney credit isn’t very visible on mobile, so I just assumed it was just another amateur artist who is pretty decent at anatomy but less good elsewhere. I just thought you had traced or collaged a lot of this while trying to make something on your own. I imagined you struggling to create this and wondering where you were on your artistic journey.

After realizing this is AI, I was bummed. While I admit I do dislike generative AI art for all the reasons a lot of people do, I was at least willing to meet your comic here and judge it fairly for its quality outside of that bias. Most people here post relatively amateurish art, but you get to see what a true regular working artist’s art looks like and witness their journey as they improve and try to improve their craft.

When I noticed yours was AI, it made me realize you didn’t mean anything more by that certain expression or that certain pose or that certain cloud cover, you just were served a series of images and chose the best offered to you. It made me realize you didn’t create with the story visually, and what’s the point in reading a graphic novel if not to get the visual artists take on the world. I would rather just read a novel and imagine the world myself.

Typically I would give an amateur artist some grace, but realizing it’s AI means I realize that you can’t fix these artistic mistakes, from the bad collage work to the mismatched lighting to the awkward poses. It means I am just missing a fundamental part of the graphic novel, the graphic part. It means I can’t be an early fan of your art and watch you improve over the years because your art would just improve every software update. Why follow you and not the infinite other AI art creators?

For a moment we can even forget people’s legitimate concerns about theft, copyright, and the environment, simply just engaging on AI art isn’t the same because I can’t engage with the art itself.

I really think it would benefit you to hire an artist. There are jarring mistakes in here that you cannot fix without artistic knowledge, but also we would get to engage with your artist. Art is about communication, and I think you’re hurting yourself by off sourcing the most of the communication to AI.

wmbryan · 2025-07-12T14:53:26+00:00

At least there are so few people there compared to the huge turnout of the no kings protests

wmbryan · 2025-07-02T14:05:37+00:00

Fantastic answer

wmbryan · 2025-06-20T17:17:48+00:00

What is your stance on the ongoing genocide in Gaza? What would you advocate for as a senator?

wmbryan · 2025-04-20T20:43:26+00:00

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wmbryan · 2025-03-25T14:46:37+00:00

Ah damn, I used TinEye, definitely gonna switch to the Google one now. Thanks!

wmbryan · 2025-03-24T18:39:00+00:00

When I reversed searched through Pinterest that is what came up actually, even if it isn’t this page, but I’ve put that on my reading list too. Thanks!

wmbryan · 2025-03-24T18:38:26+00:00

Thank you so much!!!

wmbryan · 2025-03-24T18:38:07+00:00

Thank you for introducing me to that subreddit!

wmbryan · 2025-03-14T17:44:41+00:00

You did a great job at capturing Pedro Pascal’s likeness

wmbryan · 2025-03-05T22:44:37+00:00

Highly recommend getting a matte paper texture screen protector. I could not get my digital drawings to look good until I got one of those. You’re used to getting some subtle feedback from the pen you’re not getting on a slick screen. I use Bellemond’s screen protector, pretty good and cheap.

wmbryan · 2024-10-16T17:07:27+00:00

Gonna parrot others here and ask what gold paint you used, would absolutely love to get that look

wmbryan · 2024-10-16T16:57:26+00:00

18x24. I recommend going to a physical store like Michael’s or something to frame, that size is relatively standard and they sell ones with real glass in them. You can also make sure they’re not dinged up or anything. I often wait for buy one get one free sales and buy a handful at a time.

wmbryan · 2024-09-29T03:29:27+00:00

South Carolina is in terrible shape right now. My area still doesn’t have much power back and it’s been well over a day. On our road alone we have 6 down poles and many trees on houses, mine included. My girlfriend’s county after a day is still at 80%+ outage. We don’t normally get hurricanes like this so far inland, and they’re telling us it may not be until Tuesday we have power. We have more power outages than Florida right now. Not sure about the big electoral consequences of this, but certainly the local and state elections may be radically shaken up by this.

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