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I don't know I'm not done talking about it. It's insane that I can't just uninstall Edge or Copilot. That websites require my phone number to sign up. That people share their contacts to find their friends on social media.

I wouldn't use an adblocker if ads were just banners on the side funding a website I enjoy using and want to support. Ads pop up invasively and fill my whole screen, I misclick and get warped away to another page just for trying to read an article or get a recipe.

Every app shouldn't be like every other app. Instagram didn't need reels and a shop. TikTok doesn't need a store. Instagram doesn't need to be connected to Facebook. I don't want my apps to do everything, I want a hub for a specific thing, and I'll go to that place accordingly.

I love discord, but so much information gets lost to it. I don't want to join to view things. I want to lurk on forums. I want to be a user who can log in and join a conversation by replying to a thread, even if that conversation was two days ago. I know discord has threads, it's not the same. I don't want to have to verify my account with a phone number. I understand safety and digital concerns, but I'm concerned about information like that with leaks everywhere, even with password managers.

I shouldn't have to pay subscriptions to use services and get locked out of old versions. My old disk copy of photoshop should work. I should want to upgrade eventually because I like photoshop and supporting the business. Adobe is a whole other can of worms here.

Streaming is so splintered across everything. Shows release so fast. Things don't get physical releases. I can't stream a movie I own digitally to friends because the share-screen blocks it, even though I own two digital copies, even though I own a physical copy.

I have an iPod, and I had to install a third party OS to easily put my music on it without having to tangle with iTunes. Spotify bricked hardware I purchased because they were unwillingly to upkeep it. They don't pay their artists. iTunes isn't even iTunes anymore and Apple struggles to upkeep it.

My TV shows me ads on the home screen. My dad lost access to eBook he purchased because they were digital and got revoked by the company distributing them. Hitman 1-3 only runs online most of the time. Flash died and is staying alive because people love it and made efforts to keep it up.

I have to click "not now" and can't click "no". I don't just get emails, they want to text me to purchase things online too. My windows start search bar searches online, not just my computer. Everything is blindly called an app now. Everything wants me to upload to the cloud. These are good tools! But why am I forced to use them! Why am I not allowed to own or control them?

No more!!!!! I love my iPod with so much storage and FLAC files. I love having all my fics on my harddrive. I love having USBs and backups. I love running scripts to gut suck stuff out of my Windows computer I don't want that spies on me. I love having forums. I love sending letters. I love neocities and webpages and webrings. I will not be scanning QR codes. Please hand me a physical menu. If I didn't need a smartphone for work I'd get a "dumb" phone so fast. I want things to have buttons. I want to use a mouse. I want replaceable batteries. I want the right to repair. I grew up online and I won't forget how it was!

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I beg pls I BEG artist that joined tumblr recently PLEASE tag your art with your tag, it can be “my art”, “myart “ “your url art” I beg I just want to go to your tumblr and see your art all in one place please I just want to see your art I am crying and beggigm

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Her name is still tbd, but here's a lovely bard^^ The inspiration going is still strong for expanding my ffxiv character's stories.

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In the garden. Värmland, Sweden (November 20, 2015).

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Your Seikret isn't just for travel, though...

*Animation. Not a game feature

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As promised here are some of this year's swordtember pieces as prints! Link to Shop

Any purchase is deeply appreciated and helps support my work!

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Sketches Part 3 - The ever graceful Lunarae Starseeker Some of these are such a mood ^^"

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I'm also on bluesky Link!

Tumblr is my usual haunt as always <3 , but I'll also be present over yonder

Tbh I'm still being cautious about this site (twitter really wasn't my cup of tea, and this one we'll see), but I'll maintain an account and upload some stuff here and there.

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My entry for the V Rising "Slashers" contest! It got into the Special Mentions section, and I absolutely *love* how this piece turned out :3

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13 years of playing the best comfort game ever.

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Part 2 - Studies and sketches turned into OCs ^^

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Visiting a childhood friend...

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Part 1 - Lots and lots of studies and meme redraws turned into OCs, plus featuring my interpretation of friend's characters (all the Au Ra!) There's more sketch pages queued up, so stay tuned

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I think we all need some soup right now. Reblog to give prev a bowl of their favourite soup.

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As promised here are some of this year's swordtember pieces as prints! Link to Shop

Any purchase is deeply appreciated and helps support my work!

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Exercises for all the homies who want to have a long career drawing.

The true problem with being an artist and drawing all day (as I wanted my whole life) is that human backs are not designed to hold that position, so it is very common for artists and designers to have really stiff shoulder blades, creating a chain of muscle strain towards the arm AND the back… and a lot of pain.

These are some physical exercises for artists and honestly anyone who works at a desk.

(all credit to my physiotherapist)