#8-fold

[goodugong]

A quick radial symmetry design I made a while back to test my desktop sticker cutter's fine detail capabilities, and also if it could cut cereal-box cardboard (it can't w the default blade at least)

I wish CSP could build up more complex kinds of symmetry, or like, live-preview cloned layer groups. Ever since using Toon Boom Harmony I've yearned for a drawing program with a node-based layer system. Perhaps one day I will have to (learn to code properly and) write one myself, ugh

[neil-gaiman]

Hello, reverend Neil Gaiman! I am here to ask a very serious question. What is your respectable opinion about Joan of Arc? It would really make my day because she is one of my special interests among Good Omens and Doctor Who. I hope you have a good day, best regards. -Maria

I think this:

[khaotunq]

One Year of Only Friends ○ Ray Pakorn Edition Episode Three ○ original air date August 26th, 2023

[toothhurty]

“Two big spoons” doodle for my mum (done in like 3 minutes so please don’t look too hard at the art)

(Based on vvv)

[polin-erospsyche]

Oh that smirk! Oh the eyebrows rising! He looks so smug right now. Look at him proposing lessons like it is the smartest, most brilliant idea he’s ever come up with. I cannot wait for Colin Bridgerton to EAT his words

[itslilacmoon]

coolest kid on the block

[kraniumet]

100-150 milliseconds

[ixirian-archive]

I've finished my animatronics 8 fold zine!

Here are all the digital pages, and here is a link to my site which contains the unfolded version if you wanna print it and fold it yourself.

[theftshrubbery]

mornings with you 🌟

i’ve made a mini zine full of sapphic love :)

check it out here !

[foursaints]

Now I need more thoughts on this teenage stubborn child laborer Reg you speak of pls

so enchanting that in a narrative filled with elaborate revenge schemes, regulus’s great comeuppance basically consisted of, like, fatally stabbing himself & his enemy and waiting to see who bled out first. the suicide-by-locket is so charmingly straightforward! CHILDISHLY stubborn! regulus is not particularly clever, nor handsome, nor interesting, nor likable. but he is practical. and he knows how to endure unthinkable circumstances by being blunt & realistic & strong, and never expecting anything less. and once again this itself is a form of dignity.

no more fanciful french rococo regulus. MY regulus is like a brutalist concrete slab structure in the soviet union and he could effortlessly bloody your regulus's nose. and he would do it with a sullen, dispassionate look of resignation, like a child soldier who has literally never been taught that it’s possible to want for comfort.

no canon basis for any of this but isnt it fun to think about? regulus is like a cold war spy who is so used to training his immunity on cyanide capsules that he gets sweaty when he goes a day without ingesting poison. he understands vaguely that this, probably, is not how normal people live — but he’s never really thought to complain. he fronts the facts of his own life. some people are not allotted a fair share of pleasure.

now imagine THAT regulus having an encounter with james potter. could you imagine how much he would hate him, and admire him, in the same moment? how much james would (obsessively, compulsively) admire him back, for the opposite reasons? even more than he looks up to sirius? they both delusionally think that the other is the Main Character and feel jealous about it. GOD

[kowabungadoodles]

Theres this old phonebox that's been turned into a free book exchange, and it's near a local school.

I've put some old lgbtaq+ manga and comics in there before and they go really fast, I really want to put more stuff in there for the kids but I can't really afford to spend a ton of cash on books to give away.

I could leave a box of pins but I'm not sure if they'd get removed because they're not a book?

Do you guys have any ideas? Like does anyone know where to find some printable zines I could print out and fold? The kind of stuff you might really like to find if you were a kid in a town without any LGBTAQ+ stuff or resources

Or maybe where I could bulk buy some second hand books...

[saltpixiefibercraft]

Hello! I have been admiring your lovely weaving for a while now, it’s all truly stunning! On your most recent post about dish towels, your tags about how much nicer they are intrigued me, I was wondering what you make them out of?

I would assume cotton, but I’ve always had issues with how not nice it is when I knit dishcloths with it. Like, it gets kinda rough and hard almost, and also the color fades really, really fast. Tho I have only ever used Lily cotton, so it might just be that brand?

Thank you so much!! It's all so much fun, and I love sharing it (i'm so sorry this took so long to reply to,,,, I literally forgot about ask boxes on this hellsite MY BAD)

All my dishtowels are made from 8/2 cotton that I get from the Eugene Textile Center online. And I know exactly which cotton you are referencing here, I've used it in the past and had the same issues with texture and color you mention. I think part of the problem with that brand is the level of twist and how mass produced it is, a lot of the quality on batches of it have gone wayyyyy down these past few years.

My favorite thing about the Maurice Brassard 8/2 cotton is that not only does the color stay super well, after weaving and finishing, with every time it gets washed and dried it only gets softer and more absorbent which I love. My mother has been abusing a set I made her for about a year now and they have held up beautifully. And I'm talking just tossing these towels in general loads of laundry, machine washer and dryer. They hold up So Well.

[i-write-sin-not-tragedy]

I think the fact that my brains stress response is to simp really hard for favorite fictional men is hilarious, actually. Iconic even.

[devilishbirds]

fanart i drew of ichiban dying in hawai'i

[copper-dragon-in-disguise]

*''once more, with feeling'', buffy the vampire slayer, season 6, episode 7.

**''face the raven'', new who, season 9, episode 10.

[stromuprisahat]

Never take your Sun Summoner into the Shadow Fold sans previous announcement

Siege and Storm- Chapter 8

Nichevo'ya's bite?

Or the second amplifier too?

Once in her life, Alina makes a decent deduction, and immediately brushes it aside...

Meanwhile Sasha: "Oh babe, you're touching me from the inside?!"

Yeah, there's the age-old question how does the Fold feel to Aleksander?

If nichevo'ya are torn away from his very being, and the Fold was made through the same force, but with different intent, how well is he aware of the thing? And how aware of it he was to begin with? Did he have to "die" also because when the Fold was fresh, it had been too overhelming to function? I have SO many questions only Sasha can answer!

Alina doesn't want to participate in Sturmhond's experiments, because she doesn't think it's a good idea.

Why?

Because doesn't ~like~ it, and last time Maaal got hurt...

Why not offer stronger arguments?

The first time she entered the Fold, it was swarming with volcra even though they're supposed to move in small flocks, the Darkling literally told her he's like a beacon to them and "Like calls to like" right?!

"Hey dickhead, I'm not supporting your hunting expedition, because you wouldn't have the firepower necessary even if they weren't fucking starving. Do you want a living Sun Summoner, or to stroke your ego over our corpses once we'll crash?"

For a person, who likes to mouth off, Alina can't stand up for herself even if it would be prudent.

I know I'm fucking annoying, but shouldn't this lead to some kind of awakening?

Isn't this a moment a heroine should realize war is a terrible business, turning living bodies into mincemeat, so it should be stopped?!

Shouldn't this be a turning point, after which peace becomes her priority?

Oh yeah, babe! Panic attack!

... triggered by the slaughter…

... and when we're at it:

... broken in half?!

I raised my hand and brought it down in a blazing arc, slashing through the air. An earth-shaking crack echoed through the Fold as the sandskiff split in half. Raw screams filled the air and the volcra shrieked in their frenzy.

One of its masts had snapped in two... ?

The one you'd Cut, Alina?!

I felt the weight of the collar around my neck, the steady rhythm of the stag’s ancient heart beating in time with mine. My power rose up in me, solid and without hesitation, a sword in my hand. I lifted my arm and slashed. With an ear-splitting crack, one of the skiff ’s masts split in two. People bleated in panic and scattered as the broken mast fell to the deck, the thick wood gleaming with burning light. Shock registered on the Darkling’s face.

Shadow and Bone- Chapter 22

It's nice Alina doesn't feel fine, even looks for the bodies, but it somehow falls flat after avoiding to voice (even to herself) this didn't just happen to the skiff. She DID it.

... and we're back at "Feeling ashamed for even thinking about the Darkling", aren't we?!

Alina and the Darkling's little mental rendezvous will get its own post.