#This is Neuland for me

[sanamustdie]

if not pspspsps then why pspspsps shaped!!

vicky and homelander art dump!! these two characters are literally melting what’s left of my brain (help)

you can fix him? okay cool, she will make him worse

[dialoogid]

Neulander - Sex, God & Money (2003)

[cyclesprefectpress]

[image description: 8 photos of a letterpress broadside printed from handset type and a linoleum block illustration. the poem is titled The Interview, written by a young poet for the 2024 edition of Words of Courage. the poet answers questions like what musical instrument, or animal, or color would you like to be. they would be an Afuche Cabasa, a tarantula, and the sound of a bird being eaten by a tarantula. printed from lead type, handset in Motto and Neuland; illustrated in pink, red, and blue is a tarantula playing the Afuche Cabasa. there are motion lines embossed out of the sheet for the shaking effect of the percussion. full text under the cut. end description.]

behold my abominable contribution to this year's Words of Courage publication 🎉🎉

WoC is a yearly publication of poetry broadsides written by patients at Seattle Children’s Hospital, and designed, printed, and bound into portfolios by local letterpress & book artists. this year’s whole edition will be scanned and posted there in a couple weeks & previous years are always there to see!

knew that i wanted this one immediately; this kid is SO cool and funny. personally i am deeply arachnophobic and have been doing some spider illustrations as exposure therapy. so far no discernible effect!! still very afraid of em. don't like to see em. research phase is a horror. but i am getting better at drawing them.

the Neuland for the sound effect was a no-brainer to me, plus i knew i would be varying the size and we have the original hand-cut stuff so each size of the face has little differences in the letter forms that you can spot. that little change in angle on the Cs, i love it so so much.

i didn't want to make the spider a cartoon. this reach for the skies pose is a real thing tarantulas do as a defensive back-off posture, so i was aiming for more of a posterized-from-photograph feel on the linocuts. reduction cut for the pink and red passes, separate block for the blue. the little bit of wobbly registration between the red and blue blocks helps the posterization feel, and some people also said it reminded them of riso, which i thought was very neat.

thought about printing the motion lines from rule as well, but it's a lot of text and i wanted it to stay very readable. so i made an embossing jig out of masking tape and hand-scored each of the lines into the edition instead. easy! well. simple anyway. 100 of em does strain the wrist so i only did a few at a time over a couple days. i finished a little ahead of schedule and this felt less…stressfully complicated than some other projects I've done so I kept looking at it and worrying that it wasn't actually finished?? when i'm not looking at it i still worry about that. but i'm, hmm, when i see it i'm really pretty sure i was correct to stop here.

The Interview    Q:        Rio, if you could be an animal, what animal would you like to be? A:        I’d be a tarantula. They make beautiful webs. Some tarantulas eat birds!   Q:        If you could be a color, what color appeals to you?

A:        I’d be red velvet like the red velvet cupcakes at Cupcake Royale. I’d also be aqua blue, the color of hospital masks.   Q:        What loud noise would you like to be if you could be one? A:        Definitely the sound of a bird screeching while being eaten by a tarantula.   Q:        Suppose you could be a musical instrument? A:        I’d love that! And I’d love to be a Latin Afuche Cabasa. It’s a stick with tiny metal spheres around it. When you rotate it in your hand it makes the sound Chichichichichichichichi.   Q:        Rio, can you imagine having wheels?  A:        I can! I’d be a buggy. I ride the hospital buggies every day when I’m here. They make me feel happy and fast! And wanting to go! Go!

[visualpractitioner]

Plant-Based Inks & The BigOne Art Marker

Last month, I met with Laurie from Bluebird Gardens to test plant-based dyes that could be used on fabric AND paper using Neuland’s BigOne Art markers.

Success! Yes, they wrote beautifully on both.

Do you know how long we have to wait for these plants to grow, get harvested, turn into dye, in order to be used? Sometimes just under a year, with some plants, it could take several years. And think of all the love and labor that goes into their nurturing and care.

While I am learning to be in the moment… It’s quite easy AND necessary when lettering. These plants are teaching me patience. And we all know the value of being patient. :)

Here are a few photos from a workshop in Laurie’s garden last summer.

Laurie offers workshops both at her farm near Mesa Verde and at Durango Sustainable Goods. So if you are near or visiting Southwest Colorado, please check out her offerings at https://www.bluebirddyegardens.com.

Which leads me to…

What does radical self care look like?

Click here to download my Radical Self-Care Checklist.

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If you would like to learn more about the biggest brush nib marker in the world, click here. I've also created a free online course about it too here.

[heathermartinez]

How the stars aligning inform how I design my offerings

Like most artists, I flutter from idea to idea.

But when it comes to offering classes at Let’s Letter Together! I have a very different approach. I have been planning, setting intentions, harvesting, and sharing the abundance on an annual cyclical basis.

By Winter Solstice of each year, I plant my seeds of intention for the coming year. I let the fertile ground of my intentions help my ideas grow.

By Summer Solstice, my ideas are fully formed and ready to share.

This year I delivered: • Lettering with Pencils • Finding Your Signature Style

Then the real fun begins: Lammas/Harvest allows me to see and share with abundance. This year delivered a bumper crop. As I was planning to announce:

Dancing in the Dark with Sharon Zeugin

When The BigOne! Blowout happened:

BigOne Duet with Brandy Agerbeck

Let’s go BIG Together! (a free class on Neuland markers)

BIG Fun! with the BigOne! With Mike Gold

Not to eclipse my efforts with Sharon, these BigOne sessions have come together quite easily—inspired by a retrograding Venus transiting over my natal sun in Leo and the Venus Cazimi. While Dancing in the Dark has been in slow development for over a year—with good purpose.

Starting on the Fall Equinox when the light and dark are equal, we will begin Dancing with the Dark with Roman Capitals on black paper. Together we will dance with Sharon through a series of prompts and end our time together at Samhain, at a time when the veil is the thinnest, and we will be equipped to let go of what no longer serves us in order to step into the selves we need to become next.

From Sharon… "Let's use this time to emphasize connecting the lettering with personal feeling and one’s own words—a meaningful mantra or something fun to write. This is an opportunity for experimenting with improvisation in terms of writing words and designing as you go.   We’ll start simply and grow from there, always rooted in the knowledge and experience of the forms—and variations on their rhythm, spacing, and proportions."

This launching of ideas and completing them by November 1 aligns perfectly with the Deer Walks I am doing with Cassandra Leoncini (http://www.twoeaglesastrology.com). This is the restart after a 7-year cycle since my first Deer Walks when I lived in DC and needed an integrated Vision Quest in order to leave so I may return to the Southwest.

And it’s after that time that I take all of the ideas I have gathered during this harvest season for 2024 and let them reveal their true selves.

Will I be collaborating more with master calligraphers to give our shared audiences what they need, want, and desire?

Will I both: return to the basics by offering more handwriting classes all WHILE helping visual practitioners Level Up so the important work they are doing is supported?

Will there be another European Lettering Tour? Since 2018 I have taught hundreds of VPs in over 10 different countries in-person. With so many more entering the field, do they need me in-person or will virtual learning continue to grow?

I read a quote on Instagram the other day that said:

“Set goals so high that they demand an entirely different version of you.”

I know where I want to put my focus in 2024:

Appreciative Inquiry,

Lettering,

Tech hosting and building curriculums to support trauma-informed communities

But will the stars align?

Only time will tell. As will my health and well-being in support of these efforts. Both my willingness to grow and the external forces outside of my control will determine what version of me will come next.

What future self are you currently developing?

[sailorhyunjinz]

I've literally never seen a place where I can pay with an app here in Germany lol

As Angela Merkel said in 2013 "das Internet ist für uns alle Neuland" the internet is new ground for all of us

Digitalisation? Never heard of her over here in Germany lmao

Don't worry about not answering the asks immediately, it's fun to talk to you :D

- horny!jisung is valid

OOP MERKEL BE SPEAKING LIKE ITS 1999 AND BELIEVING THE EARTH WAS GONNA DISAPPEAR WHEN IT BECAME YEAR 2000 LMOAHAUSHASD

im actually sad that alot of stores are ditching coins and paperbills cause they humble me so much, like i can see the money disappearing from my wallet but cards are just fun to swipe,,,, or "blipp" as we do here LMAO

[hatechoosingnameforblogs]

01.

So, I completed a list of questions I found, and added a few I get asked sometimes. Why? I remembered doing this as a teenager and having fun. Never ever published them, so I’m doing it now.

Anyway, who cares, it’s not that deep. Enjoy!

[What are you listening to? Hold back the river - James Bay]

Name? Joana.

Favorite color? To wear: black, white and warm tones. For paintings: blue, purple, white.

Zodiac sing? Gemini.

Chinese zodiac? Earth dragon.

Favorite moment of the day? Early morning and late at night.

Favorite season? (If it’s not super windy, I’m happy) All of them.

Favorite country? Not Italy.

[What are you listening to? Angel on fire - Halsey]

Favorite song? Breathe - Fleurie / Neuland - Unheilig / Tides - Tarot / Losing my religion - REM

Favorite book? Guerra de los cielos - Trujillo y García. / Le Petit Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Favorite Writer? Edgar Allan Poe.

Favorite Story? The Black Cat - William Wilson (Poe) / Le Petit Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)

Favorite tv show? Person of Interest - Friends.

Favorite movie? Since I was a kid: The Lion King. And the one that changed my life: Mr Nobody.

Favorite anime? Kuroshitsuji. As a kid: Saint Seiya.

Serie you are watching at the moment? Korean one about time travel: 앨리스 (Alice)

Last movie you saw? John Wick.

Who was your crush when you were a kid? Everyone.

Who is your crush? Keanu, since I was a teen.

[What are you listening to? Human - Aquilo]

Ultimate goal? Happiness, or peace of mind (at least).

Your dream? To have a family.

Something you always wanted? A family.

Something you will never have? A family. Good night sleep.

[What are you listening to? Always done what you say - Aquilo]

Something you hate in others? Lack of empathy. Commitment issues. When their word means NOTHING.

Something you love in others? When they make time for me.

Something you love about yourself? My strength.

Something you hate about yourself? Always trying to understand why people act certain way. Giving second chances.

[What are you listening to? Ashley - Halsey]

Something that makes you proud? That I’m still smiling every day.

Something you are afraid of? Wasting my time.

Something you wish could be real? Dragons.

Name your obsessions. In photo: lighting and shapes - Animals - Dragons.

Something you respect? Nature.

[What are you listening to? The Tradition - Halsey]

Favorite date? Full of laughs, beer and food.

Favorite meal? Pizza. Anything with potato. Pasta. Spring rolls. Ramen. Stew. Soup.

Something you cherish? Silence

What makes you feel good? A hug. Playing with animals. Taking pictures, drawing. Learning things.

[What are you listening to? Never Know Unplugged - Bad Omens]

Something you can’t do? Pretend.

Something you are good at? Making people laugh. Eating.

Something that makes you feel at peace? Running - Swimming - Rain and snow touching my face.

Favorite sound? Purrs - Rain - Footsteps on rocks - Applause - Someone else’s laughter.

[What are you listening to? Careful what you wish for Unplugged - Bad Omens]

Stress relief activities? I like to go around and take pictures. Also dancing, digital painting and singing work for me.

What would you change if you could go back? I will give more hugs, to people that no longer exist and I miss.

Something you heard that shocked you? There are two types of humans: the ones who can talk to themselves inside their brain / the ones who can’t hear their thoughts in real time.

Something most people don’t know about you? I pray every night.

Something you love about yourself, but you feel people can’t stand? I have the need to understand what’s happening, so I talk or ask too much.

Something you will like to change about yourself? Stubbornness.

[What are you listening to? Kind of a bitch - Hannah Cut]

Useful skill? Learning languages.

Useless skill? Learning languages.

[ollie603]

Typeface selection

Part of my research was to look into a typeface selection for my animation when the time came to create it. I looked into various different sources and opinions about what typeface could work and considered the context of the speech, furthermore who it was said by.

An article on the website 99designs by Lindsay Kramer "a copy and content writer" cites the following:

"Fonts are one of the most important design choices to make when developing your brand identity. The best fonts leave you feeling like you’ve made an instant friend while the worst fonts are like a stranger who won’t leave you alone."

Therefore it was critical I get my typeface selection correct if I wanted to send the right message through my animation.

Kramer lists the following points about what makes a good typeface:

Even kerning Consistency Balance Legibility

Then lists the following points about what makes a bad typeface:

Overused Imbalanced Unreadable Boring "Fauxotic" fonts

When choosing a typeface I should consider that the typeface is

"Well-crafted and aesthetically pleasing (and) appropriate for your brand".

Kramer lists the following as good typefaces:

Didot Bodoni Garamond Futura Helvetica Mrs Eaves Baskerville Akzidenz-Grotesk Clarendon Gill Sans Verdana Frutiger FF Din Proxima Nova Uni Sans

And then the following for bad typefaces:

Copperplate Gothic Times New Roman Trajan Pro Comic Sans Courier Papyrus Bonzai Neuland-Inline Brush Script Souvenir FF Blur Impact Trajan Pro Curlz Jokerman Lobster Bleeding Cowboys Arial

While all incredibly subjective dependant on the clients needs I feel that this list is incredibly consistent with what I believe. Therefore out of the selection of "good" typefaces, I decided to choose Helvetica. It is incredibly well known and the only draw back from Kramer's list is that it's "overused". However, I thought that since I was working with kinetic type I might be able to use it and get away with it since I will be playing with different ways to present it visually. Not to mention that the wide array of weights that the font family offers allows me to choose weights when I animate to illustrate points better.

I then looked into other sources for a second opinion on what the "best" typefaces are and was met with the same answer on BonFX, a table created by Douglas Bonneville in 2015 lists Helvetica as the number 1 best typeface to use.

With that I then moved into whether Helvetica could be appropriate in a professional setting (to reflect the professionalism of Helen Clark throughout the speech) and found a resource on Studio Kayama by "ikumikayama" under the article "5 fonts that add credibility and professionalism to scientific research". Helvetica is listed at number 2 on their list. With Kayama citing "Helvetica is a font that looks great on both print and on screen.  Nature , Science, and Cell request that their figure labels be in Helvetica". Therefore Helvetica is appropriate for a formal/professional setting such as this topic, and furthermore reflecting the professionalism of Helen Clark throughout the speech.

Finally I looked at a resource dedicated to praising Helvetica (despite a potentially bias view). An article on Indusnet by Mainak Biswas titled "Helvetica Lovers Unite: Probably the Most Prolific Font in the World". Biswas states that Helvetica "is legible even when the viewer is in motion, making it popular amongst signage and airline logos" therefore switching it so that the type is in motion would most certainly be viable. Biswas also states that Helvetica is "omnipresent, a lot of big brand have their logos in the Helvetica font. Even though it was widely used, the message it sends across and its professionalism is unmatched".

This concludes my research, justification and selection of a typeface for my animation. Helvetica is suitable for a professional setting and therefore represents Helen Clark in just as a professional setting. Is incredibly popular and safe to use and has a wide range of weights to be able to utilise during my animation.

[arapydea]

Stargate Atlantis & Voltron: Legendary Defender are the same if you just squint hard enough

You know

A group of people find ancient alien technologie, travel through a wormhole into another galaxy, find a giant castle/city-ship and get sucked into a war against an evil alien race that has been reigning for 10.000 years.

Coincidence ??

Probably

But still interesting.

[minzapinza]

The way the German government keeps trying to invade our (internet) privacy is the epitome of Neuland.

First, there's this completely insane proposal where they want to make it mandatory for porn sites to check your ID to confirm whether you are of age and allowed to watch porn. Surely I don't want some random ass porn website to have my ID? lol (This is regardless of whether porn is a good or bad thing. This is not the point.)

Secondly, they literally passed a law about government spy ware that can be installed on literally any device without suspicion to check if you have child porn or whatever. I don't want the government tracking my every move just because???

And then they also want to somehow make a law that makes it mandatory for any device with a possible internet connection to be fitted with a mandatory content filter (that filters everything out not suitable for children) unless you can prove you are 18+.

?????????????????????

Like, 10 years ago everyone was going NUTS about NSA over here and now they literally do the same shit, and this is in a country that has a long history of spying on their people during the GDR as well as the Third Reich to some extent.

[platonickit]

ah yes, the agony after watching first kisses in tv shows compilations on youtube and doing flirting lessons on duolingo. the longing. the yearning.

[caedescorvirpg]

skeletons as fonts? 👀

KLASJD who are you, why are you haunting me.

ALBATROSS : arial

BLACK HERON : wingdings

BLUE JAY : jokerman

CALADRIUS : lobster 

FALCONET :  bleeding cowboys

GOLDEN PHEASANT : impact

HARRIER : times new roman

HUMMINGBIRD : comic sans

LYREBIRD : papyrus

MAGPIE : montserrat

NIGHTINGALE : trajan pro

PEACOCK : curlz

PEREGRINE FALCON : 2012 olympic font

ROBIN : kristen itc 

ROOK :  copperplate gothic

SNOW OWL : zaptino

SPARROW : bradel hand

STARLING :  neuland inline

SWAN : brush script font

[visualpractitioner]

How the stars aligning inform how I design my offerings

Like most artists, I flutter from idea to idea.

But when it comes to offering classes at Let’s Letter Together! I have a very different approach. I have been planning, setting intentions, harvesting, and sharing the abundance on an annual cyclical basis.

By Winter Solstice of each year, I plant my seeds of intention for the coming year. I let the fertile ground of my intentions help my ideas grow.

By Summer Solstice, my ideas are fully formed and ready to share.

This year I delivered: • Lettering with Pencils • Finding Your Signature Style

Then the real fun begins: Lammas/Harvest allows me to see and share with abundance. This year delivered a bumper crop. As I was planning to announce:

Dancing in the Dark with Sharon Zeugin

When The BigOne! Blowout happened:

BigOne Duet with Brandy Agerbeck

Let’s go BIG Together! (a free class on Neuland markers)

BIG Fun! with the BigOne! With Mike Gold

Not to eclipse my efforts with Sharon, these BigOne sessions have come together quite easily—inspired by a retrograding Venus transiting over my natal sun in Leo and the Venus Cazimi. While Dancing in the Dark has been in slow development for over a year—with good purpose.

Starting on the Fall Equinox when the light and dark are equal, we will begin Dancing with the Dark with Roman Capitals on black paper. Together we will dance with Sharon through a series of prompts and end our time together at Samhain, at a time when the veil is the thinnest, and we will be equipped to let go of what no longer serves us in order to step into the selves we need to become next.

From Sharon... "Let's use this time to emphasize connecting the lettering with personal feeling and one’s own words—a meaningful mantra or something fun to write. This is an opportunity for experimenting with improvisation in terms of writing words and designing as you go.   We’ll start simply and grow from there, always rooted in the knowledge and experience of the forms—and variations on their rhythm, spacing, and proportions."

This launching of ideas and completing them by November 1 aligns perfectly with the Deer Walks I am doing with Cassandra Leoncini (http://www.twoeaglesastrology.com). This is the restart after a 7-year cycle since my first Deer Walks when I lived in DC and needed an integrated Vision Quest in order to leave so I may return to the Southwest.

And it’s after that time that I take all of the ideas I have gathered during this harvest season for 2024 and let them reveal their true selves.

Will I be collaborating more with master calligraphers to give our shared audiences what they need, want, and desire?

Will I both: return to the basics by offering more handwriting classes all WHILE helping visual practitioners Level Up so the important work they are doing is supported?

Will there be another European Lettering Tour? Since 2018 I have taught hundreds of VPs in over 10 different countries in-person. With so many more entering the field, do they need me in-person or will virtual learning continue to grow?

I read a quote on Instagram the other day that said:

“Set goals so high that they demand an entirely different version of you.”

I know where I want to put my focus in 2024:

Appreciative Inquiry,

Lettering,

Tech hosting and building curriculums to support trauma-informed communities

But will the stars align?

Only time will tell. As will my health and well-being in support of these efforts. Both my willingness to grow and the external forces outside of my control will determine what version of me will come next.

What future self are you currently developing?

[shriekinghag]

I'm the kind of person who will open every post I want to reblog in a new tab. Same with Videos I want to watch on YT. And after scrolling I sometimes just don't have the spoons to actually reblog or watch, meaning they accumulate. Sometimes for weeks. Got some time and spoons today, and well.... I'm 130 tabs down so far and I have so, so many more to go. Wish me luck and I hope you don't mind me spamming weeks old posts lol. And while we're at it: have a nice day if you actually bothered to read this post. Also if you didn't, in which case you also won't read this but I don't care, this is the internet and it's Neuland for all of us.

[binch-i-might-be]

Smut anon: I believe there may be something wrong with my email. When I told Tumblr I had forgotten my password they said they'll send me an email. That didn't happen. Multiple times. But I still get emails when you post something... And don't worry about not answering my asks,it's all good! I'm thinking of making a new email account but I'll need my dad's help because I'm 14 UND DAS INTERNET IST NEULAND (sorry had to do that and did you know that Merkel got divorced recently? I didn't for sure)

that..... is really odd. yeah okay, maybe making a new email is the best course of action! (and ahahhss I'm glad <3)

truly, das internet is für uns alle neuland 😔✊🏼

WHAT

okay to be fair I didn't even know she was married in the first place lmao, but STILL. not our bundesmutti 😩

[piasgermany]

[Album + Video] IDLES kündigen neues Album “CRAWLER“ an!

IDLES kündigen ihr neues Album “CRAWLER“ an, das am 12. November diesen Jahres über Partisan erscheint!

Das vierte Album der britischen Gruppe in ebenso vielen Jahren, co-produziert von Kenny Beats (Vince Staples, slowthai, Freddie Gibbs) und IDLES-Gitarrist Mark Bowen, folgt auf “Ultra Mono“ aus 2020, das in Deutschland auf Platz 14 der Charts einstieg - und in UK sogar bis auf Platz 1 kletterte! Auf “CRAWLER“ erzählt die Band mit ihrem Post-Punk-Vokabular lebendige Geschichten von u.a. Trauma, Sucht und Genesung, wobei sich der Sound von elektronischem Minimalismus bis hin zu brachialem Brüllen und wuchtigem Stampfen erstreckt, den Sänger Joe Talbot mit gesungenem Zynismus und gesprochenen Parolen ergänzt.

So gibt es zahlreiche Momente, die bei den Konzerten ab Herbst für absolutes Chaos sorgen werden, sei es der verzerrte Glamrock von "The Wheel", der Grindcore-Hieb von "Wizz" oder der pulverisierende Groove von "The New Sensation". Aber es gibt auch frische Texturen und Experimente in den 14 Songs, die die Band in aufregendes Neuland führen, wie treibendem Stomper "Stockholm Syndrome" und "Progress", ein "Mantra der Verwirklichung", das Körper und Geist auf eine Weise beruhigt, wie es nur wenige IDLES-Songs zuvor getan haben.

Die erste Single "The Beachland Ballroom", benannt nach dem kultigen Veranstaltungsort in Cleveland/Ohio, ist ein ehrlicher Soul-Song mit einer packenden Gesangsleistung von Frontmann Talbot, der sich zunehmend immer mehr entlädt - laut Band sogar der wichtigste Song auf dem gesamten Album. “There's so many bands that go through the small rooms and dream of making it into the big rooms”, erzählen die Fünf. “Being able to write a soul tune like this made me go, fuck -- we’re at a place where we're actually allowed to go to these big rooms and be creative and not just go through the motions and really appreciate what we’ve got. The song is sort of an allegory of feeling lost and getting through it.”

Tracklist “CRAWLER”: 01. MTT 420 RR 02. The Wheel 03. When the Lights Come On 04. Car Crash 05. The New Sensation 06. Stockholm Syndrome 07. The Beachland Ballroom 08. Crawl! 09. Meds 10. Kelechi 11. Progress 12. Wizz 13. King Snake 14. The End Tourdaten: 18.02.2022 Hamburg – Docks (ausverkauft) 22.02.2022 Berlin - Columbiahalle (ausverkauft) 23.02.2022 Köln - E-Work (ausverkauft) 24.02.2022 München - Muffathalle (ausverkauft) Booking: BTA

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