#black3.0

[amyanne-creativeproject]

Final degree space eval

Using a recycled mannequin, I pieced together a half figure by attaching the head and removing the stand. I chose a mannequin without arms or legs; this plays on the concept of someone ‘reaching out’ for help. Diverged from my work from divergent practice, this piece’s focus is a progressed version of that. Although it has still not fully recovered from the depth of mental illness, it is getting there slowly. In contrast to my previous work being vibrant, eye catching and demanding attention from the viewer, this work is hidden from the viewer. By using the black3.0 (the blackest black paint in the world) this makes the work invisible to the viewer, portraying the invisibility some who have felt neglected by the NHS’s mental health services. I surrounded the sculpture by canvas filled with messages begging for help and crying out for support. I chose to write very small on my large background canvas which forces the viewer to go close in order to be able to read the small print message written on it in smudged lettering. This forces the viewer to pay attention. Making the viewer acknowledge the cries for help. To further the monochromatic black and white appearance in the instillation I chose to paint the once brown frame black in order to make everything look in unison, this implies that the process to get help is very black and white, difficult to understand and official with pages of forms needing filled out, countess phone calls and several appointments.

[simianamber]

Fictional art...exists only in the mind of the reader. All work © simianAmber

https://opensea.io/collection/simianamber

[thunderfrommyheart]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ttaUEJB7zk)

[enkeynetwork]

Vantablack, il nero più nero che c'è

Se vi siete sempre chiesti che aspetto avesse un buco nero, non potrete che essere affascinati dai capolavori dell’artista Anish Kapoor, detentore del brevetto del Vantablack, il nero più nero che c’è. Vantablack, il nero che si vanta Il Vantablack è un materiale sviluppato nel Regno Unito da Surrey NanoSystems ed è una delle sostanze più scure conosciute. Questo nero assorbe infatti fino al 99,965 % della luce visibile creando un effetto “buco nero”, in cui la luce sembra effettivamente essere ingoiata. Il nome è composto dell'acronimo VANTA (vertically aligned nanotube arrays) che si riferisce agli steli di nanotubi allineati verticalmente che conferiscono al Vantablack le sua specifiche caratteristiche e il ‘black’ del colore nero. Il nuovo nero è il nuovo bianco Il Vantablack è schizzato subito tra i colori più ricercati dalle brand più eleganti. Se il bianco era il nuovo nero, ora c’è un nuovo nero che soppianta il bianco! La BMW ha creato la 2020 BMW X6, un'automobile veramente degna di supereroi quali Batman! Questa macchina, disponibile in Vantablack, sembra infatti uscire dalle tenebre, ma non è disponibile al pubblico e la sua applicazione resta, per l’appunto, oscura. Una 2020 BMW X6 non per tutti. Il creatore di orologi di lusso H. Moser ha utilizzato il Vantablack per realizzare un orologio da polso unico. Read the full article

[bloodontheclocktower]

“So, Uh, What Else is New?“ - A General and Completely Fun BOTC News Update

Okay, so it's been a while since we gave you some broad news, so let's do a big catch-up and hit you with some updates from a bunch of different areas that involve no hospitalisations! Yaaaay! (Amy is doing fine, by the way, and is still on the mend. Thank you all for all your messages, good thoughts, and support. It really does make a great difference.)

Blood on the Clocktower continues to shine at conventions and events. Some super awesome Storytellers across the U.S., and one in the U.K., continue to run games of Clocktower for people wanting to play:

January saw Storytellers Ted and Brittany with Clocktower at OrcaCon in Seattle WA and PAX South in San Antonio TX.

In February, it's already been played by Young MENSA North in the U.K. with Ben as Storyteller; had an enormous non-stop long weekend at DeceptaCon in Atlanta GA with Ted, Brittany, and David; and made an appearance at Strategicon in Los Angeles CA with Megan as Storyteller (fun fact - Megan was in that first ever game of Clocktower, way back in 2014).

This weekend it's at Hoop & Stick Con at Columbus OH's Ravenwood Castle, with Ted, David, and Silvana as Storytellers. Ravenswood Bluff goes to Ravenwood Castle. Whoa. And the photos we’re getting from Ted and David are already incredible. (I’ll put a few in at the end of this post.)

March will see BOTC at Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle WA with Brittany as Storyteller; at Con Con in Sydney with most of the Sydney crew there (this city's very first social deduction gaming convention); at CT Gamer Con in Uncasville CT with the indomitable and ceaselessly excellent Ted, and with Eden heading over from Sydney to join him; and then Eden will stick around for freakin' PAX East in Boston MA and a tonne of Boston Storytellers. (Just quickly – Boston has been playing A LOT of Clocktower this past year, so PAX East is going to be massive.)

I’ll put a few photos up at the end of the post, and please follow our Instagram @Bloodontheclocktower if you want to see some of the highlights when these events are on.

Shut Up & Sit Down received their review copy! (And seem to be enjoying it too!) Steven, Brittany, and Meg had such a great time at SHUX Show 2018 that we are 100% planning to be there again in October 2019 (it may be the first thing to get me out of Australia this year), so we're thrilled that they get to be having fun with it in the meantime.

We have a rulebook editor! Joshua Yearsley, who worked on the rulebooks for the asymmetric forest-fight instant-hit Root, is working hard with Steven Medway (designer of BOTC) to get these rulebooks up to snuff and as bulletproof as possible in time for the Kickstarter.

Brisbane and Melbourne have their very own grimoires! After spending so much time travelling in the U.S. last year, it's great to finally get pre-release copies to some other Australian cities. If you're in these cities and want to play, you can join the Facebook groups here:

Melbourne BOTC on Facebook

Brisbane BOTC on Facebook

Melbourne already ran two sessions last weekend and Brisbane is going to get started up soon.

The wiki is on its way. When I first drafted this section I was like “Yeah this bit of the wiki is done,” and then realised that we haven't gone into the wiki in much detail before. So: We've got a wiki! Clocktower is a big, crazy, fun game and we want to get a bunch of the tips, tricks, philosophies, and stories down in one place for anyone who wants to get advice on a particular role or aspect, or just dive deeper overall. This is a fun project that Steven and Amy have been working on behind the scenes for a long time and the first big piece of it is now in place.

A sample from the wiki (and yes I chose the Undertaker because the Undertaker is boss).

The 'Characters' section of the Blood on the Clocktower wiki is finished for all roles in the base editions, being Trouble Brewing, Sects & Violets, and Bad Moon Rising. With the character sections finished, you'll be able to look up any role and get some insights on the next level of strategic options when playing as, bluffing as, or fighting against that character.

One thing in particular that I love about it is that for many pieces of advice it gives, there's often a counter-point showing the strategic merits of the exact opposite option. For example, the section on the Investigator goes into the merits of both revealing your info straight away or keeping it secret for a few days. How you do it is really up to you and there’s no wrong answer. It shows the flexibility of the game, and that there's never just one way to play or one way to win. The wiki, in whatever form it's up to, will be out in time for the Kickstarter.

The advanced roles are taking over the world. Storytellers in Boston, Los Angeles, and Derby (U.K.) are starting to get some of the 'advanced' roles that we've been play-testing in Sydney for quite a while now, so that they can have a crack at them too. Some of them may find their way into the Kickstarter as stretch goals, so we're getting them into more and more games now to see how they do. So far, they've proved a massive hit.

Among them are:

The Lycanthrope – a Townsfolk who means well but has the unfortunate habit of turning rather wolflike at night and tearing people apart. But here’s the catch: they’ll only kill a player they choose if they're on the Good Team too. Sorry, friend! (But for real, werewolves aren't inherently bad. For every Fenrir Greyback out there causing havoc, there's a Remus Lupin trying their best.)

The Lleech – a Demon that cannot be executed, but who has infected and poisoned an unsuspecting member of the town. You defeat the Lleech by killing the one they are leeching off. This one was an instant hit when it first came into play in Sydney, and leads to an amusingly high number of players campaigning for their own executions. “Kill me, I'm pretty sure I'm poisoned – if we kill me, we'll win.”

The General – a Townsfolk that gains one of the greatest insights of all: An insight into the Storyteller's mind. Each night, the Storyteller tells the General who The Storyteller thinks is winning. So if you've just executed that Undertaker because of bad info, prepare to get a big thumbs down from that Storyteller, mwahahahaha. But, maybe you've just killed that pesky minion: Prepare for a big thumbs up and a toothy grin from that Storyteller. (Unless, of course, you’re a Drunk General...)

Legion – A demon where most players are the demon – but players are only executed when a Good player votes. The Legion must work together to make it look like a regular game where everything is normal, whilst working to turn the few unsuspecting Good players against each other. We are Legion.

The Poppy Grower – Can I just say how much I love the Poppy Grower? I friggin' love the Poppy Grower. When the Poppy Grower is around, Evil players don't learn who each other are at the start of the game (presumably because they be gettin' hiiiiiigh). They'll find out if the Poppy Grower dies, but until then it's just chaos – beautiful, beautiful chaos.

Finally, we've been flexing our Kickstarter account and backing some projects. Here are some fun ones:

Black 3.0. The Blackest Black. So, when we started a Kickstarter account to eventually run our campaign through, I said to the team “Okay we've got this Kickstarter account, let's take it for a spin. We can back cool games we find, friends' projects, or anything that'll be good times for the Salisbury Festival of Board Games,” and then last week Steven was like “Hey check this thing out, it's THE BLACKEST BLACK.” It's not a game but I asked “Hey if we back this will you use it?” and then there was some very serious nodding from all around the table. We backed it that night. Prepare for total darkness, motherfuckers.

Parks. Not only is this a fun-looking game with gorgeous art, it's basically the board-game version of the real lives of 'Driving Curiosity', friends of Blood on the Clocktower. They're a couple of great science nerds who spent 2018 driving around North America and going to as many national parks as possible (literally the premise of the game 'Parks') and have a book coming out early in 2020. It'll be the guide to science for the National Parks, as told through the story of two friends having a rad road trip. I think you can still back 'Parks' through the pledge manager, and you can follow the journey of Driving Curiosity, from parks to book, through their Instagram @DrivingCuriosity.

City of the Big Shoulders. When I was living in Ohio last year and trucking Blood on the Clocktower to as many conventions as possible, I ended up making friends with Emily Dearring, who runs Central Ohio Social Deception. Then she surprised the heck out of us by coming out of left field with this project that she’s creative art director on - this heavy Euro-style game about the industrial and commercial history of Chicago, called 'City of the Big Shoulders'. I’m looking forward to getting stuck into this when it arrives and showing it off at the Salisbury Festival of Board Games. Again, the campaign has finished but you can still grab it through the pledge manager.

And before we go, here are just a couple of the coolest photos from the past few months.

An imposing figure at PAX South.

Literally this guy was the Slayer in this game at PAX South, and then after this photo was taken he immediately went on to slay the demon and win the game.

Guess who executed the Saint on the very first day of this game at DeceptaCon. These guys!

A 5am game at DeceptaCon ends in victory for the Good Team.

And of course I can’t resist posting a disproportionate share of these great photos from Ravenwood Castle that Ted and David have been taking:

Every photo from this place is straight fire.

That’s it from us for now. Our next post will delve into a few more details for our plans for the Kickstarter. Hope you’re having a good 2019 and are playing some tops games.

Sincerely,

Evin Donohoe The Pandemonium Institute

[bassdropswingin]

[rickstrieck]

Rather than discard a trove of bad drawings that are taking up space, I’m using them for some long overdue painting practice. I wish I had a photo of the under drawing to show what fresh hell I was working with. . . . #shitshow #watercolor #shermanoaks #merman #creature #lures #hook #1 #black3.0 #culturehustle #darkart #ineedabreakfastburrito (at Sherman Oaks) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRW5haMjqoB/?utm_medium=tumblr

[discokittie]

July 7, 2019: Swatch Me! Black3.0 from Culture Hustle So, I got this as a KickStarter, and I really wanted it to be the most matte, blackest black ever in my life. I have to say I'm a smidgen disappointed, or my eyes are better than I thought. Haha. I was kind of expecting the black to be just a light sink. Just little black holes at the ends of my fingers. There was enough light reflection I could see the brush strokes. Really, though, it is an amazing matte finish. Truly seen when in comparison to the matte and glossy top coats I used. It has a great velvet finish. It really is nice. But it won't stand up. I touched the index finger nail, you can see it's slightly more reflective in the first glamour shot. But then, this was never made to "stand up" as nail polish, as it were. It's for painting actual paintings. Though, I think, with the texture it has, it will gather dust. And putting it under glass kind of defeats the purpose. Though, under glass it will be the blackest black ever to black. But a glossy surface just makes dark colors darker. I think, anyway. I've always felt as though my glass fronted monitors were both more vibrant and made blacks blacker than the matte ones. The glitter! It really is very glittery. For shards of actual glass! I'm not sure why I thought that would be a good idea. But it didn't turn out badly. I didn't realize it was glass. I don't know why I didn't realize. Maybe my brain is still on vacation from my recent (and still going on, who am I kidding) move into the new house. But when I went to watch Stuart Semple's video on how to use the glass, and he said it was glass, I was surprised. But for real, I am not going to use the same method of applying it next time! With a damp brush, I will place each piece individually, I think it'll have a much more amazing effect if it's in one layer. And the edges and points will be more likely to be protected with polish. Guess we'll see! But any time I want to do a "shatterd glass look", I can use real, actual shattered glass! That's seems pretty cool. #nails #nailart #naildesigns #naillife #naillove #acrylicpaint #black3 #nailsonfleek #sharetheblack https://www.instagram.com/p/BzniITygMK0/?igshid=1pht8bxwctvu7

[herequeeranfulloffear]

BUT another artist over at Culture Hustle made his OWN super matt black that smells nice, isnt toxic an shit, doesnt heat up nearly as much, and its doesnt cost an arm and leg. Paint the tiles w Black3.0

These swimming pools with black tiles are my aesthetic. 

[mariahlstudios]

I wanted to shine some spotlight on my Consciousness series today. Since I feel like I haven't given them the presentation that they deserve. These pieces were not only an exploration of the heady concept of what it means to be conscious, the line between it and the subconscious, and what consciousness looks like in day to day life. They are also my exploration into modern art. The point was to draw some form of abstraction from what I know, what I observe, and how I feel about the topic of consciousness in a way that if someone were to view the piece they may understand it in a different way. Though these may come from personal encounters with nightmares and pieces of myself that skew my reality, I am of the belief that someone out there will relate. All pieces presented are available for purchase. Comment or message me for details. -xoxo mbl 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 #art #artist #painting #modern #consciousness #conceptual #void #black3.0 #nightmares #subconcious #surreal #oilpaintings #exploration https://www.instagram.com/p/CjnpeetL-tP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[gervandin]

Playing with some of my order from @archonstudio Rampart. I personally think this piece would have worked better in @dungeonsandlasersofficial. I have a second one I am modding to have clear "glass" and a xenomorph inside. This also gave me a chance to try the Black 3.0. It was darker berfore I clear coated it, but still noticeably darker for the inside. #Black3.0 #DungeonAndLasers #ArchonStudios #CoolMiniOrNot #StatisChamber #BrokenGlass #mini #Scatter #terrain #Escaped #experementing #painting #StretchGoal #Kickstarter #KickstarterCampaign https://www.instagram.com/p/CKZ6kw9j_vd/?igshid=yzz3w5563io9

[jack-os-5d]

What if instead of a guy who eats coins at the bottom you had a sound damping room filled with cushions painted with blackest black or black3.0 or whatever and charge people to toss stuff in to try to hear it hit the bottom and then you have an employee come and pick it up at the end of the day. That might be kinda fun as like an amusement park attraction or something. Like to be clear, your definitely not trying to actually trick people, but it'd be fun if you make it like a big show. You can have actors fall in and stuff and that could be fun too

what if you went to a little knick knack store and they had like. a little hole in the ground and there was a sign that was like “one of the deepest holes in the world??? drop a coin in… if you dare ;)” so you decide. okay so you get a penny and drop it in there and you never hear it hit a bottom and irts really dark in there. so you assume okay i guess it is kinda deep. and walk away. but the secret is that the hole isnt that deep… you didnt hear it hit a hard bottom because theres a guy in there at the bottom who catches the coins. with his mouth. he eats the coins. what would u do

[xenolithicstart]

As promised! Days 2, 3, and 4! #xenolithicstart #pinktober #stuartsemple #culturehustle #pinkestpink #black3.0 #bean #boy #icecream https://www.instagram.com/p/CGGq-3oJzO6/?igshid=1tr9oh9bgpzd1

[bassdropswingin]

also have a goth gf. wigs and body paint are a godsend if you don't want anyone to know who you are.

[phungthaihy]

Painting a Mechanical Keyboard with Black 3.0 - Blackest Black! http://ehelpdesk.tk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/logo-header.png [ad_1] Black 3.0 : https://bit.ly/3a28L... #acrylicpainting #alternative #asmr #black3 #black3.0 #breadbaking #budget #cheap #china #coloredpencildrawing #computer #culturehustle #custom #custommechanicalkeyboard #desk #diy #dogbehavior #dogtraining #drawing #eft #epbtblankkeycaps #figuredrawing #gaming #gateronink #guide #hotswap #hotswappable #howto #kbdfans #keyboard #keycaps #keyswitch #lifestyle #loud #lubed #matteblack #mech #mechanical #minimalist #minimalistic #neuro-linguisticprogramming #oilpainting #overview #paint #painting #pc #pencildrawing #portraiture #procreatedigitalillustrationapp #quiet #review #setup #silent #silentblack #sketching #soapmaking #sound #soundtest #sourdoughbreadbaking #stealth #stealthy #stickered #tech #test #tutorial #typing #typingsounds #typingtest #unbox #unboxing #unique #vantablack #watercolorpainting

[discokittie]

July 7, 2019: Swatch Me! Black3.0 from Culture Hustle So, I got this as a KickStarter, and I really wanted it to be the most matte, blackest black ever in my life. I have to say I'm a smidgen disappointed, or my eyes are better than I thought. Haha. I was kind of expecting the black to be just a light sink. Just little black holes at the ends of my fingers. There was enough light reflection I could see the brush strokes. Really, though, it is an amazing matte finish. Truly seen when in comparison to the matte and glossy top coats I used. It has a great velvet finish. It really is nice. But it won't stand up. I touched the index finger nail, you can see it's slightly more reflective in the first glamour shot. But then, this was never made to "stand up" as nail polish, as it were. It's for painting actual paintings. Though, I think, with the texture it has, it will gather dust. And putting it under glass kind of defeats the purpose. Though, under glass it will be the blackest black ever to black. But a glossy surface just makes dark colors darker. I think, anyway. I've always felt as though my glass fronted monitors were both more vibrant and made blacks blacker than the matte ones. The glitter! It really is very glittery. For shards of actual glass! I'm not sure why I thought that would be a good idea. But it didn't turn out badly. I didn't realize it was glass. I don't know why I didn't realize. Maybe my brain is still on vacation from my recent (and still going on, who am I kidding) move into the new house. But when I went to watch Stuart Semple's video on how to use the glass, and he said it was glass, I was surprised. But for real, I am not going to use the same method of applying it next time! With a damp brush, I will place each piece individually, I think it'll have a much more amazing effect if it's in one layer. And the edges and points will be more likely to be protected with polish. Guess we'll see! But any time I want to do a "shatterd glass look", I can use real, actual shattered glass! That's seems pretty cool. #nails #nailart #naildesigns #naillife #naillove #acrylicpaint #black3 #nailsonfleek #sharetheblack #nailpolishaccount #nail https://www.instagram.com/p/Bznh2YEA85M/?igshid=16x9o3644ro4h