#graphics libraries

[cerulity]

OpenGL & Vulkan are like Portal & Portal 2

OpenGL = Portal Vulkan = Portal 2

Both are made by the same people, have the same motivations, are made in the same language. Experiencing the former is a good experience. However, experiencing the latter is a whole other dimension of interesting. OpenGL is fun to learn, and Portal is fun to play. But I’ve decided to start using Vulkan, and god damn, there’s a lot. You have to enumerate through and interface with devices, you have to create debug messengers, validation layers, buffers, arrays, etc.. Portal 2 gave me that same feeling. (Spoilers for Portal 2): [Falling down into Test Shaft 09 was the moment I realized this game is a lot deeper than I thought. You have to manage repulsion and propulsion gels, tractor beams, faith plates, lasers, and more.] Once you use OpenGL/play Portal, you start to get good at it and can crank out a playthrough/project in a few hours. With Vulkan/Portal 2, it takes a hell of a lot more dedication, but by god its worth it.

[highdio]

(STONE OCEAN SPOILERS)

More official art from Path to Nowhere's Stone Ocean collab event.

[pantheonbooks]

In 2023, the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom found that challenges of unique titles surged 65%, reaching the highest level ever documented by the ALA. Over 4,000 unique book titles were targeted for censorship, with titles representing the voices and lived experiences of LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC individuals comprising 47% of those attempts.

Now is the time, more than ever, to stand with the banned and boldly read challenged books.

[saccharind]

from Prokaryote Season by Leo Fox

[giantkillerjack]

Me: hm, I want something to put on the TV as background noise... Huh. Looks like YouTube is recommending something called The Last Unicorn. That's perfect, it's probably some old shitty animation that has aged poorly! I can watch it ironically!

Me, 2 hours later as the credits roll: *crying, cheering, buying the book, composing the songs*

Me, 2 weeks later: So I have compiled all of the quotes from the book that I think could make good tattoos, and also, HOW HAVE I NEVER LEARNED ABOUT HOW THE LAST UNICORN FUCKING SLAPS??? This gay-ass little fairytale fed my soul! Watered my crops! Transed my gender! Can't believe I heard of this story from youtube recommendations, of all places!!

[rosered-schneeweisschens-sis]

can’t currently afford the print copy of the fabulous @lackadaisycats work?

maybe your local library will buy it in the meantime! hand for scale.

reading a hard copy of what I found years ago on the internet is cool in its own right, but the over 20 pages of bonus content are what’s really tempting.

note about the back cover: this is what was facing out as I carried the book in my arm out of the library and into the streets. certainly didn’t make me look like a psycho I’m sure.

[nerdby]

[melonet]

ミ✩ welcome to the library!

[chipsy]

I judge book by their covers because i have respect for graphic designer.

[inkandpanels]

Do you feel nostalgic about your childhood library's summer reading program?

The Summer Reading Club aims to recreate that experience for bookworms of all ages with a one-month self-guided reading challenge, complete with tracking charts, prizes, and a completion certificate.

Learn more about this new Kickstarter project here.

[adorkywiz]

This is easily my favorite panel from The Dragon Prince: Dreamer's Nightmare.

I think out of all the graphic novels from Wonderstorm this one is the best. The brother duo of Callum and Ezran is great, and here we get to see more clearly how their dynamic works.

We also get some possible foreshadowing for S7, emphasis on possible, but I won't spoil.

[myuumei]

netzach web decor for @digitalm4rs!

[highdio]

Official ECB art for Path to Nowhere x Stone Ocean goes so hard.

[pantheonbooks]

“To die, it’s easy.... But you have to struggle for life.” —The Complete Maus, Art Spiegelman

Originally published in 1991, Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece has been praised and criticized, lauded as one of the greatest Holocaust tales ever penned, and infamously banned for “rough” language and nudity. 

[longlostlorian]

Maelstrom's plan, aka, that's it that's the book in a nutshell. MAELSTROM: A PRINCE OF EVIL is available now!! Go read the graphic novel random people (and my friends also) are calling cute/funny/enjoyable/etc

[xipiti]

These antique book endpapers oh my lord. From Bergen Public Library Norway on Flickr.

So many more in the album too

Just look at them!