#the example was a lazier than usual version too; i'm usually even more intense about making it look Really Scanned. aaaaaaaaaaa

[stirdrawsandreblaws]

so i'm contemplating a fun example of anxiety runaround i give myself (particularly when unmedicated): document signatures

i have to do a lot of paperwork and don't always find getting to a printer doable. to that end, i'm reasonably sure nobody would care if i signed my docs digitally via tablet pen in an art program, but bc they always request for me to print, sign, and scan...

i still sign it in an art program lol, but make it look identical to ballpoint pen using my colorpicked palette for scanned ballpoint pen ink and a couple of textured brushes

then i slightly alter the image angle and offset from the original, add noise, save as a slightly crunchy jpg in a stupid resolution like a scanner would output, and then purge all the metadata just in case

sample of just the writing since i'm not gonna show y'all my docs:

it's not forgery or anything bc i AM signing it. it's my signature on my documents. there is no reason this should matter. but my brain is convinced that if i don't do it this way then i'll be In Trouble