Kalcifer
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For clarity, I’m talking about this part:
It looks so much more complex to me, color-wise, than just black sharpie!
[…] Good job!
Thank you!
[…] very nice work
Thank you!
I can see it!:
[1]References
- Type: Webpage. Title: “Coven Initiate”. Publisher: [“Wizard 101 Wiki”<“Fandom”]. Published: 2011-09-09T00:22. Accessed: 2025-03-14T07:37Z. URI: https://wizard101.fandom.com/wiki/Coven_Initiate.
How’d you accomplish the color/texture on the floating gem(?)? It looks so cool. It looks like it has so much depth, and the shading is exquisite.
[…] Nice work!
Thank you!
It’s really interesting that you mention that! While it wasn’t the inspiration, nor did it dictate the conscious artistic direction of the drawing, I did notice these characters swimming around in the back of my mind at some points when making it:
[1]References
- Type: Video. Title: “DOUBLE KING”. Author: “Felix Colgrave”. Publisher: “YouTube”. Published: 2017-04-02T13:19:52Z. Accessed: 2026-03-13T07:13Z. URI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_MSFkZHNi4.
- Location (Timestamp): T00:00:54
- Type: Video. Title: “DOUBLE KING”. Author: “Felix Colgrave”. Publisher: “YouTube”. Published: 2017-04-02T13:19:52Z. Accessed: 2026-03-13T07:13Z. URI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_MSFkZHNi4.
I think that’s very kind of you to say :) Thank you very much!
[…] I kinda want to fight them?
They will not fight back.
Dope!!! […]
Thank you!
I’ve heard mention of that movie [1] a number of times now; I really should watch it.
References
- Type: Webpage. Title: “The Dark Crystal”. Publisher: “IMDb”. Accessed: 2026-03-13T06:22Z. URI: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083791/.
2·6 days agoMy main server runs Ubuntu Server (I’m thinking about switching it to Debian), and my laptop and desktop both run Arch Linux. Generally, I pick whatever I think is best for the given usecase — things like stability, package availability, documentation, security, etc. are considered.
Yes. I started with QWERTY, then I moved to Dvorak, then I moved to Colemak, and then I finally settled on Workman [1].
References
- Type: Webpage. Title: “Workman Keyboard Layout”. Accessed: 2026-02-23T01:14Z. Location (URI): https://workmanlayout.org/.
There’s also Ibis, which is a federated wiki [1].
References
- Type: Webpage. Title: “Nutomic/ibis”. Publisher: “GitHub”. Accessed: 2026-02-23T01:09Z. Location (URI): https://github.com/Nutomic/ibis.
- Type: Text. Location (XPath):
/html/body/div[1]/div[6]/div/main/turbo-frame/div/div/div/div/div[2]/div/div[1]/div/div/p-
A federated online encyclopedia
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- Type: Text. Location (XPath):
- Type: Webpage. Title: “Nutomic/ibis”. Publisher: “GitHub”. Accessed: 2026-02-23T01:09Z. Location (URI): https://github.com/Nutomic/ibis.
2·22 days agoI think the following quote is in the same vein:
Don’t take refuge in the false security of consensus.
[Christopher Hitchens] [1]
References
- Type: Video. Title: “Christopher Hitchens - Don’t take refuge in the false security of consensus”. Author: “Michael Pesin”. Publisher: “YouTube”. Published: 2018-08-24T04:26:47Z. Accessed: 2026-02-23T01:01Z. URI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne0FVkpL7JU.
“Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good enough” […]
I think some other quotes similar to this are:
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There is never a good time to do anything. [1]
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Perfection is lots of little things done well.
[Marco Pierre White] [2]
References
- Type: Text (Quote). Author: Unknown. Published: Unknown. Accessed: Unknown. Publisher: “Lemmy”.
- Type: Text (Quote). Author: “Marco Pierre White”. Publisher: [Type: Video. Publisher: “YouTube”.]. Published: Unknown. Accessed: Unknown.
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“The impediment to action advances action. What’s in the way becomes the way.” […]
I think another quote similar to this is:
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
[Albert Einstein] [2]
References
- Type: Website. URI: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7275-in-the-middle-of-difficulty-lies-opportunity. Accessed: 2026-02-23T00:39Z.
- Type: Meta. Published: 2026-02-23T00:39Z.
- I think this is attributed to Einstein [1]; however, I’ve also read that it might be more accurately attributed to John Archibald Wheeler [3].
- Type: Comment. Author: “KnowbodyYouKnow” (“u/KnowbodyYouKnow”). Publisher: [Type: Post. Title: “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity. – Albert Einstein”. Author: “Dejaye-Code_5463”. Publisher: [“r/quotes”<“Reddit”]. Published: 2024-12-01T10:53:30.617Z. URI: https://www.reddit.com/r/quotes/comments/1h40trw/in_the_middle_of_every_difficulty_lies/.]. Published (Created): 2024-12-01T19:33:55.868Z. Published (Edited): 2024-12-01T19:37:03.746Z. Accessed: 2026-02-23T00:43Z. URI: https://www.reddit.com/r/quotes/comments/1h40trw/comment/lzx19gd/.
For clarity, does that mean that the floating gem thing is really as black as its shadow?