Once every day or two, and messages only to ask permission to reference a pose for my sketchbook.

Oh! I missed this on first pass! Sweet

The era of fast food hasn’t destroyed fine dining. Automated factories have not eliminated craft furniture. I am optimistic.

We will always know real though, when we wait in line for coffee or have a handshake. We drifted away from “real” in photography with all of the artificial glamor and retouching in cosmetics media: False standards leading to false identities.

Art—photography and paint—as a craft, will prevail.

Currently Intet the Dreamer. I recently made all 5 Planar Chaos dragons as commanders, but every card had to be originally printed before Magic Origins and the OG Khans. So… no new cards from mid 2013 onwards.

Same content moderation happens with amateur (hobbiest) gesture and figure drawings. Such is life.

Did a quick google search to confirm my hypothesis. Bluesky has, at best, 4 million active daily users. IG has half a billion. It’ll take time, and I hope this platform doesn’t succumb to mgmt issues that killed DeviantArt.

Of course! I respect your decision.

Vibrancy and contrast is wonderful. May I draw, paint, and repost versions of this photo (and others in the project)?

…and an abstract doodle from my 4yo.