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Neurotic creative, book sniffer, luddite lite, failed scientist, art lover, and chronically-ill stationery hoarder (autistic & ace) πŸ“šπŸ““πŸ“πŸ–‹οΈβœ‚οΈπŸ“Œ #thedeskgoblin πŸ‡΅πŸ‡­ 30+ #commonplacebook haver ❗1# genAI hater❗

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I was not prepared for how much fur my dog actually had when deciding for this apartment. Open storage with fluffy dog fur?? I was asking for a bad time ugh

07.08.2025 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just sayin’

05.08.2025 07:12 β€” πŸ‘ 18014    πŸ” 2779    πŸ’¬ 307    πŸ“Œ 126
Passport sized traveler's notebook system together with a mini notepad and a tape measure attached to it.

Passport sized traveler's notebook system together with a mini notepad and a tape measure attached to it.

My stationery EDC (Errand Day Carry)

05.08.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I did. But it's such a loose sketch because I got anxious someone was gonna peak over my shoulder. He was using the steering wheel as a writing surface.

05.08.2025 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
01: A girl labeled 'Artists' is holding a drawing tablet and pen under her arm. She is wearing round glasses and a blue sweatshirt. She has messy dark-brown hair and a brown skin-tone. She says "We don't really wanna MAKE A.I. art."

02: A guy labeled 'Art Enjoyers' holds his hand out while speaking. She is wearing a purple and yellow hawaiian shirt with a floral pattern over a white t-shirt, and has red hair and a light skin-tone. He says "We don't really wanna SEE A.I. art."

03: Behind them both, there is a cute girl in a business suit with a pink tie. She is blushing a bit and has pink eyeshadow, and looks upset. Her messy shoulder-length hair is parted in the middle, and held by two hairclips: one that looks like a red arrow pointing down, and one that looks like a green arrow pointing up. She says "Um ... I-Isn't there someone you forgot to ask?" She is labeled 'Shareholders'.

04: She puffs up her cheeks and pouts, a tear is on the verge of falling from one of her eyes. 'Artist Enjoyers' Guy is now in front of her yelling "AH!! SHAREHOLDERS-CHAN!!" while 'Artists' Girl is in front of her yelling "WE'RE SORRY WE HURT YOU!!!!"

01: A girl labeled 'Artists' is holding a drawing tablet and pen under her arm. She is wearing round glasses and a blue sweatshirt. She has messy dark-brown hair and a brown skin-tone. She says "We don't really wanna MAKE A.I. art." 02: A guy labeled 'Art Enjoyers' holds his hand out while speaking. She is wearing a purple and yellow hawaiian shirt with a floral pattern over a white t-shirt, and has red hair and a light skin-tone. He says "We don't really wanna SEE A.I. art." 03: Behind them both, there is a cute girl in a business suit with a pink tie. She is blushing a bit and has pink eyeshadow, and looks upset. Her messy shoulder-length hair is parted in the middle, and held by two hairclips: one that looks like a red arrow pointing down, and one that looks like a green arrow pointing up. She says "Um ... I-Isn't there someone you forgot to ask?" She is labeled 'Shareholders'. 04: She puffs up her cheeks and pouts, a tear is on the verge of falling from one of her eyes. 'Artist Enjoyers' Guy is now in front of her yelling "AH!! SHAREHOLDERS-CHAN!!" while 'Artists' Girl is in front of her yelling "WE'RE SORRY WE HURT YOU!!!!"

04.08.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 18496    πŸ” 3554    πŸ’¬ 141    πŸ“Œ 37
Sketchbook comic. 

Panel 1: a disembodied voice says β€œI KNOW a.i. is ethically, ecologically and esthetically awful, but I just gotta say…”
Lucy is reacting with a ._. Face and thinking β€œdo ya? Do ya really GOTTA?”

Panel 2: Lucy’s thought bubble reads: β€œdo you just GOTTA recite some tired anecdote using the phrase β€˜I just typed it in!’ That just amounts to you admitting that your cheapness, laziness and poor taste outweighs your unexamined ethical code?”

Sketchbook comic. Panel 1: a disembodied voice says β€œI KNOW a.i. is ethically, ecologically and esthetically awful, but I just gotta say…” Lucy is reacting with a ._. Face and thinking β€œdo ya? Do ya really GOTTA?” Panel 2: Lucy’s thought bubble reads: β€œdo you just GOTTA recite some tired anecdote using the phrase β€˜I just typed it in!’ That just amounts to you admitting that your cheapness, laziness and poor taste outweighs your unexamined ethical code?”

Sketchbook comic page 2:

Panel 1: Lucy’s thought bubble reads β€œand, at the very least, do you GOTTA say it to ME?” She is turning away, saying β€œok I’m gonna go, um, get a snack.”

Panel 2: another disembodied voice is saying β€œLucy! You’re an artistβ€” whattaya think about a.i? Ya know, it may be bad, but I JUST GOTTA SAY…”
Lucy is startled, dropping a chip.

Sketchbook comic page 2: Panel 1: Lucy’s thought bubble reads β€œand, at the very least, do you GOTTA say it to ME?” She is turning away, saying β€œok I’m gonna go, um, get a snack.” Panel 2: another disembodied voice is saying β€œLucy! You’re an artistβ€” whattaya think about a.i? Ya know, it may be bad, but I JUST GOTTA SAY…” Lucy is startled, dropping a chip.

Sketchbook comic page 3:

Panel 1: Lucy is surrounded by speech bubbles and text, repeating the phrase β€œgotta say…” she looks terrified.

Panel 2: she is fleeing the repeated β€œgotta say”s, yelling β€œyou gotta live with yourselves, but I don’t gotta!”

A note with a heart at the end reads β€œstop doing this I will not absolve you.”

Sketchbook comic page 3: Panel 1: Lucy is surrounded by speech bubbles and text, repeating the phrase β€œgotta say…” she looks terrified. Panel 2: she is fleeing the repeated β€œgotta say”s, yelling β€œyou gotta live with yourselves, but I don’t gotta!” A note with a heart at the end reads β€œstop doing this I will not absolve you.”

Gotta say…

03.08.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1321    πŸ” 399    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 6

Watching the bus driver handwrite his routes and stats for the day and seeing him being picky about his pens. He has really nice handwriting. Maybe I'll sketch him later.

04.08.2025 03:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Cleveland Museum photo showing an ancient Egyptian paint box carved from boxwood with five oval wells containing original paint pigments. From top to bottom the preserved cake pigments are red (red ochre), blue (Egyptian blue), green (a mixture of Egyptian blue, yellow ochre, and orpiment) and two of black (carbon black, from charcoal). Dimensions  2.2 cm x 21 cm x 3.6 cm. 

On the front of the box there’s an inscription inlaid in Egyptian blue with the name Amenemope who was Vizier during the reign of Amenhotep II, Dynasty 18. It translates as β€˜The overseer of the city and vizier Amenemope. Master of secrets of the west bank [of Thebes]’. A red inscription on the back reads β€˜Amen-Ra, Lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands’. Dated c. 1427-1401 BC.

Cleveland Museum photo showing an ancient Egyptian paint box carved from boxwood with five oval wells containing original paint pigments. From top to bottom the preserved cake pigments are red (red ochre), blue (Egyptian blue), green (a mixture of Egyptian blue, yellow ochre, and orpiment) and two of black (carbon black, from charcoal). Dimensions 2.2 cm x 21 cm x 3.6 cm. On the front of the box there’s an inscription inlaid in Egyptian blue with the name Amenemope who was Vizier during the reign of Amenhotep II, Dynasty 18. It translates as β€˜The overseer of the city and vizier Amenemope. Master of secrets of the west bank [of Thebes]’. A red inscription on the back reads β€˜Amen-Ra, Lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands’. Dated c. 1427-1401 BC.

Wow, this 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian paint box still contains original pigments!

Looks similar to a modern-day set!

An inscription tells us it belonged to Amenemope, Vizier during the reign of Amenhotep II.

πŸ“· Cleveland Museum of Art www.clevelandart.org/art/1914.680

#Archaeology

02.08.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1041    πŸ” 308    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 45
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You can post here twice in a single day!
No one will stop you
It's also possible no one will see you! Ha!
Part of the fun on this platform. In my case, at least. Refreshing.
I'll show Sue Sakamoto this time as I was talking about Cave Story with a friend yesterday.
Used the Pelikan m205 fountain pen

03.08.2025 04:18 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Finally have a proper plastic storage for my dip nibs. A bit giddy about restarting drawing with inks again.

03.08.2025 06:22 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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There is a a Black-owned bookstore in Las Vegas. It is called Analog Bookstore. Please support!

#Blacksky

02.08.2025 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 5929    πŸ” 1389    πŸ’¬ 102    πŸ“Œ 48

I can only afford to get the nice things when they're preloved and that's okay πŸ‘

02.08.2025 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thrifted an old tray with handles and a leather pouch today at the nice Japan-Korea surplus today. I now have a pouch for all my annotation supplies and have a tray to eat out of when I am reading on my computer chair.

02.08.2025 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
An image of a huge jackboot crushing a comic artist and a bunch of comic pages. The boot is marked by the logos for MasterCard, Visa, Paypal, and Stripe. Below the image there is text which reads: Don't let Payment Processors tell YOU what you can buy! It is not a payment processor's role to decide what kind of content you can or cannot spend money on, so long as it is a legal transaction. Fight back against the unjust policies hurting artists and creators online!

https://yellat.money/
https://stop-paypros.neocities.org/

An image of a huge jackboot crushing a comic artist and a bunch of comic pages. The boot is marked by the logos for MasterCard, Visa, Paypal, and Stripe. Below the image there is text which reads: Don't let Payment Processors tell YOU what you can buy! It is not a payment processor's role to decide what kind of content you can or cannot spend money on, so long as it is a legal transaction. Fight back against the unjust policies hurting artists and creators online! https://yellat.money/ https://stop-paypros.neocities.org/

Let's Keep Calling!

31.07.2025 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 22223    πŸ” 12447    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 100
a graphic with a cartoon representation of OP in the corner. the text says: 

producer for hire! 

Positions: Mid-to-Senior Art/Cinematics Producer 

Locations: Hybrid in Baltimore, MD or Remote US

Experience: 
- frmr. Cinematic Pipeline Manager @ ZeniMax Online Studios, Art/Cine Producer @ Genvid
- 5+ years managing teams and pipelines in games & animation
- Worked in indie, start-up, AAA environments
- Full-cycle games production exp 
- Live-ops exp
- Outsource/x-dev management exp 
- Proficient in Flow Production Tracking/ShotGrid

a graphic with a cartoon representation of OP in the corner. the text says: producer for hire! Positions: Mid-to-Senior Art/Cinematics Producer Locations: Hybrid in Baltimore, MD or Remote US Experience: - frmr. Cinematic Pipeline Manager @ ZeniMax Online Studios, Art/Cine Producer @ Genvid - 5+ years managing teams and pipelines in games & animation - Worked in indie, start-up, AAA environments - Full-cycle games production exp - Live-ops exp - Outsource/x-dev management exp - Proficient in Flow Production Tracking/ShotGrid

i was affected by the cancellation of zenimax online's unannounced MMO, which means you 🫡 can hire me to help your art & cinematics teams.

reposts, recs, and leads appreciated! the DMs will remain open until the employment situation improves.

01.08.2025 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 69    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4
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It’s Stationery Store Day and we are open until 6.

This, written for Monocle back in 2019, is posted annually to celebrate. βœοΈπŸ““πŸ“πŸ“Žβœ‚οΈπŸ–οΈ

02.08.2025 10:02 β€” πŸ‘ 110    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 6

Stationery Store Day!!!! Remember to support only independent book and stationery stores and not buy stuff to feed the Bezos greed!!!!

02.08.2025 09:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œI only use ChatGPT toβ€”β€œ

Silence. All use is unethical. It’s trained on stolen works and ruining the environment.

02.08.2025 01:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1933    πŸ” 467    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 33

He's my black bird cutie ambassador.

02.08.2025 08:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No problem! ✨

01.08.2025 07:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Check out @lorraineturnerart.bsky.social and her starter packs! Highly recommend it. :)

01.08.2025 04:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh! I use a bit sticky note for this but this is a cute one too! Making a memento.

01.08.2025 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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More than Meets the Eye🌱

30.07.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 10656    πŸ” 3028    πŸ’¬ 58    πŸ“Œ 11

Maybe 10 years ago: Technology is great and makes my life easier in many ways
Now (holding a big caveman club): We must destroy machine

31.07.2025 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2878    πŸ” 528    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 11
A family of mature and very wiry collared parachute mushrooms grow from a blackened bit of decayed stick, held between two fingers in a green summer forest. All photos by me

A family of mature and very wiry collared parachute mushrooms grow from a blackened bit of decayed stick, held between two fingers in a green summer forest. All photos by me

Here are some nice mushrooms

30.07.2025 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 6130    πŸ” 713    πŸ’¬ 157    πŸ“Œ 39
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You are my sunshine (2015) by Kenyan born artist Wangechi Mutu #womensart

31.07.2025 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 229    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Tomorrow is Planner Day!!!

31.07.2025 09:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bretman being a Traveler's notebook system user is a welcome surprise.

31.07.2025 09:23 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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what a fucking insult to call it that as well oh my god

30.07.2025 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 146    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

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