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(side note: Odd Squad is deeply funny, 10/10 show)

Animation is a joy, but I feel like a kid's gotta see real people on TV too. I gotta add some old PBS shows into the mix along with Mr Rogers or somethin'

"everything kids is animation" is something I've been feeling a lot with my 5yo--she's deeply into Odd Squad on PBS and I think it's the only show there with actual kids right now?? One puppet show, the rest animated, I think.

The resevoir and feed on a FP would clog up with a nice india ink; it'd be neat to be able to try more inks and maybe it'd be worth the cost of having to dip the pen

I think about trying them every so often--I *love* inking with fountain pens, but the inks are necessarily not very water resistant. I think I'd prefer inking before watercoloring something but you really really can't do that with a FP.

(side note: Parker also had pen servicemen, which is another tickly thought: they stood by their fountain pens so strongly they thought it worth training people to refurbish/repair customer's pens; what a different era)

For some reason this calls to mind date systems used in injection molds; I know Parker ran several pens where four dots would be on a pen mold but they'd file off one every quarter; iirc it was to track mold age & give info when they serviced pens. A lot of sprues on model kits have date methods too

The gunpla model MGSD Barbatos carrying a massive railgun

The gunpla MGSD Barbatos with its back to the camera, holding a large sword

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Sealing for waterproof makes both the hinge and clasp harder to design, too--you need something that will compress whatever washer or gasket you're choosing to use to seal it but not by tooo much, making the tolerance and offset dance a little different

For clasps you gotta take advantage of compiant mechanisms for a latch that's repeatably closeable, but what that means is honestly its own study--most highly rated boxes have decent examples tho

A popular method for hinges is using a piece of filament threaded thru a 1.8mm (ish) hole to act as a pin, but IMO orientation is hella important for these and most orientations aren't ideal given hinges are gonna get banged around--they'll work but are prone to failures that could be avoided

re: hinges & clasps: there are a *lot* of methods for these and many are just OK or even not good. I don't know how to succinctly describe what works, tho 😬

There are a *lot* of designs out there for this kind of thing, so you may not have to design anything if you don't want--and honestly it may be the better route if you want waterproof

Due to popular demand, here is a demonstration video of how to make 3D printed PCBs using just vector drawing software, a 3D printed (PETG filament for mine) and self-adhesive copper tape. Any questions, let me know!

One of the things I've learned this year now that we've got two: there is absolutely nothing like "the kids are out and it's just us: time to zonk out"; what a feeling.

This has been wiggling in my brain 'cuz I thought I recognized the shape from SOMEWHERE and lo and behold it was at my library as a Oops All Horses version:

it's such a funny license but I am *sorely* tempted by it: container ships are cool.

gloves are soo fun. My favorite is a spear aspect!

yes ha ha ha yesss

What's your favorite weapon so far?

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see, if you were christian, we would shoot you with round bullets which will hurt slightly less

An anthro bird with antlers done in pencil. The bird is stepping over a log and has a normal bird perched on its arm; text reads "Happy birthday Sunfire!"

Didn't get a chance to draw this till now; happy birthday!

more goblins for #goblinweek

for the duration of #goblinweek, my goblin comic is free to read! saffronscarf.itch.io/gobcom1

tune in to my website sometime this week to see my kid's drawings; much excitement when I mentioned it is goblin drawing week

A full page spread of a small sketchbook full of various goblins. One is sitting sadly saying "a", one is rather froglikelbut standing tall; a corner has many round circular critters with bunny ears. A mouselike goblin towers over a squat oval-headed goblin. A strange molegoblin has too many legs and is thinking of cheese.

since it's #goblinweek I have been doodling little guys. This is hardly a departure from my default state, because life is beautiful

Even the cheap ones from lidl are better!! This could be rose colored glasses, but I bet I'd be able to tell in a blind test

(other highlights of that trip include a bunch of Asian tourists admiring my knitting at kinderdijk and constantly being embarrassed cuz I apparently clocked as dutch enough to keep confusing people when I only spoke English)

I think stroopwafel was the thing that Changed Me the most when visiting the Netherlands. The ones here are fine and even Great but not nearly transcendent

stroopwafel,,,

ohhhh yess I can see this whole thing being up your alley. It's a great game 😌