The Beginnings of SGS
It’s getting cold out there. I’ve already about packed up the shop. The car lives in the garage too now, so there’s only so much space for #woodworking now.
software
TagRef 2.1 is out now!
TagRef is a small app, similar to Gesture Drawing and TagSpaces, that allows you to organize and display your own curated reference images for practice sessions.
Blender to Cura Scaling
A non-rant! Wow! I’ve been working on some 3d printing miniature sculpts for D&D using Blender, and since my slicer of choice is Cura, I decided to spend some time to really get to know the scaling between the two.
This Thing That I Need
This blog is rapidly devolving into a series of rants. I’m sorry.
Why Corel Painter Pisses Me Off
Spoiler Alert: I like it, but I don’t. It’s complicated. even 2018 is slow and stuttery on my machine, which runs Clip Studio Paint and Adobe Photoshop just fine Even just doing simple UI things take a long time Jitters and UI stutters drive me insane Various layer blending problems white edges around some transparent layers Why have “Default” and “normal” both?
Computer Color Is Broken
Another art software rant This is the title of a MinutePhysics video that talks about how most color blending done on computers is mathematically incorrect, leading to ugly, muddy colors when blended together.
Vendor Lock In
A brief rant on software selection & data control. I hate vendor lock-in.
Acrobat Rage
This is about desktop publishing, not a Bard/Barbarian build. Oh my god I hate Acrobat.
Learning to Love Document Generation
Hi. I’m Joe, and this is now my blog. For my sketchblog that was previously on write.