When I die I hope it’s doing 2 of my favourite activities- sitting and doing nothing.
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Me and my brother got one of these as a joint Xmas present, it came with a free game- Combat!
I loved playing Space Invaders, Frogger, Empire Strikes Back, there was also a space game where you had to input coordinates into a gadget to then hyperspace jump and fight other space ships, can’t remember what it was called but it was great!
It’s still at my parents house in the original box…
You can read up on them, and see some nice photos here on mander… they’re really interesting creatures!
I love Reedy’s work too, he has an incredibly large selection of film/comic/manga prints to explore. I could just post his work everyday and not get bored of it… and thank you for the feedback 👍
Nice video, it’s always good to see someone with the critters to get a better idea of scale
Can you imagine though, how terrifying they’d be if they were the size of a python or anaconda?
Sweet dreams my friend…
That is delightful!
I thought it was one of your more restrained art creations until I clicked on the link, unless you also design cat emojis
I’ve just started to watch Kaos, I’m on to episode 2 and am enjoying how they are retelling the Greek myths as though the gods are real and still a part of the world… I’m nerding out a bit as I love mythology, so it’s nice to see what petty arseholes the gods are, seeing Zeus wearing a tracksuit and loafing around his golden palace
Even better! I’d like to think it’s a real gateway to summon Satan made by drunken students
Care to share where it is? I’m assuming it’s a sculpture or art installation?
This article describes a Cambrian fossil approx 500 million years old…so way back
Wow 80 downvotes! Some people really get their knickers in a twist don’t they? It would be interesting to see how many of them spend their free time making quality posts, with beautiful photos, complete with a few Fun Facts for others to enjoy…
Maybe we need to add a proviso ‘it’s just some fun, chill the fuck out’
Don’t stop posting tho, I love your love of owls
(btw, I recently saw a Barn Owl out hunting just before dusk, flying around the moors. We were side by side with him/her flying, and me driving, then we pulled over to watch from a distance. It was amazing, I’ve seen one before as a white ghost appearing, then disappearing just as quickly, as I shit my pants. This time tho I got to see the markings and it’s face quite clearly…great stuff!)
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Not too bad…I’m mainly the only one posting on collage although the lovely Eugenia Loli has posted there too, there is a printmaker Julien_Catenese who posts their work on printmaking which is awesome, and several people are posting OC to abstract photography which I’m really pleased about!
I’m also making posts for !invertebrates@mander.xyz and !nudibranchs@mander.xyz, while trying to not burn myself out, or get too frustrated by lemmys photo upload limit (which can be really stressful when I want to make a Mega Post with plenty of pictures) … Essentially, I’m just trying to amuse myself first and foremost, maybe learn something new 😀
This is going to be a long comment… 😀
All time favourite note is probably Jasmine, but not a nice fresh Jasmine, something a bit more indolic and sultry. Also I like Vanilla, but again not sweet, a proper vanilla pod scent with something mixed in to make it interesting (Mona di Orio has a beautiful Vanilla fragrance that also has boozy notes of Rum, Orange and Wood- she envisioned a trade ship carrying them as goods when creating it)
Also I love Labdanum, it helps to form the back bone of ‘Oriental’ perfumes. It lasts for ever and is deep and rich. Plus Mimosa, but so far only in Frederic Malles Une Fleur de Cassie- it is glorious with a underlying something. In a review someone said it was like a beautiful garden, full of flowers with a dead body buried in it! I think you can probably sense a theme that I don’t like pretty fragrance, I like something a bit dark and skanky…
I also love the smell of soil, CBIhatePerfume has a great one called Wild Hunt, it smells exactly like a resinous pine forest, complete with damp soil and mushrooms. He doesn’t create ‘normal’ perfumes, they’re more like entire sensory experiences that transport you elsewhere. Patchouli is another favourite, it’s grassy and slightly chocolatey too. Musks are another some can be gloriously filthy!
Favourite perfumes…? There are so many to choose from! I have probably around 100 different one by now, some are decants and large sample sizes (which makes it more affordable) others are full bottles purchased when the £ was stronger than the Euro, and before Brexit…
I have favourite perfume houses, including Frederic Malle (his perfumes are amazing and use quality ingredients and lots of natural oils), Serge Lutens (his fragrances tend to be dark and opulent- checkout his website for some French Gothic fun), Guerlain is a really old perfume house their La Art et La Matiere line is wonderful. Also Parfums d’Empire, Mona di Orio, Sonoma Scent Studio, Papillon Perumes… Chanel Exclusifs and some Dior
Me and the bf are intending to visit Paris soon, I can guarantee we will be our respects to Serge Lutens Boutique and Maison Guerlain!
edit…I forgot Rose, Ylang, Incense, Sandalwood, some Ouds…the list is endless
Also changed ‘les exclusifs’ to ‘La Art et La Matiere’
I think it’s probably time I did some stickied posts explaining the different processes etc… Stay tuned for some more Mega Posts! 👍
There are several active and very passionate communities online including Fragrantica and Basenotes…things can get incredibly nerdy when discussing perfume, believe it or not 😀
There’s also a fragrance community here on lemmy but I think it’s all but dead now…
As a perfume nerd I’d love to know what this smells like, and when it’ll be used to create a new niche fragrance
…and a beautiful sea slug too
I could spend ages looking at all the detail and trying to interpret any hidden meaning/messages/symbolism in his work…They have an ancient (alien) civilisation feel
I also can’t get over the scale of the prints ‘Precession’ at 96x336 inches and still classed as an ongoing work!
It’s like being immersed in a temple or shrine with all the ceramic ‘artifacts’ in the installations, plus the monolith having echoes of standing stones/kabba/2001 Space Odyssey. It feels like he’s creating his own mythology… I can see why you’re drawn to his work, thanks for sharing 👍
Created my account 3 years ago so I could still access one of the piracy subs in case they were banned from reddit, they used to have an alt community on lemmy.ml…
I came over properly during the reddit blackout, set up the communities I most wanted to see over here (that didn’t exist already), and have stayed ever since
I like the fact that the posts have (generally) sensible comments, without 1000 replies of inane drivel to sift through, overall it feels like a nice quiet corner of the internet where I can recognise usernames and have a brief chat, then be on my way
Nice to see you posting here in person! 😀
Yes that could be it! I just remember it being amazing and futuristic pressing the buttons and zipping through hyperspace
I can also remember being very disappointed that the Atari packaging art never reflected the game graphics lol (I was young)