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Vostok_ [none/use name]

@ Vostok_ @hexbear.net

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Artist from Romania. Dreaming of a better world.

[linktree link goes here once I have reason to set it up]

  • When I make my xitter debut I really hope I will get to collaborate with @proledevil one day.

    I also wonder if finally posting my art to a wider audience will cause a butterfly effect of more explicitly socialist artists appearing.

  • Rise.

    Jump
  • I can see where you are coming from in regards to the use of color saturation and framing. Perhaps I will come up with a piece that will play more into that visual language.

  • Rise.

    Jump
  • Hah, I didn't even think of that, but now I can play into it by making the giant clouds base color be blue in the final piece.

  • Rise.

    Jump
  • What is funny is that I made this in 2 hours while I have been struggling with another concept for 2 weeks, here is a sketch of it, a little sneak peek.

  • art @hexbear.net

    Rise.

  • Krita is so nice to work with I can't believe I ever left it for Clip Studio Paint, the perspective assistance tools are better, the pop-up palette is a fantastic feature, all the layer modes and filters are there, the program literally just runs better and the community-made resources are always there at 0 cost. I will say that my experience with CSP was necessary to make me better understand what Krita was capable of, but now I can say with full certainty that it proved to be a frivolous purchase.

    I am amazed that there are people out there willing to provide such quality software for free, this goes for all FOSS alternatives like Libre Office and Linux operating systems.

  • how did I manage to look at megathreads on this site for an accumulated 2 years and never see that link

    In any case, thank you! I will keep this in mind.

  • Let's say that an artist focused on subject matter with socialist aesthetics made an account on mastodon, on what instance would it be wise to make their account on?

    I did some light research and apparently it is not a great idea to make an account on the big general instance, so what would be a place that isn't prone to getting blocked while also being at least neutral on painted hammers and sickles?

  • The tendency of the rate of profit to fall.

  • I need to drop what I'm doing and follow proledevil on xitter

  • I shared my art here yesterday and I genuinely didn't expect it to be so well received, now I am more motivated than ever to keep going and start creating an online presence for myself as an artist.

    On another note, coming back to using Krita made me realize that I never really needed paid art creation software in the first place, at the end of the day it's all about your own skills.

  • My recent choice to FOSS-ify my whole computer is paying dividends every day.

    Personally, I don't even know that much about how computers operate and using the terminal feels like witchcraft, but ever since taking my chances and jumping ship to Linux Mint I feel like I actually own my own computer.

  • Huh, I never considered Mastodon as an option until now, I'll look into it. But either way what I noticed is that if you want your work to reach as many people as possible you pretty much have no choice as an artist than to use X, you can maybe skip making a Bluesky account, but a critical mass of people is still on Xitter.

  • Now that image can definitely be used as reference for a future illustration concept

  • Thank you for noticing that aspect, I believe that brushwork is half the fun and half the visual appeal of an illustration.

  • Now that is the highest praise I could receive

  • I remember making this specifically to fit as a phone background, it served me as such since then

  • art @hexbear.net

    Open your mind.

  • No special themed megathread for the October Revolution? Now that's what I call revisionism.

  • music @hexbear.net

    Oktoberklub - Oktoberlied - Song celebrating the October Revolution!

  • I resonate with this sentiment, I mostly lurk because most comments and posts radiate a very foul energy of pessimism, hopelessness and thinly veiled hostility. It's mentally taxing just to look at what other people are talking about, I can only imagine what it would be like to regularly engage with this site's discourse. The vibes are rancid.

    Most of the user base of this site is North American and it really shows in how traffic on comms about special interests is dwarfed by tired ranting, despair, doomscroll material, toxic irony, post-postmodern humor (

    ) and people generally looking to pick a fight.

  • music @hexbear.net

    Socialist Music Daily - 14 - Spanish - Y En Eso Llego Fidel (And That is When Fidel Arrived) by

  • music @hexbear.net

    Socialist Music Daily - 13 - Russian - День Победы (Victory Day)