• I’ve started a new hobby of carving 印章 (yìnzhāng or seals or so-called “chops”). They’re those red things that you see on Chinese calligraphy and paintings. I got a beginner’s set of tools and practice stones on Sunday, and found time today to make my first attempt.

    Which I naturally botched.

    But it’s easy to undo your mistakes with a very coarse grit grinding pad followed by a fine grit sandpaper, so I’m all set up to try again possibly tomorrow. I expect to have my first chop that’s not a complete embarrassment ready to photograph by the end of the weekend.

  • Zerlyna@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    I’m going to take up smoking today! Does that count? Maybe drinking. Or both.
    SIGH

    I really need to start knitting again.

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      8 days ago

      I’ve committed to being perma-stoned for the next 4 years. That should be fun.

  • 🐋 Color 🔱 ♀@lemm.ee
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    8 days ago

    Started a new drawing!

    It’s going to be a picture of the adult form of my angel OC, Goodie! I drew this one months ago

    The rough concept sketch of his adult form! The absolute state of my sketches… 😂