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I just decided to start asking this instead of 'what do you do?' when meeting people. Figured I'd try it out on you folks.

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[–] Corno@lemm.ee 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I draw angels mostly, but I do draw fanart from time to time as well! I've uploaded progress pictures, timelapses, and files associated with my work, too!

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago
[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 1 points 13 minutes ago

That sounds interesting. What's the process for making it? What colour does it come out?

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 5 points 6 hours ago

A bunch of FOSS hardware and software. https://twystlock.com was my latest creation. My next is a suite of modular open source home automation sensors including everything from air quality to mmWave presence.

In a more "professional" FOSS sense I just presented a new federated identity management system at IIW based on ActivityPub and OpenID Connect: https://fedid.me.

I also make a lot of behind the scenes algorithms.

[–] TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago

Worldbuilding and video games! :(

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 hours ago
[–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 9 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I’m living on an old farm with lots of junk.

So naturally I am building an 8 foot tall wind-driven kinetic sculpture of a Wendigo.

I bought a welder and a cutoff saw. All the materials are retrieved from the trash gully that every respectable high desert property must have.

It’s a form of cope and even ritual magic for me. Embody the spirit of hoarding and greed so it is vulnerable and can be imprisoned, that sort of vibe.

It will take all winter to finish it. The rebar armature is flexible and bobs in the wind. I will add sun bleached oak branches to give it flesh.

[–] GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Woww🤩🤩

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

Resentment in others.

[–] Ludrol@szmer.info 1 points 7 hours ago
[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I had a shop that made flaming nipple tassels, though I just closed down until the future is more certain. I also create sideshow and fire performances. My most recent one involves a drill and my skull.

And finally, a lot of D&D content, such as an entire world setting inspired by the tarot deck

[–] TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

an entire world setting inspired by the tarot deck

This just makes me so happy!

[–] Doxatek@mander.xyz 4 points 19 hours ago

Small mutant corn plants in little containers.

[–] Pudutr0n@feddit.cl 25 points 1 day ago

Disappointment

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Philosophical ramblings to justify my existence, which according to capitalism has no value because I don’t have the ability to work.

[–] insomniac_lemon@lemmy.cafe 1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Me: "If I make a new mascot platformer (gratis) with vertex colors, maybe someone would get me out of here? What are the chances and outcomes? Would I even have enough time to make something decent with current conditions?"

The entire scene is low-poly with colors defined using the mesh itself,  also the image is optimized for color to reduce data, resulting in dithering patterns. In a gray room with black and white triangle tiles, there are 6 badgers of various sizes standing and facing the viewer. Similarly, there are 5 eyes floating in the air one of which is not fully opaque. There is 1 banana on the floor.

Blender, Godot 4, player controller in Nim-lang via gdext-nim, and on top of the 3 hats I need to learn I don't have many viable ideas.

Also somewhat related to the social isolation thread in showerthoughts, I live on the edge of nowhere and don't even want to drive.

[–] mwproductions@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago

I have a podcast that I create with a couple of friends. We take an ordinary object—such as a ceiling fan, or a paper clip, or a toilet brush—and we create a movie plot based on that object. The show is called Almost Plausible, and can be found wherever you listen to podcasts.

[–] Monster96@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm working on an audiobook of a novel I wrote. I have another recording session today with voice actors who play my characters!

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Is this an already published book? Or are you releasing it concurrently with the audiobook?

[–] Monster96@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I'm releasing it concurrently with the book. I've still got a lot to do before I can release anything however so I'm just doing the chapters that I know are 100% done

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

That sounds even more stressful. Good luck!

[–] Monster96@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

You have no idea...anyways, thanks!

[–] Menschlicher_Fehler@feddit.org 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh, that must be exciting and nerve wrecking at the same time, seeing your characters come to life. How do you convey what you imagine the characters to sound and act like?

[–] Monster96@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Oh yeah, its amazing to hear the voices for these people but, as you say, it's scary. Since I'm the director and creator it all falls to me to decide everything. I mean EVERYTHING from inflictions in their voices, how a line is delivered, scheduling, payment etc. Of course, I give my actors freedom to interpret how they see the characters. You have to have a fine balance between making decisions but also letting them be creative with what they do during directing sessions.

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I create web applications! 🎉 (AKA I’m a typical Lemmy user.)

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Holy shit, we are dozens!

[–] LordGimp@lemm.ee 3 points 20 hours ago

As a welder, I create a ton of shit. Today, I created a new handle for a lathe, cut off the old one, and bolted on my part so the lathe functions (mostly).

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago

My body is a machine that turns caffeine into uptime.

[–] dddontshoot@lemmy.world 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Duct tape and cardboard solutions to questions like "How do I get these two pieces of photography equipment to work together?"

[–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 1 points 9 hours ago

I recommend you try gaffer tape instead of duct tape.

Advantages:

  • Remains flexible and removable forever.
  • Looks nicer, a cool matte black or manynother colors.

Where I get off making this recommendation:

I needed a light-excluding bellows for a photographic project. I made one using black illustration stock and gaffer tape. It worked extremely well on the first version and held up to hundreds of cycles of extension/compression. My application was sensitive to pinhole light leakage and there was none.

It would have lasted longer but that was the end of that project.

My two cents. I love DIY stuff!

[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

I created an email service called https://port87.com

It’s got fancy features that help you stay organized and spam free.

I also create loads of open source software, which I use for it:

https://sveltematerialui.com - A UI library for the Svelte framework.

https://nymph.io - An object relational mapper for Node.js and the browser.

https://github.com/sciactive/nephele - A WebDAV server with encryption, deduplication, and S3 support.

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

I have a big sprawling scifi universe I draw pictures of. There is a lot of lore in my head for it that I really am going to write down and present now that there are so many visuals.

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I create stupid jokes and sarcastic comments on Lemmy.

But mostly just a lot of CO²

And a lot of um... excretions, liquids and soilds, ya know...

I wanted to do worldbuilding and write a story but my depression kinda derailed that 😓

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 1 points 18 hours ago

Time to get off lemmy. Go for a run/jog/walk in the cold to the nearest stationery store and buy some pen and paper. Then get home and get to writing.

You can do it!

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 1 points 17 hours ago

Resin dice, novels, 3D prints, paintings, video games, wooden furniture, RPG scenarios. I have way too many hobbies and maybe two hours per week to work on them, so in reality I create very little. But making something physical is incredibly helpful for keeping the worst of my depression at bay.

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago

Free RPG content, which I'd be happy to share with you:

spittingimage.itch.io

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You made Discord?

🤔

When is the Chaos app gonna be released and how is it different from the Discord app?

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 4 points 20 hours ago

more scams that just auto download to your computer

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago
[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

programs, music and baby

[–] kosanovskiy@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago
[–] ArtieShaw@fedia.io 6 points 1 day ago

I had a professor whose ice breaker question was some version of, "what book do you want to write/planning to write?" Everyone seems to have one.

Might not be as relevant today after blogs perhaps cleared that out of peoples' systems.

As for me, I cycle through mostly craft-based hobbies. Embroidery, leather work, candle making, 3D printing. I can make candles much faster than I can burn them, so that's self-limiting. 3D printing is great to have the materials and skills for, and I'm slowly learning to design in Blender. But at the moment I only use it when I suddenly need to have a thing-a-ma-widget and remember: "hey! I've got a 3D printer. Of course I can make a valve stem cover!"

I'll probably be back to leather crafts as we head into the fall and winter.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I am a senior data architect and infrastructure programmer. I build the tools and design the data persistence that folks at my company use to build solutions for clients.

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[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 3 points 23 hours ago

maybe systems. my work tends to be getting one or more systems to do something a business wants.

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