karafuto

https://mas.to/@karafuto

Life's not fun without sin()

I make things

Portfolio: https://nataliavish.com/
Stuff: https://karafuto.tpopsite.com/

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karafuto_at_mas.to@momostr.pink

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2025-10-21 00:16:20 UTC

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Biggest drama of the day: first mosquitos have arrived to Iceland.
I guess I have to pack and move to Antarctica :-/
#inktober
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2025-10-19 22:25:46 UTC

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What I did:
Ran errands the whole day and did all them productive adult things.
What I should've done instead:
Stayed home lying in bed in my purple monster onesie in a Lain Iwakura-style.
#inktober
(I finally used that purple pencil)
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2025-10-19 01:01:13 UTC

The view just outside my place a few hours ago
#iceland #justIcelandThings
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2025-10-19 00:34:00 UTC

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Today's #inktober drawing is a little different.
I made it during out #Pathfinder game, when our DM asked me to draw a
"circular seal made of glowing mist and light, formed by three slowly rotating rings: an outer spiral of wind-like lines that fade into vapor, a middle ring of softly glowing runes (ᚺᛚᛁᚦ ᚨ ᛊᛏᛟᚱᛗᛁᚾ) spaced evenly around it, and an inner circle where the surface dips into a shallow bowl of light with faint lightning veins beneath."
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2025-10-18 00:54:41 UTC

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Sharpening pencils can be quite an experience.
Sometimes, you lose yourself in the process and get too rough, breaking the tip of the pencil and feeling like you’re snapping a head of a bourgeois.
Other times, you can be as careful as a small child, gently poking the tip of the pencil as if it were a baby tooth, checking if it's not wobbling and if it’s safe to put more pressure on it.
Either way, very satisfying and entertaining
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2025-10-18 00:42:12 UTC

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I've noticed I am drawn (hehe) to pencil sketching lately.
Haven't really touched colored pencils for years, so I'm re-learning how to use them.
Obviously, I had to start this journey by sharpening dozens of pencils of various colors and brands that I own.
8 yellow, 6 red, 6 pink, 8 blue, 10 brown, and so on (over 70 in total), and only 1 (!) purple colored pencil. #mastoart people, is this too few purples or one too many?
#inktober
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2025-10-16 23:43:44 UTC

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another 11+-hour work day, another teeny quick drawing right before midnight, this time of my pathfinder druid figurine
#inktober
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2025-10-15 22:06:41 UTC

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Today has been very difficult, it's 10pm and I am still working and will have to continue doing so for many more hours, so here's a very quick doodle of @npub1zq5…dlp2 Doggo just because I have no spoons for anything else
#inktober
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2025-10-14 23:48:07 UTC

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got a pumpkin spice cake today because 'tis the season. Also thanks @npub14nr…atl6 for the lovely stickers
#inktober
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2025-10-13 23:13:07 UTC

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gave a talk today at a local event, made sketches of fellow speakers
#inktober
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2025-10-12 22:09:47 UTC

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well, they had a good run
#inktober #arduino
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2025-10-12 01:40:23 UTC

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I played Superliminal on and off throughout the day, so today's drawing is inspired by it.
Also it turned out to be a bit more tricky to draw than I thought, because, well,
I wasn't wearing my glasses
#inktober
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2025-10-10 23:40:38 UTC

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every single day of #inktober I sit down at 11pm, trying to gather the rest of my energy to draw something that is good enough to be posted online. it's not particularly easy. I don't draw very often, and I feel if I don't force myself to do this, I will lose all my skills
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2025-10-10 01:30:48 UTC

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a fren
#inktober
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2025-10-08 23:07:49 UTC

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while I was drawing this wannabe Pinocchio, I realized two things:
1. I haven't made any drawings with just white pencil/pen in 11 years and I think I did well
2. I could not think of any other device besides headphones that serves a certain function and the opposite one simultaneously (wearing to listen/to not listen)
#inktober
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2025-10-07 23:27:55 UTC

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self-portrait
#inktober
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2025-10-06 21:40:41 UTC

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ok, taking photos of color pencil drawings is actually pretty hard. colors and sharpness are all off. who'd have thunk it
#inktober
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2025-10-05 23:02:58 UTC

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Back home. Started playing Superliminal
#inktober
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2025-10-04 15:03:13 UTC

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cozy time at the cabin.
#inktober
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2025-10-03 21:11:34 UTC

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Staying at my friend's cabin for the weekend. Lots of cozy things to draw.
Yesterday I saw one of the most stunning auroras I've ever seen. It suddenly appeared right above my head, covering almost the entire sky. Bright green that turned into bright pink, all flowy and curtainy. All happened within 10 seconds or so, just enough time to grab a phone and snap a pic during the green-to pink transition
#inktober
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2025-10-02 21:37:53 UTC

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I like not following prompts for #inktober – every drawing becomes an entry in some sort of a visual diary. I can look back at the drawings from last year and instantly see how I felt, how tired I was and what occupied my mind at that moment.
Today I drew a bottle of Icelandic liqueur Þristur (based on a liqueurice candy of the same name).
The moment I finished it I smudged the ink, and while fixing it, smudged it even more. Yeah.
I decided to make it a statement. It's that kind of a day.
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/306/648/505/755/355/original/8b1696b3369d0c67.jpg

2025-10-01 19:15:38 UTC

I've been looking at men in kilts for a big chunk of the day (for work, yes), and so couldn't think of anything else to draw for the 1st of #inktober. Also TIL that listening to Dune soundtrack sometimes results in a head being set on fire.
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Last year I had a restriction -- to sketch using only one black liner. I got a bit weary of black and white by the end of it and so this time I'll try to use _a lot_ of color instead.
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/300/469/361/910/239/original/27d42f37ca400dc7.jpg

2025-08-27 17:15:15 UTC

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Thanks! But have you seen this? https://lookslikeyouneediceland.com/

2025-08-27 09:37:30 UTC

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#photography #iceland
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2025-08-27 09:35:54 UTC

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#iceland #photography
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2025-07-12 14:52:20 UTC

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hahah here you go
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2025-07-12 10:42:05 UTC

It took me a bit over two years, but I finally finished this beast of an embroidery. The scene is from King's Quest IV
#embroidery #FediArt #pixelart #mastoart
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2025-05-11 21:06:18 UTC

As if this day couldn't get any worse
#perfectionism
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2024-11-29 11:16:24 UTC

I recently found out - completely by accident - that a friend of mine opened a type foundry (sadly we have not been in touch much for a long time).
The first font she published there... is named after me. My goodness :blobcatmeltcry: Here's a link to the shop https://libraryofnarrativetypes.xyz/fonts/lnt-natalia-mono
Do check out her works at https://libraryofnarrativetypes.xyz/. Nórá is the most talented, thoughtful and hard working designer I'm honored to be friends with 🤍
#typography #type #design #fonts
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2024-10-31 22:03:59 UTC

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Last day of #inktober , and almost the last one in #Spain
also, this is the first inktober I actually finished. very proud
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2024-10-28 21:48:17 UTC

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just a very quick sketch of a black dragon from HOMM3
#inktober
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2024-10-18 00:05:36 UTC

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hope my other plants don't hear this, but begonia maculata is my favorite one
#inktober #plants
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2024-10-17 18:23:30 UTC

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Seriously, just look at these fluffs
#photography #birds #birdsofmastodon #nature #naturephotography #trees
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2024-10-17 18:13:05 UTC

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Then came the first snow and all berries froze. When they started thawing and fermenting, it began to look like all of Reykjavik's birds flew in for a wild party.
#photography #birds #birdsofmastodon #trees #nature #naturephotography
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2024-10-17 17:48:29 UTC

The view from our window is pretty amazing. There are a few rowan trees with so. many. berries.
I took these photos about three weeks ago when the sun was shining just right, and berries looked so deliciously juicy :BirdyHeart:
#photography #trees
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2024-10-17 00:04:08 UTC

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Today's mood is a variation of "This is fine" meme
#inktober
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2024-10-16 00:44:36 UTC

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A friend asked about my favorite places in Tokyo, and after absolutely excitedly spending 40 minutes writing about the Fabrics Street, obscure tiny shops and galleries and shrines, I realized how much I am actually deeply in love with Japan
#inktober
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2024-10-15 11:35:46 UTC

Blockchain and climate in one sentence? These guys seem to be onto something. Anyone wants to volunteer?
#fedi do let me know what other catchy trendy keywords they are missing in their ad.
#graphicdesign #blockchain #climate #sustainability #job
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2024-10-14 23:40:09 UTC

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We have rowan trees just outside our window, and dozens of birds are hanging out there and singing their drunken songs 🎶
#inktober
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2024-10-14 00:06:29 UTC

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Two friends started DMing their first Pathfinder campaign, and we had a lvl 0 sesh today
#inktober #pathfinder
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2024-10-08 00:21:40 UTC

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As I was setting up my Zenit to be the perfect model for today's #inktober , the back opened, revealing some unfinished film inside. Mmmhhm.
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2024-10-07 00:51:49 UTC

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was working on a character for a new Pathfinder 2e game. Gonna have a Winter Witch with an arctic fox familiar :blobfoxcofe:
#inktober
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2024-10-06 00:04:22 UTC

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Ten minutes before midnight I realized I have not done today's #inktober yet, and had to quickly improvise
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/257/548/107/093/796/original/302f0095b4e91dd6.jpg

2024-10-04 22:30:02 UTC

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For today's #inktober here's a drawing based on a ukiyo-e print by Kitagawa Utamaro
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/251/494/243/705/627/original/e051e5c7caab94cc.jpg

2024-10-03 23:36:38 UTC

went to a bar with some nerds
#inktober
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2024-10-02 22:51:57 UTC

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green-skinned photosynthesizing elf is ready for the next sesh
#inktober
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2024-10-01 23:26:28 UTC

I skipped it last year, will try to do better this one
#inktober starting easy
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2024-07-31 13:36:00 UTC

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Hveragerði is seriously one of the most stunning towns in Iceland
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