2026-03-23T18:29:37Z https://yabu.me Beach https://yabu.me/npub1f2k0ppzg2y6nfvekep08clz45yfeaq2przg7p2uzzj702ma7vzfqlzhnt8 https://cdn.masto.host/illosocial/accounts/avatars/110/719/822/905/974/198/original/824e4dc91fbda69b.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/illosocial/accounts/avatars/110/719/822/905/974/198/original/824e4dc91fbda69b.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyd694rvejeutr4805vdtw3fvrlr9ms62zqsndhc4pnsny5k9eqdqzyp92euyyfpgn2d9nxmy9ulru2ks3885pgyvfrc9tsg2teat0hesfyfx0gma Something I realised this morning : mastodon is full of makers. My feed is bursting with potters, painters, quilters, bloggers, writers, cartoonists, photographers, coders...<br/><br/>Mainstream social media has content creators. But mastodon has the makers. 2026-04-26T09:00:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz3fednjlf3xmhaa4hj6csm5snfhjfc3au07w5dkdm028slq3ts6czyp92euyyfpgn2d9nxmy9ulru2ks3885pgyvfrc9tsg2teat0hesfy0wcgml Dutch friends! May I borrow your eyes?<br/><br/>I am making a typeface and including a Dutch &#39;IJ&#39; for the first time. Would you mind looking at these samples and telling me if my IJ makes sense or looks wrong in any way?The font is all uppercase and there are two versions of every letter, including the IJ, hence the two images.<br/><br/>Thank you so much!<br/><br/>#IJ #DutchIJ #wip<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/illosocial/media_attachments/files/116/279/581/442/352/268/original/830c7dac0a5cf70b.png"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/illosocial/media_attachments/files/116/279/582/019/824/752/original/1cf4da5f3a252c7a.png"> <br/> 2026-03-23T17:08:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz4zkuvaghsr3cuv97fx0m6lszma5gnfh2xlzw6ejx26hg3z29s2szyp92euyyfpgn2d9nxmy9ulru2ks3885pgyvfrc9tsg2teat0hesfykw3fu9 As regular users we take this for granted, but it is kind of miraculous that mastodon enables pretty much anyone to set up their own social media platform. 2026-03-07T10:44:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstcmdrk54kgp8kl4dvjat745zwu6cw5mx4eu6akfq2f5m7cxvmp4gzyp92euyyfpgn2d9nxmy9ulru2ks3885pgyvfrc9tsg2teat0hesfyqncjhj I don&#39;t mind seeing empty profiles on mastodon. I get it. Trying to sum up a life in a few pithy phrases can feel pretty futile. 2026-03-01T19:37:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8rfvufjdm007607v0eu8v6ujs70fx0maqjkq4psr3ygl2rv3d9kqzyp92euyyfpgn2d9nxmy9ulru2ks3885pgyvfrc9tsg2teat0hesfyu39q9f Excellent. Just found an old to-do list with &#39;Write a new to-do list&#39; as the top item... 2026-02-19T11:53:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst4xjw4zk42049uw5lku5e7j3exv9ecxxsjfrrf5qrpa86y7dz30szyp92euyyfpgn2d9nxmy9ulru2ks3885pgyvfrc9tsg2teat0hesfy25fw9z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswue4nf93sgsly4h3fhe4e7qzc450ypskm6xm57cr75tl4g46tjcs27f0cs'>nevent1q…f0cs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>UPDATE: In my quest to replace Illustrator CS5 as a vectorisation tool I have now tried Illustrator 2026, Affinity 3, Vectoriser.ai, and Inkscape. <br/><br/>The Verdict:<br/><br/>Illustrator – still not as good as CS5<br/>Affinity – basic<br/>Vectorizer.ai – poor<br/>Inkscape – Excellent! (although baffling) 2026-02-14T13:28:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswue4nf93sgsly4h3fhe4e7qzc450ypskm6xm57cr75tl4g46tjcszyp92euyyfpgn2d9nxmy9ulru2ks3885pgyvfrc9tsg2teat0hesfyzvx4aa The hard drive in my long serving 2011 iMac died last night. May it rest in peace. <br/><br/>Day to day I use a newer model but I kept that one going so I could continue to use an old version of Adobe Illustrator. <br/><br/>Software companies like to pretend their products improve over time but that version (CS5?) had far better image trace tools than any of the subsequent ones. <br/><br/>Not quite sure what I will do to vectorise drawings now – perhaps give Affinity a try. Or maybe just get a new HD for the iMac! 2026-02-11T13:24:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx5nuew3v8d86gdrfvyg04p4tewhrjfugqdayk49x9q7fr2mceneqzyp92euyyfpgn2d9nxmy9ulru2ks3885pgyvfrc9tsg2teat0hesfynedshg One month to go on the comic book so I&#39;m going to try posting a panel every day to keep myself entertained. <br/><br/>(I might not feed all of them through to the website though)<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/illosocial/media_attachments/files/115/979/607/194/053/219/original/f0bddc6052df57ef.png"> <br/> 2026-01-29T17:40:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxll3v4fsl2zjh3jy70lhkystt0cl7qgtgukt8qjeuhw4hyq5xmtczyp92euyyfpgn2d9nxmy9ulru2ks3885pgyvfrc9tsg2teat0hesfyt7079h #illustration #cycling #illo<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/illosocial/media_attachments/files/115/593/033/376/278/373/original/0a7a92398368ef73.jpg"> <br/> 2025-11-22T11:14:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvkl0a3fcqvrhfq0phx0xg67tyksmqmgda96vppez6wpt6mqgt6hgzyp92euyyfpgn2d9nxmy9ulru2ks3885pgyvfrc9tsg2teat0hesfyppkz04 I&#39;m looking for a non-amazon reader for e-books. Does anyone have any recommendations? <br/><br/>Open to all suggestions but ideally something that doesn&#39;t tie me into a particular platform and lets me read indie-published as well as mainstream published books.<br/><br/>I&#39;m an author so have no issue paying for ebooks through online bookshops. While I am trying to avoid giving money to amazon, I am very happy to keep paying authors and publishers!<br/><br/>#ereader #bookstodon #books #reading 2025-10-26T10:58:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0wfr9azykemxeuspd4yhmqf9sxcqawnpwakcc4tunnrshnfu4d0czyp92euyyfpgn2d9nxmy9ulru2ks3885pgyvfrc9tsg2teat0hesfy6n600c &#39;Unlucky for some&#39; for Baker&#39;s Dozen. There are 13 bad luck omens hidden in this illustration. Can you spot them all? <br/><br/>A prize for the first person to reply with 13 correct answers!<br/><br/>#illustration #cartoon #superstitions<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/illosocial/media_attachments/files/115/419/470/274/079/445/original/d9a1b604c06820fc.jpg"> <br/> 2025-10-22T19:33:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqkqu459unfngwfhk49syrwkffgjdg3ec5ppjys4g720fw5yyftggzyp92euyyfpgn2d9nxmy9ulru2ks3885pgyvfrc9tsg2teat0hesfyq6vpc3 Another one from the vaults #illustration #cartoon<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/illosocial/media_attachments/files/115/388/898/865/987/348/original/211c467b6669431d.jpg"> <br/> 2025-10-17T09:56:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvaurjmt7hs3lunkc59r5crtltkzx3xutu5ay4nq43ltpdjgue7gszyp92euyyfpgn2d9nxmy9ulru2ks3885pgyvfrc9tsg2teat0hesfy0gpmjg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs84za39tezhcmzx2nx4ww94vs6g4637uv5ljs7dfcqfev7hf8v2pqwkj5gy'>nevent1q…j5gy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>OMG it works!<br/><br/>People on bluesky can now see my mastodon posts (should they want to). All I had to do was follow <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1pqr3g2gk3vsnrqk9kwfqqcxc6d5cwjr0hyc0nlzz9py5nf92vd9sn02sck" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Bridgy Fed for Bluesky</span> (<span class="italic">npub1pqr…2sck</span>)</a></span> from my mastodon account. That&#39;s it. I haven&#39;t had to touch bluesky or create an account there.<br/><br/>Amazing.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/illosocial/media_attachments/files/113/476/027/771/619/829/original/07d40c9e3d109973.png"> <br/> 2024-11-13T14:09:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs84za39tezhcmzx2nx4ww94vs6g4637uv5ljs7dfcqfev7hf8v2pqzyp92euyyfpgn2d9nxmy9ulru2ks3885pgyvfrc9tsg2teat0hesfyq055gh Testing 1 .. 2 .. 3 ..<br/><br/>Testing to see if my account now bridges to bluesky (posting from mastodon, bridging to bluesky) 2024-11-13T14:04:00Z