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pixelart·Pixel ArtbyCrul

"Babalisa", my first pixel art character

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1184815

After bingwatching all of Brandon James Greer's videos, I draw my first character: Babalisa.
Criticism and advice are more than welcome.

Animated progress sequence

Palette: Nanner Jam Palette by Nannerman
Reference: "Two Peasant Girls" by Vladimir Makovsky

The name is a reference to Baba Yaga and Vasilisa.

Posted originally on r/pixelArt 2 years ago

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linguistics_humor·Linguistics HumorbyCrul

Monolingual Fieldwork Speedrun

Source: "Monolingual Fieldwork" Demonstration - Daniel Everett (YouTube)

Summary from UWElingo blog post:

In this video, Dan Everett is doing a ‘monolingual fieldwork presentation’, something quite impressive: he works with a speaker of a language that he doesn’t know (and which was chosen in secret by others, so he couldn’t prepare for this). Dan is showing that without having a language in common, it is still possible to do Linguistic Fieldwork. In this case, Dan is speaking Pirahã, to ensure that the lady he is working with won’t get any additional clues through his language use.

This is a great example of how you can do monolingual fieldwork – in particular how to start monolingual fieldwork.

After the presentation, there are numerous questions from the audience (again: really helpful in showing how this works). Also, it is revealed that the language is [REDACTED]!

Posted originally on r/linguisticshumor

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weirdwheels·Weird WheelsbyCrul

[CUSTOM] Omni-Wheel Bicycle by James Bruton (video in description)

Source (Full video): Can I ride a Bike with an Omni-Wheel? - (James Bruton, YouTube)

1 minute edit: https://i.imgur.com/ywsDJ2f.mp4

From the video description:

Last time I built a giant omni-wheel. An omni-wheel can move in multiple directions because it has lots of smaller wheels around its circumference, so it can roll like a normal wheel, or slide sideways.
Normally you’d use at least three omni-wheels on a vehicle so that you can move or rotate in any direction. But in this video I’m going to put my giant omni-wheel on the front of a bicycle, and with some clever electronics I’m going to control the wheel so I can ride it.
I’m using the back end of the bike from the Makers Secret Santa Christmas video which Colin Furze left on my driveway. I’ll need to modify the bike so I checked it wasn’t Colin’s bike from his childhood or anything and he said it sounds cool.
As I mentioned last time, the wheel is going to be mounted the wrong way around on the front of the bike so the two wheels make a T-shape. So first of all I need to make some modifications to the front forks of the bike.

CAD and Code: https://github.com/XRobots/BIGOmni-Bike

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natures_patterns·Nature's Patterns - the beauty in the detailsbyCrul

The skin of Googly-Eyed Stubby [Bobtail] Squid (EVNautilus, 2016)

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2381349

Source (video): Googly-Eyed Stubby Squid - 2016 | Nautilus Live (Remastered!) - YouTube

This moment comes from 2016 offshore of Los Angeles investigating the Southern California Margin. This (now famous) stubby squid was spotted by ROV Hercules at a depth of 900 meters (2,950 feet). Related to the cuttlefish, this species spends life on the seafloor, activating a sticky mucus jacket and burrowing into the sediment to camouflage, leaving their eyes poking out to spot prey like shrimp and small fish.

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cassettefuturism·Cassette FuturismbyCrul