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Ron Jeffries @ronjeffries.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2026

I think a chop is supposed to be square. I came up with one I like, but it isn't square. This bothers me.

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Ron Jeffries @ronjeffries.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/05/2026

If you rotate a 2d dungeon 45 degrees and scale y by 1/2, you get an isometric dungeon.

Sketchy looking isometric dungeon layout

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Ron Jeffries @ronjeffries.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/03/2026

Another thing where I have room to improve! It's so freeing to be so imperfect. Zentangle®️inspired.

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Ron Jeffries @ronjeffries.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/02/2026

I'm trying Zentangles®️ except on iPad, so really Zentangle-inspired. So far I'm not at all good at it. Got a good chop though:

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Ron Jeffries @ronjeffries.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/02/2026

In Taror, a card is called "reversed" when it appears upside down during a reading. This is said to imply resistance, blockage, or even reversal of the card's usual meaning. However, a surprising second card has emerged from the San Marco discovery: a […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Tarot card The Duck Reversed, showing a white duck, upside down, with a speech balloon saying "!kcauQ".

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Ron Jeffries @ronjeffries.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/02/2026

A recent discovery on San Marco, near Venice, suggests that there may be as many as 30 "major arcana" in a Tarot deck, rather than the 22 known to date. The cards discovered are seriously water-damaged (Venice, y'know) and thus far only one card, number XXIX […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Apparent Tarot card, number XXIX, The Duck, depicting a duck with a voice balloon reading "QUACK!".

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Ron Jeffries @ronjeffries.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/01/2026

What it is, Ice Cubes only lets me mute for a max of 7 days, and my feed is so full of horror that muting becomes most of my Mastodoning for two or three days. I need a break from the horror, if I am to persist at all. Maybe I need to create an account that just follows artists and cat photos.

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Ron Jeffries @ronjeffries.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/01/2026

Just messing around. iPad draws better than I do ...

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Ron Jeffries @ronjeffries.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/01/2026

Procreate dual color brush I created to draw vine-like things, dark outside, lighter inside. For some reason, it has a thin white border when crossing a prior colored area. No idea why.

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Ron Jeffries @ronjeffries.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/01/2026

RE: mastodon.art/@welshpixie/1157131164… This little zine got me started having fun drawing again. I'm not very good, but I'm better than I was, and way better than folx who don't draw at all.

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Ron Jeffries @ronjeffries.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/01/2026

I follow some fine artists and craftspeople. And still, I'm a bit proud of my progress, tho the artists and craftspeople have little to fear.

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Ron Jeffries @ronjeffries.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/01/2026

Oh my! procreate can have a dual line brush! This pleases me. Prospects are good!

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Ron Jeffries @ronjeffries.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/01/2026

Satisfactory, possibly finished inking. Still the flaw, might not fix.

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Ron Jeffries @ronjeffries.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/01/2026

Progress. Left side curves pretty good. iPad helped. Still major flaw, might let it be. Doing better than I was, the primary measure of comparison.

Complex Celtic knot, left loops connected, looks pretty good.

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Ron Jeffries @ronjeffries.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/01/2026

WIP. Hard part remains. I see a major flaw. Still, decent progress. My chief weakness is impatience. Impatience and carelessness. My two chief weaknesses ...

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Ron Jeffries @ronjeffries.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/01/2026

Again, not all cleaned up but kind of nice. Wish I had some use for these.

Celtic knot, 7 by 7, interesting ring pattern in center.

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Ron Jeffries @ronjeffries.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/12/2025

This one, unpolished, surprised me because the two top outside parts are the same, not symmetric. I've done it twice, and don't think I've made a mistake. If you see one, let me know.

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Ron Jeffries @ronjeffries.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/12/2025

Hahaha yesterday (Dec 26) was my birthday and none of you even knew it! In other news, I rather like the design below and wonder what to do with it, and things like it.

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Ron Jeffries @ronjeffries.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/12/2025

Oh, and in case you're interested, here's the grid that generates tha knot:

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Ron Jeffries @ronjeffries.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/12/2025

Then again, not every experiment turns out well. Think there was something wrong with my pen.

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Ron Jeffries @ronjeffries.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/12/2025

Sometimes I get something that I almost like ...

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Ron Jeffries @ronjeffries.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/12/2025

A quick sketch showing why one might want the unit trivial knots:

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Ron Jeffries @ronjeffries.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/12/2025

I read that there are 12 unique shapes in Celtic knots. I've found ten, counting reflections as two. Have I missed some?

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Ron Jeffries @ronjeffries.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/12/2025

Inspired by @welshpixie, I'm fiddling with Celtic knots. Wondering if there might be some coding fun here. But they're good practice for my fading drawing skills as well. Might bring me back to drawing. It could happen.

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Ron Jeffries @ronjeffries.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/11/2025

Weird message from mail. Looks like mail route didn't renew certificate?

Pop up: identity of imap.mailroute.net cannot be verified.

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Ron Jeffries @ronjeffries.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2025

I will color a 3x5 card blue and pick up the postage to send it to you, not for 18 million dollars, but for a mere $180,000. Much better deal than the Yves Klein one. For a digital version, see the attached. You owe me $1800.

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Ron Jeffries @ronjeffries.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2025

My ConRod algorithm is defective. I am disappoint, very disappoint. Back to drawing board.

Drawing of components of connecting rod operation, exploring effect of rotation to solve the geometry.

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Ron Jeffries @ronjeffries.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/06/2025

I have successfully, if somewhat roughly completed my Rube Goldberg Lua Bowling Spike. Articles include: Bowling, "AI" Defiance ronjeffries.com/articles/-w025/z/0 Bowling Rube ronjeffries.com/articles/-w025/z/1 Bowling Grinding? […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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