iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Ala Flora @alaflora.net · 24/09/2026

to be clear: i don't know butler's writing so im not commenting on that specifically; only on the idea to challenge yourself in your reading which i endorse!

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Ala Flora @alaflora.net · 24/09/2026

relatively straightforward to look up a word or an idiom or get used to new grammatical structures (by being comfortable w/ feeling out of your depth, pushing through, exposure)—but if you're to driven to research new concepts every other sentence might be better to read something more 101 first

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Ala Flora @alaflora.net · 24/09/2026

i can be interested in the subject as in "this is interesting, i'd love to learn!" but not actually have any knowledge base for it and bounce of a text bc the reading turns out unproductive :•)

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Ala Flora @alaflora.net · 24/09/2026

but when the issue is language or terminology im not accustomed to its simply a brain good brain workout and i could learn as well from it as a person who's used to reading comparable texts, only slower

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Ala Flora @alaflora.net · 24/09/2026

i think the barrier to understanding harder texts is mainly your preexisting knowledge on the topic, not the language itself. if i picked up a specialized piece on lets say history, which assumed i already knew the history of the period, i would have a hard time getting much out of it

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Catomika- Open for work!! @categerbasi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

you can really read whatever you want. just read slowly, just start with fun and challenging and you can get the habit back. for myself I treat reading not only as a fun hobby but a responsability towards my brain.

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Patrick @vectorpark.com · 22/09/2026

Among other things, this post does a great job of disentangling the classic notion of "AI" — how can we use computers to solve problems in smarter and more efficient ways? — from what LLMs are, and do

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Ala Flora @alaflora.net · 08/08/2026

you're just analyzing the patterns that already came into existence. its like you can't "have" a mental condition bc it's not actually a "thing" but you can manifest a cluster of symptoms that begets a diagnosis—which is a tool for understanding

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Ala Flora @alaflora.net · 08/08/2026

i think some ppl trap themselves by thinking of personal style as of something "prescriptive" than "descriptive". i think its reasonable to describe a style based on an artist's body of work but its not bc they "had/have" a style. its not something you can "have", imo

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Ala Flora @alaflora.net · 07/08/2026

i personally could never and i know i project that conviction onto such videos i see (makes me unable to enjoy them bc im imagining ppl feeling pressured economically to make them), but im certain some ppl don't mind and there must also be some who, for example, focus better under scrutiny or smthng

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Ala Flora @alaflora.net · 07/08/2026

i think you should assess whether you'd be able to get into a zen state while recording yourself in the first place, or like, take risks? or not; you could simply try it out (before building an elaborate setup) and see if / how it alters how you feel during work and whether it might be worth it!

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Ala Flora @alaflora.net · 07/08/2026

i think its a testament to how shallow our engagement is to images on social media feeds

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Ala Flora @alaflora.net · 13/07/2026

hello! i like drawing horse a lot! • alaflora.net

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Ala Flora @alaflora.net · 11/07/2026

you used the modern logo and im too exacting to make the joke but wanted to say: between that, a church bench, and growing up with a bootleg console this is early 00s poland room at the earth museum

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Ala Flora @alaflora.net · 11/07/2026

BIEDRONKA?!?!?!?!?!??! T o T 🐞

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🐊 @kyssimmee.com · 13/05/2025

#webcomicday! Softies is a farcical space-adventure about Kay, the last human kid in the galaxy, and Arizona, the alien space-waste collector who finds her adrift after the sudden explosion of the planet Earth. go read it here... now! www.softies.net

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Laurence Bianchi-Phillips - Hardy Roach Games @hardyroachgames.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I don't personally take it as an accusation of being derivative, but as a favourable indicator that I've made them think and feel to the extent that they're putting my work in a cultural context alongside other respected creatives

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Ala Flora @alaflora.net · 28/06/2026

it clearly comes across

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Ala Flora @alaflora.net · 28/06/2026

my mom thrifted me a one piece tshirt, with a luffy face on it, and asked "if i knew this creature"

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Ala Flora @alaflora.net · 26/06/2026

so happy you're liking them!!! 💙 :'•}

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Ala Flora @alaflora.net · 22/06/2026

like i can sympathize because it is awful out there and bad for everyone's brain; easy sell; a real issue exists… but if the govs cared about the issue, rather than invigilation, they would regulate bigtech to not create black box algorithms rather than *make* them suck up *more* data

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Ala Flora @alaflora.net · 22/06/2026

whenever eu adopts the authoritarian scan-your-face-give-us-your-id im gonna have enough time to make sign off "go to my website" posts on affected platforms. *personally* i am gonna be cooked when they come for domain registrations or any forms of hosting *collectively* we've long been cooked

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Ala Flora @alaflora.net · 07/01/2026

alaflora.net/all/155000 • alaflora.net/all/154000 | #kidlitart #furryart

digital sketch: two anthropomorphized cats standing in a room, staring at you; the walls are lined with shelving filled with ceramic ducks

digital sketch, again: similar cats in a similar space are congregating at a table with a whole another cat; this one seems uneasy and is presenting a ceramic horse

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Ala Flora @alaflora.net · 21/06/2026

as in make drawings of your vampire self in class ofc the internet a dead husk so its not like anything matters anymore

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Ala Flora @alaflora.net · 21/06/2026

my pet belief is that encouraging children to create pseudonymous avatars for themselves should be part of "how to be healthy online" early education. be a sparkledog until you're old enough to decide otherwise. but introduced via play so it feels like personal choice to the kids?

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Dyna Soar🦕 @dynasoar5.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

character study. a pachycephalosaurus bandit holding a knife #art #painting #anthro #furry #furryart #scalie #dinosaur #dynasoar5

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Ala Flora @alaflora.net · 04/06/2026

maybe if i was looking up to american comic book creators and animation industry folks at a younger more formative age now in my early 30s id still be plucking faint wisps of insecurity about my work being "too messy" out of the back my mind. as i am they're about me liking to work in small format

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Ala Flora @alaflora.net · 04/06/2026

hell, ive been drawing my entire life and received public art education in central europe, but even i had a moment in my late teens when i got into online cartoon fandom and got the thought of "i dont know how to do lineart; how can i become an illustrator if i dont learn how to lineart :("

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Ala Flora @alaflora.net · 04/06/2026

when i've been looking at online groups for hobbyists in my native language, rather than international americanized space, there have been lot of photorealistic graphite and "this took 60 hours" kinda stuff; instead of the "assumption of lineart" an "assumption of reference photo"

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Ala Flora @alaflora.net · 04/06/2026

i had thought about this a lot and my pet theory is ppl try to emulate media they like, and the media they like happen to be pipeline oriented and made in very deliberate steps because they're made my multiple ppl. and the young ppl are left with the impression these are "the steps to making an art"

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Milhail @beddo.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

If you can prompt AI, you can prompt the artist. The latter can also figure out what you mean.

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Ala Flora @alaflora.net · 31/05/2026

this is like if brickheadz were appealing

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Ala Flora @alaflora.net · 26/05/2026

"i rewrote your whole post in accord with my own intent. no need to thank me"

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Ala Flora @alaflora.net · 25/05/2026

its the feeling of control for me, the procreate brush strokes… uhh… flicker… change shape after being laid down… i dont know how to describe it. also when i switched from photoshop i missed its blending brushes so i found artstudio for the feeling of that

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Ala Flora @alaflora.net · 25/05/2026

i rarely do finished work digitally but i when i do i like artstudio pro for painting; i dislike the way procreate brushes behave (is that brush engine?)

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Ala Flora @alaflora.net · 25/05/2026

i find procreate great as sketchbook bc of the ease and speed of creating new files, erasing whole layers with a gesture, the lean interface etc, but its the other side of the medal of "extremely functionally limited" i guess

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Ala Flora @alaflora.net · 25/05/2026

yeah, previously i would manually save into my cloud provider's app. it is. so. painful. god.

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Ala Flora @alaflora.net · 25/05/2026

due to its ux / gesture control procreate really is a great digital sketchbook… but it is not a serious art program and it pains me whenever ppl act like its the only ipad drawing software

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Ala Flora @alaflora.net · 25/05/2026

is it even possible to save to somewhere retrievable by default without an icloud storage space?? backing up manually out of procreate is the worst experience imaginable… next time i get around to it i think ill look around for some github magic scrolls and try breaking into app's storage over usb

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Ala Flora @alaflora.net · 24/05/2026

go back inside lucie!!!!!

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