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3rdBlueWizard @lemmy.world

Hobbit Art - A place to share and enjoy any Tolkien related art

Hobbit Art

!hobbit_art@hobbit.world

I love everything about the Middle Earth legendarium. The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings have resulted in countless pieces of art for us all to enjoy. Please join me and the rest of the hobbits in celebrating the artwork of the best works of fiction ever created!

The above picture comes from Courtney Myers Art. (I am not affiliated with the artist.)

Don’t miss out on the other hobbit forums:

Hobbit Discussion

!hobbits@hobbit.world

Hobbit Games

!hobbit_games@hobbit.world

  • The real reason was that Gollum couldn't fly. If they flew there, Frodo would have claimed the ring and that would be that.

    The explanation for why Gandalf chose not to fly is up for question, but ultimately irrelevant.

  • Well, I just made hobbit.world and intend to only have Tolkien related communities there. So block away if that's not your thing. However, the only way to block an instance is to defederate and that's kind of harsh. Hopefully the feature of blocking communities by instance is added.

  • This sort of stuff is crucial and needs to be built in.

    Most instances are one user's whim away from going away. This isn't a problem as long as clients back things up and migration is easy. But, that doesn't happen right now.

    Guarantee we'll see some big news at points in the future when a big instance goes down because the owner died or just lost interest.

    Again, these are easily overcome, but they are issues right now.

  • Actually, clicking those links actually works! Hooray!

    I was under the impression that you were supposed to be able to search for "!hobbit_art@hobbit.world" in the community search bar and find things there. Now that I know it works, I've found that simply modifying the community url also works. So going to: https://lemmy.world/c/hobbit_art@hobbit.world actually jumps me right to it.

    So, looks like it was already working. Thanks!

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
    3rdBlueWizard @lemmy.world

    I set up the Lemmy instance hobbit.world, but cannot see other instances.

    Everything works great there locally, but I can't subscribe to communities on other instances and can't see my instance from lemmy.world.

    I see no setting for this in the console other than "Federation enabled" which is enabled, and allowed and blocked instances. I added lemmy.world to allowed.

    For example:

    !hobbit_art@hobbit.world

    (If it matters, I have new user accounts disabled until I figure things out.)

  • Cable cost well over $100 a month many years ago when I cancelled it. And 1/3 of the content is commercials.

    Pretty sure you could subscribe to every major streaming service for less than that. And as long as you avoid Hulu, you won't see commercials.

    Things are WAY better now, even though it was better a little while ago when there was just Netflix.

  • Tolkien, Lord of the Rings (LotR), etc. @lemmy.world
    3rdBlueWizard @lemmy.world

    Dozens of characters, hundreds of waypoints, and tons of research to create this.

    It starts a little slow as Boromir makes his journey, but things pick up later as more people start moving around.

    If nothing else, I learned a ton about what was actually going on.

    Kind of crazy how much Gandalf moves around throughout the whole thing. Eru really should have given him wings.

    Calculator Community @midwest.social
    3rdBlueWizard @lemmy.world

    This cutaway demonstration Curta is by far the most expensive collectible I've ever purchased.

    You can see the bits moving around inside when you use it.

  • The same science has happened in two places at once before. Lots of people rush to publish to avoid getting scooped.

    Religion is just fiction, so this has not happened there. Heck, Joseph Smith couldn't even invent his religion twice without messing things up.

    Maybe not precisely the same as the quote, but it's pretty similar. If there was a true religion, you'd expect it to have happened many times identically all over the world.

  • Tolkien, Lord of the Rings (LotR), etc. @lemmy.world
    3rdBlueWizard @lemmy.world

    Which is better for a Lemmy instance name? tolkien.life or hobbit.world?

    I bought both domains, but can't decide which to use.

  • Whoa there! This is a thread for naming bad games. Satisfactory is an amazing crafting game. I didn't get bored until level 8 when the amount of material required to finish just got insane. But it is the end of the game, so I understand why it's like that.

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    3rdBlueWizard @lemmy.world

    What games evoked emotions for you? Which ones really hit you in the feels?

    For me, in no particular order:

    • Firewatch
    • This War of Mine
    • What Remains of Edith Finch
    • Gone Home
    • Papers Please
    • Doki Doki Literature Club
    • I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
    Sync for Lemmy @lemmy.world
    3rdBlueWizard @lemmy.world

    developer taking suggestions?

    I've tried Jerboa and Connect. They are ok, but there are features I'd like.

    Biggest feature is account backup and transfer. If I switch Lemmy instances, I don't want to have to sub and block all the same channels and people. Heck, maybe keep two accounts always in sync, just in case my initial instance goes down.

    Instance blocking. Basically individual defederation by hiding posts and users in the client.

    Blocking all subs of a name regardless of instance. If I don't want to see a sub about Foo on one instance, I probably don't want it anywhere.

    Keyword blocking. There are public figures I am tired of. Don't need to see any post about them. (Connect actually has this, although I haven't tested it yet).

    Really easy channel blocking. Just swipe and it's blocked.

    Asklemmy @lemmy.ml
    3rdBlueWizard @lemmy.world

    I am learning acrylic painting. What is the best paint for scumbling?

    I have found that painting fluffy white clouds or shadows or gradients is highly dependent on brush type, type of paint, how dry the paint on the brush is, how dry the paint on the canvas is, etc.

    I am trying to figure out how to do this consistently. Is there a type of paint best for this? Maybe one that is chalkier somehow compared to most paints that are heavy bodied?