akavel

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[โ€“] akavel@piefed.social 1 points 20 hours ago

I googled up the original deck, and in theory I should love it, but somehow I don't, while I actually really like your versions much more! ๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ‘

[โ€“] akavel@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago

Huge thanks for sharing what you know about the project!! โค๏ธ

As for the part on what "will" happen though - you're free to subscribe to your set of beliefs about the future; mine are respectfully different, and my question stands! ๐Ÿ™ƒ

[โ€“] akavel@piefed.social 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Whoah, that's something! ๐Ÿคฏ

And there's even a very nice and interesting LWN writeup about it from a year ago: https://lwn.net/Articles/1022920/ - looks legit and, for now, the more I read the more interested I am!

I wonder how much vibecoded it is, though? The speed they seem to progress at feels impressive on the surface

[โ€“] akavel@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

I like it, and the worldbuilding idea, please keep drawing and posting!

[โ€“] akavel@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm not 100% sure, but you could try Brandon Sanderson's "Skyward" and other books/stories in what's apparently called "Cytoverse" series. I didn't read them yet, that's why no promises, but I've read his "Cosmere" books - those are not really sci-fi though, more fantasy/steampunk (depending on sub-series) - and I found a lot of Christian themes in there. To the extent that I sincerely found some to be helpful for my faith development (even if I'm of a different denomination). I wouldn't be surprised if he put some such themes in his other books too.

As for CS Lewis, I had no idea he has any sci-fi books - I'll have to find them now! He's definitively a very Christian topics writer.

[โ€“] akavel@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thanks!

None that I'm aware of. I'd love to learn also if there is! I wonder now, could it make sense to try and create one? I have absolutely zero experience how this works ๐Ÿค” I'm totally new at Lemmy first of all... Should there be some minimal group of people interested in a topic to make it sensible to create a community? From the looks of it, even the artshare one doesn't appear too crowded, so I'm not very sure there would be even anyone to take part in an ATC one? Maybe for starters it could be enough to just share any ATCs here on artshare? ๐Ÿค” Do you have some thoughts or experience on this?

[โ€“] akavel@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

Thank you so much for the kind words! <3

[โ€“] akavel@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

Nice, this guide looks super cool, thanks! I saw two others before, they seem more or less saying the same: https://jenivievedesign.substack.com/p/artist-trading-cards-etiquette-101 via reddit faq, and a cool zine at: https://www.betty-draws.de/2026/07/15/atc-zine-07-2026

[โ€“] akavel@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago

The explanation in a sibling comment looks great: https://www.tinteddy.com/introduction-to-atcs-what-are-artist-trading-cards

Another one I saw before, kinda official FAQ of the relevant subreddit, is at: https://jenivievedesign.substack.com/p/artist-trading-cards-etiquette-101

Another cool one I saw is the zine about ATCs: https://www.betty-draws.de/2026/07/15/atc-zine-07-2026

In shortest words, it's hand-made cards you do in 2.5x3.5in size (6.4x8.9cm) in any medium you like. (It's a standard "trading cards" size, like Pokemon or MTG or baseball cards in the USA, so you can easily store them in plastic sleeved catalogs.) You can then swap them with other artists, in person or over the internet, or just keep them for yourself. They are not to be sold (if you want to sell, you mark them as ACEO rather than ATC, it's the same size but a different, adjacent community and idea). There are online (and I think also offline) communities for swapping or just showing your collection.

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My first ATC (media.piefed.social)
 

I recently discovered the ArtistTradingCards format and idea. This is my first watercolor attempt at making one! I hope there gets to be a lemmy community for such cards at some point