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P.S. I'm gonna be drawing the new comic live on twitch in about 10 hours from this post (gotta sleep first) if you're interested!

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I know it's just a webcomic but the KSP player in me hates how the engine bell sticks down past the landing legs

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago

It's an engine skirt. It lets the lander move around on the surface at low thrust. Think hovercraft.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Hey, landing on the bell is better than those flimsy landing legs. Especially if you are tight on science and not unlocked the moving ones!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Maybe those are retractable ones that are just in motion already?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

To be fair it's also blowing a sandcastle over on the moon. Where there's no atmosphere...

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think expanding exhaust gasses from the engine plume dissipating against the surface could do that if the castle was close enough. But then again, I'm not a physicist, just a KSP player

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Buzz Aldrin saw the flag from Apollo 11 get knocked over by expanding exhaust gasses https://www.nasa.gov/history/alsj/ApolloFlags-Condition.html

[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago

The first time somebody builds a sandcastle on the moon out of regolith just for fun will be a historic moment for all of humanity.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (2 children)

drawing live on twitch

As an artist, do you foresee people doing this just to prove they didn't use an AI?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I can see that happening. It'll be like watching a blacksmith bang on some hot metal at a renaissance fair.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm just wondering who has the time to watch somebody draw a comic online. It must be like watching paint dry

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Not true! Paint dries very efficiently and consistently gets the job done, an expert in its field. Meanwhile I get easily distracted and make the process take a whole lot longer than it needs to.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Haha oh I didn't realize it was you! I should really watch your stream before making judgements about it lmao. What kinds of people usually come and watch?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

No that's just something some artists do, it's not about proving anything.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Not about proving anything yet. Not hard to foresee it'll have a larger effect as time goes on.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I'm a bit worried that if enough people livestream their work in this way that it would eventually get yoinked as more training data for AI companies to produce "live drawing" machine models.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I dunno about that. The only realistic future imo is that people will stop caring and AI will be treated as an artist's tool.

Not trying to make a moral judgement about it, thats just the only way I can really see it shaking out.

You already know it's only gonna get more impressive and ubiquitous.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Idk. I think the first guy is right that it'll atleast be a way to somewhat verify your product is homemade and hand crafted. Cause I saw a video where a couple was using a bunch of power tools to make some knick knack and adding a handmade tag at the end. Since yeah they did use their hands to use the tools but it wasn't actually hand made in some people's eyes.

So, at least in my opinion, live streaming will be a way for artists/comics/woodworkers/etc. to atleast tell their audience or potential customers they have all the skills required to 100% make it themselves in this style

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

That's what happened to the first flag up there.