Caetano Veyssières @ChameleonScales@mastodon.art

Agent 327 crossed 4M Views! Well, the official Youtube video, not the sum of all other uploads.
Congrats once more to the team!
https://youtu.be/mN0zPOpADL4
#b3d #agent327

https://blenderartists.org is becoming its own art station. The Grid gallery view mode just got released and it is delightful 🍦 :

https://blenderartists.org/t/new-grid-gallery-view/1116084

Huge Props to Bart and the developer for making this open source plug-in!

#b3d

@gregzaal I stand corrected. No need to install Greasemonkey. You can edit a userscript directly from the Stylish add-on in a quicker and more user-friendly.way.
Mastodon has been shaping up lately. For instance you can now add bio fields to include links to websites which leaves room for a longer bio (example on my profile).
A bunch of other new features, UI improvements and fixes were made, if you're still interested: https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases

Graswald, one of the 3 best Blender add-ons for nature scene creation ever made got released a few days ago:

https://blendermarket.com/products/graswald

Have a look at the promotional artwork, it will blow you away. Then have a look at the tutorial and you will go nuts:
https://youtu.be/Op_He7_fLzE
#graswald #b3d

#texturehaven ⬆ see above post ⬆ (I forgot to include the hashtag)

Texture Haven, the secret project of @gregzaal is out !
https://texturehaven.com/
Incredibly exciting times ahead for CG artists (especially Blender artists)

Wow that was piece of cake.

Wow, moving from Github to Gitlab is way easier than I expected. A few clicks and you're done!
https://youtu.be/VYOXuOg9tQI
#movingtogitlab

@bryanlunduke I think your latest Linux sucks could still have ended in a positive note (or "hope" note).
See, the neck beards are not showing up at events but they're still out there. What I mean to say is that the true spirit of free software will never die, even if it has to shift, change place and people, kind of like the rebellion/resistance in Star Wars (cheap reference but appropriate enough).

Linux Sucks 2018 :
https://www.patreon.com/posts/18557438
Thankfully @bryanlunduke fooled us with the title of the previous one.
Although this one is a new beginning, very different to all the previous ones (and it's not reassuring).

I am SO moving to Gitlab

https://about.gitlab.com/2018/06/03/microsoft-acquires-github/

@Curator Wohooo ! That's what I'm talkin' about !
https://mastodon.art/web/statuses/100074349938600439

I've mentioned my "best of" Krita and Inkscape selection galleries in the past but I've grown them quite a bit since then so I think it's worth mentioning again :
https://chameleonscales.deviantart.com/favourites/74624985/Krita
https://chameleonscales.deviantart.com/favourites/73587812/Inkscape
Show them to the free software skeptics you encounter !
#krita #inkscape

@gregzaal in fact it's been a while since I searched for libre graphics folks here, so let me add a few to the list :
https://mastodon.art/@Krita (fairly new official Krita account but quite active)
https://mastodon.art/@razcore
https://mastodon.art/@therealyton
https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@akien
https://mastodon.social/@patdavid
https://mamot.fr/@Olm_e

Also try the hashtag hugin, it gives many results (as well as the classics b3d, krita, etc...)

@Curator where can we see which version of mastodon this instance is currently using ?

@gregzaal
3 : some talented Krita artists you may know :
https://framapiaf.org/@davidrevoy
https://mastodon.social/@sylvia_ritter
https://mastodon.art/@deerbard
https://mastodon.art/@pollomostro
https://mastodon.art/@citylights

I follow many more people and groups/companies/legal entities, some you certainly know, you can see them in my profile and read their bio to see who they are.

@gregzaal
2 : Some other Blender fellas you may have missed (not all are very active here... yet) :
https://mastodon.social/@Blender (brand new official account, no activity yet)
https://mastodon.social/@kednar
https://mastodon.xyz/@manujarvinen
https://mastodon.social/@zuggamasta
https://mastodon.social/@mantissa
https://mastodon.social/@bkurdali
https://mastodon.art/@benrob0329
https://mastodon.social/@frd

@gregzaal A few things to get you started :
1 : You may want to dress up the interface for your needs using Stylish : https://userstyles.org/styles/browse?search_terms=mastodon
I personally use the Variable Width and the Single Column (Simple) themes. If it doesn't work on a particular instance of mastodon (like mastodon.art), it's because the url is not included in the theme script, so you'd have to edit it and therefore install the Greasemonkey browser add-on.

@gregzaal No way !
Welcome to Mastodon,
I told you it wasn't gonna die !
It's a happy place for me now