TWiT+ Club Shows 735 Transcript

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Mikah Sargent [00:00:00]:
This is TWiT. Hello, Craftonians, Craftonites. So nice seeing you all. Uh, it is Wednesday, February 18th, which means it's time once again for us to craft. I know it's been a while, uh, but I am pleased to be here with you all. Waiting on YouTube. That's interesting. It is on YouTube.

Mikah Sargent [00:00:33]:
Let's see. In any case, it is good, yes, to be back with you all this evening. Going to open up this black cherry Polar Seltzer. What's everybody been up to since we last gathered together? Oh, visiting family. That's nice. What IKEA things are you building? We are, by the way, working finally on a gorgeous— well, we hope it will be— paint-by-number. So the final artwork is meant to look like this. And let's switch over to the craft cam.

Mikah Sargent [00:02:47]:
So my goal— oh, that's really cute, Dustin. Um, my goal is if this goes well, what I would like to do is actually have readily available versions that other people can get as well, and we'll be able to craft them together. We'll be able to paint them— excuse me— together. So let's see what this has to say, the instructions. Oh, I love this too because it comes with a method for hanging it, which is nice. It says, to work the most efficiently, especially in dense parts of the painting, choose a small area and notice which numbered paints are prevalent there. Then fill in all the sections of a particular color within that area. Complete the area moving from color to color in this manner.

Mikah Sargent [00:03:58]:
Clean your brush thoroughly as you move between different colors. As you complete areas of the painting, it is best to complete the lighter colors first, moving on to darker colors as you go. This will help to prevent the colors mixing together. It is best to complete the top of the painting first, moving downwards, so that you do not end up smudging the work you've just completed. If you can still see some of the lines or numbers on the canvas sheet after painting in a section, wait until the entire painting is completed and dried, then go over those areas again with the paint. If you cannot tell which number of paint you originally used for the area area in question, you can refer to the numbered reference sheet included with your kit. Use a brush sized appropriately for the sections you are filling in. There are 3 different brush sizes included with your kit.

Mikah Sargent [00:04:43]:
If desired, use masking or painter's tape to adhere the top and bottom of the canvas sheet to your work surface to prevent it from moving around. Please make sure to close your paint pods tightly when you're finished working with a particular color. The paint dries quickly and will become unusable if left open for an extended period of time. To help you distinguish. We don't have to read that part, uh, and that's it. So here is our canvas. It's kind of difficult to see in the video. Um, let me try and zoom in here.

Mikah Sargent [00:05:21]:
Well, that's the wrong one. There we go. Zoom in. Well, let's zoom out. There, now you can kind of see the, uh, paint-by-number situation going on. So what we're going to do is we're going to start in the top right corner because I am left-handed and we'll work over from there. And we've already got our— our, excuse me, um, paints. They are back here, and it looks like they're pretty well numbered from lightest to darkest.

Mikah Sargent [00:06:06]:
So that's going to make it easy to follow that rule about starting with the lighter colors and going to the darker colors. So that is good news as well. Um, I'm going to zoom us back out again, and then we can begin. Oh, you're disassembling your LEGO sets. Are you packing them up to move them, or are you just kind of like switching out old ones for new ones, uh, Timothy? Also, hello, Professor Panda Bear, and Dustin. Hello, Brandroid. Hello, Jason. Okay, so let's see if we've got any ones in this section.

Mikah Sargent [00:07:02]:
I'm seeing tens. Is that a one? That might be a 1. There's a strange— no, it's not a 1. Okay, so I think we are able to skip 1 over in this section and instead go on to 2, which is the next lightest color. Now, I'll be honest, I've never done this before, so I'm curious to see, uh, how this is going to go in terms of sort of alignment. And, you know, when I think of colored pencils, right, that's the opportunity to sort of line outside and then color in. But this isn't going to be able to work that way. Welcome, Paul.

Mikah Sargent [00:08:14]:
Pleasure to have you here. Oh, this doesn't want to get going. There we go. So now we will— you know, I probably should use a bigger brush for this, but we're going to start painting around the outside of the butterfly. Something I'm realizing is it would be helpful to have more light. And here we go. Painting around the outside. Burke, feel free to chime in if you feel like there's something that I could be doing better.

Mikah Sargent [00:09:28]:
What I'm thinking about doing is lining outside of the butterfly and then going in with the wider brush and doing that. These are not oil paints, these are acrylic. It will be very easy to fill in these sections. Load the brush. Okay, that feels so out of control. What if I mess it up? Yeah, this, this is going to be difficult, especially for the very tiny areas. Probably going to end up needing a, um, a magnifying glass. To be honest.

Mikah Sargent [00:11:59]:
If I don't load up the brush, the paint will start to dry on the brush. Should I be closing the cap on the acrylic in between? Get messy with it. That's true, there is no messing up, right? Because it's just my unique take on the butterfly. It is fiddly, I agree, but I do find it to be quite pleasing. Oh, Paul asked, how's the fight against the sadness going? Talking about seasonal affective disorder. I was just reading something that said that February is the month where people should be pausing before they do anything drastic because February is the, uh, the sun is starting to change a little bit. So our brains are starting to wake up from the hibernation that we put ourselves in during the winter months. And But despite that, we still aren't quite there.

Mikah Sargent [00:14:36]:
And so what ends up happening is our brains sort of give us this yearning for getting back into the swing of things, but also a yearning for change, a yearning for doing, a yearning for action. And so people end up feeling like, you know, they're in February, people are like, oh, you know, I'm not doing anything. I'm not enough. I am not doing enough. I'm not 'Uh, this, I'm not that, I should be this, I should be that,' and it's just brain chemistry. And so the suggestion was to just kind of like take a breath and really think about if what your brain is telling you is true or if it's just evolutionary biology. And I found that fascinating. Have you been having a lot of sun? Yes, that's true.

Mikah Sargent [00:15:43]:
Also a yearning for procreation. Um, there's been not a lot of sun. It is Portland, so it is usually raining. It's actually, it's actually been rather cold. Man, I, I don't— I should be— I don't know what I'm doing. Why am I doing that? I'm supposed to be outlining the butterfly, not painting broad strokes. And I'm sorry, folks, this— I will say this craft does not lend itself well to looking at the chat, so I will not be responding as much, I think, while we're doing this craft. Uh, this requires full sight on said craft, right? Wow, this is very, um, Contemplative.

Mikah Sargent [00:17:41]:
Those flowers are beautiful. What are those? Oh, I love making 3D models for specific purposes. Can you tell us a little bit more about what that's for, Paul? That's, that's an iris. Why does it— it looks so pretty. I mean, irises are pretty, but that just looks so pretty. Ah, Paul has designed a perhaps street-illegal seatbelt holder. Don't worry, I won't call Nitsa. Oh wow, my hat's in the way, isn't it? I'm so sorry, everyone.

Mikah Sargent [00:19:14]:
You know what, Burke, I'm gonna need your help, I think. Not tonight, but some suggestions on how I might set things up And Anthony too, if you're around, um, for this specific craft, because I'm going to need to get closer, um, as we're painting the smaller parts. And in fact, I have, because I pulled it out when we did the mini painting, a, um, a lamp with a mirror on it. Not a mirror, magnifying glass on it. And so that will make it easier too. My grandma used to do needlepoint, I remember, when I was growing up. And, um, yeah, I tripod or, uh, just something. You know what would be great is a wearable.

Mikah Sargent [00:20:30]:
If I could just have something— although that might make you all dizzy, so never mind. We want it stationary. Yeah, I think it needs to be like at an angle or something. I think that's going to help. Okay, now that I painted the one, I don't know if you saw that, there was just a little fungus gnat that landed on my— that's the other thing about Portland I'm not happy about, the fungus gnats. I almost just said a curse word. I'm feeling the dry. Cross-country skiing.

Mikah Sargent [00:22:38]:
Now hold on, that would, that would imply— and there's my hat again— that would imply that you went from one country to another, right? Cross-country skiing. Now I get to just do some wide painting, which is kind of fun. Ooh, actually I better not, huh? Because I need to be able to put my finger or my hand down and rest it. So actually let me just cover this in up here and then I'm going to chill about using number 2. That is the brush color— I mean, the paint color. I actually have two PTZ cameras, Burke. The one, of course, that's overhead that you're seeing, but, um, Insta360 just sent me another one, its new flagship 4K, and it's not currently getting any use. So— oh, I see, you just ski walk in track.

Mikah Sargent [00:24:01]:
You go— so, so are you just— is it just snowshoes? It sounds like it's just snowshoes. Also, I'm realizing, y'all, I, I was really scrambling to get ready for this evening. I'm sorry, I have to get some water for this. Give me one sec. That makes sense. Skis were originally developed for open country travel, not just for rushing down hills. Okay. Kate Bush says, rushing down those hills to make a deal with God.

Mikah Sargent [00:26:10]:
Ooh, sprained your knee? I'm so sorry. This, by the way, for the 3D printing fans, is— do you see that fungus gnat? There's another one— um, is 3D printed brush holder with a little, uh, water dealy in the front. All right, I'm excited to get going inside of here. All right, we gotta look to see what the next smallest number is, and it's looking to me like 9. Make sure there's nothing less than 9. 8, 7, 6. Nope, 9 is the smallest number. And I'm actually going to use my fancy round brush for this.

Mikah Sargent [00:27:21]:
Uh, oh yeah, so for fungus gnats, what I do is, um, yeah, I don't— I definitely don't leave water in it. Um, what I do is use— they're probably— I probably— nematodes. It's, uh, it's some sort of mosquito dunks is what it's called, and the little things eat them. Um, all right, so we're gonna go with 9 here, pop the top on that, and again, forgive me, I'm going to have to get close. Oh, I'm really excited about this. I think I like details, folks. I really do. The big stuff is kind of like— I've played LEGO Island, Jessica! Jessica, I loved LEGO Island.

Mikah Sargent [00:28:25]:
That was one of my favorite games. I played it on my grandma and grandpa's computer growing up, and It would always crash when I would fly the helicopter. The game would crash. And I loved LEGO Island. Oh my God. I think, I think we got it in a magazine or something. Um, or I don't remember, maybe a cereal box. I don't remember, but oh my God, I loved that game.

Mikah Sargent [00:29:37]:
God, I loved LEGO Island. It came out on September 26th, 1997. Wow. This color is far thicker. Yeah, I was thinking a sloped board as well, honestly. Okay, I said I liked the details, and now I'm like, this is a little wonky. There we go. The Enterprise D.

Mikah Sargent [00:33:51]:
Big strokes. Okay, I'll try. I, I don't know how to do big strokes. It freaks me out. Burke, big strokes. So not so much paint in the lines, but paint this shape. All right, I'm doing it. I'm not loving it, but I'm doing it.

Mikah Sargent [00:34:30]:
Are strokes meant to go all the same way? Or is that a style choice? Stylistic choice? I can't, I can't do it. Bark. It's freaking me out. Okay, I can do a hybrid. I'm doing a hybrid. I'm sort of like using the lines as suggestions, but I'm doing little strokes to fill it in. And yes, don't be naughty. I love this teal.

Mikah Sargent [00:35:22]:
This is a good color. Oh, it does, doesn't it? I should read what was said so that you all understand what I was responding to. Paul said it matches your hat. All right, let's see. We might actually be out of 9s. That doesn't make sense, does it? All right. Yeah, that's all the 9s. So that means it's time to move on to 10, which is very close in color.

Mikah Sargent [00:37:46]:
Mm, I'm going to keep using this brush. Here's 10. Lots of 10 spots. Ooh, I'm getting more daring with it. I watered that down too much, so now I've got to go back in and thicken it up just a hair. Wow, this is soothing. I was kind of hoping it would be. Assuming the end result is a true masterpiece, what is the end goal for it? Framed on your wall, a gift, or something else? I am thinking probably framed on the wall somewhere.

Mikah Sargent [00:40:35]:
I don't know anyone who is— if I had someone who was sort of like a butterfly superfan or something, I would maybe consider giving it as a gift. But I think I like butterflies enough that it would have a good place on my wall. Plus, this would be my first painting. Well, that's not true. This would be my first— certainly my first detailed painting, even though I'm using— even though I'm sort of cheating. Oh, I got real jazz with that one. And like so. Oops.

Mikah Sargent [00:42:26]:
Sorry folks, that was a difficult one. We learn as we go, don't we? And that's the fun of crafting, I think, is also gaining, um, new skill sets. And then not just new skill sets, but new lessons. Paul says, eventually I could get Leo to code me a bot that can do the painting for me. Follows that up by saying, JK, but that is funny. Yeah, he'll have his one bot talk to his other bot. Who will order the supplies from, I don't know, Honda? Trying to think of like robotic arm manufacturers. Got to get close again to see where this 10 is.

Mikah Sargent [00:43:57]:
There we go. Whoops. Gotta smooth this one out. Now this especially is where we want to, I think, be less delicate so that the colors can kind of brush up against each other, right? Otherwise you'll have space between them, and we definitely don't want that. So that's 9 and 10, and I don't see any more 10s, which means, blessedly, we're ready to move on to 11. Oh crud, give me one sec here. Spilled some water, water, water. All right, we're back.

Mikah Sargent [00:49:37]:
Now we're doing 11. This butterfly goes up to 11. Wow, this is a really pretty color. Really deep blue-gray, almost. Stunning. Yeah, I really like this color. All right, I'm actually going tonight to a, Lunar New Year celebration with a dragon dance here in Portland. So I will be getting out of here right at 7, which is in 5 minutes.

Mikah Sargent [00:52:49]:
Um, otherwise I would stick around and hang out because it's been a while. But I am looking forward to painting more of this with you all. What I'm hoping is that I'll be able to do sort of one area per episode, especially now that I'm getting into it. Yeah, it's been nice being back. I apologize that some things had gone down that kept me from being able to do this. Oh yeah, those were the instructions. Whoops, a little heavy on the paint there. Just one more color left.

Mikah Sargent [00:57:00]:
19, which is black, or nearly black. But that color is going to have to wait. My dear, dear Craftonians, that brings us to the end of this— wow, this hat is a mess— the end of this, uh, Crafting Corner. Thank you so much for being here. I will be back next month, we'll continue on making beautiful butterflies, and I'll see you all then. Have a beautiful, wonderful evening, and see you for shows. Tech News Weekly tomorrow. It is a hat hat.