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Mad Argon :qurio:
@madargon@is-a.cat

Chief Emoji Officer on is-a.cat instance

Too chaotic for a paladin.
Probably a lich (https://is-a.cat/@madargon/112705760563792903).

Amateur artist and junior IT administrator. Mostly self-trained in chaotic and often destructive ways. Opponent of mainstream social media and nasty digital surveillance, wanna-be cypherpunk. Linux user since 2013. Fully degoogled since December 2019. Fully BigTech-free since March 2024.
Synesthete. That weird freak who sometimes uses Daedric alphabet. Even weirder freak who uses bare IP address instead of some server name.
Cryptography is my only religion - does Church of Wael look for new members?
In my free time I draw or write stories, first of all for my fun.

I publish my works under CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

Writing here in English/Polish.

Migrated from @madargon@mastodon.online
Indexed in tootfinder (https://www.tootfinder.ch).

#sysadmin #linux #degoogle #corpfree #privacy #cypherpunk


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Mad Argon :qurio:
@madargon@is-a.cat

Created this after reading conversation in comments below some tech article somewhere. Someone mentioned "surfing the #internet sewer" and I really liked that phrase.

#drawing #comic #krita #web #surveillance #google #SocialMedia #enshittification #privacy #adblocker #ads

Drawing of a cartoon style man, wearing silver protective suit with UBlock Origin logo on it, surfing in sewer with green toxic water. There are cookies and fanged monsters looking like Chrome logos floating around him. On the background wall there are red crosses, like for closing websites or errors. There are also industrial cameras, one yellow eye and graffiti with TikTok logo. On the railing on path's edge there is photo camera attached, looking similar to old Instagram logo, and rotting blue bird. There is big text "Google" near water, with both "o" replaced with ends of pipes and small texts around: crossed out "AI", "Buy this, only $2!" and below "scammer!" and "it's con". Above the picture there is description "Surfing The Internet Sewer".
Mad Argon :qurio:
@madargon@is-a.cat

My message for #GlobalEncryptionDay... for every entity interested in #surveillance:
I will resist and it's my human right.
Encryption is not for bad actors only, it protects innocent people every day.
We are not criminals.

#privacy #encryption

My modified photo. Woman in grey hoodie and black trousers, with right hand up and close to camera, is blurred. Top and bottom parts of the image are covered with added dark blue shadow. Whole picture is covered with semi-transparent Base64 PGP message. There is pale yellow text near bottom part: "I am not a criminal. I am not a terrorist. I USE ENCRYPTION."
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How I see attempts to force #backdoors in E2E #encryption...

#drawing #comic #geek #government #privacy #security

Comic with title "Government's fight against encryption". First picture: Nerdy-looking man with beard holds baloon. Other man has a needle and says: "I want a small hole in this so I could use it if I would need to." Man with beard replies: "But it's impossible! Or you would destroy everything..." Second picture: Closer view, head, shoulders and arm of bearded man with ballon. Only hands of man with needle are visible, needle is close to ballon. Man with needle says: "I said only small hole. Nobody else would know about this." Bearded man replies: "It doesn't work... THIS WAY!". His last two words are on third picture, with close view of ballon and hand touching its surface with needle. On last, fourth picture there is orange-yellow explosion with big text "BOOM!".
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Sad illustration...
I had first vision for this after reading some chapters of "Permanent Record".

#drawing #comic #internet #freedom #privacy #corporations #socialmedia

Two-panel comic. First picture - boy riding a big grey bird is flying above green meadow. On the ground there are many people having fun, building towers from colourful blocks, sitting around campfire, dancing. There are muntains in the background and colourful dragons fly above them. Picture is described "Internet at the beginning". Second picture - field of unhealthy dead grass, with holes in the ground, many traps and security cameras everywhere. There is some walled gardens with greener grass, but with unwelcoming heavy gates. Boy is wandering between ugly walls and thinking "I hate this crap". Picture is described "Internet now".
Mad Argon :qurio:
@madargon@is-a.cat

What I see, when someone writes "subtoot"...

And that's one of many reasons I love this community...

#drawing #art #MastoArt #CreativeToots #krita #ArtWithOpenSource #subtoot #mastodon #submarine

Cartoon style drawing of a submarine, made of metal plates with various hues of gray and/or pale blue. It has three round windows, big mastodon tusks on front and big woolly trunk instead of periscope, reaching above the water surface.
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It's a #dragon so maybe it counts as #smaugust neowyvern_normal_normal

This one looks like it wants to bite someone without a reason neofox_laugh_tears_256

#drawing #art #MastoArt #CreativeToots #krita #ArtWithOpenSource #dragons #dragonart

Drawing of a brown dragon, close portrait. This creature is brighter on belly/inner side and has darker gray blurry stripes. It has also black mane and pair of straight horns pointing back. Dragon's skin looks smooth, without visible scales. It is wearing golden rings on its horns.
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Facial expression of this #graffiti creature... I feel you, buddy...

#mood

Photo of graffiti on dirty beige old building wall. In central part there is roughly sketched slug-like creature with disappointed facial expression. There are two ornamental stone window sills on both sides. More vague white, black and yellow graffiti texts around.
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@madargon@is-a.cat

Huh, what is that #smaugust #hashtag about?
All I could see it has something related to #dragons...

Mad Argon :qurio:
@madargon@is-a.cat

New iteration of experiments with "tribal tattoo" patterns and colours. This time it was a big #ant.

#drawing #art #MastoArt #CreativeToots #krita #ArtWithOpenSource #insect

Drawing of an ant from left side, zoomed closely. Its contour lines are thick and black, with some curved lined and dot patterns nearby. Shading is made of two bright shades of pale grayish green.
Mad Argon :qurio:
@madargon@is-a.cat

Random #ShowerThought...

Is legal #name change example of 'fake it till you make it"?

#names

Mad Argon :qurio:
@madargon@is-a.cat

Some time ago I saw random post by @mage_of_dragons@mastodon.social mentioning #dragon #centaur. I thought maybe I should draw something like this... and finally did it! neowyvern_laugh_blep

Thank you for inspiration!

#drawing #art #MastoArt #CreativeToots #krita #ArtWithOpenSource #character #creature #dragons #dragonart

Cartoon style drawing of of a centaur with lower body part of dragon. He has dark blonde hair and small horns and is shirtless, with single shoulder armor and gold necklace. He is carrying a dagger. Dragon body part is dark green, brighter on belly side. It has fin-like appendages and spikes on tail's tip. This creature is depicted on blurry gray background.
Mad Argon :qurio:
@madargon@is-a.cat

Had some fun in #Sims2. I almost forgot about option to import own #pictures and let characters paint them.

I chose some of my works, these good looking as thumbnails, so they could be possibly intelligible in game scale. When I tested, about half of them worked as expected, the rest was not available. I am not sure what was the factor. Too many colour shades? File size?
My drawings are png files, mostly below 1000 px in any dimension. Most of them weight less than 1 MB. I plan to make more experiments with it.

#gaming #drawing #painting #TheSims #TheSims2

Screenshot from The Sims 2 game. There is a gray brick wall, with white-framed window and short glass table visible. In central part there is painting canvas, with picture created by one of characters. It's painting of standing raccoon on blue background. Screenshot of the same place in Sims 2 house, now with other picture on canvas. There is a purple cartoon cat, with glowing stripes on back and tail made of hook-shaped lightning, on dark blue-green background.
Mad Argon :qurio:
@madargon@is-a.cat

This one is based on Polish joke / #wordplay.

"Pierogi" is word for "dumplings" and "jednoroΕΌec" is word for "unicorn".
PieroΕΌec = dumpling + unicorn blobcatjoy

Joke creted by @vifon@mstdn.social

#drawing #art #MastoArt #CreativeToots #krita #ArtWithOpenSource #unicorn #dumpling #creature

Cartoon style drawing of a round/curvy creature made of dumpling. It has a shape of lying/sitting unicorn, dumpling edge is making its mane and spiral horn. There is a big description "PieroΕΌec" above its head.
Mad Argon :qurio:
@madargon@is-a.cat

Created this after reading conversation in comments below some tech article somewhere. Someone mentioned "surfing the #internet sewer" and I really liked that phrase.

#drawing #comic #krita #web #surveillance #google #SocialMedia #enshittification #privacy #adblocker #ads

Drawing of a cartoon style man, wearing silver protective suit with UBlock Origin logo on it, surfing in sewer with green toxic water. There are cookies and fanged monsters looking like Chrome logos floating around him. On the background wall there are red crosses, like for closing websites or errors. There are also industrial cameras, one yellow eye and graffiti with TikTok logo. On the railing on path's edge there is photo camera attached, looking similar to old Instagram logo, and rotting blue bird. There is big text "Google" near water, with both "o" replaced with ends of pipes and small texts around: crossed out "AI", "Buy this, only $2!" and below "scammer!" and "it's con". Above the picture there is description "Surfing The Internet Sewer".