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  • I’m not really talking about the pigment quality so much as the binder texture (I’m pretty blind to color change in general, except when it’s really obvious/disappointing as with natural pigments)

    It goes from being a thick gooey paste to very thin liquid - stuff that seems more like alcohol in density than water. It still binds well to canvas, wood, and most plastics - anything that I normally use acrylic for, I just have to use it for paint pour techniques because it’s too runny to even really use a paint brush with. Doesn’t even feel like watercolor, but very much like a more opaque alcohol paint. It’s unfortunate that it smells so miserable.












  • andros_rex@lemmy.worldtopics@lemmy.worldWashington DC
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    8 days ago

    Did you know that recruiters LIE?

    Imagine being broke and struggling through college. You get an email from a recruiter - they have access to the university’s entire mailing of course - telling you that all you have to do is show up to a few weeks of boot camp, and do drill on the weekend.

    You’re 18, and don’t know that recruiters are not just allowed to sell you up the river, but encouraged to. It seems like a nice alternative to student loan hell debt and living off jars of peanut butter.

    I do ASVAB prep occasionally, which I have mixed feelings about, and have a client who I’ve just gotten to being able to borrow when subtracting. Do you think he’s equipped to make an intelligent choice when a recruiter promises him the world?