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I just got a gut punch while working on my #whalepunk #ttrpg project. I found a lot of perfect illustrations on a stock art site, all by the same prolific artist. The style was distinctive & would have given the book a unified look instead of "here's a bunch of public domain stuff you've seen a million times". I couldn't buy them at the time, so I saved them in a gallery on the site so I could get them later. I just went to look & they're all gone. The artist seems to be deleting their accounts.

I just got a gut punch while working on my #whalepunk #ttrpg project. I found a lot of perfect illustrations on a stock art site, all by the same prolific artist. The style was distinctive & would have given the book a unified look instead of "here's a bunch of public domain stuff you've seen a million times". I couldn't buy them at the time, so I saved them in a gallery on the site so I could get them later. I just went to look & they're all gone. The artist seems to be deleting their accounts.

Today's #whalepunk trivia:

"Flotsam & jetsam" are two specific things. "Flotsam" is floating pieces of wreckage from a ship. "Jetsam" is stuff that was deliberately thrown overboard.

When you're chased by a sea monster, jetsam is the stuff you toss out to lighten your load to try to get away.

Flotsam is what's left of your ship after it catches you anyway and smashes it.

Today's #whalepunk trivia:

"Flotsam & jetsam" are two specific things. "Flotsam" is floating pieces of wreckage from a ship. "Jetsam" is stuff that was deliberately thrown overboard.

When you're chased by a sea monster, jetsam is the stuff you toss out to lighten your load to try to get away.

Flotsam is what's left of your ship after it catches you anyway and smashes it.