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Huyen Tue Dao
@queencodemonkey.dev

I treated myself to a drawing tablet (Android, so on brand) and in the span of about 5 or 6 days, I drew three things for @technicaltea.show that I loved and was proud of. No GenAI. They are very imperfect, but they were all me and joyful and fun. And now I'm just diving back into art.

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Huyen Tue Dao
@queencodemonkey.dev

I was actually quite the "arty" one when I was little. My 5th grade teacher really hoped I would become some kind of an artist, I think, and she always gave me opportunities to express myself and create things. My love of engineering springs very much from the same place.

Huyen Tue Dao
@queencodemonkey.dev

Especially now when my love of engineering is being tested, burning itself out on this altar to productivity (profit), I find comfort in drawing again. Just me. Imperfect. Not exactly pretty. (Haha, like me?) But feeding that something inside me that is desperate to be nurtured and grow green again.

Ben Oberkfell
@ben.city

Back in 2011 I spent one night a week all year learning glass blowing. I have a bunch of melty warped-ish pieces all over the house bc hey, I made them. I was going to toss them, and I am glad I let my wife talk me out of it. Now there is one by my toothbrush so I see it every morning first thing

James Williams
@jwill.dev

To be honest, I'm finding a lot of joy in the imperfect lately. I've realized that I need a slow burn accomplishment every now and then to keep me grounded from getting too addicted to low effort quick win AI.

Pamela Hill-Galloway
@pamelaahill.bsky.social

Enjoy! I do non-digital arts like litho and watercolors. They always surprise me with how easily things can go wrong and make a happy mess. But that's ok, sometimes even the messes are pretty.