A FEW MOMENTS OF ANXIETY ON STEEMIT 😰

thermoplastic (65) in busy • 7 years ago (edited)

A short while ago I had tried a post on Steemit - now I guess we are up and running again.
When I first logged on, there was nothing at all, some time later I got my account, but it was about 2 weeks behind. Just to test I tried to post this under that header:

Is Steemit down again?

but transmission failed - so I saved it on a rtf doc as a draft:

^{in progress painting of BOGOMIL'S AVATAR REVISITED

to zoom it, right-click HERE and select open in new tab}

► This just a gratuitous image to catch attention◄
a sort of chicken monster that might have interrupted steemit servers.

Wondering what it was? A DoS attack?
But I am glad we are back again!
What I did notice however is quite a difference in the Wallet between steemit and busy - the steem numbers are the same, but the account $ value shown on busy is much higher.
Steem did go up: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/steem/

Note: I am an Austrian Artist living in Vienna
I post many of my blogs under the tag #steemit-austria

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7 years ago by thermoplastic (65)

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ryivhnn (65) · 7 years ago

Middle clicking works to open in new tab too ;D I like the chicken monster, it's cute ^_^

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twirble (66) · 7 years ago

I try not to keep resteeming you all the time but then you keep posting my new favorite piece of art.

I missed Steemit being weird; perhaps that is a good thing.

thermoplastic (65) · 7 years ago

hah, it's not even finished! just a progress shot after I actually screwed up the initial charcoal.

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scrawly (66) · 7 years ago

What a beautiful chicken monster! I really like how you rendered its translucent skin.

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thermoplastic (65) · 7 years ago (edited)

all by accident actually, thanks for everything. I will soon post the charcoal drawing as it looked before(I thought I screwed it up).

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donnadavisart (66) · 7 years ago

I experienced the same thing. It was like a little 'time travel' moment.

I love your chicken beast, of course I love animals in art and I also love chickens, so it is a win win for me :)

thermoplastic (65) · 7 years ago (edited)

thank you - seems many of my monsters are "chicken" - sort of a play with words also. I had a drawing decades ago of which only a very blurry analog photo exists, so I wanted to sort of bring it up again. I did it again as a charcoal on panel, but in the process of imprimatura before painting it, I washed it out (fixative is not enough, I found out, I should have also clear-coated it first) . Fortunately, I have good images of the charcoal drawing, and I plan on posting them (and the stages) in the near future.

This is the old drawing - I had used it as a avatar on deviantArt:
CHERUBIM OF THE WEST REACH 002.jpg

CHERUBIM OF THE WEST REACH 002.jpg

I don't like to do the same, so I just used it as a general guide.

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carolineschell (66) · 7 years ago

Lovely artwork!

thermoplastic (65) · 7 years ago

thanks Carolinchen - the plan now is not to screw it up again!

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gric (69) · 7 years ago

When steemit.com and busy.org is down you can try https://steemitstage.com/

thermoplastic (65) · 7 years ago

thanks Peter, I have that one saved in my pile of Steemit-related links, but did not check it.

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thermoplastic (65) · 7 years ago

Thank you - nice of you to visit!

thomasheindl (52) · 7 years ago

finally ;)

tarotbyfergus (65) · 7 years ago

Weird...
It has been taking a few moments for mine to log in, but no time travel yet.
The chicken monster is awesome!

thermoplastic (65) · 7 years ago

thanks - glad you missed all the excitement.

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patschwork (63) · 7 years ago

I also had some problems these days. Two weeks of steemit posts were completely missing. Then it was down (I guess when they fixed it) and after a while everything was up again.

I love this creature - for me it's not a monster though :P It has such a warm and caring expression..

thermoplastic (65) · 7 years ago

haha, thanks - the caring expression - must be in the eyes ........

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veryspider (68) · 7 years ago

owoh i love this, is it a ra's eagle? is it a strange wise hawk??? so mystical and full with mystery ! love your colours and technique !!! * ___ *

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thermoplastic (65) · 7 years ago

thank you, more to come - unfinished, and the colors are simply charcoal, white, sepia ink and a bit of reddish-brown pigment so far.

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mattclarke (68) · 7 years ago

The blockchain was fine. Just problems with the API. Might relate to the hivemind rollout.

thermoplastic (65) · 7 years ago

OK, thanks - just got to be patient and wait it out ...... thing is, technology and I don't get along. My first thought is always that it is my fault, haha

mattclarke (68) · 7 years ago

Yeah most of us blamed you at first, but turned out to be something else entirely ;)

leoplaw (67) · 7 years ago

I really like this one Otto. You keep surprising me with what you reveal from your vaults.

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thermoplastic (65) · 7 years ago

thanks Leo - then you will see (soon) what it looked like before I screwed it up!

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leoplaw (67) · 7 years ago

A story to tell.

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