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frostbite-the-bat · 1 year

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SOBBIN CRYIN SHITTING

#These are a bismuth #A purple dyed agate geode #And the three cut pieces are mostly all quartz from what the dude there told me!! It honestly looks like it as well to me

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soy-sauce-and-mothra · 8 months

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Hey! Are there blacksmiths in your story? I'm a hobbyist blacksmith and I'm here to help!

Blacksmithing is one of those things that a lot of people get wrong because they don't realize it stuck around past the advent of the assembly line. Here's a list of some common misconceptions I see and what to do instead!

Not all blacksmiths are gigantic terrifying muscly guys with beards and deep voices. I am 5'8, skinny as a twig, have the muscle mass of wet bread, and exist on Tumblr. Anybody who is strong enough to pick up a hammer and understands fire safety can be a blacksmith.

You can make more than just swords with blacksmithing. Though swords are undeniably practical, they're not the only things that can be made. I've made candle holders, wall hooks, kebab skewers, fire pokers, and more. Look up things other people have made, it's really amazing what can be done.

"Red-hot" is actually not that hot by blacksmith terms. when heated up, the metal goes from black, to red, to orange, to yellow, to white. (for temperature reference, I got a second degree burn from picking up a piece of metal on black heat) The ideal color to work with the metal is yellow. White is not ideal at all, because the metal starts sparking and gets all weird and lumpy when it cools. (At no point in this process does the metal get even close to melting. It gets soft enough to work with, but I have never once seen metal become a liquid.)

Blacksmithing takes fucking forever. Not even taking into account starting the forge, selecting and preparing metal, etc. etc. it takes me around an hour to make one (1) fancy skewer. The metals blacksmiths work with heat up and cool down incredibly fast. When the forge is going good, it only takes like 20 seconds to get your metal hot enough to work with, but it takes about the same time for it to cool down, sometimes even less.

As long as you are careful, it is actually stupidly easy to not get hurt while blacksmithing. When I picked up this hobby I was like "okay, cool! I'm gonna make stuff, and I'm gonna end up in the hospital at some point!" Thus far, the latter has yet to occur. I've been doing this for nearly a year. I have earned myself a new scar from the aforementioned second degree burn, and one singe mark on my jeans. I don't even wear gloves half the time. Literally just eye protection, common sense, and fast reflexes and you'll probably be fine. (Accidents still happen of course, but I have found adequate safety weirdly easy to achieve with this hobby)

A forge is not a fire. The forge is the thing blacksmiths put their metal in to heat it up. It starts as a small fire, usually with newspaper or something else that's relatively small and burns easily, which we then put in the forge itself, which is sort of a fireplace-esque thing (there's a lot of different types of forge, look into it and try to figure out what sort of forge would make the most sense for the context you're writing about) and we cover it with coal, which then catches fire and heats up. The forge gets really hot, and sometimes really bright. Sometimes when I stare at the forge for too long it's like staring into the sun. The forge is also not a waterfall of lava, Steven Universe. It doesn't work like that, Steven Universe.

Welding and blacksmithing are not the same thing. They often go hand-in-hand, but you cannot connected two pieces of metal with traditional blacksmithing alone. There is something called forge welding, where you heat your metal, sprinkle borax (or the in-universe equivalent) on it to prevent the metal from oxidizing/being non-weldable, and hammer the pieces together very quickly. Forge welding also sends sparks flying everywhere, and if you're working in a small space with other blacksmiths, you usually want to announce that you're welding before you do, so that everyone in a five-foot radius can get out of that five-foot radius. You also cannot just stuck some random pebbles into the forge and get a decent piece of metal that you can actually make something with, Steven Universe. It doesn't work like that, Steven Universe.

Anvils are really fucking heavy. Nothing else to add here.

Making jewelry is not a blacksmithing thing unless you want jewelry made of steel. And it will be very ugly if you try. Blacksmithing wasn't invented to make small things.

If there's anything here I didn't mention, just ask and I'll do my best to answer.

#yes some of this was directed at steven universe #the only thing su got right was bismuth crying when her anvil broke #cus those things are goddamn expensive and hard to transport #blacksmith #blacksmithing #writing #writing prompts #writing advice #writeblr #writer #writer problems #writerblr #writerscommunity #writers on tumblr #writers and poets #writers

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octoling-wearing-gauges · 1 month

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They were so cute

#lemme offer you one of my favorite gem pairings in this trying time #steven universe #bispearl #bismuth #pearl #su pearl #su bismuth #bismuth x pearl #su fanart #my art #wlw #this one was on my backburner for aaages haha #cam's camshafts

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stitchedspider · 17 days

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couple more characters i didnt get to last time

#steven universe #fanart #art #jasper #rose quartz #bismuth

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kedreeva · 2 months

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You don't really need sound, but if you turn on sound, you will hear me lavishing praise upon this bird in contrast to how I speak of him here. He got so close to me a few minutes later his tail feathers were vibrating against the arm of my chair lol I love this fool

#peafowl #peacocks #birds #my pets #Bismuth

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sootnuki · 6 months

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happy 10 years ⭐️

#steven universe #connie maheswaran #garnet #amethyst #pearl #peridot #greg universe #lion steven universe #lapis lazuli #bismuth #my art #so many tags… falls over and dies #i also had to rush this in less than a day :’)

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maria-ruta · 1 year

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Two lesbians are about to build something really cool! (a relationship???😳)

finished rewatching su with my bro recently and wanted to draw these two 😊💕

#Steven universe #su #Pearl #Bismuth #bispearl #i think they are neat #also tsk.... big muscular gay women....... who make puns?? oh boy oh fuck im gay #my art

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cozylittleartblog · 2 months

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400% sure he would love steven universe

#trigun #trigun 98 #doodles #art #comic #vash the stampede #nicholas d. wolfwood #steven universe #anime #my first contribution is an illustration that took me like a whole week to get through #my second contribution is a silly i was up till 6 am for #as god intended o7 #hes so pathetic and sad i wanna shake him #^ every character i can say that about is my favorite character in the whole media hands down #we all cried during the bismuth episode dont say you didn't #EDIT IF YOU SEE THIS POST GO LOOK AT MY OTHER TRIGUN FANART FROM A WEEK AG O TOO PLS PLS PLS PLS P #edit 2 - EDITED WW's SKINTONE!!! the color reference i used made him look a lot paler than he's supposed to be. apologies!#i am so glad someone pointed that out before i put my trigun charms into production. i edited the charm too to be more tan #if i put whitewashed wolfwood keychains into production i would have SCREAMED

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ask-whitepearl-and-steven · 7 months

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Next up on the Fanartapalooza is.... @su-b-sides!

Aside from being an incredible couple of artists who have given me a rocket boost in confidence when it comes to playing with my artstyle, they have also gotten the whimsical, adventure-like nostalgic feeling of the SUAU down to a science! This mom-swap swaps ALL the moms around and has Steven living with Bismuth, Peridot and Lapis!

Check it out on tumblr or on Tapas!

Thank you B-Sides AU for inspiring me to experiment with style and being incredible friends and people!

#suau fanartapalooza #su b sides #suau b sides #steven universe au #steven universe #steven universe fanart #su bismuth #su lapis #su peridot

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max911128 · 1 year

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