Got Some Neoprene To Play With, Time To Get Banned From Tumblr!

Got some neoprene to play with, time to get banned from Tumblr!

Wow, had a couple busy months, but I’m finally catching up with life and starting to sort through the 700 product photos I took nearly 2 months ago.

To start out, here’s a new color! Got some gold leather stain, and tried it out on a codpiece. This design’s been on my store for a while, but people had only ever asked for red on black (the first color combo I did with it). I decided to mix it up a bit.

Etsy link wheeeee!

The goal here was to make a human skull mask, fit for spooky occasions, but I wasn't happy with this design. Turns out when you leave the hole for where the nose goes, your nose sticks through it and it looks weird. I could probably work to improve the shaping and detailing of the other parts of the skull to the point where I was happier with them, but I'm not sure if there's a solution for the nose problem.

So for now at least, I'm calling this a failed attempt. If somebody likes it and wants it I could sell it I guess, but unless I have an expanding-mind breakthrough moment, I'm just gonna move on and work on better ideas. I'm happy I gave it a try. But not every idea is going to be a winner.                    

Just a quick shot of some anodized aluminum scale bracelets before I ship them out.

You know what I could have done without today? Tumblr exploding. Oh well.

I went through all my posts and hit the “this is not porn” button. Some of the things that got flagged weren’t too surprising. Most of my Empowered Male Armor posts for Magic Meat March were flagged as adult, of course, even though as far as I can tell they don’t violate Tumblr’s rules. (They do show my nipples, and though I always thought my nipples were male-presenting, I’ll concede that gender is a confusing mess so I’ll forgive the error.) Various kink-related things (like codpieces, hoods, those fun pet rocks) flagged regardless of whether there were even people shown, so I’m assuming they blanket flagged a number of tags.

But then there were a bunch of posts that totally confused whatever machine-learning system they’re using. For some of them my guess is it mistook the birch plywood I use as a background for naked skin. Other stuff, I have no idea. 

I’ll have a bit more to say but ugh Discourse is Exhausting.

If you’re harnessing yourself up to Santa’s sleigh, you’d better be dressed the part!

Just in time for the holidays, I’m posting this sleigh bell X harness for sale. Etsy listing here!

I’ve added some strap-keeper loops since I took these photos, but haven’t had a chance to get updated shots of it. This is one of those pieces that’s hard to set up a photo shoot for.