Rose

A Queen Elizabeth rose, I believe. A sketch from yesterday as I pulled out my fude pen again. Rather fun.

I’m finding that Instagram hasn’t been fun lately.

Yesterday every third post was someone I was following and trying to see. 2 of the 3 were either an advertisement or a suggested real that had nothing to do with what I wanted to follow.

There has been a lot of talk about Instagram and the way it is headed.

I guess, what I don’t understand, is they have a niece market with Instagram as a photo platform. Originally, it was photos that were shared between friends and followers. Then they added some “movie” type capabilities. There is a market here.

What I don’t understand, is that they could choose to create something to compete with TickTok directly. Instead of creating something, they are trying to change something to fit a need that no one wants on this platform. I don’t see the folks on TickTok rushing over to Instagram because it is similar to TickTok. What I do see is folks on Instagram starting to look for another app that is similar to the way Instagram used to be.

Scott Rosenberg muses on the demise of social media as a way to stay in touch in “Sunset of the social network” for Axios (July 25, 2022).

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Joel is currently using the Moleskin Art Collection Sketchbook and the Winsor & Newton Cotman Sketcher’s Pocket Box set with the Pentel Water Brush. Joel is also using an Extra Fine nibbed fountain pen (a Wing Sung 698) with deArtimentis ink.

If you’d like to see the go-to art supplies Rev. Joel is using as he started his second sketchbook of 2021, check this link: Current Art Supplies (7 Aug 2021).

If you’d like to see what Rev. Joel started the year using for art supplies, check this link Collection of Art Supplies at the Beginning of the Year (2021).

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