stoner forge
- posted on 10-11-2026 in dev
The Stonerforge art site is up. Tis live and will serve as my portfolio site thingy alongside this one.
Decided to separate the text works from the purely art stuff. Forking it helps with metrics and server space. The new site is using a variant of the same backend this site uses.
A little php/html and thats it apart from styling. The code base i cooked up is small and portable, whilst expandable. No cms or frameworks were used as usual.
With all that, i will also link and loop stuff for better navigation and discovery. Whats literary art in contrast to visual. audio related works will still be here i tink, not sure right now.
make art, ily <3
- posted on 10-09-2026 in irl
A few individual cherry picks from the secondary pokemon card market, mainly ebay. When i hunt for cards on the ol' bay i use simple keywords, nothing too specific as that limits results sometimes.
i really like going for under-valued promos that are still sealed in the wrapper thingy. New sets have a ton of under-valued holos as well, it's much easier to just buy the card art i like instead of opening packs.
Anyways, here's the recent lot of pokemon card pickups pictured below:
scooped a few of those new sealed cosmos promo Alakazams. pretty cheap right now, so im going for owning 10+. you may want to stock up these before time goes by. bonus points if you find an error card or HD swirl still sealed.
as for the vintage vending stickers, grabbed a few. i usually go for the Jp ones from way back, many variations exist and you'll have more fun collecting these than modern sets imo.
- posted on 10-11-2026 in irl
yo <3 wanted to share some pokemon card alpha with ya. So people opening the 30th anni. set have been finding some crazy errors. Like stuff that should not happen or at least make it out of the factory in mass.
The "crimp and cut" error my friends, also known as the double crimp cut: is noticeably affecting the 30th set... eBay sellers are listing for high and low with the auction selling price usually ending between $20-$200 so far from what i've seen. i didn't check the sold listings tab yet, but surely there's more.
Trainers are noting that they found the crimped and cut in sequential packs out of etbs. But, a few sellers have also pulled one half in random pack breaks too. And wildest part, thats just one of the many errors the 30th set is revealing. Textures missing, high top fade miscuts, crimps, out of inks and more. When you're on eBay just type "pokemon 30th error" or "pokemon miscut" and hit enter. you can play around with the keywords; miscut, misprint, error etc etc. helps to save your search and turn on notis if desired. this can be applied to any set btw.
i guess the suits at pokemon decided to full send the printing press on this set. And it looks like this set really is one for the collectors that know. not to mention the already insane chase cards. so if you are new to breaking packs/boxes, don't throw away cards you find like that or any noticeable error pokemon card tbh. Hoard and grade em if you can.
have fun, ily <3
