I bake for my families and friends, and i sometime do wood working too.
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My brother is really into making electronic music too. Last Christmas, he said he really wanted a Stylophone. I got him one, but first had him open a gag gift that was a child’s toy Xylophone and was like “I heard you really wanted one of these”
Creating memes…
Cook, bake, crochet, cross-stitch, oil paint, watercolor, party planning etc I hoard hobbies but don’t do any of them professionally since I already have a job. They are all hobbies I enjoy
DM/GM from time to time.
Do you have a game of choice? I’ve just finished running a Dresden files accelerated game which was a lot of fun.
D&D and Pathfinder are the main ones, and Genesys sometimes when I can convince my players to give it a try. Currently trying to maybe get something going with Cyberpunk Red.
Admining a Lemmy instance isn’t especially creative but at least I don’t get paid for it.
Music. I’ve played guitar for 30 years, can play drums, bass, piano, etc… never earned a dime. Played shows but I’m still in the hole as far as acquired shit.
I thought I didn’t have much to tell, but turns out, I could have said the same. I did earn a tiny bit at one point when playing local venues and recording demos for local bands back then, but it was basically just gas money for the band most of the time lol
One might say photo art. Am registered with every group on the net.
I play music at home, sometimes recording it. I have zero interest in monetizing it. The most I’d like to do is collaborate and make music with others.
I also ran a YouTube channel for a few years. Made about twenty cents from that.
Apart from the YouTube stuff, I’m similar. Writing, arranging, recording, mixing, etc. Simply because I enjoy it.
It’s been a while, though. First came kids and other life-related things to take up most of my time. Plus I migrated to linux in 2014 or thereabouts. But I recently found a DAW that I like, and that works great on linux, so as soon as I find a decent drum and piano synth I’m back in (not doing) business.
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There are built in ones, but I want something realistic sounding to go with my (real) guitars
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Tabletop roleplaying
Sigh, I wish I could get paid for it. I absolutely love building a compelling story, but I’m far too nervous with strangers.
Occasionally make movie posters for YouTube videos I download, primarily using low-tech means like cropping, layering, etc.
Mainly because I don’t know how to do the more advanced stuff, but I find it kind of fun though to try to do similar levels of quality with lower-tech tools. Kind of like coding challenges but with Paint.NET. Lol.
Did you watch that short movie that someone here made a few months ago? It was about a doc who dresses up for Halloween. It was really good and making a poster for it would be cool.
I actually didn’t! Do you have the link for it?
Thanks! I’ll watch that tonight after I get off work!
It’s about 12 minutes.
…Thanks? I’m sorry; I’m just confused why you would mention that.
Just to let you know that it’s a short film. You don’t have to commit to 2 hours.
I used to write Wikipedia articles and blog posts about music if that counts.
Knit, crochet, cannabis edibles.
People want to pay me for my knitting. Too bad for them that the amount they want to pay me is laughable and also there’s no way in hell I’d take the time to knit someone I barely know a sweater.
People have offered to pay me for stuff but i feel i can’t produce the quality that it would require. Like someone else here shared, i mostly make and give things that people don’t ask for- baby sweaters, blankets, scarves, shawls, dog sweaters. I keep a stash of hats and scarves in my car to give away to people on the corners in the winter. I’m a good starter but a terrible finisher. I mostly see a cool pattern, struggle to figure it out, and then when i get the hang of it I wander away and find another cool pattern.
Totally get that. I used to be that way; somewhere along the line I decided that I would not allow myself more than three WIPs at a time, and I’ve mostly been pretty disciplined about that, and it’s helped. I make a lot of sweaters for myself so when people learn that I knit, they know to ask me if I made what I’m wearing, and the answer is often “yes.” The ones who are also crafters just admire the work, but the ones who aren’t start telling me I should sell (big lol) or that they’d pay me to make them one. If I charged an hourly rate, it’d probably mean upwards of a thousand bucks for a single sweater, but they have no concept of that.
Anyway, I hear you on the learning new stitch patterns and then getting bored. I mostly knit while in meetings or watching TV these days, because it got easy. I had to learn something new (sewing) to stretch my brain because knitting wasn’t doing it anymore.
Most people wouldn’t be willing to even cover the cost of the yarn. Good yarn can be crazy expensive!
I crochet little animals for friends and family.
Unasked, most of the time :)I play the violin and harmonica.
I brew beer, been at it a while to where I’m getting a lot more creative and wandering far off from recipes.
Lacto-fermented hot sauces too, I don’t stick to a recipe, just ratio guidelines to make sure it ferments as desired.
I just had a lacto-fermented sauce recently. The guy at the shop tried to explain it to me but i didn’t really get it. He just said they put stuff in a bag, wait awhile, and then turn it over. Would you like to share what it is and how it’s made?
I started with Joshua Weissman’s recipe on YouTube and then went from there, mixing different fruits and veggies and adjusting the brine.
Basically, the bad bacteria doesn’t like salt and the healthy bacteria does. So dump your peppers and whatever else for flavor in a brine, let it hang out for a while, add some garlic and vinegar and any secondary adds then blend the shit out of and enjoy. It gets even better as it ages in my fridge for a couple months. I made one with habanero, carrot, and mango that was delicious.
You want everything submerged so it doesn’t mold. Ferment it in a jar that is covered but not sealed.
How To Ferment And Make Your Own Hot Sauce, Easily - YouTube Fermented Hot Sauce (joshuaweissman.com)
Thanks! That’s so cool!
