post:
 "Stop kissing his ass monospaced, this is crap work

Sure, still "work" but for him to have this BIG OF A MOUTH with THIS crappy work..."
- grafician

Do you realize this is the second time you’ve come at me on QBN?

The first time was over a WTF post. You misread it, then launched into personal attacks, saying I “don’t know shit about shit” when it comes to design. And once again, people had to jump in and remind you how absurd it is to judge someone by whether they remember every font name. Now here you are again — same tantrum, different topic. Fonts and banners this time.

If you’re mad that advertising involves product images and headlines, take it up with advertising, not me.

And here’s the thing: I’m tired of explaining myself. But I do it anyway, because I actually care about the craft. It’s not that I have a “big mouth”—it’s that I have experience. A career. A body of work I’ve put out there. I've posted projects here. I’ve gotten feedback—good, bad, useful—and I’ve taken it. No one else here felt the need to get personal or vindictive.

Until you.

And after all that chest-puffing and holding out, you finally posted a project ... and what showed up wasn’t award-winning. It wasn’t even memorable. It was an app. It was fine. Just like mine — just work.

And that’s the truth you should not be afraid of. It’s just work.

But you? You dramatize everything like your ego depends on it. You're not here to grow—you're here to make noise. If you actually gave a shit about design, you’d post more work. You’d be open. You’d realize no one’s perfect. And that’s okay.

Post more. Be real. Drop the ego. You might find people respect that a hell of a lot more.

comment: Stop spamming! You are not well, please seek some help You're having a Kanye moment

comment: Responding with more ad hominem, gaslighting people into thinking they're cray,  never acknowledging their participation in a problem = marriage material.

comment: OK fine you win, have a look at my old folio https://tinyurl.com/…

comment: If I trusted you, I'd click on that

html_comment: If I trusted you, I'd click on that

comment: Sure Canoye

html_comment: Sure Canoye

comment: This is your meltdown graf. No need to give canoe credit for that.

comment: monospaced STOP KISSING THIS GUY'S ASS! Bro


[User] Krassy

topic_title: News of the day...

post:
 Weezer bassist’s wife shot by L.A. police, booked for attempted murder

https://ktla.com/news/local-news…

[User] Continuity

comment: Well, she sounds fun.

html_comment: Well, she sounds fun.

[User] utopian

comment: bonkers

html_comment: bonkers

comment: the whole story start to finish is like a Tarantino movie script. So bizarre all around.

[User] Nutter

comment: only in merica

html_comment: only in merica

[User] prophetone

comment: Say It Ain't So

html_comment: Say It Ain't So

comment: Quick question - how is it attempted murder if she was at a distance, and didn't actually fire the weapon, which would establish that specific intent?

comment: former call girl, best selling author and ted talk speaker, she's done it all!https://en.wikipedia…

html_comment:
former call girl, best selling author and ted talk speaker, she's done it all!
https://en.wikipedia…

comment: They'll probably release police video footage at some point

comment: Also, if they shot her and she was a  MURDERER in their eyes in that moment no b.s. why would they realize her to hospital, arrest later

comment: *release her

html_comment: *release her

comment: Anyway...

html_comment: Anyway...

[User] AQUTE

comment: Hollywood Undead

html_comment: Hollywood Undead

[User] sarahfailin

comment: this is the LAPD we're talking about people. she was on her own property, holding a gun to defend herself from the madness descending on her. they shot HER.


[User] canoe

topic_title: Work Blog

post:
 My font guy quit.

Looks like I have to throw in the towel.

See ya on the assembly line fuckos!


[User] grafician

topic_title: quote of the day

post:
 "An environment that is not safe to disagree in is not an environment focused on growth - it's an environment focused on control."

- Wendi Jade

comment: re: nb leaving must be though now in the States for free speech

comment: Just because you're not intuitive enough to understand how paranoid and introverted he is, doesn't mean there's a real threat to free speech.


[User] neverscared

topic_title: Donald Trump

post:
 Biggest insider trading market manipulation scheme in history.

https://bsky.app/profile/lrachev…

[User] instrmntl

comment: That's crazy.

html_comment: That's crazy.

comment: “It's a strange world. Some people get rich and others eat shit and die.”

comment: Buy High. Sell Low.

html_comment: Buy High. Sell Low.


topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

[User] ShenanigansTV

comment: you only need ComfyUI and train a lora with Civitai.com


[User] Akagiyama

topic_title: The More You Know ★

post:
 Physics of a fart

A fart has two components: the Smell, and the Rip (the sound).

The Smell is dependent most importantly on your diet, your overall gut health, and your genetics. Its the tangible evidence of your ass. Its the essence of the Fart.

The Rip, on the other hand, is an abstract thing. It is a thing entirely separate from the Fart. The noise of the Rip does not come from within the ass, but instead is made by the ass itself... More specifically the action of the butthole, the cheeks, and the core muscles behind it all.

The characteristics of the Rip are determined by the acoustic qualities of the ass. A powerful rip needs a buildup of Fart pressure, and this is done by the ass. A hairy ass opposes the buildup of Fart pressure. Instead of a hermetic seal of smooth cheek upon smooth cheek, barring the easy release of Fart, creating a higher pressure, the Fart is titrated through hairy channels. Additionally, the hair within the ass cleavage deadens the sound of clapping that is the physical action that makes the Rip.

comment: Would 178 g of protein per day together with 5 g of creatine monohydrate be considered performance-enhancin... drugs for farts? Asking for a friend.


[User] Gardener

topic_title: Where The Fun ISN'T

[User] Danish

comment: Ahh.. LOL!

html_comment: Ahh.. LOL!


topic_title: Fail of the day

comment: is everything OK?

html_comment: is everything OK?


[User] ayport

post:
 Today, I produced the production art/files for can labels that were initially generated as mock-ups in AI by the client.

I'm not sure what I don't like more; not actually being the creator or that I'm AI's bitch now.

[User] Hayoth

comment: Show us

html_comment: Show us

comment: Wait, they generated the labels? Or pics with cans in some AI?


[User] yuekit

comment: One of his lesser known books

html_comment: One of his lesser known books

[User] Ianbolton

comment: the kerning on that U and M is too tight. FAIL.


[User] CyBrainX

topic_title: Punches For:

post: Yeah, these guys are probably terrible but what's worse are the people who will say "I'm Team Bonaparte." or "I'm Team Mornington."


[User] kingsteven

topic_title: State of QBN 2025

[User] Continuity

comment: lol

html_comment: lol


topic_title: Have Your Work Reviewed by a Creative Genius

post:
 You're so crazy bro! There's actual evidence of the entire conversation.

You said it was neutra and I said it wasn't, the "e" is different and that's when you flipped your fucking lid.

You're a bold fucking face liar and everyone is here to see it.

comment: You said Neutra and Open Sans, and it was Josefin and Lato, and you couldn't handle being wrong so you attacked me and attacked me after that for a vid project.

comment: Attacked you?! You are a nobody asking for font advice every week!

comment: No I SUGGESTED TO USE NEUTRA AND OPEN SANS then everybody hang up on me :)) It's RIGHT THERE!


[User] utopian

post:
 Oh, the stock market—where the house always wins, unless, of course, you're the house and still manage to lose. Enter Trump: the self-proclaimed "stable genius" who turned insider tips into public tweets. His timely "THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!! DJT" post on Truth Social, just hours before announcing a 90-day tariff pause, sent markets soaring and raised more eyebrows than a Wall Street bonus season.

The stock market is rigged, inside trading at its finest.

[User] AQUTE

[User] monospaced

comment: It’s not rigged. But manipulation is possible and very illegal.

[User] monNom

comment: Was DJTs tweet the official notice? Or was there some earlier filing that preceded the tweet (ie website updated, new release, treasury official, etc. )

comment: If I didn’t read his tweet because I didn’t know about it, or my internet was slow, is that insider info because others read it first?

comment: Stocks get traded by ai computers plugged into the freshest data sources on earth. They beat other computers by microseconds. I’d bet this was out there early.

comment: And that the massive ramp was almost exclusively computers trading at the start.

comment: Computers that were not just buying for the tariffs, but were forced to buy to cover short positions as the trend reversed.

comment: Oh, of course the stock market isn't totally rigged—just a wild coincidence that the rich *always* know when to buy, sell, and cash out before anyone else.

comment: Except the two prior days, where they lost 10%, or today, where they lost again? This was computers/short covering and a failed 2year bond auction before fraud


[User] canoe

post:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/76790…

You're so desperate to save face that you have to lie... this Trump obsession of yours is starting to peak!

Not to be trusted.

[User] grafician

comment: re read everything! Slowly

html_comment: re read everything! Slowly

comment: I told you to use different fonts! You snapped! You are not a normal person, seek help really

comment: Then ofc your buddy monospaced intervened because he is always in my comments :)) you two deserve each other

comment: You're in everyone comments, always shitposting for attention and clicks.

comment: No utopian, I am just in y our posts comments calling you for posting AI slop


comment: oh so nice

html_comment: oh so nice


topic_title: Suggest a good movie…

comment: Watched it last year. Such a classic flic.


topic_title: blog

post:
 @grafician - Troll me, bad-mouth my work, use Trump's playbook and call me a loser, I get it. But straight-up lying on QBN, where everyone can see what actually happened? That’s next-level desperation. You're not winning anyone over, you’re just reinforcing why no one takes you seriously.

You act proud, but you can’t even live up to your own noise. No integrity, no consistency — just bla, bla, bla. You're filler.

Spineless little twerp — no wonder there’s a thread about how much you’re hated.

https://www.qbn.com/topics/76790…

comment: Stop mate, you're just spamming

html_comment: Stop mate, you're just spamming


[User] microkorg

post:
 Uploaded my CV to Google Notebook LM
It gave me a deep dive podcast of my CV where there is a male and female presenter talking about my career.
Absolutely insane!

I've put it within an audio player and download on the site that contains my CV, Case Studies and Portfolio as a 'bonus feature' haha.

comment: Are you trying to sell that you're into leveraging AI for clients? If not, do you think a prospect would appreciate more your own voice and possibly face?

comment: Sounds like you've got a script, maybe flex your creativity a bit.

comment: I called it 'TLDR - CV Deep Dive', its meant as a bit of fun really.


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: Elon Musk

[User] maquito

comment: "everything I make explodes" haahah

html_comment: "everything I make explodes" haahah


topic_title: Signs your getting old?

comment: So creepy.

html_comment: So creepy.


topic_title: Animation of the Day

post:
 Saw a promo for this yesterday on Instagram, looks beautiful
-


post:
 Bit more on the project below
-

comment: promo herehttps://www.instagra…

html_comment:
promo here
https://www.instagra…


topic_title: Show some recent work

post:
 Playing in Cells

Pixelated cells script:

Animation here:

https://imgur.com/yruAWmG


post:
 ^

Everything is parametric, grid based


[User] dbloc

topic_title: President Kennedy?

post:
 RFK Jr. Claims He Will Root Out the ‘Autism Epidemic’ Cause Within Months and ‘Eliminate’ It

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/rfk-…

OK Jr, I'll believe it when I see it.

comment: Did he not kill his first wife? And also do loads of heroin?

comment: Wasn't he eating bears like raw?

html_comment: Wasn't he eating bears like raw?

comment: Autism epidemic? Is that what what he thinks is happening? Also, hasn't America recently paused loads of science funding? WTF is going on? FreeDumb!


post: Spiralling

[User] neverscared

comment: high school project ?

html_comment: high school project ?

comment: "Yes, amazon stores are beneath me. But not for you, cheap ass"You just love writing memes where you're the punchline.

html_comment:
"Yes, amazon stores are beneath me. But not for you, cheap ass"

You just love writing memes where you're the punchline.

comment: lol canoe the troll with the cheap banners commenting on webgl graphics

comment: @neverscared just testing a new creative coding platform matethis is all code generated

html_comment:
@neverscared just testing a new creative coding platform mate

this is all code generated


comment: those chinese electrics hit different... https://youtu.be/Tsb…

comment: Still a fan of the old BMW i3 man

html_comment: Still a fan of the old BMW i3 man

comment: americans seeing their first chinese electic car after the trade wars of the 2020's end:

comment: ^ LOL!

html_comment: ^ LOL!


[User] Krassy

topic_title: Pic of the Day

comment: Robot of the day?

html_comment: Robot of the day?

comment: Oh wow, I knew birds were real the whole time, I'll chalk it up as a win!


topic_title: Grafician Hate Why?

post:
 ^ STOP POSTING CANO!

Post some recent work or whatever OR STFU!

You are fucking troll at this point

Geeezz how the fuck did you manage to go thru life being like this man ...

comment: hating people online is not healthy behaviour!

comment: the pot calling the kettle black

html_comment: the pot calling the kettle black

[User] sted

comment: https://www.qbn.com/…yeah 100% agree.

html_comment:
https://www.qbn.com/…
yeah 100% agree.

comment: So your campaign is to sell me as the QBN Ogre? And the punchline is that you have a trail of bullshit with so many people here that they make memes of you?

comment: You're definitely not an ad man, you're an ass man.

comment: and a colosal incorrigible fuckwit

html_comment: and a colosal incorrigible fuckwit


[User] Salarrue

comment: It creates the logos for the site as well : https://i.imgur.com/…:)

html_comment:
It creates the logos for the site as well : https://i.imgur.com/…
:)

comment: I tried a not conventional layout as prompt (Mindmap with posts as branches) but it gave me a standard layout...

comment: Probably mixing code from their existing themes?

comment: Framer also added AI features: https://www.framer.c…

comment: Just tried it. It did nothing in my prompt. Just built a basic website. Trash.


topic_title: Suggest a bad movie

post:
 Absolute nonsense
-

comment: Had  some light hopes, but now...

html_comment: Had  some light hopes, but now...

comment: Kind of like a bad 90s film but with more greenscreen filming

[User] garbage

comment: From the Mind of GRRM, and the director of Resident Evil".. well you strutted headlong into that one flol.

[User] Akagiyama

comment: ^lol

html_comment: ^lol


topic_title: recommend tv series

post:
 feckin’ shite Irish accent... but I like
Pierce Brosnan / Tom Hardy

comment: Brosnan is from Cork

html_comment: Brosnan is from Cork


topic_title: TESLA

post: BREAKING: Tesla suspends taking orders for Model S and Model X in China

comment: Done in Europe, now done in China?!

html_comment: Done in Europe, now done in China?!

comment: Market not open yet, you can short it in the morning? :))


[User] yuekit

topic_title: Donald Trump

post: The future?

comment: In California, actually I imagine fit sigmas eating poke while assembling CPUs, but yeah.


[User] prophetone

topic_title: Black Mirror

post: Just watched season 7 episode 1 - what an intelligent, dramatic, exhilarating piece of tv that was, bravo 10/10

comment: I read not to start with that one, What do you think?

comment: loving this new season so far - cant binge it - just one ep when i can.brooker is so clever.

html_comment:
loving this new season so far - cant binge it - just one ep when i can.

brooker is so clever.


topic_title: Guess Who...

comment: 3 amigos, Steve Martin, Martin Short and the wretched

comment: Starfuckers?

html_comment: Starfuckers?


[User] ekael

topic_title: Trailer Of The Day

post: Can't wait !


post: They're putting a statue of Musk somewhere in Texas and it looks like it was done by the guy who did the Ronaldo statue.

comment: It's very accurate, imo

html_comment: It's very accurate, imo


[User] palimpsest

comment: And we're back to them not being real.

html_comment: And we're back to them not being real.

comment: Also, I spent 150 waters doing this

html_comment: Also, I spent 150 waters doing this

comment: C Y B I R D

html_comment: C Y B I R D


[User] Gardener

topic_title: What are you listening to?

post:
Ladies Night XXVII mix

Valentina Goncharova : Creation
Lucy Dacus : Calliope Prelude – Big Deal
Brona McVittie : Under the Pines (Myles Cochran remix)
Waterflower : Kaut Kas Tajā Ēnā
V/Z : Jazz For Women
Broadcast : Goodbye Girls
Raukarna : Soft Smart Fragile Tender
Oklou : Blade Bird
Miya Folick : Hate Me
Marta Del Grandi : The Best Sea
Deradoorian : Digital Gravestone
Sulci : Elskling
Anna Butterss : Pokemans
Lucy Gooch : Like Clay
Liana Flores : Strangest Shapes
Kelly Moran : Butterfly Phase
Clarissa Connelly : Wee Rosebud

https://www.mixcloud.com/Gardene…


topic_title: News of the day...

post:
 Katy Perry Going to Space Next Month
The “Firework” singer will be aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard flight, which is set to lift off on April 14

comment: $1.25 million per seat

html_comment: $1.25 million per seat

[User] Ianbolton

comment: How rich is Katy Perry? It's beautiful that some people are so poor they cant even afford to leave the house. She's going into space!

[User] OBBTKN

comment: She'll campaign with starving children to heal her conscience...

comment: How does her not going into space help the poor?

comment: donate the space flight fee to the earthquake survivors in Burma and watch those record sales/karma points soar

comment: let them eat stardust

html_comment: let them eat stardust

comment: So by going to space she's actually calling attention to our world's inequalities.Good Girl Katy.

html_comment: So by going to space she's actually calling attention to our world's inequalities.<br>Good Girl Katy.

comment: That would also mean that during all those years she HASN'T gone to space she's been helping the poor.

comment: I hope it doesn't turn into actual fireworks.

comment: Watched some of Blue Origins videos. Witnessing the earth from above seems like an amazing humbling experience.

comment: If you want it spelled out: Her going or not going to space has no effect on the poor.

html_comment: If you want it spelled out: <br>Her going or not going to space has no effect on the poor.

comment: but an effect on the 0.0000000001% as in jeffy...he gets the mill. and the  pr stunt...

comment: pali: Mr. obvious of the day! LOL

html_comment: pali: Mr. obvious of the day! LOL

comment: So the issue is that she is giving more power to the 0.n1%? I can work with that.

comment: Him getting the mill and the pr stumt still doesn't directly affect the poor.

comment: Again, was she "for the poor" when she wasn't going to space?

comment: @OBBTKNI am in a mood today, sorry to ruin you fun.

html_comment: @OBBTKN<br>I am in a mood today, sorry to ruin you fun.

comment: She can do whatever the fuck she wants. But she could have donated the money to one of the many charities she donates to.

comment: And why? Because I said so, baby.

html_comment: And why? Because I said so, baby.

comment: I don't think the responsibility of handling poverty should be on the individual. That's a libertarian argument.

comment: I'll go buy her records. You know, to help the poor.

comment: sorry, didn't mean to start that. I'm jealous that she's a rich musician going into space. I'm a failed musician with bad hearing and not going into space.

comment: maybe she's going into space for inspiration for her next album?

comment: So she can make more money to help the poor. Obviously.

comment: oh yeah, of course. Or maybe it's more beautiful than that. She's making an album about going into space to say 'get out the house a little, be inspired, live'

comment: i hope she has a nice time

html_comment: i hope she has a nice time

comment: So sorry Pali. Haven't ridden your bike in a while? Maybe that'll help ;)

comment: "I hope she has a nice time" = "I hope both teams have fun".That's the spirit!

html_comment:
"I hope she has a nice time" = "I hope both teams have fun".

That's the spirit!

comment: Make QBN great again by building your portfolio with Krop!

comment: FLOL!

html_comment: FLOL!

comment: @ian hahaha

html_comment: @ian hahaha

comment: Blue Origin was founded by Jeff Bezos with the vision of enabling a future where millions of people are living and working in space for the benefit of Earth.

comment: or people with millions...

html_comment: or people with millions...

comment: That is a pertinent nuance.

html_comment: That is a pertinent nuance.

[User] robthelad

comment: At least we won't hear her sing

html_comment: At least we won't hear her sing

[User] formed

comment: "for the benefit of Earth"...how thoughtful of him

comment: Just like Elon bought Twitter 'for the benefit of free speech'. Hahahahaahaha

[User] Nairn

comment: Having  a quick zero-G fart at the Karman line ain't really 'going to space' in my book.

comment: that fart will push them to mars...

html_comment: that fart will push them to mars...


topic_title: America is Fucked

comment: ohh yeah ..these kids will be an a1 innovitaion generation...


topic_title: Where The Fun IS

comment: best game

html_comment: best game


[User] maquito

post: Now China raises tariffs on US goods to 125%.


post:
“For over 70 years, China’s development has relied on self-reliance and hard work — never on handouts from others, and it is not afraid of any unjust suppression”

Xi Jinping

[User] Gnash

comment: No handouts, true. They steal all the ip from others

[User] canoe

comment: I blame "the others" for being more greedy than steadfast. Or incredibly gullible, which I'm not convinced.


topic_title: Punches For:

post: The lady I bought two half-liter bottles of kombucha from, at a random store, who when was charging me asked me if I wanted to open them, and while I was telling her "no, they're for takeaway" proceeded to uncork both of them.

comment: Yeah, lady, I will chug this liter of kombucha straight away and then shart my way home

comment: I would like to think that I would have left them on the counter and walked away.

comment: She tried to put the caps back, and repeated "they close, they close" (chinese lady). I gave one back.

comment: Why do I get a feeling this was in El Raval?

comment: L’eixample

html_comment: L’eixample


[User] neverscared

topic_title: Elon Musk

comment: oopsy... usa is fuckered thread..

html_comment: oopsy... usa is fuckered thread..


[User] sted

post:
 One of the main reasons why i'm not active here is because of these pseudo intellectuals like the person in the subject. I had enough of these low-poly humans.

Why hate? grafician is a dumb looser, there are tons of topics on this site where he attacks people, and talks nonsense. people are laughing at him and not with him, and that's probably true irl. too. he is nothing more than a two-faced lunatic who lies a lot.

I have nothing else to say regarding these things, and I won't react on any of the notes.

comment: Fair enough.

html_comment: Fair enough.

comment: But you have to appreciate how flips from one day to the next.- You're just a POS dev- Work is work, do your thing-  Here are my shitty generative sketches

html_comment:
But you have to appreciate how flips from one day to the next.
- You're just a POS dev
- Work is work, do your thing
-  Here are my shitty generative sketches

[User] Continuity

comment: We miss you on discord, though, sted!

html_comment: We miss you on discord, though, sted!


[User] Danish

topic_title: Live Streaming

comment: lol that Bondi street Audi bar is wild, a bunch of drunk white dudes and philipina hookers!


post: i thought NBQ was Graf's other account? Happy to explain my thoughts, but I don't see the point right now

comment: His other account used to be yurimon.

html_comment: His other account used to be yurimon.

comment: have to disappoint you

html_comment: have to disappoint you

comment: You always do NBQ, but I can accept that. Who used to be Yuri - NBQ or Graf?

comment: You always think everyone has 10 accounts here

comment: haha, please point me to a thread where i've ever accused anyone of having more than one account. Chop chop, i'm waiting!

[User] grafician

comment: The paranoiaaaaa hits :)))))

html_comment: The paranoiaaaaa hits :)))))

comment: @palimp wrong, this is and always will be my ONLY account Unlike you :)) is this what your 3rd account?


[User] Longcopylover

topic_title: Copywriting?

post:
 That sounds a bit like asking a designer how to make something pop.
Maybe this book helps: https://www.amazon.com/D-AD-Copy…


comment: Running 15 agencies by now.

html_comment: Running 15 agencies by now.

comment: Landed Acme as a client... at all 15 agencies.

comment: Got tired of chasing the Roadrunner and joined us mortals in product design. Made shit work. Went for beers with the boys.

comment: Won the Stable Genius Award

html_comment: Won the Stable Genius Award

comment: to think i once offered him a job ; )

html_comment: to think i once offered him a job ; )

comment: Uhm you're the haters :)) I couldn't care less

comment: Also @palimp don't YOU follow me on insta? Yeah I noticed so all this "drama" around here like a big charade what's the purpose? :)))

comment: So why bother with all this crap? sigh *facepalm*

comment: we all should....

html_comment: we all should....

comment: Yeah

html_comment: Yeah

comment: not if u wanna excel in nihilism...than keep that hate rocket on hauptstufe....

comment: Maybe Moderator wants to delete this thread as it's pretty useless?

comment: hate can move mountains https://www.getyarn.…

comment: Pa paaa

html_comment: Pa paaa


post:
 Good luck. I've worked in dental plenty and it's all pretty much the same, the only potential you have to making cool is the location and audience.

Like for a Key Largo dentistry we used a kids big ol smile while he was at the beach with a snorkel on his head. So it brought it all home, nice and keys campy.

Are you just worried about writing copy, or are you worried about strategy.

I get more out of branding and strategy books because I've found that to learn copywriting as a skillset you have to read the boring remedial type books to have the tools on top of mind. If you're past that then it's really about getting your mind into understanding what you want to audience to do, in which this case, is not very thrilling - dentist, ugh!

Get your teeth cleaned there and critique how it couuld be better - music, more conversation, a nice pleasant smell, etc... because a big differentiator is the total experience packaged up into small details. It was actually a big deal to reorder the candies I told a client to buy because people were asking about them every month. They became "a thing". Sorry for the tangent.

[User] trooperbill

comment: the ceo wants us to look like tom ford ffs... it doesnt scream dental


topic_title: Positive energy zones

[User] palimpsest

comment: It's that time of the year again.

html_comment: It's that time of the year again.


[User] Projectile

topic_title: Pic of the Day

post: <a title="https://scontent.flis12-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/490710110_10235614435411501_8123304009513281297_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=aa7b47&_nc_ohc=Ko1HjB85tVcQ7kNvwF0Y8mv&_nc_oc=AdngTpa5dh9w1gSLSxWRtdsO28SrpV7u8z8jHVyzB86lv9L0xbWrxkru_VrR9Dr0BbI&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.flis12-2.fna&_nc_gid=XCPDLPZS8I-aKnF_smVUtA&oh=00_AfFza7fZ_XLmNHSdeXTRKXq4gB4F_lc-jEY8KyjB2cKbQQ&oe=67FED13D" href="https://scontent.flis12-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/490710110_10235614435411501_8123304009513281297_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=aa7b47&_nc_ohc=Ko1HjB85tVcQ7kNvwF0Y8mv&_nc_oc=AdngTpa5dh9w1gSLSxWRtdsO28SrpV7u8z8jHVyzB86lv9L0xbWrxkru_VrR9Dr0BbI&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.flis12-2.fna&_nc_gid=XCPDLPZS8I-aKnF_smVUtA&oh=00_AfFza7fZ_XLmNHSdeXTRKXq4gB4F_lc-jEY8KyjB2cKbQQ&oe=67FED13D" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">


comment: It's that time of year again.

html_comment: It's that time of year again.


topic_title: canada

post: Last year at Tobermory and Bruce Peninsula. Did some diving when I was younger. My son fell in love with the geological snorkeling spots and burned his fear of being around shipwrecks underwater. He wanted more.

[User] Salarrue

comment: I always wanted to go there, did you visited the National park?

comment: If you can... go! Between, the Bruce, Tobermory, North Channel, and Killarney Provincial Park, go a few times!

comment: This year we're going back to Tober, but by way of North Channel and Manitoulin Island. Can't wait.

comment: Grab a wetsuit though, especially for the kids - hypothermia is real!

comment: Awesome I'll check it

html_comment: Awesome I'll check it

comment: "Manitoulin Island" <— got a friend there, and visited her a few times way back when. Lovely place!

comment: I've always wanted to go, so close to me too. I always thought canoe was Canadian, then thought you were a yank, now I think you're Canadian again lol

comment: "canoe", the word, _does_ give off a Canadian vibe, so you can be forgiven, I think!

comment: I'll say eh to that (ouch)

html_comment: I'll say eh to that (ouch)


topic_title: Vid of the Day

[User] Ianbolton

comment: The irony of you posting something about hating on women is hilarious.

[User] Hayoth

comment: Irony is when you dont know what fascism is

comment: The irony Ian actually supporting a religion that hates women (and him because he's a homosexual Muslim he says)


topic_title: Grafician Hate Why?

post:
 As an American we've been at this freedom of speech thing for 249 years, you've been at it since 1991, so I get it that you don't understand how we think.

Keep trolling me, and I'm going to respond.

Only if I had the time to create a meme with three guys commiserating about 'what's going on in Canada' when the happy-go-lucky-guy grafician shows up with his input into the conversation.

Stop the Noise G

comment: Were is this?

html_comment: Were is this?

comment: Ah nevermind found itYeah, this is a fact, everybody scrapped their plans to go to the US because you're dickheads now

html_comment:
Ah nevermind found it

Yeah, this is a fact, everybody scrapped their plans to go to the US because you're dickheads now

comment: Canadian flights to the US at lowest in maybe forever Nobody wants to be deported I guessSo let's talk about that free speech in 4 years?

html_comment:
Canadian flights to the US at lowest in maybe forever

Nobody wants to be deported I guess

So let's talk about that free speech in 4 years?

comment: Why when I can tell you to fuck off now?

comment: Stop

html_comment: Stop

comment: The

html_comment: The

comment: Noise

html_comment: Noise

comment: Accept the facts first ;)

html_comment: Accept the facts first ;)

comment: Whatever facts I need to accept, they're accepted, I've spent my entire career leeching fonts and making cheap banners. Signed, canoe.

comment: Idc about your career! accept the fact that tourism in the US will have a sharp decline :))

comment: Actually, we were talking about how beautiful Canada is... until you rudely interjected and blurted out some off-topic bullshit. Stop the Noise!

[User] monospaced

comment: lol, this fucknut thinks EVERYONE stopped coming to the USA. What a small minded nitwit, so confident in his statements.


[User] keewee

topic_title: Astrology

post: April 2025, All Planets Direct: Seize the Momentum


topic_title: Woke

post: <a title="https://scontent.flis12-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/489958392_978726197720532_8615999205644686506_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=833d8c&_nc_ohc=WZkKie7ZtzEQ7kNvwEduIqd&_nc_oc=Admp6GpylJI_iPaX4NfFCW9d7kOlfaR7WJFF_7FwiZ9Ktwuie5EvQUHJW3iYu960JrQ&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.flis12-2.fna&_nc_gid=-e7WICmnQv5uYYgUqhjCJQ&oh=00_AfEYt0_a77JYU5QW86foMHq76kcH-l80lzuci77Ed0ENww&oe=67FF2063" href="https://scontent.flis12-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/489958392_978726197720532_8615999205644686506_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=833d8c&_nc_ohc=WZkKie7ZtzEQ7kNvwEduIqd&_nc_oc=Admp6GpylJI_iPaX4NfFCW9d7kOlfaR7WJFF_7FwiZ9Ktwuie5EvQUHJW3iYu960JrQ&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.flis12-2.fna&_nc_gid=-e7WICmnQv5uYYgUqhjCJQ&oh=00_AfEYt0_a77JYU5QW86foMHq76kcH-l80lzuci77Ed0ENww&oe=67FF2063" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">


[User] moogchild

comment: Classic.

html_comment: Classic.


topic_title: Poster of the Day

comment: Weird, I'm using vertical streams / rays / effect, and a screen face on a piece right now.

comment: And was just listening to The Social Network - he wrote the score for the movie.

[User] maquito

comment: I soent 10 years trying to design like that and Raygun

comment: Well, ai zoomed in (phone), and even if the Carson thing is on, I hadn’t noticed the glitchy / matrix stuff. Nice!


topic_title: State of QBN 2025

comment: tremendous work from @palimp

html_comment: tremendous work from @palimp

comment: Oh noes!Timeline, Sherlock.https://www.qbn.com/…

html_comment:
Oh noes!

Timeline, Sherlock.
https://www.qbn.com/…

comment: Yeah very funny how even sted trashes this crap :))

comment: Let me save you some neurons:https://www.qbn.com/…

html_comment:
Let me save you some neurons:
https://www.qbn.com/…

comment: But  you're very talented for a dev

html_comment: But  you're very talented for a dev

comment: 2 years ago :)) Did you thought I search for that? LOL

comment: No, I did not thought that.

html_comment: No, I did not thought that.

comment: Maybe you should stick to writing code or whatever you do

comment: I guess it's sadder that you were looking for palimpsest outside of QBN.

comment: You don't see me doing crap videos not even as a joke ;)

comment: But thanks for your support of QBN, I guess?

comment: It's even more sad you followed me on instagram and not say hi! Like a lurker

comment: Maybe we should meet and have some beers, like I do with all my friendsYou seem like a smart guy, it's beyond me why you do all this trolling

html_comment:
Maybe we should meet and have some beers, like I do with all my friends

You seem like a smart guy, it's beyond me why you do all this trolling

comment: I'm done here btw, need to finish work Have fun with your cheasy cringe posts

comment: I'm sorry I ruined your gotcha moment.

html_comment: I'm sorry I ruined your gotcha moment.

comment: graf cmon you can’t honestly have missed the joke?

comment: Nobody can be that stupid. grafician: "Hold my beer"

html_comment: Nobody can be that stupid. <br>grafician: "Hold my beer"


[User] AQUTE

post: 2025 HateGate™


[User] yuekit

comment: Not too far from Mar-a-Lago

html_comment: Not too far from Mar-a-Lago


post:
 Carney’s Checkmate: How Canada's Quiet Bond Play Forced Trump to Drop Tariffs
Carney, Japan And The EU proved America's Idiot Emperor Has No Clothes

https://deanblundell.substack.co…

[User] monNom

comment: This is a fairytale. Completely unsourced. Somehow carney, with 350B is the hero when Japan swings 3x as much? Eu 5x?

comment: Good. That is how the  world should react.

comment: monNom you are right this guy is quoting himself as source lol


[User] neverscared

post:
 Australian with working visa detained and deported on returning to US from sister’s memorial

Man who says he had previously left and re-entered the country multiple times alleges border officials called him ‘retarded’ and boasted ‘Trump is back in town’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-n…

comment: wonder what canoe thinks of this? :)))I told him nobody will visit the US anymore soon and he flipped out

html_comment:
wonder what canoe thinks of this? :)))

I told him nobody will visit the US anymore soon and he flipped out

[User] utopian

comment: 2025 Romania Vacation Packages starting from $167

comment: monospaced tooanything to add? Should I visit NYC soon?

html_comment:
monospaced too

anything to add?

Should I visit NYC soon?

comment: MAGA country now, everybody will avoid it for the next 4 years

comment: @utopian Come to Romania habibi!

html_comment: @utopian Come to Romania habibi!

[User] canoe

comment: Here ya go again lying through your teeth on a new thread trying to talk shit behind my back as usual. If you think making fun of your lack of logic...

comment: ...is flipping out, then you don't know what flipping out really means. Lost in translation. Now, if you don't mind, stop bringing up my name...

comment: STOP

html_comment: STOP

comment: THE

html_comment: THE

comment: NOISE

html_comment: NOISE

comment: AND

html_comment: AND

comment: LIES

html_comment: LIES

comment: Funny, friends of mine from Europe are visiting right now. Others are coming in fall. Just visiting. Fuck off graf.

comment: Even you can’t be so narrow minded as to think ALL travel to the US stopped and will not continue for years. It’s just stupid.

comment: He's got that "speaking in superlatives" issue, just like our own stable genius, Donald Trump.

comment: No, no, tell us boys what do you think about deportations? < That was the topic, don't try to squeeeze your way


[User] prophetone

topic_title: making beats

comment: shots fired at the squid!

html_comment: shots fired at the squid!


post: We should live stream QBN

[User] Continuity

comment: I think a live debate on Twitch is due soon.pali, got anyone in mind? set bailed, and some other monkey, too. Who's next?

html_comment: I think a live debate on Twitch is due soon.<br>pali, got anyone in mind? set bailed, and some other monkey, too. Who's next?

comment: All are welcomed in the house of the Lord!

comment: They just need to hold your hand so you can walk them through what's on their minds.

comment: Gentle parenting they call it.

html_comment: Gentle parenting they call it.

[User] cherub

comment: Start with a group audio call on discord and work up from there.

comment: Video calls on Discord have been known to happen quite a few times, so ...

[User] sted

comment: the AI of Marychain and JazX reading the posts/notes

comment: hold on, I gotta look at your faces?  Once per year in the qbn faces thread is enough, no? Audio only, please.


[User] grafician

post:
 Maybe delete this thread?

Everybody can mind their business from now on?

[User] palimpsest

comment: Why now? Only an hour ago you thought you had found some "dirt" on me.https://www.qbn.com/…

html_comment:
Why now?
Only an hour ago you thought you had found some "dirt" on me.
https://www.qbn.com/…

comment: I've posted my own work willingly when you asked for it. I even made a thread just for you.

comment: We're learning a lot from each other. I say we let the good times roll.

html_comment: We're learning a lot from each other. <br>I say we let the good times roll.

comment: Dirt on you?! Wow :)

html_comment:
Dirt on you?!

Wow :)

comment: You still somehow under the impression that this is an anonymous forum and nobody knows nobody?! Why would I care about your lifeStop caring about mine :)

html_comment:
You still somehow under the impression that this is an anonymous forum and nobody knows nobody?!

Why would I care about your life

Stop caring about mine :)

comment: Told you before, telling it again: you're weird and until I see otherwise, I will stick to this conclusion going forward :)

comment: Let the good times roll.

html_comment: Let the good times roll.

comment: But keep hating or whatever you think you need to do Pa pa

comment: care about your life = a hate thread Is that a Romanian interpretation?


[User] DaveO

post:
 That above story is super scary.

My wife has a habit of giving the border guards a bit of attitude when she comes in off a long flight and i'm super worried she's gonna get thrown in jail. She has a greencard in the system that hasn't been cancelled and they always ask about it, and it pisses her off.

I fucking hate that this is what America is coming to. I always loved the idea that everyone was welcome and you could come here and be accepted.

Now it feels like a fucking Reddit board.

comment: Every time I go to the US (San Diego), I give the guards the shaka and I get a “have a nice one, man”. Spanish passport. Never had any trouble.

comment: Coming back from Italy I told my wife... I don't care what we have or don't have to bring into the country, DO NOT FUCKING LIE TO THEM.

comment: I have the same worry with my wife. That she's going to say something rude or wrong and they're just going to take her away.

comment: Has a passport, but even that doesn't feel safe. Fucked up.

comment: I think it’s more about attitude, complying and body language.


comment: I throw the grain delay on tracks to try, but I never get it to work in my personal taste. Throwing a vocal in FRAGMENTS or Granulator with ping pong mght work2


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: Donald Trump

comment: TRUMP COIN?

html_comment: TRUMP COIN?


comment: keep it probable...and you are fine..

html_comment: keep it probable...and you are fine..

[User] Ianbolton

comment: If one person calls you a dick, then no big deal, but if most of QBN does then maybe listen up.

comment: the tiger cant listen...he roars too loud...


topic_title: Have Your Work Reviewed by a Creative Genius

post:
 Ok now I get it, you posted this project because it was the only one actually decent looking from your small folio.

Fair enough :)

But I will actually be the better man and compliment your
"City Icons" project for the travel agency you've been working for the past 10 years (?!) EVEN though you went and said my icons suck :)

Those city icons you created were actually very nice.

p.s. I was right you are a coder...but good luck - automation is hard!

comment: Consider this post the last one I will mention you on this forum or elsewhere. If you still continue with the shitposting about me, it's on you.

comment: Gaffe being a "better man".

html_comment: Gaffe being a "better man".

[User] monospaced

comment: your icons suck graf, sorry, but they’re like worse than banners. And yes I have an icon library under my belt that puts it into perspective

comment: Not that I need to show you to validate it, nor will I because your opinion is worth less than I thing after what I’ve seen of you the last couple of days.


post:
 Here I go having to defend myself again.

"wonder what canoe thinks of this? :)))

I told him nobody will visit the US anymore soon and he flipped out"
- grafician

I was saying that I wanted to support Canada's tourism because of the recent issues with Trump, and grafician butt his head in and said some BS that was off topic. Check out my completely unhinged flipping out response.

Maybe you should just stay in your country?
Everybody else WILL NOT VISIT THE US in the near future
- grafician

What's that smell, a catfish? Ah, nice of you to stop by and share your cognitive dissonant considerations. You make me miss Canadians even more!
- canoe

STOP THE NOISE G

comment: I want to go to Canada to do some good and he suggests I should stay in my own country, then says I flipped out about him because he speculated on tourism

comment: STOP

comment: THE

comment: NOISE

comment: If you had a train of thought I'd be able to follow it.

comment: < this is you being insecure and flipping out AGAIN! I was speaking the truth - people ALL OVER the world are now reconsidering going to the US.

comment: You don't need to defend yourself, stop misrepresenting my comments or whatever What's with this victim attitude?!Just stop posting

html_comment:
You don't need to defend yourself, stop misrepresenting my comments or whatever

What's with this victim attitude?!

Just stop posting

comment: Gaffe, we weren't talking about US tourism, we were talking about ME going to CANADA

comment: And now you're turning it into an argument that we never even fucking had. I never said ANYTHING about US tourism.

comment: YOU'RE LITERALLY ARGUING WITH YOURSELF! STOP THE NOISE!

comment: "Everybody else WILL NOT VISIT THE US in the near future" = US TOURISM!

comment: Just because you butt your head into a conversation and nobody answers doesn't mean we're having an argument or even a conversation.

comment: Tourism is already down, and I'm sure it will decline. I do not disagree. Are you satiated now?

comment: Why are you so hung up on a conversation we never had?

comment: Asking for my friend, Sanity, can you please not think we're having a conversation unless we actually directly talk. It's like so ick.


post:
 This is me clearing out the air with palimpsest

https://www.qbn.com/reply/414301…

Canoe still thinks I am after him...still ongoing work

Continuity? How's the new lifestyle folio website working out? You can use https://laytheme.com/ for a very nice looking folio, it's on Wordpress, you just add the images on a grid like in a design app - very useful for folios with lots of images like photographers, etc.

utopian? maybe later but I will stop commenting on your AI posts if that helps and will stop refering to you as "AI slopper" or whatever

Who else got beef?

Ah yes monospaced: still ongoing - sometimes we're cool, sometimes we're not, but I am sorry for calling you an idiot so many times due to misunderstandings in the comments and such trivialities - just a tip, just ask me questions to clarify stuff before jumping to stupid conclusions and getting into an argument, Fair?

Anybody else?

Can we clear the stuff?

Yes I am loud, but at least ask stuff about me before jumping to conclusions or invent all sorts of things projecting when at the end of the day you just don't know me

Also last: this is a public forum, everything is in the open, everything is connected, so maybe let's do a reset, less trolling, more creating

That's about it.

IF you still feel the need to continue shitposting about me, it's on you, but I will not forget :)

comment: +1 If you're capable of not attacking anything for a week and you actually do less trolling & more creating, I guarantee your experience with others will change

comment: "Canoe thinks I am after him" needs to communicate stronger to canoe... how about... "I'll stop bringing up canoe so he will see that I'm not after him"?

comment: If you act like this in real life then we do know you. If you're playing charades then we also know you.

comment: My portfolio works just fine.

html_comment: My portfolio works just fine.

comment: And to be frank and fair, this "apology/truce", with the condescending and belittling, is so on brand.

comment: I'm looking forward to "more creating" positive energy

comment: "Everybody else WILL NOT VISIT THE US in the near future" is a good example of how you brush people the wrong way.

comment: It's like when Trump said "El Salvador is a shit hole". Not all of El Salvador is bad. Not "everybody else" will not visit the states.

comment: America is really fucked up right now, I'm telling you first hand, but you're not helping that. You almost encourage our country to go down in flames.

comment: And that's fucking offensive.

html_comment: And that's fucking offensive.

comment: And it's not even needed on QBN. All the politics, all the negative shit, I don't go to news sites and this is starting to turn into a news site....

comment: Today we had 2 tabloid stories and a Katy Perry story on the front page.

comment: Good luck and good night.

html_comment: Good luck and good night.

comment: It’s truly impressive how you manage to cram condescension, know-it-all smugness, nonstop negativity, and victimhood into every post.

comment: This type of toxic behavior is not suitable for company, In my experience is that such people have the worst impact on creative and constructive thinking.

comment: A complete lack of collaboration and constant jealousy poisons every relationship they have.

comment: -"is that"

html_comment: -"is that"

comment: Oh I forgot about stedDo you want me to write a message about you sted? Still in Australia?

html_comment:
Oh I forgot about sted

Do you want me to write a message about you sted?
Still in Australia?

comment: Tell us your experience sted? What type of people? The type of people like yous here keyboard warriors thinking nobody finds out their mediocrity in real life

comment: Oh boys boys I see no grown ups around...

comment: At least I tried, told you it's up to you from now onBut I will not forget you :)

html_comment:
At least I tried, told you it's up to you from now on

But I will not forget you :)

comment: @sted - he can't help himself

html_comment: @sted - he can't help himself

comment: I don’t need to ask questions for you to stop being a condescending prick, and this post shows me that you simply can’t help yourself

comment: You act like you have everyone figured out and it just makes you look incredibly ignorant and embarrassingly naive. Own it and stfu for once.


post:
 Idk about specifics of this niche, but overall tips are from David Ogilvy maybe it will help

https://www.themarginalian.org/2…

https://medium.com/better-market…

https://www.goodreads.com/author…

comment: David Ogilvy, one of the smartest ADVERTISERS of his time.

[User] trooperbill

comment: im using ogilvy in my ai prompts. seems to be all benefits based.


comment: xcuse the grammar, follow the links :-)

html_comment: xcuse the grammar, follow the links :-)


topic_title: FUCK ADOBE!

post:
 @pseud

I came across this open source alternative to the image trace feature. MIT licenced. You can run from command line or try out the web app.

https://www.visioncortex.org/vtr…
https://github.com/visioncortex/…

comment: This is really good. The illustrator version is super hit & miss and sometimes slow-as-fuuuuuuuuck. Thanks for posting


topic_title: It's Friday!

[User] instrmntl

comment: Amazing!

html_comment: Amazing!

[User] Akagiyama

comment: Tacocat

html_comment: Tacocat

comment: If this is slop, I'm here for it!

html_comment: If this is slop, I'm here for it!

comment: More slop, less cowbell!

html_comment: More slop, less cowbell!


post: Have you tried ChatGPT or Claude?

comment: Enabler!

html_comment: Enabler!


post:
 This is me wiping my ass with your post, grafician.

Play the tape back, Jamie:
You asked that I post some of work which I did even though you hadn't shown us yours. Since the coding work I did for QBN was not valid in your eyes I posted a logo project. But that wasn't enough so you went searching for work of mine on the web and posted a video you found on YouTube thinking you had made some great discovery. It was an AI video I had already posted here. The whole thing went over your head.

I've always thought you were a piece of shit and have always called you out on it. As much as you keep flipping the story the posts are there for all to see.

Fuck off.

[User] pango

comment: hustle hustle hustle!

html_comment: hustle hustle hustle!

[User] maquito

comment: Jesus

html_comment: Jesus

comment: This.

html_comment: This.

comment: graf is like a tiger he wont fuck off...

comment: while the rest of us are butterflies...

html_comment: while the rest of us are butterflies...

comment: like no one

html_comment: like no one

comment: exactly..

html_comment: exactly..


topic_title: QBN Discord

post: Is this still a thing? Is it a hive of scum and villainy?

comment: Yup, still a thing. And it’s orders of magnitude more chill than here. DM pali or myself on Discord if you’d like an invite!

comment: ;( lots of bullying there. they're blaming me for how their eggs are cooked wrong today.

comment: Golden era

html_comment: Golden era

comment: For eggs? No, pango.We just blame you everything else!

html_comment: For eggs? No, pango.<br>We just blame you everything else!


[User] Gnash

comment: ha

html_comment: ha


[User] AQUTE

comment: green ones too?

html_comment: green ones too?

[User] hotroddy

comment: No wonder he always loses to Blondie

html_comment: No wonder he always loses to Blondie

comment: Until next time.

html_comment: Until next time.


topic_title: RIP of the day

post:
 Ted Kotcheff
Didn't know he was Canadian.

Directed two classics that couldn't be more different from each other.

[User] utopian

comment: A highly underrated director.

html_comment: A highly underrated director.

[User] webazoot

comment: Been a while since I saw this but remember it being quite the journey... https://www.youtube.…


[User] sted

topic_title: Copywriting?

post: 32 reasons to stay in touch

comment: was my best more than two decades ago, it was stolen so it must be good lol


topic_title: What are you listening to?

post: give it a spin


[User] Beeswax

post: why don't you guys do a photoshop battle or AI imagery battle and such and we vote and decide who is best at what here.

[User] canoe

comment: AI imagery battle because that is a testament of imagination, intelligence, creativity, technical know-how and raw talent?


post:
 Wanted to create a video for social media, really simple stuff, cut, edit, intro, outro. Spent 4 hours on After Effects' convoluted interface and saved versions. They are all corrupt. AE can't open those files, crashes and warns me about cache even though half my drive is available.

Bought Capcut for 10 bucks a month. In half an hour my video is ready with fucking tons more AI powered options.

Really fuck Adobe, I'm gonna pull the plug on suite.

Do you know if we can still use AI generation if we have cracked PS?

[User] grafician

comment: I think out of all the app, you can use Canva! It exports mp4

comment: Capcut might be banned with the rest of tiktok so that app is pretty uncertain, but indeed good for quick videos

comment: < no no AI gen in Ps without subscription


[User] neverscared

topic_title: tattoo of the day

post:
Homeland security apparently used British man’s tattoo to identify alleged gang members
‘Average man from Derbyshire’ shocked to find photo of tattoo celebrating child’s birth was used to deport migrants

https://www.theguardian.com/us-n…


[User] jagara

topic_title: blog

post: Dipping in and out of random QBN drama without bothering to understand it is funny. Jeez. I roll my eyes, and I don't even have a life myself.

[User] renderedred

comment: exactly, #metoo.

html_comment: exactly, #metoo.

comment: Tossing shade while pretending not to. Love it!

comment: Who's pretending anything? Shade! Shade!!

comment: Also, most people throw the shade.

html_comment: Also, most people throw the shade.

comment: at least katy perry is going to space...

comment: Yeah. I'm not loving it.

html_comment: Yeah. I'm not loving it.

comment: There's one actor that has been trolling QBN and a few members for a long, long time. The response was inevitable.

[User] BonSeff

comment: So much wasted energy.

html_comment: So much wasted energy.

comment: #metoo

html_comment: #metoo


comment: "...we are big enough, and they seem petty enough..." #solid


post:
 Last week was a doozy on QBN, but I walked away with some wins—and even a few lyrics.

One unexpected outcome: I got curious.

After seeing grafician repeatedly belittle my work (and others’) while claiming top-tier status because he works in “product design”—i.e., wireframes and interface design—I started thinking about the creative food chain.

Who really sits at the top when you factor in everything creativity demands—imagination, intelligence, technical skill, logic, and raw, unteachable talent?

As expected: Creative Directors and campaign builders, the ones leading strategy, writing, art direction, and execution, came out on top.

Those designing interface icons... didn’t. Go figure.

But don’t read this as ego. There’s brilliance across all creative services: design, development, advertising, marketing. Different beasts. Different battles. And with my "hand on the bible", I don't look down on anyone because they enjoy making catalogs or doing SEO.

But some people do. The insecure-in-their-own-skin types.

This is for them. The big egos and their subjective fantasies.
May their clients forever ask to... “make it bigger.”

comment: As you can imagine, AI came up with the report.

html_comment: As you can imagine, AI came up with the report.

[User] Salarrue

comment: Interesting, what is the source of this table?

html_comment: Interesting, what is the source of this table?

comment: Well the column and row headers are all me, the scores are research from AI and its "fair judgment". It took the bot like 5 minutes to make the spreadsheet.

comment: Which is like 8 hours in human time and 43.5 hours in dog years. I don't know man, take it for what it's worth, I don't think this is hard science.

comment: I do UX/UI so I am top 5. You do what? Art direction and copywriting? You under. Also Advertisement design meaning banners is almost at the bottom. You point?

comment: You made a top for yourself to feel empowered now? How insecure can you be dude Oh man

comment: I also do branding for the  startups I work with, social media designs, website, apps, the entire flow. So I pretty much own half this chart.

comment: Also the highest paid jobs are in tech, not in Advertising. Advertising and the agency model is dying slowly...

comment: I have former colleagues Senior Art directors transitioning to UX jobs 5 years ago. I was even way earlier. The future is in UX not in Advertising and banners

comment: But you do you, do whatever makes you happy dude

html_comment: But you do you, do whatever makes you happy dude

comment: Triggered? You sound super defensive.

html_comment: Triggered? You sound super defensive.

comment: Chief Marketing Officer - my most recent job title isn't even on there.  And I didn't PUT anything on there. AI made this.

comment: Actually App development full stack should be top 5 also

html_comment: Actually App development full stack should be top 5 also

comment: When did you hold that title? What "most recent" means in your context? Do you have your own studio? Do you work now?

comment: Sure UX is growing, but Advertising is a 1 trillion dollar market, compared to not even 4 billion in UX.

comment: Can you please start a "bet against me" thread so you can put your money where your mouth is?

comment: Triggered? Is you that hating me and trying to make a big deal out of anything I write around here :)) I was telling you the reality of work rn

comment: Last Chief Marketing Officer I worked with was at Holcim Group - the lady didn't knew pretty much anything more than google ads So titles are useless

comment: < this chart is useless btw, it mixes skills with actual job titles But whatever, you keep pushing and posting for no reason around here

comment: Typical grafician. Believes AI when he wants to. Titles are only useful when it's his title. Judges everything off of one experience...

comment: ...just like a racist MAGA hat wearing uncle at Thanksgiving.

html_comment: ...just like a racist MAGA hat wearing uncle at Thanksgiving.

comment: So many words, such little substance. STOP THE NOISE!

html_comment: So many words, such little substance. STOP THE NOISE!

comment: LOL you're going nuts again on your own posts

html_comment: LOL you're going nuts again on your own posts

comment: Again, tell us when was your last job? When were you Chief Marketing Officer? Where?

comment: Advertising industry is not a T business,  you confuse terms and act like an idiot again. Here:

comment: Publicis Groupe has a market cap or net worth of $22.28 billion as of April 4, 2025. Its market cap has decreased by -17.09% in one year.

comment: Do you know Publicis? Do you anything about the actual Advertising market? I bet you worked all your life at some local company from junior to CMO as you sa

comment: as you say and didn't experience real advertising agencies in your life

html_comment: as you say and didn't experience real advertising agencies in your life

comment: But sure, post dumb charts, to win dumb prizes

html_comment: But sure, post dumb charts, to win dumb prizes

comment: What you're confusing is revenue from google ads, facebook ads, amazon ads, etc. that go to those TECH COMPANIES! The actual Advertising industry is not THAT

comment: Also don't confuse MEDIA BUDGETS with ADVERTISING REVENUES :))

html_comment: Also don't confuse MEDIA BUDGETS with ADVERTISING REVENUES :))

[User] monospaced

comment: Graf I doubt you’ve stepped foot inside a real big boy ad agency in your life.

html_comment: Graf I doubt you’ve stepped foot inside a real big boy ad agency in your life.

comment: I put YEARS in at DDBSF and McCann moving from production to ACD. What about you?

comment: I worked with McCann, Saatchi, DDB, Wunderman and a dozen local ones, practically almost the entire market.Our juniors at Saatchi are now Group Chiefs in EU

html_comment: I worked with McCann, Saatchi, DDB, Wunderman and a dozen local ones, practically almost the entire market.<br>Our juniors at Saatchi are now Group Chiefs in EU

comment: Never worked with Leo and that group, the quality was always better at McCann

html_comment: Never worked with Leo and that group, the quality was always better at McCann

comment: I still have people in the actual industry all over Europe, but most creatives switched to tech and fintechs and doing UX

comment: The budgets are way lower these days in Advertising. and in Product/UX a single startup can raise $10M series A or B easily in a couple months

comment: I do apps and all that because that is the most challenging field and it has been for years. Advertising is dead. Now everybody wins CAnnes and Effies easily

comment: And whoever thinks we just do buttons and icons in Product and UX they're dumber than rocks

comment: I can talk about Advertising with you all day everyday, but I doubt you can say two words about working with digital experiences and products

comment: Again, a solid mix of condescension and ignorance. Your field is not some amazing new mystery, and advertising is anything but dead.

comment: Any good creative in the field knows about product design, and the digital journey. We also know that isn’t the start and end of design, nor the most challengin

comment: 1st What you guys call product design is actually Digital Product Design.2nd It is much more than just wire-frames and interface design.

html_comment: 1st What you guys call product design is actually Digital Product Design.<br>2nd It is much more than just wire-frames and interface design.

comment: Graf prefers "product design" because it sounds bigger... just like he tries to make it sound more important than other "creative disciplines".

comment: It's a requirement for his ego.

html_comment: It's a requirement for his ego.


[User] yuekit

post:
 Computers, smartphones and electronics exempted from all tariffs

https://www.theguardian.com/us-n…

comment: But those made up the bulk of imports from China, next to car parts and shoes/clothes etc. Wanna bet he will go back on all tariffs in a month?

[User] Continuity

comment: FLOL!! Like that's going to convince China to stand down.

comment: graf, can you start a thread that has all your predictions that you're willing to bet on? I'll participate, starting with your US tourism position that...

comment: 'everyone will stop visiting the united states'

comment: Here you go https://www.qbn.com/…

html_comment: Here you go https://www.qbn.com/…

comment: What are you predicting? That you’ll copy paste a chart tomorrow that everyone already has seen again, and again?

comment: Predicting Trump will renounce tariffs when the entire world gives him the finger China won't back down, EU won't back down

comment: I knew you wouldn't create the thread because you're a blowhard, or in your terms, "a fucking pussy". Such a joke.

comment: 8 EU countries = "everyone". I knew those big ears were a symptom of down syndrome. I'm starting to feel bad for calling you a retard.

comment: But, hey, fuck it. You've said that to about a dozen people here so I guess I'm just speaking in your language.

comment: Trump put tariffs on the ENTIRE EU BLOCK NOT ON SPECIFIC COUNTRIES :)))Read some news canoeeeeeeeee

html_comment:
Trump put tariffs on the ENTIRE EU BLOCK NOT ON SPECIFIC COUNTRIES :)))

Read some news canoeeeeeeeee

comment: I never said he didn't, the propaganda that you used to say "nobody is going to the states" only had 8 countries on it. DIPSHIIIIIIT!

comment: 700,000 people visited the states from the EU last month... DIPSHIIIIIIT!

comment: So I'm going to NYC tomorrow, and I'll let you know if I don't see the place just fucking packed with European and Asian tourists.

comment: (***HINT, for the clown in the back: it WILL be packed with tons of European and Asian tourists, as usual.

comment: Godspeed.

html_comment: Godspeed.


topic_title: tattoos = unintelligence

post: my parents are hung up on tattoos, it's like everyone who has a tattoo has personally wronged them... not sure how smart that kind of thinking is either


topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

post:
 Was just asking OPEN AI a general question about "American Government" specifically to the current administration and their staff. It responded with a few paragraphs about how my home state structures the government.

Fucking weird and uncomfortable. I asked the relationship between the question and the answer. It said that it randomly bundled Michigan in the answer. So out of all the states in the country accidentally/randomly being picked to provide an answer, it picked the state I live in. If that doesn't make ya paranoid I don't know what does.

comment: They have your IP (location) you know...OpenAI also introduced long memory so everything you asked they have now and will use in the future.

html_comment:
They have your IP (location) you know...

OpenAI also introduced long memory so everything you asked they have now and will use in the future.

comment: If you activate Google's new AI tab during search you will notice it does the same thing...they include personal data such as location in the answer.

[User] monNom

comment: There’s a preamble that is hidden from you when you prompt ChatGPT. Something like ‘you are a helpful assistant that answers questions...’

comment: Within that preamble is probably some user information to help align responses to relevant information for you.

comment: It was lying about randomly selecting Michigan. It doesn’t know why it does what it does so it makes up plausible sounding answers.


topic_title: America is Fucked

comment: Try to argue with hard data @monospaced@canoe

html_comment:
Try to argue with hard data

@monospaced
@canoe

comment: Just because you have some friends visiting now, doesn't mean the majority of other people around Europe will travel to the US anytime soon.

comment: Canadians too

html_comment: Canadians too

comment: Yes, the situation is scary, nobody wants to be thrown in jail for some random shit at the border. So people will cancel all plans.

comment: These are facts, I'm not making this stuff upAnd it will only get worse in the future

html_comment: These are facts, I'm not making this stuff up<br>And it will only get worse in the future

comment: We're down about 10%, mainly because they're more than 8 countries that visit the USA! Nice try kid, your argument is weak sauce.

comment: I said it didn’t stop completely. Maybe reading is still your weakness. This shows a 20-30% drop, not a complete stop. Grow up.

comment: Why are you obsessed with this? Like why do you care? It’s not like you ever have or ever visit, Trump or not. It doesn’t make any good point either.

comment: This stat doesn’t bother us like you might think it does. What’s annoying is YOU and what a little bitching chihuahua chip on the shoulder little personyou are

comment: He won't answer that, he's still so backwoods that even with a 17% drop from the EU (alone) is still 700,000 people that visited in ONE FUCKING MONTH YOU IDGET!

comment: Looks like we argued, and won. Stop riding your life on this bullshit wagon ffs.

comment: I am not obsessed, just telling you it will get way worse under Trump. You keep telling us the US is great. When then rest of the World telling YOU it's not.

comment: But good luck. we'll talk again on this subject next year and compare the data again.

comment: When a 30% drop in 3 MONTHS doesn't worry you, maybe you're cooked Just saying

comment: Ok, Karen Bloomberg. I never said America was perfect. I started reading Chomsky when you were growing pubes, way before you could grow a neckbeard.

comment: Your personal history is not relevant in this topic, AGAIN discuss how people don't come to the US anymore and why

comment: IF you can't do that, then bye

html_comment: IF you can't do that, then bye

comment: AND for your general knowledge Chomsky is frowned upon by many liberals as he liked communism a bit too much

comment: I did, 700,000 from the EU alone visited last month, that includes the 17% drop. People DO come to the states. Are you fucking retarded now?

comment: You don’t even understand why I brought Noam up. But thanks for proving my point: you don’t process ideas—you scan for ammo.

comment: The man literally pioneered modern linguistics and dismantled U.S. foreign policy propaganda—but you reduce him to a quote you just found on the internet.

comment: So you can continue your petty arguments. I know an ex-girlfriend of mine that used to do that shit. Makes my dick soft.

comment: Who the fuck cares about you reading Chomsky, stay on topic! 700k visited from Europe? Compared to 2014? or? Give us some links, ask chatGPT post something

comment: Let's work with DATA not PERSONAL ANECDOTES


post:
America risks ‘moron premium’ after Trump’s tariffs chaos

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/busi…

comment: I think this headline gets it wrong. There’s a downward trend (indicating increased confidence) until past the 2nd. Tariffs were well publicized and priced in.

comment: There was additional talk about removing fed swaplines. Hedge fund basis trades blowing up. Failed 2year bond auction. Something happened. Just not tariffs.

comment: From what I've read it was a Japanese fund leveraged 60x on the 10Ys that blew up and they needed to pause the tariffs


topic_title: UFO of the day

post: lol this guy


topic_title: Space is the place

post: Saturn from JWST


topic_title: Grafician Hate Why?

post:
 There’s so much to unpack from your bag of bullshit.

“Again, tell us when was your last job? When were you Chief Marketing Officer? Where?" - grafician

Titles only seem to matter to you when you're trying to discredit someone else’s. Ironically, you’re the same guy who said 'titles are useless' five comments ago. Make up your mind.

"Advertising industry is not a T business, you confuse terms and act like an idiot again." - grafician

No, I’m using accurate terminology from industry reports and global market tracking. You’re the one shouting vague insults while Googling market cap numbers out of context like that proves your authority. Aren’t you the one that just said “nobody will visit the states” even though 700,000 people visited last month from the EU alone. FLOL!

"Publicis Groupe has a market cap of $22.28B..." - grafician

You just proved my point: market cap ≠ total industry size. Publicis isn’t the ad industry — it’s one player. Meanwhile, global advertising spend crossed $1 trillion in 2024. That’s what fuels the very UX products you work on.

"Do you know Publicis?" - grafician

Yes. I've actually worked with global agencies. But name-dropping agencies you haven’t worked at doesn’t make your app designs more valuable.

"I bet you worked all your life at some local company from junior to CMO..." - grafician

I love that you need that to be true so badly—like convincing yourself I only ever worked at some local agency somehow makes you taller. But the truth is, I’ve held design and creative positions, built campaigns, and shipped brand work seen by millions, think Chrysler, Jeep, AMEX, SEGA, NVIDIA for starters.

I created a post directly at you, with all of the brands I’ve worked for, and you responded, but because you can’t handle the truth I have to repeat myself again. If labeling me a loser and that I never worked at BBDO is what you require, then create your own little delusional freaky world.

"Post dumb charts to win dumb prizes." - grafician

AI generated that chart based on category traits, but it hit a nerve because even a bot can sense when someone’s compensating.

"What you're confusing is revenue from Google Ads, Facebook Ads... that go to tech companies!" - grafician

You’re literally describing media spend—the very thing that fuels the entire advertising ecosystem. You don’t seem to realize that whether it goes to Google or WPP or a content publisher, it’s still advertising. It's still the engine that drives awareness, installs, signups, and UX engagement.

"Don't confuse media budgets with advertising revenues." - grafician

I’m not. But you clearly confuse your role in the digital product team with dominance over the entire creative economy. UX is crucial. But without advertising, nobody shows up to your app. Nobody downloads it. Nobody even knows it exists. UX is the experience. Advertising is the invitation. Learn the difference.

You lie, you twist facts, you cherry-pick data to fit whatever narrative keeps your ego intact. You call people beneath you while offering nothing but sarcasm. You attack, then play the victim. You rant, then pretend you're above it all. And the second you’re called out, you pivot or disappear.

And now, you’re not part of the conversation anymore. You’re just background noise we’ve all learned to tune out. The only thing you have going for you around here is a thread that someone made because nobody likes you.

I’m done responding. I’m walking away because talking with you is like arguing with a malfunctioning pop-up ad: loud, misleading, and best ignored. The tech support for your ego has expired.

comment: I asked you directly were you worked. If you can't tell us that then shut up.

comment: You started with the career boastingNow go through and tell us

html_comment:
You started with the career boasting

Now go through and tell us

comment: You said you came up from junior to CMO at some agency? Where? When? What agency?

comment: Also you reek of insecurity coming back to this thread to post even more bullshit You're hilarious

comment: Your list of clients was half name dropping and more than half some anonymous local clients

comment: < all this I can disprove in 5 mins, it just shows you have no clue like I said about Advertising and product design

comment: < ALL talk, nothing to show for

html_comment: < ALL talk, nothing to show for

comment: Go figure, you don't know BBDO. HA!

html_comment: Go figure, you don't know BBDO. HA!

comment: Aaah so you can't post any job Then tell people I lie :)))

comment: Are you working now? What are you working on? Post some recent work

comment: You work at BBDO? Now? On what account? Show us some ads or some shit

comment: BBDO is a network, so in what city or local agency worked with BBDO? Michigan somewhere? Where Detroit? Probably Detroit as you mention car brands

comment: BBDO was done in Detroit as Chrysler went bankrupt no? You worked there? It was 2009 or 2010

comment: Ah yes the famous Troy office So any other agencies? Jobs? you mention all this experience

comment: No more answerrs? Silence? Nothing to add anymore?

comment: Read the last line of the post.

html_comment: Read the last line of the post.

comment: You're DONE alright :))

html_comment: You're DONE alright :))

comment: Pa paaa

html_comment: Pa paaa

comment: STOPTALKINGTOYOURSELFANDFUCKOFF

html_comment:
STOP
TALKING
TO
YOUR
SELF
AND
FUCK
OFF


comment: Video unavailableWhat a joke you are!

html_comment:
Video unavailable

What a joke you are!

comment: "Very available," like your dating status


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: Meme of the day

[User] Nairn

comment: Flol

html_comment: Flol

[User] MrT

comment: cheryl cole?

html_comment: cheryl cole?

comment: lol

html_comment: lol

[User] Akagiyama

comment: Err Mah Gerrrd!

html_comment: Err Mah Gerrrd!


topic_title: Official SFW Thread

[User] maquito

comment: Is it a pot with rainbow and cloud or is it DICK?

comment: Upside down could be a baby’s head with a very strong fist

comment: ^hehe

html_comment: ^hehe


topic_title: Comic Books ...

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Ha! Always excessive, the new baroque!

html_comment: Ha! Always excessive, the new baroque!


[User] canoe

comment: Must be working?

html_comment: Must be working?

comment: (you)

html_comment: (you)


post:
 "Anything else doesn't matter, we work for our clients not for the opinions of other designers..."

"No, not really, opinions of other designers after the work was completed and shipped are moot :))"

- grafician ...on one side of his cheek...

...and then on the other side of his cheek:

"Aaah so you can't post any job

Then tell people I lie :)))
grafician
Are you working now?

What are you working on?

Post some recent work
grafician
You work at BBDO?

Now?

On what account?

Show us some ads or some shit
grafician
BBDO is a network, so in what city or local agency worked with BBDO?

Michigan somewhere? Where Detroit?
Probably Detroit as you mention car brands
grafician
BBDO was done in Detroit as Chrysler went bankrupt no?

You worked there? It was 2009 or 2010
grafician
Ah yes the famous Troy office

So any other agencies?

Jobs?

you mention all this experience
grafician
No more answerrs?

Silence?

Nothing to add anymore?
grafician

He lives in a weird world where he says "Bitch, Get me some coffee" and doesn't think there's spit in his mug when it lands at the table.

You're the last person in the world I would go out of my way to impress. PLUS, I know you're not looking for clarity on my career and work, you're just looking to get some ammo

I put up a campaign I worked on a few years ago and you went ape shit despite liking my awesome font choice. (I only say it's awesome because you approved of it, so it MUST be awesome). But I thought I was the "font ignorant dork"?

Go fuck yourself. The tech support for your ego has expired.

[User] grafician

comment: Mate on those banners for amazon shop you got trashed by robo for not even using a grid :))

comment: This is not about impressing, this is about having a big mouth and nothing to back it up

comment: I GAVE YOU the font link because I knew the font by eye :))) I am not a font dork, all the designers I know KNOW fonts!

comment: I have a designer friend with an entire FONT SHOP I bet you can't even difference Arial from Helvetica

comment: You mentioned "craft" but you still ask us about fonts

comment: Design is 90% typography, if your skills are not up to that, how are you even a designer mate?

comment: I have now more confidence in robo's design skills than you being a big shot in Advertising :))

comment: Go here and read the comments https://www.qbn.com/…to see my adv experience lol

html_comment:
Go here and read the comments

https://www.qbn.com/…

to see my adv experience lol

comment: If you have other "campaigns" POST THEM :)) I'm posting my FIRST banners for you

comment: STOPTALKINGTOYOURSELFANDFUCKOFF


topic_title: Suggest a bad movie

post:
 Not sure if it was meant to be a comedy or a serious film.
Plot was thin, even for a Statham movie
-

comment: +1 pretty poor, and still opened better than Snow White


post: Will you two invite us to your wedding?


topic_title: religion

post: Oh my Gog!

[User] garbage


[User] prophetone

topic_title: WANT of the day

post: C Y B E R H O R S E  ! ! ! !

comment: can finally cop the Galaxy Rangers cosplayhttps://www.youtube.…

html_comment:
can finally cop the Galaxy Rangers cosplay
https://www.youtube.…

[User] formed

comment: neat, but I want my flying drone!

html_comment: neat, but I want my flying drone!

comment: I'll settle for a Mattel Hoverboard

html_comment: I'll settle for a Mattel Hoverboard


[User] Gardener

topic_title: RIP of the day

post: Max Romeo - reggae artist 80

comment: Rest in Power

html_comment: Rest in Power


post:
 Here you go @canoe searched my aarchives for banners, I think these are my first ones in the industry

We had a pitch or campaign for Vodafone (The Vodafone Foundation) I think it was CSR project or close

We did video banners back then nobody doing video Flash banners in the local market

We built huge red letters out of Vodafone's font (I can tell you the Vodafone font story in a different post if you want)

and asked our friends to go into Victoriei's Sq (in front of the Government building) to pose for video and pictures with the letters and make up nice words for the Foundation

Then we edited all that, then made the banners

My role was graphic designer and flash designer, I basically did all the visual work except the video filming editing etc.

The Apple imacs 2006 model back then were the white ones and using Flash they were fuming

It's all in Romanian but the main red letter words "ZAMBET" means "SMILE" and the banners were animated in loops, loading videos with different nice words, some had a "peal" effect depending on the media and websites they were displayed on

This was 2008 :)

So my first BANNERS were done for Vodafone

Yours?

Because you posting 5 years old banners with sloppy design doesn't cut it mate :)

comment: Here you go the date stamps https://i.imgur.com/…

comment: I also did an entire website for the campaign and lots more but you were boasting about your "amazing" banners for unknown amazon shops

comment: Agency: Odyssey Communication, it was the agency of Dinu Patriciu, the first Romanian billionaire, back then owner of Rompetrol

comment: This is the guy https://en.wikipedia…

html_comment:
This is the guy

https://en.wikipedia…

comment: He used to come to the agency and give us  talks about running business

comment: Back then I worked on accounts for Samsung, ABN Amro (later rebranded to RBS bank), Voda, Peroni, Fungate, Danone and lots of local smaller ones.

comment: So maybe YOU have more works you would like to show us? More stories to share? I would be glad to support you in opening the archives man Less bickering

comment: STOPTALKINGTOYOURSELFANDFUCKOFF


[User] Salarrue

topic_title: The Useful Thread

post:
The future of the internet is likely smaller communities, with a focus on curated experiences

https://www.theverge.com/press-r…

Presentation :

https://docs.google.com/presenta…


topic_title: Animation of the Day

comment: Wow really animation of the day!

html_comment: Wow really animation of the day!


topic_title: Illustration of the Day

post:
Done on Canva  (⌐⊙_⊙)
https://www.instagram.com/souths…

comment: ⊙_⊙

html_comment: ⊙_⊙

comment: what in the

html_comment: what in the

comment: If you know your shit, any app will do *claps*

comment: Qué trabajazo, tio!

html_comment: Qué trabajazo, tio!

[User] PonyBoy

comment: what is a W arbler?and where is N ortheastern Canada?

html_comment: what is a W arbler?<br>and where is N ortheastern Canada?

comment: Charlie Harper nods

html_comment: Charlie Harper nods

[User] bezoar

comment: Fuck yeah. Yellow Rump reprezent

html_comment: Fuck yeah. Yellow Rump reprezent

comment: I would love to watch a time lapse screen recording of this

comment: You can Torrent Illustrator, man.Good job, respect!

html_comment:
You can Torrent Illustrator, man.

Good job, respect!

[User] jagara

comment: Well done :D

html_comment: Well done :D

comment: Does Canva have gradient? I don't see any shape in their breasts, pretty flat. These are cool but are also kinda for-purchase-stock-l...

comment: @canoe: You can be Velázquez using Paint. Let the kids play ;)


topic_title: Donald Trump

post: "JUST IN: Trump says semiconductors will be exempt from higher China tariffs"

comment: LOL he is backing up on everthing! MEANWHILE China added more tariffs up to 125% of US goods

comment: So who is taking bets he will back up on all tariffs by end of the month? Or even sooner

comment: China switched to buying Soy from Brazil. And energy from Australia, they are drafting the contracts.

comment: He'll back down, eventually.  Like China says, he's a paper tiger [soon to be on fire].


comment: memes write themselves at this point

html_comment: memes write themselves at this point


[User] sted

topic_title: blog

post: While interviewing designers I learned one important lesson: People who aren't very creative tend to talk about the importance of the jobs and clients in their portfolios rather than sharing details about the work they've done and the ideas they've put into them.

comment: "pitch or campaign"

html_comment: "pitch or campaign"

[User] Continuity

comment: Noticed the same thing over the years.

html_comment: Noticed the same thing over the years.

[User] neverscared

comment: whats the ratio ?

html_comment: whats the ratio ?

comment: + do u give these suckers a  bold lecture or let them pass by not carrying about the fundamentals of the discipline ?

comment: which would make anyone a sucker too....

comment: Neither. You listen, write notes, thank them for their time in talking to you, and move on to the next candidate without further consideration. Easy.

comment: too easy... seeing what is fatal for the discipline  and keep quiet makes u complicit for not improving the designer and the collective......hire... or not...

[User] monNom

comment: Counterpoint to this: often it is a recruiter/HR who is interviewing. You’ll never see eyes glaze over faster than starting to talk about technical/creative.

comment: But you drop a name they recognize and associate to quality and you are golden.Probably the same with well known schools. In summary, know you audience.

html_comment: But you drop a name they recognize and associate to quality and you are golden.<br>Probably the same with well known schools. In summary, know you audience.

comment: "In summary, know you audience.monNom"Yurp. This.

html_comment:
"In summary, know you audience.
monNom"

Yurp. This.

comment: "and then coming here and sharing insights u dont like... classic cowardice backstabbing behaviour..." Just wtf are you talking about?

comment: The big brands and experience gets you in the door, the work you did gets you the job.

comment: "designers"

html_comment: "designers"

comment: I know past CDs that would judge ONLY logo work. "If they can tell a story in a 2 inch square then they can tell a story anywhere". Believdat!

comment: @neverscared I actually did that once, and we became good friends few months later when a common friend invited me to a party and the guy was there.

comment: @canoe True. I have Nike in my portfolio and that opened every single door in Budapest, but people were mostly interested in how we landed that client.

comment: the inside -- u share it with us here that they suck as creatives coz they only talk the importance of the  job but not the other stuff.. and u dont tell it to

comment: them but u tell us here.... thats classic badmouthing behind the back...not enough guts to open the mouth when its at...

[User] microkorg

comment: the loudest in the room is the weakest.

html_comment: the loudest in the room is the weakest.

comment: what? This is something I tell people outside the scope of work. This is my own conclusion based on my experience. It isn't specific to one person.

comment: Also it would be really weird to educate the candidates, not to mention that they are the ones who apply for a job...

comment: As a matter of fact I shared this with a lot of juniors few years back during the Portfolio Nights in Budapest.

comment: few years back-> decade ago

html_comment: few years back-> decade ago


topic_title: Video Games...

post: now that is going to be hot as fuck.

comment: Splatoon + Deadlink + The Finals?

html_comment: Splatoon + Deadlink + The Finals?

[User] MrT

comment: This new extraction shooter was a Mac exclusive in the mid 90s, and a shitload of fun.

[User] elahon

comment: MrT, I played this shit out of the originals back in the day on my Performa 550. Marathon and Marathon 2: Durandal were amazing!


topic_title: Hiphop like this.

[User] scruffics

comment: nice

html_comment: nice


topic_title: Vid of the Day - DESIGN

post:
 Ep.1: The pioneers of computer graphics 1960-1970

Ep.2: The pioneers of computer graphics - 1980s


[User] maquito

topic_title: Skateboarding.

comment: My office at 0:40 :P

html_comment: My office at 0:40 :P


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: AKIRA

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Tetsuoooo!!

html_comment: Tetsuoooo!!

comment: DRGS!

html_comment: DRGS!


topic_title: Guess Who...

comment: autoflavour, of course!

html_comment: autoflavour, of course!

comment: Lol

html_comment: Lol


post:
 Gorka say it'll be sound
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[User] BusterBoy

comment: Gorka must get tired of sucking Trump's cock.


[User] Gardener

comment: Why's the body of Christ all gooey ... ?


topic_title: Meme of the day

comment: Nice one Two Dogs...

html_comment: Nice one Two Dogs...


topic_title: The More You Know ★

post: hands up who else didn't have a full understanding of why there are 2 high tides per day...

[User] Ianbolton

comment: my hands are all the way up mate. Great video


topic_title: Food

post:
 Not ramen, for a change.
Not even tacos.

Pork gyros pita.
Felt like summer over here this weekend, and I was croaking for one of these.

Used this slightly-modified recipe from Akis Petretzikis (https://akispetretzikis.com/en... but changed its method to work like J Kenji Lopez-Alt's home tacos al pastor recipe/method (which I made and posted here a couple of years ago: https://www.qbn.com/reply/409051…), and a good thing, too. The whole "vertical skewer in the oven" business looks like it would be a pain in the ass.

I say "slightly modified" because I wanted to see if I could get a bit of smoky flavour that comes with real gyros from the fact the fat spatters and burns on the heating elements around the vertical spit, thus producing smoke that gets in the meat.

So I swapped out the sweet paprika for sweet pimentón de la Vera, the swapped the normal salt out for smoked salt, and left some pieces of pork come as close to carbonising as I could reasonably let them in the frying pan before serving.

Net result: detectable smokiness once cooked and good char from those select bits of almost-carbonised pork, but absolutely not obnoxious or out of place. Will continue to make it this way.

I didn't do the full recipe, though, just half. 1 kilo of pork is more than enough for one or two people. And yields enough meat to freeze in portions when cooked (I figure you'd got a good 10-12 gyros out of it, provided your portions aren't truly over-large).

Tzatziki is homemade, as are the pitas.

Potatoes are also home-made. Heston Blumenthal's triple-cooked chips, but with the sodium bicarbonate in the cooking water trick from Kenji to make them even more crispy. It works.

Yup. Fucking good stuff, this.
And yields enough meat to freeze in portions when cooked.

That's it. That's all I've got for you.

[User] pango

comment: fuck you!

html_comment: fuck you!

comment: That's enough out of you, Pre-Ground Pepper Boy!

[User] palimpsest

comment: Fuck you, with love.

html_comment: Fuck you, with love.

comment: like a boss

html_comment: like a boss

[User] PonyBoy

comment: fuck you, with love... and extra tzatziki(looks ridiculously tasty, dude) <3

html_comment: fuck you, with love... and extra tzatziki<br>(looks ridiculously tasty, dude) <3

comment: άι γαμήσου! ;)Dude that looks better than anything I’ve seen at actual gyro joints, droool!!

html_comment:
άι γαμήσου! ;)

Dude that looks better than anything I’ve seen at actual gyro joints, droool!!

[User] garbage

comment: good lord son

html_comment: good lord son

[User] Nairn

comment: *unzips fly

html_comment: *unzips fly

comment: Looks deeelish. I can almost hear those chips

[User] milfhunter

comment: looks fantastic!

html_comment: looks fantastic!

comment: yuuuum! i've been reading about fermenting potatoes slightly before cooking them and it sounds like something that would work well here.

[User] mrAtor

comment: Get in ma belly!

html_comment: Get in ma belly!

[User] canoe

comment: OPA!

html_comment: OPA!


post:
 Some new Mielgo goodness
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comment: So so good

html_comment: So so good

comment: Jesus, that's amazing. His style is so profoundly visual but the sound design is also brilliantly done too

[User] robthelad

comment: Goddam Bungie... you know how to make me want it.

comment: Wow.

html_comment: Wow.


[User] yuekit

topic_title: What are you listening to?

[User] CyBrainX

comment: I'm finally going to see these guys in October in Brooklyn. I've been a fan since the last millennium.


[User] Salarrue

topic_title: capitalism

comment: So people could 3d print a Tesla?

html_comment: So people could 3d print a Tesla?

[User] MrT

comment: Delete any reminder that all your patents are in someone else's name.

[User] instrmntl

comment: Say the two people that didn’t create a company but latched onto it and pretended to be founders.


[User] Krassy

post: I love you, QBN!


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: draw something

post:
 more big coats
(pencil, acrylic brush markers, acryla gouache and colour pencils on Polydraw transparent paper)
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https://imgur.com/a/udQQW2X


post:
 Apologies, the actual image
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comment: constant phan

html_comment: constant phan

[User] scruffics

comment: good shit

html_comment: good shit

[User] neverscared

comment: perfection

html_comment: perfection


topic_title: OTOMO

comment: Drooly. Total sidenote: I'm currently re-reading Akira and I'm still shocked at how booty the first color pages are in each one (Dark Horse).

comment: Is there some story behind that? It looks like watercolor fan art.


topic_title: Trailer Of The Day

post:
 weird one
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topic_title: canada

post:
 Looking for representational photos for a positioning presentation and this popped up out of context...

https://www.pexels.com/photo/low…


topic_title: Positive energy zones

comment: Time again that years of it.

html_comment: Time again that years of it.


topic_title: Pic of the Day

[User] cherub

comment: release the bitcoin, NOW!

html_comment: release the bitcoin, NOW!

comment: Tell me where Agent Mulder is, Cyber Ghost!

comment: lol

html_comment: lol


topic_title: Art of the Day Thread

post: That, Kenneth Noland, 1958-59


topic_title: Architecture of the Day

comment: that berlin wall flair

html_comment: that berlin wall flair

[User] grafician

comment: ai?

html_comment: ai?


post:
 Even the richest Americans face shorter lifespans than their European counterparts, study finds

A study by researchers at the Brown University School of Public Health found that Americans have poorer survival rates than Europeans across all wealth levels and detailed factors driving the disparity.

https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-…

comment: Come to Europe habibi

html_comment: Come to Europe habibi


topic_title: Space is the place

[User] Ianbolton

comment: How long do they witness zero-gravity for? I hope they have a great time and there's no catastrophic accidents.

comment: At least Bezos is confident enough sending his wife up to space. Doubt Elmo would do it.

comment: Does Elmo have a wife? And who know's, maybe these are all Bezo's ex's and this is their final journey in life?

comment: i heard  bezos is allowed to bang everyone as the initiation ritual...might be a rumor though...

comment: yes... its out.. shes is gonna perform a song on the trip.... glorious...

comment: Which one is Katy Perry?

html_comment: Which one is Katy Perry?

comment: the one in the blue suit.

html_comment: the one in the blue suit.

comment: charlie's angels?

html_comment: charlie's angels?

comment: As you shoot across the sky... Baby, you're a fireworkCome on, let your colors burstMake 'em go, "Oh, oh, oh"

html_comment:
As you shoot across the sky
... Baby, you're a firework
Come on, let your colors burst
Make 'em go, "Oh, oh, oh"

comment: meanwhile, the husbands: https://i.imgur.com/…


topic_title: making beats

post:
There's tons of paid-for versions of this FREE tool online where they will separate any tune/sample into their individual stems (ie. drums, bass, guitar and vocals). I find it massively useful for sampling stuff. Definitely worth checking out.

https://ultimatevocalremover.com…


topic_title: Living Off the Grid

[User] maquito

comment: want

html_comment: want


topic_title: State of QBN 2025

comment: Make tomorrow better pleeeease god?

html_comment: Make tomorrow better pleeeease god?

comment: Better please god make tomorrow!

html_comment: Better please god make tomorrow!

[User] monospaced

comment: fuck god

html_comment: fuck god

comment: ^ Agreed, at what point do we stop pretending about Santa Claus?

comment: semblance of the bottom of a bullet makes it even more despondent


topic_title: I want to go to there

comment: Kyoto

html_comment: Kyoto

[User] Continuity

comment: Me, too.Sigh.

html_comment: Me, too.<br>Sigh.

comment: I'd love to go back.

html_comment: I'd love to go back.

comment: I'd love to go back too

html_comment: I'd love to go back too


comment: D E E P

html_comment: D E E P

comment: That last 'w' is giving me anxiety.

html_comment: That last 'w' is giving me anxiety.

comment: u get what u deserve

html_comment: u get what u deserve

comment: Don't we just we see what it says?

html_comment: Don't we just we see what it says?

[User] Nairn

comment: Set by someone blind.

html_comment: Set by someone blind.


topic_title: Grafician Hate Why?

post: You guys done?

comment: I feel like you've said that before

html_comment: I feel like you've said that before

comment: You bumped this after two days of it being done.

comment: Sorry mono, I'm a dick.

html_comment: Sorry mono, I'm a dick.

[User] kingsteven


[User] stewart

topic_title: Logo of the Day

post: Working with a logo of a big tech brand. Can't say who. But my lord, this is bad. It's in every outline file they have.

comment: Zoom level 30k

html_comment: Zoom level 30k


post:
 She kinda looks like a frog.

SPACE FROG