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I feel that since reaching level 40, every level up has become extremely difficult.

It took me 3 years to reach level 40, and it might take another 6 years to reach level 80... provided that I'm still around then.

I’m currently playing SnowRunner and have recommended it to others.

For me, the atmosphere matters more than the off-roading itself: driving a Tatra truck across a "cyber-Russia" to haul various cargoes, with absolutely no one—not even a trace of human presence—around me. I can truly clear my mind and simply enjoy the solitude of that slow, steady journey.

I don't think anyone could fail to love the Union Pacific 4014 "Big Boy," and I’m certainly no exception.
My N-scale JR train collection averages about $30 per car, yet a single N-scale Union Pacific 4014 costs $250. That price point rivals mid-to-high-end 1:18 scale die-cast car models.

If you step up to an HO-scale metal model, be prepared to spend upwards of $1,000. As far as I recall, there is only one type of car model with a market price higher than that.

Ever since I started working on these reconstruction projects, whenever I come across something—whether online or in real life—I find myself thinking, "Hmm, I could incorporate this into my plans."
As the list of potential projects grows, they begin to clash with one another; I then have to scrutinize the details of each prototype to determine the ultimate winner of this "reconstruction project battle royale."

I have a habit of taking a "hero shot" of every build I create, and I think the results turn out quite well—they have a genuine photographic quality. Yet, when I actually pick up the camera myself, I struggle to take good photos; in fact, there are only two or three shots I’m truly satisfied with.

I attribute this to external factors—after all, I’m not Jim Carrey in *Bruce Almighty*; I can’t just snap my fingers and alter the environment of the entire planet.

Endless revisions! Endless revisions! Endless revisions!

On average, new data arrives every single day that overturns the layout I had previously hypothesized!

I really want to turn a blind eye, but my professional integrity tells me I have to make the corrections.

So, don't attempt a "reconstruction without blueprints"—your life will truly become miserable.

I’ve started cleaning up the mess—structural misalignments and the like—caused by a previous, overly enthusiastic editing session.

I highly recommend the "build first, install later" approach for projects like MZK; it provides a necessary buffer. If you discover a need for adjustments after installation, you can simply undo the install, rather than having to hunt down specific additions amidst a complex, tangled structure. Otherwise, they'd end up like me, having to destroy things I already had in place just to fine-tune the position of each pillar...

I began modeling the structure for levels 1 through 4. The columns here are concrete, yet—surprisingly—they feature corbels extending from their tops. This situation is relatively rare in current building structural design.

At first, I assumed the floor slabs were steel, but the flaking paint didn't look right for steel, and the surface showed signs of weathering characteristic of concrete. I then considered whether they might be prestressed beams, but with a span of only 8 meters, prestressing wouldn't typically be necessary.

Later, after researching some Soviet architectural structural designs, I found that this "corbel" design was actually quite common, which I'm a little unclear about.

1. All Sketchbook Journey entries have been copied over to Neocities. Difference in when a new entry is uploaded to PMC/Neocities depends on circumstance, but should continue to be unnoticed.



2. Cara.app seems to be testing a new anti-scraping measure that causes embedded images (like here on PMC) to disapear after a while; so I've changed the image hosting to Neocities, which should let the images I embed in wall-posts (and on my PMC profile) stay up. My apolegies if you saw one of my wallposts without an image and just thought "what is bro talking about???"

Old expression doodles (never uploaded the full page (until now))

🎶We've come too far to give up who we are.🎶

🎶So let's raise the bar and our cups to the stars.🎶

Certain Grass’s interpretation of the lyrics:

When you finally realize you are "creating a terrifying monstrosity in Minecraft," you find there is no turning back—simply because you have already done so much.

So, your only choice is to see it through to the end; after all, the result is something you can be proud of for a long time to come.

Based on the video, MZK's side room was clearly used as a stairwell. I am currently using "Pale Oak" series blocks to construct the railing—merely as a placeholder—and plan to replace them with "Poplar" series blocks once I update to version 26.3. The side room is divided into two sections by a partition: one is the aforementioned stairwell, while the other is presumably an elevator shaft, though no footage exists of that area. In accordance with the project's "prudent" guidelines, I will not restore this site until I find concrete evidence.

It's a shame to think that such an exquisite structure will eventually be crammed into this "boring" big box.

By the way, I’ve already flown 21,000 kilometers in this world—a distance that would take me all the way from here to Argentina.

This is a question I get asked all the time: Will AI replace creators? My personal answer is: even with tools more powerful than GPT-Astra, AI will not replace creators.

To use Minecraft build as an example: beginners learning WorldEdit or Axiom's builder will be led astray by the tools they have for a while. The result is that the entire building looks like a combination of various default effects. Only through long-term learning and critical thinking will the builder gradually shift from being "controlled by the tools" to "controlling the tools themselves."

So, will AI really replace creators? I only think that AI will make creators with critical thinking skills even more powerful.

Quick Brutus portrait

Do you prefer:
1. Finished illustrations, but roughly only 1 wall-post per month
or
2. Sketches, but a wall-post once a week

(Hint: Your answer will effect my uploads)

I got so engrossed in watching movies that I started rewatching more science fiction films.

Some of these movies were in HDR, which I originally intended to watch comfortably on TV, but it got too late. So I had to watch them on my computer's SDR screen with the brightness turned up.

There's also a classic segment: picking out engineering design problems from frame by frame in the film, just for fun. Of course, I'm also looking for prototypes for my next Minecraft build.

Noticed odd behaviour of mine: If I tell someone I'm doing something, I stop doing that thing. If I don't tell anyone that I'm doing something, I keep doing it.

(Most people know I'm drawing, so I've stopped doing it. Few people know (or care) that I have a website --> can't stop working on it)

Am I weird or is this normal? Feels normal to me, but I'm starting to question it
Edit: When I say "I've stopped doing it" in reference to drawing --> I haven't quit, but I've significantly cut down on what I put into it.

Personal life has been taking up much of my time unfortunately, but I do hope to upload lots of cool art before the year ends :D

Let's get back to MZK's work.

I'm currently working backwards on the design of the side room (stairwell), and I have to say that my civil engineering degree has been a great help to me.

Floors 1 through 4 are concrete structures, so we will not proceed with their construction for the time being.