To elaborate on the "Default Excluded Tags" thing, I implemented it because, while I primarily use impart to organize my own art, I at least wanted to have the option to organize comms, trades and fanart I've gotten as well, so now I can see all that art side by side with my own if I feel like it :)
Arastryx@storyteller.monster · last mo.Just released an update for Impart! Mostly small QOL stuff, but it feels good to get back into the swing of things :)
![Default Excluded Tags:
You can now flag tags as "Excluded by Default". Tags that are excluded by default are automatically excluded when launching the app and when clearing the tag selection. Useful if you have files which you'd like to track in Impart that you don't necessarily want to browse every time you open the app!
Other Stuff:
When editing the tags on a file, tags are now ordered by their order in the side bar (instead of whatever order they were originally assigned in)
Alternatively, the tags may be ordered alphabetically, configurable via the new "Tagging" options screen
Added a new "Displayed Files" filter in the search bar filters which lets you choose which type of files to display (image files only, non-image files only, etc)
Accidentally added the wrong directory to Impart? You can now halt file indexing via the little drop down menu on the indexing panel!
You can now detach a source file from an image file (from the right click menu on the image)
When a non-image file with tags gets associated with an image file, that image file now inherits those tags (can be disabled in the Tagging options)
You can now disable showing the patch notes on update
You can now also view the patch notes manually from the "Updates" options screen
Finally fixed a bug where tag selection would be ignored while the app was starting up
The app now has logs! They can be found at [USER]/AppData/Roaming/impart/logs/main.log on Windows and [USER]/.config/impart/logs/main.log on Linux
Added some additional empty results images!
Fixed an error being thrown when trying to delete a tag category that contains tags that are attached to files
Fixed an edge case where dragging a tag while bulk tagging files would break the whole interface
Uninstalling Impart now also properly clears out the app data on Windows
Updated electron, typescript and a few other small packages](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dkfwxpthk7hqu466fwziach4/bafkreibka6l4k6klhty4b73lxqknjrcrejcbivv3wteyqfhwagokw2bohe)
I guess this is a good time to say that I have indeed joined art fight this year. I originally considered skipping it, but figured "ah what the hell" and joined anyway. Was thinking if I don't end up drawing anything, I can just join spec later on, but lo and behold, I've already made an attack haha
What's the general consensus on species-as-characters for Art Fight? I'm starting to run out of meaningful characters to make pages for, but I do have lots of open species that I'm really passionate about but for which no specific character exists
Was just exploring around on google street view, and I just happened to stumble upon Michel Bassompierre's "Fragile Giants" in NY and now I'm completely obsessed en.bassompierre.fr/newyork
"Fragile Giants" in New York | Bassompierre
Exhibition of the animal sculptor Michel BASSOMPIERRE in New York.
en.bassompierre.fr
A parallax experiment I've been messing around with lately. This is running in the browser and moves with your cursor
This is maybe the most niche thing ever, but I was introduced to the works of Sabin Bălașa by @deviinit.bsky.social the other day, and I Literally Can't Stop Thinking About This Design.
It's become a tradition of sorts that on new years eve, I just open a canvas and draw whatever comes to mind, so here's this I suppose
Today marks one year since I released my gallery organization tool, Impart. To celebrate, the app has been updated with Linux support! arastryx.itch.io/impart
A little me lore: For the past nine years, it's been a little tradition of mine to try draw something out of my comfort zone on Halloween. I just started this year's pic now, but I have no idea if it's gonna come together at all, so for the time being, here's a couple of pics from previous years!
I've been really captivated by the Skate Story trailer that dropped the other day and it's had me thinking. I feel like there's such a fine art to this sort of thing; to pack something so enthralling in only a minute or two. I've been wondering, is there a trailer that you still think about?
Inspiration is so funny to me. This last month, I've had like zero motivation to draw, and then the other day, I misread a sign that says "Tour" as "Taur", and now I want to draw 500 taurs
Unfortunately, the used laptop fell through, so instead, I'll be doing plan B, which is just biting the bullet and setting up WSL on my tower (which I'll do after I upgrade to W11). I've got a busy next few months in front of me, so it might be a while, but I haven't forgotten about this!!!!
Arastryx@storyteller.monster · last yr.Figured I should mention since it came up this morning, but in case anyone's curious, I'll be getting a used computer at some point this summer that I plan on converting to a Linux box, and once I've got that set up, I'll finally be doing up a Linux build for Impart :)
Maybe it's because they're designed around abstract nostalgia, but there's something I find so indescribably comforting and cozy about weirdcore stuff and I always wonder if the feeling is mutual. I'm legit addicted to those "weirdcore images with so-and-so soundtrack" vids