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Top 5 musical - February, 2025 Friends! Finally the month of February has ended, and it has been a month that has left us certain variants in our musical list, with bands that belong to different eras but not of language. And then we will see which ones have been positioned in our count. It should be remembered that this list is part of my profile on LastFM, a social network that has my statistics on music plays, and linked in turn with Spotify. Now, without further ado…
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Recycling cardboard tubes We usually throw away the cardboard tubes that come from toilet paper because of their null usefulness, but, it turns out that if they can be given a new function, and it is about the creation of small boxes that can be given for gifts among other things. Now, next we will see how its elaboration is carried out. 1- once we have a cardboard tube within reach, the first thing we are going to do is crush it, and then with the use of a ruler to point…
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New drawing: Link not Zelda Friends, we are back with our drawings and this time in cartoon style, focusing on the character of Link, who belongs to the world of Zelda -many people tend to confuse both characters. This is an easy drawing to do in a few steps. Now, next we will see how our work was done. And without further ado, let's start. 1- The first thing we are going to do is to take a piece of cardboard, where we are going to draw a couple of lines in the shape of a…
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New drawing: Spider-Man We continue with the presentation of new drawings, and this time it's time to see the process for the elaboration of Spider-Man's inking. A drawing that I know that many of you will like because of the character and because of how simple it is to create. Now, without further ado, let's start. 1- we start with the creation of the sketch, where we have previously drawn some lines in the form of a cross to place us in the center of the sheet. 2- once we…
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New drawing: Spider-Man (Pen Version) We continue with more drawings, and for this opportunity we will present the pen version of Spider-Man. This work unlike the previous one takes more time, since, to give shape (volume) to the character you must draw line by line until you can complete the image. Now, without so many detours, let's start. 1- we create a sketch of the character (this is a duplicate that comes from the previous work). 2- then, we start to draw the lines…
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Short story: The accounting of the roots Lucas Herrera had been sleeping three hours a day since he ran Titanium Corp. His insomnia had the mechanical rhythm of the factories he oversaw: intermittent, productive, relentless. Every night, in his smoked-glass penthouse, he mentally organized quarterly balance sheets while the city skyline flickered like a giant casino. The first warning came on a Tuesday at 3:47 AM. A sound of claws scraping marble brought him out of his…
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Short story: The Rebirth of the Pencil Chapter 1: The Balconies of Resistance The morning woke up to the sun filtering through the cracks of Luciano's apartment, illuminating stacks of unsold comics and cups of cold coffee that seemed to have lost their aroma. The walls, covered with sketches of superheroes with defeated expressions, kept the echo of their sighs. He was tearing up another drawing, throwing the corners to the ground, when a dry knock on the window startled…
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Short story: Deepfake: The Price of a Pixel The air in the room was dense, impregnated with the aroma of burnt coffee and overheated wires. Luna was in front of her impressive curved triple screen, where 12,000 spectators were anxiously waiting for her next *headshot* on *Valorant*. The LED lights that adorned her space began to flicker, creating an atmosphere of tension and expectation. -Today we get to Radiant or we die trying - he announced with a forced smile that could…
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Short story: Ghost Code: the Hidden Network of the Digital Gods Chapter 1: The Price of the 2% The air in the backstage of the *Neon Nexus* stadium was dense, charged with the hum of overheated computers and the acidic aroma of machine coffee. Don Ramón, the manager of Fénix Digital, slid four USB sticks on the metal table in front of the computer. His eyes, surrounded by dark shadows, shone with a mixture of desperation and ambition. "This will give them the two percent…
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Short story: The Shadow of the Tenth Floor: A novel of mystery and suspense Chapter 1: The Echoes of the Past The Luminares building stood like a wounded giant in the heart of the city. Their windows reflected the nervous flickering of the police lights, as the crowd, hungry for drama, squeezed behind the yellow cordon. Valeria Márquez parked her car in front of the place she had sworn never to step on again. The aroma of recent rain mixed with the smoke from the cigarettes…
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Short story: 📘 The Spectrum Of Capital: A symphony of greed and chaos BOOK ONE: THE ROOTS OF COLLAPSE Chapter 1: The Whisper of the Numbers Washington was lying under a leaden sky when Alexander Voss, the 48th president of the United States, discovered that the world was bleeding out. His office, a sanctuary of walnut wood and crisscrossed flags, smelled of adrenaline and stale coffee. On his desk, a Treasury report showed figures that danced like demons: 90 billion dollars…
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Short story: Love in Binary Code: A contemporary romantic novel Chapter 1: Algorithms and Hearts Madrid, Autumn 2025 Elena Martín, a 28-year-old freelance translator, was sliding her finger over *GlobHeart* with skepticism. The app promised connections based on cultural affinities, not leaked photos. Among profiles of men posing with fish or quoting Nietzsche, one stopped her: - Liam_ChefNZ: *"35 years. I cook Asian fusions and I think love tastes better without borders. PS:…
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New drawing: manga style I have titled this way because, the following drawing is based on a real image, which was drawn in manga style. I had to look for some references to know how to adapt, specifically, the mouth; since I am not used to doing this kind of drawing. In short, I stepped out of my comfort zone for a moment, and this was the result. I hope you like it. 1- as already mentioned above, the image that is being real is an advertising model, a magazine clipping…
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New drawing: boy in the air This is another drawing that is based on a real one, that is, on a real model that, in which it adapts to the anime aesthetic. A drawing that has been made only with graphite pencils of different shades. Now, we'll see how it was done next, so without further ado let's get started. 1- as mentioned above the reference image is based on a photograph of a model for advertising. 2- what we have to do at this point is a silhouette of his figure on a…
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Short story: The Traces of Understanding The studio fan was humming in sync with the ticking of the analog clock that Marcos had personally calibrated. His fingers drummed a Fibonacci sequence on the table as he reviewed the financial report for the eleventh time. "Twelve. Only twelve," he muttered, nibbling at the cap of his purple marker pen, the only one that allowed strokes of exactly 0.5 mm. Javier burst in like a hurricane of disorder, his coffee-stained leather jacket…
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Fake news: The Black Snake: Chronicle of a Collapsed Narco Empire in Nortemar *NORTEMAR, March 17, 2025* In the shadows of the capital of Moderna, a fictional country in the heart of North America, one of the darkest stories of modern drug trafficking was hatched. "La Serpiente Negra", a well-known South American cartel, managed to infiltrate the social and political fabric of the country through a network of bribes to border officials and strategic alliances with local…
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Short story: The Cartographer le te Soul: A novel about the maps we weave when we get lost --- BOOK ONE: THE THRESHOLDS Chapter 1: The Pendulum of Questions In the early morning of March 14, Luna Rodríguez stopped understanding the language of her own life. He was on his balcony on the 7th-B floor of Jacarandas Street, watching the city unfold its mantle of trembling lights. At the table, his open agenda showed the routine engraved with fire: *"8:30 budget meeting, 13:00…
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Short story: The roots of the tree In the Valley of the Shadows, a secluded village among mountains, women were seen as guardians of the home, in charge of taking care of the children, preparing food and keeping the house in order. Men, on the other hand, occupied public spaces and made all the important decisions. Women could not attend meetings or participate in debates; their voice had no place outside the walls of their homes. However, Maria, a curious and restless young…
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Short story: The Weaver of Memories The city of Hierapolis stood like a grey stone reliquary, its cobbled streets guarded by statues of exemplary mothers carved from ashen marble. Among those figures with serene faces and prominent bellies, Luna walked with her wool basket hiding rolls of silk dyed with pigments extracted from night beetles. His workshop—an abandoned cistern under the old inn on the Street of Whispers-smelled of ancient moisture and lantern oil. There,…
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Short story: Germ of Insurrection The sky was a festering wound of toxic clouds. Aisha walked between abandoned greenhouses, her left boot crunching on broken glass impregnated with acid rain. She had been growing the *Night Goddess* for three years in stolen trial capsules, feeding her roots with tears filtered through a home distiller. The plant fluoresced in violet tones at lunar contact, a bioluminescent spectrum that was hidden under rotten planks of the underground.…
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Short story: The Language of Broken Bodies Under a sky tinged with amber by the dust of the desert, Al-Sahar breathed between adobe walls and silences carved by dint of traditions. In this corner of the world where women walked with their eyes fixed on the earth, 17-year-old Zara drew invisible maps with her bare feet. The deafness, acquired after a fever in childhood, had sharpened his perception of vibrations: he felt the rustling of palm leaves, the distant drumming of…
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Short story: The Ashes of Memory The town of Santa Clara clung to the hillside like an ancient scar, its dirt streets marked by the passage of years and the weight of history. In an adobe hut, on the edge of the forest, Elena was rocking her granddaughter Lucia in front of the fire that crackled like an old accomplice. The flames drew bird shadows on the walls, and Grandma whispered stories that seemed to come from the very heart of the earth. "Stories are seeds—" Elena was…
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New Drawing: Captain America (Video Game version) Friends, we are back again in our New Drawings section, where we will be showing the step by step for the elaboration in this case of one of the most famous Marvel characters, Captain America. This Captain America, is neither more nor less than a version belonging to the Marvel vs Capcom 2 video game that came to seem for the Sega Dreamcast console, in the year 2000. Now, without further ado let's get started with our work.…
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Recycling paper tubes Normally the toilet paper tubes are usually thrown away after the paper is finished, but, it turns out that if we can give it a new use. Next, we will see how to transform these tubes into small boxes that can be ideal for containing personal items or gift wrapping. So without further ado let's get started. 1- what we are going to do once we have obtained the free paper tubes is to crush them with our hands. Then, on the side we mark a distance of 1 cm…
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Creating a small bag with jean fabric We continue with more publications about recycling, and this time it's time to see how we can recycle a Jean pants that is in disuse due to wear issues to turn it into a small bag. So without so much detours let's see how this work was done. 1- we start with the removal of the fly of the trousers with a cutter, since one of the parts that is best preserved in good condition and in turn will be very useful to us. 2- taking advantage of…
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New Drawing: SpongeBob SquarePants We are back with a new drawing, and this time it is the famous SpongeBob SquarePants; which will be made only with black ink pen. An easy and fun drawing to make. So without further ado let's see how this work was made. 1- as usual, we start with the creation of a couple of crossed lines between each other, this in order to be able to place ourselves exactly in the center of the sheet, and then, create a silhouette of the character that we…
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New Drawing: Spider-Man Greetings, friends. It is a pleasure to be among you to present a new drawing, which is based on the very famous Spider-Man. And this drawing that will be made in just 3 steps you will be able to appreciate the whole process that was carried out to create it using only black ink pen; which in other words, is being a lineart. Now, without further ado let's get started. 1- we start as always with the tracing of a couple of lines in the form of a cross,…
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Creating a bag with recycled materials We are back with our recycling section in which we will see next the elaboration of a small bag with pants fabric; and on the other hand, the extraction of the fly of a Jean. This is a somewhat slow process because we have to take into account that this work was done 100% by hand. If in your case, you have a sewing machine, be sure that you will do it in a few minutes. Now, let's move on to see the step by step in this tutorial. 1- we…
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Short story: A Hot and Dangerous Sunday It was one of those Sundays that seem to melt the city. The sun was shining with a scorching intensity, and hot air was filtering through every corner, even in the Rodríguez's apartment, located on the top floor of a tall building. The family tried to cope with the heat in the best possible way: Carlos, the father, was sitting on the balcony reading the newspaper, Maria, his wife, was preparing a refreshing lemonade in the kitchen, and…
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Short story: The mystery in the streets of downtown It was a gray and heavy afternoon in the heart of the city center. The clouds, dense and threatening, were gathering over the buildings like a harbinger of a storm. The streets were congested, full of cars moving at a slow pace, with horns blaring in a chaotic symphony. The passers-by were walking hurriedly, dodging each other, each one immersed in his own worries. Among them, a man was walking along the sidewalk, observing…