{"id":1109,"date":"2022-02-04T18:00:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T23:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-science-mouse\/"},"modified":"2023-07-10T15:02:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T19:02:19","slug":"sketchbook-science-mouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-science-mouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Sketchbook \/\/ Science Mouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A really, <em>really<\/em> rough sketch of an idea. Sometimes I just need to get something out of my head. Now I know that this &#8211;if I were to finish it&#8211;needs to be less rectangular and\/or less in profile. And a background.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1165\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-science-mouse\/img_5224-small\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5224-Small-rotated.jpg?fit=480%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"480,640\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 8 Plus&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1641390849&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0083333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sketch-science-mouse\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;loosely sketched mouse scientist looking at a simmering flask of something&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5224-Small-rotated.jpg?fit=480%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1165\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5224-Small-rotated.jpg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"a mouse scientist looks at a simmering flask\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5224-Small-rotated.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5224-Small-rotated.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A really, really rough sketch of an idea. Sometimes I just need to get something out of my head. Now I know that this &#8211;if I were to finish it&#8211;needs to be less rectangular and\/or less in profile. And a background.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1165,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[298],"tags":[332,14,333,252],"class_list":["post-1109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patreon","tag-alchemy","tag-mouse","tag-science","tag-sketchbook"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phmexg-hT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1196,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-mouse-mage\/","url_meta":{"origin":1109,"position":0},"title":"Sketchbook \/\/ Mouse Mage","author":"Kir","date":"20 May 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Myrtle the Mouse Mage (from my sketchbook)","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/8640e7f121ad0f1bc5e9cf7388eec18a.jpg?fit=774%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/8640e7f121ad0f1bc5e9cf7388eec18a.jpg?fit=774%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/8640e7f121ad0f1bc5e9cf7388eec18a.jpg?fit=774%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/8640e7f121ad0f1bc5e9cf7388eec18a.jpg?fit=774%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1851,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-mouse-maker\/","url_meta":{"origin":1109,"position":1},"title":"Sketchbook \/\/ Mouse Maker","author":"Kir","date":"20 September 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Is he packing things to ship? 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