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Ash Dickens
@benzy.bsky.social
3d Character artist, big nerd, She/her They/them.
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time to be loud about this terrible decision.

discord.com/company-info...
February 9, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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Ive gotta see my neurologist and pcp next week to follow up w/ hospital stay. Need help w/ transportation costs and copay for appointments. Im sorry. I know ask for a lot. Im very sorry. This is literally Neverending.
I have an art book for #tyreecomic ! It's 62 pages at $10! Not only does it have art but I have some brief guides into my page process as well. There is even stuff I havent released publicly in it! It's a great way to support me currently and get a glimpse into my obsession

ko-fi.com/s/f5c5cebbd6
February 4, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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February 6, 2026 at 11:08 AM
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Made a Lucy. Hair is starting making a lot more sense now!
February 5, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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FOUND IT!

For anyone else trying to figure out frame by frame in MOHO.

On frame 0, Create new layer and choose frame by frame. The option will only be there on frame 0.
Its still vector too.

THANK GOODNESS. I was losing my mind.
February 3, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Reposting this Moho animation because of the Adobe animate shit happening. Keep in mind I'm not an animator and this was the first thing I made in Moho. So if this is what I can manage in a day of farting around learning the program just imagine what people who know how to animate can do with it.
A little moho animation I did awhile back.
February 4, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Jumping on the bandwagon to say that Moho is awesome, and pretty easy to pick up using their tutorials on YouTube. I'd definitely recommend it.
If anyone else wants an Adobe Animate alternative, I can’t recommend Moho enough. It’s affordable, it’s efficient, it’s been used in feature films from Cartoon Saloon like Wolfwalkers, and the best part…NO Ai whatsoever.
February 4, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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Can comfirm from MN, as can anyone who lives here, that not a THING has changed except little Bovino isnt peacocking around the streets anymore. And there hasn’t been a third high-profile murder of a white person yet.

But the gestapo attacks haven’t stopped. At all! bsky.app/profile/jyse...
ICE hasn't stopped brutalizing people or shredding the Constitution, it's just that corporate media turned the camera as the call for action got too loud and the Democrats stepped in and made sure the issue got changed.

If you sit for a second, you'll recognize that's what happened with BLM, too.
February 3, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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Moho and Blender working together? Yes 🧉 Check out these beautiful 2D characters illustrated by Alfredo Cáceres, rigged and animated in Moho, breathing into the amazing 3D scene created by Rodrigo Sauré.

#mohoanimation #2drigging #mohopro #gltf #3dblender #blenderartists #blender #blender3d #b3d
February 2, 2026 at 10:27 AM
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If anyone else wants an Adobe Animate alternative, I can’t recommend Moho enough. It’s affordable, it’s efficient, it’s been used in feature films from Cartoon Saloon like Wolfwalkers, and the best part…NO Ai whatsoever.
February 3, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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February 2, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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Godzilla doodle 😈✏️
February 2, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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So many productions use this fucking software.
You've got a month now to recreate your entire fucking pipeline in another program, and all your previous work is useless, bye

Fucking insane. To do this so fast with no warning has to be criminal
uuuuuuuuuuuuuuhh...
February 2, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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> Alison Luchs, who has worked at the National Gallery of Art for 47 years, agreed to learn Gen Z slang and make videos because she wanted to raise interest in the museum’s art.
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> She never expected to slay.

stolen from https://wapo.st/4qIqlTl

#nationalgalleryofart #genz #slang #art #maiolica
January 31, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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Um. So. Hospital stay #5 cuz i can't breathe & nearly blind in right eye. Gotta talk w/ a neurologist and do further testing and may or may not be getting a shunt to treat my IIH. So uhhhh if you want a book....yeah. Im sorry. I know this is ridiculous.
I have an art book for #tyreecomic ! It's 62 pages at $10! Not only does it have art but I have some brief guides into my page process as well. There is even stuff I havent released publicly in it! It's a great way to support me currently and get a glimpse into my obsession

ko-fi.com/s/f5c5cebbd6
February 1, 2026 at 11:13 PM
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Page 38 is up for #tyreecomic over on patreon & kofi! Lettering by @rayday.bsky.social ! Thanks for your continued patience this month! My health sadly has drastically worsened, but that's why buffers exist.
www.patreon.com/posts/149605...
ko-fi.com/portaltohade...
January 31, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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this handful of independent journalists (my former colleagues at Motherboard) do more impactful journalism than 75% of the corporate tech press on a fraction of the budget
SCOOP: 404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, a tool Palantir made for ICE which brings up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.

The full user guide here:
Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE
404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
www.404media.co
January 31, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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BREAKING: Bernie Sanders is introducing an amendment to cut ICE’s $75 billion funding increase, and to use those funds to restore the federal cuts to health care.
January 30, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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Wild that there was an open lane called "what if we just explain things clearly to people?" and he's the first one to ever fill it
The City’s Budget is our future. And you deserve to know how it works.
January 30, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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I've decided that I want to use my streams to fundraise for aid for Minnesotan citizens during this ongoing ice crisis

ALL money raised via my ko-fi will be donated to one or more of the charity links here: linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid

If anyone has input, those from MN especially, I'd welcome feedback
@mplsmutualaid | Linktree
Clearinghouse of mutual aid for our neighbors
linktr.ee
January 25, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.

Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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Still at $0, truly anything will help out a lot here.
Hey folks, I realized that I'm in the storm impact area - not as bad as Appalachia and the South, but still in the footprint - which means I really need to get food and supplies in. I'm at $0/1000 so far, so honestly anything helps.
Pay Colonel Bosch's Mech Hanger
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paypal.me
January 22, 2026 at 1:36 PM
We're Back with big naturals
Improve a movie title by adding "With Big Naturals"
January 22, 2026 at 2:40 PM