Brian Chan
@brianchandesigns.bsky.social
Designer of origami, costumes, and mechanical things. Occasional luthier. Keeper of ants and guinea pigs.
Figure drawing practice, Apple pencil on Ipad with Sketchbook App.
Drawn at the Boston Figurative Art Center.
Drawn at the Boston Figurative Art Center.
March 31, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Figure drawing practice, Apple pencil on Ipad with Sketchbook App.
Drawn at the Boston Figurative Art Center.
Drawn at the Boston Figurative Art Center.
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"Here's what GPT had to say" has the same energy as a toddler who walks into the room and says "Look what I found in the toilet!"
March 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"Here's what GPT had to say" has the same energy as a toddler who walks into the room and says "Look what I found in the toilet!"
Figure drawing practice from the Boston Figurative Art Center. Digital drawing done with Ipad.
March 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Figure drawing practice from the Boston Figurative Art Center. Digital drawing done with Ipad.
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Any time someone says they used AI for something I immediately take them less seriously. It is not able to do the jobs we ask it to do with any reliable amount of accuracy, AND it was built off of stolen data.
February 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Any time someone says they used AI for something I immediately take them less seriously. It is not able to do the jobs we ask it to do with any reliable amount of accuracy, AND it was built off of stolen data.
And it's done! Now I have a posable hand model for costume mannequins and for drawing practice.
#hand
#mannequin
#3dprinting
#hand
#mannequin
#3dprinting
February 18, 2025 at 3:41 AM
And it's done! Now I have a posable hand model for costume mannequins and for drawing practice.
#hand
#mannequin
#3dprinting
#hand
#mannequin
#3dprinting
Check out my current project: I'm making a posable mannequin hand. I modeled this in Onshape.
#mannequin
#hand
#onshape
#mannequin
#hand
#onshape
February 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Check out my current project: I'm making a posable mannequin hand. I modeled this in Onshape.
#mannequin
#hand
#onshape
#mannequin
#hand
#onshape
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Palestine does not belong to Israel or the US or any of it's billionaire syncophants. Free Palestine!
February 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Palestine does not belong to Israel or the US or any of it's billionaire syncophants. Free Palestine!
Origami cicada, designed and folded by me from one square of paper.
I've designed about 4 or 5 cicadas over the past 20 years, but this one has that vibe I was looking for. The timing was right since I completed it last year, during the historic cicada emergence.
#origami
#cicada
#insect
I've designed about 4 or 5 cicadas over the past 20 years, but this one has that vibe I was looking for. The timing was right since I completed it last year, during the historic cicada emergence.
#origami
#cicada
#insect
February 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Red rock crab (Cancer irroratus) origami, designed and folded by me. This is a variation of a crab design I did almost 20 years ago.
February 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Red rock crab (Cancer irroratus) origami, designed and folded by me. This is a variation of a crab design I did almost 20 years ago.
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Lessons to be learned:
1. Centrists align with far-right to look tough on immigration
2. Centrists gain nothing
3. Far-right wins more power
1. Centrists align with far-right to look tough on immigration
2. Centrists gain nothing
3. Far-right wins more power
January 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Lessons to be learned:
1. Centrists align with far-right to look tough on immigration
2. Centrists gain nothing
3. Far-right wins more power
1. Centrists align with far-right to look tough on immigration
2. Centrists gain nothing
3. Far-right wins more power
When I'm on other platforms, I divide my macro photos to separate channel. I'm thinking now, why complicate things? Here's a fly.
Photos taken with Sony Alpha a6300 with Laowa 85mm macro lens and custom 3D printed diffuser.
Photos taken with Sony Alpha a6300 with Laowa 85mm macro lens and custom 3D printed diffuser.
January 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
When I'm on other platforms, I divide my macro photos to separate channel. I'm thinking now, why complicate things? Here's a fly.
Photos taken with Sony Alpha a6300 with Laowa 85mm macro lens and custom 3D printed diffuser.
Photos taken with Sony Alpha a6300 with Laowa 85mm macro lens and custom 3D printed diffuser.
I found myself in LA without a 3D printer, so I crafted this prop the traditional way, with paper, knife, and glue.
#mospeada
#anime
#cosplay
#papercraft
#mospeada
#anime
#cosplay
#papercraft
January 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I found myself in LA without a 3D printer, so I crafted this prop the traditional way, with paper, knife, and glue.
#mospeada
#anime
#cosplay
#papercraft
#mospeada
#anime
#cosplay
#papercraft
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OpenAI scraping our collective intellectual property and then getting upset that deepseek might’ve done the same to them is not the double standard I wanted to see today. Hahahaha fuck all of them.
January 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
OpenAI scraping our collective intellectual property and then getting upset that deepseek might’ve done the same to them is not the double standard I wanted to see today. Hahahaha fuck all of them.
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⚠️ Google has given you access to The Computer That Lies.
⚠️ You are now required to use The Computer That Lies.
⚠️ You are now required to use The Computer That Lies.
January 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
⚠️ Google has given you access to The Computer That Lies.
⚠️ You are now required to use The Computer That Lies.
⚠️ You are now required to use The Computer That Lies.
Figure drawing practice, done at the Boston Figurative Art Center.
Drawn with Apple Pencil, Ipad and Sketchbook app.
Let me know if the proper nudity filters are working. I do like that we have the option to tag our work appropriately rather than see everything banned with inconsistent criteria.
Drawn with Apple Pencil, Ipad and Sketchbook app.
Let me know if the proper nudity filters are working. I do like that we have the option to tag our work appropriately rather than see everything banned with inconsistent criteria.
January 30, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Figure drawing practice, done at the Boston Figurative Art Center.
Drawn with Apple Pencil, Ipad and Sketchbook app.
Let me know if the proper nudity filters are working. I do like that we have the option to tag our work appropriately rather than see everything banned with inconsistent criteria.
Drawn with Apple Pencil, Ipad and Sketchbook app.
Let me know if the proper nudity filters are working. I do like that we have the option to tag our work appropriately rather than see everything banned with inconsistent criteria.
My most recent project, the armor suit from the anime Mospeada from the 1980s. I got to meet Shinji Aramaki and Keiichiro Maeno, anime and toy designers who worked on the real thing!
I designed the suit using Onshape and printed out the pieces on my custom 3D printer.
#mospeada
#anime
#cosplay
I designed the suit using Onshape and printed out the pieces on my custom 3D printer.
#mospeada
#anime
#cosplay
January 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Using ChatGPT is like the most unsexy thing a man can do
January 25, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Using ChatGPT is like the most unsexy thing a man can do
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My way of treating the inflammatory symptoms that reading the news has given me the last few weeks.
January 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
My way of treating the inflammatory symptoms that reading the news has given me the last few weeks.
Hi everyone, I just joined! Expect to see posts about my origami, illustration, costumes, and other miscellaneae.
January 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Hi everyone, I just joined! Expect to see posts about my origami, illustration, costumes, and other miscellaneae.