Brent & Fred's Excellent Adventure
@colmancreative.ca
#yeg 's two most beloved idiots. brittany span stan. data nerd by day, artist by night. prob off doing hot nerd shit. lotr/asoiaf/witcher obsessed.
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A little shameless soft-launch
I've been working on a little hobby project over the break around the realities of Alberta Separation.
Assuming the current state tax replication with
@ABProsperity promise to end income tax, the budgetary impact would be $53.2bn or 72.4% loss.
I've been working on a little hobby project over the break around the realities of Alberta Separation.
Assuming the current state tax replication with
@ABProsperity promise to end income tax, the budgetary impact would be $53.2bn or 72.4% loss.
January 5, 2026 at 12:05 AM
A little shameless soft-launch
I've been working on a little hobby project over the break around the realities of Alberta Separation.
Assuming the current state tax replication with
@ABProsperity promise to end income tax, the budgetary impact would be $53.2bn or 72.4% loss.
I've been working on a little hobby project over the break around the realities of Alberta Separation.
Assuming the current state tax replication with
@ABProsperity promise to end income tax, the budgetary impact would be $53.2bn or 72.4% loss.
ooookkk I'm officially starting to get excited at how the new movie night & morning coffee project is turning out...
December 28, 2025 at 4:41 AM
ooookkk I'm officially starting to get excited at how the new movie night & morning coffee project is turning out...
progress is nice
December 27, 2025 at 6:28 AM
progress is nice
took a rare r&r day from the neverending to-do lists of doom, and worked on a little personal project... and I think slowly (...and finally) I'm getting the hang of digi painting from procreate.
Still super foundational, but it looks proper for once with these new mechanics 😂
Still super foundational, but it looks proper for once with these new mechanics 😂
December 21, 2025 at 1:30 AM
took a rare r&r day from the neverending to-do lists of doom, and worked on a little personal project... and I think slowly (...and finally) I'm getting the hang of digi painting from procreate.
Still super foundational, but it looks proper for once with these new mechanics 😂
Still super foundational, but it looks proper for once with these new mechanics 😂
when your morning routine is coffee and art, but your emotionally needy velcro dog's routine is laying on you and head scritches.
December 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
when your morning routine is coffee and art, but your emotionally needy velcro dog's routine is laying on you and head scritches.
the four stages of marrow coma.
December 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
the four stages of marrow coma.
Live footage of me this morning while updating the build sheet for this winter's computer rebuild and discovering what happened to RAM prices
a man in a hat and jacket says i am never going to financially recover from this
ALT: a man in a hat and jacket says i am never going to financially recover from this
media.tenor.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Live footage of me this morning while updating the build sheet for this winter's computer rebuild and discovering what happened to RAM prices
Black Friday is about to get so much more lit
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Black Friday is about to get so much more lit
*me crosses fingers for Lord of the Rings channel and we finally get a Nordic style crime drama where this Hobbit runs around the Shire solving who stood Farmer Maggots mushrooms*
December 11, 2025 at 6:14 AM
*me crosses fingers for Lord of the Rings channel and we finally get a Nordic style crime drama where this Hobbit runs around the Shire solving who stood Farmer Maggots mushrooms*
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
*taps signs* "flu med fueled mania"... Thanks @aaronhoyland.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 4:45 AM
*taps signs* "flu med fueled mania"... Thanks @aaronhoyland.bsky.social
Today's #ArtAdventCalendar brought to you by the Dark Lord Sauron, the flu, and cold med mania.
Sauron
digital sketch | procreate 2025...
*to be painted sometime in 2026.
#digitalart #procreate #lotr
Sauron
digital sketch | procreate 2025...
*to be painted sometime in 2026.
#digitalart #procreate #lotr
December 8, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Today's #ArtAdventCalendar brought to you by the Dark Lord Sauron, the flu, and cold med mania.
Sauron
digital sketch | procreate 2025...
*to be painted sometime in 2026.
#digitalart #procreate #lotr
Sauron
digital sketch | procreate 2025...
*to be painted sometime in 2026.
#digitalart #procreate #lotr
Oof almost forgot today's #ArtAdventCalendar ... busy day for me rigging up colman creative cloud infrastructure...
I Scream, You Scream, Freddie Always Screams About Not Getting Ice Cream
Procreate | 2025
#smbcb
I Scream, You Scream, Freddie Always Screams About Not Getting Ice Cream
Procreate | 2025
#smbcb
December 6, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Oof almost forgot today's #ArtAdventCalendar ... busy day for me rigging up colman creative cloud infrastructure...
I Scream, You Scream, Freddie Always Screams About Not Getting Ice Cream
Procreate | 2025
#smbcb
I Scream, You Scream, Freddie Always Screams About Not Getting Ice Cream
Procreate | 2025
#smbcb
Reposted by Brent & Fred's Excellent Adventure
The trend of humanizing our pets has intensified in recent years, with pet ownership shifting into pet parenthood. Writer @joshgreenblatt.bsky.social (who, for the record, loves dogs), doesn’t mince words: “Dog parents have lost their goddamned minds.” thewalrus.ca/why-were-treatin...
December 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The trend of humanizing our pets has intensified in recent years, with pet ownership shifting into pet parenthood. Writer @joshgreenblatt.bsky.social (who, for the record, loves dogs), doesn’t mince words: “Dog parents have lost their goddamned minds.” thewalrus.ca/why-were-treatin...
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 4
Even though I tried to stay focused on drawing and fundamentals for 2025, I started doing some colour studies and speed paintings in preparation for 2026's learning plans :)
Freddie & The Flowers
2026 | 2026
90 minute speed painting + sketch
#DigitalArt #Procreate
#smbcb
Even though I tried to stay focused on drawing and fundamentals for 2025, I started doing some colour studies and speed paintings in preparation for 2026's learning plans :)
Freddie & The Flowers
2026 | 2026
90 minute speed painting + sketch
#DigitalArt #Procreate
#smbcb
December 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 4
Even though I tried to stay focused on drawing and fundamentals for 2025, I started doing some colour studies and speed paintings in preparation for 2026's learning plans :)
Freddie & The Flowers
2026 | 2026
90 minute speed painting + sketch
#DigitalArt #Procreate
#smbcb
Even though I tried to stay focused on drawing and fundamentals for 2025, I started doing some colour studies and speed paintings in preparation for 2026's learning plans :)
Freddie & The Flowers
2026 | 2026
90 minute speed painting + sketch
#DigitalArt #Procreate
#smbcb
Sorry late to the party, I was busy tweeting about my dog all day or something... apparently 😂
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Fred & Gremmie's Happy Place
2025 | Procreate
#ArtAdventCalendar
#smbcb
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Fred & Gremmie's Happy Place
2025 | Procreate
#ArtAdventCalendar
#smbcb
December 3, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Sorry late to the party, I was busy tweeting about my dog all day or something... apparently 😂
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Fred & Gremmie's Happy Place
2025 | Procreate
#ArtAdventCalendar
#smbcb
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Fred & Gremmie's Happy Place
2025 | Procreate
#ArtAdventCalendar
#smbcb
Day Two of digi drawing fun, probably my favourite black and white off the year...
Princess Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon
(better known as Ciri)
#ArtAdventCalendar
#DigitalArt
#Procreate
Princess Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon
(better known as Ciri)
#ArtAdventCalendar
#DigitalArt
#Procreate
December 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Day Two of digi drawing fun, probably my favourite black and white off the year...
Princess Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon
(better known as Ciri)
#ArtAdventCalendar
#DigitalArt
#Procreate
Princess Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon
(better known as Ciri)
#ArtAdventCalendar
#DigitalArt
#Procreate
when your dog successfully side eye bullies you into taking a coffee break and cuddling with him.
December 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
when your dog successfully side eye bullies you into taking a coffee break and cuddling with him.
I started taking digital art seriously this year; phase one was learning sketching and drawing in Photoshop/Procreate.
This year's #ArtAdventCalendar yall get a highlight reel of all my favourite digi sketches from this new creative adventure!
Numero Uno:
Stace & Fredster
Procreate Drawing
#smbcb
This year's #ArtAdventCalendar yall get a highlight reel of all my favourite digi sketches from this new creative adventure!
Numero Uno:
Stace & Fredster
Procreate Drawing
#smbcb
December 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I started taking digital art seriously this year; phase one was learning sketching and drawing in Photoshop/Procreate.
This year's #ArtAdventCalendar yall get a highlight reel of all my favourite digi sketches from this new creative adventure!
Numero Uno:
Stace & Fredster
Procreate Drawing
#smbcb
This year's #ArtAdventCalendar yall get a highlight reel of all my favourite digi sketches from this new creative adventure!
Numero Uno:
Stace & Fredster
Procreate Drawing
#smbcb
I have this, it's a great book especially as a reference guide for non beginners!
Small Business Saturday is a great time to shop at independent bookstores!
You can buy my book through one of them via Bookshop:
bookshop.org/p/books/sql-...
You can buy my book through one of them via Bookshop:
bookshop.org/p/books/sql-...
SQL for Data Scientists: A Beginner's Guide for Building Datasets for Analysis
A Beginner's Guide for Building Datasets for Analysis
bookshop.org
November 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I have this, it's a great book especially as a reference guide for non beginners!
"stupid hoomans making me wear stupid pants and stupid moose sweater. frens at dog park going to make fun of me for being nerddog. can't run fredfast in this nonsense. stupid winter"
-Freddie's inner monologue today
-Freddie's inner monologue today
November 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"stupid hoomans making me wear stupid pants and stupid moose sweater. frens at dog park going to make fun of me for being nerddog. can't run fredfast in this nonsense. stupid winter"
-Freddie's inner monologue today
-Freddie's inner monologue today
My little personal gap project during comish down time is turning out wild.. if this month has taught anything it's that, despite my inclinations, apparently I should paint softer and slower...
#yegart #abstractart #surrealism #dystopianism
#yegart #abstractart #surrealism #dystopianism
November 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
My little personal gap project during comish down time is turning out wild.. if this month has taught anything it's that, despite my inclinations, apparently I should paint softer and slower...
#yegart #abstractart #surrealism #dystopianism
#yegart #abstractart #surrealism #dystopianism
It's the most wonnnndddddeeeerrrrful time of the yeeeeeeeeeeear
November 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
It's the most wonnnndddddeeeerrrrful time of the yeeeeeeeeeeear
Hear me out: Cloudflare imploding and taking down Twitter with it is actually a good thing.
November 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Hear me out: Cloudflare imploding and taking down Twitter with it is actually a good thing.