@davebarker.bsky.social
Principal concept artist for RuneScape. All opinions my own.
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2D animation is booming in theaters. In China, the film Nobody is outgrossing many of Hollywood's recent CG films—on a $10< million budget.
It's only one example. As 2D films rise, Hollywood's decision to kill them off looks shortsighted. We explore:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-hand-d...
It's only one example. As 2D films rise, Hollywood's decision to kill them off looks shortsighted. We explore:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-hand-d...
September 1, 2025 at 11:51 PM
2D animation is booming in theaters. In China, the film Nobody is outgrossing many of Hollywood's recent CG films—on a $10< million budget.
It's only one example. As 2D films rise, Hollywood's decision to kill them off looks shortsighted. We explore:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-hand-d...
It's only one example. As 2D films rise, Hollywood's decision to kill them off looks shortsighted. We explore:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-hand-d...
Cover I did for the Runefest variant of the #Runescape Untold Tales of the God Wars comic for
@comicstitan.bsky.social
@comicstitan.bsky.social
August 31, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Cover I did for the Runefest variant of the #Runescape Untold Tales of the God Wars comic for
@comicstitan.bsky.social
@comicstitan.bsky.social
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Rewatching The Wild Robot. The reason Chris Sanders tells such great stories (this adaptation and Lilo And Stitch being good examples) is because he understands loveable characters can still be absolute dickheads. I wish more family friendly stories understood this. Write more cute little gremlins.
August 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Rewatching The Wild Robot. The reason Chris Sanders tells such great stories (this adaptation and Lilo And Stitch being good examples) is because he understands loveable characters can still be absolute dickheads. I wish more family friendly stories understood this. Write more cute little gremlins.
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As someone who works in the children’s comics industry I would like to share my thoughts on this: Fuuuuuuuck offffffff.
The former NFL player's Lumi Story AI, aims to help middle and high school students work with an AI-powered chatbot to write their own stories, comics and graphic novels.
AI platform from former NFL QB Colin Kaepernick finds playing field in Portland schools
The former NFL player's Lumi Story AI, aims to help middle and high school students work with an AI-powered chatbot to write their own stories, comics and graphic novels.
www.oregonlive.com
August 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
As someone who works in the children’s comics industry I would like to share my thoughts on this: Fuuuuuuuck offffffff.
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The fact that the one game made by an explicitly communist co-op game studio now has three successor studios making a self-proclaimed sequel to it, and dispute the legitimacy of the other two is, of course, the most communist outcome possible.
The curse of ‘Disco Elysium’, the greatest RPG ever made - on.ft.com/4ojvxw4 (free link for first three)
A really interesting, indefinably disturbing long read. I just have one question: who has all the time for these games? I mean...
A really interesting, indefinably disturbing long read. I just have one question: who has all the time for these games? I mean...
The curse of ‘Disco Elysium’, the greatest RPG ever made
How the success of a singular video game led to crises for almost all its creators
on.ft.com
August 3, 2025 at 7:46 AM
The fact that the one game made by an explicitly communist co-op game studio now has three successor studios making a self-proclaimed sequel to it, and dispute the legitimacy of the other two is, of course, the most communist outcome possible.
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Shinya Ohira animates like nobody else. He's a maverick artist known for the raw, explosive power of his drawings.
If you've seen The Boy and the Heron, you know his work. For this issue, we've gone inside his career and spoken to him about his craft: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-maveri...
If you've seen The Boy and the Heron, you know his work. For this issue, we've gone inside his career and spoken to him about his craft: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-maveri...
July 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Shinya Ohira animates like nobody else. He's a maverick artist known for the raw, explosive power of his drawings.
If you've seen The Boy and the Heron, you know his work. For this issue, we've gone inside his career and spoken to him about his craft: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-maveri...
If you've seen The Boy and the Heron, you know his work. For this issue, we've gone inside his career and spoken to him about his craft: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-maveri...
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RIP Jim Shooter. Comics legend.
As a Marvel editor, he was handed a new toy license to do comics for. Neither Hasbro or Marvel leadership cared about their quality.
Jim did. He rewrote Hasbro's character bios to not be shit, and made his writers treat it seriously.
That license was Transformers.
As a Marvel editor, he was handed a new toy license to do comics for. Neither Hasbro or Marvel leadership cared about their quality.
Jim did. He rewrote Hasbro's character bios to not be shit, and made his writers treat it seriously.
That license was Transformers.
July 1, 2025 at 6:15 AM
RIP Jim Shooter. Comics legend.
As a Marvel editor, he was handed a new toy license to do comics for. Neither Hasbro or Marvel leadership cared about their quality.
Jim did. He rewrote Hasbro's character bios to not be shit, and made his writers treat it seriously.
That license was Transformers.
As a Marvel editor, he was handed a new toy license to do comics for. Neither Hasbro or Marvel leadership cared about their quality.
Jim did. He rewrote Hasbro's character bios to not be shit, and made his writers treat it seriously.
That license was Transformers.
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Motorway bridge restaurants of Italy. The Pavesi Autogrill.
journals.openedition.org/insitu/37430...
The majority were designed by J J Bianchetti.
journals.openedition.org/insitu/37430...
The majority were designed by J J Bianchetti.
May 29, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Motorway bridge restaurants of Italy. The Pavesi Autogrill.
journals.openedition.org/insitu/37430...
The majority were designed by J J Bianchetti.
journals.openedition.org/insitu/37430...
The majority were designed by J J Bianchetti.
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This is the Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris), and it's just straight up a dinosaur.
Like, I know *all* birds are technically avian dinosaurs, but my first thought looking at this guy is: dinosaur.
(📷: Suzie McCann, eBird)
Like, I know *all* birds are technically avian dinosaurs, but my first thought looking at this guy is: dinosaur.
(📷: Suzie McCann, eBird)
May 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
This is the Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris), and it's just straight up a dinosaur.
Like, I know *all* birds are technically avian dinosaurs, but my first thought looking at this guy is: dinosaur.
(📷: Suzie McCann, eBird)
Like, I know *all* birds are technically avian dinosaurs, but my first thought looking at this guy is: dinosaur.
(📷: Suzie McCann, eBird)
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It's gamejam time!!! As part of my ongoing overworld cleanup work I'm looking at the area south of Falador.
I want to see how do people feel about moving Melzars maze underground to get back some forest space and make it fully a dungeon.
Concept by the amazing @davebarker.bsky.social
I want to see how do people feel about moving Melzars maze underground to get back some forest space and make it fully a dungeon.
Concept by the amazing @davebarker.bsky.social
April 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
It's gamejam time!!! As part of my ongoing overworld cleanup work I'm looking at the area south of Falador.
I want to see how do people feel about moving Melzars maze underground to get back some forest space and make it fully a dungeon.
Concept by the amazing @davebarker.bsky.social
I want to see how do people feel about moving Melzars maze underground to get back some forest space and make it fully a dungeon.
Concept by the amazing @davebarker.bsky.social
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Great time to remind everyone to check out Arne's PSG art tutorial. It covers a lot of topics quickly and applies to all art, including #gameart. Especially good for #handpainted texturing too!
https://buff.ly/3UUmo0b
https://buff.ly/3UUmo0b
December 12, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Great time to remind everyone to check out Arne's PSG art tutorial. It covers a lot of topics quickly and applies to all art, including #gameart. Especially good for #handpainted texturing too!
https://buff.ly/3UUmo0b
https://buff.ly/3UUmo0b
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Good news for my patrons! My new gamebook Mutiny Most Merited is out. It's got pirates, mandrills, and a drinking competition. You can get it, along with all of my work, for a single quid (or more) and I won't judge you too harshly if you don't stick around.
www.patreon.com/posts/mutiny...
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February 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Good news for my patrons! My new gamebook Mutiny Most Merited is out. It's got pirates, mandrills, and a drinking competition. You can get it, along with all of my work, for a single quid (or more) and I won't judge you too harshly if you don't stick around.
www.patreon.com/posts/mutiny...
www.patreon.com/posts/mutiny...
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Cartoon from 2004, done mostly to give the office thesaurus an airing. Hearing later that he'd had a rough time, I was slightly worried that accusing him of owning a cattery which was merely a hollow facade might have been a bit unkind, but it turned out that he liked it, so I sent him the artwork.
January 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Cartoon from 2004, done mostly to give the office thesaurus an airing. Hearing later that he'd had a rough time, I was slightly worried that accusing him of owning a cattery which was merely a hollow facade might have been a bit unkind, but it turned out that he liked it, so I sent him the artwork.
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My favourite was having dinner with a bunch of Oxford ornithologists. "Braveheart was RUINED for me about halfway through. Everyone knows black-headed gulls didn't nest inland in Scotland until the 1950s"
Every time I see Marines called "soldiers," my face contorts in rage, and I'm taken right out of the movie/show. Once you know pretty much anything about the military, much of that stuff is unwatchable.
January 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
My favourite was having dinner with a bunch of Oxford ornithologists. "Braveheart was RUINED for me about halfway through. Everyone knows black-headed gulls didn't nest inland in Scotland until the 1950s"
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A great example is even in the tech fields that seem sci-fi there is boring stuff.
The biggest unsolved problem in neuron-machine interfaces, for instance, isn't decoding brainwaves or injecting information or whatnot.
It's Tissue Encapsulation.
The biggest unsolved problem in neuron-machine interfaces, for instance, isn't decoding brainwaves or injecting information or whatnot.
It's Tissue Encapsulation.
January 11, 2025 at 8:12 AM
A great example is even in the tech fields that seem sci-fi there is boring stuff.
The biggest unsolved problem in neuron-machine interfaces, for instance, isn't decoding brainwaves or injecting information or whatnot.
It's Tissue Encapsulation.
The biggest unsolved problem in neuron-machine interfaces, for instance, isn't decoding brainwaves or injecting information or whatnot.
It's Tissue Encapsulation.
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January 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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This energy but way, way darker.
December 30, 2024 at 3:25 PM
This energy but way, way darker.
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Just discovered this amazing (I assume) 80s cover of The Handmaid’s Tale. The past is another country.
December 30, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Just discovered this amazing (I assume) 80s cover of The Handmaid’s Tale. The past is another country.
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Every space is a liminal space if you can never remember what you came into a room for.
July 16, 2024 at 1:46 AM
Every space is a liminal space if you can never remember what you came into a room for.
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It seems like forever ago because I was just 23 when I wrote it, but I am still really proud of this story about how Terry Pratchett got involved in the Oblivion modding scene - and why said scene became so important to him in his later years
www.eurogamer.net/the-story-be...
www.eurogamer.net/the-story-be...
October 31, 2024 at 8:01 AM
It seems like forever ago because I was just 23 when I wrote it, but I am still really proud of this story about how Terry Pratchett got involved in the Oblivion modding scene - and why said scene became so important to him in his later years
www.eurogamer.net/the-story-be...
www.eurogamer.net/the-story-be...
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Old Rob will try his hand at fixing anything and always with a smile.
Old Rob will try his hand at fixing anything and always with a smile.
October 21, 2024 at 5:23 PM
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Old Rob will try his hand at fixing anything and always with a smile.
Old Rob will try his hand at fixing anything and always with a smile.
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Of everything I did on Spiderverse, I'm proudest of my work on Gwen's world - an alternate reality of color and emotion.
October 21, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Of everything I did on Spiderverse, I'm proudest of my work on Gwen's world - an alternate reality of color and emotion.
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'Vernacular architecture is the community's expression of itself in physical and enduring form...examples have shown how the myths of a certain community are not only embodied but reinforced in the physical structure of their buildings.' Hugh Conway Morris
October 9, 2024 at 6:10 AM
'Vernacular architecture is the community's expression of itself in physical and enduring form...examples have shown how the myths of a certain community are not only embodied but reinforced in the physical structure of their buildings.' Hugh Conway Morris