Darren M. A. Calvert
@dmacalvert.bsky.social
Designer and teacher by day. Freelance illustrator by night. IG: http://instagram.com/darrenmacalvert | Etsy: https://shorturl.at/hpEFO | 🇨🇦
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Hello there, my name is Darren Calvert and I'm a design teacher and freelance illustrator from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. I try to focus on art and things I like but occasionally go off on a bit of a rant.
You can find me on Instagram shorturl.at/pBhFv
Prints or original art: shorturl.at/orzm8
You can find me on Instagram shorturl.at/pBhFv
Prints or original art: shorturl.at/orzm8
Was going to try to fit in another Christmas movie but I think it's bedtime...
December 26, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Was going to try to fit in another Christmas movie but I think it's bedtime...
Hang in there, buddy
December 26, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Hang in there, buddy
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❄️ The Kobolds wish you a joyous holiday! ❄️
❄️ Don't be on anyone's naughty list this season ❄️
❄️ Don't be on anyone's naughty list this season ❄️
December 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
❄️ The Kobolds wish you a joyous holiday! ❄️
❄️ Don't be on anyone's naughty list this season ❄️
❄️ Don't be on anyone's naughty list this season ❄️
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The immediate threat has always been not that it would take jobs, but that some dipshit exec would spend a billion dollars integrating it into the business, drive everything off the cliff, and 5-8 years later the rest of us are left picking up the pieces.
The exec that said "we thought it was farther along then it was" is absolutely the greatest issue right now. Not only is it not capable of doing any of these things on a broad scale, it will do them significantly worse than any employee. Going all in on something to boost stock value that fails.
Honestly im shocked
Well
Not that shocked
Well
Not that shocked
December 26, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The immediate threat has always been not that it would take jobs, but that some dipshit exec would spend a billion dollars integrating it into the business, drive everything off the cliff, and 5-8 years later the rest of us are left picking up the pieces.
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“Whoa-hoa, boy, is this piano outta tune!
I *love* outta tune pianos” 🎶
I *love* outta tune pianos” 🎶
December 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
“Whoa-hoa, boy, is this piano outta tune!
I *love* outta tune pianos” 🎶
I *love* outta tune pianos” 🎶
“Whoa-hoa, boy, is this piano outta tune!
I *love* outta tune pianos” 🎶
I *love* outta tune pianos” 🎶
December 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
“Whoa-hoa, boy, is this piano outta tune!
I *love* outta tune pianos” 🎶
I *love* outta tune pianos” 🎶
My nephew has inherited my old copy of this book which takes place at West Edmonton Mall
December 25, 2025 at 5:20 AM
My nephew has inherited my old copy of this book which takes place at West Edmonton Mall
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Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
The very next day
Kali ma shakti de
I gave you my heart
The very next day
Kali ma shakti de
December 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
The very next day
Kali ma shakti de
I gave you my heart
The very next day
Kali ma shakti de
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Happy Night(mare) Before Christmas
December 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Happy Night(mare) Before Christmas
Taking off to my brother's place
December 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Taking off to my brother's place
Yes, as crazy as things are, all I want to do in 2026 is MAKE MORE ART. I want to create more things and enjoy those things created by others. That's why we're here.
I hope everyone has good year end holidays. As we go into a shaky period with the arts in flux and a lot of people are suffering, please never forget the power of your mind, and the joy of engaging in meaningful process. Every day you have the most powerful machine in existence inside your own head.
a cartoon character is playing a piano and has a crown on his head
ALT: a cartoon character is playing a piano and has a crown on his head
media.tenor.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Yes, as crazy as things are, all I want to do in 2026 is MAKE MORE ART. I want to create more things and enjoy those things created by others. That's why we're here.
Happy Night(mare) Before Christmas
December 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Happy Night(mare) Before Christmas
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Shared a room with my nephew a few Christmases ago:
N: "Uncle Darren, I think I heard Santa! Can we go open presents now?"
Me: "It is 3am. Go back to sleep."
N: "How long do we have to wait? 10 minutes?"
Me: "..."
N: (incredulous) "20 minutes???" 😧
N: "Uncle Darren, I think I heard Santa! Can we go open presents now?"
Me: "It is 3am. Go back to sleep."
N: "How long do we have to wait? 10 minutes?"
Me: "..."
N: (incredulous) "20 minutes???" 😧
December 23, 2023 at 10:59 PM
Shared a room with my nephew a few Christmases ago:
N: "Uncle Darren, I think I heard Santa! Can we go open presents now?"
Me: "It is 3am. Go back to sleep."
N: "How long do we have to wait? 10 minutes?"
Me: "..."
N: (incredulous) "20 minutes???" 😧
N: "Uncle Darren, I think I heard Santa! Can we go open presents now?"
Me: "It is 3am. Go back to sleep."
N: "How long do we have to wait? 10 minutes?"
Me: "..."
N: (incredulous) "20 minutes???" 😧
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Made a few little adjustments.
December 24, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Made a few little adjustments.
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God jul, nästa år vänder vi kampen mot fascismen till seger!
December 24, 2025 at 5:40 AM
God jul, nästa år vänder vi kampen mot fascismen till seger!
FINALLY
In physical media news, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will be releasing "OVER THE GARDEN WALL" on Blu-ray on April 7, 2026, per a listing on Barnes and Noble's website. First Blu-ray release of a Cartoon Network original in 10 years.
December 24, 2025 at 5:16 AM
FINALLY
Baking up some pita chips
December 24, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Baking up some pita chips
December 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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I got too busy and bailed on my last attempt at #SixFanarts.
Might be a good thing to start the new year with...
Might be a good thing to start the new year with...
December 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I got too busy and bailed on my last attempt at #SixFanarts.
Might be a good thing to start the new year with...
Might be a good thing to start the new year with...