Val
@hurubas.bsky.social
Video game illustrator, LEGO addict and Mighty Pirate™.
Art director at PasstechGames
He / Him
Art director at PasstechGames
He / Him
fuck you I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you I won't do what you tell me
Fuck You I won't do what you tell me
Fuck You I Won't Do What You Tell Me
FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!
FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!
FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!
FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!
Fuck you I won't do what you tell me
Fuck You I won't do what you tell me
Fuck You I Won't Do What You Tell Me
FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!
FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!
FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!
FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!
November 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
fuck you I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you I won't do what you tell me
Fuck You I won't do what you tell me
Fuck You I Won't Do What You Tell Me
FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!
FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!
FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!
FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!
Fuck you I won't do what you tell me
Fuck You I won't do what you tell me
Fuck You I Won't Do What You Tell Me
FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!
FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!
FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!
FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!
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“THE NON-ARTIST FIXATION ON HYPERREALISM AS THE PINNACLE OF ART IS CLEARLY PART OF THE REASON SO MANY ADULTS THINK THEY CANNOT DRAW OR CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE FAILURES, KAWAII, FOLK ART, DOODLES, OR OTHER EASIER ENTRY POINTS ARE CONSIDERED CHILDISH, WHICH IS WHY JAPANESE DRAWING BOOKS ARE BETTER…”
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
“THE NON-ARTIST FIXATION ON HYPERREALISM AS THE PINNACLE OF ART IS CLEARLY PART OF THE REASON SO MANY ADULTS THINK THEY CANNOT DRAW OR CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE FAILURES, KAWAII, FOLK ART, DOODLES, OR OTHER EASIER ENTRY POINTS ARE CONSIDERED CHILDISH, WHICH IS WHY JAPANESE DRAWING BOOKS ARE BETTER…”
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Microsoft is so fucking desperate for anyone to give a shit about copilot.
![Tip of the month
Copilot + PowerPoint = Party mode activated
Just say, “Create a presentation about [your topic] hot takes” (maybe “pumpkin pie versus pecan”). Copilot whips up stylish slides with vibrant images so you can focus on winning the pie debate.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mls6ncpewotdpeacozk7lmdz/bafkreiav4csjpwmrealjcxwgx554gtws2kazyqhj7fr7x4xb3d3rukb2ua@jpeg)
November 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Microsoft is so fucking desperate for anyone to give a shit about copilot.
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my tips as someone who draws this angle too often
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
my tips as someone who draws this angle too often
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This is, of course, a fascinating thread from Kate asking why Google is effectively cannibalizing its own market for both digital ads on third party properties and search ads, by effectively taking away the incentive to click through to third party sites. I have a theory as to why they're doing it.
So this ad revenue metric is indicative of such a fascinating and weird set of business decisions by Google to inexplicably kill of SEO-- and I honestly don't get how they think this is going to pay off for them in the long run.
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Stereogum says Google's switch to AI Overviews reduced its ad revenue by *70 percent* www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
November 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This is, of course, a fascinating thread from Kate asking why Google is effectively cannibalizing its own market for both digital ads on third party properties and search ads, by effectively taking away the incentive to click through to third party sites. I have a theory as to why they're doing it.
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Half-Life 2 is 21 today!
The Citadel in City 17, art by the late Viktor Antonov (1972-2025):
The Citadel in City 17, art by the late Viktor Antonov (1972-2025):
November 16, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Half-Life 2 is 21 today!
The Citadel in City 17, art by the late Viktor Antonov (1972-2025):
The Citadel in City 17, art by the late Viktor Antonov (1972-2025):
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Pixar designed Toy Story to be printed on physical film. The Disney renaissance movies were the same.
Today, it's hard to see them as they were meant to be seen. The versions on streaming and home media aren't quite the same films that ruled the '90s:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-toy-st...
Today, it's hard to see them as they were meant to be seen. The versions on streaming and home media aren't quite the same films that ruled the '90s:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-toy-st...
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Pixar designed Toy Story to be printed on physical film. The Disney renaissance movies were the same.
Today, it's hard to see them as they were meant to be seen. The versions on streaming and home media aren't quite the same films that ruled the '90s:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-toy-st...
Today, it's hard to see them as they were meant to be seen. The versions on streaming and home media aren't quite the same films that ruled the '90s:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-toy-st...
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“0% woke shit”
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
“0% woke shit”
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
Today we buried my last remaining grandparent, my beloved grandma Baba.
I played guitar at the funeral, I read a speech I wrote, I drew a sunset on her coffin. We cried, we laughed, we hugged; it was lovely.
Now the hole starts settling in.
I played guitar at the funeral, I read a speech I wrote, I drew a sunset on her coffin. We cried, we laughed, we hugged; it was lovely.
Now the hole starts settling in.
November 5, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Today we buried my last remaining grandparent, my beloved grandma Baba.
I played guitar at the funeral, I read a speech I wrote, I drew a sunset on her coffin. We cried, we laughed, we hugged; it was lovely.
Now the hole starts settling in.
I played guitar at the funeral, I read a speech I wrote, I drew a sunset on her coffin. We cried, we laughed, we hugged; it was lovely.
Now the hole starts settling in.
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really hope this is the last time this photo and the word 'bloodbath' share a headline
November 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
really hope this is the last time this photo and the word 'bloodbath' share a headline
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Bowser has endorsed Andrew Cuomo for mayor of New Donk City.
November 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Bowser has endorsed Andrew Cuomo for mayor of New Donk City.
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Take a few minutes to appreciate Drew Struzan creating the original artwork for THE PHANTOM MENACE. Truly a master at work.
October 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Take a few minutes to appreciate Drew Struzan creating the original artwork for THE PHANTOM MENACE. Truly a master at work.
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October 12, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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So I just did the math it seems they're short a bit
*The AI boom = one of the costliest building sprees in world history
* Past 3 years' commitments are greater than the cost of building the U.S. interstate highway system
* Consumers must spend $800 billion on AI within a few years, to justify investment from 2023-24
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-b...
* Past 3 years' commitments are greater than the cost of building the U.S. interstate highway system
* Consumers must spend $800 billion on AI within a few years, to justify investment from 2023-24
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-b...
September 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
So I just did the math it seems they're short a bit
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Two years ago today: atmospheric perfection over rural Oklahoma. I'd have believed in gods too if I saw this before knowing what it was. #photography
September 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Two years ago today: atmospheric perfection over rural Oklahoma. I'd have believed in gods too if I saw this before knowing what it was. #photography
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Hollow Knight: Silksong
I can't explain why but I think about this specific Calvin and Hobbes about three times a week
September 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Hollow Knight: Silksong
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We don’t celebrate his death, but we won’t hide the truth about his life.
September 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
We don’t celebrate his death, but we won’t hide the truth about his life.
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I don’t know who these people are, but it’s well said.
September 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I don’t know who these people are, but it’s well said.
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- you clean up that banksy?
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked
They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.
September 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
- you clean up that banksy?
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked
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My friend Rozenn just launched a kickstarter for her new tarot deck, and her illustrations are gorgeous as usual 🖤
Go check it out!
Go check it out!
September 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
My friend Rozenn just launched a kickstarter for her new tarot deck, and her illustrations are gorgeous as usual 🖤
Go check it out!
Go check it out!
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Adjusted for inflation Spirited Away cost $22 million to make. The Triplets of Belleville cost $16.5 million, Cartoon Saloon's Wolfwalkers cost $14.28 million, and Oscar winner Flow cost only $4 million. These critically acclaimed, made by real people films, cost less than this pile of actual vomit.
OpenAI confirms they're helping make an AI-generated movie called 'Critterz'
• Goal is to finish production in 9 months
• Budget is ~$30M
• Plan is to debut the film at Canne
• 'Paddington 3' writers penned the script
• Art will be fed into Chat GPT 5 and other image models
(via WSJ)
• Goal is to finish production in 9 months
• Budget is ~$30M
• Plan is to debut the film at Canne
• 'Paddington 3' writers penned the script
• Art will be fed into Chat GPT 5 and other image models
(via WSJ)
September 9, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Adjusted for inflation Spirited Away cost $22 million to make. The Triplets of Belleville cost $16.5 million, Cartoon Saloon's Wolfwalkers cost $14.28 million, and Oscar winner Flow cost only $4 million. These critically acclaimed, made by real people films, cost less than this pile of actual vomit.
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September 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.
September 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.