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Bluesky! What books are you reading? Why are you reading them? Do you recommend them? Speak! #books #idonotactuallyneedmorebooksbuthey
February 9, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Bluesky! What books are you reading? Why are you reading them? Do you recommend them? Speak! #books #idonotactuallyneedmorebooksbuthey
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"I have to use AI to make art or no one will take me seriously"
Punk this is HP Lovecraft's original drawing of Cthulhu
Punk this is HP Lovecraft's original drawing of Cthulhu
February 8, 2026 at 5:24 AM
"I have to use AI to make art or no one will take me seriously"
Punk this is HP Lovecraft's original drawing of Cthulhu
Punk this is HP Lovecraft's original drawing of Cthulhu
Kokedama spirits or something
February 8, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Kokedama spirits or something
Wonder what happened to all the brilliant new ideas genAI was going to help bring to life. We’re over two years in now, anybody seen any?
February 8, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Wonder what happened to all the brilliant new ideas genAI was going to help bring to life. We’re over two years in now, anybody seen any?
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Visuals and music 10/10.
Angine de Poitrine - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
YouTube video by KEXP
youtu.be
February 7, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Visuals and music 10/10.
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Here is one of the completed image boards ("style frames") complete w BG by the great Shinji Kimura. This was the first time we ran our entire cel "pipeline" (smeared brown ink, mottled paint, soft shadows) mated with a real BG.
#Tekkon #AmerBeton #anime #アニメ #西見祥示郎 #木村真二 #松本大洋 #鉄コン
#Tekkon #AmerBeton #anime #アニメ #西見祥示郎 #木村真二 #松本大洋 #鉄コン
February 5, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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February 5, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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On grey & dank days, with rain stottin' off pavements and steam gatherin rivulets down cafe windaes, Edinburgh streets entice me to their glowing embrace
#WestEnd #Edinburgh
stot: bounce or cause to bounce against a surface (Scots)
#WestEnd #Edinburgh
stot: bounce or cause to bounce against a surface (Scots)
February 5, 2026 at 1:09 PM
On grey & dank days, with rain stottin' off pavements and steam gatherin rivulets down cafe windaes, Edinburgh streets entice me to their glowing embrace
#WestEnd #Edinburgh
stot: bounce or cause to bounce against a surface (Scots)
#WestEnd #Edinburgh
stot: bounce or cause to bounce against a surface (Scots)
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Learn to sketch from one of the masters of anime!
Princess Mononoke/Spirited Away Art Director Yōji Takeshige to Teach Drawing at Ghibli Park
Park to also host classes on traditional pottery, broom-making, tie-dying, more
www.animenewsnetwork.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Learn to sketch from one of the masters of anime!
I’m not saying these billionaires are literal vampires but we should treat them as if they are. You know, stakes etc
February 4, 2026 at 5:01 PM
I’m not saying these billionaires are literal vampires but we should treat them as if they are. You know, stakes etc
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'for an estimated 4% of people, this mental imagery is weak or absent. When researchers ask them to imagine something familiar, they might have a concept of what it is, and words and associations might come to mind, but they describe their mind’s eye as dark or even blank.'
Many people have no mental imagery. What’s going on in their brains?
People with aphantasia are offering a window into consciousness.
www.nature.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:19 AM
'for an estimated 4% of people, this mental imagery is weak or absent. When researchers ask them to imagine something familiar, they might have a concept of what it is, and words and associations might come to mind, but they describe their mind’s eye as dark or even blank.'
Comps for @philipreeve.bsky.social’s new Mortal Engines novel ‘Bridge of Storms’ have arrived. Out on the 12th, get your preorders in now!
February 3, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Comps for @philipreeve.bsky.social’s new Mortal Engines novel ‘Bridge of Storms’ have arrived. Out on the 12th, get your preorders in now!
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There are loads of massive accounts sharing rain and birdsong on YT, many are loops or AI.
Ours are all 100% authentic from real places
www.youtube.com/@RadioLento
Ours are all 100% authentic from real places
www.youtube.com/@RadioLento
February 3, 2026 at 8:48 AM
There are loads of massive accounts sharing rain and birdsong on YT, many are loops or AI.
Ours are all 100% authentic from real places
www.youtube.com/@RadioLento
Ours are all 100% authentic from real places
www.youtube.com/@RadioLento
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'Kirkwall Fair.' (1888) Although Arthur Melville was not regarded as one of the Glasgow Boys, he was seen by them to be a kindred spirit. A year after painting this work on Orkney, he left Edinburgh and settled in London, although he often returned to Scotland to paint.
February 2, 2026 at 4:35 PM
'Kirkwall Fair.' (1888) Although Arthur Melville was not regarded as one of the Glasgow Boys, he was seen by them to be a kindred spirit. A year after painting this work on Orkney, he left Edinburgh and settled in London, although he often returned to Scotland to paint.
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I'm getting quite close to having the next collection, 'Thin Places in Hard Concrete', prepped for publication. If you're one of those interesting small presses that sometimes publishes collections of weird fiction and you might be interested in publishing mine, do let me know.
Between them ‘Municipal Gothic’ and ‘Intervals of Darkness’ have 27 stories full of haunted buildings, haunted people, and working class weirdness. Obviously *I* think they're great – but so do strangers who owe me nothing!
👉 www.amazon.co.uk/Municipal-Go...
👉 www.amazon.co.uk/Intervals-Da...
👉 www.amazon.co.uk/Municipal-Go...
👉 www.amazon.co.uk/Intervals-Da...
February 2, 2026 at 11:14 AM
I'm getting quite close to having the next collection, 'Thin Places in Hard Concrete', prepped for publication. If you're one of those interesting small presses that sometimes publishes collections of weird fiction and you might be interested in publishing mine, do let me know.
Some straight drawings
January 30, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Some straight drawings
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The Crown: A Tale Of Hell is out next month! Comps arrived just now. Seriously daunting stuff being in the Hellboy Universe. Thanks to Todd Mignola and Mike Mignola and Dark Horse Comics!
January 30, 2026 at 8:11 AM
The Crown: A Tale Of Hell is out next month! Comps arrived just now. Seriously daunting stuff being in the Hellboy Universe. Thanks to Todd Mignola and Mike Mignola and Dark Horse Comics!
Burgh noodling continues
January 29, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Burgh noodling continues
I’ve noticed a few folk are sending me DMs on here - just to let you know I’m not able to see them so just drop them in the comments on a post or something if you need to? 👍
January 28, 2026 at 7:19 PM
I’ve noticed a few folk are sending me DMs on here - just to let you know I’m not able to see them so just drop them in the comments on a post or something if you need to? 👍
wow
W O W
W O W
I made this sci-fi puppetry 60s pastiche. CGI, almost completely physics-animated. Love letter to things like Thunderbirds, Fireball XL5, Space Patrol, and watching foreign television only to lose it forever afterwards youtu.be/ME7SVM7bwKU?si=jUYR6APY28kPCUqk
ENEMIES FROM VENUS! (~1965) (Surviving clip)
YouTube video by Ernst-Jan van Melle
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:10 PM
wow
W O W
W O W
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I made this sci-fi puppetry 60s pastiche. CGI, almost completely physics-animated. Love letter to things like Thunderbirds, Fireball XL5, Space Patrol, and watching foreign television only to lose it forever afterwards youtu.be/ME7SVM7bwKU?si=jUYR6APY28kPCUqk
ENEMIES FROM VENUS! (~1965) (Surviving clip)
YouTube video by Ernst-Jan van Melle
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 11:57 AM
I made this sci-fi puppetry 60s pastiche. CGI, almost completely physics-animated. Love letter to things like Thunderbirds, Fireball XL5, Space Patrol, and watching foreign television only to lose it forever afterwards youtu.be/ME7SVM7bwKU?si=jUYR6APY28kPCUqk
Burgh noodling. Big fan of nooks. And crannies.
January 28, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Burgh noodling. Big fan of nooks. And crannies.