Ben Buckley 🇨🇦
@bentheadequate.bsky.social
(he/him or they/them) Artist, math guy, and lover of puns
Experienced readers DO skip words, though. Lots of people miss the "the the" in phrases presented like this, but I don't think that means ALL of them struggle with reading in general.
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Experienced readers DO skip words, though. Lots of people miss the "the the" in phrases presented like this, but I don't think that means ALL of them struggle with reading in general.
I designed and painted the imagery on this bowl on the Thanksgiving weekend, and it was recently fired and sent to me. It took two days to finish - next year I'm doing a simpler design. (The bowl itself was made by my mom.)
November 5, 2025 at 6:28 AM
I designed and painted the imagery on this bowl on the Thanksgiving weekend, and it was recently fired and sent to me. It took two days to finish - next year I'm doing a simpler design. (The bowl itself was made by my mom.)
Some spooky art I made at a Hallowe'en party.
(1) The craft supplies included some googly eyes, so I incorporated them into a painting.
(2) The dragon model (right) was painted by my friend Chris; I made the painting (left) of the model.
(1) The craft supplies included some googly eyes, so I incorporated them into a painting.
(2) The dragon model (right) was painted by my friend Chris; I made the painting (left) of the model.
November 1, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Some spooky art I made at a Hallowe'en party.
(1) The craft supplies included some googly eyes, so I incorporated them into a painting.
(2) The dragon model (right) was painted by my friend Chris; I made the painting (left) of the model.
(1) The craft supplies included some googly eyes, so I incorporated them into a painting.
(2) The dragon model (right) was painted by my friend Chris; I made the painting (left) of the model.
This guy, maybe?
September 30, 2025 at 4:16 AM
This guy, maybe?
"Mamdani is, in my opinion, the Democratic nominee."
September 23, 2025 at 4:47 AM
"Mamdani is, in my opinion, the Democratic nominee."
The video disappeared as I was watching it, and I think the post may have been deleted.
September 6, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The video disappeared as I was watching it, and I think the post may have been deleted.
Going by the name: Is he inspired by Mark Volman, of Flo and Eddie fame?
September 1, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Going by the name: Is he inspired by Mark Volman, of Flo and Eddie fame?
Maybe the movie is fine, but the presentation of the logo almost seems like a parody of Disney movie announcements, i.e. generically whimsical one-word title in front of a black background.
August 31, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Maybe the movie is fine, but the presentation of the logo almost seems like a parody of Disney movie announcements, i.e. generically whimsical one-word title in front of a black background.
Maybe the movie is fine, but the presentation of the logo almost seems like a parody of Disney movie announcements, i.e. generically whimsical one-word title in front of a black background.
August 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Maybe the movie is fine, but the presentation of the logo almost seems like a parody of Disney movie announcements, i.e. generically whimsical one-word title in front of a black background.
Really? You mean those witches in Macbeth and the fairies in A Midsummer Night's Dream weren't real?
August 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Really? You mean those witches in Macbeth and the fairies in A Midsummer Night's Dream weren't real?
I've reduced the saturation, in addition to a few other changes I've made since earlier today.
August 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I've reduced the saturation, in addition to a few other changes I've made since earlier today.
I've gone through a few iterations of what I think their next rebrand will look like, and arrived at this:
August 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I've gone through a few iterations of what I think their next rebrand will look like, and arrived at this:
Cracker Barrel 40 years from now:
August 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Cracker Barrel 40 years from now:
I was thinking something like this:
August 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I was thinking something like this:
I've been experimenting with Pytorch recently. I've been training networks on a sketch page I drew, experimenting with different numbers of layers and the size of the window I train it on.
The first image is my original sketch. The next 3 are the results of different models trained on it.
The first image is my original sketch. The next 3 are the results of different models trained on it.
August 12, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I've been experimenting with Pytorch recently. I've been training networks on a sketch page I drew, experimenting with different numbers of layers and the size of the window I train it on.
The first image is my original sketch. The next 3 are the results of different models trained on it.
The first image is my original sketch. The next 3 are the results of different models trained on it.
That is the actual intention, and I cropped the rest out because I lack journalistic integrity:
August 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
That is the actual intention, and I cropped the rest out because I lack journalistic integrity:
Just saving this screenshot now in case you try to delete your post when you're proven wrong.
August 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Just saving this screenshot now in case you try to delete your post when you're proven wrong.
An oddly threatening sign at the Burnaby library. "RESISTANCE IS FUTILE"
August 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
An oddly threatening sign at the Burnaby library. "RESISTANCE IS FUTILE"
Getting a warmed up in an attempt to start doing more animation:
August 9, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Getting a warmed up in an attempt to start doing more animation:
I wanted to get used to my drawing tablet (and Krita) so I spent an evening drawing faces.
July 30, 2025 at 6:54 AM
I wanted to get used to my drawing tablet (and Krita) so I spent an evening drawing faces.
Don't make me point at the shirt.
July 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Don't make me point at the shirt.
