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Joseph Hewitt
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Cartoonist, programmer, educator, Newfoundlander living in Korea. Hamster herder. Creator of mecha RPG GearHead. Lead penguin of Polar Bear Comix. Mask wearer. He/him. Old. #Comics #GameDev #ghrpg

https://polarbearcomix.com/
https://gearhead.itch.io/
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Old fashioned cartooning.
A group of people and one raccoon outside of Farah's Falafel
November 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Marie Dullahan: necromancer, explorer, cephalophore. Miniature by @vaevictisminis.bsky.social
Miniature of a beheaded woman carrying her own smirking head.
November 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Antarctica.
A polymer clay penguin holding a green flag with an orange fish.
November 5, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Yurika with the good advice. #SRW
Yurika from Nadesico says "Don't worry about how weird they look! Just make sure to give them a good spanking!"
November 4, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Here are necromancer Marie Dullahan, her apprentice Marcy, and a miscellaneous lab assistant.
Three unpainted miniatures: a grave robber, a woman carrying her own head, and a plague doctor with a bonesaw.
November 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Also the Halloween costume of my penguin self-portrait.
My penguin self-portrait wearing a ghost costume consisting of a sheet with too many eye holes cut in it, a la Charlie Brown. He is also carrying a guitar and saying "I gotta rawk".
October 31, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Some of my characters in Halloween costumes from last year.
Blue Penguin dressed as Judge Dredd. Misty, a ginger haired catgirl, wearing a big purple cosplay wig, white shirt, and poofy purple pants in the style of Yuzu from Kitsune Tails. She is also carrying a letter. Princess Mandu is leaping around in a big red boot. An orc with green skin and dark hair dressed in a Ghostbusters uniform. His name tag says "Erik".
October 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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A ghoul haunting the ruins of Frostgrave. #Nerdlings #FindFolkFriday
A mutated undead creature standing behind a tombstone. Also, there's a skull just lying there on the ground for no reason.
October 31, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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G-Gundam also has the most stereotypically Canadian mecha every. Look at this voyageur-looking wood-chopping hockey-playing galoot.
The Lumber Gundam from G-Gundam, a beefy Gundam with brown armor and axes strapped to each forearm.
October 31, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Scroll master by @vaevictisminis.bsky.social #Nerdlings #Miniatures
A woman in a blue robe consults two scrolls that are floating next to her.
October 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Made ghosts for Halloween.
Two polymer clay Mimikyus and a colored pencil drawing of same.
October 30, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Penguin wizard
A polymer clay penguin with a black hat and a magic staff
October 30, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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My Siberian dwarf hamster Moopsy could be fierce and bitey. First time at the vet he growled so loudly that the people out in the waiting room heard it. But he was also the cuddliest and most affectionate hamster I've ever met; a fuzzy ball of hot-blooded emotion.
Moopsy, a pearl colored dwarf hamster, leaning against my hand.
October 29, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Aside from the tail it basically has the same silhouette as this chonk.
The cat from "Story for Sara", one of the stories included in Amphigorey, Too by Edward Gorey. A thick brick of a cat.
October 24, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Coincidentally, earlier this week I set up a winter scene in my light box to take photos of Frostgrave minis. This is a large construct for my elementalist; cast in transparent blue resin then dry brushed for a frosty look. #Nerdlings #FindFolkFriday
A spiky crystalline ice monster.
October 24, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Thanks for hosting! GearHead Caramel is a mecha Roguelike RPG featuring procedural narration and a comprehensive mecha build system. I'm currently making some deep revisions for a big update later this year. #TurnBasedThursday #GameDev #IndieGame store.steampowered.com/app/1565090/...
October 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Made pokemon in class.
Two polymer clay squirtles.
October 23, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Gilius Thunderhead.
Gilius Thunderhead from Golden Axe; a dwarf barbarian with blonde hair and green clothes with a two handed axe and a horned helmet.
October 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Ice toad for Frostgrave. #Miniatures #nerdlings
A miniature of a spiky green toad with golden eyes and giant fangs.
October 22, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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Captain Newfoundland, painted appropriately with Vallejo paints. #Nerdlings
A miniature of Captain Newfoundland against a snowy background.
October 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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On today's episode of "Love and Refactoring", the mecha editor has been updated to work with the new interface. But hoo boy it's gonna need some extra care to work with the new interface *well*. #ghrpg #IndieGames #SoloDev store.steampowered.com/app/1565090/...
The GearHead Caramel mecha editor. A CNA-15 Century chassis is being edited, potentially into something altogether different.
October 21, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Human Artists!

Use one piece to convince people to follow you!
A Flesh Tearers space marine in the black armor of the Deathwatch about to beat someone with a folding chair.
October 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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GH1 character import is working again, and I fixed a bug where the game could not find your character if you installed GH1 from certain Linux repositories. Refactoring all game loops also means replacing all Menus with MenuWidgets. #ghrpg store.steampowered.com/app/1565090/...
The GearHead Caramel main menu. The option "Import GH1 Character" is highlighted.
October 19, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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GearHead Caramel refactoring continues. The "Start New Campaign" option now works again; had to make a few changes due to changes made to the campaign loop.
The opening scene of GearHead Caramel's "Bear Bastard's Mecha Camp" tutorial scenario. The player character and a man wearing a bear hat stand in a mostly desolate park.
October 18, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Noticing a lot of passive aggression about GenAI use on computer sites lately. I mean I prefer aggressive aggression but whatever works for you.
While the AI assistant is a powerful tool, many developers prefer to write code from scratch. Here's an example of how you can write a simple function without any AI assistance. def factorial(n): """ Calculates the factorial of a number n. """ if n < 0: raise ValueError("Factorial is not defined for negative numbers.") if n == 0: return 1 else: result = 1 for i in range(1, n + 1): result *= i return result # Example usage: number = 5 print(f"The factorial of {number} is {factorial(number)}")
October 17, 2025 at 11:42 AM