House Full of Up (Merlin Roche)
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The Beavarians - Animated Short Film
YouTube video by Merlin Roche
youtu.be
youtu.be/TaFLB06ifFY Check out this short film I made that was featured in the Dublin Animation Meetup's Annual Film Festival, DAMNATION. Made in under 10 days using After Effects and Clip Studio Paint, please give it a watch!
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Quote reblog with your starry art ✨
December 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Quote reblog with your starry art ✨
What were your first four commander decks? (I did just get precons back in 2018 tbh)
December 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
What were your first four commander decks? (I did just get precons back in 2018 tbh)
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"Birth of the Homunculus"
A sorceress astounded by her creation.
This painting has been floating around in my head for months now, and I only found the right time to bring it to fruition yesterday!
(see thread for details + process shot-by-shot)
A sorceress astounded by her creation.
This painting has been floating around in my head for months now, and I only found the right time to bring it to fruition yesterday!
(see thread for details + process shot-by-shot)
December 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"Birth of the Homunculus"
A sorceress astounded by her creation.
This painting has been floating around in my head for months now, and I only found the right time to bring it to fruition yesterday!
(see thread for details + process shot-by-shot)
A sorceress astounded by her creation.
This painting has been floating around in my head for months now, and I only found the right time to bring it to fruition yesterday!
(see thread for details + process shot-by-shot)
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December 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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The Complex, one of the last large arts and cultural spaces in Dublin City Centre are getting evicted on Jan 14th. I cannot emphasize enough how much of a blow this will be to the arts community in Ireland. Please sign the petition if you can, it takes only a minute! my.uplift.ie/petitions/sa...
Save The Complex in Dublin
I'm getting behind the The Complex Cultural & Arts space. Stop the eviction! Please sign & share
my.uplift.ie
December 4, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The Complex, one of the last large arts and cultural spaces in Dublin City Centre are getting evicted on Jan 14th. I cannot emphasize enough how much of a blow this will be to the arts community in Ireland. Please sign the petition if you can, it takes only a minute! my.uplift.ie/petitions/sa...
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youtu.be/TaFLB06ifFY Check out this short film I made that was featured in the Dublin Animation Meetup's Annual Film Festival, DAMNATION. Made in under 10 days using After Effects and Clip Studio Paint, please give it a watch!
The Beavarians - Animated Short Film
YouTube video by Merlin Roche
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
youtu.be/TaFLB06ifFY Check out this short film I made that was featured in the Dublin Animation Meetup's Annual Film Festival, DAMNATION. Made in under 10 days using After Effects and Clip Studio Paint, please give it a watch!
youtu.be/TaFLB06ifFY Check out this short film I made that was featured in the Dublin Animation Meetup's Annual Film Festival, DAMNATION. Made in under 10 days using After Effects and Clip Studio Paint, please give it a watch!
The Beavarians - Animated Short Film
YouTube video by Merlin Roche
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
youtu.be/TaFLB06ifFY Check out this short film I made that was featured in the Dublin Animation Meetup's Annual Film Festival, DAMNATION. Made in under 10 days using After Effects and Clip Studio Paint, please give it a watch!
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last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
November 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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I needed a project to keep myself busy recently so I scratch-built an Armstrong from Final Fantasy IX 🏠🐟
October 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I needed a project to keep myself busy recently so I scratch-built an Armstrong from Final Fantasy IX 🏠🐟
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I've seen multiple talented artists this week who have almost no followers. So this is me once again tapping the sign, if you see art you like, check out their page, if you like the rest of what you see, hit that follow button.
Your timeline will be better, they'll be happier, everyone wins
Your timeline will be better, they'll be happier, everyone wins
November 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I've seen multiple talented artists this week who have almost no followers. So this is me once again tapping the sign, if you see art you like, check out their page, if you like the rest of what you see, hit that follow button.
Your timeline will be better, they'll be happier, everyone wins
Your timeline will be better, they'll be happier, everyone wins
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We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm - AUTOMATON WEST
In an interview following the launch of ARC Raiders, the CEO of Embark Studios' parent company Nexon shares his views on AI.
automaton-media.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
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"even if it's AI, it's at least true" hard to overstate the damage this stuff is doing to people's brains. we're gonna be cleaning the slop out of archives for decades
October 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
"even if it's AI, it's at least true" hard to overstate the damage this stuff is doing to people's brains. we're gonna be cleaning the slop out of archives for decades
More of these two. (Including a halloween profile pic)
October 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
More of these two. (Including a halloween profile pic)
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Forced myself to draw something last weekend. 👀
Another color study, trying to work in limited palettes.
Another color study, trying to work in limited palettes.
May 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Forced myself to draw something last weekend. 👀
Another color study, trying to work in limited palettes.
Another color study, trying to work in limited palettes.
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Hitting the #MTGartmarket auction block:
Mutable Explorer by @waynereynoldsart.bsky.social
Auction info:
mtgart.auction/mutable
Mutable Explorer by @waynereynoldsart.bsky.social
Auction info:
mtgart.auction/mutable
September 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Hitting the #MTGartmarket auction block:
Mutable Explorer by @waynereynoldsart.bsky.social
Auction info:
mtgart.auction/mutable
Mutable Explorer by @waynereynoldsart.bsky.social
Auction info:
mtgart.auction/mutable
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Working on a new cover painting for a science fiction novel and playing with the themes of geometric abstraction which helped build this piece for an anthology, Down These Dark Spaceways.
Psychohistorical Crisis II
30" x 18" Oil on Panel 2005
collection of Edie Stern and Joe Siclari
Psychohistorical Crisis II
30" x 18" Oil on Panel 2005
collection of Edie Stern and Joe Siclari
September 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Working on a new cover painting for a science fiction novel and playing with the themes of geometric abstraction which helped build this piece for an anthology, Down These Dark Spaceways.
Psychohistorical Crisis II
30" x 18" Oil on Panel 2005
collection of Edie Stern and Joe Siclari
Psychohistorical Crisis II
30" x 18" Oil on Panel 2005
collection of Edie Stern and Joe Siclari
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Kenny Who?
Writers John Wagner & Alan Grant and artist Cam Kennedy saw the potential dangers of AI art back in the mid-80s. Dredd stories were always prescient but this one hits hard today. See also America.
2000AD PROG 477. Published 5th July, 1986.
Writers John Wagner & Alan Grant and artist Cam Kennedy saw the potential dangers of AI art back in the mid-80s. Dredd stories were always prescient but this one hits hard today. See also America.
2000AD PROG 477. Published 5th July, 1986.
September 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Kenny Who?
Writers John Wagner & Alan Grant and artist Cam Kennedy saw the potential dangers of AI art back in the mid-80s. Dredd stories were always prescient but this one hits hard today. See also America.
2000AD PROG 477. Published 5th July, 1986.
Writers John Wagner & Alan Grant and artist Cam Kennedy saw the potential dangers of AI art back in the mid-80s. Dredd stories were always prescient but this one hits hard today. See also America.
2000AD PROG 477. Published 5th July, 1986.
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Whenever sites come up with new rules like this I thing about how if you were a creator who was making something every bit on the level with a hugely popular and acclaimed series, would you be allowed to share it? Like, if you were sitting on the next Game of Thrones, you couldn’t share that here.
September 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Whenever sites come up with new rules like this I thing about how if you were a creator who was making something every bit on the level with a hugely popular and acclaimed series, would you be allowed to share it? Like, if you were sitting on the next Game of Thrones, you couldn’t share that here.
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Out TODAY! For less than a pack of Magic cards, and available digitally!
If you want Magic media outside of web fiction, this is your chance to show them.
If you're a lore fan: buy it, don't just read a summary from someone who did.
If you want Magic media outside of web fiction, this is your chance to show them.
If you're a lore fan: buy it, don't just read a summary from someone who did.
We have 1 new comic beginning this week with issue #1, Magic: The Gathering: Untold Stories--Elspeth: bit.ly/44SBOb4
Pick up the issue #1 this Wednesday at your local comic book shop.
By @danpgwatters.bsky.social, Owen Gieni, Hilary Jenkins, @claytoncowles.bsky.social. With @magic.wizards.com
Pick up the issue #1 this Wednesday at your local comic book shop.
By @danpgwatters.bsky.social, Owen Gieni, Hilary Jenkins, @claytoncowles.bsky.social. With @magic.wizards.com
September 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Out TODAY! For less than a pack of Magic cards, and available digitally!
If you want Magic media outside of web fiction, this is your chance to show them.
If you're a lore fan: buy it, don't just read a summary from someone who did.
If you want Magic media outside of web fiction, this is your chance to show them.
If you're a lore fan: buy it, don't just read a summary from someone who did.
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"When we use generative AI, we consent to the appropriation of our intellectual property by data scrapers. We stuff the pockets of oligarchs with even more money. We hand over our autonomy, at the very moment of emerging American fascism."
“An extraordinary amount of money is spent by the artificial intelligence industry to ensure that acquiescence is the only plausible response. But marketing is not destiny.” Out from behind the paywall: the Editors on the literature of AI resignation.
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...
Large Language Muddle | The Editors
The AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ...
www.nplusonemag.com
September 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
"When we use generative AI, we consent to the appropriation of our intellectual property by data scrapers. We stuff the pockets of oligarchs with even more money. We hand over our autonomy, at the very moment of emerging American fascism."