Jeff Bezos killed the venerable Washington Post today.

The greatest economic Con in American history was convincing working class people to hate labor unions

At this point, posting on Blue Sky amounts to an act of Patriotism

This is an oil painting in wood panel. 16 by 20. Done for my own enjoyment.

#illustration #art #painting #fantasyart #sciencefictionart #environmentdesign #conceptart #conceptdesign

An illustrator friend told me about a dream he had where a giant train was rushing through LA flattening buildings. I took that as a design prompt and painted this.

#illustration #art #painting #fantasyart #sciencefictionart #environmentdesign #conceptart #conceptdesign

#Environmentdesign #conceptdesign #illustration

Good Morning, can you recomend any art creators to follow on BlueSky?

Hey all, i know a new platform is uncomfortable and I commend anyone here boycotting Meta. All indications are that BlueSky is worth the effort to build a new following on. Like many of you, I’m avoiding signing onto Meta but not deleting core FB account as I would lose the contacts

LEVELING and SHARPENING: Increasing or decreasing the contrast/echo between two parts of a matrix/composition.

I have created illustrations and concept art for EA games Spectrum, Amazing Stories, Covers for Dragon magazine, White Wolf Magazine, AD&D games, WOTC's Magic the Gathering, Vampire and many others. #fantasyart #illustration #conceptart #sciencefictionart

www.artstation.com/mike_l_weaver

Alla Prima oil study from life. #oil #painting #illustration #noai

A good tidbit of advice I got from Disney was to write every email (text, PM, etc) as if it were written by a robot. This was pre-AI, so what they meant was write unemotionally, short, and direct. And absolutely most important never make jokes; you never know who’s going to misunderstand a joke.

The esteemed artist and educator Edgar Payne suggest allowing your art making process to be your focus rather than the final image. Consider, if you are unhappy with the final image, it is natural result of your process. For good or ill. Forcing the final image into a different form is wasteful

Focus less on crafting a perfect answer and focus more on crafting a perfect question.

Art is an activity, not an object.

The Guardian is one of the first major newspapers to abandon Twitter. They are here on BS, give them a follow?

Hello? Is there anybody out there? I set up this account a few months ago but haven’t really put much effort into transferring my friends list from facebook. Since Musk has gone off the deep end, I suppose I better get to it. Do me a favor and let me know you see this?

Here’s an old illustration that I still enjoy revisiting

Hoo boy, a fresh start. I haven’t faced this situation since I migrated from LiveJournal to Facebook in 2006.

Here’s a link to my portfolio

www.artstation.com/mike_l_weaver