Thom|B
@thomcreates.bsky.social
I'm almost old enough to retire, but I'd rather not - I feel like I'm starting a whole new chapter.
Israel b0mbs every hospital on the Gaza strip looking for H4m4s, they believe they are justified. Fine. Iran b0mbs one hospital in Israel, and Israel claims it's a "war crime" according to the Geneva Convention. Seems a bit ironic? Hypocritical? Messed up? Delusional? Stop me when i get to it.
June 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Israel b0mbs every hospital on the Gaza strip looking for H4m4s, they believe they are justified. Fine. Iran b0mbs one hospital in Israel, and Israel claims it's a "war crime" according to the Geneva Convention. Seems a bit ironic? Hypocritical? Messed up? Delusional? Stop me when i get to it.
Started another small painting. Glasses for reference - his nipples really stick out lol . Oil on wood panel, 5.75" square, not finished.
May 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Started another small painting. Glasses for reference - his nipples really stick out lol . Oil on wood panel, 5.75" square, not finished.
I have to wonder at what point do US citizens actually stand up and resist. No Medicare? Deporting US-born citizens? No social security? Oh wait, that's already started happening. Shame there's apparently no opposing political party.
May 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I have to wonder at what point do US citizens actually stand up and resist. No Medicare? Deporting US-born citizens? No social security? Oh wait, that's already started happening. Shame there's apparently no opposing political party.
The grid method is great, I'm just not sure it's 100% fitting for graphite sketches. If somebody knows a trick, like which kind of pencil to use, I'd love to hear it.
May 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The grid method is great, I'm just not sure it's 100% fitting for graphite sketches. If somebody knows a trick, like which kind of pencil to use, I'd love to hear it.
I spent my lunch half-hour gridding this out. Almost-6" square wood panel, next step, oil paint. Stay tuned.
May 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I spent my lunch half-hour gridding this out. Almost-6" square wood panel, next step, oil paint. Stay tuned.
Part two of "family portrait update" and mum looks a bit "wrong" .. maybe it's the"blank" neck, or the aggressive blending. Meh. This is not finished, I had pretty much given up on it last year, so I'm just happy to give it another go.
May 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Part two of "family portrait update" and mum looks a bit "wrong" .. maybe it's the"blank" neck, or the aggressive blending. Meh. This is not finished, I had pretty much given up on it last year, so I'm just happy to give it another go.
So I spent the afternoon on this. Before today, my face was a beige blob. I'm pretty happy about this, but for some reason I'm all teary - that hasn't happened in a long time lol - oil paint on Birch panel , 36" x 24"
May 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
So I spent the afternoon on this. Before today, my face was a beige blob. I'm pretty happy about this, but for some reason I'm all teary - that hasn't happened in a long time lol - oil paint on Birch panel , 36" x 24"
I'm starting another odd project - if you're a gamer and familiar with a certain scary game you might recognize this. It's very early stages, and that smear on the left is from when I pressed too hard with my posca pen. Even with gridding this was a challenge. Fingers crossed it works out.
May 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I'm starting another odd project - if you're a gamer and familiar with a certain scary game you might recognize this. It's very early stages, and that smear on the left is from when I pressed too hard with my posca pen. Even with gridding this was a challenge. Fingers crossed it works out.
Looks like I'm trying Linux again. Mint, specifically. Dual boot with Windows because I'm passing for Adobe and one or two of my games don't run - yet - in Linux.
April 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Looks like I'm trying Linux again. Mint, specifically. Dual boot with Windows because I'm passing for Adobe and one or two of my games don't run - yet - in Linux.
Two works-in-progress - definitely not finished. Both are 4.75" square panels, painted in oil. I'm really enjoying the smaller size, they're definitely harder on the eyes to work on lol - but less daunting, and easier to finish. Also, I swear, in person, they look much better.
April 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Two works-in-progress - definitely not finished. Both are 4.75" square panels, painted in oil. I'm really enjoying the smaller size, they're definitely harder on the eyes to work on lol - but less daunting, and easier to finish. Also, I swear, in person, they look much better.
I now have a second 3D printer, a "gift" (a small cash exchange, but worth it) from a friend who didn't want it any more because it took up too much space. My first proper print (on this printer), something I sculpted in Nomad Sculpt on my iPad last summer. Painting soon.
April 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I now have a second 3D printer, a "gift" (a small cash exchange, but worth it) from a friend who didn't want it any more because it took up too much space. My first proper print (on this printer), something I sculpted in Nomad Sculpt on my iPad last summer. Painting soon.
First coat, first painting in quite a while. I legitimately can't remember when I did my last painting - last year? Happy with the progress so far, this is literally an undercoat, I now have to wait for it to dry (oil paint on Birch panel, copy of a Rembrandt painting I've always kind of liked)
April 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
First coat, first painting in quite a while. I legitimately can't remember when I did my last painting - last year? Happy with the progress so far, this is literally an undercoat, I now have to wait for it to dry (oil paint on Birch panel, copy of a Rembrandt painting I've always kind of liked)
This is why you don't do your under sketching with graphite. I covered it with an acrylic gloss gel medium which will keep the pencil from bleeding into the paint, but it still looks monstrous lol.
April 18, 2025 at 4:30 AM
This is why you don't do your under sketching with graphite. I covered it with an acrylic gloss gel medium which will keep the pencil from bleeding into the paint, but it still looks monstrous lol.
And this, my friends, is how I check to make sure I haven't left any patches after I've shaved my head. I don't need no man. I mean, sure, I'd like one, but I don't need one.
March 18, 2025 at 9:56 PM
And this, my friends, is how I check to make sure I haven't left any patches after I've shaved my head. I don't need no man. I mean, sure, I'd like one, but I don't need one.
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Visiting friends in New York
March 12, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Visiting friends in New York
The rest of Canada, even our Premiere, Doug Ford, may hate Toronto, the city where I've lived for the last 33 years, but I *finally* love it and can't imagine living anywhere else.
March 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The rest of Canada, even our Premiere, Doug Ford, may hate Toronto, the city where I've lived for the last 33 years, but I *finally* love it and can't imagine living anywhere else.
I never realized how proud I am of my country until President DumbFuck made it clear that his plans are to destroy the Canadian economy so that we are forced to come crawling to him, begging him to annex us. I would literally rather die than give up my country. Fuck Trump, fully.
March 12, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I never realized how proud I am of my country until President DumbFuck made it clear that his plans are to destroy the Canadian economy so that we are forced to come crawling to him, begging him to annex us. I would literally rather die than give up my country. Fuck Trump, fully.
(I'm in Canada). At the Dollarama this 1L Pepsi Zero is $1.25. at most grocery and convenience stores, this same size is between $2.79 and $3.79. 700ml size at Dollarama is $1.50. Zero logic. Anywhere. Tell me again that prices aren't arbitrarily decided.
March 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
(I'm in Canada). At the Dollarama this 1L Pepsi Zero is $1.25. at most grocery and convenience stores, this same size is between $2.79 and $3.79. 700ml size at Dollarama is $1.50. Zero logic. Anywhere. Tell me again that prices aren't arbitrarily decided.
something i threw together (same as before, but with more) using Adobe's Project Neo Beta.
March 6, 2025 at 3:41 AM
something i threw together (same as before, but with more) using Adobe's Project Neo Beta.
oh, and after i did the spinning person in Adobe's Project Neo, I did this. I was more experimental and decided to go bigger. This is not complete, eventually it will be fully furnished.
March 5, 2025 at 10:21 PM
oh, and after i did the spinning person in Adobe's Project Neo, I did this. I was more experimental and decided to go bigger. This is not complete, eventually it will be fully furnished.
took one of the many car models i started in Blender but got stuck somewhere with (last year) and since I've been using Blender3D more frequently/regularly for the past couple of months, I figured I'd try some stuff. It may not look like much, but this was literally a blob an hour ago. Yay creases!
March 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
took one of the many car models i started in Blender but got stuck somewhere with (last year) and since I've been using Blender3D more frequently/regularly for the past couple of months, I figured I'd try some stuff. It may not look like much, but this was literally a blob an hour ago. Yay creases!
playing with Adobe's Project Neo (beta). So much fun, and pretty intuitive.
March 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
playing with Adobe's Project Neo (beta). So much fun, and pretty intuitive.
Why does everything about time-traveling-to-fix-things involve k1ll1ng a baby? Just go back, stop Seth Meyers from doing that comedy roast, Trump (maybe) doesn't run for president, then, go back, keep Hitler's parents from meeting - or just from having a child, and bam, problems solved.
March 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Why does everything about time-traveling-to-fix-things involve k1ll1ng a baby? Just go back, stop Seth Meyers from doing that comedy roast, Trump (maybe) doesn't run for president, then, go back, keep Hitler's parents from meeting - or just from having a child, and bam, problems solved.
So it would appear my flesh ever pair or transition lenses work. Yay!
February 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
So it would appear my flesh ever pair or transition lenses work. Yay!