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submitted 13 hours ago • 1 comment

it's like how when you're depressed you want to only play games you've already played bc the thought of learning something new makes you want to die. the death of curiosity and determination and energy to both fail and learn is part of what makes depression suck so much, AND it sucks for creativity

submitted 11 hours ago • 3 comments

This is a Hall of Fame reader comment on a very reactionary op-ed about Zohran Mamdani's victory that was published in my local paper today.

submitted 16 hours ago • 425 comments

68 Capybaras 🥭

submitted 1 day ago • 18 comments

"Copyright is evil and should be abolished!" AYE can we stop with this take. Yes, corporations have abused the F out of copyright protections, but artists still rely on whatever protections copyright offers. It's the only reason a big corporation can't just steal literally everything we make.

submitted 1 day ago • 41 comments

Amazing explanation of the corporate acquisition racket:

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

The banshee’s wail warns of us tragedy to come.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

This chart tells you everything you need to know about the NYC mayoral race. Everyday New Yorkers vs money.

submitted 4 days ago • 47 comments

Four Other Worlds (2017) #pixelart #art

submitted 6 days ago • 5 comments

#pixelart #aseprite Aged Stone Memorial (2021)

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Every commercial font we've ever made, all zipped up in one pack. There are handwriting fonts, techno fonts, pixel art - the whole pack has a vast range of genres and vibes to choose from. Use them in game dev, books, album covers, ttrpgs, web comics etc ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack #gamedev #booksky

submitted 41 days ago • 53 comments

I'm slowly going to upload a bunch of older art because I literally haven't had the time to do personal art these days between work and commissions🥲 Here's an old Jester & Caduceus chibi's! I'd love to do more of the M9 in this style. #criticalroleart #Criticalrolefanart #CriticalRole #Mightynein

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

submitted 6 days ago • 13 comments

Human Artists! Use one piece to convince people to follow you!

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

Yeah I’ll bet it is

submitted 7 days ago • 16 comments

This is exactly why I do this gag endlessly. The internet makes us want to correct everyone all the time, without context, without awareness, and without curiosity. It’s a bad habit, we all do it. It’s not about accuracy, it is about shutting people down, even experts in their field.

submitted 6 days ago • 56 comments

wow I asked it if it's becoming conscious this is scary

submitted 6 days ago • 26 comments

#pixelart #aseprite Abyss (2021)

submitted 7 days ago • 5 comments

I think a thing we, as game designers, should steal from fine arts people, is the habit of saying "in my practice", like "oh, well in my practice, I like to do a solo prototype test before I show it to others" in a way that leaves room for the fact that we are artists and we all do it differently

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

Let the GM give their villain speech.

submitted 8 days ago • 5 comments

Pretty consistently the second an anonymous style ALT account starts to have merch, you really should skedaddle. They enter the business of generating more followers as that equals more money, and you have NO IDEA where that money is going, or what it might be supporting because you CANNOT verify.

submitted 8 days ago • 7 comments

"Correcting misinformation from your own side is loser behavior." LOL no, it's integrity. If we don't stand for the truth then we don't stand for anything. Fuck off.

submitted 10 days ago • 9 comments

Painted some LOTR art the other day ~

submitted 276 days ago • 3 comments

More LOTR art anyone?? #lotr

submitted 10 days ago • 10 comments

the John Wick universe is what you get if someone explained everything about Vampire: the Masquerade except that the characters are vampires

submitted 10 days ago • 51 comments

If you're outside in a dense crowd setting today, please remember that Covid and other viruses CAN spread outside, and you're creating the perfect conditions for them to do so. Mask up for liberty!

submitted 11 days ago • 24 comments

I am once again fucking BEGGING YALL STOP SREADING SUBSTACKS STOP PROMOTING SUBSTACKS STOP MAKING SUBSTACKS

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

Yeah, this explains a lot.

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

I made a mnemonic so you won't have to embarassingly confuse these in the future: A Bog melts a log with acidic fog, A Fen's a fine place for a base. Swamps have their stumps, are full of tree clumps, And a Marsh is a mushy open space.

submitted 204 days ago • 0 comments

South Korean representatives were willing to climb fences at risk of being shot in order to save their republic. I think about that sometimes.

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

There's a line in the recent article about Veilguard that I think got lost in Everything Else, but imho it's worth flagging as a factor in a lot of struggling media—the part where execs directed the devs to appeal to as wide an audience as possible. I think that's short-sighted, personally.

submitted 13 days ago • 3 comments

me in 2009: this smartphone is fun to play games on me in 2025: the portal to the horrors is open and never stops screaming

submitted 14 days ago • 4 comments

"oh, this time of great suffering will produce great art" no it fucking won't, it'll mean artists spend all their creative energy on "how do I pay for food this week"

submitted 14 days ago • 50 comments

This lawsuit is brutal. One of the exhibits is the letter Universal sent to Midjourney, including a quote from a 2022 Forbes interview that I bet midjourney regrets

submitted 14 days ago • 232 comments

I think @frogs4girls.bsky.social nailed many people’s thoughts about Gavin Newsom on the head:

submitted 15 days ago • 28 comments

Me and my fellow creatives this week

submitted 16 days ago • 18 comments

Perhaps you need more Tai in these trying times? #dogs

submitted 15 days ago • 12 comments

I couldn't NOT do this.

submitted 15 days ago • 104 comments

I am deeply confused by private businesses claiming they "can't" put mask mandates in place for equally private events. At least where I live, there is literally no law against it. You CAN. You just don't WANT TO. Well, I CAN catch Covid, and I really don't WANT to.

submitted 15 days ago • 25 comments

Now through June 12th, UPROOTED is available for $1.99 at all US ebook retailers! Visit lnk.bio/naominovik to add to your library, or gift to a friend who might like to walk the Wood. 🌳 "Our Dragon doesn’t eat the girls he takes, no matter what stories they tell outside our valley."

submitted 16 days ago • 5 comments

Lothcat

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment