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Just a totally normal, non-eldritch crow fighting burnout through belief in the power of art and storytelling. Art | Comics | TTRPG Read my comic, VIGILANTE 2890: http://ko-fi.com/s/c270fba613 My Carrd: https://kaelmcdonald.carrd.co/
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Want to push back against the bigoted attacks targeting trans and gender-nonconforming people? Here are specific ways you can help—with your time, money, and everyday actions.

ayyyy CSP is having one of their crazy sales if you're into it, including the perpetual license

CLARIFICATION : The Trevor Project's hotline will still be live. But basically this means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline. They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY So spread this around They can be texted. They can be called.

In light of Pride month I'm fundraising for Point of Pride, an incredible trans-led nonprofit that provides direct gender affirming care & things like HRT to trans ppl in need. Please, please donate any small amount that you can. Every bit makes a major impact! secure.givelively.org/donate/point...

mighty girls from a couple years ago

MASSIVE good news for trans people in the United States. A federal judge has just granted class action status to transgender people looking to update their passports. This means that very shorty, the window will open to update your passports with the correct gender marker.

if i can be y’all’s dad for a second: one of the most important things I’ve learned is that acquiring a skill is literally uncomfortable that awful moment where you feel confused and stupid and embarrassed? it means you’re about to learn something. and it’s *mandatory* if you want to get better

This month, a team endorsed by Guillermo del Toro released Mexico's first stop-motion feature. It's 2 hours of pure imagination. The film is called I Am Frankelda, and we've taken a deep look into how it came to be: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-film-a...

every state needs to enact a version of this, yes even red ones. People live there too

I did my best to compile as many protest safety notes as possible into a one page foldout zine! Coincidentally…it seems the file has breached containment…like it’s available for anyone to print or hand out 👀⚖️ toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf

Solidarity is a profoundly powerful feeling and I think we spend most of our time starved for it - go and get you some

Fun fact: in the 1960s, Civil Rights protestors were given literal classes on nonviolent protest; they didn't all just spontaneously know what to do. So, if you're planning on showing up, this weekend: read this comic. And if you're staying home, signal-boost it/link it around.

Don't forget it

One of the reasons I think “defund the police” is a great slogan is that you get to repeatedly tell people that studies show that police don’t actually solve murders, and in fact one-third of stranger-murders are committed by police.

Didn’t expect this from Scientific American but here we are. (Article from 2020 but everything still relevant including COVID precautions)

BREAKING: International coalition of over two dozen worker unions declares emergency over AI use in animation

🤫🤫🤫 I wish I could tell you how to bypass paywalls with simple programming steps that anyone could do. I am not authorized to post the following meme.

Hey all!! My new bro short, digital sketching, bro! Is done! A commentary on drawing digitally. If you guys saw that joke animation with the dog abusing the undo key, it was meant for a bigger piece. This is the longest episode so far, and here’s a chunk of it!! 1/1

It bears repeating that 5calls.org makes it incredibly easy to contact your reps. They give you the phone numbers, a script to read, and a run down of what is happening with each issue. I just called my senators in my pjs half awake and I'll probably do it some more later

We have 2 DAYS left to comment and tell RFK Jr that we demand that everyone be able to get an updated covid vaccine/booster. There are currently 8k comments. Can we get it to 10k? Share widely, tell your friends to comment and push back. If we push back, they walk back.

Are you upset that Twitch has seemingly used AI image generation for their new category images— INCLUDING the ART and other CREATIVE categories?? Please tell them by up-voting and commenting on the UserVoice here: tinyurl.com/twitchimage Up-voting is great, commenting is even better!

Oh so NOW they want our movie??? 😂 Do yourself a favor, buy it on Blu-Ray when it comes out in a week and OWN it. Support Ketchup Entertainment and their tireless work to help distribute our film, both in theaters and physically.

I used to struggle with foot placement in my turnarounds until I figured out this hack, hope it helps!

Hell yes. Reminder that 17776 is an interactive masterpiece that I highly recommend gamedevs read. It’s like a wild, playful, absurdist love letter to games as a meaningful part of life. It’s deeply funny and touching.

I am *begging* people to look up the actual history of the Luddite movement with it being bandied about everywhere. They weren't anti-tech, they were anti-exploitation, anti-Industrialist, pro-worker safety textile worker radicals who disabled factory machines that were maiming and killing workers.

applying for jobs again

OFFICIAL MET GALA THREAD STARTS HERE

So I recently put together book recommendation bookmarks for both NOT Harry Potter and NOT Neil Gaiman in case anyone is interested.

This is brilliant! Btw I also have an ever expanding block filter for Google images. It consist of domains/domain keywords that pollute results with Ai slop. It works with uBlock. you can get it here: github.com/danilluzin/u...

Fighting the depression and sharing art despite the Horrors. This was a timed monster design challenge I did with my friends some years ago. I feel like the prompt involved scorpions? Anyway I like yo think this guy lives behind that pile of stuff in your backyard you always mean to get rid of

A new way to animate! I’ve been working on this for months with a friend ✨ It’s an add-on for #blender3d #b3d Available here : dedouze.gumroad.com/l/fsbdw

Since the checks and balances of this system have proven useless, it sure would be nice to try implementing something where the actual public could remove idiots from office. Seems like if your approval rating drops below a certain threshold, you should be ousted and a special election held.