Working on song that's taken me 13 years to do it justice (although I wrote it in 2008, so maybe that's 18 years. PS. ignore the revision number, that feature wasn't there 13 ago when the sequence was started).

The Many Beautiful Worlds of Death (2015) www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1999980034

The Modern Game was one of my first albums of songs. Today the album is released in a new 2026 version. The Modern Game is an art-pop satire on the social media world, complete with an homage to Life on Mars. marksheeky.bandcamp.com/album/the-mo... #newmusic #indie #modern #tmg

Plus, edited a strange short story for the Cheshire Prize for Literature. Developed an experimental dynamic compression algorithm which seems to work brilliantly, however boring these can be as audio effects. Read about refractive indices of ketone resins. All exciting things.

Today, some gilding on The Love Reliquary, ready for transport to the Oil Art Advisory in Knutsford. The gold door edges were completed. You might make out the flakiness in the lower right - today's part. Three oil paintings and 100 leaves of 23.5kt gold. #art #painting #oilpainting #Knutsford

Gilding the oak veneered edges of my cabinet artwork 'The Love Reliquary' today, with 23.5kt leaf to echo the gold on the front. Gold is at a record price but there's no substitute for the look and soft feeling of real gold. #art #gilding #gold #painting #oilpainting

I'm honoured to have some of my best artworks in the Oil Art Advisory in Knutsford. This is a unique and special place, a first class eye and champion of the importance of art. oilartadvisory.com/artists/mark... #art #painting #Knutsford

More audiobook work this week, and a new version of 'The Intangible Man: And Other Strange Tales' is in progress, my collection of short Twilight Zoney surrealistic tales. Nice to revisit these again. The new audio version should be around in week or two. #writing #Audible #audiobooks

For any Flatspace fans, there's a mere 3 weeks to go until the release of the new 'Another Violet Night' music pack for the game. Flatspace (and the music pack) are free to play, incidentally. store.steampowered.com/app/4184600/... #dev #indiedev #Steam #Flatspace

Busy working on audiobooks this month. First, a long overdue narration of my most popular book, '21st Century Surrealism'. My short story collection 'The Intangible Man' is on Audible, but I'm working on a 2nd edition. These are hard, but essential work. I can't stand robot readers! #Audible

My game Gunstorm II, still the best shoot-em-up I ever made after about 20 years of trying. store.steampowered.com/app/2793560/... #indiedev #dev #Steam #gamer #shooter #shootemup #gunstorm

A bit of plaster work for a new artwork today. Of all art materials, I perhaps love the look and feel of Plaster of Paris the most. #art

Up to today I've sold 450 copies of this ebook of Blake's poetry with new illustrations, but only 4 print books. www.amazon.com/dp/0957194757 #poetry #WilliamBlake #Blake

My games have a new YouTube Channel. Time to separate them out from my visual art. www.youtube.com/@cornutopias... #gaming #indiedev #pc #Steam #itch

Happy annual computer backup day. If you're using Windows, it's a good day to create your USB Recovery Drive.

The Steam Sale continues. My game Radioactive is a simple semi-turn-based semi-real-time wargame; set-the-angle for up to 4 players. store.steampowered.com/app/1019370/... #gaming #dev #Steam #Steamsale #Autumnsale #radioactive #indie #indiedev

Listening to some Schnittke for Christmas. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYqu...

A solstice photograph by Mike Drew at The Bridestones, Congleton. We read a few poems, sounded hand pans, and tolled some of those copper tubular bells to mark the low ebb of wintertide.

The Steam Winter Sale continues. I've put more time into Taskforce than any other. It's a squad-level strategy game, a sequel of sorts to 'Hilt II' on Amiga. store.steampowered.com/app/1291150/... #Steam #dev #indiedev #games #strategy #taskforce

Woop! Exciting Christmas Tails milestone. Nastee Chapel's recent CD sales have, today, pushed the total raised to £370.12, past the total we raised in 2023! And more to go yet: Christmas Tails will remain on sale until February, all proceeds go to the RSPCA. marksheeky.bandcamp.com/album/christ...

Heavenly intro & then this is very sweet 😊 ❄️ Composed & animated by @marksheeky.bsky.social youtu.be/v8V4l3ZLqQ8?...

Less than 30 minutes to go until the video premiere of 'Will You Be My Snowflake?'. I've spent a lot of 2025 making music videos so it's fitting to have a December premiere. www.youtube.com/watch?v=svaF... #music #video #snow #Christmas

My PC games are in the Steam Winter Sale from today. One of my most popular games of the moment is Radioactive, a simple turn based game for 1-4 players. store.steampowered.com/app/1019370/... #games #gaming #pc #Steam #radioactive #indie #indiedev

Here it is, the new 'Will You Be My Snowflake?' video all ready for the premiere on Friday. Hope you can join me for the first look. www.youtube.com/watch?v=svaF... #snowflake #snowy #music #video

It's Christmas Smells O'clock. We tried to sing and play this at the day centre Christmas party with an unusual ensemble of ukulele, bongos, Microkorg, and guitar. It did not sound like this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYGt... #Christmas #Christmasmusic #whonose

Some Flatspace music news! A sparkly new music pack for the first Flatspace game, an exclusive (and free) 'Another Violet Night' music pack. The pack will feature new edits of tracks on Mark's new concept album. store.steampowered.com/app/4184600/... #dev #indiedev #flatspace #gamedev #gameaudio

Heeere's Snowy. Filming and editing the 'Will You Be My Snowflake?' video today. A simple animation of single full frames tied to the music. A few more enhanced scenes, but aiming for a 'Clangers' feeling. #film #music #animation #sculpture

The Christmas Tails total so far. The last album like this, two years, ago raised £347.21 by the end of January. Can we beat it with Christmas Tails this year? You can buy or gift a copy here. All proceeds will go to RSPCA Stapeley Grange. marksheeky.bandcamp.com/album/christ...

Spent much of today creating this fellow for the forthcoming video for 'Will You Be My Snowflake?'. I need to think of the best way to animate him... #music #video #snow

Today marks the release of the Tree Of Keys remaster. These tracks were generally experiments from the ArtsLab radio show I hosted on RedShift. Some piano music, some spoken word, some arty songs like this, 'I, Spider'. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSM_... #music #newmusc #spider #arts

My most recent game content was an expansion pack for Radioactive. store.steampowered.com/app/1019370/... #dev #gamedev #gaming #strategy #wargaming

24 hours to go until the Winter Party musical and poetical spectacular in Crewe Library. All part of the Christmas Tails project, all proceeds to RSPCA Stapeley Grange. A donation of £2 or more to enter and an open mic too for budding poets. A scant few Christmas Tails CDs will be on sale too.

Another update to my animation software Argus today. Argus is like a 3D game engine where you can exactly control movement. Free to use for small films with a DLC upgrade for long films. store.steampowered.com/app/3017550/... #Steam #animation #tools #software #video

Latest music video, 'The Parents in the Walls' from my new album Another Violet Night. New videos premiere on my channel every Friday. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCCt... #music #newmusic #video

Another little mention of the album in the news today. Thanks to Mr White. #Christmastails

Tada! Christmas Tails is now live. An album of new music by independent artists near and far. All money raised goes to RSPCA Stapeley Grange. On sale only until the end of January. Get your copy here: marksheeky.bandcamp.com/album/christ... #Christmas #cover #music #indie #Crewe

My latest music video, 'Breakfast of Delight' from Another Violet Night. Another new video coming tomorrow. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDnk... #music #newmusic #video

Work on the Christmas Tails album is done now, all set for release day on the 28th.

My sound effect software SFXEngine. The sounds in all of my games and just about all 12,000 effects in the IndieSFX Sound Effect Library were made with the pro version of this. store.steampowered.com/app/2438590/... #audio #gameaudio #gamedev #dev #sfx

A great story in the Chronicle today. Thanks to Jonathan, Peter and the news team. The album is just about complete. You can pre-buy it here. The tracks are all there now, just waiting for release day... marksheeky.bandcamp.com/album/christ... #music #Cheshire

Today, work on a new overture for Christmas Tails, the showcase track for Bandcamp; plus some single artwork for 'Will You Be My Snowflake?'... #music #art #graphicdesign #Christmas

Track list now set... I think. Balancing this today, for the release on the 28th. All in aid of the RSPCA. Get your copy here: marksheeky.bandcamp.com/album/christ... #music #Cheshire

Today, work on some new shelves foiled, more work on The Modern Game 2026, and the start of Christmas Tails final assembly.

Tests for a little painting repair job on cheap cotton canvas. A PVA patch vs. Paraloid B72. The water discolouration is less serious than the seepage and gloss of the resin. #painting

With 'Time Independent Portrait Of René Descartes Thinking', oil on canvas, 50x70cm, £2000, at The Castle Park Open launch last Friday. Exhibition runs until Dec 20th. Photo by Yuriy. #art #oilpainting #castlepark #Frodsham #Descartes

Another update to my animation software Argus today. Argus is like a 3D game engine where you can exactly control move, then save the result out frame-by-frame. Find all of my Steam software here: store.steampowered.com/developer/Co... #Steam #animation #tools #software #video

A new mention of the Electric Sprouts in the news. Many thanks to Peter Robinson and Jonathan White. Links in the article to pre-buy our album in aid of the RSPCA. nantwich.nub.news/news/local-n... #music #Christmas #RSPCA

I recently completed an interview with Tom Hilton of Aldora Britain Records for their underground music zine. You can read the latest issue here: bit.ly/aldorabritai... #music #zine #wearetheunderground

Tada! The cover to Christmas Tails is now live. Thanks again to everyone who helped make it a reality, to the Creative Crewe team and the people who drew a part of the design. £100 raised so far. Order your copy here: marksheeky.bandcamp.com/album/christ... #Christmas #cover #music #indie #Crewe

The first video from Another Violet Night is 'More'. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRqr... #music #video #avn #more