I'm going on hiatus for a little while. blog.retroheart.net/blog/summer-...

I'm going on hiatus for a little while. blog.retroheart.net/blog/summer-...

A day late, a buck short Doodles, Drawin', and Jawin' (plus a modified audio setup) Starting soon: live.retroheart.net

Combining a morning walk and grocery run, then will see if I can get a stream going this morning Gonna be another hot day so I might have to cut it short if it really heats up, will have to see, but trying to make things happen where I can

Anyways, hard right turn today because I found a job listing that is perfectly aligned with my skill set and the work I would like to do (and previously did), and it's the kind of place that I want to work at as opposed to being A Job So that's priority 1 today

Streaming PC broke its own ethernet drivers, and possibly other drivers, so I might have to postpone the stream I was planning this morning and reinstall I love pressing the power button on a computer where literally nothing changed from the day before and having it self-destruct

Okay, closing out this flurry of posts with some cleanup on something that never got done previously Won't be able to get it done today but I think it could make a good "end of Summer" piece #Art #DigitalArt #WIP #RetroHeartArt

Today is the only day you can listen to the simple plan EP augustisfalling.bandcamp.com/album/the-si...

Threw myself into a mental loop about Phantasy Star IV, how it was meant to be the definitive end of the franchise, and how it just kept going after that Not as an indictment of Online, it just got me thinking about how many franchises were *intended to end* but were revived by corporate mandate

One minor regret about my art setup is that it revolves around a small office setup that I swear is 10 degrees warmer than any other part of my apartment when it's hot out due to the monitors and PC I already kind of shut down on hot days so digital art is pretty much a non-starter

Call me a Burning Ranger because it's about to be 92 Freedom Degrees outside today

The last big thing for me right now is trying to get OBS to output my capture card audio to a custom device, and it just does not work, full stop It outputs to desktop or OBS itself just fine, but not to another device, and of course searching for it brings up a bunch of generic OBS audio tutorials

You know what, pulling this out of my previous thread because I was reminded of something at my old workplace. We had a streaming setup with XLR headsets. And while I understand that XLR is, ultimately, one of many types of cables for many types of needs, it is important to keep the cable in mind.

Getting into the weeds on how I run audio for streams and just on my PC in general for daily use, and I feel like I've upped my game considerably with a couple hours of drilling down If I had the money and space I'd have an audio rack to tinker with, but for now software will do

We regret to inform you: It is Blue Stinger Gonna run some tests on the Retro Achievement set I've been working on, starting soon: live.retroheart.net

Gonna go out for a walk to remember what sunlight is like, then start a Blue Stinger playthrough to start testing my Retro Achievement set on stream after breakfast Stay tuned

I should have pointed people here earlier, but there's plenty of PEAK still happening! www.twitch.tv/minimatt

I pressed the Start Streaming button and there's nothing anyone can do about it now live.retroheart.net

Working on sketching out some characters walking and it got me thinking about Phantasy Star IV for whatever reason, and something fun they do with the character walk cycles. Rika and Demi's animations are double the speed of everyone else because they're shorter. It's a cute touch!

Should have mentioned, no stream today. Maintenance is coming at ??? to fix some things up and, frankly, I'm still generally exhausted. I think I'm just gonna go for streaming whenever I feel up for it for the time being.

Quick, slightly off-model Millenia sketch to start off the morning. Mostly focusing on the hands and forced perspective.

I'm so tired of these. They get through filters and show up now and again Aside from assuming my personal email is out there from personal error or a WHOIS leak, it sucks that the baseline assumption is that every website exists to sell you a thing. It's a gallery. It has art in it. That's it.

Nova doodle to end the night on, practicing a few things, seeing where I can improve #Art #DigitalArt #Sketch #RetroHeartArt

I got my office lady demon and oni duo I need to revisit, Pam and Kei (different from the doodle earlier)

Me: I should refocus on things that are a little more slice of life and less over the top for a while Also me: What if a demon and oni were friends. And also squishy #Art #DigitalArt #Sketch #RetroHeartArt

If I try to keep applying little fixes to this it'll never get done, but I'm good with where it's at. I learned a lot in the process that I can apply in the future. #Art #DigitalArt #RetroHeartArt

Spent too much time reworking the sketch into a Very Polished Sketch in a way that adding color makes it feel "off" somehow, so have both arts of Trella #Art #DigitalArt #RetroHeartArt

Anyways. Back to trying out ideas in Godot. Still feeling a little tilted, I really need one of these Twitch chat / overlay plugins that has documentation that isn't "add to your project" followed by "draw the rest of the fucking owl"

Don't usually talk politics on social but this is keeping me up. I'm so fuckin' tired of the Democrats running the same "vote for us because the other option is worse" playbook that they've been running since 2008.

Stress and questionable decisions catching up to me, I haven't slept much overnight And just when I thought I was it sounds like the downstairs neighbors rolled a bowling ball down some stairs Not sure how you make that kind of sound in single-floor apartments but they find new ways all the time

I made a Roll (Mega Man 11) outfit for Chibun-E03, but think I gotta make a Roll Caskett outfit for full-size Bun-E03's Showtime Mode. Much to ponder

I'm not sure what it says about me when I've had two drinks tonight and instead of thinking "time to do something real stuipid / regretful" instead it's "I remembered some art ideas I should really revisit"

Thinking about the Nintendo ON again youtu.be/zX2smM87r14

Sent the full version of this to a close friend to show her what I was working on and she texted back "cleaver mommy" so I think I'm on track. What track, I'm not sure, but I'm on it #Art #DigitalArt #WIP #RetroHeartArt

For fun and a bit of world building, I made a custom wallpaper for my MiSTer to match the theme of the no signal image I swapped out a while back

It's a million degrees out and I haven't been able to focus on art lately, so have a Millenia beach selfie from last year #Art #DigitalArt #RetroHeartArt

It's a million degrees out and I haven't been able to focus on art lately, so have a Millenia beach selfie from last year #Art #DigitalArt #RetroHeartArt

I can't decompress or exhale exactly but I guess my nervous energy from today is now just energy energy So have some extra dialogue I've been working on for the Tech Support redeem for streams

They say there ain't no rest for the wicked Money don't grow on trees I got bills to pay, I got mouths to feed Ain't nothin' in this world for free No, I can't slow down, I can't hold back Though you know I wish I could They say there ain't no rest for the wicked 'Till we close our eyes for good

Sad to see a forum scale of "Capcom is back" to "Capcpom is back". C'mon, "Capcom is whack" is right there! It's been 13 years! Get new material!

Workout Kei from #DirtyPair

The drawing that is my profile picture on twitch. Run Like You Stole It, made in 2013 where I attempt to escape with the only male pikachu in the forest. feat. my long suffering emolga if you click on the picture.

Had some unexpected Life Things come up yesterday afternoon and I need to prep for things on Thursday and Friday around noon / early afternoon, so I'm gonna cut the planned stream today to drill down on things that need to get done. I'll see if I can get another art stream in later this week.

I'm so used to being ghosted or getting a "we regret to inform you" email weeks after submitting applications that getting a response to schedule an interview within hours of applying feels like a red flag in my brain

Decided to spend some time this morning cleaning up an idea from yesterday's stream for an emote. Trying to balance the right amount of detail with being readable, the color of her glove and hair blur together at small scale, but I think it works

Enough people said they wanted to see the final slide deck, so I took the time to put it on my non-teacher github so I could share it. I didn't end up getting in trouble. I ended up being encouraged by a colleague to share it with my dept chair, and he liked it authorblues.github.io/lecture-slid...

Revisiting the countdown idea I had a while back now that I've rebuilt SHOWTIME MODE Bun-E03 in Godot. Her speaking animations are effectively tied to the length of an audio file but I'm looking into if I can tie it to a volume level instead (The heel bounce timing was a fun coincidence) #OBSCrimes

Introducing my new theme park ride where you see it shortly after entering the park, but don't get to experience it until after you've been on several other rides first I call it Chekhov's Fun

Gonna rest on it for a couple hours and take another pass with fresh eyes, but I'm feeling good about this morning's progress

Art // Streamin' --- Dipped into the archives to find some unfinished stuff, gonna work on various art bits for a while live.retroheart.net