The Luddites loved technology. They owned looms at home and would ‘mod’ them to count threads. Their battle was against worker exploitation. The degradation of their rights, safety and wages. They were against a handful of rich businessmen owning the means of production. Sound familiar?

#PortfolioDay !!! I'm Hunter, a pixel artist and animator, and I'm available for work! 📧 [email protected] 💻 www.hrpixelart.com 🎨 www.hrpixelart.com/commissions

Howdy! I'm Mae, a freelance gamedev! If your project's in need of a creative lead, level designer, pixel artist, producer, or just generally *whatever* - chances are I can do it! I'm also currently available for work! Let's make some cool games together! <3 #portfolioday #pixelart

Life

“I’ve worked in roofing, construction, insulation, house building, glass factories... group homes for disabled and violent adults, gas stations, food service, customer service... Out of every industry I’ve worked in, I have never struggled financially or mentally as hard as I have working here.”

This project was such a vibe

Annual look through my ipad and look at paintings I need to finish #startrektng #thebestofbothworlds #fanart

Small pencil drawing of David Bowie I made for a gift

Another concept from Spell Jammer. I just love his little smoking jacket. One of my favorites.

Rough explorations for a Spell Jammer wizard I did for D&D years back. She had a bird problem. She did make it into the book though.

this is what it feels like to make a game

Widow's Bay got me hooked. Spent the whole night going through all the released episodes.

*sigh of relief*

Been revisiting this project lately! Redoing some of my work from 6 years ago ⛰️ #pixelart #gamedev

I feel like this... It's really easy to be perpetually angry at everything and vent about things you hate. But instead of doing that, maybe talk about and celebrate things you love with that much gusto. And do that more often. Especially to save your mental health. That hate will sap your soul.

This article is SO fucking funny. "The real problem is there aren't enough 50+ game designers!" Yeah, agreed. Any thoughts on why that might be? Like maybe the fact that this industry fires treats anyone over 35 as "not hungry enough", and relies on burning out a steady stream of younger devs? no?

Y'all. Please remember the artists that drew these things when sending around memes. I feel for these artists who NEVER get credited for these (and some, nowadays, are even being accused of being AI!) Here's a few common ones I see (feel free to add others, I want this to be a living thread): 🧵

A while back we had the wonderful opportunity to pitch a Red Dwarf adventure game directly to Doug Naylor himself. While the project didn't end up going ahead, we're now free to share some of the work we produced for the pitch!

Another persons integrity with a price tag. Story boarding is an absolute art so many classic, iconic films hinged on it… just watch the documentary Harold and Lillian A Hollywood Love Story. He originated some of the most iconic scenes in cinema, not the directors! danielraim.com/harold-and-l...

Important (positive!) update, re: Andy! Don't wanna spread outdated info, but I firmly believe he (and all of these guys) should be set for life off royalties

Andy Merrill (Brak) is an Amazon delivery driver. Carey Means (Frylock) got CHF from/exacerbated by COVID & was recently working as a restaurant dishwasher. C. Martin Croker (Zorak) died of sepsis from an infected tooth he couldn't afford to get treated. Capitalism destroys both art & artist.

Monster sketch from Friday. Reposting with tags as an experiment. #bskyart #trpg #rpg #fantasy #sketch #art

Lovely evening to paint out in Seattle

whenever i see people gloat about how they "don't use references" for art i just think about this bit from sam and max

Google & Meta want to convince us they are inevitable and unstoppable; here's an artifact from when Google was begging all of us to abandon every other search engine and take a chance on the upstart. We, collectively, can choose to abandon them in turn. Google is not irreplaceable.

A few sprite-style Mina the Hollower poses I drew a few years ago. Can't wait to play it!

I worked on Mina the Hollower for 4+ years - enemies, objects, bosses, npcs, weapons, sidearms, trinkets, menus, cheats, systems, and more. and now yall can buy it. so go buy it!! :O

I am forced to use AI for a job (I teach and I have to keep up with the developments and I hate it) and it's hand on heart way too bland and boring to ever use it lol It by design will always pivot to the most mediocre output. It's just how it works. I'm truly sorry for you if you think it's useful

Some Doctor Who deep cuts over here. I am a nerd.

Been a hot minute since I've been on here. "Looks like I got a bunch of new followers for some reason." "Let me check that list." WELP.

Google is so borked

Going through the archives. Found a screenshot of rpg/adventure game I started working on for myself 5 years ago. Had to stop when I took on a new full time gig. I think it would have found an audience though.

Support human artists. Human artists *care.* We care about the concept, the process, the refinement, the end result, all of it. Ours and yours. That care is worth investing in. It *has* to be, or there’s no point in creating the art at all.

Maurice Sendak (author & illustrator) quote on making art from his 2009 doc: "It's magic time, where all your weaknesses of character and all the blemishes of personality and whatever else torments you fades away, just doesn't matter. You're doing the one thing you want to do and you do it well..."

I can't stop thinking about this video since I saw it last night

Before they had their own programming, Cartoon Network basically functioned as a library of the prior 60+ years of animation history that was not actively airing anywhere else and introduced it to an entire new generation of viewership. Amazing what happens when you use money to further the arts.

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r... Richard Whitters ttrpg project is op for backing today! Check it out! #trpg #rpg #ttrpg

finally, perspective grid knowledge will be useful irl

Just now realizing that the institution that is breakfast cereal is slowly dying off. Can't say I'm too surprised by this even though I grew up in the era that brainwashed me into heavily identifying with cereal branding by constantly bombarding me with commercials during my cartoon viewing.

I hate how steam doesn't punish this behaviour positive review, based on the fact it's beatable in the refund period so you can get your money back you liked the game, but actively decided to exploit the system just to get your £15 back from an indie dev you actual piece of trash.

Child of Moon and Friendship

I haven’t done a video edit since high school, but I made a thing for AMV Night. M*A*S*H is anime to me. Thank you @thelukeman.bsky.social and @pizzasuplex.bsky.social for AMV Nights. They’re a showcase of talent and a wonderful celebration of the things people love. 🖤 youtube.com/watch?v=Bl3X...

This one is old but not old enough to be included in the Nerd Inferno omnibus. The saddest thing about it is that it isn't just for freelancers anymore. Good luck to us all.

Working yourself into the ground doesn't make you a better artist, it makes you a far worse one. And it will destroy your health. And destroying your health ain't gonna make you a better artist, either.