I'm like months behind schedule on Youtube what with travel, freelance work, and managing Lorica production — but I finally squeezed out a new video! Turning my art director x-ray vision to gaming: how does the visual approach of a game elevate the experience of playing it? youtu.be/YuOuU2wP0XM

I make size-inclusive leggings based on historical armors. They're now available for preorder for projected delivery in November! loricaclothing.com/collections/...

Historical objects are often viewed from a purely functionalist perspective, where every minute detail is hypothesized to provide some sort of secret tactical advantage. What if function was not the sole driver of form? What if delight could shape design just as meaningfully? youtu.be/VIbSa1o98pE

Every time I finish a video I'm like, "surely the next one will get easier"—but I keep picking topics that should be PhD theses rather than 20 minute video essays. 🙃 Anyway, here's the latest! If today's menswear can have regional tailoring styles, you KNOW armor can too ✨ youtu.be/reU4aLabm8Q

My latest video is about how to start learning about armor in earnest when you're just starting out. What should you read? What should you look at? Where on earth are people getting all these sources they keep talking about it?? I gotchu, babynerd. youtu.be/B_oz4JyAHKI

applying for jobs again

Europeans take for granted that history is written in the bones of their cities. Part of the American malaise is that we are deeply disconnected from the shared tapestry of time: most of us grow up in buildings the age of our grandparents at most. And what we newly erect is soulless and expedient.

At long last someone has identified RFK Jr.'s support base: the 9% of people who have a favorable opinion of the Black Plague

Quite a bit later to finish than I anticipated, but here's the latest video! If you've ever asked yourself why Art Nouveau looks like it was made by elves, and Art Deco like it was made by dwarves, I have just the 13 minutes for you! youtu.be/d9nbkQtrqyc

Oh wow I forgot about BlueSky for a few weeks, then my Warhammer video made the rounds, and now I’m not talking to myself anymore! Hi friends, thanks for following! :) New video next Friday: how did we assign Art Deco to Dwarven Culture, and Art Nouveau to Elves? Let’s talk art history and fantasy ✨

Why does everyone in the gritty used future have a mohawk? Why do all intergalactic militaries look the same? Why is Barbarella wearing a chainmail bikini? Let's discusssss youtu.be/bFkaPN_zUo0

I bought Age of Wonders 4 on Steam Sale and then proceeded to play 80 hours in two weeks so now we must all suffer the consequences of my bad decisions: 20 minutes of analysis of silly costumes. youtu.be/Sy5rhkRysuA?...

Not related to armor pants but my goat gave birth to four little peanuts and never have I felt more called to ✨fashion design✨

Genuinely worried about mine and every other artist's small online business 🫠 USPS is what keeps shipping affordable and if it's privatized rates will skyrocket and only places like Amazon with their own fleet will be able to offer free/reasonable shipping rates.

It's okay if your entire closet is earth tones, you can blame Robespierre and Kant. Check out my new video on why men's fashion is kinda boring. ✨ www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC2y...

Mr Rogers and Sesame Street taught me love, kindness, compassion, and empathy. Star Trek taught me to dream of and aspire to help create a better and more diverse world. Star Wars and Tolkien taught me to fight for freedom, even in the face of overwhelming odds and great evil.

If this ain't the entire experience of being a woman posting history content on the internet.

Some people didn’t grow up watching Captain Planet, Kim Possible, Magic School Bus, or Recess, and it shows.

My first stab at long-form armor rambling! Hope you'll get the same respite out of watching that I did making a little bit of fun educational content while the world is burning. 🔥🌎🔥 youtu.be/Wc0C01cWB2s

I'm new to this whole just-like-Twitter-used-to-make thing but my entire feed is 50% ✨ YAY ART! ^.^ SUPPORT A SMALL BUSINESS! ✨ and 50% "tuck your pants into your socks boys and girls, fascism has arrived" and geez the whiplash from post to post makes me feel literally insane

Just here to remind you that bamboo fabric is just viscose rayon, and any brand that's pitching you on how "sustainable" it is as a material is blithely omitting how toxic it is to produce. Choose Tencel lyocell instead, a very similar fiber whose process is less harmful to the people who make it.

When I was at the Met last week, I overheard a kid asking his dad why the shoulder was so big on this armor. Dad didn’t know, so I butted in that this is specifically an armor for the joust. Many questions and facts later, dad asks, “how do you know all this?” Well, sir… I’m a nerd. 🤷‍♀️

Someone in a local photographers' group was advertising with flagrantly AI-generated images. I advised that she label her work accordingly. She fired back that I was one to talk when my work was also AI, which tickled me. Just my beautiful friend, my sword, my armor apparel, and my Nikon D850.

If you went to college: 1. What was your career goal when you started? 2. Your initial major? 3. If you changed majors, what did you change to? 4. What do you do now professionally? 1. Graphic Design 2. Business (Marketing) 3. Added Fine Art (Design) 4. Graphic design, art direction, fashion design

Creativity is like a houseplant, not an endless well. You need to seek out sunlight, water, and nutrients in art, shows, music, experiences, and more to tend to it. And just like plants it has its dormant and active periods and you may not seem improvement for some time.

I totally respect creators liberating themselves from social media by heading to ownable platforms like Patreon — but ultimately it's yet another cost passed on to the consumer because no corporation will foot the bill for our quality of life. How many subscriptions can we stack on the individual?

I went to a garment industry trade show in New York City this weekend, and I'm so excited about all the things I learned, particularly about new developments in textile to textile recycling! Here's a few gold nuggets (in thread):

Hey! I make clothes that look like armor. Stick around for lukewarm takes on art, history, and fashion, as well as updates on new releases.