Thucydides nuts.

Kerning, people. Please.

Spiraling a bit today as I have a plate so overflowing with tasks to complete but I also got a raise and an increase in workload with it. However I'm still struggling financially because not enough time has passed to get caught up yet there is hope. A lot of conflicting emotions plus dental pain.

I wonder if the rush to build the battle-ready bunker ballroom is so it can be ready for 2028 when they refuse to transfer power...

5 days left to see @ceehaz.bsky.social's Orinette become plushified! www.makeship.com/petitions/or...

Re-posting this again for ... reasons.

Look at this handsome Sharp MZ-2000 from 1982 that I saw at the Vintage Computer Festival PNW today. This is a vibe, aesthetic and mood all at once.

In response to the outcry, Blender and Anthropic have changed the contribution from a sponsorship to a single donation. They will also be more transparent about future corporate sponsorships. They emphasize that this wasn't going to change Blender but it didn't look great.

#MicroMay is upon us...

I want to clarify that the ability for Claude to interact with Blender is not by integrating with Blender but by an MCP Server that can connect with any system (usually LLMs) and permit interactivity with a running instance of Blender. I don't like the optics though.

Here's @marksbarks.bsky.social adjusting to a sudden adjustment in stature. #sizesky #furry #shrinking

Wow. My mortgage company said they won't accept my mortgage payment unless it was a payment and a half. I could apply for a payment plan but they said it will take up to 30 days to get approved and since I can't pay during that time I will become far enough behind for them to begin foreclosure.

@marksbarks.bsky.social's parents got the 8x10 glossy.

Hey. If you like what I do and would like to help out, I have a Ko-Fi. ko-fi.com/talesofscale With taxes, painful dentistry needs and bills slipping, any support would be appreciated. I'm working hard to get caught up with everything but it is challenging. Thank you.

I like my stream layout. Clean and classy. Anyone interested in watching me work?

Yesterday, I was on the phone with my bank negotiating a payment plan to get my mortgage back on track. While discussing things, the conversation led to AI's affect on creative and technical roles.

Found a JCPenney CRT from 1985 yesterday at a Goodwill! It was designed manufactured by NEC for JCPenney and not only does it have a nice bright tube with composite and RF inputs, it also has a digital RGB input for older microcomputers!

Here's a bunny I drew the other day.

@kissmekarma.bsky.social has something to say! for @marksbarks.bsky.social

A friend and colleague of mine was part of the 1,000 person lay-off at Disney/Marvel. They did design, 3d printing and fabrication of set-pieces and props. They have been there for almost a decade now. He was told nearly everything he made is still under NDA so he can't have it in his portfolio.

While I never gave or received money from Julia and so many others have experienced far worse, I gave a lot of care and compassion to Julia. I saw someone who wanted to tell stories with a lot of passion and that resonated with me. So I helped in small ways...

Called it. Let's support this experiment and pave a path to more creative teams having their dreams come true!

Free OpenXR motion-capture tool for Blender using normal VR hardware! Even for animators who hand-animate the main actors in a scene, decorating the scene with some subtle motion-captured characters milling about adds significant quality to an animation. This will save a LOT of effort!

When you are an independent contractor and it takes every last cent to survive and it's still not enough, it's galling to then have the government demand tens of thousands of dollars in taxes because I didn't spend enough on deductible expenses to bring my income under the 22% bracket.

Speaking of Indie Animation, @studiowrong.bsky.social's pilot "The Bloody Mary" just premiered! It's so charming! Give it a watch!

Beyond the profitability, there is one significant factor that makes having the Amazing Digital Circus series finale premiere in a theatrical run a good idea: Precedent.

Sometimes I will thrash about at my music desk like the Phantom of the Opera.

From the Archive: I'm still on hiatus trying to not break down. Here's a nighttime alternate of a piece from several months ago. It's an exploratory render from a larger project that I'll be working on soon*. Jeanne, Rory and Orinette belong to @ceehaz.bsky.social #sizesky #dogknightRPG

This has been popping up constantly on my phone for the last couple days with only the options to enable or say not now then it comes back later. But what bothers me the most is that the word "Your" is in quotes. It doesn't feel like emphasis. It feels like "sure buddy, it's 'your' phone...heh"

I own a few FireWire scanners, DV cameras, decks and various IEEE1394 doodads. I can't spare a PCIe slot in my desktop and I don't want to maintain a separate legacy PC so this begins the construction of my FireWire 400/800 to USB4 or Thunderbolt 3 and 4 adapter.

Independent of all other factors, the soundtrack for both Illumination Mario movies are above and beyond an exemplary love letter to the legacy of the creative minds that built the franchise. Brian Tyler once again hitting it out of the park.

I did a bit of research, and yes indeed the Stardock CEO is a transphobic piece of shit. To anyone I recommended Start 11 and Fences 6 to as useful desktop enhancements, never-mind. I have uninstalled the apps and cancelled my annual subscriptions.

I genuinely feel this is an attempt to gaslight people into thinking it's okay for an appliance to fail just after the 1-year warranty because "people consider that to be the case." Oh, and the repair part is $120 for this $199 ice-maker and it is out of stock.

Happy Trans Visibility Day! So many of my wonderful friends are trans and providing unwavering support is a significant part of my life. Our lives are better for having you in them. I see you!

If you are like me and have... strange file management tactics, use Windows and have over 18 million files, I would highly recommend "Everything." www.voidtools.com/everything-1... It is freeware that does file indexing and search far better than Windows ever did.

I feel bad about being unable to create anything for Macro March. Moreover catching the flu took away my chance of visiting SizeCon this year.

Woof. I haven't been this sick in quite a while. Even lost my voice for a bit.

Hello flu. It's been a while...

A big thank you to @funsizetiny.bsky.social for being my 2,500'th follower!

I love this little feller.

Back in my day, six was afraid of seven.

Here's a prop I made for a story that is in storage.

Hey everyone. I just pulled my Patreon page. While I'm working through my current life challenges, it is clear that I can't add enough value to justify keeping the page up. Thank you all for the support and I'm sorry I let you all down.

"Great question! It seems like they are out! Maybe they have another awesome choice?" ".... could they have some in the back?" "Sounds like you are on the right track! Restaurants usually have a store room with ingredients in the back." "... I knew it ... stop denying me breakfast, liar!"

Kudos to Corridor for crafting a clever keying contraption that uses local "neural-networks" ethically. This is an example of what "AI" tech should be doing.

I had to use my good eye but I still got it. My QD-OLED monitor shares some of the credit. www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd/

I have used so many drawing programs over the years and every time I move to other programs I say "hello" to new features and "goodbye" to features the new program doesn't have. Brush velocity is now in Clip Studio Paint 5.0 and that's a big deal for me.

(CW: Life) I spent the last quarter-century as a cog in the corporate machine, feeling like I'm not good enough and being conditioned to believe that if I'm not useful to the bottom-line, I don't deserve the means to survive. I have been taken advantage of for nearly my entire professional career.