The crystalline cloakmouth, a creature from the deep oceans of the birrin world of Chriirah. Prey lured to the glowing esca find themselves impaled by the glassy jaws, before the veil-like mouth closes around them.

Love this from Guillermo del Toro

Wild to learn that Brett Gelman turned out to be an ethnonationalist. Hell of a decade.

if you are talking today about how bad maduro was and were alive, at all, during the run-up to the iraq war you are potentially the dumbest person to ever live

If you're an American (or from another similar western nation) I cannot stress enough that you should look into the history of the atrocities the USA has committed in South America. This is not new and we cannot let the horrific crimes perpetuated in this nation's name repeat

I tried to make the Ghosts video topical, but not *this* topical. I don’t even know, man, I had a very unpleasant dream that all my toenails were falling off and waking up made me wish I could go back.

What if its not that some people don't fail to learn the lessons of history, but they just like the spectacle of killing?

A predator that lurks above the ever-moving lichen mats of its forest home. Pheromones are used to attract curious prey, which gather confused beneath the creature. Those not swift of foot are impaled, to be relieved of their liquefied insides. #scifi #art #illustration

Clever friends; I have a conundrum for the birrin story. The characters were going to travel high above their valley to repair a radio antenna, necessary to talk to a distant settlement. But would they even need to do this? Couldn't they just use a little transmitter and the ionosphere?

The human nightmare of... My Octopus Teacher www.youtube.com/watch?v=whb4...

The 'Tandem Call', a powerful, dangerous experimental birrin aviation test-bed. It was designed by House Kendi to test many rediscovered aerodynamic principles from before the Fall War. The wisdom of combining these principles all into one airframe remains to be seen... #illustration #scifiart

Writing my book trying to find out how the hell this image layer got in to the file

On the milling of bluestick in the valley of Two-Sky River. Part of the Birrin project. #art #illustration #scifi

A little late, but I hope everyone is having a good holiday. 💫

It does feel true. Like we invested ourselves in online culture, built names for ourselves, then the internet turned rancid and took much of what we had become with it. All swept away. www.vice.com/en/article/a...

Illustration of a ten-lined june beetle (Polyphylla decemlineata) 🐞 - #scientificillustration #zoology #biology #insect #animal #boardgame #insectarium #menagerie #cardgameart #sciart #bug #beetle

A damselfly I painted many years ago to see if I could, and as an attempt to see if there was a market for stock images of invertebrates. A few such images actually lead to work! #SciArt #Illustration #Art

Manipuloyx, a new alvarezsaur with really fascinating hands! The condition of the fingers isn't that unusual for the clade but the OSTEODERMS on the hand are new!

Evil is so fascinating to learn about. You can just look it in the eye, and it smiles back.

That protagonists should be likeable. Fuck that, who wants to read about functional people??

The last few years has been very informative as to how I approach writing the villains in the Birrin story.

Important context here: when Peter Thiel and David Sacks began their war on diversity as undergrads at Stanford, thirty years ago, the very first tactic they adopted was to normalize slurs that had already been stigmatized out of mainstream society. This return of these hateful terms was a key goal.

Good lord.

Their demands are reasonable, their treatment is disgraceful. The government's intransigence is killing the #PalestineAction hunger strikers. Just as its complicity has assisted the genocide in Gaza. It needs to wake up right now to the moral consequences. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Chris Minns' protest ban in the wake of Bondi attacks is racist, authoritarian and must be resisted @nickriemer.bsky.social #auspol michaelwest.com.au/minns-protes...

every day this becomes more true

hmmmm.... found on the steps outside

Worked hard to get this into Guardian Oz & big props to @fiercemum.bsky.social for setting it up & Melissa Davey for publishing it. She will doubtless get loads of hassle from transphobes for it, but it needs to be out there. Puberty Blocker bans harm trans kids, no-one should pretend they don’t.

Here is what I don't get: conspiracism is rife within the Far Right... and they want to see the Epstein Files. So posting CLEARLY, COMICALLY redacted files is in no way going to be satisfactory to most of them. Is it just damage mitigation?

Happy EPSTEIN Files Release Day Eve for all those who celebrate!!! 👍

The Epstein Files, everybody!

My views on Fionna and Cake S2 that no one asked for. I think it is quite wonderful, but flawed in terms of characterization /thread/ *Spoilers*

Its been repulsive to see the fascist political opportunism.

Was a big fan of the monolith from 2001, had no idea it visited Epstein Island. Donating my Blu-Ray to charity.

hi, cis folks! this week, with some democrat votes, 2 anti-trans bills passed the house. one bans medicaid funds for trans youth care, the other proposes jail time for providers. they haven't passed the senate, but dems may need convincing to vote no on both. tap into the 🧵for a quick action.

I like this guy in Pluribus

Absolutely fucking ridiculous. #nswpol #auspol #ProtestingGenocideIsNotACrime #GenocideIsACrime

How I design a creature. I often find 3D models, even VERY basic ones, are useful in guiding a painting if there are complex elements at play (wiggly fins, too many legs etc).

The artist I have hinted at did this. Frankly i’ve not been able to think about much else. I would call them out, but frankly its dangerous in this climate to do so.

Oh, it's just incredible and effortless how Kristen Stewart dismantles and diagnoses the pathology and ego of Brando (and... well, all the dudes in Hollywood) here. www.youtube.com/shorts/_h-iK... There's just so many parallels to tech in this. And I'm so glad she's solid in herself to just SAY it.

Delete TikTok if you haven’t already

"Something that I have found difficult for non-artists to understand is that the ‘early messy stuff’ that non-arty folks insist can be ‘fixed by a human artist later’ is where the best work is done." True of every creative field. You can't start building halfway up; the foundation has to be sound.

I saw a respected artist in the animation field using the tragedy at Bondi Beach to boost the actions of Netanyahu, and so I looked further into their views and my lord... Be careful who you admire, lets say that.

Contact your representatives to ensure they won't let this pass you can find your Senators here:

A little sketch of Tullimonstrum :)

this is good youtu.be/8hwZqGB3bVk?...

My problem with social media: It is demonstrably bad for my mind. It is doom-scrolling; even artists I follow (and myself) are mostly talking about politics. The issue; everything they are saying is true, and all the horrible things are real. So what on Earth does one do?