Makes sense that the man who stole from Satoshi Kon's work multiple times would make an animated series with a plagiarism machine. (clip via @ani-obsessive.bsky.social )

New comic! Victorian science! Higher dimensions! Palindromes! thesecretknots.com/comic/eighte...

Data is correct, causal agency is (IMO) incorrect. The vast majority of ppl who use AI to make images and video have never touched and would never touch Photoshop/AfterEffects/Illustrator/etc. The issue is Adobe trying to squeeze its users with subscriptions, and other customer-hostile behavior.

I felt like making some art last night/today and could have made something beautiful and/or meaningful but I made this instead. It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut. No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.

Amazon treats indie authors attempting to get scam listings taken down in the same manner insurance companies treat sick people attempting to get medical care: deny, deny, deny, defend, defend, defend. (If they could depose, they certainly would.)

Free post: www.patreon.com/posts/newsle...

A doctor and historian for a company of mercenaries in a fantasy world. It's a grim world, and War Is Awful.

I think about this all the time (from catandgirl.com/the-genius/)

This concept that an idea is all that matters – that writing is secondary, is an afterthought, is best outsourced to a machine – I can't get my head around it.

I've redone the pose so many times it's practically a choreography.

Artist be like if I shift this line 0.05 cm to the left, increase overlay by 2%, and move this character’s head slightly by 3° will make a life changing difference that everyone notices

Another Haunted Doll made for this past Halloween, in this case it's an automaton / bisque doll drawn for @diesiskey.bsky.social

It's 20 years since @seanphillips.bsky.social and I exchanged a sketchbook back and forth in the mail, a drawn &painted call and response. INTERSECTIONS may be out of print but here is a flip through that sketchbook. You can still find the book out there :)

www.patreon.com/posts/hallow... Here's a mix of drawings made at different times, based on some of my favorite horror / mystery movies. I hope you have a nice Halloween!

Favorite horror films: The Exorcist III

I've been drawing patrons as Haunted Dolls and Puppets.

Rites Second Ed. is out! This is my classless, ancestry-neutral, fantasy roleplaying game of ideal magic. It is a d20 game of free-form spell creation, flexible advancement, weapon deterioration and repair, and other fun bits. dadostostados.itch.io/rites-second... #nsr #fantasy #ttrpg #tabletop

I'm still thinking about this show two years later.

Wow, it seems the (over)use of ClipStudio 3d dummies is making some superhero comics look really stiff.

The year the theme was werewolves, it was fun to try to capture likenesses in fully transformed mode. Here's Cole:

Here's a battling wizard:

There was a year for Wizards. Here's a portrait of a warlock with his loyal snake familiar.

There was also a year for Ghosts: this one is a portrait of Rachel being a pirate spectre:

This portrait for Irym is also one of my favorites, drawn on paper and very loose.

One time I made a comic called Orgone Noir for some reason, so that year I tried with that theme: a mix of a noirish strangeness for the portraits. Here's Sara:

October is for making spooky portraits of patrons, with a different theme every year. These are some of my favorites: From when the theme was Gothic Portraits...

Very specific tip: if you struggle with the drawing of ears, like me, get a pair of these really cheap silicone models they use to exhibit piercings.

Obligatory repost

The next comic is about: video rentals in the 90s, niche movies, a deer.

My Victorian Characters pack is done! It includes 30 illustrated tokens, plus tables for Victorian backgrounds and names. Available in Drivethru RPG: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

I'm drawing patrons (or their OCs) in the styles of my ttrpg Victorian tokens.

If the AI bubble really is bursting, please take this lesson from it: Nothing marketed to you this relentlessly is ever worth it. If it was, they wouldn’t need to beg you.

I want to make an Elric comic.

Depiction of the unusually bright meteor seen over the UK #onthisday in 1783. At the time such phenomena were not well understood and the meteor was the subject of much discussion, and also works of art. See more meteors and comets in art here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/f... #otd

Wooow

I made once a comic called “How to find happiness in a video game” that may have something to do with that feeling. thesecretknots.com/comic/how-to...

I love backgrounds in racing games, and in 2d fighting games. Could it be because they are unreachable?

HEY ARTISTS LOOK LOOK FASHION HISTORY RESOURCES!!!!!! fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu

Elric of Melniboné artwork by Yasushi Nirasawa. Left image is from the Creature Core artbook and right image is from the Japanese edition of Chaosium RPG tabletop Stormbringer

There was going to be a Spice Girls anime, but they cancelled it. We were fucking ROBBED.

Progress on the Victorian tokens: this character has a Fan Lorgnette, "an accessory where the lorgnette is hidden in the fan and used to inconspicuously observe others" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorgnette

Cyberpunk, but only the super rich enjoy the Cyber, and the rest of us are the Punk.

Craft flawed and imperfect things, you have my permission. (I struggle with that too)

Well well well, we're back with a new comic: thesecretknots.com/comic/the-me...

We'll be back soon.

I love these shots in Kaidashi Kikou, and how well "grounded" the figures look. It's only recently that I've started playing more with ground level shots, specially after seeing some John Byrne's comics, and appreciating how his figures give this solid sense of weight, and balance.

I wanted to test some customized Clip Studio brushes, and the perfect excuse was starting a new set of gaming tokens. This time it's Victorian Characters.