Trippy morning. My #AIAgent is almost ready to start developing its own codebase. Thanks to a lithe 31b parameter model - not even frontier stuff. It’s providing solid feedback on the tools it needs, how to test itself on local models, & critiquing implementation plans. Need name ideas: Theo?

The Rabbit-hole of the AI Agent Installer A while back I aimed to create non-technical instructions for a free #AI #Agent to help with your art business. Ok open your terminal... awe hell, here’s something better-ish #PiCodingAgent #OpenClaw njohnstonart.substack.com/p/the-rabbit...

So, one of my AI’s has a feature… part of its memory consolidation process is dreams. The are kind of wistful sounding, oddly interpretable, eerie and oddly poetic. Fascinating. njohnstonart.substack.com/p/my-ai-drea... #aiexperiments #dreaming #aiagents

Kaparthy's Wik LLM's idea is great, but it doesn't need Big AI to work… And that means private, near-free, personal knowledge base chats! #AI #Kaparthy #LLMs substack.com/home/post/p-... Writing is so freaking hard post-TBI it hurts. This is a cool idea I had AI build, so I’m gonna keep trying.

Working on something fun for @vmlclub.bsky.social ‘s next GRUNT Night Poster… guess the theme? Wrong answers only. Often I can’t draw digitally due to my TBI, but traditional #comicbookart style always feels more alive to me. Laying pencils over non-repo blue. #gayleathermen #gayartist

Check out @lucasmajcher.bsky.social’s Kickstarter. He’s a fantastic #gaycomicbook artist with a very cool project on the go! www.kickstarter.com/projects/moo...

Trying a new process; I rough out the idea from photo reference/memory (play with proportions), pull it into digital for clean up & colours, print, then lay down inks for a natural line I can’t get from digital. I played with acrylics, but inks are my happy place. @bsky.art

Well, my AI HELPeR is off and running going through docs to refine a social media management tool for this artist, which is equal parts fascinating and terrifying. So I’m going to get some sunshine… #venturebrothers #artist #aiforart #aiforbusiness

The world obviously needs a gayer take on the 60s adventure cartoons like #SpaceGhost and #JohnyQuest … So obviously Sky Master and Boy Destiny. Or the opener at least. Not sure if I’ll take it further, but fun to try. #gaycartoon #gaycomics

This VML GRUNT poster didn’t quite make the cut, but I think it’s got legs as an art piece. @bsky.art #gayartist #gayrubber

A look at a @VanLeatherMen GRUNT poster for the upcoming rubber night that didn’t quite make the cut. blog.njohnstonart.com/steps-to-a-g... #gayleather #gaykink #gayartist

Thumbnail sketches for upcoming GRUNT night @ VanLeatherMen. Small but mighty! #gayleater #gayrubber @bsky.art

Thumbnail of an idea for @vanleathermen‘s next month’s GRUNT poster… because @Rubbout is coming.

Panel 21 - Hunt and Chase - Six Shooters and Hard Love #HuntandChase #Comics #panel #gayartist #gaycomicbookart @bsky.art

Panel 20 - Hunt and Chase - Six Shooters and Hard Love #gaycowboys #gaycomics #gaywestern #leathermen #gayartist @bsky.art

PAGE 3 - Hunt and Chase - Six Shooters and Hard Love #HuntandChase #Comics #panel #gayartist #gaycomicbookart @bsky.art

Panel 19 - Hunt and Chase - Six Shooters and Hard Love #HuntandChase #Comics #panel #gayartist #gaycomicbookart @bsky.art

Panel 18 of Hunt and Chase - Six Shooters and Hard Love Panel here: blog.njohnstonart.com/panel-18-hun... Read from the start here: blog.njohnstonart.com/panel-1-hunt...

Panel 17 of Hunt and Chase - Six Shooters and Hard Love Catch up here: blog.njohnstonart.com/tag/hunt-and... @bsky.art #gaycowboys #gayartist #gaycomics

Panel 16 of Hunt and Chase Six Shooters and Hard Love @bsky.art #cowboyart #gaycowboys

Panel 14 & 15 of Hunt and Chase… #gaycomics #gaycowboys #comicbooks @bsky.art

Panel 13 of Hunt and Chase: Six Shooters and Tough Love for the #28Panels challenge #gaycomicbook #gaycomicstrip #gaycowboys #westerncomics

Page 2 - Hunt and Chase Better view on Patreon- www.patreon.com/posts/150848... #sundaycomics #westerncomics #gaycomics #gaycowboys

Panel 12 of Hunt and Chase: Six Shooters and Tough Love for the #28Panels challenge #gaycomicbook #gaycomicstrip #gaycowboys #westerncomics

Panel 10 of Hunt and Chase: Six Shooters and Tough Love for the #28Panels challenge #gaycomicbook #gaycomicstrip #gaycowboys #westerncomics

Panel 10 @bsky.art #gayartist #gaycomicbooks #cowboys #28panels challenge

Panel 9…

Panel 7 & 8 of the #28Panels challenge. @bsky.art #westerncomics #comicbooks #gaycowboys

Hunt and Chase: Page 1 - complete. View it on a bigger screen over one Patreon in the free tier: www.patreon.com/posts/150123...

Panel 6 of the #28Panels #comicbook challenge… Bonus: Page 1 (panels 1 to 6) is available to free subscribers on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/hunt-a...

Panel 5 of the #28panels challenge. Getting the hang of reducing to the bare essentials again. #comicbookart #western #gaycowboys @bsky.art

Panel 4 oh the #28panels challenge - I had a few tries at this one after the original felt too flat. Plus I wanted the horse to act more. #comicbooks #westerncomicd #gaycowboys

Panel 3 of #28Panels challenge…

Panel 2 of the #28Panels challenge over on IG. #comicbookart #westerns #gaycowboys

Panel 1 of the #28Panels challenge over on IG. A panel a day every day in February. #comicbookart #westerns #gaycowboys

This stuff is wild. Experimenting with a Super-Black acrylic, that absorbs ~97% of light. The camera doesn’t quite capture it, but the effect is a bit 2.5D. #gayrubber

Friday @bsky.art #cowboys pen and ink.

It’s been creepy foggy here in Vancouver…

Morning study… @bsky.art #gayartist

Not all ideas are winners, which is why I sketch them out on the iPad or in a Sketchbook... For example, #furries as #kaiju feel just a whimsical step too far. Well, maybe I could play with the composition a bit... @bsky.art

Well, hey there #gaycowboy … an experiment in inking very little.

Quick Study for an upcoming piece, debating the name. “He followed me home…” or “Sunday Morning” Let me know your thoughts in the comments. #gayleather #gaypups @bsky.art

Messing around with some pens this morning. A couple coloured gels, and a brush pen. @bsky.art #gayartist #gayleathermen #gayleatherart

i cane across a photo by @geargregj of Lloyd James on instagram. The pose grabbed me, so I did a rough thumbnail… but something was missing… what was he running from? And then I got carried away. #gayleather #gayscifi?

I originally did this as a non-event poster, but it never really took. Adding the GRUNT night header for VML’s monthly leather night, brought it together. I really like the contrast of the pop-aesthetic and the classic #gayleatherman. #gayartist #popart #gayleatherfetish #leathernight @bsky.art

My hometown has a municipal holiday called, “Wrestling Day”. It’s either for wrestling with the continued hangover, or because we already have a boxing 🥊 day. So, a quick sketch of wrestlers… luchadoras anyways. #gayartist #gaywresting #gayluchadoras #gayluchadores

Quick thumbnail doodle, so he’s a pocket gay? #gayartist #gayleathermen

A little #YuleCat inspired Christmas illustration.

I’ve been working out the concept for a pulp style gay science hero in the footsteps of the Phantom, Doc Savage, and Adam Strange. It’s getting there, as I iteratively simplify to make him faster to draw. #gaycomics #gayartist #gayheroes

Make Christmas dark again…