People say AI is a magic shortcut to creativity & success. I’ll tell you the real secret and it’s voraciously reading, being interested in everything, being diligent in the pursuit of learning, paying attention to the interior lives of others & keeping a heart open to the world.

Tokyo Godfathers is one of the best films of this century. A key reason is that it portrays Tokyo with an almost overwhelming level of care and detail. Satoshi Kon and his team moved mountains to make this film's world feel real — as we explore today: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/satoshi-ko...

nothing can put a bigger smile on my face than reading that Microsoft has to scale back its AI ambitions because NOBODY uses copilot.

Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.

more grandma-core games store.steampowered.com/app/3041680/...

manifesting: 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 ai bubble 🕯 🕯 to pop disastrously 🕯 🕯 for all involved 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯

more frog, again. seasonal frog

I created this sad bird character, Tristopiccio, and my partner suggested silly reasons that could have made him sad. Like, his shoelaces are loose but it has no hands to tie them nicely. He failed bird math. He has to go to bird job. His treat is ruined. He lost his feet (they‘re underwater).

Christmas freelancer

Season’s Greetings to all ✨

Beaten, but

going through old work for a thing here's an evergreen fav of mine from 2017

pals you gotta quit spotify

If the writer’s eyes light up when asked, “why did the character do that?” then it’s real.

Fantastic creative palaeoart by a Japanese palaeoartist. Evoking traditional styles. (Shane_Sandnan on IG)

it's december !! 🙀 good excuse to post these guys again ...!

All the familiars

also, wip frogs

Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨

Continuing my series of bird neighbour portraits - is there a more overlooked bird than the dunnock?

Relatable Corvid

A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance. @MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury

From "Vorace", a very short indie film by Pauline Mauvière & Charles Ouvrard (France). >> www.catsuka.com/news/2025-12...

Timur D’Vatz (Uzbek, b. 1968). Vision (oil on canvas).

On the Way to Winter (2025) Art Print: www.inprnt.com/gallery/ryot...

Nightlife.

I’m opening my commissions again! Info below 🌟

Record covers by Hiroshi Nagai, 1980’s

Autumn’s Waning 🍂

An illustration I made for an art contest. I didn't win. Not first, second or even third place. But I worked really hard and I'm very proud of my result #art #illustration #fantasy #swanmaiden #swan #illustration #fantasyillustration #myth #shapeshifter #bird #feather #creature #concept #character

finished rogue familiars

escapism through channeling a medieval manuscript illustrator

Once upon a time me and my buddy @asterismi.bsky.social went to the dollar store and I impulse bought colourful ballpoint pens. The sketchbooks would never recover

Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.

Hug #supergirl #krypto

walking my fish

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It's the time of year again -- time to do your holiday shopping from independent artists. It's more important than ever to support people actually making stuff! If you're an artist or craftsperson of any kind, please reply to this with what you make and a link to your store and I'll share it!

If you’re still hunting for color tools, I’m working on a more user-friendly version of meodai.github.io/poline/ keeping you huedrated

Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:

From: The Demon (1972), dir. Kihachiro Kawamoto

Art by Yoshitaka Amano

Blood and flesh

"Wretched Escapees From Gisang's Forsaken Comedies" This illustration thematically previews my next theatre adventure, which I've just sent to print. Yasss.

If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features." There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.

difficult angle

She moves slowly