Lars • Iskotaa

My inking #PortfolioDay post might've been a little niche so here are some more representative illustrations. I'm not looking for work right now but I always enjoy sharing some art :)
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An illustration of my dad sitting at his desk on the computer. He is in a wheelchair and using a universal cuff to type.

Twiggy, a little 3D computer-headed character, looks inquisitively at painting of the Twigbit logo in the style of the Mario 64 paintings. The painting is in an ornate frame.

Rey, a fox wearing a tunic, is sitting in front of a box on a small stool. She looks expectant. On the box is painted “Knigt errant” and a little sign says “cheep!”.

A painting of Herbert Swellsparrow for a short story about a bird who overcomes his confidence troubles and seeks adventure in unlikely places.

Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Lars and I am an artist and game dev. I have an ongoing webcomic Beast Fables, am working on a graphic novel, and make games with @twigbit.games!

Everything I work on goes on my website if you’re interested @ iskotaa.com/about! 💕

Create your own free & portable website (for non-techies) Astro is easy for anyone to set up, and hosting static files is often free, so you don't need to spend a lot to curate your presence on the web.

I finally buckled and wrote a tutorial I've been meaning to write for ages.

If you're a non-tech person that is tired of having to change social media platforms and want a simple blog on the web, this is for you 🪄

iskotaa.com/blog/2025-10...

*sobs with delight* 😭😭😭😭

Another valley scene! Fall means the return of cloud cover, and with that comes more interesting transitory lighting effects.

Rey comes into a clearing and sees a giant Goat-skulled beast. It roars, "SKREEEEEE". Find out what happens next at the website in the corner, iskotaa.com

If I have three part-time jobs, and I multiply that by 168 hrs/week, then divide by burnout and depression, I'll have a billion dollars in......

You know what, the math isn't important. There's a new Beast Fables comic this morning! Enjoy! 🦊🐓🐿️

iskotaa.com/comics/beast...

#webcomics #beastfables

Love the fro!

Rey comes into a clearing and sees a giant Goat-skulled beast. It roars, "SKREEEEEE". Find out what happens next at the website in the corner, iskotaa.com

If I have three part-time jobs, and I multiply that by 168 hrs/week, then divide by burnout and depression, I'll have a billion dollars in......

You know what, the math isn't important. There's a new Beast Fables comic this morning! Enjoy! 🦊🐓🐿️

iskotaa.com/comics/beast...

#webcomics #beastfables

I'm not sure which of you need to hear this, but:

If you push yourself to your limits and burn out for a company, you are trading years of your future productivity for minor gains in the present.

Burning out will _fuck you up_, it's like brain fog or depression, and it takes years to recover

More of this! More of this! More of this! 📣

Support our Canadian knowledge and cultural institutions, #CanadaSky friends! 🇨🇦 #medialiteracy

Yea that's what I'm worried about too. I went to see if they had something close to Lightroom the other day and was surprised that I couldn't buy anything...like, don't you need money? haha

No kidding. I agree, I don't think they'd do it, but I also wouldn't be surprised given how many companies are willing to lose business on the "AI Bet"

Fascinating! thanks for sharing.

The company I used to work for was also looking at heavily integrating with Canva last year. Canva was courting a lot of potential customers with a new API integration in 2024.

“We’re offering the flexibility you’re all asking for with AI tools and subscription pricing!

Paying no attention to the reason you all left Adobe.”

A stack of bumper stickers that read "The Only Good Website Is One You Made Yourself" in a sort of fun, Web 1.0-inspired look

I have a very limited reserve of The Only Good Website stickers back on the shop! Two sizes available!
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Yea it’s really great. It means if for some reason Astro was to disappear in 5 years or something, you could take all of your posts to one of many options that use MD files. Very future proof and versatile.

You can also follow the instructions in the “Static deploy” section if you have web hosting already or want to use something different.

Hope that helps! 🤞

Ah thank you. So Cloudflare is a domain and hosting platform. You can use it to share the files you create through this tutorial. I’ll improve that section to explain what it is, but the TLDR is it’s free and easy to use and you can quickly get a website running on it.

Awesome, thanks for giving it a shot! It looks like your post was cut off would you mind posting the rest of your question again?

Image of a silhouetted cowboy singer with an illuminated dust cloud overlaid on their chest. Text on top of this image with information for the following poetry readings: No Depression in Heaven tour for ryan fitzpatrick October 21, 2025, at Shelf Life Books in Calgary, a book launch with ryan fitzpatrick, Conor Kerr, and Jason Purcell. Event at 7:00 pm. October 24, 2025, at the Martha Lou Henley Rehearsal Hall in Vancouver, the Talonbooks fall poetry launch, with readings from ryan fitzpatrick, Rahat Kurd, bill bissett, Scott Jackshaw, and Drew McEwan. Event at 7:00 pm. November 5, 2025, at McNally Robinson Grant Park in Winnipeg, double book launch with ryan fitzpatrick and Cam Scott. Event at 7:00 pm. November 13, 2025, at Flying Books College St in Toronto, book launch with ryan fitzpatrick, A Jamali Rad, and Hajer Mirwali. Event at 6:30 pm. November 14, 2025, at The City and The City Bookstore in Hamilton, book launch with ryan fitzpatrick, A Jamali Rad, Steacy Easton, and Zane Koss. Event at 7:00 pm. More info at talonbooks.com

If you're in Calgary, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto, or Hamilton this fall, I'll be swinging through with my new book No Depression in Heaven. I hope to see you there!

(I'll also be in Edmonton on October 18 for LitFest!)

More info on fall Talonbooks events here: talonbooks.com/events/

We'll definitely be coming to the Vancouver stop! Can't wait :D

No problem! 🙌

No problem! Let me know if you run into any issues if you end up trying it. I've had a few people test it, but I'm always happy to adjust if something is a little confusing or the like :D

Since I know artists are particularly in need of this I’m also working on a photo gallery feature that I’ll update the theme with.

I’m just not quite done with it yet 😅❤️

I hope this might help. I’ve seen lots of requests for cheap (in this case free) portable sites that you can take and host literally anywhere, so I wrote a tutorial. It’s how I host all of my sites and have for years.

bsky.app/profile/lars...

Cartoon crow looking sad is flying in a wobbly pattern.

As he flies, a strange arch is seen below.

The arch leads is a lighted room, despite it not being attached to a building. The crow is curious about it.

The crow looks into the arch thru its broken window.

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Given what I would politely call The Current Situation here, I think it's time for a little explainer for anyone who has not experienced an early-stage startup. I think at least part of what we're seeing right now a consequence of that environment. 🧵

If you run into any problems let me know and I’ll be happy to help. The more testers the better 😁

Yea, you got it!

You manage all of your content for your website on your computer locally, and then you can host the files wherever you want.