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Darren M. A. Calvert

@dmacalvert.bsky.social

Designer and teacher by day. Freelance illustrator by night. IG: http://instagram.com/darrenmacalvert | Etsy: https://shorturl.at/hpEFO | πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

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The Marge Simpson "I just think they're neat!" meme but she's holding a 36 pack of Copic markers.

The Marge Simpson "I just think they're neat!" meme but she's holding a 36 pack of Copic markers.

Talking to my students about markers this week:

22.11.2025 04:31 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Dayman...AHHHHhHHHHH! fighter of the Nightman...AHHHHhHHHHH!

Dayman...AHHHHhHHHHH! fighter of the Nightman...AHHHHhHHHHH!

22.11.2025 03:39 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I ended up "napping" for over 2 hours. I'm sure I won't regret that later.

22.11.2025 03:33 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It makes me want to beat those guys up all over again.

22.11.2025 02:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great example of enshittification: Google now wants to use your Gmail to train AI, but if you opt out (Settings->General->Smart Features->Turn off) not only do you lose *spell check*, you also lose all sorting of emails, so everything goes in one giant inbox. I hate it here

21.11.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2148    πŸ” 712    πŸ’¬ 113    πŸ“Œ 88

Just about gave myself a concussion falling asleep at my desk.

21.11.2025 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Lt. Frank Drebin in 1988's The Naked Gun during the "Nothing to see here, please disperse!" scene with a fireworks factory exploding behind him.

Lt. Frank Drebin in 1988's The Naked Gun during the "Nothing to see here, please disperse!" scene with a fireworks factory exploding behind him.

In The Naked Gun (1988), this is supposed to be a serious police detective

21.11.2025 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Some of them!

21.11.2025 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Got a copy of the *official* Minecraft cookbook for $5.

Tired of wasting my time cooking unofficial Minecraft recipes.

21.11.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My students made fun of me this morning for saying that you have to be careful when you're erasing so that you don't skronk up your paper and that I always test my Posca pens before using them so that they don't blorch paint all over my drawings.

Pretty basic art terminology.

21.11.2025 02:07 β€” πŸ‘ 86    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

Real America

21.11.2025 06:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, those were good. The fine-point Poscas are pretty solid though.

21.11.2025 06:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Twilight Sword Become a Champion and bring back Hope to the lands of Radia! Twilight Sword is an adventure role-playing game inspired by classic video-games like The Legend of Zelda, Final Fantasy, Ni No Kuni.

Man, I'd like to get in on this but that's not cheap, especially with shipping...

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...

21.11.2025 05:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The white is about 80% opaque. Not quite a solid coverage like a Posca paint pen.

21.11.2025 05:01 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My first thought was actually that they would be good for drawing (permanent) battle maps for RPGs.

21.11.2025 04:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Tips are a bit broad for most of the stuff I do but I can see finding uses for them.

21.11.2025 04:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Two Sharpie markers next to a piece of tan paper with a white and a black scribble on it.

Two Sharpie markers next to a piece of tan paper with a white and a black scribble on it.

Picked up a two-pack of the Sharpie Creative Markers to try and they seem pretty good. πŸ‘πŸ»

21.11.2025 04:54 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Have been tempted by Gunslinger Knights…

21.11.2025 03:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I can’t pass up a $5 crab mech

21.11.2025 03:49 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A small marker drawing of Disney's Wreck-It Ralph.  To the right are a Faber-Castell PITT artist pen and two Copic markers.

A small marker drawing of Disney's Wreck-It Ralph. To the right are a Faber-Castell PITT artist pen and two Copic markers.

A little Wreck-It Ralph from this day in 2018

21.11.2025 03:18 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My students made fun of me this morning for saying that you have to be careful when you're erasing so that you don't skronk up your paper and that I always test my Posca pens before using them so that they don't blorch paint all over my drawings.

Pretty basic art terminology.

21.11.2025 02:07 β€” πŸ‘ 86    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
A marker drawing of Kit Fisto from the Star Wars prequels on toned tan paper. To the left are two Copic markers.

A marker drawing of Kit Fisto from the Star Wars prequels on toned tan paper. To the left are two Copic markers.

A marker Kit Fisto on toned tan paper from this day in 2020

#StarWars

20.11.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I was on a pro vs anti ai panel the other day and this is what I was trying to say but I’m not as smart

The point of playing a game of chess is not to achieve the quickest possible route to victory for one side in a chess game, it is to have and perform those thoughts and actions yourself and grow.

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A marker drawing of Kit Fisto from the Star Wars prequels on toned tan paper. To the left are two Copic markers.

A marker drawing of Kit Fisto from the Star Wars prequels on toned tan paper. To the left are two Copic markers.

A marker Kit Fisto on toned tan paper from this day in 2020

#StarWars

20.11.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
The original Frieren angle drawing on the left and my version on the right

The original Frieren angle drawing on the left and my version on the right

Gave it some colour

20.11.2025 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

People are very dumb. Just, like, in general.

20.11.2025 05:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not you.

20.11.2025 05:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's fun that their "defeat" of the Democrats in the shutdown means that they get to cut a whole bunch of people who voted Republican off of healthcare and SNAP benefits.

You did it!

20.11.2025 05:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations on being the "HOTTEST" Country anywhere in the World, America.

20.11.2025 05:22 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

"Listen up, yumnuts."

20.11.2025 05:20 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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