@mikestimpson.bsky.social
Photographer of toys and cats, software engineer, low-level graphic designer and retro enthusiast.
Same here with two different bank cards. I went the face scan route, even though no-one ever DMs me either!
02.08.2025 14:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I mean, I love Futura, but this is not where it should be!
25.07.2025 18:23 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
I've bounced off so many static site generators (including Hugo, but I forget why). I'm currently using Astro which is really nice. I hear Eleventy is good - a bit more powerful, a bit more complex.
Kevin Powell recommended it, and he knows his stuff.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=acgI...
Box art for Atari 2600 Basic featuring a man in a futuristic space suit interacting with switches, dials and flashing buttons like he's piloting a spaceship. Illustration by Rick Guidice.
I'm not sure any software engineer has ever lived up to the expectations of 1979 illustrators.
19.04.2025 11:41 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This is why I do not use AI to add to or generate content in my work as an illlustrator or photographer. I do not want to support this kind of exploitation of the creatives.
28.03.2025 08:18 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0I assumed that you did that on purpose given your attention to detail! I just misjudged that it was a Breaking Bad reference.The rock/mineral confusion was a bit of a trope.
27.03.2025 17:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0They’re minerals, Marie!
27.03.2025 17:36 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
Six 80s style Mastertronic logos. All pointy and based on the letter 'M'.
Inspired by @retrocollective.co.uk acquiring the Mastertronic trademark I've been making ridiculous 80s logos again. Although looking at them now I'm getting more of a "VHS tape cover" vibe than "budget computer game".
24.02.2025 20:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Oh boy, I can't wait for this. Please, please don't mess it up, Disney!
24.02.2025 19:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A cartoonish Retro Collective 3D logo with a red and white checkerboard amiga-style ball underneath.
Oh boy, you're going to hate this other idea I had then... Seriously though, if it works for what you need then everything's good. I'll just take any excuse to play around making logos 😀
31.01.2025 10:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A quad of 4 Retro Collective logo mocks. Two more corporate-style logos with Red Green and Blue sections with the "Retro Collective" text set in Futura Bold. The lower two feature a CRT TV shaped border filled with an 80s chrome gradient. The inner text reading "RC" on the left and "Retro Collective" on the right with the same gradient as the border. Text is set in Kallisto Lined, with the "Collective" set in yellow TorchZilla typeface.
I say this as a Patreon member and enthusiastic subscriber to everything you're doing at the mill - for me, that logo doesn't capture the feel of the amazing stuff you're doing. I'm just a rando on the internet, but this is the sort of stuff I'd want on my RC hoodie (in increasing bonkersness) :D
30.01.2025 18:09 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0Wait ‘till you hear about my “Watercooler with video conferencing” invention!
24.01.2025 17:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I'm going to have to read that book again. I've spent so long waiting for the final installment that I've forgotton what happens in the first two books!
19.01.2025 11:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Remember when Hayao Miyazaki designed a model kit, and it was a redonculous multi turret tank with a 20 pig strong crew, including chef and waiter? Yeah good times.
22.12.2024 19:14 — 👍 1412 🔁 309 💬 41 📌 27
Four illustrations of cats next to Christmassy objects in a mid-century modern style.
2024 Christmas cards done. Once again, it's retro cats!
14.12.2024 16:58 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Indeed. I'll watch anything where Roger Deakins was the DoP!
04.12.2024 07:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A Star Wars LEGO Stormtrooper driving an old-style white LEGO tractor across a dirt field with greenery in the background.
There are over a billion Stormtroopers in the Empire according to Wookiepedia. To feed that number of mouths there must be a substantial agricultural division!
06.10.2024 13:53 — 👍 26 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
