Shades of Kin

Makin a painting surface yesterday
It’s a tad crooked but wood filler and some sanding will fix that

God I miss #L5R

Things Ive decided
1. I'll be making a Game Boy game (accessible tools)
2. It'll be light rpg
3. It'll have battle mechanics like Pokemon Red/Blue
4. Exploring dungeons will be a big part of it

#gaming #retrogame

A hyperfixation to make a pixel game has crept into my head and I can't stop thinking about how it's all I've ever wanted to do in life since Friday night at 1045 when I saw a YouTube video about gameboy homebrew

#gaming

My study in Sargent (25 cool points if anyone gets that reference) is done, while not 1:1 it did teach me a lot in the process and I'll be tackling another here soon
#art #fineart #oilpainting #portrait

I've been practicing wet into wet painting via studies of Sargents work

It's slow going, his mark making is not intuitive to my academic methods.

Still fun

#oilpainting #art #portrait

May 5, 2025 cover of the New Yorker. Expository text: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2025-05-05

Barry Blitt’s first 100 days cover for the New Yorker.

I keep certain ones to myself but I found that talking about how it made me feel does help

I remember when I was working as a guard and the things I saw would require a stiff drink when I got home

#art #oilpainting

Lil Cubone all alone

#pokemon #oilpainting

I looked into planning a what if of changing my major

I'll always be a painter
But philosophy does challenge me in certain ways

I'd be playing catch up in languages, logic, and some 100 lvl courses but it's doable

That being said I'd be there 1 extra semester at least

Planning a fun lil painting
Started with a pencil then oil sketch

I'll do a layer of values next

#art

I finished this weeks ago, forgot to upload it #art

@titaniumdragon.bsky.social hey I'd love to hear about your fabula ultima games more. Can you ping me on Discord?

When Amazon launched in 1995, there were 5,500 indie bookshops in the U.S., with 7,000 locations. By May of 2023, that number had decreased to 2,185 indies & 2,599 locations.

When you purchase audiobooks via Libro.fm vs. Audible, you directly support indie bookshops. Let's make that number grow ❤️

Master Study of Zorn using the Zorn Palette
#oilpainting

A person told me today that because of me they know far too much about the Zorn Palette when they’re not even an artist

“Yes yes Zorn, I know, and I shouldn’t”

I assume that is exactly what’s happening

I'M active on Bluesky cuz Dumb ass bitch representation is needed

I am floored by how much restraint Zelensky showed, I’d have beat the shit out of Vance

Oh no doubt

Generally speaking I’ve always said if you’ve got CharGen rules you can just make monsters

So yeah, one book will do it, though I do like a bestiary too

The wildest thing in the whole world is watching generations on either side of myself be just so fucking stupid

Boomers? Fucking sociopathic lead poisoned morons who can’t convert a doc to PDF

GenZ? Fucking sociopathic blue light poisoned morons who can’t convert a doc to PDF

"so i asked chatgpt..."

every time i hear this i turn off the video and stop watching that channel permanently.

On the one hand I want to teach at the collegiate level

On the other I’d be a tyrant

'No Amazon, no Walmart, no fast food': What's behind the 'Feb. 28 economic blackout' The People's Union USA, a self-described “grassroots movement” founded by John Schwarz, is encouraging Americans to refrain from making non-essential purchases on Friday.

Who else is in? Seems like one of the only tools we have left.

'No Amazon, no Walmart, no fast food': What's behind the 'Feb. 28 economic blackout' The People's Union USA, a self-described “grassroots movement” founded by John Schwarz, is encouraging Americans to refrain from making non-essential purchases on Friday.

Let’s go www.yahoo.com/news/no-amaz...

Portrait painting is kicking my ass. I spent a lot of time avoiding it over the years and it shows. Likeness and texture are proving exceptionally difficult.

Say what you want but nothing quite beats neoclassical paintings in terms of skill