Gnome Scarf

Happy Moomin Day! 🤍

One does not simply walk into X the Everything App.

my Hobbit character Poppodil Puddifoot holding a lamp surrounded by snow covered trees in Tales of the Shire

A wonderful winter in the Shire.

oh my gosh their arguments against this being a class action lawsuit are so goofy. its bad because "seven million claimants would kill the company" and "it would be difficult to figure out the rights and compensation for each of the 7 million" so whyd you steal from 7 million people??? dingus!

My favorite doctor and companion

Bluesky isn't turning into X fast enough. Here's why it's a problem for crypto bros, VCs, and fascists:

"We must not rest until this site is 75% bots, Nazis, and dead accounts! Think of the growth! Think of the clout! Think of the ad revenue!"

What a dweeb.

Godzilla furrows his brow in contempt!!

He mad

#godzilla #anguirus #kaiju #vandyartwork

Not marketable or nostalgic enough for the filthy masses.

New trailer for "Scarlet" by Mamoru Hosoda.
In theaters on November 21 (Japan) / December 12 (USA).
Full video >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AfK...

My Hobbit character Poppodil Puddifoot getting way too close and staring at a Hobbit lady

You can't romance anyone in Tales of the Shire, but no one said you can't awkwardly stare at them.

Howl From Beyond The Fog, Daisuke Sato (2019)

"We're all emotionally stunted buffoons. It's science!"

Guys just telling on themselves...

I found my new favourite thing:

An illustration of Thranduil from The One Ring First Edition. This illustration didn’t make the corebook. It replaced a rejected piece of art by another artist, and was used in “Words of the Wise”, a free scenario by Dominic McDowall for the game. After that had to go away for contractual reasons, the art reappeared in… Heart of the Wild? Darkening of Mirkwood? Those two titles began as one book, so I don’t always know the split.

I’m late for the anniversary of its release at GenCon 2011, but to celebrate that ancient release of The One Ring First Edition: one like = one illustration from TOR 1st ed, which I helped illustrate, art direct, write and creatively direct. Good times. Here’s Thranduil with whom I was happy.

Gollum tries to catch the ring as he falls into mount doom

One year ago today I posted this miniature Lord of The Rings Gollum photo I created, all shot practically using real figures, lighting, miniatures and cotton wool for the fires of mount doom.

#photography #photographer #miniatures #hireme

How interesting that it's always the guys in a position of power, with no trouble whatsoever sourcing financing, with full creative control and with nothing to lose who are embracing AI 🤔

Colourful illustration of Mothra and two women

Mothra. She’s the Queen of fucking Monsters.

Tales of the Shire

Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life

The Hobbit game on Gamecube

Tales of the Shire is a combination of two of my favorite games, and I'm having lots of fun. It's rough around the edges and could use some more content. But I think all the big game reviewers are being overly harsh. It's like they want it to be another Gollum game situation just for the clicks.

"Gemini, tell my wife I love her in a way that sounds personal"

A photo of all four of the Wee Folk puppets sitting on a tree trunk across the Polmont Burn.

A successful trip out with the wee folk and the camera.

First they came for bars of soap and napkins... now Vegas!

The Trump administration wants to destroy high-tech satellites that collect invaluable data about climate change and defund promising mRNA cancer research. Scientists are leaving the US in droves. If you've ever wondered how advanced civilizations enter dark ages, it's happening to us right now.

A massive step in the right direction. Films shouldn’t be used to train AI and I’m glad Universal is making sure of this. Can more Hollywood studios do this? Please and thank you.

Corey Olsen, the Tolkien Professor, is in the middle of doing a live close read online of LOTR. He started in 2016. 9 years later, he's in Moria.

It took 16 months to get through the Council of Elrond. Which actually tracks.

Tech bros wanting to be cool will be the death of us all.

I enjoy that they’re unironically saying that AI is counterculture - brought to you by Meta, Google, Microsoft, Anthropic. Funded by the U.S. Military.

I just learned about Dear Fauna, a STOP MOTION, FELT animation about pleistocene.
It releases in just a couple days. Let's show it some love!