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S. Daniel McPhail

@esdeem.bsky.social

A writer and photographer who will one day be a clue on Jeopardy. Unapologetic fan nerd, wildlife enthusiast, and collector of things and stuff. Definitely not three red pandas in a Vash the Stampede coat.

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The Legend of Zelda
Art by Velinxi

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Large black and white illustration of Calvin and Hobbes on a ship in the water with a massive Z coming from behind. This was a private commission (not mine).

Large black and white illustration of Calvin and Hobbes on a ship in the water with a massive Z coming from behind. This was a private commission (not mine).

Calvin & Hobbes + Godzilla by @jamesstokoe.bsky.social.
#comics #art

22.02.2026 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 484    πŸ” 172    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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I made this mock-up a few yrs back (just used pre-existing art I had) for an idea for an artbook I wanted to do (and never did) & I wonder I should attempt it again this year maybe/gauge interest from people?

Would be like an "The Art of" style book a lot of animated series have had.
#transformers

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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.

We were watching a preview of it at my theater before it opened, and I’ll never forget how our projectionist yells, β€œThat better not be the ending!” and the credits started rolling five seconds later.

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Saving Private Kermit

Gonzpocalypse Now (with, of course the behind the scenes documentary on the making of the film, Felt of Darkness)

19.02.2026 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Finished a sketch of Telara that I’ve been tinkering with for a bit. Not quite where I want to be with my art, but it’s a process.

Telara is one of the leads in my WIP, a Healer and former thief who is drawn into the mysterious comas afflicting the Emejre Enclave. Her sass hides deep insecurity.

15.02.2026 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Couple more:

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These are oooold, as you can probably tell from the bad Photoshop work, but they still make me chuckle a bit and I haven’t had time to do anything new for Valentine’s Day this year. #Transformers

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Something Big Is Happening
Something Big Is Happening
Matt Shumer
@mattshumer_ β€’ Feb 10
Think back to February 2020.
If you were paying close attention, you might have noticed a few people talking about a virus spreading overseas. But most of us weren't paying close attention. The stock market was doing great, your kids were in school, you were going to restaurants and shaking hands and planning trips. If someone told you they were

Something Big Is Happening Something Big Is Happening Matt Shumer @mattshumer_ β€’ Feb 10 Think back to February 2020. If you were paying close attention, you might have noticed a few people talking about a virus spreading overseas. But most of us weren't paying close attention. The stock market was doing great, your kids were in school, you were going to restaurants and shaking hands and planning trips. If someone told you they were

It took just one weekend for the new, self-proclaimed king of open source AI models to have its crown tarnished.
Reflection 70B, a variant of Meta's Llama 3.1 open source large language model (LLM) - or wait, was it a variant of the older Llama 3? β€” that had been trained and released by small New York startup HyperWrite (formerly OthersideAI) and boasted impressive, leading benchmarks on third-party tests, has now been aggressively questioned as other third-party evaluators have failed to reproduce some of said performance measures.

It took just one weekend for the new, self-proclaimed king of open source AI models to have its crown tarnished. Reflection 70B, a variant of Meta's Llama 3.1 open source large language model (LLM) - or wait, was it a variant of the older Llama 3? β€” that had been trained and released by small New York startup HyperWrite (formerly OthersideAI) and boasted impressive, leading benchmarks on third-party tests, has now been aggressively questioned as other third-party evaluators have failed to reproduce some of said performance measures.

Keep being sent this completely nonsensical hogslop. It has multiple egregious lies, which is appropriate because he’s a fraud. Back in September 2024 he falsified a bunch of benchmarks to hype up his open source model. Article is total dogshit. I should annotate it venturebeat.com/ai/reflectio...

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I was curious to see your take on it… I’m always skeptical when someone says, β€œI’m in this industry and trust me, it’s gonna change everything!”

Some of us are old enough to remember when the Segway was going to β€œchange transportation”, too.

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Drew Mira from KPop Demon Hunters

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Catseye and Wolfsbane had a deeply underrated relationship.

22.02.2024 04:16 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

I wasn’t expecting to find fan art of these two! I adore them and this piece is wonderful!

11.02.2026 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Catseye and Wolfsbane!! πŸˆβ€β¬›πŸΊ

#marvel #wolfsbane #catseye #comicsky #fanart #comicart #newmutants

09.02.2026 07:55 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cybersix sketch πŸ₯°

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Sorey, a lynx point siamese mix, lounging on a gray and black striped blanket in a cat tree. He has a kitty carrit toy made out of fabric with him.

Sorey, a lynx point siamese mix, lounging on a gray and black striped blanket in a cat tree. He has a kitty carrit toy made out of fabric with him.

πŸ’™πŸΎ

08.02.2026 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My cover done for @udonentertainment.bsky.social’s Mega Man X issue #0. This is a connecting cover for this 6 issue series #edwinhuang #megaman #megamanx #udonentertainment

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A goblin guy standing and holding a sword. He's looking at something off-screen with some trepidation

A goblin guy standing and holding a sword. He's looking at something off-screen with some trepidation

gob

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Photo of my sketchbook surrounded by markers, paints, ink, brushes and dirty paint water. The drawing is of my own interpretation of Link, obviously done in mixed media

Photo of my sketchbook surrounded by markers, paints, ink, brushes and dirty paint water. The drawing is of my own interpretation of Link, obviously done in mixed media

Your kiddo self wasn't dreaming of having hoarded art supplies gather dust in a corner, they were dreaming of using them. Let your inner kid have some joy

#art #sketchbook

05.02.2026 02:42 β€” πŸ‘ 854    πŸ” 124    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 1

IF Y'ALL WANNA COMMISSION ME MY VGEN IS OFFICIALLY OPEN! DO IT FOR FOX TETO
vgen.co/Artkett1412

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I kinda like the pirate ship one, but… yeah, this is the first one I’ve seen that I really want to have.

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That’s the one! I have memories of having that one as a kid.

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I wonder if they were maybe going for an earlier Diaclone type design? I’m blanking on the name, but there was the one that was made up of a lot of little ships. It’s got that kinda vibe.

31.01.2026 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Free Blender tutorial series, downloadable characters & Blender cheat-sheets:

✨ linktr.ee/crashsune%E2...

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ルーーク

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I’m skeptical. As this empirical evidence shows, you cannot make anything jokes using movie titles.

27.01.2026 06:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A close up of Moxxie, a Keeshond, with snow on his face.

A close up of Moxxie, a Keeshond, with snow on his face.

Moxxie, a Keeshond, runs in the snow.

Moxxie, a Keeshond, runs in the snow.

Moxxie, a Keeshond, takes to the air in the snow.

Moxxie, a Keeshond, takes to the air in the snow.

Moxxie, a Keeshond, looks up at the camera while paying in the snow.

Moxxie, a Keeshond, looks up at the camera while paying in the snow.

My little cryptid discovered snow this weekend and he really likes it.

Moxxie can be a handful sometimes, but in a world where so much is bad, he makes me smile.

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