MDPenman

📢 Exhibitor announcement: MDPENMAN (@mdpenman.bsky.social)

“MDPenman is an illustrator, comic writer/artist and lecturer based in Leeds. He likes fantasy, myths, horror and enjoys nothing more than drawing weird little guys."

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Hey all!

I'm making a weird pulp sci-fantasy epic releasing this October and I need your help.

Seems like I'm struggling getting on track on bsky compared to that other site... So do follow and share for more info soon!!

Thanks bye!🔥

Here's the original illustrations for ya too!

A collection of three stickers all of buck naked guys with large masks on their heads and affirmations to accompany each.

A sticker of a buck naked guy with a large mask on his head. Text says BIG TIME EMPATHY

A sticker of a buck naked guy with a large mask on his head. Text says THIS IS THE ENERGY

A sticker of a buck naked guy with a large mask on his head. Text says THESE VIBES ONLY

Yooooo anyone remember my tackle out vibes warriors? Well I made some more and had them done up as spangly stickers courtesy of the fine folks at No Fuss Printing in Leeds they did a bang up job and I highly recommend them!

Art is work Art is work and making choices. AI takes those choices away.

I wrote about how art is work and AI art is fascist bullshit rs-benedict.com/2025/07/27/a...

Ooof. I mean, the Dead Space 2 one and the MGS Rising one are definitely more light hearted than going over all the times someone is tortured in a CoD game but he does skew more somber for sure

Jacob Geller Talking about video games, history, politics, empathy, and more — typically at the same time, always unpredictably. For more info, visit my website: JacobGeller.com

I'm a big fan of Jacob Gellar's stuff- youtube.com/@jacobgeller...

A tattoo of a toad with an eye on its back and flames coming off it.

A tattoo of stylised skulls and thorns circling a knee.

Oh, forgot to share some new tattoos I got! Without our rituals and traditions what are we?

Toad tattoo by Daryl Watson at Tower of Hearts, Leeds

Knee tattoo done by GoblynCrew of Florence Black, Manchester

Okay so, I can't look at boobz and kawks anymore on this thing in England so if you could stop posting them so I don't feel left out that would be amazing.

Thanks so much Ted! I enjoyed putting this one together. I was definitely pulling from Mignola's Corum comics for inspiration :)

amongussexgif ... Instead of being in settings its in the google app. Also, google, not chrome. Icon is a G, not the circle thing. Click on your pfp to open a menu From there, go Settings > Gemini > Digital Assistants > Switch to Google Assistant. This disables Gemini, google's Al assistant, and switches you back to the old one. We aren't done yet. Go back to Settings. From there, we go Settings > Google Assistant > scroll to find General > Google Assitant on/off > turn it off They really tried their best to make it a pain, but you can eventually disable it. Holding the power button on your phone still pulls up a menu and asks you to turn it back on, but this is the least intrusive you can make it. Applies to all non-apple phones afaik. For sure Samsungs and Pixels but idrk about others Edit: thank you my friend @/teeth-kid for confirming that this also works on Motorola

Here's how you remove Google AI from your mobile devices.

Comic pages showing a castle on a hill all spooky like

A comic page depicting a cartoon torture chamber

A comic page depicting the green chapel from Gawain and the Green Knight

A comic that shows a sci fi villa and a deal between shady people.

Hey Jacob, I'd love the opportunity to work with you. Here are some of my more environmental comic work and you can find a few more examples on my insta here- www.instagram.com/mdpenman
If you like the look of this stuff I'd be happy to email you over some pdfs of the finished comics too.

Thanks!

The UK government was just defeated in the House of Lords for a *fifth* time over AI training data transparency.

Please watch the electrifying end to Baroness Kidron's closing speech ahead of the vote. Creators have no greater champion.

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Swan Boy as Bon Clay, Noel as Trafalgar D. Water Law, Rona as Nico Robin, Cassie as Perona, and Baptiste as Donquixote Doflamingo.

Chris Shagwell as Crocodile, Brümhilde Van Wilder as Kizaru, Shannon Hospital as Franky, Hector Centurion as Eustass Kid, Thomas Jefferson as a Celestial Dragon, Sean Boogerhammer as Sabo, and the Naked Mole Rat as Whitebeard

Some Swan Boy characters as their favorite One Piece characters

Teachers Are Not OK AI, ChatGPT, and LLMs "have absolutely blown up what I try to accomplish with my teaching."

Teachers Are Not OK

🔗 www.404media.co/teachers-are...

Amazing, thank you for your reply!

Do you have artist submissions too or are are they more hand picked?

If you're a fan of Harry Potter who'd like something new to read but who doesn't want to give JKR any more money, you might very much enjoy CONSPIRACY OF RAVENS. British boarding school bird-themed magic for kids & adults alike #BookSky #Magic #Fantasy #GraphicNovel
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🌞 SOL CESTO - OUT NOW ON STEAM 🌞

After 2 years of hard work, Sol Cesto is finally out in Early Access! A roguelite where the eerie charm of Inscryption collides with the high-stakes thrill and explosive combos of Balatro.

Please help us spread the word 🙌

Ooo these studies are really lush! Love how boxy and controlled the value shapes are!

I'm a BIG fan of that fish themed armour. It's lovely!

Some process pics for my @nytimes.com for kids cover:

1. Sketchbook doodles
2. Various rough ideas
3. Pencil drawing
4. Ink drawing

This loser continues to suck shit

The poster sporting shades and some sweet fresh ink of a dagger going through his neck.

The flash sheet of the dagger through neck tattoo

Got a new tattoo, and since it has become my own Bluesky tradition to share them, here it is! A lovely trad shoulder dagger piece from the excellent Mors at Easy Tiger Tattoo Leeds www.instagram.com/morstattoo/

I set a comic in the woods because I wasn't good at drawing trees.
Struggle with cars? Write a car chase! Struggle with horses? Put horses in your book. Eventually you'll have no barriers!

I saw someone say AI is useful because it generates ideas. My dude, I'm full of ideas. I have docs and docs marked under 'ideas.' I have outlines and fragments of stuff I might work on. Trunked stories galore. Even if I continue to write a novel a year for the next 40 years I won't run out of ideas.

An old slide I made for a lecture about writing. You have my full permission to use it if you would want to.

ChatGPT Is Everywhere — Why Aren't We Talking About Its Environmental Costs? One estimate found that a single ChatGPT search uses 10 times the energy of a normal Google search.

I struggle with the reporting on ChatGPT in education because it often confirms society’s negative bias against young people—oh no, this generation is unsaveable!—when it’s possible to just educate people to be less credulous about it. which is why I wrote this: so teachers could print and assign it

"it is not ours to give away"