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Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 10h ago

tree biggg

Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 11h ago

Everyone's favorite kitty. Here's my new illustration of Kulak. #NossSaga #Illustration

Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 2d ago

do not

A red traffic light in the middle of a foggy redwoods forest looking ominous as fuck

Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 2d ago

T A L L Also, saw an otter splooshing downriver. #Cosplay

Cosplaying with the canid mask and blue tunic at the redwoods forest. Shot looking up into the impossibly tall trees, super wide angle, me looking like a tall tree as well in the one point perspective.

Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 3d ago

Breakfast, a whale (maybe two?), and too many pelicans

Breakfast at Alta Bakery in Monterey, out in their garden/farm. Having the 9 grain pancakes. Timothy sits across from me, having some salmon thing.

Sunset over the ocean with a whale breaching under the sunbeams (just a dark tiny blob)

Sunset over pointy rocks in the ocean with a billion pelicans

Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 7d ago

Here's one of the alts. #NossSaga #Illustration

joão ruas @feralkid.bsky.social · 5d ago

st christopher II - pencil on paper

Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 5d ago

It begins. Gas prices will destroy us.

Map of our planned roadtrip from LA to Seattle to Yellowstone and back, making a huge loop of 3400 miles (minimum without detours, will likely end up at around 5000 miles)

Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 6d ago

So true! The Noss Saga could use some more ratings/reviews too, it helps with visibility. Also helps combat those one stars from people who didn’t finish or thought it icky for reasons. So go drop a rating and/or review! www.goodreads.com/series/39325...

Noss Saga by Joaquín Baldwin

Wolf of Withervale (Noss Saga, #1), Masks of the Miscam (Noss Saga, #2), Relinquished Realms (Noss Saga, #3), and Feral Flame (Noss Saga, #4)

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Doppelfoxx Publishing 📚🦊@doppelfoxxpublishing.com · 6d ago

Finish a book recently? Consider leaving a rating or a review! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #FurryLit Reviews are a great way to support your favorite authors and help others find the next perfect fit for their library. What kind of reader will like this book? How did this story resonate with you? Let us know!

pipi🏳️‍⚧️@pickedaxe.bsky.social · 6d ago

writing is about showing off your particular brand of mental illness in a fun and often erotic way

Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 6d ago

Heading to Yellowstone soon! Here's a photo I took ages ago, which is still one of my favs. The sunset was tinted by smoke from forest fires nearby, making it extra glowy. #Photography

A hunky male bison silhouetted on a grassy field. The image is painfully orange and gold, tinted to the extreme by a setting sun.

Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 6d ago

It's coming! Book 5 is nearly here! 🦅🐦🐦‍⬛🐔🐣🐤🐥

Wings of the Wayfarers cover reveal, October 6. Graphic shows a wrapped book with the covering partially burning out. The backdrop is a mountainous landscape tinted lavender, sprinkled by flocks of birds.

Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 6d ago

Heading to Yellowstone soon! Here's a photo I took ages ago, which is still one of my favs. The sunset was tinted by smoke from forest fires nearby, making it extra glowy. #Photography

Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 6d ago

Always use a blintz origami base so that your cheese doesn’t spill out of the burger when cooking.

Two slices of cheese on a plate, folded in a blintz origami base to make their area smaller.

Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 6d ago

So true! The Noss Saga could use some more ratings/reviews too, it helps with visibility. Also helps combat those one stars from people who didn’t finish or thought it icky for reasons. So go drop a rating and/or review! www.goodreads.com/series/39325...

Noss Saga by Joaquín Baldwin

Wolf of Withervale (Noss Saga, #1), Masks of the Miscam (Noss Saga, #2), Relinquished Realms (Noss Saga, #3), and Feral Flame (Noss Saga, #4)

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Doppelfoxx Publishing 📚🦊@doppelfoxxpublishing.com · 6d ago

Finish a book recently? Consider leaving a rating or a review! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #FurryLit Reviews are a great way to support your favorite authors and help others find the next perfect fit for their library. What kind of reader will like this book? How did this story resonate with you? Let us know!

Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 6d ago

It's coming! Book 5 is nearly here! 🦅🐦🐦‍⬛🐔🐣🐤🐥

Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 7d ago

ARC reader emails for Book 5 will be sent tomorrow already. Wings of the Wayfarers is ready, cover and all, I just gotta get some print proofs and set up all the shop stuff. If you were part of the B4 ARC Team, expect something tomorrow, then you can start reading. <3

Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 2y ago

Timelapse of the Sterjall illustration! Including a bunch of photos of me being a dork. #NossSaga #Illustration #Tutorial

Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · last wk.

Here's the finished painting of Lummukem and Olo. I revealed two other characters to my mailing list just this morning! #NossSaga #Illustration

🌿 That Boar Dude 🌿@thatboardude.bsky.social · last wk.

Guys, this book -slaps- and I would totally recommend it. Though there are explicit scenes, if you like adventure I would say give the book a try coz I'm hooked! ✨️ When I'm done with comms I'm gonna hopefully have time to draw some fanart :)

Joaquín Baldwin@joabaldwin.com · last mo.

A portrait of Banook. #NossSaga #Illustration

Portrait of Banook standing on a flowery hill with snowy mountains and pine trees behind him. The enormous man is smiling as he places blue flowers in his fiery hair. His beard is braided and decorated with metallic rings. A bearskin cape drapes over his shoulders, and his open-front white tunic reveals his hairy chest and large belly. He wears purple breeches secured by leather belts, and leather boots with the toes cut open. From his belts dangle a satchel, knife, hatchet, and a traveler's bag with a bedroll.

Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 2w ago

Still in love with this commission I got from @gatoiberico.bsky.social of Kulak and Sterjall. #NossSaga

Kulak the caracal walking alongside Sterjall, gesturing excitedly with his arms while the dark-furred wolf acts a bit shy and reserved. The caracal is wearing a leather kilt and an open-chested green jacket, and the wolf is wearing a blue tunic and decorative tan trousers.

Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 2w ago

Gonna be headed to Yellowstone again next month. Can't wait to sit by stinky pits for hours again, trying to get a photo of the perfect mud bubble <3 <3 #Photography

24 photos of mud bubbles in a 6x4 grid. They all look alien and neat as fuck.

Shiloh Skye @shilohskye.com · last wk.

Updates to the Recommended Reading page on my website are now LIVE! Including a new layout and a bunch of new titles. Plus new categories: Lesbian Fiction, Transgender Fiction, Straight Fiction, Action, Isekai/Portal Fantasy, Speculative, and Dystopian. Enjoy! #FurryWriting #FurryLit #Booksky

Recommended Reading | Shiloh Skye

If you're looking for a furry book to start with, you've come to the right place! Just select your favorite genre to find three books to choose from. I've read all of these books and can highly recomm...

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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · last wk.

I am not first and will be far from the last to say this: I have purchased so many books because I saw them recommended or publicized here on bsky. I cannot urge you all enough to KEEP TALKING ABOUT BOOKS. I know it's easier to talk up someone else's book, but this also means you, the shy author.

Nancy Jane Moore@nancyjane.bsky.social · last wk.

I have mentioned it before, so maybe, but I know others liked it too. Hooray for word of "mouth" (or post) for getting it seen.

Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · last wk.

There's an obscene amount of BEAR in this trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXaX...

World of Warcraft: Forever | New Horizons | Cinematic Trailer

YouTube video by World of Warcraft

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Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 2w ago

I'M STOPPING SIGNED HARDCOVER SALES next week due to an incoming trip, since I won't have a chance to ship them for a month or so. If you want one, get it now. Copies left: - Book 1: sold out - Book 2: 45 - Book 3: 29 - Book 4: sold out joaquinbaldwin.com/collections/hardcovers

Hardcovers

Signed hardcovers are available in small batches only, and they sell out quickly. It takes me a lot of time to sign, doodle, and write custom runic messages on each copy, which is why I can't have the...

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Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 2w ago

I'M STOPPING SIGNED HARDCOVER SALES next week due to an incoming trip, since I won't have a chance to ship them for a month or so. If you want one, get it now. Copies left: - Book 1: sold out - Book 2: 45 - Book 3: 29 - Book 4: sold out joaquinbaldwin.com/collections/hardcovers

Hardcovers

Signed hardcovers are available in small batches only, and they sell out quickly. It takes me a lot of time to sign, doodle, and write custom runic messages on each copy, which is why I can't have the...

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Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 2w ago

Gonna be headed to Yellowstone again next month. Can't wait to sit by stinky pits for hours again, trying to get a photo of the perfect mud bubble <3 <3 #Photography

Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 2w ago

So much Book 6 editing done this week! (yes, moving on to B6 already). I plan to do at least 3 full edit passes myself on this, because it needs to be extra polished. And man, so many fun chapters here. Can't wait for you all to see how the saga ends.

daryl "die little, die big" b 🏳️‍⚧️@hypercubexl.bsky.social · 2w ago

GDT's reddit AMA spitting fire www.reddit.com/r/movies/com...

reddit comment:

Hello! Did you intend the ending of Pan’s labyrinth to be real or in Ofelia’s mind?

Guillermo Del Toro's reply:

My interpretation, and it's exclusively mine, is that it's real.

Because there's two things. One is what people call “The Shining Question.” The Shining Question is, Who opens the door for Jack to get out of the fridge? And Ofelia is in an attic with a guard outside her door, and she draws the door with the magic chalk, and she shows up in the labyrinth. So, the only way she could have gone into the labyrinth is the magic chalk. And the flower is real at the end. The flower that blooms in the dead tree. And the reason I think it’s real is because—and this is why I'm in favor of the human factor in art—I think that art does transform the world. You know?

Think about it for a second. One of the goals, with all this movement, is to make you believe that art is vulgar. That art is nothing special, and anybody can do art. That is like me telling you that I'm faster at running than Usain Bolt but I “run” in my motorcycle. Well, that's not the same. That’s not the same at all.

Art is important, and they want you to believe it isn't. It's part of the idea of control. The goal is not to have artificial intelligence. The goal is to foster natural stupidity. The goal is to foster you not looking for answers, and to trust yourself entirely to an engine. Look at the way we are dipping our toes into these things. We are starting to ask the machine, Is this true? For now, there's a correlation between reality and what the answers of the machine are. For now. But soon, we won't even investigate further. We will be told it's true. And if the machine is in the hands of somebody who should not be trusted, then your reality has been completely and utterly fucked. Because your intelligence ends at the question. You don't seek the answer. It's given to you.

Q: You recently mentioned that AI creates 'semi-compelling screensavers' and that you'd 'rather die' than use it. As a filmmaker who relies heavily on practical effects and creature design, what do you think is the biggest thing lost when a computer generates an image instead of a human hand?

GDT:

The three quarters of the process that gave you the chance to think of the idea that people don't think about without that process. Meaning, AI can get you to the middle really fast, but there's a dialectic with the process that gets you to that top 10%. I'll give you an example with the Pale Man.

We sculpted it as an old man, with a face. And then I said, Let's take out the face. This happened because I saw a photo of a manta ray and the poster for Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm. That combination, which happened at two different times during a week or a month, are not permutations that are chemically part of an equation. They are alchemy. And then I said, Take out the face, and then I said, Let's put the eyes on the hands. This triangulation happens because I spent a month or two months living with the idea of this creature. And it's not linear.

AI is like a super-fast engine that makes semi-sentient permutations of things that are already done. Creation is things that have never been done. Coming to exist.

And the second thing is the loss of the apprenticeship that one has as an artist. You're never a master; you're always an apprentice. This is a kinship I have with, for example, Chris Nolan. When he showed me The Odyssey, there’s a scene when Matt Damon is floating in the stormy ocean and I asked him—because we were talking about practical effects, and how great it is and that we both always use a maquette or a model—and I asked him, How did you do it? He said, “We put him in a storm in the ocean.”

And you're gonna find that 30% of a great image occurs accidentally. You know, either a drop of water hits the lens, or the camera shakes. I remember when in 1993, '94, Jim…