Felipe Gaona
@felipegaonar.bsky.social
Award winning illustrator and painter. Working in games, plein air painting and concept art.
Adventures in Blender Learning more and more how to model, and eventually sculpt in ZBrush.
Hey, hi, howdy - I'm Katch, a fantasy illustrator and concept goblin from SoCal~ I paint cool creatures, spooky ladies and cute (but untrustworthy) little things for games. If any of that sounds like your jam (I'm looking for work) :P Website: Katchdraws.com Patreon: Patreon.com/katchdraws
Lanterns made me realize how much I enjoyed collecting comics, I gave most of my collection to my nephew, but I still kept some of the ones I really liked, I should buy more. Here are a few of the ones everyone's been talking about lately.
I just had the worst bus trip back to my city I've ever had in my life. Bus broke down and stopped 3 times. In the end another bus saw us in the middle of the highway, took pity and gave us a ride the rest of the way. I arrived to a not so good part of town at around 3 am, then off to work.
I say this as someone who for years got into ridiculous fights on the internet, sought out pointless conflict, and got into trouble for it: mass harassment only makes the target's behavior and health worse. It achieves literally nothing else.
Fine art is made by people with interesting hair and mysteriously payed for studios illustraion is made by me on the toilet for what levels out at minimum wage
What the actual hell are you talking about?!
“An astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions” and the “largest theft of labor in human history” is what a Microsoft executive privately said about GenAi as shown in newly unsealed court filings. And these court filings get worse. These execs knew all along the immense theft they committed.
‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft
"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."
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Skull N°2 Graphite on paper. 6 x 8 in. (15,2 x 20,3 cm)
Skull N°2 Graphite on paper. 6 x 8 in. (15,2 x 20,3 cm)
HELL YEAH!! Look at what we did TOGETHER! Comic-con has quietly changed their language and will NOT allow GenAi imagery in their art show! And this happened because you all wrote letters, and shared your concerns! Speaking up works EVERY time! So congrats friends! We did this together!!! 🙌🙌💖💖💖
San Diego Comic-Con will no longer allow AI 'art' to be displayed at their event "Material created by AI either partially or wholly, is not allowed in the art show" This follows backlash from artists after SDCC initially indicated AI-generated work would be permitted
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D68M... if you're at all interested in drawing (Western-European primarily) armour this channel became my absolute favourite almost immediately, I can't recommend it enough.
How A Man Shall Be Armed (7th - 11th Century)
YouTube video by Alex The History Guy
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This podcast remains my favorite new podcast currently in the TTRPG world, taking the place of *checks notes* @foliopod.bsky.social, the OTHER amazing TTRPG podcast @posatahchips.gaygothvibes.online produces
Our series turning Happy Death Day (2017) into a TTRPG begins by talking with @calebzane.bsky.social about the psychological purpose of time loops, making exploration & investigation feel good in a defined structure, & the different table values when gaming-to-socialise vs gaming-to-game 🔪
Humble Bundle has Clip Studio Paint V5 with plenty of brushes and things on sale! This is a great opportunity for everyone who wants a perpetual clip studio license. www.humblebundle.com/software/cli...
Clip Studio Creativity Collection: Paint, Draw & Animate
Get a bundle of Clip Studio painting and animation software for a steal! Pay what you want and support classrooms in need with DonorsChoose!
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CEO of Chess says board games are dead and buried unless everyone who makes a new board game designs it for a chessboard. “It’s just not sustainable”, he says. “Checkers works, so why can’t Catan?” www.gamedeveloper.com/business/tim...
Epic CEO says connecting game economies is industry's only hope
To be successful, you must connect your game economies, says Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney.
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A personal piece from a couple of years ago about guys that go like 😫🎻🎶