David Blatt
@kopfstoff.bsky.social
Illustrator, Painter & Concept Artist at Naughty Dog 🐾 (Digital & analog) • NO AI • NO NFTs • Prints: kopfstoff.carrd.co (Opinions are my own)
It was a lovely moment in the cinema when everyone giggled and let out a little gasp or sigh—as the criminal psychologist appeared on screen for the first time... fully aware of what his fate would be. 😅💉
David Blatt@kopfstoff.bsky.social · 23h agoFinally saw this classic on the big screen. ❤️🎞💀
Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying
It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...
thenerve.news
Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion skeletons in Jason and the Argonauts are amazing even now. He animated the sequence by himself for more than four months -- without computers or even an easy way to check his work. We're looking into how he did it: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/how-ray-ha...
We moved. And even with a moving company, my results that day went off the charts. 🫠
Found that old Rage poster in a tube. I won it in a screenshot contest when the game came out in 2011. The first signature is clear—Willits! The former studio head of id—but who is that in the bottom right? Any id pros here?
I’m glad I grew up with big boxes and large manuals. Different times. 📖💿 Outcast - such a good game! Came with a detailed, fully translated manual in full color (1/4)
Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scévola (1871-1950), “Head of a Lady in Medieval Costume” (1900).
From "Elegy for the Past", an indie Chinese short film directed by Zhong Yewu (animator on Jujutsu Kaisen", Chainsaw Man, Gachiakuta...). To be released in 2027. Full trailer >> www.catsuka.com/news/2026-07...
And to be honest, I haven't yet seen an AI logo, menu, or display that didn't look like complete shit. My son correctly identified the three categories: plastic fake realistic (travel center), Ghibli cartoon style (moving comp), and woodcut-style hatching (barber)—always with errors, of course...
Owen Dennis: Infinity Train/Among Us Show creator@owendennis.com · last wk.Seeing every small business, be it a local restaurant, a moving company, whatever, all having AI logos and AI ads, really puts into perspective just how many artists are out of jobs now. All those little sustaining jobs where someone just needed a quick thing for $50 to $200 are just gone.
Rather than addressing the issue at its core, the United States and its capitalist class has created an entire school shooter industrial complex.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last wk.Schools are adding pepper-spraying drones to help combat active shooters The plastic, non-lethal aircraft, which can smash windows and ram attackers will be at the ready at certain schools in Colorado, Florida and Georgia www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
"Without passion, there is no genius." 🙏
Animation Obsessive@ani-obsessive.bsky.social · last wk.She was Hayao Miyazaki's "right-hand" collaborator from the '70s onward. Her name was Michiyo Yasuda -- the best color designer in animation. Yasuda's eye for color gave Ghibli's work a totally different look. We explore her methods: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-artist...
Over a year ago, a Dutch frog science magazine emailed me asking if they could include my comic in their upcoming issue about dart frogs. They were interviewing the scientist who first described the blue poison dart frog; he had seen and liked the comic. They mailed me a copy, which just arrived:
First that AI commercial story, where he acted really well, and now this. It’s truly heartening to see people like him—obviously equipped with a conscience, morals, and a sense of justice—turning down those exorbitant sums offered by people lacking such values, and speaking out against it/them. 👏👏👏
Steven Santos@stevensantos.bsky.social · 2w agoGuess who had the integrity not to accept $1 million to perform at the Riyadh Comedy Festival last year?
More game event posters like this please
Club de Juego - Espacio Intermedio@espaciointermedio.bsky.social · 2w agoNOVENA SESIÓN CAIRN IVÁN DE VARGAS Pequeño cambio: las sesiones serán los viernes 7 y 14 que la biblioteca cierra los domingos. Empezarán a las 5:30 pero se puede venir un pelín más tarde :p
The long wait is over! It's finally here! My son is unreachable for the rest of the day. 💦🔫🎨 P.S.: Physical media, yay!
More growth—faster! Steady! Even after natural stagnation sets in.. otherwise, shareholders will jump ship. Physical discs hinder steady income: the revenue is distributed after the initial purchase, whereas subscriptions, cloud gaming, and "all-in-one" models are a sure bet. Unfortunately.
Alanah Pearce@alanahpearce.bsky.social · 2w agoThis took me several weeks to make because I went through several years worth of corporate/investor/earnings reports but... here it is! The actual, long-term reason Sony killed physical discs, and why they can't go back. youtu.be/_Znc7MVsSlg?...
Got my first copies of Perfect Organism: The Assembly Cut in, and I'm blown away by the production values. Thanks to @lostincult.co.uk for not only saving the book from an Alien 3-style fiery lava abyss, but making the best possible version of it. 🔗 www.lostincult.co.uk/perfectorgan...
@insomniac.games 👏👏👏
Culture Crave 🍿@culturecrave.co · 2w agoDestin Daniel Cretton says ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day' action sequences were inspired by Insomniac's Spider-Man games 🕸️ "[The stunt team] would do screen grabs of their play and bring it in and say like, 'Can we pull this move off?'" (via Polygon)
We just finished Book 3 from The Legend of Korra, and not every art director would have allowed the woman to be taller here. I love it.
Thrilled to see @ultrabrilliant.xyz’s Perfect Organism in print, lots of us at @lostincult.co.uk worked on this one to make the new edition as good as it could be. The new illustrations by @cdsart.bsky.social are a particular treat!
My wife thinks Jimothy is just AI-generated, and it’s breaking my heart.
