Due to popular request... the oscilloscope can produce mind-boggling effects 2.0 (Kiwi edition)
Please please please.. we need the Kiwi
I am honored to announce that in cooperation with the Toth family, I will be working on the official Alex Toth typeface in the coming months. The plan is for this to be a commercially available font via the official Toth estate. Stay tuned for updates.
In Chinese culture, the zi zaat 紙紮 in Kowloon's Gate are papers that are burned in order to be sent to the the world of Yin (the underworld). Known as joss paper in English, they can take the form of money, clothes, and even modern conveniences like smartphones, sport cars, and mansions.
New scanlation! Here's a delightful (and very blue) little 8 page manga from the legendary illustrator Shigeru Tamura -- most famous for works like Phantasmagoria and The Glassy Ocean -- dug out of the December 1979 issue of Garo Enjoy!!
In Translation | "Midnight Rambler" by Shigeru Tamura
A tale of ghosts and ghouls now in English!
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I love the granularity of Saint Seiya characters objectively measuring punches per second.
This is one of my favorite optical illusions, because even when you know specifically HOW IT WORKS, it's still hard to make your brain believe it. The image below is real-world video, but you're being tricked into believing it's an elaborate miniature by the DIORAMA EFFECT. Let's talk about it.
I miss Eno
Today we have something special: a newly translated interview from July 1996 between Shigeru Miyamoto and Kenji Eno! Conducted just weeks after the launch of Mario 64, Eno takes Miyamoto to task (in a friendly way) with several fascinating critiques of its design. shmuplations.com/miyamotoxeno/
From the legendary Taiyo Matsumoto, creator of Ping Pong and Tekkonkinkreet, comes Brothers Of Japan! Pre-order this never-before-released collection of his early works now on the MMB store: buff.ly/TdbqSzK
Mayumi Mitome/Darkman appreciation post. Guest starring Phantom of the Paradise.
ED Game Magazine (1993-1994) specialised in panel discussions about its features with extensive interviews and coverage of global games rather than just those in the Japanese market. Its philosophy closely matches publications like A Profound Waste of Time. archive.org/details/@chu...
if you hold up, you can scroll through 5 years of my game maps in under 60 seconds! or consider stopping to look at some of them and getting all thoughtful about it. www.deviantart.com/vgcartograph... or drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Masked Male Figure with Dance Staff ceramic with post‑fire applied pigment C. 700-900 CE Maya culture Jaina Island, Campeche, Mexico #handmade #ceramic #pottery #figure #dancer #festival #dance #mayaculture #jainaisland #mexico #mesoamerica #precolumbian #mayablue #prehispanic #pottery #art #craft
is there a way to see the users whose accounts you had favorited on the internet archive? would also be dope to have a feed with their newest uploads on top? @archive.org
ANNOUNCEMENT: My Mail Club is now live! Teto likers...now is your time! 🥖 www.patreon.com/cw/heyitsc0r... 🥖
My favorite stupid history fact is that the Cerne Abbas Giant, the 1,000-year-old monument in England famous for its enormous dong, likely was wearing pants when it was originally carved and locals may have just added the boner in the 17th century as a prank. I'm not kidding!
Dearest @gorangligovic.bsky.social, beloved by us all, has just reposted this—good time to tell you, on Patreon I've got stuff like a process breakdown on this orangutan for his 𝕾𝖔𝖓𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝕺𝖗𝖐𝖚𝖘 challenge, showing how I tackle hard vs. soft light. And that you should check out Goran's Patreon as well!
Here's a drawing of my desk I made for one of the tiers.