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Had my monthly movie club meetup last night, and it was my turn to pick the flick. We watched Local Hero (1983), a movie that I love for a dozen reasons, but I focused on the characterization this time around. boxd.it/gootCP

A ★★★★½ review of Local Hero (1983)

I picked this for my movie club this month, and I loved it more on my second viewing. So I was more than a little crestfallen when several members of the group were disappointed with it based on bad e...

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it’s actually so easy to treat working people with dignity. The amount of times I’m on the phone with someone and I can hear them trying to get ahead of a potential outburst or tantrum by apologizing for delays breaks my heart.

My new skateboard fuckin rules

Photo of the underside of a skateboard. Bright yellow deck with a flat, block-print style graphic depicting a red apple floating with a blue shadow beneath. The word “OK” is printed in black on the applr. There is a small white pill-shaped “After Hours Skateshop” sticker on the nose.

Photo of the top of a skateboard, rolling on the sidewalk. There is a strip of grip tape missing that reveals the yellow of the deck beneath. The hardware is multicolored, with red, blue, orange, and green bolts near the tail, and a single yellow bolt mixed with black ones at the nose.

skateboarding updates no one asked for: I did a frontside 180 today where I was fully in the air before I started rotating and it felt insanely good. Going to be chasing that high for a bit. Also, got my first ever nollie off the ground. It was scuffed and awful but nevertheless in the air!

ToonHive @toonhive.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Boys both went back to school today, another milestone signaling the passage of time. Mono no aware type shit.

Procreate confirms it has NO plans to add generative AI features to its apps. The company continues to stand firmly against integrating generative AI into its creative tools.

I keep trying to finish this PBS Mary Oliver documentary but feeling overwhelmed by the profundity of different moments and turning it off so I can extend the moment instead of moving past it.

I’m the type of guy who will rewind to make sure I don’t miss 15 seconds of the opening credit on a movie. That shit sets the tone.

I believe that Lil Sebastian in Parks and Rec is a perfect metaphor for the Minnesota State Fair, and I will not be taking further questions at this time.

My mom died 7 years ago today. I couldn’t help myself, and wrote a poem.

I’m playing basketball
alone in the driveway
and you’ve been dead
for exactly seven years
today, so of course,
everything feels pregnant
with meaning:

The cool breeze rising
to tussle my hair
on the song’s most poignant lyric

(“In the morning when you’re doing
simple things around the house…”)

A bad bounce takes the ball
into the peonies
and a white butterfly
tumbles out.

A pair of Canada Geese
honk their arrival from out of sight
before sailing in front of the setting sun
the full length of the visible sky.

My son joins me, surely
coaxed by his own mother,
moving with the same awkwardness,
the same haircut,
his father had at eleven.

(“…maybe, you’ll think of me and smile.”)

I sit down for a moment
and cross my legs to find
a yellow foxtail
clutching my right sock.
I peel it off, but the seeds
hold tighter to the woven fibers
than to their stem,
and remain.

My mom died 7 years ago today. I couldn’t help myself, and wrote a poem.

Watching King Hu’s Dragon Inn (1967) the other day and paused it to do a rough color/shape study of Han Hsieh’s character.

A rough, blocky color study of a frame from the movie Dragon Inn (1967). A man in brownish yellow robes (there is probably a more specific name for these clothes that I’m ignorant of) with a bamboo kasa hat stands in front of a green horizon.

Watching King Hu’s Dragon Inn (1967) the other day and paused it to do a rough color/shape study of Han Hsieh’s character.

Black Lodge Cult @blacklodgecult.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Every day I wake up is a good day. Every day I get to visit the library is a great day.

"What do you fear most in the world?”

Ed Firth @edfirth.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Here's a free link to the below article about how drawing is scientifically proven to chill you the fuck out. archive.is/Pjkl7

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The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 3mo ago

People are searching for simple, effective ways to get out of a perpetual fight-or-flight mode. And as it turns out, spending just 10 minutes with a pencil and a piece of paper might be one of the easiest ways to do it.

artemis "crimes" deville @theartdevil.bsky.social · 3mo ago

one of the upsides of AI is that it's empirically proven that being an 'idea guy' doesn't mean shit. congrats, now you can manifest your idea with 0 effort the way youve always wanted. turns out it fuckin sucks. now pick up the pencil and drop the ego and make something dude

スキビディミク @thebrainrotgotme.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I tried to draw Pete Martell from Twin Peaks last night. Quite dissatisfied with the likeness but happy with some of the mark making. Time well spent. :)

A digital colored pencil drawing using blue and orange. It's an attempt at a portrait of Pete Martell, a character from Twin Peaks, but isn't a particularly accurate likeness. Sure looks like the guy who drew it had a good time trying, though.

As long as you're enjoying drawing that's all that matters

Pablo Hidalgo @infinata.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I tried to draw Pete Martell from Twin Peaks last night. Quite dissatisfied with the likeness but happy with some of the mark making. Time well spent. :)

It’s not even right side up! It’s upsidedown on the back of my retina and my bullshit optic nerve is flipping it for me.

Stylish lil’ Krillin from Dragon Ball

Digital drawing of Krillin from Dragon Ball, based on a panel from volume 4 or 5, as if with watercolor and colored pencils. He’s wearing a big baseball cap and a stylish jacket.

Digital drawing of Krillin from Dragon Ball, based on a panel from volume 4 or 5, as if colored pencils. The base layer of watercolor from the other version of the drawing is removed so this image is overall lighter. He’s wearing a big baseball cap and a stylish jacket.

Steven Lumpkin @silent0siris.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Stylish lil’ Krillin from Dragon Ball

Note to self

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absolutely flabbergasting to see people who have so enthusiastically succumbed to despair. like okay denethor, but some of us are gonna actually face the armies of mordor in battle nonetheless.
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The thing about Denethor is that he not only succumbed to despair, he wanted to ensure that Faramir succumbed with him. Similarly, a lot of people now are not only succumbing to despair, they're actively proselytizing despair, trying to convince others to join them in their hopelessness. Despair is apparently lonely and they want company in their self-immolation.
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btw denethor succumbed to despair bc he was doomscrolling on the palantir. Sauron tweaked his algorithm so he only saw bad news, and he fell into the trap of thinking the world couldn't be saved.

the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 7mo ago

it’s a great day for transphobes to eat shit

Erin In The Morning@handle.invalid · 7mo ago

Federal Judge Vacates Kennedy Declaration, Permanently Blocks Trump's Trans Youth Care Hospital Threats • The judgment overturns the Kennedy Declaration which has been used to force 40 hospitals to drop trans youth care.

David King @david-king.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Tried to have some fun by drawing

I redrew the classic comic book spinner rack topper placard with Richie Rich, Spider-Man, Archie, and Superman. text reads "Comics Read One Today!!"

Victor Bizar Gómez@bizargomez.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Hey artists, if you see this, post a dog (These are consecutive panels from a short comic I made 10+ years ago when my childhood dog passed away, you can read the whole thing here: ryanvlower.com/clancy)

Black and white cartoon line art drawing of a young boy petting a dog. There is a needle hanging from the dogs back, it is a faint grey color, as if maybe it isn’t really there, but imagined. The words “hours of sunshine and movement” are printed at the top.

Black and white cartoon line art drawing of a young boy spooning a dog on a metal table. The boy is a faint grey color, as if maybe he isn’t really there, but imagined. The words “I hope he remembered being loved” are printed at the top.

Hey artists, if you see this, post a dog

very low quality screenshot of Werner Herzog in The Mandorian saying “I would like to see the baby” except “baby” is crossed out and “astronauts” is scribbled over it so it says “I would like to see the astronauts”

I just used the plural “Mountains Dew” in conversation like it was “Attorneys General” and I feel unstoppable