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They/She ~ aka Vivian ~ level 39 ~ Trans ~ AuDHD ~ Twin Cities, MN I attempt art and game dev

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Dundi @dundi.bsky.social · yesterday

#art #fanart #TheLastDimension

Iron Circus Comics @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Happy Labor Day! Today we're bringing you The First Union, as told by HBomberguy (@hbomberguy.bsky.social) and illustrated by Skutch (@skutchdraws.bsky.social) It's the dawn of the industrial revolution, and of the way many of us work... Have you ever heard of the term "Luddite" from an elder?

Stanhill, Lancashire, 1764. Wear and carpenter James Hargreaves invents the Spinning Jenny, the first practical spinning-frame, to make the tedious task of producing cloth a little bit faster. He doesn't know it yet, but this will destroy the world.

Spurred by inventions like his, the industrial revolution will transform everything -- work power, the wealth of nations. Society as we know it began here, and it wasn't great for everyone. But a group of weavers and textile workers saw this future coming. And did their best to prevent it.

"Curse you spinning jenny, you ruined everything!" The standard narrative does that LUDDITES were foolish lunatics who, in fear of technology, decided progress was bad, and started hitting it with sticks. But the truth is entire ways of life were being destroyed.

Previously, skilled craftsmen were respected for the time and effort it took to do their work. The entire family usit would form a cottage industry - creating something valuable, and command a decent living. But when a machine can work 10 times faster its owner can charge less for the prodcts- craftsmen couldn't compete and were left out of work almost overnight.

And as factories became a fixture of the british landscape, these now unemployed labourers often ended up working the factories that had just destroyed their way of life. Britain was the most prosperous nation in history, factory owners became extremely wealthy and influential. But the people doing the actual work saw almost none of it.

Factory work paid little, since "the machines" did "the real work" human labourers were deemed unimportant and replaceable. FUN FACT!: Factory owners preferred to hire ORPHANS since less people would notice if they were maimed or killed on the job!

Now the owners quickly realized the workers might notice they did all the work for almost no pay. If they went on STRIKE or ARGUED FOR HGHER WAGES, this would threaten their tremendous wealth. In 1799, Parliament passed the Combination Act, which made FORMING TRADE UNIONS, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, AND GOING ON STRIKE ILLEGAL. Organizing against the rich became a crime.

If you were living through it, opposing the industrial revolution wasn't techno-phobia. It was SELF-DEFENSE. The combination act forced unions underground into secret societies. And the greatest secret of all was their leader - Ned Ludd. Ned had been a folk character for years. In one version after being whipped by his master, he smashed two knitting frames in a rage. In more fanciful versions, he then escaped to the Sherwood forest, here he lived among the animals as their king. Some versions specifically call him 'Much Better Than Robin Hood'.

🌛Caio Santos Art🌜@blacksalander.bsky.social · 3d ago

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 2w ago

dell computers, print ad, imagery (1999) archive.org/details/apc1...

a dell computer on a desk, a browser running on the screen, the computer user, wearing a suit, getting unwillingly sucked into his browser window into a portal.
text above: experience a new dimension.

Delaney King (She/Her/Whomst)@delaneyking.bsky.social · 3d ago

I never wanted to be a "in my day things were better" old lady... but I need to categorically state that technology actually WAS better. You are currently in the peak of designed obsolence, enshittification, personal intrusion and forced acceptance by lack of choice. Sure, the underlying tech...

Cannnny @cannnny.bsky.social · 3d ago

most my #artfight attacks this year 🥰 for dairypanda, yodabid, @ruki2.bsky.social, cyonikion!! #art #digitalart

Lyanna 🌙@lyannatropes.bsky.social · 4d ago

Vera, but make her a lady knight 🦢 #art #oc #ocsky #dnd

Vera is wearing a dark grey armour with a swan wing pauldron on the left, and a pauldron embossed with a swan on the right. The plates at the side and knee are also in the shape of wings. A white-purple cloth drapes over the chestplate and it reaches the floor. She has light skin, light purple hair in a buzzcut, blue eyes, and two beauty marks under the left eye.
She is standing as she holds a golden spear, the bottom of which is adorned with a wing. The background is a misty forest during the blue hour, and the first stars show in the sky.

Vera is surrounded by a golden frame decorated with white lilies and stars.

Leaf 🍉@leaglem.bsky.social · 4d ago

Two flowers

Saria and Sei, my characters, covered in wines and flowers. Very soff

Leaf 🍉@leaglem.bsky.social · 5d ago

Qué Sera será? @toebeez.bsky.social ’s harbinger of mischief

Sera, a character with wings on their head and a customer service smile on their face, with a finger raised over their mouth as to invite you to keep a secret. I’m sure playing along will not guarantee your safety.

Leaf 🍉@leaglem.bsky.social · 5d ago

Nanabapi @nannikirby.bsky.social ’s lad who likes reading and defying gender stereotypes

Nanabapi, a lalafell character belonging to Nanni. He’s floating among books and sheets of paper, and there is a book in his hands. He looks pleased and content, immersed in his reading

Leaf 🍉@leaglem.bsky.social · 5d ago

Pls look at my son @antoncorazza.bsky.social

Drawing of Anton’s persona, an anthropomorphic coyote, looking cool as he tightens his glove. He’s looking away from the viewer.

Now he’s looking directly at the viewer. I dunno about you but makes me wanna look away or even blush a bit, he’s so cool

산호 the crowpuff @sanhocrwpff.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Spinda- er no- Spindle used Teeter Dance! Make sure to stay focused or you're in for a world of hurt! 🌀 #ocsky #oc #ocart #pokemon #ポケモン #pokemongijinka 🤸

Colored sketch page by Sanho the Crowpuff of their pokemon gijinka-ed Spinda original character, Velveteen (she/they). It shows her in various poses such as breakdancing, crouched very low to the ground, and being hugged tightly by her girlffriend, a dragonite gijinka (she/her) who is unnamed.

Transcript:
Velveteen (she/they) ; #0327 Codename: Spindle

Demo @demo8349.bsky.social · last wk.

At the crossroads.. #d3rlord3 #averythemayo #sfawtde #dawtde #minecraftarg

Freya Holmér @freya.bsky.social · last wk.

part of why I don't like AI is bc it's so often the antithesis of caring for the little things, the appreciation of the mundane, of seeing beauty where others haven't yet been able to, and seeking genuine fundamental understanding all in the name of "get product faster" I find it so disheartening

Freya Holmér @freya.bsky.social · last wk.

met Sigge again!

Sigge (the black cat) walking towards me in a Certified Shape. His legs are all arranged in a row for some reason so he looks weirdly top heavy with cryptid energy

Momomoro @moromomos.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Basil can be such a flirt at times. Also help my sleep schedule is ruined I've been waking up at noon #webcomic #comic

Momomoro @moromomos.bsky.social · last wk.

I would like to apologize for making a summer themed post during winter. It will happen again. #comic #webcomic

four panel comic.
1st panel: pink character (Momo) sitting on computer drawing, yellow character (Rico) leaning on door frame of room asking "hey I saw you made a post about summer last week. Yknow we are in Uruguay, right? It's currently winter here"

2nd panel: pink character turns around and says "you think gringos know how latitudes work? Look what happens when I make a winter post"

3rd panel: pink character clicks

4th panel: Momo and Rico are bombarded and launched off by a giant wave of comments coming out of the computer. Some of them are readable, they say "why are you posting about winter on the summer?" "it's still summer tho?" "winter? it's july" "wait, are seasons different down there?" "lmao we are under a heatwave and bro is cold" "provincia revelde" "I wanna pound the pink one so bd bro"

Vulkiri ✨@vulkiri.art · 2w ago

forgotten tracks

Brandon T. Snider @brandontsnider.bsky.social · last mo.

Back on my bullsh

an image that has boxes and a flow chart- GET A NEW IDEA > START A NEW PROJECT > TELL EVERYONE. the pattern repeats circularly, ignoring the box that says FINISH PROJECT

Freya Holmér @freya.bsky.social · 2w ago

movement in non-euclidean quaternionic space

⛓️Nye🐇@nigelgraz.bsky.social · 3w ago

Flash lighting automatically makes a drawing feel more real and i really like that

Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 4mo ago

With regards to that last repost, reviews can mean a lot to smaller developers, so I'm gonna put out a little call to action. Everyone following me? DO THIS NOW! I'm asking for replies so more folks pick this up, and continue it. Please take this graphic and ask your followers to do the same!