Nathan Grayson (@nathangrayson.bsky.social) reposted
new site from ex-polygon folks just launched. hell yeah
animator/illustrator in Vancouver worked on some cartoons. πΌοΈ: instagram.com/my2k π¨: cara.app/jam-etc π¦art tag: #artpost π: http://jam-etc.ju.mp/ πzine: https://ko-fi.com/s/26cc6eb2aa frequently discusses #politics, feel free to mute that tag ππ
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view profile on Bluesky Nathan Grayson (@nathangrayson.bsky.social) reposted
new site from ex-polygon folks just launched. hell yeah
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social)
the issue comes when you actually do go to school for something art-related but wind up just using the tools they give you to teach yourself anyway, so you're not even allowed to fully say either lol
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
you cannot call yourself a toxic old man drama enjoyer if you haven't seen these, you must remedy this
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
oh my god I love the Crown so much, it's great but then once it becomes the Princess Diana show THEN it's one of the greatest television series of all time you should watch downton abbey after this LOL
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
like I said, it's a matter of just simply fucking obeying. if people just didn't fucking listen it would be unenforceable on them. That's the goddamn problem
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
he can do no wrong imho
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
love seeing burdened old white men deal with Horrors π
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
my point here is that Jared Harris has gotta be in more things, I'm fucking dying out here
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social)
all my girls love The Terror for its toxic old man drama and I completely understand because it's an amazing show, but HBO Chernobyl and Netflix Mindhunter will always be my The Terrors and I hope one day the girlies will watch them an understand me
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
he's looking PRETTY
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
I've been on enough productions that I feel confident that if they just trusted a directing/producing team to make a show and to go in with a solid idea and not spend 60% of the time fucking around with the widest appeal possible we'd be able to make shows for far cheaper and far faster
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
nationalism has no place here for anything more than a funny meme to joke about before a hockey game or sell maple syrup to tourists, it's revolting and embarrassing and not in a funny endearing way. I have no connection to the province I'm from in any real way and neither should any of you
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
and if any albertan gets in my comments here taking it personally: shut the fuck up with your nationalism bullshit, you owe alberta nothing. You just live there. Stop taking pride in a fucking province, what the hell is this, the US? get a fucking grip. You don't belong to them.
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
if there's any single institution that follows this """ruling""" they're just fucking around of their own volition. Alberta really went from the most prosperous province under the NDP to a struggling, polluted shithole in like 5 years. guess I'm glad we have them to point to as a failure example
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social)
I have no fucking clue why the rest of this country is even allowing this happen. Alberta is not a state. This shit is not up to them. None of this should be enforceable, which tells me if it actually happens it's just voluntarily being done on their own. Absolute horse shit #political
Ian Fay (@ianfay.bsky.social) reposted
Throne of Blood
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social)
okay time to listen to hollow knight music all day
Antti Tiihonen (@anttitiihonen.bsky.social) reposted
π§© My puzzle-action-adventure game Reconfigure has a Steam page now! πΉ Wishlists are a HUGE help for tiny devs - thank you! store.steampowered.com/app/3989530/... #godotengine #indiegames
DiscussingFilm (@discussingfilm.net) reposted
The treadmill screening of βTHE LONG WALKβ took place, where every person had to walk on a treadmill faster than 3MPH for the whole movie. If they stopped, they were escorted out of the theater.
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
yeah unfortunately it's bullshit as usual
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
AWESOME omg rubbing my hands, the crews they have on these shows are crazy eheheheeee
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
gotta wear your branding so everyone knows who you belong to
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
he isn't dead yet I guess, just as fucked looking as before but apparently still breathing
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
ugh I realize I should've given him bellbottoms, nooo... hindsight 20/20. I'll change it for the zine
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
I'd like to see this be a moment where everyone starts legitimately planning for how to best to depose or undermine a president JD Vance
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
ewwwwwwwwww well, my faith remains it could happen anytime
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social)
the way I have hasanabi on my big monitor right now
ann (@annpersand.bsky.social) reposted
Lynette Cook, Hanging Out With The Dragon (acrylic on canvas)
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
oh no, lol
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
now if we can just erode womens' rights enough, they'll prefer to be that, rather than eke by in abject poverty like it's 1920
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
like I love this site and I love talking to all my little internet friends, but yeah. I wish I knew what to do about it. Part of me hopes it's like.... just a bad taste from the circumstances we're all here. Like nobody chose this site, yknow? we just didn't have a choice....... I dunno, yknow?
See Through Canoe (@seethroughcanoe.bsky.social) reposted
A sea turtle surfacing by a MASSIVE school of rays near Clearwater, Florida a couple days ago. Another post into the BluSky void. Maybe 2 or 3 people will see this one and my time won't have been wasted. I'll keep trying a little longer. #nature #animals #amazing #wildlife #awesome #ocean
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social)
oh hell yes there's a 4K film scan of this??? goddamn, I don't even know if that exists for disney features
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
this short film was a sort of proof of concept that led eventually to them making rock and rule!! it's vaguely sort of a similar story, obviously they went in a bit of a different and more heavy metal inspired direction but I love this short and the music is SOOO good
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social)
I have no idea why the prototype short that led to Rock and Rule is not more popular on this internet, or at least certain areas of the internet, if you get me, lol Nelvana pioneered some of the greatest animation out of Canada, skyrocketing so many careers. All of us know that logo. oh well.
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social)
Can somebody monitor stock sales real quick?
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh I much much prefer it, I've been using it in Vivaldi for ages and I can't ever go back
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
Did we ever get any follow up about the woman having a baby in the hospital where parts of the entire hospital were being shut to the public by security because Melania was there for a "unscheduled tour"suddenly
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
since this is going to become discourse, it's important to understand that 2d animation hasn't gone anywhere, and 3d animators- who are artists in their own right- didn't kill it. 3d barely gets greenlit anymore either, as execs chase tighter turnaround times. resist the urge to blame 3d animation
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
please stop using this plagiarism app, I know non-artists don't care but please understand seeing people flaunt what they steal feels bad to those who are stolen from
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
can someone message him as a sympathetic AI proponent being like 'buddy, I totally understand. these attacks are so unwarranted. everyone knows that AI is as legitimate as anything, it's so frustrating to see you attacked. how are you feeling? we support you!!' and get him to admit it lmao
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social)
the trend of people using their privilege to dupe far right sign holders to let them take a picture with their sign, or to try their maga hat on for a picture, and then just immediately running away with it, is so fucking funny
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social)
well, guess we're in a spike now. time to mask up again
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social)
no........ uncle π
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm just not very sure it's AI, people who would use AI to make something like this would likely do something way more conspicuous, the gesture seems like it's supposed to not be noticed like they're trying to hide it
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
amazing!!! ...wild to me that people are not talking about that line as much as they should be
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
yeah I'm goofing on it but until it's actually acknowledged somewhere I can't take it seriously the oddness of the movement though seems like someone's trying to be sneaky about this... iirc someone figured out that this is from a bathroom window
Brendel (@brendelbored.bsky.social) reposted
When Nate Silver continues his obsessions with the website
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
oh I wanted to buy this exact stand!!!
Tim Onion (@bencollins.bsky.social) reposted
"Blueskyism" helped make The Onion one of the largest newspapers in the world in less than a year. If we had spent all of our time on Twitter, we'd be poorer, dumber and terminally ill with internet poisoning. He's just angry he's wasting away over there in a nazi agnostic lane that doesn't exist.
Lach (@lachlanh.me) reposted
More #Starfield #VirtualPhotography this time of the city New Atlantis
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social)
oh boy, a new We're In Hell video. one of the best essayists on youtube, this'll be fun
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
Make sure they know all of us think they're a fuckin hero lmao
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you!!!!!
Sam π· [Resources for Artists] (@sambestock.bsky.social) reposted
Hello :) All my models are clothed, like regular outfits, not leotards. π ko-fi.com/sambeawesome...
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
No gurl that's your November!!!! HAHAHAH
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
You're correct of course but I see it elsewhere too, in tiny microcosms, I just wish we got more wins with the large scale things because right now it feels like we haven't gotten fucking any at all
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm so sad we can't touch them or keep them as pets π
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
For ONCE we have something where it's populated, active, has it's own culture mostly free from meddling brands and clout, and while there's improvements that could be made for sure, I think we're protective of the last damn place that hasn't been screwed by tech bro capitalism yet
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
I think people are just so extremely fed up with every aspect of their lives, online or not, being a crisis that only exponential, unsustainable capitalistic growth can fix. Nothing is allowed to be, and serve a community purpose- it must grow like a food franchise
Esteban Sanchez Illustration (@esanchezill.bsky.social) reposted
Retro Scifi dude, a mashup of costume stuff I've gathered lol Will probably use this look for a few things haha
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
Where is that coming from? Did I miss a blog post about how bluesky is available crumpling under it's own weight and cannot sustain any longer? I'm serious, is this all just assumptions or have they actually said anything to this effect
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
Looking at this graph it seems like it's very nicely levelling out, doesn't it?
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
I think you have no idea who uses this site. The gigantic community of artists, writers, scientists, educators, game developers, casual normal people, but since you don't see that, you think none of it is going on. More of THESE users keep joining because the community for it is great here
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
The funny thing is, if bluesky said they needed income to continue, we've often had the discussion here that a lot of us would happily pay cheap simple donation subscriptions. I'd pay $1-5 a month no problem. Simply because this ISN'T a corporate product like twitter π€
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
Why not? Has bluesky issued a statement that there perilously on the rocks? Do you tell owners of Mom and Pop stores that they're not growing enough and need to expand and franchise or they'll die? It's seeming pretty stable to me!!
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
Where's the hard data that "shaming wrong think" is what's driving all these precious new users away? I agree that this site definitely is missing features people really want but framing that in terms of user engagement metrics and not as quality of life improvements is so tech bro brained
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
Is that so? Have they told the bluesky staff this, that these investors are inches from ditching the website? Why stop there, can we introduce ads? Maybe bluesky plus!! The sky is the limit when you need constant growth instead of workable equilibrium
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
This is kinda what I mean If you hate being here, if you keep saying that the site is dying because people are rude, like people do every month, for once in history we aren't obliged to make you stay for the sake of corporate growth, and that's very freeing! that's what I like best about it
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
This is great. I don't need to shove this down people's throats, if they like it then they stay and who knows how many of these are bots. How do we move forward from regarding everything as this perpetual rising line corporate profit generator??
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm tired of this thread every month This isn't as corporate asset that needs to grow. Bluesky can stay just how it is, and improve at it's own pace. On my end more and more people are adopting it over twitter, that's success to me. Where is the dying, man? I'm not seeing it??
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
We've had a rough year, let us have all the joy we can get
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
omg that dress is so beautiful π
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social)
HALLOWEEN EVE BEGINS
gencab for cutie (@babadooknukem.bsky.social) reposted
Much like "crab", industrial music is constantly re-evolving from first principles basically anywhere where there's a bunch of metal and plastic laying about
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
heh, remember how I said just regular clothes like t-shirts and jeans... and not like beautiful flowing gowns and stuff? that's great and all but the whole thing I think we need more of is the very basic common clothes... thank you though
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social)
yes please use hashtags!! use links!! go crazy!! when you link something and the embed appears below you can go ahead and delete the link too, freeing up characters. I need hash tags to come back damn it
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
yes!! I do exercises every day and its' helping a lot! every time I notice I'm hunching over I do this:
Qsy (@qsy.bsky.social) reposted
The AcadΓ©mie FranΓ§aise pushing to replace watersport with "control of the piss" was not on my bingo card for today.
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social)
Love to steal tons of children, put them on planes saying they're going to be tossed out onto the streets in a country they've likely never been to or can't remember, make them sit there for 48 hours and then take them off again to go back into the cages. They'll be fine I'm sure #political
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
This exact conversation is why I pay for nebula
Nebula (@nebula.tv) reposted
Hear from Jamie Loftus about Jesus, Danny Phantom, and more in tonight's extended cut interview from Amy's Dead-End Dreamhouse, out NOW on Nebula.
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
after rescuing a poor helpless woman!! knowing his proclivities I think we all know what happened
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social) reply parent
god this is fucking art
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social)
god okay I mean I'd prefer trump but I'll take guiliani as an amuse bouche for monday holy shit
Rick Carusoβs Private Fire Crew (@amandasmith.bsky.social) reposted
Rudy Giuliani absolutely did not try to shortchange a sex worker and then was pursued by her colleagues, donβt you dare suggest such a thing
jess m. π· (@jametc.bsky.social)
I think about this a lot and I wonder if people get angrier and more vocal about dumb shit like this rather than actual issues, because they know actual results are a realistic possibility like you can bully a restaurant into changing a logo, but regulating guns just feels insurmountable #political