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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · 1d

Vernissage, I suppose? I had to look it up in a dictionary as I only knew how it's written in Polish. ☺️

Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · Sep 9

A squad of disassembly drones trying their best to meet their quota, but their pilot seems to have wandered off somewhere. Again.

42x59,4cm paper, markers.
N, V, J ( #Murder_Drones, by Liam Vickers) © Glitch Productions
Gangle, Jax (The Amazing Digital Circus, by Gooseworx) © Glitch Productions

A Murder Drones / The Amazing Digital Circus fanart, depicting disassembly drones V and J sitting on a pile of butchered worker drones while disassembly drone N is trying to work at a fast food restaurant while wearing a paper mask of Jax. New employee toils under the watchful eye of manager Gangle who grows increasingly suspicious over her co-worker's sudden helpfulness and enthusiasm.

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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · Aug 19

I still have much to learn here - difficulty spike was quite noticeable in contrast to most of my fanart stuff from the past two years. 🙂

Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · Aug 19

First time dipping my toes in MD territory - which of course calls for a study drawing to get a hang of characters, as well as to get some mistakes out of my system. I have no idea where this rabbit hole leads to, but I'm eager to find out!

Uzi Doorman, N, V, Alice (Murder Drones) © Liam Vickers

A set of study drawings created to practice characters from Murder Drones web series.

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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · Aug 6

This better be an exceptionally well-drawn Big Ben, rather than a photo of it! 😁

Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · Jul 23

Good work!
That D&D trio feels like such a fever dream. Out of the blue Dex had three pals for tabletop RPGs, only for the blonde guy to stop existing by the time boy genius tried to attend a Star Trek convention with the remaining two in tow, for whom it would prove to be their last appearance.

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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · Jul 10

Gangle at her not-so-secret figurine workstation. Turns out that making #TADC fanart is more challenging than drawing paper bears - who would have guessed?

Watercolor, 42x56cm paper.
Gangle, Jax, Ragatha, Pomni (The Amazing Digital Circus) © Gooseworx
Zeruel (Neon Genesis Evangelion) © Khara, inc.

The Amazing Digital Circus fanart. Gangle is hard at work painting a lewd figurine of Jax in a maid outfit, all while the real Jax is standing right behind her, malding and seething.

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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · Jun 10

TES: VI won't be out for a while, so that wraps up my streak of Teri-fying post-Daggerfall TES games.

#Teri #tawog (The Amazing World of Gumball / The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball) © Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network/Warner Bros
The Elder Scrolls V: #Skyrim © Bethesda Game Studios/ZeniMax Media

Teri, the paper bear from "The Amazing World of Gumball" cartoon, imagines herself as a bunch of characters from "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" video game.

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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · May 9

Sneaky! 😀

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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · May 5

That makes a lot of sense - OG Peridot is already as close to an Irken as one can get without just taking direct cues from Invader Zim cartoon - down to being heavily dependent on technology just to function on an adequate level.

Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · May 4

Fitting that this took place on deviantART, given how the owners of that site embraced AI and allowed it to run amok.

I've seen a couple of skilled artists who opted to train AI on their own work in order to churn out stuff faster - except all of it ended looking very generic and samey.

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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · May 4

That's some good stuff - his original cartoony self has this uncanny vibe of someone trying to draw regular people after years of drawing nothing but cartoony porn.

Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · May 4

So good to see you here, as well! 😀

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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · May 3

I had so much fun with the previous, Morrowind-themed piece that I had to draw another while moving to the next video game.

42x59,4cm paper, Kuretake pens.
#Teri ( #The_Amazing_World_of_Gumball ) © Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network / Warner Bros
#Oblivion © Bethesda Game Studios / ZeniMax Media

Paper bear Teri from "The Amazing World of Gumball" cartoon show imagines herself as a lineup of characters from The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion video game.

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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · Mar 31

Woah! Now that's a clever take on those two.

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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · Mar 31

Self-absorbed student has found an alternative use for school time - like daydreaming about video games.

42cm x 59,4cm paper, fineliners.
TES Morrowind © Bethesda Game Studios / ZeniMax Media
Teri, Molly ( #The_Amazing_World_of_Gumball
) © Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network / Warner Bros

Traditional artwork of a paper bear Teri from "The Amazing World of Gumball" cartoon is sitting at her school desk, imagining herself as various characters from The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind - either wearing precious clothing, or an ornate elven armour, or a garb of nefarious cultist.

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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · Feb 20

AND firing thousands of IRS workers while everyone else scrambles to file their taxes! 😆

Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · Feb 3

Oh good lord - I would have never expected to see a homage this brilliant for such a show. ☺️ You did a terrific job.

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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · Feb 3

POV: It's 2020 and you've been caught sneaking into a public area without a proper cloth mask.

Technique shift inspired by Shigeru Mizuki's work.

42 x 59,4cm paper, fineliner.
Warhammer 40,000 © Games Workshop
Teri ( #The_Amazing_World_of_Gumball
) © Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network / Warner Bros

Dimly lit school hallway being patrolled by a paper bear girl Teri (The Amazing World of Gumball) in a papercraft power armor stylized after ones from Warhammer 40000 franchise. Teri is wielding hand sanitizer station as a makeshift mace and a transparent sneezeguard as a shield. Floor of the hallway is littered with battered lesser demons of Nurgle, their efforts to spread filth and disease averted.

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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · Oct 20

Probably this site needs just a few more Elon Musk Moments, but the moment is as good as any.

Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · Sep 28

Thanks! Painting this had been quite satisfying.

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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · Sep 28

Brief respite from drawing paper bears - all in order to improve my workshop a bit.
Watercolor on paper, 70cm x 50cm, based upon a self-made photo.

Courtyard/patio of a former community center building in #Warsaw, originally built in late eastern bloc era.

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Out of Context PlayStation @oocplaystation.bsky.social · Sep 16

vib-ribbon (1999) | NanaOn-Sha | Sony Computer Entertainment | PlayStation 1

#PlayStation #VideoGames #VibRibbon #OutOfContext

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Dirk Erik Schulz @themrock.bsky.social · Aug 8

youtu.be/8_lqeXVBFwE?...

Popeye - Barbecue For Two Reanimated Collab v.02

Popeye Barbecue for Two was a 1960 cartoon pilot short introducing the TV series for King Feature Syndicate mostly directed by Jack Kinney. The Reanimate was planned in September 2021 and animation started in December 2021and the last scene was finished in May 2023. The whole reanimate was made with no money and purely for fun. Thanks so much to all the wonderful contributing artists!! 1. Anthony Loiacono (illustration Disclaimer) 2. Sam McKenzie (illustration Syndicate banner) 3. Kékéflipnote (Popeye head animation) 4. BridgeofFaust (Popeye banner animation) 5. Edith Schulz (Intro credit background textile work) 6. Elton Portilho (Title card illustration) 7. Kostas Firindis (1st scene) 8. Brock Gallagher (2nd scene) 9. Milton Knight (3rd scene) 10. Éder KF Cardoso (4th scene) 11. Brian Bear (5th scene) 12. Harvey Rothman (6th scene) 13. Golfinho Yurii (7th scene) 14. Johanna Gassner (8th scene) 15. Carlos Araya (9th scene) 16. Jack D. Evans (10th scene) 17. Rob Yulfo (11th scene) 18. Ryan R. Nitsch (12th scene) 19. Smo (13th scene) 20. Andrew "TmsT" Kepple (14th scene) 21. Danycan (15th scene) 22. Sedat Ademci (16th scene) 23. Emily Curran (17th scene) 24. Arón Keyser (18th scene) 25. Ha Huy Hoang "Splendidriver" (19th scene) 26. Thomas van Kampen (20th scene) 27. Nicole Hardy (21st scene) 28. Owen Fishback (22ndscene) 29. Will Finn (23rd scene) 30. Pedro Vargas (24th scene) 31. Gaelrice (25th scene) 32. Erin Humiston (26th scene) 33. Miles John (27th scene) 34. Ryan Krzak (28th scene) 35. Dan Sills (29th scene) 36. Christopher Ian MacFarlane (30th scene) 37. June Kind (31st scene) 38. Matt Vogler (32nd scene) 39. Margo "marble" Pierce (33rd scene) 40. Mike Pelensky (34th scene) 41. Ye Htut Aung (35th scene) 42. Charles Moss (36th scene) 43. Teodor Ajduk (37th scene) 44. Austin Kimmell (38th scene) + Todd Kimmell (Set Construction) 45. Andrew Scherman (39th scene) 46. Malcolm Thomas + Lily Reyes + Daniel Acosta (40th scene) 47. Pibgeon (41st scene) 48. Malakaixed (42nd scene) 49.Psicoyote (43rd scene) + Crazyhiena (background art) 50. Piti Yindee (44th scene) 51. Dirk Erik Schulz (45th scene + curator + editor + organisator) 52. Graphic Blandish-Mate (46th scene) + Bibimbeepbop (colors & animation help) 53. Mike Dietz (47th scene) 54. Stradomyre (48th scene) 55. Crisppyboat (49th scene) 56. Andrew Kauervane (50th scene) 57. Makinita Silva (End card illustration) 58. Christoph Hasche (End credit animation) 59. Javier Ulloa (Nope to Dope 1st scene) + Nannercoco (Backgrounds) 60. Putuk (Nope to Dope 2nd scene) 61. JW Balsley (Nope to Dope 3rd scene) 62. Dave Alvarez + Alejandro Reyes G (Nope to Dope 4th scene) ( • Popeye - Barbecue for Two Reanimated ... ) 63. Stefanie Achtnig (Credits bg illustration) () • Popeye - Barbecue for Two Reanimated ... )

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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · Aug 14

Replacement fits so well that, watching it now, I never would have guessed that there was someone else's 'contribution' beforehand. 🙂 By the looks of it, several sites also did a little cleaning of their own to purge traces of said "individual's" presence from their pages.