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Jon Cartwright @jon.gvg.io · 2d

I'm afraid the original is artistically better in every way

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Pep @pepverbsnouns.bsky.social · 1h

"Oh, so you know color theory? Name every single color."

PSOne game designers:

Jon Cartwright @jon.gvg.io · 2d

I'm afraid the original is artistically better in every way

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CharlesCBernardo @charlescbernardo.bsky.social · 3h

When EVERYONE Wants to Battle | Pokemon Legends: Z-A Animation [Feat. @emmatronix.bsky.social]
Link to Full Animation! RTs Greatly Appreciated <3
► youtu.be/vxkrWkjNhGE ◄

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Pep @pepverbsnouns.bsky.social · 2h

When used properly: buttons, dials, etc. are far better at letting a user communicate intent than natural language, especially when computers (being giant logic machines) require you to be very literal about what it is you want out of them, no matter how many abstractions you try to bury that under.

Pep @pepverbsnouns.bsky.social · 2h

Tech companies really messed up when they popularized the smartphone. A locked down OS controlled by tapping a screen with giant UI elements is the most intuitive interface for the vast majority of people, and the industry has been desperate to evolve past it ever since.

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 6h

This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...

Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it

Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.

www.theverge.com

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Pep @pepverbsnouns.bsky.social · 1d

Katie Anderson #031 is now on Tapas!
#art #comic #originalcharacter #webcomic

tapas.io/episode/3597...

Read The World According to Katie Anderson :: (2025-02-02) #031 | Tapas Community

Read The World According to Katie Anderson and more premium Slice of life Community series now on Tapas!

tapas.io

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raxdscarynote @raxdflipnote.bsky.social · 6h

THE AMAZING DIGITAL FLIPNOTE 3

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Pep @pepverbsnouns.bsky.social · 18h

Putting so much effort into the hardware you forget to put any games on it is the industry trend. Even Nintendo is doing it now.

VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 3d

Both PS6 and the next Xbox are planned for a 2027 release, according to separate reports.

www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ps6-and...

PS6 and next Xbox console are both aiming for 2027 release, separate reports claim | VGC

Both companies are reportedly planning to release their next-gen consoles within two years…

www.videogameschronicle.com

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Pep @pepverbsnouns.bsky.social · 19h

Well?
#art #digitalart #originalcharacter #wip

A screenshot of the Infinite Painter drawing app open to a sketch of a retail employee named Katie, pushing a shopping cart full of boxes. She turns to her left to see a lady standing outside with her left hand pressed on the store window and her right hand pointing up. She asks Katie: "Excuse me, are you still open?"

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Pep @pepverbsnouns.bsky.social · 1d

It's not outright the same as just letting a computer do your thinking for you, but I'd argue "death by a thousand shortcuts" *is* a thing.

Pep @pepverbsnouns.bsky.social · 1d

Though, he talks about CGI in relation to going full traditional, and it definitely hits on something I've talked about before...

How even fully hand-drawn digital art still has some visible "fake"ness, some loss of humanity to it out of the artist's control.

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naveryw.bsky.social @naveryw.bsky.social · 1d

The Kickstarter for Milton Knight's independent animated short "CAT AND MOUSE" is up. The in-progress work looks incredible! Consider backing if you want to see a genuinely unique cartoon from a very talented cartoonist.

CAT AND MOUSE: An Animated Cartoon About Domestic Violence!

An "old school" animated cartoon, reflecting on the domestic violence I grew up with.

www.kickstarter.com

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Pep @pepverbsnouns.bsky.social · 1d

"This is largely in my reaction to CGI and AI."
Bold to call out CGI in the same sentence as AI, but I get it. As much as CGI still requires a lot of upfront human craftsmanship, the way it rapidly replaced theatrical 2D animation felt like the first true "computers are taking over the arts" moment.

naveryw.bsky.social @naveryw.bsky.social · 1d

The Kickstarter for Milton Knight's independent animated short "CAT AND MOUSE" is up. The in-progress work looks incredible! Consider backing if you want to see a genuinely unique cartoon from a very talented cartoonist.

CAT AND MOUSE: An Animated Cartoon About Domestic Violence!

An "old school" animated cartoon, reflecting on the domestic violence I grew up with.

www.kickstarter.com

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Pep @pepverbsnouns.bsky.social · 1d

Katie Anderson #031 is now on Tapas!
#art #comic #originalcharacter #webcomic

tapas.io/episode/3597...

Read The World According to Katie Anderson :: (2025-02-02) #031 | Tapas Community

Read The World According to Katie Anderson and more premium Slice of life Community series now on Tapas!

tapas.io

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Stein Makes Games ➡️ #GodotFest @steinmakesgames.bsky.social · 1d

There's really only two file formats

Calvin and Hobbes comic. Dad explains there's only two types of file formats: .txt and .zip

#programming #software #softwareengineering

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Pep @pepverbsnouns.bsky.social · 1d

Wait until people find out that Mac apps all the way since 10.0 are just folders.

Stein Makes Games ➡️ #GodotFest @steinmakesgames.bsky.social · 1d

There's really only two file formats

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Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.com · 1d

KDE's 29th anniversary is here and they need your funding
#KDE #Linux #OpenSource

KDE's 29th anniversary is here and they need your funding

KDE the free software community that develops the likes of the KDE Plasma desktop, has turned 29 years old and they're doing a fresh fund-raiser.

www.gamingonlinux.com

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Tyler McGrath @tyler-j-mcgrath.bsky.social · 1d

#PortfolioDay let's go

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Michael Kovach @kovox.net · 1d

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Meepmeep189 @meepmeep189.bsky.social · 10d

As promised, a 2000s style Ms. Pac-Man version.

#MsPacMan #PacMan #GraphicDesign

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Fami @famimatsu.bsky.social · 3d

Road Rage

#art #originalcharacter #ocsky

Kazu and Mura nose to nose sneering at each other angrily while Mura clenches onto the car's steering wheel

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Pep @pepverbsnouns.bsky.social · 4d

Katie Anderson #030 is now on Tapas!
#art #comic #originalcharacter #webcomic

tapas.io/episode/3597...

Read The World According to Katie Anderson :: (2025-01-18) #030 | Tapas Community

Read The World According to Katie Anderson and more premium Slice of life Community series now on Tapas!

tapas.io

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Pep @pepverbsnouns.bsky.social · 4d

30 comics in, and Tapas has been pretty great for me so far, though grouping promos and actual notifications under a single unread count is just cruel.

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Pep @pepverbsnouns.bsky.social · 4d

Between Tiny Toons, Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Animaniacs, etc., it was obvious almost immediately when something was animated by TMS. Like, it wasn't even close.

It was especially jarring with Animaniacs where you'd go from an episode/segment done by another studio, to the Wheel of Morality

Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 4d

god went looking for an example of TMS' work for Tiny Toons. doing crazy totally stunting on 'em animation shit for the most mid of mid around

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Pep @pepverbsnouns.bsky.social · 4d

Katie Anderson #030 is now on Tapas!
#art #comic #originalcharacter #webcomic

tapas.io/episode/3597...

Read The World According to Katie Anderson :: (2025-01-18) #030 | Tapas Community

Read The World According to Katie Anderson and more premium Slice of life Community series now on Tapas!

tapas.io

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