SamKalensky
@samkalensky.com
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SamKalensky
@samkalensky.com
· Oct 16
Support ya Sammy, Makin' rad arts! | #VisibleNB |🇨🇦
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REALY CRYPTID CAUGHT ON CAMERA
NOT FAKE!!!!!
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wip was already posted months ago on my ko-fi, support me to see art early!! ko-fi.com/scribbleddeath
#fresnonightcrawler #cryptid #art #animation #weirdart #trailcam #DIGITALART #KRITA
NOT FAKE!!!!!
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wip was already posted months ago on my ko-fi, support me to see art early!! ko-fi.com/scribbleddeath
#fresnonightcrawler #cryptid #art #animation #weirdart #trailcam #DIGITALART #KRITA
September 30, 2025 at 3:23 AM
REALY CRYPTID CAUGHT ON CAMERA
NOT FAKE!!!!!
--
wip was already posted months ago on my ko-fi, support me to see art early!! ko-fi.com/scribbleddeath
#fresnonightcrawler #cryptid #art #animation #weirdart #trailcam #DIGITALART #KRITA
NOT FAKE!!!!!
--
wip was already posted months ago on my ko-fi, support me to see art early!! ko-fi.com/scribbleddeath
#fresnonightcrawler #cryptid #art #animation #weirdart #trailcam #DIGITALART #KRITA
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Eritate-Goromo - [Yokai | Tsukumogami] - The high collared Kimono of the profoundly prideful Tengu King, Sōjōbō of Mt Kurama. After decades of being worn by such a powerful yokai, the robes sprung to life. Perhaps they are just prideful as the Tengu who wore them... samkalensky.com/products/eri...
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Eritate-Goromo - [Yokai | Tsukumogami] - The high collared Kimono of the profoundly prideful Tengu King, Sōjōbō of Mt Kurama. After decades of being worn by such a powerful yokai, the robes sprung to life. Perhaps they are just prideful as the Tengu who wore them... samkalensky.com/products/eri...
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Eritate-Goromo - [Yokai | Tsukumogami] - The high collared Kimono of the profoundly prideful Tengu King, Sōjōbō of Mt Kurama. After decades of being worn by such a powerful yokai, the robes sprung to life. Perhaps they are just prideful as the Tengu who wore them... samkalensky.com/products/eri...
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Eritate-Goromo - [Yokai | Tsukumogami] - The high collared Kimono of the profoundly prideful Tengu King, Sōjōbō of Mt Kurama. After decades of being worn by such a powerful yokai, the robes sprung to life. Perhaps they are just prideful as the Tengu who wore them... samkalensky.com/products/eri...
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This is the future leftists want
November 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This is the future leftists want
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Ever see a stray dog and instead of saying, "Woof woof!" he turns around and says, "What the hell are you looking at?"
Check out this week's new yokai for free over on my Patreon, or on yokai.com!
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Check out this week's new yokai for free over on my Patreon, or on yokai.com!
www.patreon.com/posts/jinmen...
Jinmenken | Matthew Meyer (The Yokai Guy)
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November 10, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Ever see a stray dog and instead of saying, "Woof woof!" he turns around and says, "What the hell are you looking at?"
Check out this week's new yokai for free over on my Patreon, or on yokai.com!
www.patreon.com/posts/jinmen...
Check out this week's new yokai for free over on my Patreon, or on yokai.com!
www.patreon.com/posts/jinmen...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Time for some yokai-inspired fakemon!
Part of my Great Lakes fakemon pokedex project!
Part of my Great Lakes fakemon pokedex project!
November 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Time for some yokai-inspired fakemon!
Part of my Great Lakes fakemon pokedex project!
Part of my Great Lakes fakemon pokedex project!
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Purple cows - [Fearsome Critter] Ol' Paul owned a Lucky Lavender heifer by the name of Lucy; A champion dairy animal with an insatiable appetite for greens, When the year of two winters hit it got so cold they fit her with green glasses, yielding instant ice cream! 🐮💜 samkalensky.com/products/pur...
!["The Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan" [WB Laugheed, 1922]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2qhnojh2joagxxpcyedopa7u/bafkreicouooxjtfi3rlwoes2rxk4fcfdkh5jdakythwou2ajc2qojk4tc4@jpeg)
June 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Purple cows - [Fearsome Critter] Ol' Paul owned a Lucky Lavender heifer by the name of Lucy; A champion dairy animal with an insatiable appetite for greens, When the year of two winters hit it got so cold they fit her with green glasses, yielding instant ice cream! 🐮💜 samkalensky.com/products/pur...
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Bunyan Pigs -[fearsome critters] - The pigs at Ol' Pauls camps were as fat as they were smart: they would dig out of their enclosures & wander into the woods. Inebriated, the Axmen built a non-euclidian fence, poor pigs could never tell if they were in, nor outside! 🐷 samkalensky.com/products/bun...
June 19, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Bunyan Pigs -[fearsome critters] - The pigs at Ol' Pauls camps were as fat as they were smart: they would dig out of their enclosures & wander into the woods. Inebriated, the Axmen built a non-euclidian fence, poor pigs could never tell if they were in, nor outside! 🐷 samkalensky.com/products/bun...
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Little Blue Ox [Fearsome Critter] - Benny was Babes weaker sibling. Ol'Paul moved him up to Devils Lake ND, The air did wonders for his health! Sadly he soon developed gluttony for pancakes & one day in a mania, swallowed a stove whole he exploded across South Dakota! samkalensky.com/products/benny
June 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Little Blue Ox [Fearsome Critter] - Benny was Babes weaker sibling. Ol'Paul moved him up to Devils Lake ND, The air did wonders for his health! Sadly he soon developed gluttony for pancakes & one day in a mania, swallowed a stove whole he exploded across South Dakota! samkalensky.com/products/benny
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Tesso - [Yokai|Onryo] - The vengeful spirit of a priest which manifested as a gigantic Rat with iron sharp teeth and claws! he commanded a plague of 84,000 rats to tear up all the books and sutras in temples across Kyoto! - Full post: samkalensky.com/products/tesso
![my Tesso sticker [2025] next to Toriyamas Tesso [1779] as seen in "Japandemonium" [2017]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2qhnojh2joagxxpcyedopa7u/bafkreic4yfilpjogq3robxk5zi332litroo3c4dmvx74rdcsqeaiyvhfaa@jpeg)
August 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Tesso - [Yokai|Onryo] - The vengeful spirit of a priest which manifested as a gigantic Rat with iron sharp teeth and claws! he commanded a plague of 84,000 rats to tear up all the books and sutras in temples across Kyoto! - Full post: samkalensky.com/products/tesso
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KaneNoNaruKi - "Money trees" - [Yokai Bonsai] - Exceptionally rare trees, bearing thousands upon thousands of broad Golden Ryo coins for leaves. Planted by the sichifukujin; the trunks & branches form auspicious phrases such as blessings, for wealth or longevity! samkalensky.com/products/kan...
September 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
KaneNoNaruKi - "Money trees" - [Yokai Bonsai] - Exceptionally rare trees, bearing thousands upon thousands of broad Golden Ryo coins for leaves. Planted by the sichifukujin; the trunks & branches form auspicious phrases such as blessings, for wealth or longevity! samkalensky.com/products/kan...
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Yama-Oroshi - [yokai] - A worn-out Daikon grater used to make garnish. It was left abandoned in the mountains, after decades of neglect, it came to life and ran about wildly scratching its porcupine like head on whatever it could! but alas, its spines had grown dull: samkalensky.com/products/yam...
![Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bokuro" [1784.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2qhnojh2joagxxpcyedopa7u/bafkreiepf7chnb5kjv55hg23puwb7dijk7wte7e7pw4tix65n5qpy37cha@jpeg)
September 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Yama-Oroshi - [yokai] - A worn-out Daikon grater used to make garnish. It was left abandoned in the mountains, after decades of neglect, it came to life and ran about wildly scratching its porcupine like head on whatever it could! but alas, its spines had grown dull: samkalensky.com/products/yam...
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Kurayaro - [Yokai] - An old wooden saddle which turned into a dirge singing Tsukumogami; It wanders about the battleground where it was left. Acting like a warrior with a stick in hand in place of a wooden sword; it bitterly laments the betrayal of his masters. samkalensky.com/products/kur...
![The original by toriyama sekien goes as follows:
"Kamada Masakiyo
in the Hogen Rebellion
Owes his exploits to me,
who faithfully held him
For all the honor
I brought him in battle
You'd think he'd appreciate
his trusty old saddle,
But the only thanks I got
was a nick on my face,
Now my soul fades away
as my body goes to waste!"
Then Sekien adds his commentary:
“Fascinating, So went Kurayaro's dirge in my dream."
[Translation: Japandemonium illustrated 2017.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2qhnojh2joagxxpcyedopa7u/bafkreie33nrxy766u25hjepkyvwlqsfv5j6fclzsfn6s53nfar6sjr35cm@jpeg)
September 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Kurayaro - [Yokai] - An old wooden saddle which turned into a dirge singing Tsukumogami; It wanders about the battleground where it was left. Acting like a warrior with a stick in hand in place of a wooden sword; it bitterly laments the betrayal of his masters. samkalensky.com/products/kur...
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Muku-mukabaki - [Yokai] - Riding Chaps made from a deers pelt, worn by a nobleman who was assassinated during a hunting trip on Mount Akazawa. His death inspired his orphaned sons to avenge him, however unlike the valiant Soga Bros, These chaps are as timid as a deer! samkalensky.com/products/muk...
![Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro (百器徒然袋) [1784]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2qhnojh2joagxxpcyedopa7u/bafkreia3z7rwuzihodmsgjwwdgvdapffp3psxfvklutapejgnkd3rq4uym@jpeg)
October 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Muku-mukabaki - [Yokai] - Riding Chaps made from a deers pelt, worn by a nobleman who was assassinated during a hunting trip on Mount Akazawa. His death inspired his orphaned sons to avenge him, however unlike the valiant Soga Bros, These chaps are as timid as a deer! samkalensky.com/products/muk...
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Furu-Utsubo - [Yokai|Tsukumogami] - an antiquated arrow quiver used for hunting foxes in Nasuno. Owned by renown archer and general Miura Yoshiaki. After he died heroically, his quiver came to life! Now it scuttles about wildly, much like the beasts they once hunted. samkalensky.com/products/fur...
![Toriyama sekien "Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro” [1784] – - via smithsonian](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2qhnojh2joagxxpcyedopa7u/bafkreieigim2dvipwo4vdak34vnwna2iwudjgi2sab6gqnr7mlffr6i6re@jpeg)
October 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Furu-Utsubo - [Yokai|Tsukumogami] - an antiquated arrow quiver used for hunting foxes in Nasuno. Owned by renown archer and general Miura Yoshiaki. After he died heroically, his quiver came to life! Now it scuttles about wildly, much like the beasts they once hunted. samkalensky.com/products/fur...
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Abumi-Guchi - [Yokai | Tsukumogami] - A lost stirrup of a mounted Samurai who took an arrow to the knee & died during the Genpei war. Now the stirrups wander the battlefields; lamenting their riders anguish with a sorrowful song, still loyal to their cause. 🐎 samkalensky.com/products/abu...
October 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Abumi-Guchi - [Yokai | Tsukumogami] - A lost stirrup of a mounted Samurai who took an arrow to the knee & died during the Genpei war. Now the stirrups wander the battlefields; lamenting their riders anguish with a sorrowful song, still loyal to their cause. 🐎 samkalensky.com/products/abu...
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Hyōtan-kozō - [yokai] - Once a hollow drinking gourd; used like a bottle or flask, but instead of holding “spirits" it was used superstitiously as a vessel to trap bad luck. it became a sickly Tsukumogami. It pops out of thickets, causing monks to riot in prayer! - samkalensky.com/products/hyo...
![[Toriyama Sekiens - “Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro” (vol 2) 1784 - Image source: Smithsonian ]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2qhnojh2joagxxpcyedopa7u/bafkreianlj4uwg5j7avyv4gh4wuwdadih5jb2naanpch73gxifh7pjcd6q@jpeg)
October 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Hyōtan-kozō - [yokai] - Once a hollow drinking gourd; used like a bottle or flask, but instead of holding “spirits" it was used superstitiously as a vessel to trap bad luck. it became a sickly Tsukumogami. It pops out of thickets, causing monks to riot in prayer! - samkalensky.com/products/hyo...
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Did you know I'm playing this show? Because I am!
And I have a *VERY* special announcement about it coming up this week.
Stay tuned!
And I have a *VERY* special announcement about it coming up this week.
Stay tuned!
Two weeks until Bonus Stage Ultimate! The anticipation has dogged us at every turn, grab your tickets here
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November 9, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Did you know I'm playing this show? Because I am!
And I have a *VERY* special announcement about it coming up this week.
Stay tuned!
And I have a *VERY* special announcement about it coming up this week.
Stay tuned!
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Barrum - [Fearsome Critter🇨🇦] - They say Big Joe had an Old Pet Frog Bigger than a horse & it barked like a dog! Only thing quicker than a train on its track was Big Joe ridin' on the Bullfrogs back! Legend has it that Barrum got squished on the K&P rail near Eganville samkalensky.com/products/bar...
![[Joe Mufferaw and barrum as seen on an album cover from 1983. https://citizenfreak.com/titles/318664-bedore-bernard-vance-the-hornets-and-the-fence-posts-b-w-along-the-opeongo-fiery-kate-and-dickory-dan-picture-sleeve]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2qhnojh2joagxxpcyedopa7u/bafkreige4gp5xvru5glwpkmsjw27ndr3px2nsdiz4ikw5wcoqco4fcby2i@jpeg)
June 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Barrum - [Fearsome Critter🇨🇦] - They say Big Joe had an Old Pet Frog Bigger than a horse & it barked like a dog! Only thing quicker than a train on its track was Big Joe ridin' on the Bullfrogs back! Legend has it that Barrum got squished on the K&P rail near Eganville samkalensky.com/products/bar...
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This is interesting drama to follow lol
TLDR, the people who made the AI coke commercial are denying it and generating fake concept art, actual concept artists are ripping it all apart as fake because the guy has no idea how any of this works
TLDR, the people who made the AI coke commercial are denying it and generating fake concept art, actual concept artists are ripping it all apart as fake because the guy has no idea how any of this works
The disconnected Apple Pencil? The expression sheet with all the same expression? The art with the footsteps in the snow in front of the characters running? The file with one (1) background layer? Erasing the “hand drawn” background by hand on said one (1) layer file? Where do I starttttttt
November 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is interesting drama to follow lol
TLDR, the people who made the AI coke commercial are denying it and generating fake concept art, actual concept artists are ripping it all apart as fake because the guy has no idea how any of this works
TLDR, the people who made the AI coke commercial are denying it and generating fake concept art, actual concept artists are ripping it all apart as fake because the guy has no idea how any of this works
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Today I logged in, opened social media read some comments, immediately felt like tearing off a robots head, so I did!!!! 8D - 🚫🤖 - Nab one here: samkalensky.com/products/sup...
January 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Today I logged in, opened social media read some comments, immediately felt like tearing off a robots head, so I did!!!! 8D - 🚫🤖 - Nab one here: samkalensky.com/products/sup...
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There is no such thing as ethical generated AI.
There is no such thing as AI 'art.'
AI generated media is theft.
Enthusiasm for AI is weird and stupid and yes you should feel bad if you've used it for anything.
Give up on it, move on and do something worth time and effort.
There is no such thing as AI 'art.'
AI generated media is theft.
Enthusiasm for AI is weird and stupid and yes you should feel bad if you've used it for anything.
Give up on it, move on and do something worth time and effort.
November 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
There is no such thing as ethical generated AI.
There is no such thing as AI 'art.'
AI generated media is theft.
Enthusiasm for AI is weird and stupid and yes you should feel bad if you've used it for anything.
Give up on it, move on and do something worth time and effort.
There is no such thing as AI 'art.'
AI generated media is theft.
Enthusiasm for AI is weird and stupid and yes you should feel bad if you've used it for anything.
Give up on it, move on and do something worth time and effort.