SGW
@strangedruid.bsky.social
Artist creator type. Misanthropic druid. Mercenary Concept Artist by day.
No ai.
No ai.
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I didn’t think we’d see anything, but early this evening we got lucky❤️
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I didn’t think we’d see anything, but early this evening we got lucky❤️
This was my desktop for years
November 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This was my desktop for years
Shocking. Im shocked I say.
November 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Shocking. Im shocked I say.
QA teams are the the last sanity check. Also the spawning grounds for great producers and designers and every other position you can think of. They literally Assure Quality. I pitty the fools that think they can be replaced by an ai.
The AI QA announcements make me furious. QA are essential. They have the ingenuity to break your game in insane ways because players definitely will. Any game out the door without a fuckton of bugs is down to QA. They're so underappreciated and so necessary.
November 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
QA teams are the the last sanity check. Also the spawning grounds for great producers and designers and every other position you can think of. They literally Assure Quality. I pitty the fools that think they can be replaced by an ai.
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#timelapse – I wanted to test the glitchy pattern from yesterday here
November 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
#timelapse – I wanted to test the glitchy pattern from yesterday here
Them: Stop putting monsters in interior building concepts.
Me: I... don't know what you expected...?
Them: Just, help with some staging design please.
Me: For when a void rip opens reality and gremlins poor out!
Them: No, just a shop interior.
Me: I really think we are on the same page here
Me: I... don't know what you expected...?
Them: Just, help with some staging design please.
Me: For when a void rip opens reality and gremlins poor out!
Them: No, just a shop interior.
Me: I really think we are on the same page here
November 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Them: Stop putting monsters in interior building concepts.
Me: I... don't know what you expected...?
Them: Just, help with some staging design please.
Me: For when a void rip opens reality and gremlins poor out!
Them: No, just a shop interior.
Me: I really think we are on the same page here
Me: I... don't know what you expected...?
Them: Just, help with some staging design please.
Me: For when a void rip opens reality and gremlins poor out!
Them: No, just a shop interior.
Me: I really think we are on the same page here
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Here's a higher resolution version you can use. :)
October 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Here's a higher resolution version you can use. :)
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Big ol' Warhammer (fanart!) poster I did for the Apothecarion charity event. This was a massive undertaking for mw, it's the most complex thing I've ever done and the first piece of (semi) personal art I've completed in about 10 years.
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Big ol' Warhammer (fanart!) poster I did for the Apothecarion charity event. This was a massive undertaking for mw, it's the most complex thing I've ever done and the first piece of (semi) personal art I've completed in about 10 years.
Channeling the entire population.
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Channeling the entire population.
First storm of the season isn't messing around.
October 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
First storm of the season isn't messing around.
So many thoughts. The biggest one is China. It will probably become even a bigger gaming powerhouse. I cannot see the current US studio model surving. Maybe a handful of visionaries, lots of independents, and a couple flagship studios.
What will it all look like, who will be here, making games, what will become of the major structures in place, such as they are? Genuine question, I always kind of want to know how much hope to have that things will improve appreciably
October 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
So many thoughts. The biggest one is China. It will probably become even a bigger gaming powerhouse. I cannot see the current US studio model surving. Maybe a handful of visionaries, lots of independents, and a couple flagship studios.
Okay, attention producers and project managers.I give this to you for free. My equation for AAA game character concept time allotment.
Character Design Time = ((1day+ (cut scene appearance time in seconds * 1hour)) * Number of Stake Holders) * Executive interest ^2
Character Design Time = ((1day+ (cut scene appearance time in seconds * 1hour)) * Number of Stake Holders) * Executive interest ^2
October 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Okay, attention producers and project managers.I give this to you for free. My equation for AAA game character concept time allotment.
Character Design Time = ((1day+ (cut scene appearance time in seconds * 1hour)) * Number of Stake Holders) * Executive interest ^2
Character Design Time = ((1day+ (cut scene appearance time in seconds * 1hour)) * Number of Stake Holders) * Executive interest ^2
I dont really like ip crossovers. And i wish it would stop.
October 22, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I dont really like ip crossovers. And i wish it would stop.
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Ten days til Halloween 🖤
October 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Ten days til Halloween 🖤
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Canadian friends, your government is seeking commentary on GenAi strategies and policies.
Please let them know exactly how you feel about GenAi, it’s impacts, and what next steps should be! Perhaps it’s respecting artists works, environmental considerations and so on! Share your thoughts here 👇
Please let them know exactly how you feel about GenAi, it’s impacts, and what next steps should be! Perhaps it’s respecting artists works, environmental considerations and so on! Share your thoughts here 👇
Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership
Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025
Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renew...
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October 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Canadian friends, your government is seeking commentary on GenAi strategies and policies.
Please let them know exactly how you feel about GenAi, it’s impacts, and what next steps should be! Perhaps it’s respecting artists works, environmental considerations and so on! Share your thoughts here 👇
Please let them know exactly how you feel about GenAi, it’s impacts, and what next steps should be! Perhaps it’s respecting artists works, environmental considerations and so on! Share your thoughts here 👇
a couple of random pointy ear sketches from this morning.
October 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
a couple of random pointy ear sketches from this morning.
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"The World of the Dark Crystal" documentary (1983, 1 hour) is available for free on Youtube.
>> www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...
>> www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...
October 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"The World of the Dark Crystal" documentary (1983, 1 hour) is available for free on Youtube.
>> www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...
>> www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...
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Character doodles (NR):
October 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Character doodles (NR):
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David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
October 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
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Let nothing be called natural in an age of bloody confusion, ordered disorder, planned caprice, and dehumanised humanity, lest all things be held unalterable!
- Brecht
- Brecht
October 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Let nothing be called natural in an age of bloody confusion, ordered disorder, planned caprice, and dehumanised humanity, lest all things be held unalterable!
- Brecht
- Brecht
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“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”
October 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”
Doing some style/ head studies to try to get out of a funk.
October 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Doing some style/ head studies to try to get out of a funk.
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Can't believe we've let a few companies collect most of the world's capital and then also let them repeat the conditions for the great depression (IE an evil circle of debt and investment-with-no-return)
Here’s part 2 of our four part Better Offline case against generative AI. I walk you through how NVIDIA funds debt-ridden “neoclouds” all to create vehicles to buy more GPUs - all to cover up the lack of demand for generative AI compute.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline
October 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Can't believe we've let a few companies collect most of the world's capital and then also let them repeat the conditions for the great depression (IE an evil circle of debt and investment-with-no-return)