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I have received the #Famicase 2025 picture book, zine and poster!

It contains pictures and descriptions for all entries, including my own entry called Kaede & Menyupon! 😊

I enjoyed seeing everyone's work and I hope you enjoyed mine too!

#ファミカセ展 #NES

A Famicom game cartridge of a fictional game called Kaede & Menyupon, with hand-drawn art for the label.

I'm pleased to present my entry for #Famicase 2025 called Kaede & Menyupon「かえでとメニュポン」!
A game where you and your pet monster go on a journey to find the origin of an evil aura causing others monsters to go feral, combining action-adventure and tactical-RPG elements!
#ファミカセ展 #NES

I received and now the proud owner of merch from @sarahgraley.com !
The art is just beautiful and the quality is top-notch.
Thank you very much! 😻

I've sent my entry for #Famicase 2025.
Can't wait for 26th April to show mine and see other's works!

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Saagar Enjeti tweets: "Probably a cold take but IMO Tokyo is the male fashion capital of the world: whether it’s western wear, suits, street wear the aesthetic is refined to the highest possible level From the salaryman to the rebel teen they are impeccably dressed It also helps no one is fat"

Why is Tokyo so fashionable? Some theories. 🧵

I saw it o_o

Up-to-date BlueSky Crop Aspect Ratio Crop Sizes for Bluesky as of 18 Oct 2024 By default, single images are uncropped. If image is too tall (Exceeds the 1:2 aspect ratio) then it will be cropped. Single images that are too tall may be scaled down but aspect ratio is preserved With two images, both of them share a square aspect ratio of 1:1 For three images, the first image is square (1:1) while the other two are half-squares (2:1) And for 4 images, all of them are 3:2

I came across an outdated guide on image grid sizing crop/proportions for bsky earlier, and I felt it was important to create an updated version! Please use this new guide instead!

full text in the link above. but here's a snippet: Guide: Using iNaturalist to find art references As a scientific illustrator focusing on animals, I find iNaturalist to be a crucial part of my workflow. However, I feel like this potential has been overlooked by other artists. In this guide, I explain how I use the site to curious artists who might want to start doing the same. Note: iNaturalist is a platform primarily concerned with wildlife, not domesticated species. You won't find pugs or calico cats, but there are 464,000+ species for you to browse through. 1. Why iNaturalist? As of today (early 2024), search engine results have been flooded by AI-generated images. Beyond the well-known ethical issues, these images are often anatomically incorrect or factually wrong, making them unreliable references. I ran out of alt text space here

A little guide for artists in today's AI search result hellscape.

This is how I've been finding trustworthy plant/animal art references on iNaturalist, a platform built to share wildlife photos and map biodiversity all over the planet. #SciArt

www.inaturalist.org/journal/fran...

I like it here, much cleaner platform. I'm happy to see you here on Bluesky!! 😊

chickahdee prrb: “How I pratice drawing things, now in a tutorial form. The shrimp photo I used is here Show me your shrimps if you do this uvu PS: lots of engrish because foreign ” For reference later~

To anyone wanting to draw but not know how there's a great intro tutorial from ancient times:

chickahdee.tumblr.com/post/3274381...

By following it you will get your "brain muscle" working out, and that's a great foundation to develop your drawing skills!

#art

I'm going to broadcast this once again because new people are here now.

I have a shared and self curated mute list to filter out A.I. / NFT / Crypto accounts for those who want an improved bsky experience.

I investigate them all personally, but if you find someone I missed, you can reply or @ me.