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Artist and Instructor in the SF Bay Area. Briankolm.com https://mastodon.art/@BrianKolm https://www.instagram.com/briankolm/

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Both of these are near where I live, interesting.

07.03.2026 04:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Most of my PC backstory in my solo campaigns is emergent and I wouldn't have it any other way. Having a backstory that is growing, blending with the game play is rad.

06.03.2026 23:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

ttrpg look much more like a toy then a game: you can play with it the way you want, can change the rules and don’t necessarily have to win!

06.03.2026 14:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Reference photos for figure drawing tips. I am become Pinhead!

Reference photos for figure drawing tips. I am become Pinhead!

These are stressful times, but I hope it helps to know that I'm working hard to provide you with quality figure-drawing tip content.

06.03.2026 20:58 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Book cover with a roughly sketched image inside a series frame. Frame has a broken sword and the title is "Outlaw's Apprentice: Broken Blade." Sketch is of a teenage boy and an adult woman surrounded by sword-wielding fellas in vaguely-skullish helmets that hide their features. There''s a castle in the background with a tall, mostly timber keep and slanting peaked roofs, surrounded by a wooden palisade. Behind that, a forest.

Book cover with a roughly sketched image inside a series frame. Frame has a broken sword and the title is "Outlaw's Apprentice: Broken Blade." Sketch is of a teenage boy and an adult woman surrounded by sword-wielding fellas in vaguely-skullish helmets that hide their features. There''s a castle in the background with a tall, mostly timber keep and slanting peaked roofs, surrounded by a wooden palisade. Behind that, a forest.

Landed on a composition for the cover for book 1. Pretty happy with it, hopefully it'll convey what the series is going to have (duo leads, swordfighting, trees, armed and masked agents of an unjust state, castle of unfamiliar design, mud).

04.03.2026 16:34 πŸ‘ 135 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 2

Such great work.

06.03.2026 20:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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#mashup #thomasperkins #batman #plasticman #characterdesigner #dc #amalgam

06.03.2026 17:04 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No copyright for AI work. NP I won't use LLM's for art making then.

06.03.2026 20:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think she's right...

06.03.2026 19:03 πŸ‘ 96 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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"The Kings slayer" is an experimental webcomic that I do (when I find the time)

you can read episode 1 here:

thekingslayercomic.tumblr.com/tagged/entry...

06.03.2026 20:48 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
All Creatures Great and Small: Season 6 Trailer
All Creatures Great and Small: Season 6 Trailer The Dales are calling...Get ready for Season 6 of All Creatures Great and Small, available now on MASTERPIECE on PBS. #masterpiecepbs #allcreaturespbs #nicholasralph #samuelwest #annamadeley #rachelshenton #callumwoodhouse Subscribe to the MASTERPIECE email newsletter to get updates about other gr

I don't watch a lot of tv series, but my sister introduced me to the newest version of 'All Creatures Great and Small'. What a cathartic* gem with excellent production value & really great performances. The subtle, unspoken acting is really amazing.

* (makes me good weepy).

06.03.2026 20:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When I play a solo ttrpg campaign, death is not usually on the table. My PC's usually have 'plot armor' because "a fate worse then death" is usually more interesting; having to deal with consequences, personal growth and problem solving is usually more exciting and enriching for me.

06.03.2026 19:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Rise and Fall of the Bay Area Streetcar Transit System | KQED All nine counties of the Bay Area had robust streetcar systems at the start of the 20th century. In the East Bay, rumors swirl about how and why the Key System failed.

Curious about the history of the San Francisco Bay Area's now defunct electric streetcar system?

Check out this deep dive by @danbrekke.bsky.social, where I try to dispel the conspiracy theory about their demise:

www.kqed.org/news/12073762

05.03.2026 18:28 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Cosplay of PorCo Rosso giving a thumbs up

Cosplay of PorCo Rosso giving a thumbs up

Card with Porco Rosso and the quote β€œI’d rather be a pig than a fascist”

Card with Porco Rosso and the quote β€œI’d rather be a pig than a fascist”

Porco Rosso said hi and gave me his card.

05.03.2026 20:15 πŸ‘ 241 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

"you need to learn how to use gAI or you'll get left behind!"

counterpoint!

the absolute fastest way to render yourself unemployable is to build your skillset around a tool that does your thinking for you, that everyone has access to, and that one company can change or take away at any time

05.03.2026 14:27 πŸ‘ 4841 πŸ” 1664 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 45
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Octopussy’s guards dress like Thing 1 and Thing 2.

04.03.2026 03:01 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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🀯 Your Solo RPG Toolkit Part 3: Spark Tables Also: 1,439 games for $10, new games for your solo bookshelf, and more

The new issue of The Soloist covers Spark Tables, the matrixes of words that (when smashed together) can help you come up with gameplay ideas, surprises, and details without a GM. Includes tips on when to use them, how to interpret results, examples, and my β€œGeneric Fantasy Spark Table.”
#solorpg

02.03.2026 14:46 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Cool and trippy animation

01.03.2026 04:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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01.03.2026 02:26 πŸ‘ 380 πŸ” 77 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

The ultimate result of the attempted monopoly being created by the prospective merger of WB and Paramount is its own collapse. Unification of businesses in an industry doesn't create growth of the unified business. It creates a drought of interest. Audiences turn elsewhere and new business grows. --

28.02.2026 04:49 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

-- it will be awful for a lot of people who will lose their jobs and I really don't want to see this merger happen for that reason. But if you're a creative, an entrepreneur, an investor, then it's time to start planning because the opportunity to fill an entertainment vacuum will present itself.

28.02.2026 04:49 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Gorillaz - The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God
Gorillaz - The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God YouTube video by Gorillaz

You gotta watch The Gorillaz short its a light in the darkness:

youtu.be/ucRulNQsuYQ

28.02.2026 05:39 πŸ‘ 105 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

Did they film over actual painted backgrounds? If so, wow it looks great

28.02.2026 01:09 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, the gorillaz video use actual cells for part of it?!

28.02.2026 01:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Gorillaz - The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God
Gorillaz - The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God. Sequence Director Jonathan Djob Nkondo Producer Eva Dahlqvist Art Director Eido Hayashi Production Manager Michaela Dede Animation Lead Xavier Ramonède Assistant Animation Lead Seterah Erfan Compositing Lead Freddie Lewis-wall Production Coordin

The Gorillaz's new music video is really nicely done.

Great animation with some stunning backgrounds.

Also the idea of having a music video for three tracks is cleaver.

27.02.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And that all leads me to think that anyone who takes Peter Parker as a personal icon is probably more likely than average to greet strangers on the street and ask how they are.

27.02.2026 19:31 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Showed them a bunch of Bill Sienkiewicz stuff today, some of which I hadn’t seen in such high resolution until recently. This Judge Dredd cover is so sick. Look at those actual ass electronic components just glued on there!

27.02.2026 05:04 πŸ‘ 109 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Being a Luddite Is Cool and All, but Have You Seen the Hilarious Tapestries These New Looms Are Making? Don’t get me wrong, I’m as invested in keeping my job as the next weaver. When the boss brought in that big new power loom, I was pretty skeptical....

This made me laugh.
"Being a Luddite Is Cool and All, but Have You Seen the Hilarious Tapestries These New Looms Are Making?
by Kate Tyndall"

26.02.2026 18:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Friendly reminder: all my anti-AI graphics are high-res and FREE to download from ko-fi.com/elkowalczuk/...
Feel free to copy them and distribute as long as it's not a commercial use.

26.02.2026 11:29 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is literally a genocide, there is no other legal term to describe it.

26.02.2026 04:45 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0