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January 21, 2017
Random Ink
It appears I’m doing Inktober in January. The pen tools in MyPaint are really fun to use!
January 15, 2017
She Reaches Forth
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Since I lack any ideas for articles so far this month, here’s one…more…sketch.
Painted with FireAlpaca.
January 11, 2017
Approaching Destiny
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One way to begin the year. Very quickly created with MyPaint.
December 31, 2016
Episode 30 – Wrapping up 2016
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I already did my year-end blog post, but my usual podcast hosts haven’t, so here’s the podcast edition! We talk about all the movies, books, television shows, comics, anime and art gallery shows we enjoyed this year.
https://ia601507.us.archive.org/5/items/OLSP30WrappingUp2016/OLSP30_WrappingUp2016.mp3Download the Podcast(archive.org page)
December 26, 2016
Farewell to 2016
States of Mind I: The Farewells, Umberto Bocciano, 1911
There’s a very good chance that historians will remember 2016 as the year we tipped the flusher on the toilet, leading to a long spiral into oblivion. Between Brexit, the Great Celebrity Die-off and the recent American election we have plenty of reasons to cast worrying gazes at the future. I did not want to see the re-emergence of fascism in Europe, and now a party founded by Nazi sympathizers who looked with longing at the Vichy regime...
December 19, 2016
December 18, 2016
Painting Software: Some Impressions
When I bought a new laptop this year, the shiny HD screen lured me over to the world of digital art. I bought a Wacom Intuos tablet shortly afterwards and had a go at painting with a stylus. What’s really impressed me over the last few months have been the wealth of free and open source tools available for creative expression that are capable of some really impressive results. Not just for painting, either: Blender, Inkscape,GIMPand LibreOfficeare all catching up to their commercial counterpa...
December 3, 2016
December Recommendations
Kicking off the last month of a rotten year with some cool stuff I’ve stumbled across in the last few weeks that I want to share, all available for free:
1.The Imaginary Worlds PodcastI’ve been listening to episode after episode of this non-stop since I first heard a snippet played on CBC Radio’s Podcast Playlist. Eric Molinsky consistently delivers thoughtful, well-produced audio essays about science fiction and fantasy, often emphasizing the relevance of various popular films and books to...
November 20, 2016
Welcome to the CBC
The only times Tatsuhiro Satou ventures out of his tiny apartment are for the basic necessities of life, and even then, he doesn’t go far. 22 years old, a college dropout, unemployed and living off a meagre allowance from his father…Satou seemingly has no hobbies or interests beyond sleeping, staring at the walls, or getting drunk/high. He’s been like this for four years now, and while he berates himself and dreams up various schemes to become a “normal person” again, he inevitably ends up...
November 5, 2016
Hype and its Consequences
Most authors want discussion and buzz to swirl around their books upon release. Understandably so, attention leads to book sales and reaching a larger audience, but the flip side for readers is that the hype around a book can negatively impact the reading experience. As much as I like to think I give each book a chance based on its merits, there are undeniable instances where the articles, reviews, tweets and forum posts I see about a book have changed the way I approach the text. Hype playe...
