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Gary Myers

@gmanx.bsky.social
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Maya generalist, Blender evangelist, animator, film-maker, illustrator, model-maker, video-games artist/developer, lecturer (now retired), husband, dad and shed owner. Happy to hobby 'til I get the call to Valhalla. #Autistic, #Humanist.

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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 10h
Surely that makes the Brexit referendum vote null and void? Time to fast-track a return to the EU.
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Hard to believe neither Netflix, Prime or Disney have 'Silence of the Lambs' given that it's Spooky Season. DVD to the rescue! "If you can't hold it - you don't own it" indeed.
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I always told my students this - the sketchbook is a collection of ideas, pieces of inspiration and ideas. It should be bulging with torn notes, photocopies, paint tests, photographs, tracing paper overlays - very different to a 'project progression' document.
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Boycott their content, call them out, share this everywhere. If there's a blacklist of companies that use without recompense (i.e. steal) they need to be on it.
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Alex Jay Brady @alexjaybrady.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ModernWarships by ArtStorm Games used my atomic ekranoplan design without permission or so much as buying me dinner, cmon guys don't do me dirty like this, cut me a cheque I'm broke! #Modernwarships #ArtStormGames
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BTW is that Gerry Anderson in the background of that first pic?
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Some very creative and successful solutions to prosthetics - especially for a British TV production. I have the series saved on disk and it's definitely underappreciated.
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Vindicated. :)
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
That, and the pull back / reveal that follows is a masterpiece of practical effects.
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Christopher Yabsley @christopherdev.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Unhinged necromancy bug.
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
That’s not a bug - that’s a USP and I love it! :)
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.
Screenshot of BBC article: OpenAI bots (struck through) meddled with multiple US government agency sites
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Didn't Dr.Who already do this?
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
That's a great read! I've traced my family back as far as 1500 and in that time we never left Yorkshire - specifically between Leeds and York (Yorvik). There's probably some Scandinavian in my blood.
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Completed the last of these three yesterday for display under the TV. All are from plans by Brad Barber (CreationCaravan) and built from the same Millennium Falcon kit. One is Lego, the other two are ‘building blocks’ clones (I ain’t made o’ money).
A photograph of the top of my TV cabinet showing three Lego spaceship models - the Serenity from Firefly, the Sulaco from Aliens and the Nostromo from Alien.
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
At least they didn’t delete the default cube.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/09/2026
Ron Cobb’s original signage designs for Alien, made with felt tip pen and graph paper. humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/8286472...
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Dadako @dadako.com · 25/09/2026
We are currently working on a weapons and buffs update to Bad Pixels Early Access, come join our discord to have your say! discord.gg/7s7nAwwu5Z
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
36 years married today, and 40 years together. The usual festivities will ensue: candle-light dinner featuring chippie chips in paper eaten with fingers and a very nice but expensive champagne served in lead crystal.
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Just completed Lantern of the Laughless Saint and I’m going back in - new character, all quests I can find, a proper deep dive. Nice work, @nervelabs.bsky.social
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Jamie Benning - The Filmumentaries Podcast @filmumentaries.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In a matter of a few years I've gone from having zero contacts in the film industry to running one of the most popular behind the scenes film interview podcasts out there. And now I also write for @ILMVFX and @Skysound. Are you listening? filmumentaries.com
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
All of the Traveller series mini boxes used the right side of that image (foreground figures).
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Chris knows his subject. This is well worth a watch, though speaking personally as a media creative it's depressing stuff. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bVf...
youtube.com
AI & the Future of the Web
YouTube video by ExplainingComputers
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Medieval Madness does another great video - this time on the Hastings Embroidery. youtu.be/3U6Y-8z0T4k?...
youtu.be
The Story of the Bayeux Tapestry...
YouTube video by MedievalMadness
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Founded right here in my little Island (Isle of Man) by Sir William Hillary in 1824.
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
One of the photos from the attic - me aged 18 in a home-made Viking outfit standing outside my local bar (costuming party) circa 1981.. I made everything including the real steel helm, furs, bow, quiver, arrows and sword. I've still got the sword. I may even have snagged a couple of maidens. :)
Me standing outside my local pub (bar) at night, dressed as a Viking raider.
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Top eyes are very sun-sensitive.
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I’ll tell my boy - he’s in Tokyo right now.
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Even with audio off I can still here Patrick Macnee.
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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I really need journalists to learn that every time OpenAI or Anthropic or xAI says that their model has broken containment and could destroy humanity that it’s a marketing pitch by companies running out of cash with high overheads and no profitable business model wanting more investment.
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I had to try 'AsciiCity Live' on an appropriate piece of kit. It looks right at home.
A photograph of my fabulous Thinkpad X220 running Ascii City Live.
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
youtu.be/KD1AbBoExiw?...
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ASCII City LIVE: A 24/7 Window Into the ASCII Plane
YouTube video by Grow Now! Games
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Asciicity is live! asciicity.live
asciicity.live
ASCII CITY LIVE
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
..but if you don’t - he’ll never dream again. :(
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I love both of these things - one very new and one old familiar friend ( to me). This was a very good read, thank you.
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
There's a meeting local to me in a few days to debate 'The Rise of the AI Tide' and what it means for creativity. I feel I should attend but I just don't have the energy for it. Many who will attend know how I feel (small island syndrome) and I feel the overall effect for me would be negative. :(
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Post your favorite Disney princess. Wrong answers only.
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Linda La Hughes: Gimme Gimme Gimme - You're Drunk!
ALT: Linda La Hughes: Gimme Gimme Gimme - You're Drunk!
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The boy is in Japan again. Today he's on a tour at Fukushima. He gats about a bit.
A photograph of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, taken from an observation deck inside the exclusion zone.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
American singer and songwriter Woody Guthrie, who wrote “This Land is Your Land.” The words on his guitar are testament to why the Nazis stifled art—and why Donald Trump tries to silence comics. The arts are not just entertainment when they challenge those in power.
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A marketing ploy to boost investment 'Ooh - it's just too powerful and needs to be slowed down'. I'd suggest turning it off... .. .. .. ... then leaving it off.
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Cameron produced that sketch of the APC to show how he wanted the airport towing vehicle 'dressed' to resemble a military transport.
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Nice! Local companies too, I hope? Some of the local ads are particularly hideous.
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Jamie Benning - The Filmumentaries Podcast @filmumentaries.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"They still use foley?! In this day and age?!" There are reasons for that! Artistry and speed, mostly! Listen to my interview with @skywalkersound's Sean England. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ep-15…
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deck.blue @deck.blue · 22/08/2026
Actually, let's do an #artshare here in this thread! If you're an #artist on Bluesky that doesn't use GenAI, feel free to drop your #commission post in the replies here! #art And if you're not an artist, please do commission the ones below to keep the community alive over here!
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Love these. This is the kind of thing that would get me to pick up a drawing pen again.
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
450 million years ago they were actually joined too. :)
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I'm having great fun with 'Lantern of the Laughless Saint' - odd name for a great game.
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Me too - I’ve been following dev progress on Itch.io and got it on early access. The C64 vibe works great with the modern control system and the game itself is a real hoot. Full disclosure - Dadako is a fellow Polycount forums regular from way back.
itch.io
Download the latest indie games
itch.io is a simple way to find, download and distribute indie games online. Whether you're a developer looking to upload your game or just someone looking for something new to play itch.io has you co...
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Phil Fletcher @philfletcher.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A puppet performing a puppet on the radio!! Yes please… #behindthescenes
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