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Wow, ok. Convergent evolution I guess. Just saw that I Saw the TV Glow was released in May '24, so prob written and shot in '23. Guess I could've done some basic research before speculating. What an incredibly synchronous... triangulation.

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Thom Tenery @thomtenery.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Is it possible that I saw the TV glow is the source? I'm an old, so maybe there are a dozen other reference points around PA that I'm not aware of.

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Thom Tenery @thomtenery.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

I don't want to start any drama, it's a hack-based culture/scene we're in after all, but typically credit is given.

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Thom Tenery @thomtenery.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

oof. I wonder if under the hood it's a chatg summary of PA campaign notes with the serials filed off.

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Thom Tenery @thomtenery.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

no no, Ian, that's when we get our real opportunity to shine! think of all the caves.

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Thom Tenery @thomtenery.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

DSPS 2nd edition iridium plated box set funded in under 1 hr approaches 10M$ US. all stretch goals unlocked. will be hand delivering pizza to 66 X 10^6 HyperPizzaGIGA.Lord Tier backers. fulfillment expected via Amazon Class nuclear powered garbage barge drone swarm approx Nov 2028

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Jes the human @jesthehuman.itch.io · 07/01/2026

The No ICE in Minnesota charity bundle submission period is now open: itch.io/jam/no-ice-i... All games, free and paid, TTRPG and browser based-alike are welcome Submissions are open until January 26 & the charity bundle supporting a Minnesota based Immigrants' rights org will go live in February

graphic that says no ice in Minnesota itch.io charity bundle

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Thom Tenery @thomtenery.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Yah, I love this approach. I find myself editing media real-time while watching anyway, walking away with a very different movie/book in my head canon than what I just saw/read.

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Thom Tenery @thomtenery.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Loved/love this - a really fun piece.

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Thom Tenery @thomtenery.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Congratulations to the team(s) that rebooted it and added a ton of new design to ARES – it looks stunning. Red Grid LightCycle design here based on concept work by Annis Naeem, Darren Gilford, and Paul Ozzimo.

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Thom Tenery @thomtenery.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

It took more than 10 years for it to evolve into TRON: ARES, and I’m happy to see it retained a lot of the concept work, shot design, and animatic sequences we created for the original pitch.

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Thom Tenery @thomtenery.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Concept art from my time on the Disney lot in 2013 working on Joseph Kosinski’s TRON: Ascension with the incredible Production Designer Darren Gilford, David Levy, Annis Naeem, and Kristen Maloney.

Concept art from the 2013 version of Joseph Konsinski's TRON: Ascension. Three red lightcycles on a real-world highway being pursued by a police car. One of the lightcycles activates its lightwall/lighttrail and splits the police car in two.

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Thom Tenery @thomtenery.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

I’ve lost track of specific design credits for a lot of what we did on that project but I believe the Red Grid Cycle designs in these shots represent multiple versions of collaborative effort from Darren Gilford, Paul Ozzimo, and Annis Naeem.

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Thom Tenery @thomtenery.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

I’m happy to see it retained a lot of the concept work, shot design, and animatic sequences we created for the original pitch. Congratulations to the team that rebooted it and added a ton of new design to ARES – it looks stunning.

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Thom Tenery @thomtenery.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

I spent 6 months on the Disney lot in 2013 working on Joseph Kosinski’s TRON: Ascension with the incredible Production Designer Darren Gilford, David Levy, Annis Naeem, and Kristen Maloney. It took more than 10 years for it to evolve into TRON: ARES ....

Shot design and concept art for TRON: ARES (formerly TRON: Ascension), created for the 2013 version of Joseph Kosinski's TRON sequel. This shot shows a red lightcycle in a real-world urban context moving stealthily between two big rigs on a highway in the city.

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Thom Tenery @thomtenery.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Concept art for Solo: A Star Wars Story. Mimban - trench warfare, ultra-tanks, slave Wookies, desolate vistas - the horrors of war in one dark sequence. We were riffing on historical WW1 photography for this location.

Concept art for Solo: A Star Wars Story. Mimban - trench warfare, desolate vistas, ultra-tanks, slave Wookies - all the horrors of war in one dark sequence.

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Thom Tenery @thomtenery.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Mega-Cenotes and paddlewheel boats on Gangster Planet, aka ‘Crime Island’ for Star Wars: Solo. We explored every Western trope we could think of for this film. These didn't fly, but I always liked the Apocalypse Now vibe.

Concept art for Solo: A Star Wars Story. Mega-Cenote on Gangster Planet

Concept art for Solo: A Star Wars Story. Han and Chewie riding a paddlewheel boat toward a gangster hideout.

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Thom Tenery @thomtenery.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Concept Art for Rogue One: Saw Gerrera's downed ship as resistance hideout. I always liked how 'quiet' these felt. There was strong support from Doug Chiang (PD) and Gareth Edwards for working that way - a very vibes-forward attitude to concept art on that film.

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Thom Tenery @thomtenery.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Concept art for Solo, A Star Wars Story: the Imperial Conveyex (train) heist. I remember the crew at ILMxLAB were walking around on top of my train on a virtual stage planning action for scenes as quickly as I could hand off concept models. That use of VR was new-ish tech at the time (2015).

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Thom Tenery @thomtenery.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Concept Design for Kylo Ren’s Command Shuttle, aka JKShuttle (Jedi Killer), from Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens - From 3d sketch to final. We spent about a month designing this one. I think it was one of the first approved designs for the film.

Concept Design for Kylo Ren’s Command Shuttle from Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens

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Thom Tenery @thomtenery.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Brilliant. I misread that initial grammatical flourish as ‘drunk talk’ and there might be an rpg idea there. Has anyone done Drunk History meets D&D/OSR yet?

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Thom Tenery @thomtenery.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Andor is a gift. I still can’t believe it got made. Here’s more of my Rogue One concept art - the Occupation of Jedha. Reality continues to be stranger and more cruel than fiction.

Concept Art from the movie Rogue One - the Occupation of Jedha

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Thom Tenery @thomtenery.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Vader’s Chamber (Bacta Tank variant) and Chamber Door concept art for Rogue One. I think this made the screen mostly intact. I’d forgotten this set was code-named the “White House” during preproduction. That’s giving this 10 yr old work new resonance for me given current events.

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Thom Tenery @thomtenery.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Wild. Sublime. What a vibe. I would compliment with Snarky Puppy's We Like It Here.

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Thom Tenery @thomtenery.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Concept Art and process work for Rogue One. I worked on this sequence from early concept art to the set build - based (very) loosely around a Ralph McQuarrie sketch from the original trilogy. This shot was so spot-on the concept art that I remember gasping audibly during the screening.

Concept art for the Star Wars film Rogue One. Mountain platform scene.

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Thom Tenery @thomtenery.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

My design for the TIE Striker from Rogue One. Gareth Edwards asked for an atmospheric TIE for the Scarif assault. I always preferred the compact variant (3) but still really like this 'long-pill' that we put in the film. ILM absolutely nailed it with a completely faithful realization of the design.

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Thom Tenery @thomtenery.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Early concept designs for Jyn's Ship from Rogue One. Jyn's Ship was an art department-wide development effort. It was a career highlight working with a legendary team on the most significant movie-world of my youth. Find much more on the development of Jyn's ship in The Art of Rogue One art book.

concept art for Jyn's ship from Rogue One.

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Bethany Jacobs @dr-bethany-jacobs.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Didn't I tell you she would be beautiful? Here is the cover launch for THIS BRUTAL MOON available November 11, 2025.⁣ ⁣ Design by Alexia Pereira. Background Illustration by @thomtenery.bsky.social

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Bethany Jacobs @dr-bethany-jacobs.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Check out the evolution of the #onviciousworlds cover, with art by @thomtenery.bsky.social. OVW is eligible for awards! Consider nominating for the Hugo Best Novel and the Astounding Award for Best New Writer. I'd love your support! @orbitbooks.bsky.social @awfulagent.bsky.social

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Black and white hand drawing of a city with a tower in the background, overlaid with a gradient purple silhouette of a woman with a shaved head, and the title On Vicious Worlds by Bethany Jacobs.

Refined black and white hand illustration of a city with a tower in the background, overlaid with a deeper purple silhouette of a woman with a shaved head, and the title On Vicious Worlds by Bethany Jacobs. Includes a blurb from Ren Hutchings, author of Under Fortunate Stars: "Jacobs is an ingenious worldbuilder and a stunning new voice to look out for in sci-fi."

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Thom Tenery @thomtenery.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

I remember the day I made this. It was a Tuesday.

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Thom Tenery @thomtenery.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

That’s because we weren’t calling it the U wing at that point in production. It was simply a rebel dropship/troop transport at that time. In fact there was no “U-wing” designation until after we had finished designing Jyn’s ship, the one seen in the final film.

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Brandon (bk) Kitkouski @bkstudio.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Happy Day of the Big Bird! Here’s a detail from a personal piece that fits today’s theme. ‘Precipice’

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Thom Tenery @thomtenery.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Keys to December. I was reading a lot of Zelazny at the time. I think this was for ImagineFX magazine (2013?) - not certain about that, it's been too long.

The Keys to December. Illustration of an ancient mechanical structure with a flat vertical tower rising from a bridge-like structure spanning an icy landscape. Vertical towers of icy rock in the background. Foreground silhouette of primitive humanoids apparently offering an animal sacrifice on an alter to this megastructure. The 3 primitives recall the Darwinian 'evolution of man' diagram seen in textbooks depicting the change over time of ape/chimp to homo sapiens.

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