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VFX Artist and Programmer from Brooklyn. Houdini evangelist. @WhileRomeBurns@mastodon.gamedev.place

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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Two panel comic. Panel 1: two sharks are sitting in a cafe. A smaller shark holding a teacup says discreetly to the other, “okay, look at this couple behind you - but don’t make it obvious.” Panel 2: the other shark, a Great White shark, turns its gigantic head in the most obvious way possible to look across the room at some sharks chatting at another table.
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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Pen and watercolor. Two fools wander through an open field. The tall one dressed in a carrot costume and the short one dressed in an apple costume. Their hands are out to their sides to maintain balance. Carrot speaks, “You feel the ground shaking?” In the distance, we see a massive herd of wild horses thundering towards them. Hooves pound the ground racing to carrot and apple. By the time our boys realize their mistake it could be too late. Where are they going? Why wander dressed as horse treats? Things to consider. Artist’s note: Most of my drawings are black & white and I tend to use color sparingly. Hilary Knight, the illustrator of the Eloise books, is a big influence on both my linework and color use.
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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Ballpoint pen on paper. A man in his PJs is tucked into his bed. He's upset because the bed has been lifted off the ground by a pack of small, mischievous creatures. We can only see 9 of them in the image but there are likely many more since they're all working together to lift the heavy bed frame. As the creatures run with the bed they chant, "hup hup hup hup hup hup hup hup hup." The man in the bed wants no part of this. "Put me down. No more hups," he says. It's unclear where they are going or what is happening. There is no punchline. There is little to no context. You're either with the hup team or you're out. Thank you for reading these.
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Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Fell down a Ron Francis rabbit hole after seeing this post earlier. Sublime
Painting by Ron Francis, ‘Hope’ Painting by Ron Francis, ‘Home Fires’Painting by Ron Francis, ‘Russell Williams’ Tree’Painting by Ron Francis, ‘Room With a View’
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lasha3D @lasha3d.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
looking for a job Rt if you can 🙏
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Matías Bergara @matiasbergara.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Col. Kusanagi (loving the new show - Ghost in the Shell)
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PBF Comics @pbfcomics.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The Biclops
A giant emerges from a cave, a large eye peering from within a cave at ancient greek soldiers.The greek soldiers run away in fear, each of them having just one eye. It turns out that the giant "biclops" has two eyes.
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Sean Phillips @seanphillips.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Favourite face I’ve drawn today.
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Three panel comic. Panel 1: a hand holding an envelope addressed to House on the Giant Turtle’s Back. Panel 2: a postal worker, holding the envelope, stands on the rocky shore of a sea before an enormous tortoise trudging through the water. It has some trees and a house on top of its shell. Panel 3: the postal worker looks back down at the envelope, looking emotionally debilitated.
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Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Chimneys, turrets, the usual
Ink drawing, Edinburgh old town vibez
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Two year anniversary of when I first posted this comic
Two panel comic. Panel 1: an anglerfish is washed up on the ocean shore, laying in the tide. It thinks to itself, “it’s so beautiful.” Panel 2: wide shot of the beach, rocky cliffs, and sky at sunset, with the anglerfish still laying in place. The anglerfish continues thinking to itself, “I might have never known.”
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Momo @heyheymomo.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
What a guy
4 panel comic

Panel 1: a wizard in blue robe and white beard sitting with small forg at a desk behind the computer. “Click, click” is the sound of the mouse to be heard
Panel 2: close up on the computer screen. There’s a green check mark and a full loading bar on it. From off screen someone, probably the wizard, says “boom, there it is”.
Panel 3: forg is left behind alone at his desk. There’s an open door in the background. Forg says “thanks installation wizard” and a little pink heart appears, showing his affection.
Panel 4: we see now that the wizard has already left the house after a job well done. He replies to forg watching him go from his window: “it’s what I do”
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arr @arr.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
english isn't for cowards. if you're not saying 'torpify,' that's a skill issue. there's no Académie Française telling you what to do. if you try to type 'pallific' and freak out when you see a little red underline, maybe you're not ready to roll with the big dogs.
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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Lucy snatches the football away from Charlie Brown causing him to fly up in the air and shout "AAUGH!" Charlie, however, continues to fall upwards. He says "haha yes, it is finally happening..." Lucy looks on in disbelief. Charlie rises and says "I am ascending to the realm of God to take my fated plave at his right hand." As he rockets into the stratosphere he shouts "this is the reward for my endless suffering! This is my reward!!"
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Grim Wilkins @grimwilkins.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Hello #portfolioday Here's a handful of my fave comic pages that I drew in the last year or so
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False Knees @falseknees.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
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A tree sparrow is speaking: "Artistic creation shouldn't be considered carelessly! Good art is made deliberately! With emotion! Physical exertion! If you aren't crying or bleeding by the end, you'd better look into another lifestyle...". We see a class of birds with piles of sticks and a big banner that reads "Intro to nest building" made out of twigs. The teacher continues: "Ok! Does everyone have their bundle of soft moss?"
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Gary Hornseth @garyhornseth.bsky.social · 19/10/2024
Today I discovered the Instagram of Sapporo artist Eiji Ohashi, who specializes in night photography of vending machines, mostly in winter. “The reason . . . is that it will make us see hope and inspiration when we see shiny things in the middle of a dark night.” Images at his site: eijiohashi.com
A winter scene of a pedestrian bridge from across a street in falling snow lit at night by overhead street lights.  A glowing vending machine near the base of the bridge. A night photo of an urban scene with high-rise buildings in the background. Trees look like autumn. A vending machine glows in the foreground alongside a sidewalk. A night city scene of an older building adjacent to a long flight of stairs. A row of vending machines cast a glow from the base of the building toward the pavement in the center of the photo. Streetlights illuminate the upper level in the background. A closeup of a vending machine at night surrounded by some trees and giant snow drifts. Snow caps and obscures the top of the machine. Lights from the machine illuminate the surrounding snow.
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sbarky @sbarky.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
SLS, NASA's Moon rocket 🌙🚀
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PBF Comics @pbfcomics.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
A 3 panel comic strip. “There’s no way out of this one, Dad. Check.” says a kid who is dominating his Dad in chess. Dad, slyly, angles his watch to reflect a beam of light onto the board, catching the attention of a house cat. In the last panel, we see the pieces scatter as the cat pounces in vain. Dad covers his smile from his distraught child.
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Dave Kellett @davekellett.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
COMIC: The Tortoise and the Hare
TITLE OVER COMIC: Tortoise and the Hare - cut-throat edition
PANEL 1: A blue sky with white clouds and a path over some green hills, with a yellow “FINISH” sign in the distance. A tortoise stands on the path closest to the viewer, watching while a rabbit sprints nearly to the finish line.
TORTOISE: I salute you. You have beaten me today. But in the race of life, I will live to 150.

PANEL 2: Same scene, but the rabbit has stopped at the finish line to look at the tortoise.
TORTOISE: So! Long after YOUR 3-5 years are over, I will think back fondly of your victory. …Provided I can recall the vague contours of your face after the fog of so much time,

PANEL 3: Same scene, the rabbit is a little deflated.
RABBIT: Jesse dude. ICE COLD.
TORTOISE: Come for the king, you best not miss.

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Want 5,000 more comics like this? Join us at Patreon.com/sheldoncomics for the *FULL* Sheldon archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! Sheldon Comics copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller
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Jon Juarez @harriorrihar.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Less future, more spring. (2017)
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
By Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI

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March 2, 2026

The human subconscious is such an interesting thing. No matter how much you think you’ve got it figured out, it’ll always spit out the most random stuff. Take me, for example. After coming home from a long day at the world’s most groundbreaking artificial intelligence organization, I’ll go to bed and have the weirdest dreams where people from the future are sobbing and begging me to change course.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
We are a few thousand subscribers away from being a bigger print newspaper than the Washington Post. We are a mere flurry away from humiliating one of the two Big Space Perverts. Ask not how a Space Pervert can dominate you. Ask how you can dominate a Space Pervert. Subscribe below.
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Don’t just read the news. Feel it. Be among the first to feel the news.
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5 foot Home Depot skeleton @redderbeanpaste.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
i think we all need to step back and realize that peak art was made when neolithic pot in the shape of a pig was fired
a round pottery piece with pig eyes and a snout
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Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 31/01/2026
Went to the opening of the Ghost in The Shell exhibit in Tokyo, on now until April.
A nighttime aerial view of a futuristic coastal megacity from Ghost in the Shell (1995), with dense skyscrapers, illuminated bridges, and waterways stretching toward a glowing skyline under a dark, cloudy sky. Original artwork at the exhibit in tokyo Rough animation sketch from Ghost in the Shell showing a man (Batou) falling backward while holding a handgun, drawn in loose pencil lines with construction marks visible.Detailed pencil drawing from Ghost in the Shell inside a military vehicle, holding a rifle, surrounded by mechanical panels and cables.Urban cityscape from Ghost in the Shell depicting tall, weathered Hong Kong styled apartment buildings with scaffolding, signage, and dense industrial detail under a hazy sky.
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Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.com · 19/01/2026
San Diego Comic-Con is banning AI-generated material for its annual art show
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San Diego Comic-Con Bans AI-Generated Material in Art Show
Previous policy allowed art with AI-generated elements to be displayed but not sold
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
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Neal Agarwal @neal.fun · 10/12/2025
Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :) The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used > neal.fun/size-of-life/
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Moon-Watcher @bobsmyusername.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Who has made this 🤣
Buster from the tv show ‘Arrested Development’ holding an arm full of plushies while he looks at his mother Lucille, saying, “these are my awards, mother, from FIFA.“
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PBF Comics @pbfcomics.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Two hands have an idea to give each other matching tattoos. Lefty gets a beautiful eagle tattoo rendered on their arm. Now it’s Righty’s turn to be inked, but he looks scared as Lefty wields the tattoo gun to draw a childishly-drawn sloppy eagle
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Eric Wastl @was.tl · 30/11/2025
The first #AdventOfCode 2025 puzzle comes out in about five hours! What's your plan? What language(s?!) are you using? What's your IDE of choice and why is it Vim? Do you have a comfy chair? Did you check out the beta release of Lua 5.5? How much sleep have you gotten? Drinking enough water? 🌟 ❤️ 🎄
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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Daily bunny no.3121 begins a new chapter
Some bunnies crew a two-masted ship as they ride across waves on the pages of a giant book, it's pages turning like waves. In front of them, another book's pages turn from a image of a storm to an image of a sunny sky, and one bunny at the bow of the ship points forward excitedly.
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Architecture Hub @architecturehub.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
fascinating low-angle satellite photo of new york city.
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shawn @whileromeburns.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
The Fables of Erlking Wood by Juni Ba is a superb graphic novel. Can’t recommend it enough my friends.
Picture of the graphic novel Erlking Wood. Cover is blue and gold, a figure carries a bag, behind her is a bear and a fox
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Léo Chérel @cherelleo.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
A bunch of nasty foes you might encounter along your way :
Sketchbook pages depicting a few fantasy inspired ennemies. from top left to bottom right : a tiny wizard, a great harpy covered in gold jewelry, a fly-guy thief, a bullfroag in armor with an axe, a regular harpy, a barbarian toad, a frog assassin with a scar on his face and a classic goblin bandit.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Game on.
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Samuel Schultz @lunick.itch.io · 05/08/2025
New fucked up controller....keyboard found
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shawn @whileromeburns.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Best news in a long time www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
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4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
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shawn @whileromeburns.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Pretty Deadly Vol 1 was friggin awesome. East of West fans should enjoy this western.
Photo of the trade paperback Pretty Deadly Vol 1
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Alariko @alariko.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Gate
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pork, cheese, broccoli rabe @garlicbuffalo.gobirds.biz · 21/06/2025
amtrak’s marketing team gets it
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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 04/05/2023
I got up close with a Portuguese man-o-war and my god these animals are shockingly beautiful.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 13/06/2025
An advance look at “On Parade,” David Plunkert’s cover for next week's issue. #NewYorkerCovers
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shawn @whileromeburns.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Spring storm rolling thru Brooklyn
View from Brooklyn of a distant storm over NJ/the upper bay. Large blue gray clouds dominate the frame. The horizon is slightly orange and there’s pockets of rain falling. You can just make out cranes in red hook and the Statue of Liberty. Near us the buildings are still dry.
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/04/2025
PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Some stats from 100 days in on congestion pricing: - Complaints about car-honking are down 70% - The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48% - 6 million fewer cars - Half as many traffic-related injuries - 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year
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How Well Is Congestion Pricing Doing? Very.
One hundred days in, honking is down; bus speeds are up.
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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 12/03/2025
Don't be afraid
illustration of a vampire in a red cape looking into the mouth of a giant wolf. The image is from the upcoming "Vampire Tarot" by Sasha Graham and Abigail Larson
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Want to go visit the national parks this year? Sorry. The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
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Yosemite halts camping reservations, with no timetable for their return
Yosemite halts camping reservations, with no timetable for their return at a time when federal employees are being laid off
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Micah @rincewind.run · 08/02/2025
the origin of the name Guybrush Threepwood is one of my favorite things in video games they didn’t have a name for the Monkey Island protagonist at the time so they saved the sprite as “guy” the file was a “brush” file in Deluxe Paint so the artist saved it as “guybrush.bbm” and, well, it stuck
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