iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Zen @zenwithapen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Just realized I hadn't posted the work from my pfp! I haven't been able to work on involved landscapes like this for too long and need to start a new one, I just don't have any good ideas right now lol. #art #digitalart #digitalpainting #illustration

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Zen @zenwithapen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I'm still kinda mourning the fact that almost every educational tv channel has devolved into a cesspool of brain rotting filth. Every time I see a commercial for something on TLC I get this pang of profound sadness for what's been lost to greed and misanthropy.

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BP-TETSU @bp-tetsu.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

伊予鉄石手川公園駅モジュール夜景バージョン✨️ #鉄道ジオラマ #鉄道模型 #Nゲージ #ミニチュア

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Zen @zenwithapen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The seasons are changing, can't wait for cold foggy mornings. #art #digitalart #digitalpainting #illustration

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Yuumei Art @yuumeiart.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Growth and Decay I saw a sapling growing from the stumps of a decaying tree while walking my huskies and imagined the ghost of the dead tree watching over its successor. 1/2 #art #painting #tree

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Zen @zenwithapen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I just really need Youtube to have a far more responsive algo. We shouldn't have to resort to a binary block/pass to nudge it in SOME direction, because the 'Not Interested' button does next to nothing. We should not have to carefully curate a temperamental feed!

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Zen @zenwithapen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Lighting practice that stopped being practice at around 45 minutes lol #art #digitalpainting #clipstudiopaint

Image of overgrown stairs leading up to a torii gate flanked on both sides by very dense forest vegetation, light filters through the canopy overhead. Through the gate is an ominous and unnatural darkness.

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Zen @zenwithapen.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Old practice piece, exploring form and color in flora.

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Zen @zenwithapen.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Is there a way to filter the topics in the trending window? I like the feature but if could never see anything about Big Brother or Pro Wrestling again that would be fantastic.

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frog @ read BtG @frogletcomics.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

w....wait.... you mean to tell me.... gulps..... putting money into the arts.......is profitable and..........produces............g-good outcomes for everyone?

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Zen @zenwithapen.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Alternate headline: "Meta, after having made scores of critical errors in product design, management, marketing, and investment, turns to gambling"

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 23/06/2026

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through 6/26, enjoy free standard shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

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Tsuyoshi Hirose/カメラマン @cametsuyoshi.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

おはようございます。う〜ん、今日はまた肌寒いですね。もう面倒臭いのでTシャツ１枚で外に出ましたが…寒い😭 #photography #japanese_landscape #landscape_photography #日本の風景 #風景写真 #写真好きな人と繋がりたい

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Zen @zenwithapen.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

So... are we going to be renaming Microsoft Build to Microsoft Prompt? or perhaps Microsoft Agentic? The word 'build' evokes some level of manual involvement, which seems far outside their current trajectory.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 20/05/2026

Last year I put together a guide to help people get off US tech — and that includes Google. There are a lot of alternatives there they will help you make a plan to pull away from Google services, and all the rest of them too.

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Zen @zenwithapen.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I remember the smell of the summer evening, the sound of crickets and and the cars in the distance. We sat and talked about everything and nothing at all as the last light day gave way to night. #art #digitalart

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Zen @zenwithapen.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

A new piece! Expanding on a headworld that's basically The Witcher but set in a fantasy Japanese (might expand it to be more broadly East Asian) setting rather than a fantasy European setting. #art #illustration #fantasyart #digitalart

In a field of wheat a warrior monk dismounts and approaches a cursed and dying forest while a giant skeletal demon leers at him as it towers, crouched, above the forest, under a cloudy sky. The monk (based on popular depictions of sohei), facing away from the viewer, is dressed in armor and wearing a white monks hood and vest. His armor is adorned with various charms and wards including shide and a shimenawa tied around his waist. He's holding a tanegashima matchlock, and wears a pair of swords at his waist. His black and red Osode are a little anachronistic but I wanted to portray his armor as a being little piecemeal. His horse is a chestnut Kiso, with bright red tack and saddle, and carries two decorated wooden boxes suspended on its flanks by red and white rope. Its head is turned as to keep an eye on the danger. The giant demon they face is an immense skeleton that towers over the distant treeline even when crouching. Horns, tusks and fangs give it an evil appearance, along side a blackish vapor that seeps from its bones, the same vapor that covers the forest below. The demon itself is based off of a monster from Japanese folklore known as a gashadokuro. (Sorry if this isn't a very good description, I try my best but words were never a strength for me)

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Zen @zenwithapen.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

It's really starting to feel like the mid 00s again. War in the mid east, high gas prices, inflation, an over valued market, a very unpopular administraion, we're back in space, SW/LOTR/HP are all back, all we're missing is some transformative angsty rock, rap, and indie music and we'll be so back.

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Zen @zenwithapen.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Can Bluesky please just rollback whatever unchecked vibecoded jackass update is tanking their platform?

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Zen @zenwithapen.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Imagine my joy and relief when seeing wildflowers trending and it's not somehow a sports team named The Wildflowers. Nothing against sports, but sometimes it feels like all I ever see in trending is that and the horrors.

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Zen @zenwithapen.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Made it through the first season of The Pitt, and can confidently say it's the best medical drama I've ever watched.

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Zen @zenwithapen.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I wish Ningen Isu had a Bluesky so I could follow them on here.

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Zen @zenwithapen.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

NY man admits he can, AT BEST, be most charitably described as an idiot.

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James Vincent @jjvincent.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

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Zen @zenwithapen.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Damn, Mick Foley still the GOAT huh?

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Zen @zenwithapen.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Seeing videos talk about how AI can make anime 10x better and faster, as if lots of people watch anime just to consume content. It's about appreciating the artistry and effort. The very thing that makes shows like Garden of Words so impressive and appealing is that it was made by dedicated people.

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santy @santodrive2.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Rip Tatsuya Nakadai The screen feels emptier today

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Lackadaisy Tracy @lackadaisy.bsky.social · 02/11/2024

Article. A good read, especially if you're in need of a little bit of hope for the world. magazine.atavist.com/the-crash-of...

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Zen @zenwithapen.bsky.social · 02/11/2024

Over the Garden Wall really was a masterclass on how to make a mini-series.

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Zen @zenwithapen.bsky.social · 27/10/2024

If you see this - post a knight!

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Zen @zenwithapen.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

First part of a series I made some time ago. I haven't had much time to paint in the last year so I'd like share some older work until I can make more.

Digital painting of a samurai in red armor and a mino walking though a snow laden forest toward the first torii of a shrine, while carrying a blood soaked bag. In the background visibility fades to white but the faint outline of a mountain can be made out. A cliff face dominates the upper right corner of the piece, and the trunk of a tree dominates the left side in the extreme foreground.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 02/10/2024

I will remember this exchange for as long as I live.

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