Sunday, 6 March 2022

Boba vs. Peacemaker smackdown

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I recently watched both Disney's The Book of Boba Fett and HBO's Peacemaker. Both shows are escapist fantasy: one a Space Western, ...
Sunday, 22 August 2021

The great COVID lockdown DS9 rewatch: The Way of the Warrior Commentary (Season 4 Premiere)

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The Klingons drive up to DS9 soda shop with a massive war fleet. They circle the station like a biker gang, turning on and off their cloaks ...
Friday, 20 August 2021

The great COVID lockdown DS9 rewatch: Season 3 wrap up

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Season 3 has seen a huge shift in the nature of the show: it's always had a bit of Buffy to it (episodic, seasonal, and show story arcs ...
Wednesday, 18 August 2021

The Great COVID lockdown DS9 rewatch

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I’ve not been really enjoying the new Trek. It’s flashy, fast paced and has lots of explosions, and yet... it doesn’t feel like Trek to me. ...
Thursday, 29 July 2021

Map of 2020

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It's been years and years since I did the Map of Humanity, a madly ambitious attempt to map out the human experience along the lines of ...
Thursday, 22 July 2021

Belated Westworld Season II reflections

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The most interesting thing to me about season two of Westworld was the way it contrasted the attitudes and goals of Maeve and Dolores.  ...
Tuesday, 20 July 2021

Warlord of Io - Nose Virus!

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Found this old strip, which with COVID somehow seems even more relevant. Obviously, sentient viruses are the next step in gain of function r...
Friday, 16 July 2021

Making illustrations in ProCreate

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I've done a few, all for on-screen, nothing for print. I've done a lot of print work, almost all of it using Adobe Illustrator. On-s...
Thursday, 15 July 2021

Map of Humanity can now be conquered in Lux!

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My Map of Humanity , the most outlandishly ambitious (and completely bonkers) project I've ever undertaken, is a map now in Lux, thanks ...
Monday, 12 July 2021

Life drawing: traditional vs. digital

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I thought it might be interesting to contrast life drawings I did on paper with those on the iPad Pro, using ProCreate.  ProCreate definitel...
Thursday, 8 July 2021

First scribbles and life drawing with ProCreate

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The first drawing I did on the iPad Pro was at lunch on the workplace patio; a coworker had brought his iPad, and we both did a drawing base...
Monday, 5 July 2021

What's the best drawing software for iPad (Pro)?

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An Adobe Draw piece I exported as a PNG; all flat shapes, no soft edges.  Once you've gotten your spiffy new iPad, you have to decide wh...