The Silver Swan, built by John Joseph Merlin and James Cox, 1773.
Source: Mechanical Marvels, Clockwork Dreams (BBC)
mater dolorosa, mother of sorrows.
prints available here
we were talking about emotional trauma in psychology today and somebody brought up SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG AND WE LITERALLY DISCUSSED HOW MUCH HIS LIFE MUST SUCK FOR LIKE 30 MINUTES
THIS IS THE EDUCATION I SIGNED UP FOR
ethics of making AI images aside, I do find a bit amusing the kinds of sob stories and mental gymnastics people make up to pretend like drawing is this super technical skill with an impossibly high barrier of entry when its like one of the first hobbies toddlers pick up
suddenly a lot of people think they got the next Lord of the Rings in their head but they were never able to turn their stories into anything tangible because the evil elitist artists are hogging all the talent and skill and they need a bajilion years of training or something as if one of the most popular manga and anime of the past decade wasn't made by a guy that draws like this
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A friend got me thinking of 300 yrs later, Bad Future Shadow.
Hackers...
Hi, been a hot minute, but
its more of an instagram fiasco, however it wouldn’t hurt to post it here too.
All of this, for bitcoin and money. Greed is truly a horrid thing. Below are screenshots of this guys cashapp and the fake post he made on my friends account. I may be too hopeful, but I’m hoping they get caught and are also charged with identity theft. Pretending to be my friend to hack others he knows and those who follow him… I’m heated.
Be safe, guys.
Another thing, please just block the account if you have an instagram. My bud is in the process of getting it back, but all we can do to stop this guy in their tracks is block the account anywhere it goes.
What work do you actually do in Multiversus?
I write all the pre-fight, mid-fight, and post-fight dialogue and interactions for all the characters, plus the dialogue and stories in the new PvE Rift mode. Oh and trailers and cinematics I suppose. I also help with naming all the cosmetics and writing blurbs and descriptions for the shop and various menus. Basically, if it’s in multiversus and has words or VO I was probably involved at some point.
FAREWELL
Hello there! A long time ago on Twitter, I saw a post from you involving potential stories you'd like to do in the future, one of them involving Davy Jones as a bounty hunter. Out of curiosity, does your Davy look anything like the one from the Pirates of the Caribbean films?
Dave Jones! He wasn't a bounty hunter, but he was a ghost (and demons maybe) hunter! I'm honestly not sure if I wanna go forward with making his story into a comic. He MIGHT do better in the form of a video game tbh!
Which is EXTREMELY ambitious to make, yeah, but I gotta go with my gut feeling on this one.
I don't think he looks too much like Davy Jones from POTC? Like, he's got the face tentacles but I'd say that's the only real similarity.
For reference, here's a sketch I very very quickly did for you for him so you can see for yourself (VERY ROUGH, I DID THIS IN LIKE 5 MINUTES)