Hey
@torbooks
@paolini
! I am a full-time graphic designer and I redesigned the cover for Fractal Noise to show that the exact same concept very clearly be done better by a real human artist. I’m available for freelance work if you decide to stand against AI art.
#fractalnoise
just turned down a project for a sac band bc they’re featuring j*nny cr*ig on a song in the year of our lord 2022 i cannot believe people still don’t get what is wrong with this
@keldotlauren
1st draft: here are some options that i really loved! here are all the ways i tried to balance and incorporate your references, this was so fun to work on :)
30 emails later: at this point the revisions have exceeded the scope of the initial quote, i can do that but it will cost
New one for the lovely folks in
@nightlife_xo
✨ we wanted to do something that feels fresh but also very much calls back to the Y2K aesthetic and I really love how this one came out ✨ one of my faves from the last few months.
Very stoked to be able to share the brand new album cover I designed for my wonderful friends in Conquer Divide ✨ their first album was one of the earliest album covers I ever did, back in 2015, and I’ve been working with them ever since. Go preorder ✨✨✨
Update for those following my Fractal Noise post - Christopher sent a nice message thanking me for the work and reiterating that it’s complicated and they’re moving forward as-is. IMO there’s much more
@torbooks
could be doing so it’s disappointing but grateful for the support ❤️
@TheSacredShrimp
@Housemarque
Yeah Hades functions like this and it doesn’t fuck up the roguelike aspect at all. There’s no loading mid-run saves to try again all it does is hold the place you stopped at.
lil approved poster for The 1975 for their show tonight in AZ ✨ always fun to get to work on colorful abstract stuff like this, would love to do more posters in this vein
streets are saying the hot couples costume for halloween 2024 is gonna be to dress up as lucy dacus and julien baker dressing up as pete davidson and ariana grande
@inthefade
it’s so funny because he’s been telling right wingers on twitter to fuck off, in those exact words, for like. his entire career. like how do you not know
Even if nothing else comes out of the Tor / Paolini drama I’ve gotten a few inquiries about book cover design already which is super neat on account of I am a huge book nerd but have mostly only worked in the music industry for most of my career ✨
Songs that are unequivocally bangers:
Before He Cheats
Total Eclipse of the Heart
Toxic
MMMBop
Everytime We Touch
What Makes You Beautiful
the iCarly theme
Bad Day
I Kissed A Girl
Paper Planes
Africa
The Great Escape
Big Girls Don’t Cry
Bubbly
Very very stoked to share the first of several approved designs I did for Sum 41’s summer tour! I’ve been a fan of the band for a long time and it means a lot to be able to design a whole merch line for them on one of their final tours ✨ avail all summer on their EU + US dates!
@LHissrich
I’m a big fan of the Witcher show and what you’ve done with it and this makes me pretty sad to see because I know the heart of the show is kind and that your intentions are good. We cannot include bigots and hateful people at the cost of making vulnerable folks feel unsafe.
@LHissrich
It’s exclusionary of you to start conversations with people that are bullying and harassing people. Inviting someone like TQ into any space is explicitly exclusionary and alienating to everyone that he has made feel unsafe.
@keldotlauren
learning to not see the design industry as a competition is sooooo liberating too. it’s so much more fun to see other designers thriving and doing exciting projects than it is to like indulge in jealousy, there’s plenty of work for everyone and we can all “win”
came out as non-binary to my parents and close friends a couple days ago. been having wild impostor syndrome about it like with everything.
here I am putting this out in one of my smaller corners of the internet. same pronouns thanks folks
smashing pumpkins would be a better band if their singer was hayley williams and they also had taylor york and zac farro and they played paramore songs
i don’t really post my work™️ on here but i got to handle the design work for attack attack’s new stuff and it was very cool to be able to work on the branding for such a formative band
update !!! no longer using they / them pronouns ✨ much as I vibe with gender being nebulous / a social construct, the longer I am on HRT the surer I become that my gender lies on the fem side of said social spectrum so I’m divesting myself of non-binary-ism for the time being ✨
@MFAnerd
@saywhatagain
The Totoro Disney dub is atrocious but the Castle in the Sky dub remains iconic. Cloris Leachman as Dola, Mark Hamill (a better VA than he is a regular actor) as Muska, little baby James Van Der Beek as Pazu are all perfect
@LHissrich
I mean, if you understand the problem with platforming someone like TQ and the damage that it does to the marginalized folks that are a fan of your show, why is the video still up? The way to create inclusive spaces isn’t by reaching a hand out to toxic folks to hear their story.
One of a few approved designs for Delta Goodrem out right now on tour for the 20th anniversary of her album Innocent Eyes ✨ wanted to do something that felt like a combo of a 90s / 2000s magazine cover and a vintage event tee and I really love how this one came out ✨
Costco tells TMZ they don’t even sell baby oil after Diddy’s lawyer suggested he had 1,000 bottles because he buys them in bulk from Costco.
“None of the company’s US locations carry baby oil”