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Day 25 of Inktober 2026 - Today was my best friends birthday. I used some of his stuff and love of art to give him the Brush Buster. This one also comes with the pencil sketch to show some of how I set up the layout of these.

I think I've decided that before I begin drawing the Pokemon trainers as a daily art project, I need to take a break from Bluesky and most of the internet in general. I'm becoming a bit of an aggressive person again and I don't like that. So I'm going to take a week away, and when I return, art. :)

I applied at a car wash. Before any paperwork could even be filled out, the owner gave me a walk through the facility and explained things like their work flow and scheduling and basically that I would have to live for the car wash. I didn't show up for my first shift due to too many red flags.

AAA developers with billions of dollars: "We HAVE to use Game-Key Cards on Switch 2 because actually putting the game on a cartridge is unreasonably expensive, it just can't be done!" Indie developers also working at Wal-Mart to pay bills: "Oh yeah our Switch 2 game is actually on the cartridge."

Got blocked by two different people today, in two different comment chains and contexts, for daring to suggest that we could maybe learn something from studying the negative parts of history rather than pretending they never happened at all so we repeat their mistakes. Oh, Bluesky, you're so silly.

I don't know why it didn't occur to me sooner to pick up the project I abandoned a few years ago where I drew the human characters from Pokemon. I was doing it side-by-side with the Pokemon themselves for a while, but it was too much at the time. ...maybe I'll start that project again later today.

reminder

The Society of Authors has decided they hate human authors.

"You say you dislike AI, and yet you keep unwillingly having to endure it being forced into literally everything that exists. Curious!"

So, I'm finally moving and getting things started on ACTUALLY living instead of surviving. I'm in a really toxic environment now, but I'll be leaving in mid-late January. As such, I'm kinda desperate. I have no way of getting any of my more essential possessions there. gofund.me/80b5361ea

There are two types of people

Imagine if at some point in the future, The Simpsons ends a season with one of their future-flash-forward episodes. The next season then premieres with another episode set in that same future, and the next episode, and the next. The show quietly does a time skip, and this time it sticks.

shoutout to the guest artists for my new book, including Sarah's Scribbles! Get the book HERE ❤️ kickstarter.com/projects/mrlovenstein/mr-lovenstein-presents-fun

Brand new scummy thing I encountered this morning: Spam emails (in this case from STARZ) that only allow you to unsubscribe from their mailing list if you disable your ad blocker first. Nope, I'll just block your email address entirely. Same difference.

"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.

Weather app: "A station alert has been issued for your location!" Me: *opens weather app to see what the alert's about* Weather app: "Clear skies and sunny all day :) " You know, THIS is why I have anxiety, phone

I started replaying FF7 Remake a few days ago to refresh myself for a playthrough of Rebirth. I'm going to get *a lot* of hate for what I'm about to say, but I don't think in my first time through the game I fully caught on to how irritating and unlikeable this version of Jessie actually is.

Anxiety be like??

Day 1 of Inktober 2026 - The Mega Beginning Back for another year of Inktober. Prompts will be coming in the coming days but for the first few I will be making ones of own ideas. So I made ProtoMan for the Mega Man X series. I am gonna try to take photos for before and after the coloring.

Am I alone in thinking that every episode of the new Scrubs seasons feel like they're all the same episode?

Some things are worth more than their price tag. A game can be a memory, and a collection can be a lifetime. We know we can’t replace what was lost, but we hope this can be the beginning of a new chapter. Games are meant to be remembered and passed on. Forever Physical. https://bit.ly/4hgnFu0

This "iced coffee at interviews" debate has convinced me to bring one to any job interview I may or may not have in the future just so I can filter out toxic employers.

Debating something a little different to get back into the swing of daily art, since I'm looking forward to Danganronpa 2x2 I might start drawing the cast from the three main games (not the anime or UDG), but excluding / obscuring some things about certain characters to avoid spoilers, of course.

I think I want to try playing through a Fire Emblem game, which of these ones that I have access to should I play? - Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light - Three Houses - Path of Radiance - The Blazing Blade - The Sacred Stones

It started with genuine excitement and then got worse and worse the more I read

Insomnia struck tonight, so rather than just lay here listening to my brain, I decided to draw this very strong kobold I'm playing in a Pathfinder 2e game (that's currently on hiatus). Vuk, a Giant instinct Barbarian. Gonna try to refine, ink, color, and properly scan this tomorrow.

It's official: Starbucks is gutting DEI policies company-wide to curry favor with Florida politicians as our union's call for a boycott grows. Vote with your dollar. BOYCOTT STARBUCKS.

It's like poetry

I wonder if we're going to get to the point where people get so fed up with streaming services always getting more expensive at the same time they make themselves worse to use, and video rental stores are able to make a comeback.

Physical media wins again!

🪞 Psychic-type September! 🪞 DAY 19: #BRONZOR "They are found in ancient tombs. The patterns on their backs are said to be imbued with mysterious power." #pokemon #pokemonart #myart #traditionalart #fanart

Passed out in the bathroom last night. I'm beginning to suspect there's a little bit more going on than just my allergies flaring up.

Seed Shanty

Huge thank you to my body for waiting until after I finished my Pokedex art project before making me feel very sick today

Days 622 and 623: Golett and Golurk

"It's impossible for a small team of one or two people to make a video game without generative AI!" Uh-huh. Tell that to the creators of: - Balatro - Cave Story - Minecraft - Stardew Valley - Undertale - Vampire Survivors ...among other gigantic successes that were made by solo or small teams.

Daily Pokemon art practice #1024: Terapagos The penultimate Pokemon is this adorable diamond turtle :)

After today's drawing I only have one more Pokemon left in the Pokedex. I'm going to continue my drawings after that, but it won't be daily, as I want to focus back in on writing stories as well. There WILL still be art posted to this account, but most likely only one, two, or three things per week.