Matt's Art Blog

[melivillosa]

Available for work 2026 from melissaballesteros on Vimeo.

Available for work as storyboard artist, I have 16 years of experience in TV for preschool shows and publicity. If you are interested, you can contact me at [email protected]

Disponible para trabajar como artista de storyboard, tengo 16 años de experiencia en TV para programas preescolares y publicidad. si le interesa pueden contactarme por [email protected]

[thepromiscuousfinger]

[deceasedcardinal]

[blupeeblep]

Like to charge, reblog to cast

[lunarhades0]

A Month With the Analogue Pocket

One hazy night, while I was a guest in the hospital for reasons I dare not share, I found a Grape Analogue Pocket on Ebay that was far overpriced. I threw in a lowball offer, and had a fitful night of rest. When I awoke, I was surprised to find that the seller had accepted my offer. In a panic, I sent them a message trying to cancel it. After all, I didn't need a new device to play Gameboy Color games, and cartridges are expensive! Upsetting me at the time, the seller sent me a rude "No" to cancelling it, and shipped it off.

Despite that initial panic and regret, I eagerly awaited the package, and I found some cartridges to play. And I was blown away almost immediately, it felt great (as it should for the price) and the screen was just gorgeous. I didn't understand how authentic, and incredible, the screen would look in person. The Gameboy Color is my favorite console of all time, and this really feels like the optimal way to play those games.

The Analogue Pocket is an FPGA handheld console, which can play Gameboy, Gameboy Color, and Gameboy Advance cartridges. The display has a perfect 10x integer scale for Gameboy and Gameboy Color, and it is unlike anything else I have used. It can play a handful of other systems if you buy cartridge slot adapters, however I haven't dipped my toes into those experiences. And it has OpenFPGA, which I do not use, but I know is a big deal to many people who buy this device. I'm 100% cartridge right now, and for that experience it has been incredible.

While I was waiting for the arrival of my Analogue Pocket, I dug through my garage and found my original copies of Tetris and Pokemon Pinball, and stopped by a local shop to get a few others, mostly focusing on games I had never played before. Namely, the Pokemon: Trading Card Game, which I had been eyeing since I was a kid.

The first thing I did was play Tetris, with the green monotone filter to mimic the original Gameboy, and it was just incredible. Reviews and photos cannot do the screen's impressive visuals justice. It felt both like I was taken back to my childhood, but also enhanced and modern, in a perfect blend. I'm still just as bad at Tetris as I was back then, maybe even worse now, but I had a huge smile on my face as I did it.

The next thing I did was load up Pokemon Pinball, and I almost cried. My Pokédex completion from playing the game 25 years ago was still there. The rumble still worked, and the game looked perfect. I did not realize how much of this tactile experience I was missing out on with software emulation. Taking carts in and out of the device, blowing on them when there's some dust, it all feels so real and somehow fun.

Even getting into cart maintenance and repair has been fun. I learned how to solder to replace the battery on The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages since the copy I was gifted wouldn't save. Opening up cartridges to clean or repair them makes me feel like I'm preserving history.

The Gameboy Advance experience on the Pocket isn't as good as the Gameboy experience, but I still like it quite a bit. The games look nice, and being able to bind the L and R buttons to where X and Y would be is excellent. The L and R buttons on the Pocket are fairly uncomfortable, but that makes up for it. There is some letterboxing, but I am easily able to ignore that. I would like an Analogue Advance at some point, to make it a bit easier to enjoy GBA games, but they're still quite good on here.

Overall the Analogue Pocket has been incredible for my mental health, and my focus. I am able to grab a cartridge, and play it, and not worry about what else I could be playing, or have to wade through a huge menu of games to make a decision. It has helped me stay in the moment. The sleep mode also makes it easy to hop in and out to play in short bursts when I have the chance. I have beaten more games in the past month than I did the entirety of 2025.

Hunting for cartridges has also become an activity for my whole family. My wife has a DS Lite that she started collecting DS games for, my kids each got a 2DSXL for Christmas, and they've also enjoyed browsing and collecting child appropriate DS and 3DS games.

Unfortunately, here comes the part I have been dreading. As much as I love the Analogue Pocket, I cannot recommend hunting on Ebay and paying scalped prices, and that is the reality of buying one of these right now. Analogue hasn't has a restock in quite some time, and secondhand prices are going wild. If you want to hunt and hope for a good price, because you love the Gameboy Color like I do, absolutely do that. But if you just want to buy something new that works, I would suggest what I would've bought had I not gotten this lucky break, which is the Funny Playing Gameboy Color. That is a different FPGA Gameboy Color, which is probably more than good enough for most people, and I probably would've loved it almost as much as I love the Analogue Pocket.

At the end of the day, I do love the Analogue Pocket, it is going to be my companion for the foreseeable future. There are new Gameboy, Gameboy Color, and Gameboy Advance games coming out, and I have so much to explore and collect in that realm, in addition to all of the older cartridges I am also collecting. 2026 is the year of the Gameboy Color in my eyes, and I hope others enjoy it too, in any way they can!

[sarahseeandersen]

It’s coming.

[kawacy]

Princess Bubblegum a.k.a Marceline’s wife

[coeykuhn]

Shy’s Kickstarter for her monster girl pins are less than $200 away from being fully funded! I ended up doodling a lil thing for it because I’m excited, mini postcard print of this will probably be thrown in for backers too <3

[sewdesune]

Today’s the last day to get my new digital hoodie sewing pattern at 33% off! Then it goes back up to full price :) Thank you everyone for the overwhelming positive response during its launch! ♡

[sketchlab-deactivated20170810]

Be safe at work.

I occasionally get people asking if I do NSFW commissions. I guess I’m out of touch with the internet because I don’t know why people would want that, but they do, so I have decided to make a price chart:

 $12 - No protection (safety glasses, gloves, steel-toe boots) 

$23 - Unsafe use or misuse of power tools 

$43 - Improper cleanup and storage of chemical spills 

$51 - Unlicensed/unsafe use of heavy equipment (forklift, palette cart, trash compactor, etc)

*Extra for color.

*All power tools will be DEWALT or RYOBI 18V systems. It’s just what I’m comfortable with.

[makkon]

june art dump part 2 part 1 | part 3

various doodles and a whole assload of naked people

[alyssatallent]

Jumping on the Wonder Woman bandwagon. I haven’t gotten the chance to see it yet, but I’m excited it’s been doing so well! Hopefully I’ll get to see it soon 🙏

-Alyssa Tallent

[pernilleoe]

Very excited for @atomicblondemovie to come out! Looks amazing! #girlsinanimation #drawing #doodle #atomicblonde @charlizeafrica @davidmleitch

[sketchlab-deactivated20170810]

Forest animals

[brendthecow]

:D

[brendthecow]

#3dart #accountability update! I was able to make some time to return to #zbrush hair work last night. I was given some great feedback that has definitely improved things too, so thanks for the help Jean-Pascal :D

[brendthecow]

#accountability update time! Left image is a paint-over offered by a Facebook friend (thanks, Leslie!), and on the right is tonight's progress. Meant to sculpt for an hour - ended up sculpting for 2.5. Lost track of time, but I was having fun so it was worth the lost sleep. :) #zbrush #3dart

[brendthecow]

#accountability #zbrush sculpt update. Face shape is improved, but the eyes are too big/western, the ear shape is a little off, nose needs to be more rabbit-y?,and I still haven't done much with the mouth. #3dart

[brendthecow]

Last #3dart #accountability update for the day. Thanks to a lot of tinkering and some really good Discord feedback (thanks, all!) she's starting to look more like the concept. #zbrush