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My current camera kit for this summer. Granted some are getting more love than others.

Starting from the front smallest camera and moving towards the back are as follows: Kodak Charmera, Pentax Optio H90, Sony alpha A6000, Sony Digital Mavica FD-88.

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Spent the weekend watching old Dino documentaries which of course lead to more sketches, only this time in blue crayon. I’m going to have to find my old sharpener soon if I want more details. Or just buy a new one if they are still making those.

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Took a trip to Tilles park and I stumbled across this concrete turtle that just so happens to look like a knockoff of the ones in Turtle park.

I didn’t think there were any other surviving Bob Cassilly statues outside of Forest Park and the City Museum. There wasn’t a plaque, and this poor turtle looked like he could use some tlc. I’m not sure who made it but it was cool looking.



The turtle also didn’t seem too out of place with the surrounding building and the playground that was lacking kids mostly due to the heat wave we are under. Though this ment it was a very short trip to the park.

Maybe there are more concrete animals hiding at Tilles Park that I’ve just never seen. 

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Ever since I watched Frog and Toad when I was little I always wanted to get my hands on some of the armatures, the animators were using so I could make my own stop motion animations.

I was appeased for a bit in high school with Lego and Mega Bloks figures. Storing the photos onto countless floppy disks to make brick videos using micromedia flash, but it just wasn’t the same.

Now with the advancement of 3D printing and the designer of the Dummy 13 model, Soozafone (lucky 13), I have gotten my hands on something very similar to those early stop animation armatures.

I sadly don’t have the programming or storage space to do any stop animation projects at the moment. But for now just setting up these cinematographic snapshots are good enough. Like a peak into another world of robots and bones

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But you just have to wonder sometimes what really is a tree..

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Welp that’s a rap. TikTok is officially gone for now. Hopefully it will come back, but it won’t be the same.

I’m slowly moving my TikTok videos onto BlueSky and back into YouTube unless they are on my channel already.

Once all of that is done I can start the rebuilding/rebranding process and maybe make more art. Besides the daily doodles.

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So it’s time for a rebrand! So say goodbye to Ratkey Publications and hello to Ratkey Designs!!

Updated logos, badges, and more are on their way, once I have the energy to do so.