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Web & Graphic Designer, Gamer, and in General an All Around Geek

[grickle14]

It had come to that.

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You are driving through the desert and you find a bottle of turtle wax

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Game Grumps - Paper Mario Badges

While watching part 76 of the Paper Mario play through on Game Grumps, this is what kept going through my mind as Arin was "venting" about fans trying to hel...

A short video of the thoughts that I kept having while watching an episode of Game Grumps

Link to the episode here

[theartofmichaelwhelan]

Before you buy that shirt…

We have been experiencing a serious uptick in copyright violations recently, specifically in advertisements from “Fans of…” Facebook pages.

In the past couple of weeks, I’ve been playing whack-a-mole with a Dark Tower “community” that has been ripping off Michael Whelan’s KA symbol. I suspect this is the same group of thieves I had banned from Facebook last year for rampant copyright violation.

The ads in question are for t-shirts, mugs, etc printed almost exclusively through Teechip, a campaign driven t-shirt printer that has a disturbing number of alternatively branded websites out there.

If you see a Michael Whelan product that doesn’t look legitimate, please let us know and we can confirm whether the product has been properly licensed. We have a lot of fans doing this already and the extra eyes help enormously.

Was your artwork ripped off?

If you are an artist with a similar experience, please reach out and share the details of the copyright infringement.

I’m trying to open a dialogue with Facebook’s intellectual property department to see if we can find a better way to protect artist rights on social media. The more evidence I have, the easier it will be to get their attention.

This is something I’m doing on my own time as a fan, and I’m happy to share my experience to help others navigate the process.

Signal boost please. Thank you!

Mike Jackson [email protected]

P.S. If you see a cool shirt out there, find out who the artist is. Then you can make sure you’re supporting their work.

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Don't steal art, and especially don't try to sell it as if it were condoned by the artist.

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Hollywood's Greatest Trick

A short documentary on why the VFX industry is essentially broken

See the video along with a good article discussing the topic in further detail HERE

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LoFree Retro Mechanical Typewriter Keyboard

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Osaka based photographer, hot.kenobi, takes pictures of his action figures that are awesome.

[clientsfromhell]

Oh look, each pantone color has its own hashtag, how trendy is that!

A client who doesn’t understand hex codes.     (via clientsfromhell)

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@lumpofmoss

[dezemberzwolf]

Hacker voice: I’m in

[fgrobichiko]

(ten tinier hacker voices:“I’m in” “I’m in” “I’m in” “I’m in” “I’m in” “I’m in” “I’m in” “I’m in” “I’m in” “I’m in” )

[digg]

this photo was taken in the Digg office :_ )

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The story of how Mass Effect came to be.

[incidentalcomics]

Adventures of the Ampersand 

This comic appears in the latest issue of The Southampton Review.

Posters are available at my shop.

You can now pre-order my book, The Shape of Ideas.

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Akira: How to Animate Light

Great video describing light in animation< but also reafirming my love of Akira.

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[did-you-know]

mymodernmet:

Playful Pastry Chef Turns Ordinary Desserts Into Delightful Mini Scenes

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I always try to cite any source when I make a gif or post any pictures. Heck there have even been times I have not posted something because I couldn't find a proper source. I just hope I never sourced something to a fake.

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ANA

A great short that deserves a lot more views.

[gamechangershow]

Click here to see a bonus panel!

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Borrowed Time

Amazing short directed by Andrew Coats & Lou Hamou-Lhadj.

Also watch he featurette - Why We Made Borrowed Time