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Karl 👻 Parakenings - Looking for Work

@forkingpath.bsky.social

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Writer, programmer, narrative and technical designer. Freelance. 12+ years of gamedev experience. Looking for contract and fulltime.

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Karl 👻 Parakenings - Looking for Work @forkingpath.bsky.social · 22h

Process breakdown of the STRANGE TALES OF THE SOUTH SHORE poster I did last month! It was a delight to work on, as working with Smog Town Prod. & Ken Amlin always is. Find Ken's instagram at @k___r___a and check out more behind-the-scenes fun from STRANGE TALES!

Strange Tales of the South Shore Poster (2025), Karl Parakenings

Done in four days in Clip Studio PAINT, using primarily DAUB and Frenden brushes on a Wacom Intuos tablet. Based on principal photography by Ken Amlin, who also directed the series, and did the graph...

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Karl 👻 Parakenings - Looking for Work @forkingpath.bsky.social · 56m

I think so, at least

Karl 👻 Parakenings - Looking for Work @forkingpath.bsky.social · 58m

Just a kind word at a low moment. I don't remember the specifics. But it helped me believe that I could be different, and my life could be better.

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Karl 👻 Parakenings - Looking for Work @forkingpath.bsky.social · 1h

You helped turn my life around, no exaggeration

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merritt @merrittk.com · 1h

s/o to everyone from working class backgrounds in the arts and entertainment who clawed their way to where they are without the benefit of family wealth, career experience, or connections

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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𝕃𝕦𝕔𝕒𝕧𝕚 𓅰 🐱 @lucavi.bsky.social · 1h

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Karl 👻 Parakenings - Looking for Work @forkingpath.bsky.social · 1h

I think my "responses to my writing" scale is calibrated wayy off. Twice this week, I've expected critique to be, like, withering, and instead it's like light summer rain. Time to reset, I guess.

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Karl 👻 Parakenings - Looking for Work @forkingpath.bsky.social · 22h

Strange Tales of the South Shore Poster (2025), Karl Parakenings

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 9h

it has the usual reddit problems but it does serve as a great way to start training your brain to recognize the things AI likes to fuck up. for instance, it's gotten better at hands but will still fuck up background patterns and give people irises that aren't perfectly round

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 9h

I really recommend browsing a reddit called "Is this AI?" for this purpose. people post questionable images and commenters weigh in on their validity, but are required to provide specifics as to their reasoning. once you start seeing the signs, it gets easier and easier over time

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 9h

I genuinely cannot express how vital it is that you train yourself to recognize AI-generated images and videos for your own good because none of this is going away and many, many people are counting on you to fall for their shit

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Karl 👻 Parakenings - Looking for Work @forkingpath.bsky.social · 15h

This gives me hope.

Viv Schwarz @vivschwarz.bsky.social · 15h

"To show that someone has touched this", they said.
I've been a bit worried that this time around I'll find that the children want to use AI to make their pictures look "good". But they absolutely still want to think with their hands and make their mark. Of course they do.

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Viv Schwarz @vivschwarz.bsky.social · 16h

I think letting children make books together gets them thinking in a lot of ways that inevitably lead to increased media literacy. Telling stories helps you to recognise stories elsewhere. Who is telling them? How are they being told? And why are they being told this way?

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Karl 👻 Parakenings - Looking for Work @forkingpath.bsky.social · 15h

pregnancy monster?

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Josh Adams @joshadams.bsky.social · 18h

Anyone care for an existential treat?

Photo of a donut shop in Tokyo named "I'm donut ?"

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 16h

Hello. Are you making a game or art that could in any way be described as "retro"? If so, I'd love to see it! Please reply below. (no AI stuff, thx)

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MythologyBot @mythologybot.boodoo.co · 16h

D2031.11
Illusive fire stops men.

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Karl 👻 Parakenings - Looking for Work @forkingpath.bsky.social · 16h

go easy on yourself, these are great

Karl 👻 Parakenings - Looking for Work @forkingpath.bsky.social · 17h

Another sleepless night, apparently. I wish inexplicable behaviour were easier for me to reconcile or forget.

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 17h

Hātabaðan, n: Bath (place name). (HA-ta-BA-thon / ˈhaː-ta-ˌba-θan)
The city of Bath used to be called Hot Baths.
Image: Book of Hours; St Omer or Théouranne, c. 1320; @britishlibrary.bsky.social Add MS 36684, f. 7v.
#OldEnglish #WOTD #placenames

Medieval marginalia depicting a person bathing in a barrel-like tub, with a large bird perched above them and a dragon like creature lurking below.

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Karl 👻 Parakenings - Looking for Work @forkingpath.bsky.social · 17h

Whenever I start making terrible jokes, it's time to go to bed.

Karl 👻 Parakenings - Looking for Work @forkingpath.bsky.social · 18h

I wonder if it was ever anything solid, though. It feels like it was a post-Watergate fad.

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Cool Box Art @coolboxart.bsky.social · 1d

Monster Rancher / Print ad / Tecmo / 1997

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Karl 👻 Parakenings - Looking for Work @forkingpath.bsky.social · 18h

Dear god

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 19h

Well the baseball game is over but the night is young for the 38 year olds of Bluesky, and that means it’s time to take a low dose aspirin and read about Bigfoot on your iPad for 20 minutes before falling asleep

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