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Josh

@josh.aguayo.ca

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I'm an artist living in Calgary. (He/Him) Author of 'Cybernetic Mages': A cyberpunk/fantasy adventure novel about depression, drugs and fighting mega-corporations. Available at: https://tinyurl.com/CyberneticM

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Josh @josh.aguayo.ca · 12h

I imagine this guy angrily typing this while FLOORING the gas of his pick up truck. 'in defiance'.

Josh @josh.aguayo.ca · 1d

Thank you! I'm glad you like it.

Josh @josh.aguayo.ca · 1d

A landscape I painted as a wedding gift. 40x60cm. Alkyd & Oil on cotton canvas.

#art #oilpainting

Mountain landscape painting featuring snow-capped peaks rising above a tranquil lake, with misty atmosphere in blue and gray tones, evergreen forest in the middle ground, and flowering shrubs with yellow blooms in the foreground; two birds fly in the upper right sky.

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Josh @josh.aguayo.ca · 2d

It's like wi-fi slavery.

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Josh @josh.aguayo.ca · 3d

This spoke to me on an spiritual level. 😂

Josh @josh.aguayo.ca · 4d

I've been feeling so ugh...

Josh @josh.aguayo.ca · 8d

I wanted to try painting with CMYK and I tested out this "Alkyd Butter" I got from Kama Pigments for the texture.

It worked great, but I didn't read the 'alkyd' part. 😅 It makes paint dry much faster so it only really makes sense to use it in the base layer or wet on wet.

#art #oilpainting

"Winterhome"

40x30, Oil over Alkyd on Cotton Canvas.

Oil painting of a misty mountain landscape with snow-capped jagged peaks, a prominent dark summit emitting smoke under a blue cloudy sky, and a green valley in the foreground.

Josh @josh.aguayo.ca · 10d

Just in case you thought I'm a serious artist.

"Fuerte Hermosura", inspired by Squidward's art. Oil on Oak Wood, A4.

#art #oilpainting #spongebob

A minimalist oil painting depicts a simplified blue figure striding confidently against a pale yellow-green background. The figure, rendered in varying shades of turquoise and teal, features an elongated ovoid head, thin limbs, and an expressively upturned posture suggesting purposeful movement from left to right across the canvas. The brushwork is loose and gestural, with visible strokes creating texture throughout the composition. A subtle shadow beneath the figure grounds it spatially. The painting demonstrates economy of form through its reduction of recognizable character features to essential geometric shapes while maintaining dynamic energy through asymmetrical positioning and forward-leaning momentum. The artist's signature appears in white in the lower left corner.

Josh @josh.aguayo.ca · 11d

An architectural sketch in ink for #inktober #art

Pen and ink architectural sketch showing a three-story residential building viewed from a neighboring rooftop. The foreground features a peaked roof with horizontal siding and vertical wooden fence panels. A street lamp rises between the structures. The background building has a textured, stippled facade suggesting brick or stucco, with multiple windows on each floor and vegetation growing at ground level. A tall, smooth-sided high-rise building appears partially on the right edge. The drawing uses line work and cross-hatching to create depth and texture in an urban residential setting.

Josh @josh.aguayo.ca · 11d

Not you.

Josh @josh.aguayo.ca · 11d

Market participants care about making money for themselves, not about providing services for everyone. Infrastructure is for everyone.

Each player has a different role. The same tool doesn't solve every problem.

Josh @josh.aguayo.ca · 17d

Big fan of these guys. When I had to drive for work they were my default radio station. Varied programming, interesting local hosts and artists, and diverse topics of discussion from gaming to housing policy.

Instead of, you know, they same top 10 US songs on loop you hear on corporate radio...

CJSW 90.9FM @cjsw.bsky.social · 17d

Funding Drive is here, and our crew has found themselves in a bit of a pickle!

CJSW's week long radiothon runs OCT 17-24 to raise money for the station's operations. Tune in to 90.9FM and help support independent radio. Visit CJSW.COM/DONATE or call (403) 220-5000!

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Josh @josh.aguayo.ca · 21d

I made some Rimworld fan art.

"Insufficient taming skill" 24x32cm, watercolor and ink on paper.

#art #watercolor #rimworld

“Insufficient taming skill”

On this watercolor painting, a thrumbo stands on a plain near a distant treeline while a shuttle descends across the Jugust sky. In the lower right, the severed middle third of a colonist in normal cloth pants lie in a spreading pool of blood. The thrumbo placidly looks upwards.

This image relates to Jay attempting to tame a wild thrumbo outside the colony of Blue Cat Den on the 6th of Jugust, 5503. The beast turned manhunter; Jay was separated from most of his limbs. The style is watery and impressionistic, and the composition forms a triangle between the legs, the thrumbo, and the shuttle. If you squint, the cloud resembles a sleeping muffalo.

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Josh @josh.aguayo.ca · 22d

Hi! I made this watercolor about the first time I tried to tame a thrumbo!

“Insufficient taming skill”

On this piece, a colossal thrumbo stands on a flat plain near a distant treeline while a burning ship chunk streaks across the Jugust sky. In the lower right, the severed legs of a colonist in linen cloth pants lie in a spreading pool of blood. The thrumbo looks away, triumphant.

This image relates to Jay attempting to tame a wild thrumbo outside the colony of Blue Cat Den on the 6th of Jugust, 5503. The beast turned manhunter; Hu turned into two problems. The style is watery and impressionistic, and the composition forms a triangle between the legs, the thrumbo, and the falling debris. If you squint, the cloud resembles a sleeping muffalo.

Josh @josh.aguayo.ca · Oct 4

I hope they join in on pressuring the government then. No student wants to see the teachers in their lives being exploited and underpaid.

Josh @josh.aguayo.ca · Oct 2

There are few people I can say have inspired me to be a bit less cynical about social change. Bernie is one of those.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Oct 2

“If you can beat the oligarchs here…that will send a message to every community in America that real change is possible.”

More of my conversation with Bernie Sanders on democracy, oligarchy and his time as Mayor.

Josh @josh.aguayo.ca · Sep 28

You see the senior citizens that can* use the box. You don't see the ones that can't and don't. Why would they be there?

It's survivorship bias. The ones being affected the most negatively are invisibilized.

Because you can't see them, it doesn't mean they aren't there or weren't affected.

Josh @josh.aguayo.ca · Sep 26

"Puchis and her claw", 30x40, oil paint on cotton canvas.

I usually do the whiskers by scratching on the panel with a knife. I usually paint on wood...
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#art #pet #cat #oilpainting

Oil painting of a fluffy white calico cat, a Persian with tan and gray patches and a pink collar, lit by cool blue light and staring forward with a stern expression. Her name is Pu his.

She stands on a brown floor against a very dark blue-black background; a rich purple curtain hangs on the right, leaving most of the scene in shadow.

Josh @josh.aguayo.ca · Sep 25

These are not mutually exclusive. Less third spaces make the confort of home more appealing.
I'd add that these two issues actually are a feedback loop:
As third spaces disappear, home becomes an option but being at home needs more trust, but it's hard to build that trust without a safe third space.

Josh @josh.aguayo.ca · Sep 24

Updating OBS?

a man wearing glasses and a red jacket is saying i also like to live dangerously

Alt: a man wearing glasses and a red jacket is saying i also like to live dangerously

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Josh @josh.aguayo.ca · Sep 23

Are you guys dressing up for the rapture or nah? Like do you get one of those ethereal white robes on the way up or do I need to pick something for the rest of eternity?

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Josh @josh.aguayo.ca · Sep 23

I think this is one of those jokes that sends you to hell for laughing. 🤣

Josh @josh.aguayo.ca · Sep 23

Can't wait for them to introduce a 'premium ads' tier.

Josh @josh.aguayo.ca · Sep 23

Endless greed and a complete disregard for the well-being of workers or the environment.

Josh @josh.aguayo.ca · Sep 23

From an outsider perspective? I don't see the difference in terms of pro-corporativism. The worship of capital over humanity seems to have bipartisan support.