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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 · 16h

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 · 16h

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

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 3h

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 · 3h

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 · 3h

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 · 9h

This gives me hope.

Viv Schwarz @vivschwarz.bsky.social · 9h

"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 · 10h

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 · 9h

pregnancy monster?

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Josh Adams @joshadams.bsky.social · 12h

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 · 10h

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 · 10h

D2031.11
Illusive fire stops men.

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Karl 👻 Parakenings - Looking for Work @forkingpath.bsky.social · 10h

go easy on yourself, these are great

Karl 👻 Parakenings - Looking for Work @forkingpath.bsky.social · 11h

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 · 11h

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 · 11h

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

Karl 👻 Parakenings - Looking for Work @forkingpath.bsky.social · 12h

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 · 12h

Dear god

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 13h

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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Karl 👻 Parakenings - Looking for Work @forkingpath.bsky.social · 13h

So what happens now? Do the baseball players have to be retired?

Karl 👻 Parakenings - Looking for Work @forkingpath.bsky.social · 13h

lmao, hellish for players and viewers both

Karl 👻 Parakenings - Looking for Work @forkingpath.bsky.social · 13h

also on this spectrum: spotty ballpoint pen, but not running out of ink, just shitty feeling

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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 13h

Fourteen innings means it's time to get creative 😅

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Karl 👻 Parakenings - Looking for Work @forkingpath.bsky.social · 13h

Lol EVERYONE on my feed is talking about it. What is going on

Karl 👻 Parakenings - Looking for Work @forkingpath.bsky.social · 13h

Absolutely! And obi-wan does - that's what makes him such a good guide. It's just evoked through performance rather than telling Luke "You know, I realize that in training you, I'm trying to make up for my own mistakes, as well as those of your father. And in fighting Vader, I'd be repeating them."

Karl 👻 Parakenings - Looking for Work @forkingpath.bsky.social · 14h

Luke Skywalker, considering the Dagobah Cave: Nah, I feel like I've confronted my demons enough for one day.

This sucks!! The struggle for awareness, the fight to develop as a person and overcome strife is the POINT of stories!