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Tamara is in her spooky era

@marabean.bsky.social

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3D environment art student, lapsed guardian druid, Wario stan, and tuna melt evangelist. Canuck now based in SoCal. Honk if you love Kul'Tiras! (No AI / NFT / etc.) #3dart // #2dart // #ref

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Tamara is in her spooky era @marabean.bsky.social · Oct 18

Ahoy! Time for a pinned post — I'm a 3D environment arts student, and last term, I Baja-blasted out a low-poly modular 90s Taco Bell kit for my portfolio class. TBH I will die proud at having figured out how to model a crunchwrap press. Onward to learning texturing!

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Tamara is in her spooky era @marabean.bsky.social · 1d

This is what worries me, tbh. I've been spending more time in meatspace these past few months and the only anti-AI people I've met IRL have been in the arts. Everyone else just seems either not to care or is actively using it. Or, even worse, they're against AI only when it affects their job. 😐

Tamara is in her spooky era @marabean.bsky.social · 1d

As an aside to the drama, I never understood why Stoller was lumped in with the rest of those chucklefucks. Not to say his critiques aren't sometimes needlessly narrow, but he's kind of the only one loudly beating the anti-monopoly drum, which I personally find valuable.

Am I missing something?

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The second post says: "Some of you are blaming @jay.bsky.team or @bsky.app in general, or claiming that this is being forced by
@moderation.bsky.app. That could not be further from the truth. I'm shutting it down of my own volition because some of you can't be trusted to use this information reasonably and responsibly."

Tamara is in her spooky era @marabean.bsky.social · 1d

'Mitchell' was my first MST3K experience and sold me for life.

"Who's the puffy guy who's the big blurry sex machine? MITCHELL."

Screenshot from MST3K's "Mitchell", showing the titular character slumped awkwardly in his car.

Tamara is in her spooky era @marabean.bsky.social · 1d

Hell yeah, brother, bring it in

Gricko the goblin from Legends of Avantris, looking for a hug.

Tamara is in her spooky era @marabean.bsky.social · 1d

lol I mean, don't get me wrong: I have the eating habits of a Polish goblin most of the time. I can go absolutely ham on a jar of pickled beets or cornichons any day of the week.

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Tamara is in her spooky era @marabean.bsky.social · 1d

Candle salad, the most NC-17 dish to survive the 1930s.

Bananas and mayonnaise. Who knew.

A candle salad, consisting of a based of lettuce and a pineapple ring, into which fits an upright banana. The banana is topped with copious amounts of whipped cream and a cherry. It's supposed to look like a candle, however, alas, it looks much more like a turgid member.

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Tamara is in her spooky era @marabean.bsky.social · 2d

Real ones know that Aku memes are top tier

Aku orders Pizza from the Krusty Krab

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Tamara is in her spooky era @marabean.bsky.social · 2d

tbh I think about this meme a lot 😐

The so-called "Trolley Problem" has been reduced to a single rail line with neverending bodies tied to tracks. The trolley is running over them at high speed, leaving a trail of corpses in its wake. The meme is captioned "You can only watch".

Tamara is in her spooky era @marabean.bsky.social · 2d

I think I'll need it! TBH I feel woefully unequipped to deal with the pace of the program, especially compared to those 18-year-old babies fresh outta high school with all that energy and no adult responsibilities..

Tamara is in her spooky era @marabean.bsky.social · 2d

Aww thanks. Didn't mean to disappear, but jesus christ, every time I would get on on social media, it would be like catching a tire iron to the noggin.

How've you been?

a little boy is walking down a sidewalk while holding a cell phone in his hand .

Alt: Two toddler boys run down the sidewalk toward each other, excited to hug.

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Tamara is in her spooky era @marabean.bsky.social · 2d

Took a break from social media because I needed to get off Mr. Bones' Wild Ride for a bit, but I'm back in the saddle.

Officially started my first week at Think Tank Training Center (remote) doin' the CG Fundamentals track, and yowza I'm already tired. pls send good wishes and caffeined vibes

A rumpled old black & white cat with scraggly whiskers and half-closed eyes. Looks like it's just about half dead, kind of like me!

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Tamara is in her spooky era @marabean.bsky.social · Aug 3

I'll be traveling back home to Canada soon, and my phobia of flying is already at a solid 11 - my heartrate has been stuck at 120+bpm for three days. Been trying to calm myself by watching livestreams of successful flights landing at LAX, but no dice.

I wish I could enjoy travel. This sucks, man. 🥲

a group of cartoon characters are standing next to each other and looking at something .

Alt: A scene from Inside Out 2, where the character Anxiety is racing uncontrollably around the room having a panic attack.

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Tamara is in her spooky era @marabean.bsky.social · Jul 24

Honestly, I didn’t have nearly the headaches learning Maya. Maya helpfully has menu sets, so at the very least I never have to touch a rigging button ever again.

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✨Oliviaaaaaah!✨ @discopears.bsky.social · Jul 24

Because I am an *exceptionally normal and neurotypical* person, I've been occasionally chipping away a little re-creation of Disneyland's Star Trader in Planet Coaster 2. Can't wait to set up all the little shelves and registers with guests pouring through the store after getting off a ride lmao.

Screenshot of the game Planet Coaster 2 featuring a WIP structure that resembles the gift shop "The Star Trader" found in Disneyland's Tomorrowland. This story famously gets over crowded from guests getting off of the Star Tours ride.

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Tamara is in her spooky era @marabean.bsky.social · Jul 24

Omg what a cute project! The wacky angles look like a pain to get right, but it’s looking awesome so far!

Are you actually able to import functional custom content into Planet Coaster?

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Tamara is in her spooky era @marabean.bsky.social · Jul 22

Absolutely - just add in some flatulence and an insane purple Cadillac, and baby, we're in Wario Land 5 country

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Tamara is in her spooky era @marabean.bsky.social · Jul 22

The frustration persists, but Mike Pav is quelling my ZBrush panic attacks. Managed plop out a soft serve cone, despite the menus-within-menus-within-menus workflow driving me quite literally insane.

@natem3d.bsky.social I understand now why you work with a custom UI 😵

A ZBrush sculpt of a soft serve ice cream cone.

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Tamara is in her spooky era @marabean.bsky.social · Jul 22

a man in a red shirt is sitting in a chair with his legs crossed .

Alt: Captain Picard grins and sits back in his chair, crossing his legs sassily.

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Tamara is in her spooky era @marabean.bsky.social · Jul 22

Troi and Crusher in Hollow Pursuits, tho?? My man Barclay was a freak, but can't fault his taste

Counselor Troi standing in a garden, dressed in an olive green toga, her arms extended as if she's a Greek oracle giving a prophecy.

Dr. Beverly Crusher sitting on patch of grass in a voluminous gown, Lieutenant Barclay's head in her lap.

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Tamara is in her spooky era @marabean.bsky.social · Jul 21

Damned impressive mouthful! Girl's gotta have her picture on the "DO NOT SEAT" wall down at the HomeTown Buffet

Tamara is in her spooky era @marabean.bsky.social · Jul 20

“I left the autocomplete machine alone with a blowtorch and it burned down the building!”

A picture of a printout of Woody from Toy Story, with the words, “I know you’re going through a lot right now. Just know… you did this to yourself.”

Tamara is in her spooky era @marabean.bsky.social · Jul 20

Wait, so you input the key and the root note and it gives you all those funky chord possibilities? That seems really useful for learning jazz improv! 👀

Tamara is in her spooky era @marabean.bsky.social · Jul 20

Absolutely!! Nothin gets the serotonin flowing like a piglet eating watermelon or a cow enjoying a good brush, imo

Tamara is in her spooky era @marabean.bsky.social · Jul 20

Ok true, but corollary: slap a disheveled shirt and pair of tiny glasses on that big boy? Oh ho, now we're cookin again.

Insanely buff actor Alan Ritchson as Anders Lassen, in "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare".

Giant wrestler-turned-actor Dave Bautista as Sapper Morton in "Blade Runner: 2049"

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Tamara is in her spooky era @marabean.bsky.social · Jul 20

Post a .gif of who you wanted to be as a kid:

I'm a Xena stan through-and-through, but always wished we'd had more of her warlord era. Callisto scratched that itch - she was just as cool, but without that pesky conscience. Plus, Hudson Leick will always be an absolute smokeshow