Maxsterism
@maxsterism.bsky.social
Comic Artist/Food Lover/Tired Of Moving Around Online
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Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
Tagging @reimenayee.com on main 🌚🤣
Lee Pace in The Fall is the result of a decades-long experiment to see what happens if all the hotness for an entire generation is concentrated in the body of a single man
October 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Tagging @reimenayee.com on main 🌚🤣
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today I learned that @surasshu.com has this massive blocklist for youtube channels that hock bullshit AI generated music, if you're like me and enjoy vapourwave you know it's a fuckin minefield out there so this helps TREMENDOUSLY
surasshu.com/blocklist-fo...
surasshu.com/blocklist-fo...
blocklist for AI music on youtube – surasshu
surasshu.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM
today I learned that @surasshu.com has this massive blocklist for youtube channels that hock bullshit AI generated music, if you're like me and enjoy vapourwave you know it's a fuckin minefield out there so this helps TREMENDOUSLY
surasshu.com/blocklist-fo...
surasshu.com/blocklist-fo...
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Always wonderful to bump into my old friend Daniel Radcliffe!
September 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Always wonderful to bump into my old friend Daniel Radcliffe!
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“When I see that, I worry that they might face serious trouble down the line if they don't take it more seriously.”
“When I see that, I worry that they might face serious trouble down the line if they don't take it more seriously.”
September 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Added alt text with full quote.
“When I see that, I worry that they might face serious trouble down the line if they don't take it more seriously.”
“When I see that, I worry that they might face serious trouble down the line if they don't take it more seriously.”
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Never forget that Norman Rockwell, debatably the most famous American artist to ever put brush to canvas, was not afraid to show the ugliness along with the good. Having his work/reputation sanitized and trimmed into marketable nostalgia is about American as it gets.
September 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Never forget that Norman Rockwell, debatably the most famous American artist to ever put brush to canvas, was not afraid to show the ugliness along with the good. Having his work/reputation sanitized and trimmed into marketable nostalgia is about American as it gets.
Bluesky is like the orphan child in my social media rotation and I'm trying to be a little more active here...but I hate the idea of crossposting the same stuff across multiple platforms.
Probably a catch-all of sorts for now? I'll try reminding myself to post more here when I do post.
Probably a catch-all of sorts for now? I'll try reminding myself to post more here when I do post.
September 25, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Bluesky is like the orphan child in my social media rotation and I'm trying to be a little more active here...but I hate the idea of crossposting the same stuff across multiple platforms.
Probably a catch-all of sorts for now? I'll try reminding myself to post more here when I do post.
Probably a catch-all of sorts for now? I'll try reminding myself to post more here when I do post.
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The kids are alright.
September 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The kids are alright.
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
September 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI
Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
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NEW WRITING:
"We are living through the worst time of my lifetime, and astrophotography has helped me remember that, as my mom Margaret Prescod once reminded me, the universe is bigger than the bad things that are happening to us." 🔭
As promised, with a prettier image of Andromeda! 🎉
"We are living through the worst time of my lifetime, and astrophotography has helped me remember that, as my mom Margaret Prescod once reminded me, the universe is bigger than the bad things that are happening to us." 🔭
As promised, with a prettier image of Andromeda! 🎉
It's Andromeda Season!
Now is the time to go outside at night and look at our next door neighbor. It's not creepy!
news.chanda.science
September 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
NEW WRITING:
"We are living through the worst time of my lifetime, and astrophotography has helped me remember that, as my mom Margaret Prescod once reminded me, the universe is bigger than the bad things that are happening to us." 🔭
As promised, with a prettier image of Andromeda! 🎉
"We are living through the worst time of my lifetime, and astrophotography has helped me remember that, as my mom Margaret Prescod once reminded me, the universe is bigger than the bad things that are happening to us." 🔭
As promised, with a prettier image of Andromeda! 🎉
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Every artist I’ve ever known has this itch to create that won’t go away until they create. They have to do it.
It’s why I know the “finally, someone like me can make art” AI users are full of shit. What they really mean is “finally, a way to get social media likes without hard work”.
It’s why I know the “finally, someone like me can make art” AI users are full of shit. What they really mean is “finally, a way to get social media likes without hard work”.
September 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Every artist I’ve ever known has this itch to create that won’t go away until they create. They have to do it.
It’s why I know the “finally, someone like me can make art” AI users are full of shit. What they really mean is “finally, a way to get social media likes without hard work”.
It’s why I know the “finally, someone like me can make art” AI users are full of shit. What they really mean is “finally, a way to get social media likes without hard work”.
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Friends, I am as excited as heck to tell y'all about the NEWBERRY MEDIEVAL MINICOMIC PRIZE!
It's for emerging cartoonists (i.e. no major publisher work, excepting anthologies) considering making a short work that engages with a medieval subject (fic or nonfic). 1/
www.newberry.org/calendar/new...
It's for emerging cartoonists (i.e. no major publisher work, excepting anthologies) considering making a short work that engages with a medieval subject (fic or nonfic). 1/
www.newberry.org/calendar/new...
Newberry Medieval Minicomic Prize
Juried mini-grants for emerging comic artists interested in engaging with medieval culture.
www.newberry.org
September 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Friends, I am as excited as heck to tell y'all about the NEWBERRY MEDIEVAL MINICOMIC PRIZE!
It's for emerging cartoonists (i.e. no major publisher work, excepting anthologies) considering making a short work that engages with a medieval subject (fic or nonfic). 1/
www.newberry.org/calendar/new...
It's for emerging cartoonists (i.e. no major publisher work, excepting anthologies) considering making a short work that engages with a medieval subject (fic or nonfic). 1/
www.newberry.org/calendar/new...
Taking the opportunity to cook spicy food whenever my partner is away hehe 😈👨🍳🌶🔥
September 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Taking the opportunity to cook spicy food whenever my partner is away hehe 😈👨🍳🌶🔥
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Queen
September 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Queen
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"Bluesky is boring."
Social media *should* be boring. Being algorithm and dopamine poisoned is bad, actually.
When your feed dries up for the day, that's your cue to go do something else until new stuff shows up later.
Social media *should* be boring. Being algorithm and dopamine poisoned is bad, actually.
When your feed dries up for the day, that's your cue to go do something else until new stuff shows up later.
September 7, 2025 at 1:04 AM
"Bluesky is boring."
Social media *should* be boring. Being algorithm and dopamine poisoned is bad, actually.
When your feed dries up for the day, that's your cue to go do something else until new stuff shows up later.
Social media *should* be boring. Being algorithm and dopamine poisoned is bad, actually.
When your feed dries up for the day, that's your cue to go do something else until new stuff shows up later.
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Japan Post just announced they will no longer deliver mail to the United States, joining Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, France, and Sweden.
August 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Japan Post just announced they will no longer deliver mail to the United States, joining Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, France, and Sweden.
Trying to get into the habit of posting on different platforms again, and not only about art. Have a picture of my gardening buddy this morning 🌱
July 21, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Trying to get into the habit of posting on different platforms again, and not only about art. Have a picture of my gardening buddy this morning 🌱
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Omg @maxsterism.bsky.social we're getting an ENG edition
Qu is one of the best cartoonists right now - she bends and twists and subverts the form of comics so ambitiously and refreshingly... and everything is beautifully illustrated too!
Qu is one of the best cartoonists right now - she bends and twists and subverts the form of comics so ambitiously and refreshingly... and everything is beautifully illustrated too!
We're honored to be publishing the complete Slices of Life: A Comics Montage by the artist Qu in English; a masterful collection of comics of universal experiences that examine the small moments in life in all it's quiet beauty.
Get notified on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/bul...
Get notified on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/bul...
June 12, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Omg @maxsterism.bsky.social we're getting an ENG edition
Qu is one of the best cartoonists right now - she bends and twists and subverts the form of comics so ambitiously and refreshingly... and everything is beautifully illustrated too!
Qu is one of the best cartoonists right now - she bends and twists and subverts the form of comics so ambitiously and refreshingly... and everything is beautifully illustrated too!
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Big news! We’re forming a union with Local 2110 UAW. In unionizing, we stake our claim in shaping the future of Abrams: a more equitable, ethical, and transparent working environment.
Follow us for more updates!
Follow us for more updates!
April 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Big news! We’re forming a union with Local 2110 UAW. In unionizing, we stake our claim in shaping the future of Abrams: a more equitable, ethical, and transparent working environment.
Follow us for more updates!
Follow us for more updates!
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If I was asked I would have said many of the things written here. It’s very worrisome to see what’s coming to pass. It may have a devastating impact on our existing print relationships, and will make it extremely challenging going forward to provide the same level of quality we are known for.
Thank you to all the publishers who talked to me about their thoughts on tariffs in 2025!
www.tcj.com/what-will-po...
www.tcj.com/what-will-po...
What will potential tariffs mean for comics publishers in 2025? 'We'll likely have less customers' - The Comics Journal
Gina Gagliano talked to a host of comics publishers to get a sense of what the potential effects of increased tariffs from the new Trump administration could be.
www.tcj.com
April 3, 2025 at 12:10 AM
If I was asked I would have said many of the things written here. It’s very worrisome to see what’s coming to pass. It may have a devastating impact on our existing print relationships, and will make it extremely challenging going forward to provide the same level of quality we are known for.
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more ballpoint pen drawing practice!
April 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
more ballpoint pen drawing practice!
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Tired of having to go to Pinterest or other sites to find decent pose references for drawing and not wanting to deal with AI? I found a better alternative that is ten times better than Pinterest!
Been using this site since last night and it's been a blast finding references for art stuff!
Been using this site since last night and it's been a blast finding references for art stuff!
refern. | The curated image reference platform
Centralize all your reference images and streamline your creative workflow — refern. lets you save, find, organize, moodboard & share curated reference images all in one app.
my.refern.app
March 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Tired of having to go to Pinterest or other sites to find decent pose references for drawing and not wanting to deal with AI? I found a better alternative that is ten times better than Pinterest!
Been using this site since last night and it's been a blast finding references for art stuff!
Been using this site since last night and it's been a blast finding references for art stuff!