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SamKalensky @ fanexpovan A243 @samkalensky.com · Oct 16
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October 16, 2024 at 6:44 PM
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No matter what. I will continue to give you my best. Even if it’s not up to your personal standards. I know what I draw and make myself is excellent!! 💪 😌✨
February 4, 2026 at 3:38 AM
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Hey, @adobe.com, this is a deeply strange way to respond.

We didn't midunderstand you.

You very clearly changed your policy on Adobe Animate in response to backlash.
Hadrien Chatelet O Adobe Evangelist et Expert en image de marque... Hi Mike Schnier, my name is Hadrien, I work at Adobe. Quick clarification: Animate isn't discontinued - it's in Maintenance mode. What we yesterday did not meet our standards and caused a lot of confusion and angst within the communityStill available, still supported, files remain accessible, just no new features. Full details here: https://Inkd.in/gwKupzBV Mike Schnier Author Hadrien, that's not a clarification. It's a change in policy in response to a backlash. Pretending otherwise is, frankly, mildly insulting and I would recommend against it. We have screenshots and archive links with Adobe's previous statement in the public record advising artists to export their project files because they would lose access to the app by March 2027. I'm glad that Adobe changed course, and is now allowing artists to continue to access the software and purchase licenses for Animate. I'm annoyed that you're pretending that this is a misinterpretation on my part. Animate End of Life FAQs https://web.archive.org/web/20260202202634/https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/end-of-life.html Last updated on Feb 2, 2026 Adobe Animate will be discontinued effective March 1, 2026, and will no longer be available on Adobe.com. Enterprise customers can access the application, download their content, and receive technical support until March 1, 2029. For all other customers, technical support, application access, and the ability to download content will be available until March 1, 2027. Adobe Animate maintenance mode FAQs https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/maintenance-mode.html Last updated on Feb 4, 2026 We are not discontinuing or removing access to Adobe Animate. Animate will continue to be available for both current and new customers, and we will ensure you continue to have access to your content. There is no longer a deadline or date by which Animate will no longer be available. These are changes from what we shared in our original email. Adobe Animate is in maintenance mode for all customers. This applies to individual, small business, and enterprise customers.   Maintenance mode means we will continue to support the application and provide ongoing security and bug fixes, but we are no longer adding new features. Animate will continue to be available for both new and existing users - we will not be discontinuing or removing access to Adobe Animate.   We are committed to ensuring Animate users have access to their content regardless if the state of development changes.  
February 4, 2026 at 8:05 AM
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the news this year has been so wild that I forgot that this happened.
February 4, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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Raggle fraggle!!
February 4, 2026 at 3:44 AM
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Gotokuneko - [yokai] - a forgetful Nekomata which bellows fire into a hearth: it dances about with a stoves iron trivet on its head, forgetting that it lit the flame, and so, its tail's ignite... accidental pyromaniac putty-tat …where IS my pipe anyway? - samkalensky.com/products/got...
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July 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Furuōgi - 古扇 - [Yokai] - A fat-green Tsukumogami with a huge worn out folding fan lodged in the back of its head. One old theory says it was a dragon that was painted on the fan which came to life. A Regular of “Hyakki Yagyo Emaki” Edo period picture scrolls: samkalensky.com/products/fur...
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July 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Kanebukuro. 金袋 [Takaramono | Charm] - A magical draw string bag of plenty, used by the Shichifukujin (particularly Hotei.) one of the treasures they bring aboard the Takarabune. It's Said to contain an inexhaustible supply of "everything that a man will ever need." - samkalensky.com/products/kan...
The shichifukujin hotei and his magical money bag of plenty. samkalensky bag solo shot against some flowers sams stickers with hotei as seen at the end of Toriyama sekiens tsuresure bokuro [1779.] [as illustrated by Bowes, James Lord 1890 - image source.]
July 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Whopper-hoppers - [fearsome critter] - massive grasshoppers that were attracted to the Great Plains by the agricultural abundance & giant crops which were planted across rural America. They were scared away by the foul breath of St Urho!
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Sam’s sticker art of a whopper hopper next to a porcelain lady for scale Next to a truck carrying an equally large apple Sticker alone standing near a building A vintage postcard mid 1930s by frank d pop Conrad
July 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Tesso - [Yokai|Onryo] - The vengeful spirit of a priest which manifested as a gigantic Rat with iron sharp teeth and claws! he commanded a plague of 84,000 rats to tear up all the books and sutras in temples across Kyoto! - Full post: samkalensky.com/products/tesso
a gigantic rat-man art sticker by samkalensky part of my hyakki yagyo collection follow and support for many more! - patreon.com/samkalensky Tesso and some of my favorite yokai books <3 Shout out to my yokai friends!! Tesso on the porchlight my Tesso sticker [2025] next to Toriyamas Tesso [1779] as seen in "Japandemonium" [2017]
August 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Umibōzu - 海坊主 - [Yokai] - mysterious ocean giants that vary in size from human size to titanous. They are often said to resemble a balding monk. Usually appearing on calm nights, right before a storm, they ask for a barrel… an easy ward is said to be a lit cigarette. samkalensky.com/products/umi...
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September 5, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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KaneNoNaruKi - "Money trees" - [Yokai Bonsai] - Exceptionally rare trees, bearing thousands upon thousands of broad Golden Ryo coins for leaves. Planted by the sichifukujin; the trunks & branches form auspicious phrases such as blessings, for wealth or longevity! samkalensky.com/products/kan...
A bonsai tree with Koban coins tor leaves sticker art by samkalensky sams stickers of the Shichifukujin benzaiten and fukurokuju sit behind the tree close up of the sticker tripinch depicting the sichifukujin with a kanenaruki in the background, the takarabune is coming to pick them up! - source Currency Museum of Japan: https://www.imes.boj.or.jp/cm/research/nishikie/001004/005/
September 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Yama-Oroshi - [yokai] - A worn-out Daikon grater used to make garnish. It was left abandoned in the mountains, after decades of neglect, it came to life and ran about wildly scratching its porcupine like head on whatever it could! but alas, its spines had grown dull: samkalensky.com/products/yam...
a yokai with a grater for a head. samkalensky 2025 samkalensky 2025 Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bokuro" [1784.]
September 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Kurayaro - [Yokai] - An old wooden saddle which turned into a dirge singing Tsukumogami; It wanders about the battleground where it was left. Acting like a warrior with a stick in hand in place of a wooden sword; it bitterly laments the betrayal of his masters. samkalensky.com/products/kur...
Kurayaro in the brush, art sticker by samkalensky Kurayaro on a tree, art sticker by samkalensky Kurayaro and abumiguchi a singing saddle and stirrup art stickers by samkalensky The original by toriyama sekien goes as follows: "Kamada Masakiyo in the Hogen Rebellion Owes his exploits to me, who faithfully held him For all the honor I brought him in battle You'd think he'd appreciate his trusty old saddle, But the only thanks I got was a nick on my face, Now my soul fades away as my body goes to waste!" Then Sekien adds his commentary: “Fascinating, So went Kurayaro's dirge in my dream." [Translation: Japandemonium illustrated 2017.]
September 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Muku-mukabaki - [Yokai] - Riding Chaps made from a deers pelt, worn by a nobleman who was assassinated during a hunting trip on Mount Akazawa. His death inspired his orphaned sons to avenge him, however unlike the valiant Soga Bros, These chaps are as timid as a deer! samkalensky.com/products/muk...
Mukumukabi, sits enjoying the view solid shot B & W in the bushes Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro (百器徒然袋) [1784]
October 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Furu-Utsubo - [Yokai|Tsukumogami] - an antiquated arrow quiver used for hunting foxes in Nasuno. Owned by renown archer and general Miura Yoshiaki. After he died heroically, his quiver came to life! Now it scuttles about wildly, much like the beasts they once hunted. samkalensky.com/products/fur...
an agressive aarrow quiver appeared! - art by samkalensky.com Standing in the brush - art by samkalensky.com hanging from a tree art by Samkalensky Toriyama sekien "Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro” [1784] – - via smithsonian
October 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Abumi-Guchi - [Yokai | Tsukumogami] - A lost stirrup of a mounted Samurai who took an arrow to the knee & died during the Genpei war. Now the stirrups wander the battlefields; lamenting their riders anguish with a sorrowful song, still loyal to their cause. 🐎 samkalensky.com/products/abu...
a sad monster made of tassels cries in a bush, it has an abumi (stirrup) for amouth.) Samkalensky 2025 samkalensky 2025 wandering the battle fields samkalensky.com 2025 wandering the battle fields toriyama sekien's gazu trezure bukuro Edo period
October 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Hyōtan-kozō - [yokai] - Once a hollow drinking gourd; used like a bottle or flask, but instead of holding “spirits" it was used superstitiously as a vessel to trap bad luck. it became a sickly Tsukumogami. It pops out of thickets, causing monks to riot in prayer! - samkalensky.com/products/hyo...
A ill looking gourd headed boy sitting slumped over, prayer beads in hand - Hyotan Kozo art by Samkalensky 2025 Nyubachibo & hyotankozo in front of a red leaf ontop of a wave kimono pattern Hyotan kozo among his kin [Toriyama Sekiens - “Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro” (vol 2) 1784 - Image source: Smithsonian ]
October 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Lumber Rats - [Fearsome Critter] - Ordinary Pack rats (& mice) which grew to the size of bears from eating pancake crumbs at Ol'Pauls cook shanties. Paul decided to train & breed 'em to help the lesser Axe Men haul redwoods by "twisting their tails." 🐀 samkalensky.com/products/lum...
Samkalensky art sticker of a large rodent holding a human skull. on a tree ion some leaves Vintage postcard 1950 postcard featuring "TRAINED PACKRATS" - "Paul Bunyan bred and trained our western pack rats for logging by twisting their tails. – TRAIL OF TALL TALES – Stories of Paul Bunyan hand carved in gigantic redwood by 'Kenyon Kaiser' a sculptor with a chainsaw at the "TREES OF MYSTERY" RED WOOD HIGHWAY CALIFORNIA.
October 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Eritate-Goromo - [Yokai | Tsukumogami] - The high collared Kimono of the profoundly prideful Tengu King, Sōjōbō of Mt Kurama. After decades of being worn by such a powerful yokai, the robes sprung to life. Perhaps they are just prideful as the Tengu who wore them... samkalensky.com/products/eri...
a proud creature made of a monks colorful vestments sits on a detailed stage. it wears a token hat, and carries a hachiwa-fan which can blow tornados! art sticker by samkalensky 2025 under a mossy bush On a mossy tree Edo period - Toriyama sekien - image source: Smithsonian. "Eritate-goromo is the high collared vestment worn by Sojobo of Mt. Kurama, to whose feather fan all of the other tengu must submit, Buzenbo on Mt. Hikozan, Sagamibo on Mt.Shiromine,  Hokibo on Mt.Oyama, Saburo on Mt. Izuna, Taro of Mt. Fuji down to the other Konoha Tengu. So I dreamed." – (Translation from "Japandemonium" 2017)
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Shiro-Uneri [Tsukumogami] An old tattered Rag abandoned for decades to ferment in a bucket. Eventually it sprang to life, twisting itself into the shape of a tiny dragon, it undulates through the night skies, wrapping its rancid slimy body around peoples faces! - samkalensky.com/products/shi...
A slimy little rag dragon flies past some mushrooms on a tree art sticker by samkalensky Hanging out - art sticker by samkalensky sam holding the sticker for a better look [Shiro-uneri as it appears in Toriyama Sekien’s Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro vol. 1 (1784) - Image source: Smithsonian] "Shiro-Ururi" appears in Essays in Idleness. This Shiro-uneri is an old cloth transformed. I wonder if there are other types. So I dreamed." - (Translation: Japandemonium 2017)
November 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Boroboroton - [Tsukumogami] - A tattered and torn patchwork kotatsu comforter, after decades of collecting dust came to life, out of moth eaten holes rolled empty eyes, Now, the ragged covers roam, seeking vengeance against an empty hearted owner who threw it away! samkalensky.com/products/bor...
a torn kotatsu comforter roams the woods! Art sticker by samkalensky 2025 wandering through mud. Boroboroton art sticker by samkalensky 2025 some sheep-skin stuffing art sticker by samkalensky2025 Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro (1784) Toriyama sekien
December 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Hossumori - [Tsukumogami] - An old “hossu” which after nine years of being handled by a zen master, came to life, it began sitting lotus style in deep meditation. Much like Daruma, it stares with an unrelenting gaze, seeking enlightenment. Perhaps it is unstoppable... samkalensky.com/products/hos...
Hossumori sitting lotus style, samkalensky 2025 Hossumori and Mokugyo Daruma meditating together in front of a big buddha statue. samkalensky 2025 a hossu, a brush used by zen masters, for shooing away flies and bad vibes! The original by toriyama sekien
December 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Mokugyo Daruma. - [Tsukumogami] - A wooden fish which after 9 years of meditative use, sprung to life in the guise of daruma. Much like the legend himself: it stares forward with a deadpan expression & seeks enlightenment. Like Hossumori, perhaps its unstoppable... samkalensky.com/products/mok...
The wooden drum its on a pillow and stares forward, its has sprouted a beard and wears a towl on its head. there are 3 hossumori meditating behind it. Art by #samkalensky 2025 far shot of the same ohhhhhhhm... an actual mokugyo (wooden fish) 'sitting up' on an ornate pillow Toriyama sekiens original art work from "Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bokuro" (1784)
December 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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In #2025 i..
• Attended 11 IRL events! (Got to design a poster for @bonusstagevan.bsky.social 😎)
• Finished 49+ Art Stickers!
•👺 Reached Milestones, 200 Cryptids, 291+ Yokai (Almost reached 500!)
Despite rough life stuff It was a fun year! Thank you all!
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December 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM