Mt Kanjon

wanted to share this lovely lockscreen commission I got from @Kiro@bark.lgbt! have had this set as my phone wallpaper for a few weeks now and I still love seeing him whenever I turn the screen on 🧡

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sitting at my kitchen table explaining things to this fox shaped kitchen timer out loud so that I can write a video script/screencast

davinci resolve jumpscare

I so very much want you to stop using grayscale to shade that I made a silly short about it too

https://youtube.com/shorts/KmUKIF5WQl0

musing about a different style of end-screen for long-form videos, mostly to integrate credits while I'm still speaking about the topic at hand. less time padded at the end for them, more eyes on end-screen stuff I wanna show

no context

wearing a costume means learning about water

https://youtube.com/shorts/XAL5QPWf0nk

so the voice booth thing is going well I think

vocal booth is not *pretty* but my god is it nice to record in. it’s quiet enough here that my clothes are the loudest obstacle. N1 mic works sooooo well in this environment.

hella. video accepted for Furality's Community Showcase. in a few weeks you'll get to see the insanity. got to work with lots of awesome folks for this one!

(I'll post it shortly after the con for those not attending, too!)

perusing youtube and seeing more "art software doesn't matter" videos. I've made one on this before... it doesn't matter if you already have skills. you can make anything in any art software.

but some software absolutely *sucks* for beginners, and people watching these tend to be beginners.

might be time for me to refresh my own video on this. I have that itch. "art software doesn't matter" is some of that vague advice that sounds good like "draw anything to practice" but it's deeply unhelpful when you're learning

Happy Pride! Be your most amazing self this month. If that happens to intersect with art, I've refreshed the drawing calendar for June. Grab it for free: https://kanjon.link/calendar

Most often seen in digital art, I think we've all made the mistake of using the color black to shade our pieces. Wait, that's a mistake? Yes! Come see why and learn some easy tricks to dodge this problem.

⏯️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdxype8HqZU

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lot of folks comparing recent shorts as “Furry Chris Boden”. which I’m flattered by & see the connection, but I’m not aiming to steal his show. my delivery style is inspired by a whole range of folks, including him, Vsauce, Dr Seuss, Technology Connections (yes!), and broad VR culture.

it’s not rude to make comparisons between YouTubers you watch, but I hope folks get that I won’t play up the Boden stereotype because he is himself and I am my own self. my video style is slowly settling in with experimentation and I’m finding things that *I* like, not mimicking someone else. 🦊🧡

anyway wrapping up a short for this fine fun friday; happy weekend creatures. :3

goddammit. I'm now 0 for 2 on getting properly credited for pro-bono commercial work. I really gotta start just charging and getting contracts signed for this stuff

Trying a new hobby (like art? of course!) sometimes feels like a massive leap to start or resume. How do you actually convince yourself to begin? How do you plan to stick with it?

⏯️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbFvXhWFYYg

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there was a really good page/doc/pdf of counter arguments to common pro-AI fallacies. things like a response to “AI learns art just like a human does”. anyone know what/where that was? edit: specifically with an art focused angle

I’m capable of debating these points myself but damn does it get tiring.

hit that point where I think I'm just going to shut off youtube comment notifications, because the same things get repeated on loop lol

am now going down a dangerous route of What If I Got A New Microphone

originally got an SM7dB to help address my untreated room and gross Mouth Noises, and my typical voiceover style then made it a good fit

but now things have changed, I'm doing different voice styles, and I'll have Kanjon Cage

so yes that whole thing with the microphone

https://youtube.com/shorts/mtRFV2jP57o

Overlay is a super cool way to make digital art effects, but counter to what many think, it does *not* shade! Is there a blending mode that does? Take a peek.

⏯️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVcmCo3kKuU

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