A faulty update from cybersecurity provider CrowdStrike is knocking affected PCs with Windows, forcing them into a BSOD (blue screen of death).

These are apparently the workaround steps.

While experimenting with cathode rays covered by thick cardboard in 1895, Wilhelm Röntgen noticed a light being cast on a fluorescent board across the room. The first X-ray was of the hand of his wife, who saw the image of her bones and exclaimed ‘I have seen my death!’

Sketch. Final.

Art dump Monday cont'd. Oblivion keyframes. These were done in the studio in Baton Rouge, Louisiana almost a decade ago.

A follow up to Yesterday's post. Here are some class notes on color and value. I've shared these before, so I apologize for re-posting. Hopefully new followers will find these useful. I've got a ton of these so let me know if you want to see more. Have a great Friday everyone.

Been getting questions in DM regarding camera placements in environmental paintings. Here are some of my class notes for our students. Also threw in additional notes on value and composition. If you have other questions, just leave them in the comments and I'll try to answer them

"No crop" art time, and one of my sniper classics!

clients contact me through artstation and ask if I have a portfolio.

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Ever wonder how we got here?

Why our current world events seem outrageous?

Let me introduce you to a theory of generational patterns, most likely first expressed by the Islamic scholar Ibn Khaldun.

History seems to move in four acts.

Each one corresponding with a generation.

Start a business: £999 - too much
Buy a new iPhone: £999 - no problem
Healthy food shop: £100 - too much
Dinner and drinks: £100 - no problem
Watch Netflix: 2hrs - 1 more episode
Learn a new skill: 2hrs - no time

Life is about perspective.

The grass is green, isn't it?
We perceive it as green because it reflects green light while absorbing other frequencies.
Technically speaking: Grass is anti-green.

Many get the advice they need and say:

“I already know that.”

If you aren’t acting on it, you don’t “know it" in any meaningful sense.

Before social media, people were often judged by their deeds. Now they are mostly judged by their opinions. Being “good” requires no kindness, only the right memes & hashtags, and those revered as saints need no heart of gold, only a silver tongue & brazen nature.

Professor @GadSaad is one of the few academics who have the courage to speak out against the people who are playing the victimology poker game.

Godspeed, Gadfather.

The moral hysteria around racism primes minorities to see discrimination in even innocent interactions, and this traumatic, paranoid "lived experience", orchestrated by woke elites claiming racism is everywhere, is then held up by them as proof racism is everywhere.

Truly noticing the present will often replace worry with gratitude.

Confidence grows with action and shrinks with idleness.

You don’t need to feel confident to start.

You need to start to feel confident.

When you procrastinate you pass the buck to your future self. The problem is your future self tends to act a lot like you.

Incase you're wondering why GameStop is making the news... And why Wallstreet is fearful of the public.

#GameStop #wallstreetbets #HedgeFundLoss