u/vid_icarus

It’s a peaceful life

The Infinite Archer, The Walker of the Way, Memory’s Anchor, Memory’s Wrath, The Paradox Engine, The Selvedge, Cosmic Vagabond, The Dice Ranger… The Corvid.

captivated by the incandescent spectacle of casual brutality, they offered up their souls with fervor both grotesque and easy, so readily deprived as if they never had possession to begin with

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzlin' you
Is the nature of my game

Sometimes the only way to regain closeness is to step away

Still don't know what I was waitin' for
And my time was runnin' wild
A million dead end streets and
Every time I thought I'd got it made
It seemed the taste was not so sweet
So I turned myself to face me

…

Turn and face the strange
Changes
There's gonna have to be a different man
Time may change me
But I can't trace time

Big shoutout to this awesome community of thinkers, makers, tinkerers, weirdos, artists, and all other manner of radical folk!

I’ve been adrift for a bit so finding a group of decent folks like y’all has been a balm to a world weary soul.

Everybody in this image is like you: cool! And these folks (hopefully like you too!) all contribute to making this place cool in their own magic way that has made me feel welcome and more comfortable being who I am. And that’s an invaluable gift, being comfortable in one’s skin… or feathers as it were.

The piece is titled “Alea Iacta BEST” but not because we are better than anybody but because I am a sucker for stupid Latin puns. And because it’s commitment to the risk, the daring crossing, the taking the chance that makes the venture worthwhile, the art resonate, the people worth knowing.

So do yourself a favor and go check out their stuff! You won’t be disappointed!

🖖𓄿

In no particular order:

u/Thecrookedpath
u/GenAI-Chan
u/Hex_Spirit_Booty
u/Bad_Badger_DGAF
u/TicksFromSpace
u/Winter_Storm86
u/Koa-Sama
u/Liquid-Shad
u/livingdread
u/nodebt1234
u/KatsumiAndFriends
u/righteyegamer
u/PrometheanPolymath
u/Coles-Furry-Alt
u/WireframeWonder

PS: this image was a pain in the butt to make so don’t expect any collabs bigger than like 3 people out of me till we hit some sort of crazy big number. Not that numbers matter. I just need the excuse to not do this again for a while. This one started small and got away from me. 300 is definitely going to be sharing a recipe to celebrate. Maybe tofu scramble…?

PPS: also big shoutout to u/Outrageous-Yak-177 who was omitted not with intention but because I am a hasty natured pokémon and forgot to reach out. Go check out their stuff!

PPPS: I had something else to put here but I can’t remember. Maybe I will before I post…

PPPPS: oh yeah! A couple folks in the image aren’t on Reddit or have private accounts so I didn’t link them here. If I did link your account here and you don’t want to be, just comment or shoot me a DM!

PPPPPS: despite my earlier gripes I’m always down for collabs of any sort!

I'm always chasing rainbows
Watching clouds, drifting by
My schemes are just like all my dreams
Ending in the sky

Corvid Fun Fact #1973: I’m vegan

I have no idea where this will lead us, but I have a definite feeling it will be a place both wonderful and strange.

This actually started as a piece for the classic rock series (one of the renders gives away which song) but as I kept iterating it took on a different context, tone, and meaning for me.

Splash through filters may be something I play with again sometime.

Track List:

1. Accelerated Inertia
2. Operating System Twilight
3. What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
4. 4-Oh-4 Forever Found
5. Nonplused
6. Beautiful Girl, Invisible World
7. 25:00 am (Dialup)
8. Sky-Ocean Beach Naps
9. Kitty Parade
10. Yesterday’s Tomorrow
11. Marble Daydream
12. Tragically Empirical Clipart
13. Sunset Dawn at the Electric End

Attended a panel on AI this weekend which turned out to just be an hour straight of surface level AI bashing with zero nuance or real understanding. Got me feeling a bit like Magneto.

The dream is rapidly turning into a nightmare, maybe it always has been, but the core of what this nation symbolizes, what it’s come to mean is still alive, still mendable, still a hope to aspire to.

The promise may be broken, it’s up to us to fix it.

I just wish I knew how. I wish I had the right combination of words to make people understand how much this country could be and how to get there.

But for now, until I or someone else finds those words, I will just quietly keep the hope alive.

Keeping that hope, the aspiration is part of process, I know that much. Maybe one day we will put aside bigotry, greed, pettiness and the dream will make good on the promise of the New Colossus, as a culture we will understand the power of radical empathy and IDIC. Maybe one day as a people we will finally comprehend what greatness truly is.

Until then…

Happy 4th to all my fellow Yankees.

Happy B-day, Ticks!

I see a red door
And I want it painted black
No colors anymore
I want them to turn black

To celebrate the day I figured I’d do a fun piece with all my kids OCs alongside my own.

From top to bottom:

• Luna the Moon Witch Owl - powerfully magic, powerfully cute, powerfully trouble.

• Orbweaver the Genius Craftsman Spider - whatever it is he will take it apart, put it back together, and probably improve it in the process. Also an origami ace.

• Valkyrie the Warrior Kitty - athletic, strategic, quick to grasp the rules of the game and works within them to secure victory.

Love’em to bits. The three of them make being a dad the best gig in the multiverse.

does anybody really know what time it is?
does anybody really care?
you know, I can't imagine why.
we've all got time enough to cry.