vlada yaga 👁 ➤ UVW-CWA

A quote on a black background with a crowd of cartoon raised hands at the bottom. The quote reads, "I’ve been laid off 12 months after moving my family to another continent."

A quote on a black background with a crowd of cartoon raised hands at the bottom. The quote reads, "During my first games role out of college, I experienced a medical event 6 months into my role, and was let go while in the hospital."

Responses to the We’re Done Playing Petition responses are often brutal. The layoffs game developers experience are shocking, callous, and wreak havoc on their lives, and the lives of the people closest to them.

Have you signed the petition? Add your voice here: actionnetwork.org/forms/were-d...

Hey! I could really use your help right now.

Support Vlada M. Support Vlada M.

Hey folks! I am between contracts again, and having trouble keeping up with bills & rising cost of living. Please help out if you can, it really makes a difference in the kind of work I am able to take on !

ko-fi.com/vladadraws

Don't Torture Puppies A story game about the promises that capitalism makes, the compromises it demands, and the complicated shapes people shape themselves into, to make those two things make sense.

My friends and I designed a lil TTRPG about the absurdities of capitalism called "Don't Torture Puppies" and we're fundraising for a print run as part of Zine Month. I'll also be making some art for it! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/g...

done for illustrated ars goetia

painting of 4 sun faced riders on shining steeds

paintings

no they come to your house and spit in your mouth

No Other Choice by Park Chan-wook, yes I count this as horror 🫠

gamers who think targeted harassment at game workers will result in them making better games: who raised you and why are you unafraid of a server spitting into your sandwich?

Narrative Portfolio Review Signature Session Community Game Narrative Summit Anna C. Webster (Senior Writer and Narrative Designer, Independent) Alexa Ray Corriea (Expert Writer, Gearbox) Ashley Poprik (Senior Narrative Designer, Bungie) Emma Kidwell (Writer, Firaxis) John Ryan (Senior Writer/Narrative Designer/Consultant, Independent) Laura Michet (Narrative Director, Heart Machine) Sam Maggs (Senior Manager, Brand & IP Strategy, Critical Role) Alice Camp (Senior Narrative Designer, Microfun) Aysha Farah (Lead Writer and Narrative Designer, Independent) Karrie Shao (Lead Writer and Narrative Designer, Pacific Drive) Kelsie Mhoon (Senior Narrative Designer, Obsidian Entertainment) Nessa Cannon (Game Writer and Narrative Designer, Independent) Lis Moberly (Creative Lead, 20th Century Games, The Walt Disney Company) Books Schwartz (Senior Narrative Designer) Location: Room 212, South Hall Date: Monday, March 9 Time: 1:50 pm - 4:50 pm Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass - Get your pass now! Audience Level: All Track: Career, Narrative & Performance Format: Special Event

Are you a writer or narrative designer attending GDC? For the first time, GDC is hosting a Narrative Portfolio Review Workshop! I've assembled a literal dream team of Senior/Lead narrative folks to review portfolios, so bring your materials!

Deets: schedule.gdconf.com/session/narr...

Help Support from the broader community matters. The closure of Ubisoft Halifax has prompted many people to ask how they can help and what actions are available. This page lists current ways to offer su…

Support the affected workers by joining a letter writing campaign to hold Ubisoft accountable! This effort is open to ALL regardless of your country of residence, and takes only a minute of your time.

ubisoftworkerscanada.com/help/

Fucker Bowl

A Black-capped Chickadee showcasing winter fashion by donning a snowflake accessory.

sure pink pony club is a catchy song and i get that it's touched a lot of people on a deeply personal level, but i would still prefer to look at a painting of a dude with a fucked up face surrounded by meat

Yellow Parenti Lecture (1986) YouTube video by Sabo Cat

RIP to the realest.

Gonna watch today in his honor
💔💔

youtu.be/s5oPFAfdrkU?...

Every couple of years I get struck by a sudden yearning to know exactly what the 1561 celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg was (or if it was just a sensation made up by some fabulist printer)

I materialize a [redacted] in [redacted]

But they'll feel like soooooo embarrassed about bludgeoning me and everyone I love to death!!

it's actually a gun, but I guess you can make fun of them, too.

everything is fine

Sister of Rebirth
Exploration artwork for personal project

Most want Medicare for all. Most want to tax the rich- hell most young ones have a favorable view of socialism now. You are on the right. You are not the left anymore because your political development stopped with Hillary Clinton

this is:

a) impossible, an LLM needs billions of points of data to output comparably non-shit material. even a limited LORA needs a comparison point with all the other artists the base model is trained on.

b) hey, did your in-house artists/writers sign up for their work to be trained on for AI?

We are saddened and disappointed at Ubisoft’s announcement to close their Halifax studio just weeks after their video game workers collectively formed a union with CWA Canada Local 30111.

"All over the world, wherever there are capitalists, freedom of the press means freedom to buy up newspapers, to buy writers, to bribe, buy and fake 'public opinion' for the benefit of the bourgeoisie.

This is a fact.

No one will ever be able to refute it."

- Lenin

Sketch commission! gettin thru

screenshot of actors on a green screen with a wildly wrong lighting setup to match their cartoon background

screenshot of actors on a green screen with a wildly wrong lighting setup to match their cartoon background

screenshot of an actor on a green screen with a wildly wrong lighting setup to match his cartoon background

screenshot of actors on a green screen with a wildly wrong lighting setup to match their cartoon background

Stranger Things Season 5 "Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up". Directed by The Duffer Brothers