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Rob Simpson

@lumenboi

Senior Lighting Artist, weekend woodworker https://www.artstation.com/robsimpson

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If you work in a creative industry, you *must* read this

“If you were a man, every one of those negatives would be in the positive column.” - My first performance review in games included as negatives: “personality is too big, too confident, asks too many questions”

Yes, there’s a double standard

08.03.2026 14:06 👍 418 🔁 147 💬 10 📌 5
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Mosquito Fleet Act Runs Into Choppy Seas in the State Senate » The Urbanist # Ferry advocates had been hoping that expanded authority to create passenger ferry districts could allow them to supplement state ferry service in more areas. But changes to the bill in the state Sen...

NEW: A raft of changes made to the Mosquito Fleet Act in the state Senate could significantly put a damper on the impact of the bill, limiting the ability of local governments to scale up new passenger ferry districts.

my full story:
www.theurbanist.org/2026/03/08/m...

08.03.2026 16:23 👍 35 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 2
DC Comic' character Janet is wearing a dress with flowers adorning it. 3 white doves fly around her and one is handing Janet an ivy sprig in her outstretched hand. There are dead bodies and rotting skeletons around Janet in a swamp setting.

DC Comic' character Janet is wearing a dress with flowers adorning it. 3 white doves fly around her and one is handing Janet an ivy sprig in her outstretched hand. There are dead bodies and rotting skeletons around Janet in a swamp setting.

🌿Poison Ivy Cover 33🌿

'An awful tragedy is unfolding...'

09.03.2025 20:10 👍 3389 🔁 819 💬 42 📌 9
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when he’s strong and fast and also fresh from the fight 🫦

05.03.2026 01:36 👍 3938 🔁 1062 💬 16 📌 3
A dragoness with orange scales sits on a grassy hill and looks into the distance at the mountains. The evening sky, a full moon rises above the mountains

#runasolarisart

A dragoness with orange scales sits on a grassy hill and looks into the distance at the mountains. The evening sky, a full moon rises above the mountains #runasolarisart

🌙

03.03.2026 19:15 👍 2849 🔁 890 💬 20 📌 1
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For all the texture references fans out there

02.03.2026 18:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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massive beehive shaped kilns for making bricks built in the 1920's

02.03.2026 18:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

One for the big architectural open space likers out there

02.03.2026 16:16 👍 29 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
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Finished up The Unknown Island environment! the feedback I received while working on this environment was incredible helpful and I really appreciated it!

28.02.2026 16:17 👍 17 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 0
A low poly rat I made. Thank you

A low poly rat I made. Thank you

If you see this you MUST open blender and make a low-poly rat. I just did it and it made me happy

27.02.2026 17:14 👍 1535 🔁 346 💬 74 📌 164

I'm in Columbia, South Carolina to help my brother fix up his house and it's nuts how every street is a 6 lane highway.

There's evidence of high speed crashes everywhere. We even saw the aftermath of a hit and run on our way out of the airport

27.02.2026 15:43 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Spinosaurus Mirabilis gone fishing

Spinosaurus Mirabilis gone fishing

decided to give the piece a little more umph.

26.02.2026 22:03 👍 1985 🔁 533 💬 19 📌 0
A screenshot from Twin Peaks. An FBI agent driving in a car is saying "Diane, 11:30am, February 24th. I'm entering the town of Twin Peaks" into a dictaphone.

A screenshot from Twin Peaks. An FBI agent driving in a car is saying "Diane, 11:30am, February 24th. I'm entering the town of Twin Peaks" into a dictaphone.

Happy 'entering the town of Twin Peaks' day to those that celebrate 🥳

24.02.2026 11:54 👍 853 🔁 339 💬 8 📌 10
A whiteboard leaned against a shelf with many trinkets. On the whiteboard, it says “When you look at a blank page, think of who you love”

A whiteboard leaned against a shelf with many trinkets. On the whiteboard, it says “When you look at a blank page, think of who you love”

In his acceptance speech for award for best screenplay, Ryan Coogler said “when you look at a blank page, think of who you love” and I dunno, that really moved me so I wrote it down and sat it on my desk to look at while I work

23.02.2026 16:02 👍 2670 🔁 707 💬 25 📌 0
Glass and steel tower.

Glass and steel tower.

Canaletto Tower
City Road, London EC1V

Glass and steel tower.

#reference #materialreference #buildingreference

24.02.2026 03:09 👍 34 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 1

elevators are transit!

also - be sure to email your WA electeds on the house housing committee today to vote down peterson's poison pill that would eliminate the most important part toward cheaper elevators (standards harmonization)

app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?...

23.02.2026 15:13 👍 44 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 2
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Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points

“The climate scientists we surveyed were unambiguous: current economic models can’t capture what matters most – the cascading failures and compounding shocks that define climate risk in a warmer world – and could undermine the very foundations of economic growth.”

Should be the top story everyday.

23.02.2026 06:55 👍 520 🔁 276 💬 11 📌 17

Amazing how much we knew about climate change back in 1965. And to realize this was clearly communicated to the highest levels of government when *my parents* were still teenagers.

21.02.2026 17:10 👍 20 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0

@ material artists 🥴

20.02.2026 19:33 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Office of the Mayor Mayor Katie B. Wilson

Today is the last day to take the Mayor's Renter Survey! Help inform the future Seattle renters need. Because you have better things to spend your money on than junk fees. wilson.seattle.gov/2026/02/06/m...
#thisisyourcity

20.02.2026 17:37 👍 33 🔁 17 💬 0 📌 3
“Make bad game? Fired. Make good game? Fired. Make incredibly successful game? Believe it or not, also fired.” Original source of meme is from Parks and Recreation.

“Make bad game? Fired. Make good game? Fired. Make incredibly successful game? Believe it or not, also fired.” Original source of meme is from Parks and Recreation.

the video game industry is a mess

20.02.2026 01:02 👍 10527 🔁 2585 💬 53 📌 52
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🦅⚔️ commission of a friends character !! Gorm the Griever and his trusty falcon, Morrow. used a ton of @maxulichney.bsky.social brushes (gouache and oils) to achieve the texture !! those brushes are magic. thank you @ryryrybread.bsky.social for letting me fuss over this hehe

19.02.2026 21:54 👍 158 🔁 36 💬 4 📌 0

In addition to allowing smaller elevators in small buildings, SB 5156 includes a non-binding statement for state agencies to support harmonizing code with international standards.

Watch this to see why, over the long term, this part of the bill may be most important:

youtu.be/Or1_qVdekYM?...

19.02.2026 18:37 👍 20 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 3

No joke the dentist working in my mouth asked me"Do you use AI?"

I wanna scream yet I have no mouth

17.02.2026 23:11 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Been picking away at my flipped normals entry and pretty happy with the high poly for now. Still playing with colours but will jump into retopology this week 💪

16.02.2026 23:11 👍 17 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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I’m reworking my Mirror’s Edge-inspired scene.
I’ve switched to UE5.7 (right). The lighting and reflections feel more accurate, and the ambient occlusion is improved overall.
I’ve also reduced the strong blue fog and shifted the mood toward a warmer palette.

15.02.2026 13:59 👍 222 🔁 43 💬 8 📌 0
Two wedgewood blue doors with intricate black metalwork are set into a stone building with red bricks in front.

Two wedgewood blue doors with intricate black metalwork are set into a stone building with red bricks in front.

#AdoorableThursday
Our Lady of Victory Chapel at St. Catherine’s University.

04.12.2025 22:47 👍 14 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Me Looking at the Elwha thinking about the salmon

11.02.2026 05:06 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is starting to get like universal basic income where every single objective study shows the same result but the people who don't like that result go "uh, well there's just really no way to know"

10.02.2026 15:06 👍 5178 🔁 2269 💬 5 📌 15

it costs $0.00 to support an artist 🤗

08.02.2026 17:47 👍 538 🔁 144 💬 6 📌 4