Bauwerks (formerly James Bont)

Writes for software & sometimes VFX/animation industries. Also an amateur animator & photographer.

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[Bauwerks (formerly James Bont) @_bauwerks]

Finally decided to make a pinned thread showing my artwork and photos. It'll be photo-heavy at first, but I will add more drawings as I get more confident about showing them.

First up are some Patlabor characters in a parody of the Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! opening.

[Bauwerks (formerly James Bont) @_bauwerks]

@blauereiter They stabilized the image...😭 *happy tears*

[Bauwerks (formerly James Bont) @_bauwerks]

@aalong64 Definitely my favorite version of Devilman I've seen.

[Bauwerks (formerly James Bont) @_bauwerks]

Tapping the sign again...not deleting this account, but I've been a bit more active on BS lately, so feel free to follow me there if you want.

[Bauwerks (formerly James Bont) @_bauwerks]

@aalong64 I know these people are mostly joking now, but I've noticed the place picking up more of Mastodon's crappy housing association vibes in recent months, so it's not hard to imagine the place taking a hive mentality that becomes toxic down the road. Hope I'm wrong, but...

[Bauwerks (formerly James Bont) @_bauwerks]

@aalong64 "Hey, we have blocklists for scrapers, right-wing chuds, and other low-hanging grifter fruit!"

Me: Great, subscribe and block, nothing good will come from them!

"And there's lists for people who are annoying, don't have avatars, other misconstruable things..."

Me: ............

[Bauwerks (formerly James Bont) @_bauwerks]

@Arc_Hound Don't forget Shuji Imai.

[Bauwerks (formerly James Bont) @_bauwerks]

This would make for some good video reference for face squashing. 😃

[和丸号 (大塚和之) @kazumarugou]

懐古 昭和 📺
激レア動画 見つけた

[Bauwerks (formerly James Bont) @_bauwerks]

@Padderooz I never realized until quite recently how this was kinda common in Europe, and that it wasn't just Japan who were publishing comics through magazines instead of individual floppies. I'll read scanned backissues of Deadline and wonder why the U.S. never really went this route.

[Bauwerks (formerly James Bont) @_bauwerks]

@Richmond_Lee Hadn't heard about the flooding in Thailand, glad to hear everyone's safe though!

[Bauwerks (formerly James Bont) @_bauwerks]

Tapping the sign again...not deleting this account, but I've been a bit more active on BS lately, so feel free to follow me there if you want.

[Bauwerks (formerly James Bont) @_bauwerks]

I'm not on it as much as Twitter aside from cross-posting, but I am over at Bluesky if anyone wants to follow me there too.

Migrating my site to a different framework's still in progress, but when that's done I'll be writing on there again too.

[Bauwerks (formerly James Bont) @_bauwerks]

Filled up another sketchbook. I couldn't remember the last time I finished one, and was surprised to see it was back near the end of July.

The latest book was bigger than the last couple ones, but I was still surprised at how long it took to fill it up despite drawing each day.

[Bauwerks (formerly James Bont) @_bauwerks]

@blauereiter Ahhh, yeah I almost never use Amazon anymore, although DHL's shipping to L.A. from Japan tends to be pretty fast.

[Bauwerks (formerly James Bont) @_bauwerks]

@blauereiter You got yours already? CD Japan says mine won't arrive until Thursday. *whimper*

[⛓️🔥ERIK INCARNATE🔥⛓️ @bikenesmith]

incredibly irresponsible to share these w/o attention to their historical context.
much of leyendecker's work are covers commissioned by the saturday evening post, which depicted american cultural caricatures + everyday imagery — INCLUDING those steeped in antiblackness 🧵

[Bauwerks (formerly James Bont) @_bauwerks]

I'm still surprised his entire SXSW keynote isn't online after all these years.

https://t.co/IIfn9uTP7S

[Bauwerks (formerly James Bont) @_bauwerks]

R.I.P., Quincy.

https://t.co/guj8YbJRwr

[Bauwerks (formerly James Bont) @_bauwerks]

Sad news for fans of Yi Yi (which I'm due to rewatch). 😢

[Joyu Wang @joyuwang]

Just before midnight, some Taipei residents made their way to bid farewell to a pedestrian bridge at a busy intersection in the heart of the city. The bridge, long used as a film set—including in Edward Yang’s 2000 classic “Yi Yi”—was set to begin demolition the following day.

[Bauwerks (formerly James Bont) @_bauwerks]

Wow! What a catch. Whether or not Miyamoto (and any others who streamlined Mario's appearance over the years) cribbed this design, I always love seeing the west influencing the east (or vice-versa), then seeing things get influenced right back. Art's great.

[🐱ri-Warui @oleivarrudi]

This guy from the 1939 'gulliver's travels' animated movie looks kinda familiar...