probably buy new clothes unless i was a leopard or something
In addition to your book that came out this year, Quelong, and Carcossa, i want to expand my bookshelf again at Gen Con, so what are some other recent books that I could pick up? I've already got your other works, VotE, Yoon-suin, DFD, Blood in the Chocolate, Broodmother Skyfortress, and a few more.
Who was the model or visual reference for the troll in frostbitten ?
the painting? some anonymous guy
Is the terrible take contest still going?
it technically ended at the beginning of the month but i'll take more if you got it
I had the experience of seeing Da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi in a bright sunlit room with less than ten people just before its auction…. Has there been some visual work of art that left you speechless?
yes
What are your plans, your ambitions for the next two and a half years?
the same as usual
You said that you'd do drawing lessons at 100/hr. Is that a skype-type lesson or an hour's worth of a written plan?
Skype
I'm part of a popular RPG Discord server and I see people taking about FATE, and passing around Evil Hat links. I don't want to say anything for fear of getting the boot, but I don't want to do nothing. What's my move here?
Send evidence of your impressiveness to zakzsmith AT hawtmayle dawt calm
What do you consider the best year of your life? Can you tell me why?
It's all static spiked and a few islands of bliss. Time is a terrible way to organize things I think.
have u done any art latly
y hav u?
Just admit you're a right wing reactionary already. It'll be better for everyone, including yourself.
Rather than expend the effort to think up a wacky comeback I'm just going to earnestly ask what lead you to the conclusion that my personal politics are completely the opposite of both my stated belief system and everything I would have to believe in order to live and work with the people I've surrounded myself with and not be driven insane. Like is this in your mind some kind of deep-mole situation where I'm writing checks to food not bombs in order to secretly gain trust so I can be activated when Putin gives the code word?
I had a dream last night. You streamed D&D my university library. A fire broke out but kept playing, finally moving away when situation got dangerous. But you kept playing / streaming with portable devices. Then you started to interview security perssonel HST style on the fire.
What does it mean?
If someone hangs the Confederate flag, doesn't that make them enemies of the USA? Doesn't that mean they, in fact, hate America? And shouldn't they, therefore, leave, at the very least?
I imagine most are racist and like the landscape, cuisine and other parts of the US but hate black people. However, I have a rather sheltered northern perspective and know black people who have confederate flags (Darius ironically buys a hat with one on "Atlanta" and that's a kinda trap move I've seen before from afro-provacateurs) so I think the categorical is probably not called for. As for whether they should leave? That'd just be moving the problem around. They should stop being racist if they are. And if they can't stop, they should be prevented from doing anything.
What’s one great thing about the weekend?
Christ no.
How are you feeling?
The people who need to know know how I'm feeling.
Do you really go out and about in a hoodie that says "Fuck You that's why"?
Of course not. I go out and about in a hoodie that says "_Because_ Fuck You That's Why"
what can men get away with that women can’t?
Usually doing masculine-coded things without people being like Why are you doing that? Do you need help? You might not be good at that?
Whats the one thing you're sure of that you did absolutely right?
Traditional schooling at prestigious schools worked out well for you. Do you think someone could achieve that learning at democratic school (such as Sudbury)? Looking back do you think the schools you attended were necessary to reach your goals as an artist?
I don't think what I did was necessary to be a successful artist. I was stupid in a lot of ways and also things are changing rapidly.