@kevinblades.com
Owner of Operation: Puppet. Professional puppet builder, amateur performer, really amateur podcaster, relapsed goth and maker of fun media.
@kevinblades.comI’m noticing more & more when a video does *not* use #AI stuff like voiceover and thumbnails. An imperfect thing full of humanity will always be more impactful than some dull generic LLM output.
I want to hear accents, stutters, bad line reads, awkward pauses. Perfection is boring and pointless.
@kevinblades.comGoth puppet builder. Oh wait...
@kevinblades.comBetween it being too hot and dentist anxiety I didn’t sleep much last night. Result: seriously considering turning in at 7:30 pm. Rock star life, me.
@kevinblades.comGetting @brighan.com to do VTuber art for me is on my list of things to save up for. Please do give them your love (and commissions)!
@kevinblades.comOff to the dentist for some torture so reflecting on how it's going to be impossible for me to ignore all the GTA stuff in the next couple of months. Yes these things are related in my mind.
@kibblesmith.bsky.socialReposted by @kevinblades.comEvery movie, song, and book that you love was made without the technology that people who don’t make art are now insisting is necessary for making art.
@kevinblades.comHey mini heatwave part way through October after I’ve broken out the leather jacket? Get stuffed.
@kevinblades.comI’m no sketch artist but today I took an actual pencil and actual paper and sketched out an idea for a puppet build. It felt great, client loves it.
Doing art isn’t about *having* art, it’s about *making* art. No matter how “good” the result, #AI can never be that.
@kevinblades.comVibe coded decomps could be the real Achilles heel of corpo #AI boosters. The very companies that pushed this stuff are facing a world where any yob can prompt themselves a Photoshop clone and just put it on GitHub. It’ll be jank and impossible to maintain or update, but free is free.
@kevinblades.comStill blown away by @mischkaa.bsky.social's Banshee skin. Just stunning. I loved Banshee before but I think it's turned me into a Banshee main. #Warframe
@kevinblades.comOn the one hand I lament not being able to break through into a wider #warframe creator space. On the other I frequently cancel streams. Hey Kevin, think these two things might be related?
@kevinblades.comAll talked out from a long podcast so putting a pin in the #Warframe stream today. More soon!
@kevinblades.comWell I *was* going to nap but someone in my neighbourhood is setting off fireworks. At noon. On a bright & sunny day.
@kevinblades.comYet more #podcast has happened! We cover #Diggers, #DragonsDogma2, retro tech, #StarWarsGalacticRacer, X4 Foundations and, as always, spooky #puppets!
Search Pixels and Puppets where you get your podcasts or at this direct link:
@kevinblades.comBREAKING: a lone Canadian puppet builder has discovered Super *Duper* Intelligence. It runs on a mere few pounds of squishy tissue inside the human skull and does not require polluting data centers, just a large stipend of sleep and coffee. Investors, please form an orderly line. #AI
@kevinblades.comReposted by @kevinblades.com2026 #Halloween build reveal: The Bride of #Frankenstein!
This was a real special one, worked very hard on her. Honestly hesitant to sell her. Please remember to contact me if you’d like to pay PayPal before buying it on #Etsy. #Puppets #maker #artist
@kevinblades.com2026 #Halloween build reveal: The Bride of #Frankenstein!
This was a real special one, worked very hard on her. Honestly hesitant to sell her. Please remember to contact me if you’d like to pay PayPal before buying it on #Etsy. #Puppets #maker #artist
@rajio.bsky.socialReposted by @kevinblades.comIf you are a Toronto restaurant contemplating AI food imagery, I will photograph your food for you, and process the photos for the low cost of just letting me have the food for free, if it stops you.
@kevinblades.com#Gamer pro tip: take a look at your most used controller in full sunlight once in a while. Once you’ve stopped recoiling in horror clean it a mild cleanser and soft cloth.
@kevinblades.comLead up 3 to tomorrow’s new #Halloween build reveal. A small sample of past #puppets I did for my favourite season. #Maker #artist
