I gotta read this! I've been deep into nonfiction on the topic.

"just move" LMAO

black and white pixels creating a shifted grid of squares

I made a tiling pixel design for a knitting machine punchcard. It repeats horizontally after 12 units (the width constraint of the punchcard) but surprisingly takes 120 to repeat vertically.

pencil drawing of a tabby cat in repose

Grape the cat

In 'Alien' (1979), the alien is defeated via the destruction of an entire shipment of cargo destined to become profitable corporate commodity. In 'Aliens' (1986) the aliens are defeated by a woman learning to be a good mother and punishing a bad mother.

In 'Alien' (1979), the alien is an expression of capital. It is an aggressive, hostile, amoral, predatory, assimilating, accumulating, consuming, inhuman *structure* or *pattern* that is made out of its victims. In 'Aliens' (1986) it becomes an evil insect representing Vietnamese people.

they're fan sculpts, not merch, looks like?

black hatched ink drawing of stacked triangular pyramids

This is number 2 in a triptych of recent #penplotter drawings of a tetrahedral assembly. The whole set can be seen at etchfo dot com. https://etchfo.com/2025-07-14

yes! beautiful work.