Let’s get weird
Hello! Welcome to MonsterBrainSoup. I’m Lukas, and this is my corner of the internet to talk about things that matter to me and share my art and creations.
I want to use this space to talk about alternative identities, self-expression, and ways to live in this world happily and healthily while still finding ways to be who you really want to be, even while that changes and evolves with you.…
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Free AI Art Creation Tools
AI is super cool, and also kinda scary.
It can create hilarious predictive text works like Harry Potter and the Portrait of What Looked Like a Large Pile of Ash or even surprisingly convincing Taylor Swift songs. It can also create disturbingly realistic deepfaked images or videos of famous people.
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Kickstarter Successful! Pre-Order Store Now Open!
My first-ever Kickstarter was successfully funded at 107%!
If you missed out on the campaign, you can still buy the pins and more items at the pre-order store.
Click here to view the pre-order store on Backerkit!
UPDATE: The pre-order store is now closed and manufacturing has begun on the items.
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Dragons of Teyvat Enamel Pins Kickstarter Launches Feb 10 2022
I’m SUPER excited to be launching my very first Kickstarter campaign for 2.5 inch hard enamel pins inspired by the dragons from Genshin Impact.
We’ll start off with pins available for Morax/Rex Lapis, Dvalin, Durin, and Azhdaha, but there are some awesome stretch goal unlocks including a fifth dragon pin!
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3″ Acrylic Charms Now Available on my Etsy Shop
I’m very excited to announce that I am now selling my art in the form of 3 inch acrylic keychain charms.
This is the first time I have gotten my art printed as a product!
I have three designs currently available and am working on more!
Get 10% off if you use code “MONSTERBRAINSOUP” at checkout!
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Favorite “Dragon City” Dragons
Last modified: October 21st, 2021
Dragon City is a popular mobile phone game that features most of the classic tropes: resource collecting, daily login bonuses, cooldown times, crafting times, and of course, tons of micro-transactions to speed all of those things up.
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Favorite “Dragon Cave” Dragons
Last modified: October 19th, 2021
Dragon Cave (dragcave.net) is one of only a few remaining “clickable adoptables” websites.
Back in the mid-2000’s on internet forums, you could customize a signature, which was attached to the bottom of every post and reply you made.
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Are Dragons Monsters?
Short answer: yes.
Longer answer: yeah, I think so, kinda, for the most part, depending on context…
Really long answer….
In the context of general human collective unconscious, dragons are the ultimate manifestation of a predator. With the traits of a big cat, bird of prey, crocodilian, and snake, they combine qualities of apex predators across biomes.…
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Let’s Talk About Animal Identity
Last modified: September 15th, 2021
“What animal are you?”
It was a question I asked newfound friends and acquaintances in my early childhood. In my mind, everyone was both human and something else at the same time.
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Favorite “Well of Souls” Monsters
Last modified: September 14th, 2021
Well of Souls is a free-to-play fantasy RPG game that was launched in 1998 and tremendously popular with my gradeschool self and friends. It was the first ever indie-developed MMORPG – in order to play online with other players, someone had to be hosting the session on their own home computer using the creator’s own software called MIX.
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Flight Rising Dragon Species Review
Last modified: March 4th, 2022
Flight Rising is a browser-based game in which you raise, breed, and battle dragons. There are currently 18 species of dragons, with different art for the baby, male, and female versions. There are numerous patterns (“genes”) and colors for the body, wings, and all-over patterns.
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