Sean Äaberg

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Culture & Rules are very important to me but I have a unique view & attitude towards them. I like the structure these things provide but I’m also more than willing to ignore the rules if ...

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Evocation is a big part of my work. I catch a whiff of something I like & then I catalog it away. I had a moment back in Eugene when I realized that every piece of art I did was a spell making ...

1995

Probably 1995, I was still figuring things out, drunk as helll in front of a sow at LaVal’s Northside in Berkeley.

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I woke up this morning with the theme song for the 70s Public Television children’s show “Vegetable Soup” stuck in my head. Upon watching it on Youtube this morning, it was prefaced with this...

VEGETABLE SOUP

I loved this intro when I was a kid - this animator was so weird!

EXPANSIONING POSTER

I whipped up this poster this morning. I think it turned out nicely.

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I have been working on my broth of influences my whole life. The idea is to have a vast array of flavor that just hits you. There are so many different elements that make up this thing, it’s diff...

DUNGEON DEGENERATES: THE EXPANSIONING POSTCARD

This is the postcard for the new kickstarter, coming soon!

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I see all culture, politics, beliefs as manifestations of the human mind these days. I used to see these elements as external but now I really see them as coming directly from them, or rather peopl...

ART NOTES

I thought I would share the notes at the top of the recent document of art needs for Alex Hagen & Mustafa Bekir. They are worth looking at.

Okay! Some basic guidelines, the Wurstr...

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Some things just shine out as right. Strategy, tactics, planning aren’t involved. These things are brought about by pure gut instinct. These things should be matched with other pragmatic elements...

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Things have been reduced to a mush, a slime, an ooze. The nature of phones making everyone have access to this highly relative infinite world in a way that they weren’t able to before is like pou...

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It takes time to do things right. If you skip steps, those things come back at you to make sure you learn your lesson. That’s why I don’t think that any of these large political projects are ul...

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I’ve been getting better at teamwork. Especially now that a group approach is essential for me to get things done! I can’t do everything myself & honestly that hasn’t been my mode for a l...

EXPANSIONING SALE

We have THREE expansions for DUNGEON DEGENERATES: Hand of Doom planned for you! DIRTY DEEDS. GOBLIN MODE & MOON MADNESS. DIRTY DEEDS introduces the new DIRTY DEEDS DECK of missions to do in be...

MUSTAFA BEKIR

I've added Mustafa Bekir to the DUNGEON DEGENERATES team, he came up on my radar through a bunch of projects, I featured him in the send issue of Die Wurst. Lately he has been doing art for the Fig...

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We watched the Goonies again at the Academy Theatre. Before we watched it, I asked myself why we keep watching certain movies. Is there a central message that bears repeating? Why do we like this m...

PIXEL ART O9

More pixel art, its funny, since the pixels encourage a cubist. symmetrical, rigid approach I have to deliberately against that, you can see that distinct separation in this piece.

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I started collecting vinyl records when I was eleven or so. My parents had a big collection & I can remember looking through them before I could read & identifying albums by their spine col...

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"Sometimes there is strength & sometimes weakness; Sometimes one is up and sometimes down. Therefore the wise avoid extremes, excesses & complacency."

- The Tao Te Ching

People ...

FACTIONS

We're introducing a new mechanic into DUNGEON DEGENERATES. There are so many factions competing for power in the Wurstreich. Each of these factions have their own turf. The Hauses, the Empire, Gobl...

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I love fireworks & loud noises. I used to just set off smoke bombs randomly to keep things lively. When we were watching the Turkey Necks (Cramps tribute band) at the Hollywood Theatre I was t...

COME HERE OFTEN?

Before I had the stroke I had the idea to draw the fantasy equivalent of those old magazine cartoons where it was pretty obvious that a joke was tacked on to a drawing that could be a vehicle for a...

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My agenda is balance & human flourishing. I believe the meaning of life is to be lived & that is the point of being alive. I am a good faith actor. We are not in a good position in America ...

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I decided to have psychological ownership over this country back in 2001. 9-11 happened, after I watched the airplanes slamming into the towers, & got over the shock, & immediately thought ...

DUNGEON BLASTER

With these pixel art pieces I am just trying to go for the most absurd, high impact, fast & furious ideas possible. This is based off a drawing I did in 2007 or so, a video game called DUNGEON...

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I came up in the zine world, specifically the International DIY Punk scene, but my zine was always personal, a per-zine as they would be classified later. Having the zine be my main a...

PORTLAND

I haven't used my powers of city context for a bit, I'm going to start using them for Portland & Oregon in general.

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There is this term that is thrown around these days: “Luxury Beliefs”. These are beliefs that instill a sense of elite belonging but have little or no utility. I discarded so many of these that...

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I was writing about how society isn’t solid enough for me feel safe in doing the kinds of pranks that I’d like to do because most things already read as absurd. I like to confuse people, but it...