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Itzu the Tak

@itzu.bsky.social

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CLAP AND CHEER, SMILE AND SCREAM! She/They 🏳️‍⚧️ 33 Former QA and mech E, current creature, indie solo gamedev & creator of first-person puzzle-shooter Escape Velocity. Wishlist it on steam!

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Itzu the Tak @itzu.bsky.social · Feb 8

Hi! I'm Itzu!

I'm an indie game developer and former mechanical engineer. I also sometimes write stories!

I have three characters but the main one is Itzu. Attached is his ref sheet (My other characters are Sura the secretary-bird-taur and Warranty Void the undead protogen)

A reference sheet for the Tak (scaly alien) Flint "Itzu" the Tak.
He looks like a bipedal dragon-pangolin, with large bronze scales on his back and softer tan scales underneath. his eyes are green with slightly reddish sclera. He has two horns that point backwards from his head like the two prongs on a hammer.

Below the ref is some information on the character:
HEIGHT: 7'4" (2.27m)
SPECIES: TAK
AGE: unknown, around 25-35
OCCUPATION: Belligerent Vagrant
Gender: X

There is also a paragraph of text alongside:
"Itzu is an oddity, even among his fellow Tak. He is paranoid and delusional, destructive and impulsive. He distrusts society as a rule, and believes any form of control, from policing to language, to be the greatest sin. He lives on the streets of the first Tak empire, Ortemat, where he harasses passersby he judges to be deserving of his attention-- generally merchants, oligarchs, priests, or guards. His arguments are firey, passionate, but oftentimes irrational and difficult to follow. Despite appearance and behavior, Itzu is tragically intelligent, but broken by a traumatic past and his undiagnosed severe mental illness. He's also not bad with a spear and quick to escape trouble."

The second picture is an expression sheet for Itzu. Expressions include happy, suspicious, angry, smug, and hungry (where he's eating a burger)

There are two paragraphs of text. The first one is as follows:
"Due to contrivance, Itzu ends up in a wide variety of settings and realities. His incredibly reactive personality means that his behavior changes drastically based on where in the universe he is. In a D&D campaign, for example, he might be an antihero attempting to play both sides in order to slay the god he ostensibly worships. In a capitalist space setting, he might be a space pirate and terrorist. What Itzu desires above all else is control over his own life.

The second paragraph is as follows:
"Diet: Itzu is on a personal mission to taste everything at least once. Not just food. With his metal beak and impossibly robust stomach he's gone through an alarming amount of his list, including many things most species consider toxic or impractical. He enjoys exotic tastes and seeks out new experiences where he can. His favorites, however, tend to return to the basics: Fat, greasy foods or raw meat, although he also enjoys soft metals and earthy, peaty flavors."

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Itzu the Tak @itzu.bsky.social · 3h

it absolutely does and evwn presents me the results fractionally (root 2/2)

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Gasket 🐁 @gasket.bsky.social · 4h

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Itzu the Tak @itzu.bsky.social · 4h

with all this smart shit out there I feel like putting in "cosd 45" into google should at least give me the correct cosine

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Miles Davitt @milesdavitt.bsky.social · Mar 31

knifeball, 2021

For Harrison Wyrick

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Ari'sArtAccount (Comms CLOSED) @ariartaccount.bsky.social · 16h

Hello #portfolioday!

I'm Ari, a digital artists who mainly draws mech, robot, and sci-fi art, with a particular love of LEGO BIONICLE

Portfolio: cara.app/ariartaccount
Art feed: tinyurl.com/yc2swved
🌐🔗: linktr.ee/ariartaccount

Eehlek electrocuting Carapar in an underwater battle, green lightning firing from his spines

Toa Hagah Norik and Iruini, standing in a rainy cyberpunk city

A tribute to H.R. Giger's style. Vezon and Fenrakk sit in a lovecraftian mind scape, biomechanical tubing and the glowing Ignika above them.

Toa Hordika Vakama, from the LEGO BIONICLE franchise. His right arm is covered in a fungal mutagenic growth.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 20d

In Yoshi's Island, a "tongue overflow" glitch exists whereby Yoshi's tongue is able to fly away and begin gaining infinite length, overwriting the game's memory. The tongue-based corruption can have any number of effects, including skipping to the credits and ending the game.

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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 8h

mtg in 1997: this card is selenia, a guardian angel from the heavenly realm of serra. twisted by the phyrexians, she drove crovax of urborg insane with unrequited love

mtg in 2025: this card is spongebob. from spongebob squarepants

mtg in 2035: we ran out of ideas. this card is your coworker jeff

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Snazzy the Dragon 🧷🖤🩶🤍💜 @snazithus.bsky.social · 9h

If you've ever played a Yakuza game thought "this Don Quixote place is like a weird loud maze! It surely can't be like this IRL"

I can assure you, it's a sensory hell, impossible to navigate, and packed full of people

It's one of the most hostile shopping experiences I've ever had lmao

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Itzu the Tak @itzu.bsky.social · 6h

(seeing the username) wait it's that guy?!?!? aw fuck damnit he had some good content like a decade ago

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؜ @coyotes.bsky.social · 7h

one of my fav cs youtubers from back in the day is being transphobic on twitter so just have to throw the knowledge out there that he used to have a youtube page where he uploaded nearly 800 videos of himself farting since 2008 called “fart master” which he deleted after it was exposed

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Itzu the Tak @itzu.bsky.social · 6h

holy shit this rules

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Nyek London @stupidhoroscope.bsky.social · 16h

Thank you for my favorite input tutorial message of all time, Zortch 2

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MF VIEWTIFUL @mfviewtiful.bsky.social · 21h

Tag: Corruption, Mind control

Fat Kid Deals @fatkiddeals.com · 1d

This Dominos is in an old Pizza Hut building 😭😭

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Juspertinry @bigpoop.net · 23d

A blue robot of the Alphagen species stands upright, holding a small gryphon atop their hand.

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antlers @cervine.online · Mar 15

The Art of Flying Tube

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Discontinued FOoOoOoOods! 🎃🍫👻🍬 @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · 1d

Bill Knapp’s (1948-2002): A chain of earnest, "down-home" "family-style" restaurants located around the Midwest U.S. and Florida. Famous for high quality ingredients and meals "from scratch", they tried a hip re-brand in the late 90's, which ultimately led to declining business... a 🧵!

A black and white photo of a restaurant dining room, full of booths, tables, chairs, and "homey" curtains on the windows

A Bill Knapp's menu featuring sections on soups, dinner plates, "meal in a basket", and a steak special

The front of a Bill Knapp's menu, featuring photos of various baked goods such as cake, donuts, muffin tops, and ice breads

The front of a white Bill Knapp's restaurant at dusk, with a red awning and lights in the windows

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Foone @foone.bsky.social · 1d

signing up for the hot new linguistic dating site

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sleepiest queer in vol'dun 🦊💤 @shugowah.bsky.social · 1d

NEVER CHANGE, WrA

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Itzu the Tak @itzu.bsky.social · 1d

KITTY

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mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 1d

this is pif he is twelve minutes old and five molecules long

Passionvine tendril with very tiny orange caterpillar on it

Close up of tiny orange caterpillar on curly tendril

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matthew @pahuski.com · 1d

Happy Columbo’s Day

Screenshot from Columbo. He his talking to his dog, which is sitting is the drivers seat of a car. “Okay, I’m gonna put you in charge. You take care of the car. You’re a responsible dog. When I get back, if the car’s okay, I’ll give you another cookie.”

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Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · 1d

ENCYCLOPEDIA - Your mangled brain would like you to know there is a boxer called Contact Mike.

YOU - Yeah? Any news on my wife's name? How about my mother?

ENCYCLOPEDIA - Nope.

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VIRTUAL DOG ⭐ @heychikinan.bsky.social · 4d

Rancorous chimera.

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Itzu the Tak @itzu.bsky.social · 1d

Universes Beyond: Call of Duty