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Talia B.

@taliadoesrpgs.bsky.social

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Professional GM, author, and game designer. I also reblog art of various spice levels. Ask me about The Wonders of Mundus, on sale at taliaellib.itch.io; Email [email protected] regarding commissions and paperback orders. AI delenda est.

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Talia B. @taliadoesrpgs.bsky.social · 2d

This is still by far my favorite Wonders of Mundus image and hats off to @pasteldaemon.bsky.social for her perfect interpretation of what I wanted.

(Wonders of Mundus is of course my cyberpunk isekai transgender coming of age story, check it out at taliaellib.itch.io)

An image titled "Look at what woke VRMMOs have done to our men." To the left, labeled "2039," is an image of a pasty, depressed man with unkempt black hair who looks like an overweight sad wet Markiplier, the "Saddest Man Alive." To the right, labeled 2047, is a foxgirl with tan skin, bright blue eyes and red hair in a Shaolin-like outfit who's smiling, the "Most Beautiful Woman You've Ever Met."

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maddie ★ othatsraspberry @othatsraspberry.com · 2h

i pity the other stickers because none can match the majesty of frinos

work in progress of a Hades II sticker sheet for my Patreon

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Talia B. @taliadoesrpgs.bsky.social · 1h

you can pet the frog in Hades 2: Lades

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talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 6h

as charming and whimsical as some will view this, it bears noting that absurdity—not militancy or might—are what people have chosen to repeat from the portland standoffs against ICE.

why is that?

what purpose does this serve?

a mini 🧵:

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Morghan Gill ⭐️COMMISSIONS OPEN⭐️ @teatigercafe.bsky.social · 12h

Happy Portfolio Day everyone! Im going to post some of my favorite recent work in this thread today.

Pst! Im an artist who specializes in character design, early concept ideation and visual development! I've words at many of the major studios and im currently looking for work 💜

#portfolioday

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Gracu ✨🌈 @prismagic.bsky.social · 1d

Happy #PortfolioDay! I'm Gracu, I'm a nonbinary lesbian character designer & digital artist!

bsky.app/profile/pris...

A digital illustration of two men. Sitting forefront is an angel dressed in heavy armor with a greatsword in hand and a delicate white veil. Sitting and holding the angel's leg is another man wrapped in glowing laurels. The background is a blue stained glass piece with a big halo behind the Angel's head.

A man sitting with his arm propped on his knee and his clawed hand in front of his face. He wears a fur jacket over his shoulders and stares into the camera with a piercing blue eye. The background is a stained glass image of a red night sky with a red moon, a black wolf twists around the man and opens its jaw to devour the moon.

An illustration of two men. The upper left is a fire genasi with sparkling black hair and intense red eyes. He wears a dark coat, and red gloves. A green crystal ring stands out on his left hand, while his right hand holds aloft a glowing orb that is part of the stained glass background. His head is encircled by a halo. On the lower right, an albino dhampir with deep red eyes poses with a mask in one hand and a white and blue sword in the other. He wears a green tunic with a half body green jacket. He is encircled by a large dark halo which is part of the stained glass background.

A digital drawing of a character with pale skin and short pink hair. Her eye is gold and stares open wide. She wears white with rainbow accents, and a rainbow stained glass top that has been shattered by a golden sword. She has three sets of wings.

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Alice Ruppert 🐴🎮 @malicedafirenze.bsky.social · 1d

Good News folks, you CAN now in fact, play this

The free demo for Legend of Khiimori is now available on Steam for everyone. Check it out, give it a try, tell a friend. Show everyone how much you want horse games 💪❤

Screenshot from the game The Legend of Khiimori, showing a horse and rider on a steppe landscape

Screenshot of The Legend of Khiimori in a Steam library. It has a "Demo" tag on the top left

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Snacko Racko @snackoracko.bsky.social · 1d

Remember it is important to not only take care of yourself but your plushies too!

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 17h

This is why the inflatable costumes works so well -- it works the same way calling them "weird" or "creepy" did. It disrupts their narrative, and makes them seem pathetic rather than cool-and-cruel.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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~Tanisha Cherislin~ @tani269.bsky.social · 15h

✨Hello! I’m Tanisha & I’m looking for work as a character designer & illustration work! Recently worked on Disney Junior Ariel!Please consider me for your projects!✨
💼:tanishacherislin.com
✉️:[email protected]
#PortfolioDay #characterdesign #drawingwhileblack #visdev #art #kidlitart

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Charlie Ashby @charlie-ashby.co.uk · 15h

RIP Drew Struzan - a man whose talent and imagination etched onto so many minds throughout the last 40+ years.

His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.

A massive loss 💔

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Baby Boy Monaghan @babyboymonaghan.bsky.social · 15h

The Gemara asks if Moses was ever mistaken. Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus answers that Moses once supposed his noses was roses. What does this mean? Rabbi Yehoshua ben Ḥananya answers that when that happened, Moses supposed erroneously.

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Chiki ☆ @krisichiki.bsky.social · 15h

✦ Hi! #PortfolioDay! I'm Chiki, an illustrator and concept artist!

✦ I love making colourful art in a watercolour/marker style, drawing lots of stars and designing cute characters~ ✨

✦ Open for commissions and commercial projects!

✦ [email protected]
✦ krisichiki.com

Illustration featuring an anthropomorphic character named Ailia that belongs to @hrf-ailia. The character has cream-coloured fur, long magenta hair, big ears and a fluffy tail and lots of ribbons and stars. She is sitting on a swing as a trail of stars leave her moon-shaped wand

Illustration featuring Artemia who belongs to theMimiControl. A woman with long braids, elf ears, heterochromia, horns and limbs that glow with stars and galaxies, and a lot of flower decor. She is lying on shallow water with stars glowing all around her

Portrait illustration of Katta who belongs to Sadgirl6014. She is looking at the camera and blows a kiss. Katta has dark skin, textured hair in two small buns and two large buns, pink eyes and wears a pink outfit and has two pink ribbons in her hair

A character reference sheet showing my original character Æmelin, a fox-like anthropomorphic person wearing star-themed fashion. The sheet shows front and back view and some details on outfits and hair.

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Louie Zong @everydaylouie.bsky.social · 1d

manul

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Beedok/Fern 🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦 @beedokfern.bsky.social · 1d

Happy (Canadian) Thanksgiving and (American) Indigenous People's Day!

(With American Thanksgiving and Canadian Indigenous Peoples' Day being in different months, of course.)

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Talia B. @taliadoesrpgs.bsky.social · 1d

Amerigo Vespucci

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PSX Bunlith 🪄 BLM ACAB 🇵🇸 @b0tster.yeag.gay · 1d

yeag days tomorrow. whats yeag day? i dont remember. lol. mark ur calendars 📝

screenshot of a calendar app for october 14th, which is listed as yeag day

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oldmanofthefire @oldmanofthefire.bsky.social · 1d

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Jane @fightingpride93.bsky.social · 1d

May all trans people reading this have gender euphoria and be happy. 🙏🤞

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 2d

The inflatables have made it to Broadview.

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World Champ 🔜 Gamehole @worldchamp.bsky.social · 2d

Not every game is a product.
Not every booklet is a zine.
Not every idea is a kickstarter.
Not every conversation is content.
Not every collab is a stretch goal.
Not every designer is a peer.

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RJB / Mallacore 🇨🇦 @rjb-mallacore.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for the artshare!

I'm RJB / Mallacore. 3d modeler and digital artist.

I love sci-fi and especially spaceships. I've been bring many ship designs to life in vivid and color space scenes.

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Talia B. @taliadoesrpgs.bsky.social · 1d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Which do I roll?

Sawph 🔪 @flannelqueen.bsky.social · 1d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Thousand tickets, no HHT.

James Geary @jamesmgeary.bsky.social · 1d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

pH meter calibration failed.

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∘⊰ Spooky the Orc ⊱∘ @roogytheorc.bsky.social · 2d

Whether you believe it's real and need to understand why it's not, or you already get it and need a link to arm yourself against misinformation, here ya go ♡

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wome...

An article from Psychology Today

Headline: Science Stopped Believing in Porn Addiction. You Should, Too

Subtitle: What does it mean that religion, not porn use, predicts porn-related problems?

David J. Ley, Ph.D

Updated April 4, 2025

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 2d

"jim crow inspired the nuremberg laws" is a corruption of what actually happened, which is that nazi lawyers looked at jim crow laws hoping to mine its justifications and language for the creation of legal race categories, and by and large outright failed

chbarts @chbarts.bsky.social · 3d

Post like this and I unfollow and mute. This is erasing centuries of European pogroms and other violence prior to WWII by making America the sin-eater for the entire Western world. I won't have it and I won't let it slide:

Cærsten (@cara.city) posted:

"we didn't cause Nazism" dude Hitler based the Nuremberg Laws on the Jim Crow south and Lebensraum was partially inspired by the native genocide of the 19th century idk what to tell you
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By quote-posting:
Will Stancil‬ (@whstancil.bsky.social‬):

we didn’t cause Nazism. whatever caused incumbents to tank in 2024, it wasn’t unique to us. we aren’t uniquely corrupt, or violent, or authoritarian. there are good things and bad things about our country like any other, and Americans work a lot like people anywhere

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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