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Alex Connolly ▞ @alexconnolly.bsky.social · 3h

How you managed to finish the PSX version deserves praise and sympathy in equal measure.

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Asa Donald | Backwards Tabletop @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social · 1d

SPINE has been released on itch! You can download your PDF or a printable booklet today to start playing!

I'm keeping it FREE through the end of October.

backwards-tabletop.itch.io/spine

Asa Donald | Backwards Tabletop @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social · 15d

SPINE is a solo tabletop RPG that looks like a book. It is your anchor to the fictional world, a prop, and a work of art — a keepsake — that you co-create, all in one.

In SPINE, you quite literally embody a researcher who is reading and marking up the physical book in front of you.

Embody the researcher who is reading and marking up the physical book in front of you.

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Rob Turpin 🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️ @thisnorthernboy.bsky.social · 1d

#PortfolioDay

Rob Turpin 🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️ @thisnorthernboy.bsky.social · Jan 17

I'm Rob, an illustrator, designer, and writer from the UK. With a background in graphic design, I now spend my time drawing spaceships, robots, and other strange stuff - either for myself or for indie games and publishers.

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A poster, built in Blender, showing the industrial Funicular from the Manga, Akira.

My illustration, Elk Island Light. An orange lighthouse floats on the ocean, at its base, tentacles extend in to the deep.

My illustration, Deep Space Fleet. A page of brightly coloured spaceship sketches.

My illustration, ISO Grid. 16 isometric illustrations of various little buildings. From a sci-fi noodle bar, to a Venetian palazzo.

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Dan Morison @darkmechanic.bsky.social · 1d

I'm actually looking for work this time around for #portfolioday - concept art, storyboards, character design& splash illustration!

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Alex Connolly ▞ @alexconnolly.bsky.social · 2d

Excuse the quick and dirty scans, but if you can get your hands on the magazine, you'll be treated not only to Plum's 1/32 Shira-DOW kit dolled up to the nines, but scratch-built Republic aircraft and more. The 1/700 scale scratch-built Prince of Minadan carrier is especially sumptuous.

A scan from a magazine showcasing a scratch-built jet fighter in silver and red livery.

A scan from a magazine detailing a scratch-built model aircraft carrier.

A scan from a magazine detailing a scratch-built jet fighter in yellow livery.

A scan from a magazine detailing two ornate propellor-driven aircraft in blue and red liveries, respectively.

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Alex Connolly ▞ @alexconnolly.bsky.social · 2d

Happy to report the newest edition of Scale Aviation is dedicated to Wings of Honnêamise. All the banger models; props, jets, aircraft carriers, rockets etc. Naturally, no wheeled fighting vehicles, but more than enough for Royal Space Force freaks.
More info: store.modelkasten.com/smartphone/d...

A copy of the Japanese Scale Aviation magazine, an ornate pusher-style turboprop fantasy aircraft on the cover.

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Alex Connolly ▞ @alexconnolly.bsky.social · 5d

And those with legitimate anxieties about the ever-present notion of using their own brain.

"Dear Palace Theatre..."

Alex Connolly ▞ @alexconnolly.bsky.social · 5d

A real one, that Ratko Mladić.

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Alex Connolly ▞ @alexconnolly.bsky.social · 5d

Stewart Lee when confronted by a podcaster brandishing ChatGPT-generated questions.

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Alex Connolly ▞ @alexconnolly.bsky.social · 5d

Great interview with a true virtuosa.

Hiromi: The Most Electrifying Pianist Alive

YouTube video by Rick Beato

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Alex Connolly ▞ @alexconnolly.bsky.social · 5d

We'll chalk it up to performance anxiety, in a field against once-reputable suites. Make hay, Scribus. Sort yourself out. Look at your FOSS peers.

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Alex Connolly ▞ @alexconnolly.bsky.social · 5d

Tangentially, on the back of prior discussion...come on Scribus! It's your time to shine. And by shine, we mean get the stability and interface glow-up you require.

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Alex Connolly ▞ @alexconnolly.bsky.social · 5d

Oklou x twigs. A good day.

Oklou - viscus ft. FKA twigs (Official Video)

YouTube video by Oklou

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Alex Connolly ▞ @alexconnolly.bsky.social · 6d

Ad Astra.

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Alex Connolly ▞ @alexconnolly.bsky.social · 7d

Definitely.

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Alex Connolly ▞ @alexconnolly.bsky.social · 7d

So clean. And varied!

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Alex Connolly ▞ @alexconnolly.bsky.social · 7d

I was just made aware of Rocketmen! Looked terrific! Yeah, real economic design and delivery in these games. Might be anathema to the era of ultra-detailed resin and whatnot, but there's something to be said for building a little fleet in minutes.

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Alex Connolly ▞ @alexconnolly.bsky.social · 7d

Agreed. As much as Heroclix et al. did fill a gap, something about popping the ship parts from sprues that were also stat cards etc. Big props to the designers, too. Multi-decked galleons, galleys, war junks, forts, monsters etc. All assembled from a few styrene cards.

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Alex Connolly ▞ @alexconnolly.bsky.social · 7d

Does the Pirates Constructible Strategy Game count? Absolute banger. Cheap, ready in seconds, highly enjoyable. Sadly sank with Wizkids. Would love to see the concept of styrene minis delivered in trading card format return. Maybe it has?

Everything else was an exercise in collecting ornaments.