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D.M. Shields
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Writer | TTRPG Designer | Space Enthusiast | He/Him
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A meme featuring my MC barely surviving an encounter with an incurious and willful enemy.

#DVparty
A meme from the Pirates of the Caribbean. Norrington says, "you are without a doubt the worst sorcerer I've ever lost a fight to". Jack Sparrow responds, "Ah, but you did lose a fight to me". Flames spout from his fingertips.
October 5, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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My pitch image for Arcane Heart, a fantasy novel of exploration and unlikely alliances.

If you're struggling to find images for yours, I sourced mine through rawpixel's public domain collection. Nowhere is perfect, but I've had good luck avoiding the slop there.

#DVparty
A pitch image for Arcane Heart. The background is blue and the text is white and gold. The comps are, “The queer forged family dynamics of The Witch King by Martha Wells,” and, “The cross cultural politics of Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon.” Accompanying images and their labels are: An anatomical drawing of a skeleton and a heart with the text, “Sorcerers are literally heartless.” A burning roman city with the text, “Vengeance at the cost of peace.” Gustav Klimt's Pallas Athena (A painting of Athena clad in gold on a dark purple background) and Where Nature's God Hath Wrought by William Wendt (A painting of a rocky hilltop surrounded by green fields and copses of trees). Between them it says, “A protagonist from a forest shrouded in iron and gold, to whom green grass and timber trees seem alien.” The words, “Defamiliarization,” “Unlikely allies,” and “Visceral magic,” are scattered in the remaining space.
October 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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3. AUTOMATON

#swordtember doodles
A pen doodle on a lined notepad. A sword with a small robot for a hilt. It has a smiling face, apeture eyes, and legs. He gleams. The blade emerges from the top of his head. His speech bubbles read, "Don't worry! I love being used for violence! And I'm self sharpening!" An old scientist wearing goggles comments, "Unfortunately my creation says schwing when he's swung"
September 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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2. MOSS

#swordtember doodlin'
A pen doodle on a blue lined notebook. A sword with a stick handle. The shaft is made of clumpy moss, with a protruding blade edge made of fanned out flowers
September 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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I've been doing #swordtember doodles to keep my brain from turning to soup at work, and the extra creative exercise has been doing wonders for my writing output.

Anyways I'm way behind on posting them.

1. SHELL
A pen doodle in a blue lined notepad. A broad sword, bladed on one side, with a tortoise shell as a hilt guard. The metal of the blade has a hexagonal tortoise shell pattern fading away towards the tip.
September 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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In ARCANE HEART, ghosts of the past threaten to drag us into our old ways, and the dark allure of violence is ever present.
The world is hemmed in by swirling chaos that dissolves reason, sorcerers must cut out their hearts for power, and are always at risk of losing their humanity.
#QueerPit #F #A
A pitch image for Arcane Heart. The background is blue and the text is white and gold. The comps are, “The queer forged family dynamics of The Witch King by Martha Wells,” and, “The cross cultural politics of Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon.” Accompanying images and their labels are: An anatomical drawing of a skeleton and a heart with the text, “Sorcerers are literally heartless.” A burning roman city with the text, “Vengeance at the cost of peace.” Gustav Klimt's Pallas Athena (A painting of Athena clad in gold on a dark purple background) and Where Nature's God Hath Wrought by William Wendt (A painting of a rocky hilltop surrounded by green fields and copses of trees). Between them it says, “A protagonist from a forest shrouded in iron and gold, to whom green grass and timber trees seem alien.” The words, “Defamiliarization,” “Unlikely allies,” and “Visceral magic,” are scattered in the remaining space.
August 15, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Reading this as a teen probably bent the course of my life more than any other book. Top of the list for books I wish I could force everyone to read.
A two panel image from Bob's Burgers. Bob Belcher sits in a car saying, "I mean, I don't want to oversell it, but it changes you forever"
July 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Milcheck for sure
Mr. Milcheck from severance in a white turtleneck dancing under an ominous pinkish purple light.
March 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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A four panel Calvin and Hobbes comic, of his father talking to him about a record. The dialog has been sloppily edited. He says, "watching an anime? Let me show you something interesting." Next panel, "The two types of anime are revolutionary girl utena and gundam. Jujutsu Kaisen? Gundam. Chainsawman? Utena." Calvin responds, "Yeah." Next panel, "Nichijou? Gundam. Love is War? Utena. Despite being gundam, witch from mercury is utena." The last panel is Calvin wide eyes unable to sleep that night.
March 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Introduce yourself with 4 movies
Everything Everywhere All At Once. Evelyn is in a row of cubicles, doing martial arts, with a googly eye in the center of her forehead. In Bruges. Ray and Ken are sitting on a park bench in an old European town square, laughing. A patina statue behind them faces away. Paprika. An absurdist parade marches down a city street. Participants include two samurai, three ducks, the statue of liberty, a marionette puppet of a knight, the statue of liberty, a torii gate, WWII style aeroplanes, miniature hot air balloons, and a massive golden Buddha statue. Castle in the Sky. Pazu lifts Sheeta in an embrace. They are standing on a high ledge, looking down on the overgrown terraces of the castle in the sky. There are parapets dotted with windows, covered in moss. A ringed wall can be seen forming the outer edge of the castle, below which is open sky.
January 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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1. Waymond from Everything Everywhere All At Once.
Waymond is holding a red paper lantern he's decorated with googly eyes. He is looking at the camera as if he was just caught doing something mischievous.
January 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Water is everythinf. Gentle rain. Smashing waves. The promise of carrying you home or to parts unknown. Life and death and the light glinting off the surface and the unknowable blackness beneath.

So it's either that or:
Bart and Lisa playing rock paper scissors. Bart is thinking, "Good ol' rock. Nothing beats that!"
December 31, 2024 at 1:28 AM
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I think we gotta elaborate on this One Ring discourse. Please discuss with the class
A tier list judging FMA: Brotherhood characters on their resistance to the one ring. Bombadil Tier: Truth Frodo Tier: Al, Maes, Winry, Pinako Sam Tier: Major Armstrong, Lan Fan, Sig Gandalf Tier: Hoenheim, Izumi, Marco Boromir Tier: Ed, Hawkeye, Fu, General Armstrong, Buccaneer, Miles Bilbo Tier: Gluttony, Sloth, Barry Golum Tier: Shou Tucker, Kimball, Scar, Mustang, Ling, Mei, Envy, Lust, Scar's Brother Sauron Tier: Dwarf in the Flask, Wrath, Greed, Pride
December 26, 2024 at 8:09 PM
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JUTSU is a shonen inspired high action (or action comedy) game, coming soon. You start out with a random power, and must find creative ways to leverage it to win fistfights.

Those powers can range from firebending to summoning a ghost that forces people to play chess with it.
"Jutsu" in red text, with a slash splitting the word in two. The background is an oil painting of a tree and sky. Jutsu is the japanese word for technique.
December 21, 2024 at 5:56 PM
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If you click search (but don't type anything in), then scroll down below the suggested follows, there's a big list of feeds.

Is there a better way to find them? Probably. But I also am very new to this site.
A screenshot of the discover new feeds section of bsky
December 21, 2024 at 1:06 AM
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An anime man crying holding a comic book. It is the "Chainsaw man is crazy good this week" meme but with "Kill Six Billion Demons" edited in.
December 20, 2024 at 10:25 PM
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The setting details in JUTSU are secondary to character drama and action, which is why the chapter is titled Backdrop. But it can still drive character building.

These are two possible results on the Nature of Magic table:
Comic style text on a tan background reading: "Inborn. Some people are born with power, some are born without. Your technique was predetermined from birth. Who were your parents?" Comic style text on a tan background reading: "The One Moment. In moments when a human’s will is truly tested, if they do not break, they awaken incredible power. What was that moment for you?"
December 19, 2024 at 2:02 PM
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Long Squirrel is in my pumpkin
A squirrel poking it's head out from a hole it's chewed in the top of a pumpkin. A tail extends from behind the pumpkin. One very long squirrel, or two?
December 12, 2024 at 6:41 PM
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Finally decided on a title for my game about figuring out how to win fistfights when your superpower is something like "Freezing Time But Only For Birds". Spent some time mocking up a logo, and like the rest of the game I landed on something simple and clean. JUTSU coming soon.
#ttrpg #wipwednesday
The word Jutsu in thick bright red lines, reminiscent of marker strokes. There is a horizontal slash through the center of the word, splitting it in two. The background is an oil painting of a tree and sky. Jutsu is the japanese word for "Technique".
December 12, 2024 at 3:12 AM
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"Mercury is in retro gay" (Hasty Photoshop, 2024)
a picture of Robin Williams from the Birdcage playing a gay man in camp clothes: an open wool button up, many gold necklaces, and a backwards baseball cap. His head has been replaced with an image of the planet mercury.
December 9, 2024 at 11:17 PM
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Me if I had magic powers at work part 2
A comic drawn on a small notepad labeled "Reverse Genie's Retail Job 2". A man stands at a butcher counter. He throws his hands up and says, "Then what does this store sell" The worker is wearing a baseball cap reading MEAT. He says, "Sir..." He looks both ways and continues, "This grocery store burned down in 1997" A wide shot shows the butchers counter among a pile of rubble, with trees and sunlight behind. A squirrel stands on the far side of the counter.
December 3, 2024 at 1:01 PM
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Me if I had magic powers at work
A comic done crudely in pen on a small notepad titled Reverse Genie's Retail Job. In the first panel, a man points at a steak and asks "Can I have that steak?". The man behind the counter is wearing a hat that says MEAT. He responds, "We don't have any steaks". In the last panel, the steak has mysteriously disappeared.
December 3, 2024 at 12:58 PM
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Digital collage for a game in progress. It's very fun, highly recommend.
A digital collage of oil paintings. A pugilist is striking a sword aimed at his face, shattering it. The force of the blow is rendered as a spiky, solid red explosion.
December 2, 2024 at 7:11 PM
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When I make random tables I feel like a happy child in a sandbox.

This one is part of a rapid worldbuilding set for one-shots and the like. Anything I should definitely add?
December 1, 2024 at 2:34 PM
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These are the same image actually
Someone is eating fish and chips with tea, but its can tuna, pringles, and an arizona green tea can with ginseng and honey. Paul hollywood next to what he thinks a s'more is. A thin waffle cookie as the cracker, a torch browned marshmallow, and a chocolate ganache?
November 24, 2024 at 5:35 PM