Tenno Geargoyle

by Natalie Ironside

Wow, I was blown away. I'll be honest I bought it, because it has trans representation. I don't care for the Zombie/Horror genre. Luckily, this was a book about people and their relationships, with an occasional bit of nod to genre or trope. Warning, this is not a light heated run the countryside. I had to stop reading a couple of times, because I didn't want anything to happen to the characters. There is no drama without loss. No success without risk, no redemption without sin and no forgiveness without love. I can't wait to read more. @natalieironside

That's the goodread's review.

And I have no shame so I think I will plug my other works

we recently launched new 100% cotton skirts, silk scrunchies + our fan favorite faux wrap tops, sizes S-6X, all made ethically.

if you could share this i’d really appreciate it 🙏

and for lower price items, we have the aforementioned scrunchies, socks, art prints, stickers and coloring sheets!

thank you!

Sword time soon.

It’s summer, it’s hot, where do you want to be?? The deep sea babbyyyy We teamed up with Philly Spooky Guy Illustrator Sam Heimer to create a firefly squid shirt with a message: protect the ocean... OR ELSE!

You can get ‘em at SquidFacts.Net. The beautiful and enigmatic firefly squid arrives to shallow water off the West Coast of Japan in Spring, engages in a mating bonanza, and then leave the seas for the next generation. They are brightly bioluminescent, so **this shirt glows too***!!! The back of the shirts have a list of actions people can take to protect the ocean.

Get one at SquidFacts.net

My cosmetic design entry, “Prehistoric Poacher,” for The Huntress! 🪓 I’ve really enjoyed seeing the entries roll in on social media; the DBD fanbase has extremely skilled artists across many different media types. Good luck to the participants!

You can watch them here. One from 1996, Horizons, is missing from archive.org, but a home movie of a performance of it from 1995 can be found on YouTube here.

Over at @medusacaptures' Discord AND NOW ALSO ON SOCIALS, my very first art/Captura contest is still live! 🎭 Theme? 'RUNNING LATE' 💰 Prizes? AMAZING! From Mesa Heirloom, Deluxe Bundles to extra Plat! 🤝 Co-judges? The wonderful @fluffy21 and @/CapturaSesh!! 📩 How to enter? Reblog this post with your piece to enter <3

▶️ Wanna join through the Discord? Just press here!

RULES

▶️ Yes, you heard right, you can submit a Captura OR art piece! One per submission! ▶️ Reblog this post with your piece to enter <3 ▶️ EDITING IS ALLOWED (f.e. Reshade, Photoshop, Blender…), AI IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN. ▶️ Also, we judge on fashion, lighting, composition of your piece and how well you nailed to hit the theme! ▶️ CAPTURA/ART HAS TO BE NEW ▶️ Collabs are a-ok! 3 people max., you can talk to us who gets what prize if you win doing a collab! ▶️ MUST BE YOUR OWN WORK!! Save a screenshot of your original composition + WIP of it in the editing tool, just in case. ▶️ The extra plat given by TimoVE is TRADABLE PLAT! I give out the skin collections/Heirloom from my OWN personal account!

Captions cover the spot on the screen you put the information I need

The dialogue is captioned but not the song you have playing that the dialogue is responding to

You only captioned the person on the screen, not the person off screen who is also talking

No captioning of critical sound effects (alarms, bells, dogs barking, etc)

Speakers are not labelled at moments where it is not clear on the screen who is talking.

Captions cover the spot on the screen that you put the information I need!

Other d/Deaf people welcome to add.

Chapter 2 Sea Salt & Ivory

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This is the story of Mira, a dying kitten I rescued. I have started a GoFundMe to help pay for her medical bills as I am in a rough place financially. Her full story is posted on the GoFundMe.

Any support is appreciated, either through donations or shares 💖

Thank you for taking the time to read my little comic~ have a lovely day! ✨

Hi! Thank you for your question!

I can only *assume* what could've made them consider me for the projects I had the fortune to work with them, such as Operation Orias and Fables and Frontiers: Running Late update, so don't take this as a magic formula or a rule of thumb of any kind.

Digital Extremes is notoriously known for supporting and giving chances to novel artists (I include myself in this category since I had just one gig for an independent team prior to Operation Orias) when other companies require you to practically do 3 back flips and be proficient in 5 programs with an industry level portfolio just to have an interview. In my particular case I think having an overall internet presence as a professional artist definitely helped (I am a freelance artist who survives on commissions and Patreon when not doing contract work), being transparent about my work process when working on complex rendered illustrations (I stream and post timelapses on Youtube although they never asked me for these, I just enjoy showing and sharing what I do, but I can imagine this is also something they observe if an artist does it since it sparks curiosity about their process and helps giving insight) and most importantly being a good fit for what they needed.

My portfolio is not strong in concept art (and definitely not for graphic design either) compared to my illustration skills, so I can again only assume they considered me a good fit for the Hex's F&F designs based on having a strong interest for the romance system / lore-character narrative design (and playing TTRPGs once a week lol). I truly think they do take into consideration the artists' interests in the Creator Program and what they'd have fun with when offering commission opportunities.

Now if I had to reply to what lead "me" to work with Digital Extremes, I am just a big fan of the game and extremely cringe about my characters' kissing (or kissing Wally). I love creating and giving back to people who support me, be it "just a little guy asking me to draw their OC" or a company such as DE. They're an absolute delight to work with and I appreciate a lot everything they do for the community and human rights outside of it.

Getting a commission offer by them has always been scary and I had to deal with a lot of imposter syndrome both times, but I think it's very important to do things scared and be genuine if you need help or find yourself stuck in a task. People are more often than not more understanding than you think, and in my experience it's also the case with DE :)

But consider: