and after many trials and tribulations, a lil' spinny. who knew bluesky didn't like GIFs yet?? (apologies for my many re-uploads, i also realised my Blender colour settings were wrong 🙃🙃🙃)
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and after many trials and tribulations, a lil' spinny. who knew bluesky didn't like GIFs yet?? (apologies for my many re-uploads, i also realised my Blender colour settings were wrong 🙃🙃🙃)
lil' shell sword for the #swordtember prompt today! ⚔️🐚 doubt i'll be doing a sword every day, but managed to poke at this between jobs and i'm pretty happy with how it came out went to Studland this weekend so had lots of inspiration from razor shells, cockles, augers, and barrrrnacles ✨
Imagine, if you can, that instead of turning the racism dial back and forth a government actually did something that would actually help working folk? Imagine.
I don't get how people don't realize that a technology that replaces junior and entry level positions in a field destroys that field. There's no skipping steps. You have to be a junior before you can be a senior, and if you don't have senior people, you don't have a field.
We can’t have an accurate conversation about trans identity
hope you enjoy it! i played it a few months ago and still think about it at least once a week 💙
at least he has the right head shape and facial proportions for it to look marginally okay i still despise funkos though i'm so with you
Paige Thomas, 34, who is a bestselling author, BAFTA-winning screenwriter and Nobel Prize winner, was reportedly delighted to discover that her industry peers are contemplating conceding that she’s sort of okay at what she does.
ADHD meds double dose starts today! thankful for @hjrwithpen.bsky.social in times like these so they can tell me if what i'm feeling is normal or not, and also if i'm allowed to send memes to my nurse
Coots wanna get BUFF 💪🏻
i swear you must have Google Alerts on for me doing art 💕
local gay knight wonders if it's an issue that's she's fallen in love with the queen scruffy scribbles tonight because it's bedtime and it's been ages since i drew this poor babe
isn't it the best when cats do this with their feet? ma'am. ma'am? what's that 🫵🏻
i've given away over 70 things for free using Olio and haven't once encountered a dodgy bod or ne'er-do-well. super community focused and mega convenient 💕 obviously, be careful (i don't give away my flat number and meet people outside in a public space) but the system works!! ⭐
e.g.: i had an IKEA wardrobe shelf which doesn't fit any other furniture. it's now being used as an allotment greenhouse shelf for seedlings 🪴 today i gave away an IKEA desktop (just the top, no legs) that had warped from the weight of my monitors. it's going to be a new base for a rat cage!! 🐀
i implore thee to give away thy stuff for free 🫵 obvs if you can sell it, then do, but the moment you consider throwing something away that could be reused, try an app like Olio instead and see who might be able to use it! you'd be amazed how creative people can be with what you consider unusable
reposted this today because the inverse is also true: if you abandon trans people right now, you are abandoning civil rights period. if you can't stand up for trans people when it matters, no one should, or will, ever trust you when the bullseye moves to the next target.
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the pain of walking the 10 mins to CEX with two IKEA bags full of a 27" monitor and other various heavy electronics, to discover it has closed, and walking back home then looking it up after you've got back home to realise it has moved one street over and you were 60 seconds from its new location
yuuuup. i love doing presentations 'n' things but i absolutely crash afterwards!
ooo. i hadn't even thought about that possibility... i've definitely been masking less the last couple of days on meds. praying i feel some relief from that like yourself! 🤞
i am bowled over by the fact that my issues replying to people appear to be ADHD-related seems to be ADHD replaying anxieties on a loop, and perceiving every incoming message like a demand - not autistic awkwardness i'm remembering that i'm sociable and like people sometimes. wild 😐
i truuuuly didn't realise how much anxiety i was dealing with until i started meds yesterday. it had just become a part of daily life that i got used to...
love that for you ⭐ i can see myself feeling that - even on a low dose these have me feeling more like myself than i have done in YEARS
i was definitely feeling the 'more unapologetically autistic' part yesterday, even on a low dose! and i'm really excited about that. feels like a lot of my personality was buried under MANY repeated anxious thoughts that my ADHD just wouldn't let go :')
er. this isn't quite my experience so far, tbh i'm more like that when i'm unmedicated 😅
thank you! yes, it feels like the end of one long journey and the beginning of a new one ✨ i'm on a fairly low dose at the moment but already feeling a lot more 'free' as a person <3
it's finally cool enough outside to wear a cardigan again. life has never been better
i hope so, too!! England's in a pretty dire state when it comes to ADHD specifically (long diagnosis queue times and then medication shortage on top of that) so it shouldn't be nearly that bad for you, fingers crossed! 🤞
with all the waiting time factored in, about two years 😬 (i'm in England and was able to go via right-to-choose on the NHS)
... shan't 😏
stop being CUTE 🤾
it's been a loooong process but even after my first day on meds i can tell it's been worth it - i'd encourage you to follow that diagnosis journey if you're able to! ⭐
i'm glad to hear that you were able to find the right dose for you! ⭐ the potential side effects sound quite unpleasant if you encounter them...
ah, the meds have only been positive for me so far! it's literally my first day so i'm sure there might be side effects, but my brain is very peaceful for the first time in forever and talking to people is much, much easier ⭐
generic ADHD person on ADHD meds for the first time post: you mean y'all walk around feeling like this ALL THE TIME
if his head remains big and stupid then i see no reason to change it
Take a look at some of the work I got to do on TRON: Catalyst! (Check out the rest of the art teams posts too) www.artstation.com/artwork/K3o9QX
Hello Hello 🍃 I am excited to share some art from my former Bithell team and me for TRON: Catalyst! ✨ We poured a lot of love into our version of The Grid -- check out our work ⬇️⬇️⬇️ #GameArt #EnvironmentArt #TRON #3DArt www.artstation.com/artwork/EzWQzq
Here is a little selection of my work on Tron: Catalyst. You can see more in replies, in-game, and also work from previous titles linked below
Myself and the rest of the old Bithell art team have put together our own art blast for TRON: Catalyst! A lot of love went into crafting our version of The Grid, so please go and show some love to all the very talented folks that made it happen. www.artstation.com/artwork/oJeWGw
i went from 6 cups of tea a day to half a cup in the morning in preparation for starting ADHD meds, but it's cutting out the half cup that's giving me trouble!! headache and yawning uncontrollably by 11AM 🥱
let's say 85% the artist, 15% me 😉 it's totally his style. i just tweaked to ensure it was adequately bumbly and bee-like his work is brilliant, it all has that stained glass geometric vibe! he did this fly on my partner, too, to give his cowboy frog something to snack on
it's so sweet 💕 me too! Illustrated Mum, Suitcase Kid, Dustbin Baby... really explored some dark themes :')
www.tiktok.com/@daniharmer?... this is nabbed from Dani Harmer's newish Tiktok account in case anyone's curious!
despite it all, at least Jacqueline Wilson is hanging out with Tracy Beaker, who's wearing a 'protect the dolls' t-shirt i wasn't hugely attached to bespectacled wizarding boy and his creator growing up, but i AM very attached to Wilson, and seeing this felt like it fixed something in me
(save the fuckin bees)
oh i did end up getting my first tattoo by the way! please meet Burt. he is a bee 🐝 (artist is switch.surgeon on insta)!
granular squares are progressing well. Coots wants a blanket but it ain't happenin
sunbaby ☀️💖
🍒🍒🍒 Here we go 🍒🍒🍒 Our Balatro and Buckshot Roulette demon lovechild, a game about not liking gambling, is on it's way on September 3rd A game where you can piss in a jar and use it as a charm... Let's go gambling! Wishlist it here: store.steampowered.com/app/3314790/...
my ADHD medication titration is so close to starting i can almost TASTE the dopamine. gonna be drowning in crochet granny squares by September
well done, Jake ⭐💪
my first... granular square...
just did my first crochet magic circle and. well. that is quite magical, isn't it 🪄
thank you so much for the kind words! ❤️
thank you Ramiro - i'm lucky to have found my next job already but i know first hand that it's verrry competitive out there 🥲 i'll be sure to pass this sheet on to the those affected ❤️ !!
thank you - it really was. i'm supremely lucky to have found my next job already but it's verrrrry competitive out there 🥲
thank you - me too 💕
In the wake of the announcement regarding redundancies at Bithell Games please go and follow these wonderful, talented people go.bsky.app/U1R3UmV
@futurefriendsgames.com < these nerds. i forgot tagging was a thing
i'm lucky to have a new role somewhere i've admired for a while: i'm starting as Project Manager at Future Friends from Monday, and i'm SO stoked! ✨ they've worked on a bunch of games that are special to me. i'm counting my lucky stars that i'm staying in the games industry, at such a neat place 🧡
if you're hiring, and any one of the people affected by these redundancies come your way, snap them up SO fast!! i would personally vouch for any one of them. the Bithell Games lot are invariably kind, patient, smart, creative people. and i'm so happy to know them 💕
✋ hiiii. i was affected by this this is sad, and i'm sad, because this team was utterly stellar. i've learned SO much from these wonderful people, and i've never felt more able to be myself than at Bithell Games because i'm me, i blogged about why Bithell Games means so much to me. see below!
good luck!! ⭐
ahhh, interesting! i probably would like to host larger things down the line, a mini game or two, so that's really good to know i think moving to an EU / green host is something i'm keen on, as well. Reclaim's good but i can probably find something more aligned to me 🤔
it really, really is! just need to get my backlog of stuff up on there now 💪 ah, what're you not keen about when it comes to github pages? it was something i was considering for future, as the idea of having control of the site locally appeals
hosting on Reclaim with WordPress installed on the backend. it was a bit of a rocky road tbh, and i might amend how i'm hosting in future, but at least i know a lot more about web stuff than i used to :')
oh, uh oh... now i want to mess about with MagicaVoxel, that looks brilliant! would be fascinating to see my assets in that style 🤔
This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen. By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza
i'm a 2D artist before anything else, and very new to Blender / 3D art, so i've not a clue what vertex colouring is and the 2D art is a big source of fun for me in these 😅 scruffy, but so rewarding seeing it come together. i'm sure there's ways to do it better!
(the keys are not literally referencing my parents' house keys. stay away from my parents 🫵 my mum will beat you up fr fr)
i'm finally done with 3D models for the lil' game i've got going on! here's some of the less interesting (but still neat) models i noodled a few of these have loose links to childhood memories... my first mobile phone, my parents' house keys, and that bougie Sky TV remote at friends' houses
oh this looks STYLISH
wowww, congratulations! 🎊
We’re just innocent men
horror game or texturing process
i bought the Titan Quest II early access and i've not had the bravery to play it yet it's the sequel to one of my most favourite games of all time and i'm SCARED
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thank you loads!! ⭐
all painted in! i am a cooomplete newbie to Blender and wouldn't even know where to start with shaders / nodes at this point! maybe one day 💭
a very excellent thing happened this week so i think i'm gonna get my first tattoo to celebrate 😤⭐
thank you boba!! 💕
thanks, Andy! some of the pixel alignment mismatch bothers me a little, but overall this style is a lot of fun to do 💪
thanks v. much! ⭐
scruffy skates 🛼🛼 spent a bit too long on this for what i'm gonna use the model for but, here we are! placing pixels is addictive
i'd hate to see this building go. it's been referred to a lot as a geographical landmark in my family - 'oh, near that nice fire station?' would be neat to see it converted into something else rather than destroyed!
n'aw, thanks, Darbs! i thought it would take a lot longer for any personal style to come across in 3D, but it's somehow coming more naturally than 2D ever did 😅 maybe this is my calling.....
that huge cursor is hilarious
no part of me wants to UV unwrap this right now
happy birthday Lex!! 💕 sounds like a lovely day
there's something about 3D modelling that ticks SO many boxes for me i love creating a plan of attack (e.g. how to start, what is the most efficient way to achieve x)... and then keeping things organised and tidying up after yourself so the light hits it nice and your UVs are neat it's such a joy!
+ good luck with TagSpaces! it's my solution to photo gallery / art reference organisation. i like using keywords to narrow down searches in my collection of digital things, and TagSpaces seems the simplest version of that out there right now let me know if you find a Google Drive solution!!
UGH. yes. their AI marketing is bolshy, but you can ignore the AI entirely once you're using Notion... i would rather use something without AI for sure the main thing i use Notion for is databases, which Obsidian is trialling in beta at the moment. i've just never quite gelled with Obsidian :/
i'm on this journey too! moving all my files to an external SSD and organising with TagSpaces. not sure what's next after that, as having stuff in the cloud is incredibly useful. migrating docs over to Notion too, which isn't perfect, but not as bad as Google (and it's getting an offline mode soon)
Some people just seem to want to eliminate all potential sources of discomfort, no matter how small or innocuous, from their lives. Fiction allows you to model experiencing big emotions in a safe controlled setting, and I just don't think any good comes of avoiding that to this degree
ah, well done!! i'm having a good time with it, wish i'd started sooner but just gotta keep the habit going now 💪
if a tree falls in a forest and i'm not there to mark it as 'Fallen' in my 'Tree tracker' spreadsheet, does it make a sound?