04/10/2023 2:49:24 ¶ ●

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ALSEYA, pen & ink

definitely won’t be managing to post every day, but i love the spirit of #repostober & that’s the only October art challenge that sounds like it’s my speed at the moment. this piece is surprisingly old (2016!) for how much i still like it.

04/10/2023 3:03:40 ¶ ●

# a note on image descriptions

just a heads up - going forward i will only be putting image descriptions in the alt text of the image itself, as this is what people who actually use screen readers have requested. when the image description is doubled - in both the alt text & the body of the post - they have to listen to it twice. it seems, based on polls i’ve seen here, that alt text is the preferred placement.

i had previously been doubling my IDs because folks were consistently tagging my alt-text-only posts as “undescribed” - i’m sure this will continue to happen, but i’m realizing now that most of the people doing that are not actually visually impaired themselves & aren’t taking any time to check the alt text for a description before slapping the tag on the post. i’d rather have my posts mistagged as inaccessible rather than actually make them more inaccessible by overdoing it on the description. anyway, here’s a guide on writing better image descriptions - i’m still learning too!

04/10/2023 18:46:04 ¶ ●

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HAGFISH, pen & Copic markers

was going to say “i’ll try to keep it spooky” for #repostober but who am i kidding, i don’t draw anything else. this was 2019’s #mermay!

06/10/2023 21:00:02 ¶ ●

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artist trading cards, pen & Copic marker

a handful of spooky ATCs from 2017 - i should really return to this more simple black/white/grey stuff, it’s very satisfying. a friend got the unicorn card but i’ve no idea who scored the other ones - i think i sold them at MICE that year.

12/10/2023 2:03:04 ¶ ●

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three cards from the visitors, pen & white gel pen on photocopy

one of my favorite mixed media pastimes, as a collector of cartes de visite - no actual CDVs were harmed here, drawing on a copy is easier anyway & i love the textures it adds. you can get the whole mini-zine (six images altogether) here for free or donation.

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thesiltverses:

> # The Silt Verses RPG approaches fast…

> Some very big and exciting news today, folks.

> The people at The Gauntlet have just released a deluxe preview version of the Silt Verses RPG (patrons can access it on their Patreon or on ours) and it looks absolutely incredible.

> The preview version contains an 80+page rulebook, player handouts, character and reference sheets, and enough campaign materials for players to try their hand at a few sessions of the game ahead of the full release at the end of this month. (There’s also advice and support available on The Gauntlet Discord.)

> We’re so grateful and so proud of Jason, Gabriel and the team for all their hard work - we can already tell it’s going to be an astonishing achievement.

> I’m only just settling in to read the materials myself, but my first impression is that the artwork by @sheydgarden is absolutely freaking extraordinary (I’m also excited to see that one contributing writer is a mysterious disciple by the name of B. Narr - what horrors has @sassylich concocted for us?!)

> A few teaser images for you below…

> [Description: a spread from the TSV RPG rulebook, titled ‘The Setting.’ A farmhouse with a yellow setting sun is visible on the right-hand page.]

> [Description: A spread from the TSV RPG rulebook, titled 'The Custodians.’ An image of an archway, altar and a mosaic of a strange figure whose chest and head are splitting open is visible on the left-hand page.]

> [Description: A spread from the TSV RPG rulebook. On the right-hand side, an image of the Cairn Maiden can be seen, standing amongst long corn.]

still over the moon about having gotten to be a part of this!