Ylvanaar ~ Ko-Fi Tiers live now!

YOU MUST HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT TO HAVE STRENGTH TO CRUSH YOUR ENEMIES.

Wait wait wait... I think I finally figured out who they are. Who the customer is for this AI: the IDEA GUY.

You know, that dude who breezes into your mentions who thinks their idea is special. That it's the most important thing. To them, the prompt IS the game!

How did I not see this sooner?

No story. No arc. No progression. No clever level design. No motivation for the player to *want* to continue playing. All of these things require intention, and if "character running through an environment" is enough to impress you? Your notion of how things work is, shall we say, vague as f.

"Bro, the games industry is cooked!" and it's always a video of some character running through an environment. Shooting enemies, maybe, or picking up hearts? Mostly running. Sure, the environment looks decent, from a distance... but this is, apparently, all they think is needed to show "potential".

We Grew Into Each Other by Ylvanaar Two divine beings having a love experience. And a creation myth, I guess.

This #ValentinesDay, why not check out the love story, a sapphic creation myth, and a confession all in one free poetry book, "We Grew Into Each Other"?

ylvanaar.itch.io/we-grew-into...

Today you will get information about me:

I have a habit of losing my tea.

I make a cup of tea, then something happens, and the teacup is no longer in my hands. Where is my evening tea? Your guess is as good as mine. I now have to get up and wander around the apartment like a ghost to find it.

It is nearly Valentine's! If you are still looking for something nice to gift to your SO (or your buddy), my commissions are on SALE until 15.2. when commissioned for a friend!

Portraits/flat colour character art -10€
Renders/full illustrations -20€
Matching set of icons for 15€!

It’s #Elfbruary and I’m taking part with a small Cutter doodle ❤️

The Triforce Triad.

#TearsoftheKingdom #Zelda #Link #Ganon

Again I find myself angered by the fact that people seem to believe that all art is supposed to make you happy. Art isn’t meant to make you happy. It’s not for your happiness. It’s for your sadness, your anger, your fear, and yes, sometimes, a lot of the time, for your joy.

But not always.

A reminder: this is an Irishman with valid papers speaking about how he's being held in US concentration camps. If you don't have to go to the US, do not go to the US. "GDC" is not "have to go". One denial at the border is going to mark you for life, and that's the best of the bad outcomes.

Hey y'all.

A South African dev released a blackity black game during BHM and it's currently getting the usual suspects in the reviews.

Imma grab this up myself anyway, but can we all be some chums and help push the racists out of the reviews? 🙂

Honestly, at this point I'll take that over handing my government ID to a company that has absolutely no need for it, as this is a privacy red line for me

For anyone looking for #Discord replacement, check out Stoat. Looks the same and functions the same, but it's EU-based and, IF you feel like you want to give it a go, supports self-hosting.

Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month Age verification for all.

It's so wild that we live in a world where the response to "teenagers don't like genocide" is politicians pushing "let's stop teenagers from using the internet" so hard that Discord has opted to shoot its own foot off

www.theverge.com/tech/875309/...

Sorry to vent on main but I'm just so sick of being a grown-ass adult online who can't openly enjoy talking about or drawing sex stuff even in completely adult spaces where all minors are completely banned just because everyone has gotta be such fascist controlling fucking babies about it

Some more #Elfbruary things.

This time we have Dragon Age 2, World of Warcraft, a shadar-kai and Zelda from Tears of the Kingdom!

Played some Soul Calibur with @muggshotter.bsky.social and Kilik's long pokes just never failed at round start

The value of redrawing things Ylvanaar's Store and Stories added a post for members!

I wrote a blog post on the value of redrawing things, my own approach to redraws, and a general diary entry type flow of my mind (available for tiers of Shimmering Moon and above!):

ko-fi.com/post/The-val...

Lesbian Hagraven Wedding being Officiated by Three Daedrats in a Priest Robe and Attended by a Vampire Bard

Lesbian Hagraven Wedding being Officiated by Three Daedrats in a Priest Robe and Attended by a Vampire Bard

Another 10 pages of Paths of Avarnight are now available in Comic Fury! And fittingly for #elfbruary they are mostly about my Shindran youth Nargwhanal aka Narya.

Read here:
pathsofavarnight.thecomicseries.com/comics/11/#c...

#pathsofavarnight #comicfury #darkelves #elfenjoyers #darkfantasy

I also made this collage of Magpie from #BrandofGold - redraws of comic frames I made in 2025!

These were my first two offerings for this year's Elfebruary (also Elfbruary / Haltiahelmikuu) - my girl Quir, as well as my Astarion collection.

It's been a while since I brought these old works back, so this month was the perfect timing to make some collages.

Did you know we are celebrating #Elfbruary again? (The idea is courtesy of @haltijakapala.bsky.social !)

Basically: post your elves! Tell us about your elves, talk to us about your elven OCs, we want to see those pointy ears.

#Elves #OCs #dnd

Happy February to all office workers!

It is my birthday week! Yay! Hence, on my birthday this Friday, I will finally start uploading my stories to my ko-fi.

The first story is Blind Devotion: an urban fantasy/supernatural story with a healthy dose of romance.

The first chapter comes out this Friday (6.2.2016) for my ko-fi subscribers.

⚠️TO EVERY ARTIST HERE ON BLUESKY, WATCH OUT!!⚠️

Don't believe that qAI account, DON'T CLICK ON ANY LINK if you got mentioned by them!!

Stay safe y'all🙏💖💖

#moot #artmoot #artistonbluesky #artsky

I just got the most excited feedback and comments about #WolfBride so now I am tee heeing myself through the morning 💙👏

I have posted this a multiple times by now, but still, a reminder - these Founder's prices won't come back! You can keep that tier price forever if you join now 👏

As it's so foundational for me, I want to give that same love back to the Founders in letting them always have the same price <3

Love to see the support coming in 🌸 Welcome, everyone!

I knew I wanted to offer a "Founder's permanent price" for people who wanted to join this journey on its very first steps - those first steps are always the hardest, to begin something new, and that support is extra appreciated!