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2D/3D Artist, mercurial gamedev, decent FFXIV modder, unhinged AkaWashi shipper, Old Man Yaoi enthusiast, mediocre mahjong player. Trans masc

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Just some random painting of queer Joy and tenderness for no reason other than visibility.

11.02.2026 01:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1633    ๐Ÿ” 559    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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I redrew this one๐Ÿ˜ˆ

24.12.2025 21:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 283    ๐Ÿ” 98    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Hollywood is COOKED

I made this $50,000,000 movie for free using AI

17.02.2026 01:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4048    ๐Ÿ” 767    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 54    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

Lmfaooo

17.02.2026 07:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mother.

#GPOSERS #tuttermods

16.02.2026 04:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
GhM staff melting a dummy head with flame throwers

GhM staff melting a dummy head with flame throwers

the dummy head being melted with flame throwers

the dummy head being melted with flame throwers

Ghm staff filming the dummy head being melted with flame throwers

Ghm staff filming the dummy head being melted with flame throwers

multiple dummy heads, post being melted by flamethrowers

multiple dummy heads, post being melted by flamethrowers

From ROMEO Art Director Kunihiko Taniwaki:

"Can you imagine how utterly insane it is to melt a dummy head's face with a flamethrower in a sweltering, humid, air-conditioner-less warehouse studio in the middle of summer in Japan? Special effects by Tomo Hyakutake, DP & compositing by Takuma Araki."

14.02.2026 19:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 843    ๐Ÿ” 266    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21
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From ROMEO Video Director Takuma Araki:

"Suda-san asked me to film a flower blooming in time-lapse. First time trying it, but after a week of shooting, I finally got this๐Ÿ“ท"

14.02.2026 20:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 315    ๐Ÿ” 121    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
first photo in a series of a flower blooming

first photo in a series of a flower blooming

second photo in a series of a flower blooming

second photo in a series of a flower blooming

third photo in a series of a flower blooming

third photo in a series of a flower blooming

Yusuke Isao's pointillism artwork which is featured in Romeo is a Dead Man

Yusuke Isao's pointillism artwork which is featured in Romeo is a Dead Man

The statue-like object seen below the flower is one of Yusuke Isao's works.

Fans may recognize Isao-san's pointillism art from TSA, NMH3, and RiaDM.

14.02.2026 20:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 122    ๐Ÿ” 31    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

yo....what's that shirt

14.02.2026 17:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The Panel from Gin to Kin of Ginji bridal-carrying Morita.

The Panel from Gin to Kin of Ginji bridal-carrying Morita.

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Rule with me, Morita
I NEED YOU

14.02.2025 14:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

็ถšใ
ใ“ใ†ใ„ใ†ใ‚ญใƒฃใƒฉใ‚ฏใ‚ฟใƒผใฎๅฑˆ่จ—ใฎใชใ„็ฌ‘้ก”ใจใ„ใ†ใ‹ๅฐ‘ใ—ๅ›ฐใฃใŸ็ฌ‘้ก”ใŒๅฅฝใใงๅฅฝใใง

14.02.2026 02:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
crow in an all black fit with long, billowing sleeves and pants, a corseted top, and silver buckles. he looks smug about it.

crow in an all black fit with long, billowing sleeves and pants, a corseted top, and silver buckles. he looks smug about it.

sorcerer

14.02.2026 04:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 877    ๐Ÿ” 249    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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I fucking love GhM so much

14.02.2026 03:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We're saddened to learn Kevin Lydy passed away. He was the designer of the EverQuest logo and still working on the MMO 25 years after its launch. forums.everquest.com/index.php?th...

Kevin was the focus of our MinnMax Spotlight from November 2024, a very sweet man. RIP. youtu.be/_18ZFndAzWU

10.02.2026 19:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 189    ๐Ÿ” 38    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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If your review average is a 7 because everybody gave you a 7, that's one thing. If your average is a 7 because it's half 10s and half 4s, that is how you know it's The Good Stuff

10.02.2026 21:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2308    ๐Ÿ” 643    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
How would you distinguish between a detective story and a hard-boiled one?

MO: The book that rings a bell with the term "hard-boiled" is the Philip Marlowe series by Raymond Chandler. Also Robert Brown Parker is a favorite, too. If you say "detective story," that would be the "Sherlock Holmes" series. In Japan, there is a detective story series called Akechi Kogorou written by Ranpo Edogawa. When I was still in my early teens, I loved detective and mystery stories. Then in my late teens, I was into Sci-Fi novels. Finally in my twenties, the hard-boiled genre came up as a choice among other mystery novels. 

That might be why I feel "detective story" and "hard-boiled" are different genres. So in short, there is a big genre called "mystery," and within that, "detective story" is just one category, then another category called "hard-boiled" exists inside my head. 

The difference? The writing style, the air, the reasoning and action of the protagonist, I guess. The heroes of hard-boiled stories are all tough, merciless, and stylish. Well, in the era of Robert Brown Parker, those heroes became more humane and somewhat unstylish, I should say. (The game's second protaginist) Tokio Morishima, of course, fulfills my aesthetics but he is a character who is a little unstylish and "poorly-made."

How would you distinguish between a detective story and a hard-boiled one? MO: The book that rings a bell with the term "hard-boiled" is the Philip Marlowe series by Raymond Chandler. Also Robert Brown Parker is a favorite, too. If you say "detective story," that would be the "Sherlock Holmes" series. In Japan, there is a detective story series called Akechi Kogorou written by Ranpo Edogawa. When I was still in my early teens, I loved detective and mystery stories. Then in my late teens, I was into Sci-Fi novels. Finally in my twenties, the hard-boiled genre came up as a choice among other mystery novels. That might be why I feel "detective story" and "hard-boiled" are different genres. So in short, there is a big genre called "mystery," and within that, "detective story" is just one category, then another category called "hard-boiled" exists inside my head. The difference? The writing style, the air, the reasoning and action of the protagonist, I guess. The heroes of hard-boiled stories are all tough, merciless, and stylish. Well, in the era of Robert Brown Parker, those heroes became more humane and somewhat unstylish, I should say. (The game's second protaginist) Tokio Morishima, of course, fulfills my aesthetics but he is a character who is a little unstylish and "poorly-made."

Ooka talking about Raymond Chandler being a major influence is particularly delightful to me because I'm actually a big fan of Chandler, and you can absolutely see that hardboiled influence. He talks about it more here:
(www.gamedeveloper.com/design/unpac...)

10.02.2026 14:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Romeo is a Dead Man is a violent, loud, and beautifully human piece of art that reminds us what makes video games as a medium so special. Our review: https://www.rpgsite.net/review/19572-romeo-dead-man-review

10.02.2026 14:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 355    ๐Ÿ” 110    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
Star system?
Yeah, so Tezuka created the star system where heโ€™d use one character in one manga and then have them come out in an entirely another unrelated one. He did it with a lot of his characters, who would all appear in completely different contexts. So a main character in one might be a good guy, and then heโ€™d come out with another and they would be a villain. And then theyโ€™d be a minor character in another.

I really liked this character called Rock, whoโ€™d be a bad guy in one manga and a supporting character in another. In every manga theyโ€™d have the same face and general look, but theyโ€™d have different personalities and relationships. So Tezuka treated each of his characters more like actors than static beings.

I like doing that too โ€” I feel like my characters are more like my children or my actors rather this basic creation who always play the same role or do the same thing. So I wanted to do that with Sumio in Silver Case and Flower Sun and Rain, giving him different motivations and internalizations and stuff like that.

Star system? Yeah, so Tezuka created the star system where heโ€™d use one character in one manga and then have them come out in an entirely another unrelated one. He did it with a lot of his characters, who would all appear in completely different contexts. So a main character in one might be a good guy, and then heโ€™d come out with another and they would be a villain. And then theyโ€™d be a minor character in another. I really liked this character called Rock, whoโ€™d be a bad guy in one manga and a supporting character in another. In every manga theyโ€™d have the same face and general look, but theyโ€™d have different personalities and relationships. So Tezuka treated each of his characters more like actors than static beings. I like doing that too โ€” I feel like my characters are more like my children or my actors rather this basic creation who always play the same role or do the same thing. So I wanted to do that with Sumio in Silver Case and Flower Sun and Rain, giving him different motivations and internalizations and stuff like that.

Here's Suda talking about using Tezuka's star system. A bunch of other good nuggets in this interview, too! www.inverse.com/article/2232...

09.01.2026 15:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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revisiting my old article teehee :3c beamkatanachronicles.neocities.org/words/sp44.pdf

05.06.2025 00:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Lurking in my friends' VtM campaign again. One of them is practicing resurrecting on a pigeon that's previously already been forced into a car grille and then resurrected once and killed again. This has been a highly divisive experience for the individuals present

10.02.2026 01:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 50    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Soon! #art

10.02.2026 02:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 133    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
An illustration of Armand from the show Interview with the Vampire in an art nouveau style. He reaches out to the viewer with one hand while tape from a cassette wraps around him.

An illustration of Armand from the show Interview with the Vampire in an art nouveau style. He reaches out to the viewer with one hand while tape from a cassette wraps around him.

donโ€™t be afraid ๐ŸŽž๏ธ #iwtv

09.02.2026 15:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 862    ๐Ÿ” 330    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
pencil sketches of travis, badman, and kamui with blocks of handwritten text describing their dynamics

kamui & travis: 
- let me eat up all your trauma โค๏ธ
- hilariously normal - neither of them give a fuck about the other's plot bullshit so they are just normal friends
- travis encourages kamui to live + kamui helps travis to lock in 
- RIP kamui's taste in men and media now apparently 

kamui & badman:
- the two cats I kept separated by the bathroom door have more in common with each other than me
- like if kuro respected kamui more and also let him top
- being surprised is fun + birkin can tell he's more fucked up than Trav

badman & travis: 
- hatesex -> assassins WILL find me if I get on Grindr -> attached via camaraderie and a sense of familiarity 
- (they will both insist it's just sex tho)
- several onions of layers of guilt obscured by mutual bullying

pencil sketches of travis, badman, and kamui with blocks of handwritten text describing their dynamics kamui & travis: - let me eat up all your trauma โค๏ธ - hilariously normal - neither of them give a fuck about the other's plot bullshit so they are just normal friends - travis encourages kamui to live + kamui helps travis to lock in - RIP kamui's taste in men and media now apparently kamui & badman: - the two cats I kept separated by the bathroom door have more in common with each other than me - like if kuro respected kamui more and also let him top - being surprised is fun + birkin can tell he's more fucked up than Trav badman & travis: - hatesex -> assassins WILL find me if I get on Grindr -> attached via camaraderie and a sense of familiarity - (they will both insist it's just sex tho) - several onions of layers of guilt obscured by mutual bullying

behold my travbadmui ship manifesto

09.02.2026 22:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

MY PIG!!!

09.02.2026 05:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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in light of today's "The Big Game", it is my pleasure to report that avgn's football rant is highly compatible with laura palmer's theme

08.02.2026 19:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3702    ๐Ÿ” 1806    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 20
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Omg I donโ€™t think I ever posted these here. Sorry I keep chickening out on posting wips and sketches

#hafrunwifeoc #valkyrie

05.02.2026 22:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

okay it's literally $5 right now, go play Paranormasight
it's roughly 10-12 hours start to finish, incredibly worth your time, you will be the coolest person in your friend group, etc.

www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...

05.02.2026 22:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 88    ๐Ÿ” 43    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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what do u mEAN the old ref was from 2023.. i literally finished that like yesterday.....

05.02.2026 09:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 64    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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