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After several months, the party has finally made it to their first mini-dungeon: a haunted lighthouse guarded by a banshee and intellect-devouring shades, cursed by vampire-cultists. I'm excited to scare them.

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I used to work in sales for a while! I only used coffee as a crutch, but I did know a few folks who were quite extreme.

Appreciated!

And yeah, irl, the amount of stimulants and nicotine in academics is crazy (specifically law and medical school).

But this is mostly from my understanding of my magic system and the "Balmer Peak," where you get better at things while drinking because you don't doubt yourself.

A three-armed, helmeted mage speaking emphatically with an Imperial Revenue Service agent.

In a magic system where a large aspect of magic is the strength of your belief in what you are casting, the impact of substances like drugs, alcohol, and other "ego-enhancers" is widespread among the mage community.

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Dram? Draught? Flask?

I've realized I analogize magic to liquids a lot.

Now this is an interesting one I had not heard of! Thanks for sharing!

Thank you!

And I also briefly thought I was a hypocrite, but I did only say "less frequent," and it has been over a week. So, imo, anti-hypocrisy streak is unbroken.

Thank you!

I realized I forgot to finish shading this fella, and I also played around with some non-black lines.

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Incredibly rad work!

Literally my favorite anime. Such great characters, pacing, art, and worldbuilding. Positively jazzed season 2 premieres tonight.

I go back and forth on whether I love gnomes or hate them (in fantasy; garden gnomes are always peak character design). Either way, I don't want to fall into a gnome niche.

My gnomeposting will be less frequent from now on.

A small, fly agaric-inspired gnome with a straw-like mustache and beard.

I'm always searching for quality gnomes to put in my plant pots, but I've not been happy with the recent gnome designs I've been seeing. This Redcap is born of my frustration with modern gnome design.

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Glad it's left an impact! But no, I just like fish and think rainbow trout are pretty.

A rainbow trout with a sunburst halo.

An alternate angle of the rainbow trout with sunburst halo.

First #art of 2026! My attempt at a rainbow trout for a new PFP. I'll be back on the normally scheduled program of odd #worldbuilding, #oc 's, #dnd, and #ttrpg nonsense the consequences of which have been too deeply pondered shortly.

Thank you! And it's Bewear in a Mega Banette balaclava.

A few more:

I'm working on a new PFP since I don't really do pixel art anymore. As a goodbye to it, here is some of my favorite bits of pixel art I did for #pokemon #infinitefusion back before I got a tablet:

I believe this is a wrentit.

I believe this is a yellow-rumped warbler.

I believe this is a yellow-crowned warbler.

Happy holidays!

I'm still alive. Turns out, an intense finals season followed by family time doesn't leave much left for other endeavors. I'll be back to it in January once I finish an article draft.

Here are some birds I spotted while hiking in the hills outside my parents' yesterday!

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A lily pad-hatted wild spirit fishing in a little boat among towering cypresses and lily pads.

Should I be studying for a Constitutional Law exam? Yes. And yet.

A little vignette of Croak, Lord of Lilies, the Fisher King, doing his thing among the cypress. Will this turn into a comic? Maybe. Will I color it? Yes.

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Thank you!

And interesting! I'm familiar with the TV show and know there is a book/fable/compilation, but it's not one of my references. That being said, I'll take any comparison to something published I can get!

I'm happy to hear that, thank you!

Oh my goodness, is this my first fan art? Thank you so much!

And maybe the lad deserves a fancy title.

A round spirit with three eyes, a lily pad hat, and a birch bough fishing rod.

The minor god of a vernal pond. I have the urge to follow this fella while they fish and cook.

Working name is "Croak," but I'm not sold. Anyone else have ideas?

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A small, one-eyed figure with large, spiked pauldrons.

Lares and Penates are Gods of Houses and or small natural features. They are quite small, the largest reaching the human knee in height, but they are able to manage their "domain" to a certain extent.

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The interior is actually a stabilized pocket dimension (like a Bag of Holding), and they are typically much larger on the inside. A chandelier would not sway!

A roadrunner-esque hut running across grass.

The running yaga huts of the Roadrunner Coven are considered the highest form of folk magic. Often made of rammed earth, there are many variants, but they will usually contain at least one rounded surface for aerodynamics and a bird or dragon motif.

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Don't we all, brother.

While it could be good, I feel like those don't quite impart enough personality. I feel like you could glean a bit more information about a person/character with this set up, but that could just be me.