Elora Ladd

Hey just a heads-up, I changed my handle to @nuclearnarwhal.bsky.social from @icestarcometh.bsky.social because I didn't like my nickname being "Ice".

Did it a day ago, but silly me forgot to let anyone know!

The old handle is still out there. I just don't have plans to put anything on it.

03.11.2025 15:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Dana Octopus-Squid (Taningia danae) Dana Octopus-Squid from Golfo de México (Golfo de América) on August 24, 2025 at 06:43 PM by Daniel Godínez

shoutout to this iNaturalist user who appears to be an ROV pilot in the gulf of mexico and posts occasional biological observations, including A GODDAMN TANINGIA ATTACKING THE ROBOT ARM OF THE ROV

www.inaturalist.org/observations...

31.08.2025 02:32 — 👍 1290    🔁 338    💬 23    📌 39

Anthique – Vintage Typeface – Maulana Creative

Hi! This lovely font is called Anthique. This is a link to the typography company that owns it.

maulanacreative.net/anthique-vin...

05.07.2025 22:05 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Your periodic reminder that "fancy fonts" on places like Bluesky are unicode & are a nightmare for screen reader users. DON'T use for your name

Not only that, good lucky having anyone search for you in the search bar by name.

More examples in the original post on Masto: toot.cafe/@aardrian/11...

12.05.2025 13:52 — 👍 3059    🔁 1220    💬 35    📌 101

first you draw a circle

08.05.2025 04:58 — 👍 7558    🔁 2655    💬 93    📌 51

Filigree is fun! No, really, I mean it. It's one of those detail things you can just sorta zone out to with music. Plus, the details can be anything you want.

Now back I go to the art mines! I left some good men in there.

28.03.2025 04:49 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Just got a copy of a book I did the cover for! Thank you @sgwolfeauthor.bsky.social

Anyways, I'm going to be squeeing in my corner if you need to find me.

18.03.2025 17:40 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

4 panel comic: P1: Closeup of a middle-aged guy, from the chest up. He is dramatically lit from above by a spotlight. In his left hand, a cigarette from which curls a tendril of smoke. He speaks to an unseen interviewer: "back in the '90s, we created the game BUBSY 3D" P2: a high shot, looking down on the guy, He is sat in a non-descript chair, his right arm draped casually over the back, while he has his right leg draped over his left. He continues. "It was not good. not good..." P3: Extreme closeup of the guy's face, focused on his left eye, wide and intense. "But we did not listen to the critics. Foolishly, we went ahead with a sequel-- BUBSY 4D" P4: an apocalyptic scene, as a multi-faceted Bubsy head Evangelions out of the wreckage of a city in a beam of intense light, rubble rising around it. The clouds part. It is the end.

what could possibly go wrong

15.02.2025 16:14 — 👍 7235    🔁 1679    💬 67    📌 31

A demonstration of how Bleed and Margin work in print design. The image is of a pair of manatees with a title that reads, "The Magic of Sea cows". Red and yellow bands wrap around the image, with a black dotted line separating the two. The left side of the image has descriptions for these lines. BLEED, When the printer cuts too far. MARGIN, When the printer cuts too close. Dotted Line, The intended size of the image. On the right side of the image reads: The bleed and Margin are here to make sure that our manatees (and their title) are protected.

The final version of the image with its bleed and margin accounted for. A pair of manatees are swimming together. The title reads, "The Magic of Sea cows"

I made this image to show someone how bleed and margins work. Worked great! Now I want to write about the magic of sea cows.

BTW, if you're someone who works with print design, how do you explain margins and bleeds?

28.12.2024 01:31 — 👍 15    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1

Picture of two slices of bread, one stacked on top of the other crust side, with ham and cheese in between

This is, technically, a sandwich.

01.12.2024 17:51 — 👍 8623    🔁 1416    💬 410    📌 358

resolved: people who insist that all social media sites must be places where users are constantly encountering and arguing with people over fundamental disagreement do so because their actual, real lives are echo chambers where they do not encounter any meaningful difference from day-to-day.

16.11.2024 18:12 — 👍 29167    🔁 2622    💬 527    📌 201

Sigils of Malice

While I'm stuck at the bank, I'll advertise not only my book, but my artist! You can find Elora below:

@icestarcometh.bsky.social
emladd.artstation.com

The 1st Sigils book: amazon.com/dp/B0CL9QBY46

#BookCover #artist #selfpromo #books #booksky

09.11.2024 15:26 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Reid Southen & @Rahll•1d Rarely have I seen Al described so succinctly. insert art [ here insert art here Church of Jeff @jeffowski Jul 13 * The underlying purpose of Al is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth. #ai #generativeAl 333 t 28K 124K 1h1 2.6M 1

Perfect, no notes.

16.09.2024 18:02 — 👍 2160    🔁 909    💬 10    📌 15

A rubber duck with the head of Nigel Thornberry boldly yells "Splashing" while floating in the water. Ernie from Sesame Street is a ghostly figure, his eyes unfocused.

A hand holds a strawberry that looks like it has a butt. The strawberry knows. With a mischievous gaze, it asks, "Like what you see?"

A concept for an artificers cannon in Dungeons and Dragons, 5th edition. It's a cannon with gorgeous feminine legs, accented by red heels.

I've been told by interested parties to post my art. This might also be an attempt to guide said party away from a certain site.

For my first offering, terrible jokes. The good art will arrive exactly when it means to.

17.09.2024 04:41 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0