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cute & good. heir of Skorri: a writer, artist, & otherwise teller of stories. any pronouns. ๐ŸŒportfolio: http://circlestrafe.net โ˜•๏ธko-fi: http://bit.ly/41GugnA ๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธprints: http://bit.ly/3DVxVo0 ๐Ÿ’ตcomms currently closed

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I think I have some Destiny art lying around..โœจ

#Destiny2Art

10.08.2025 01:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Photo of a Knight in green

Photo of a Knight in green

A knight in green

A knight in green

Watercolour Knight Time!

Serafina from LadiesoftheKnightComic.com

08.08.2025 22:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 385    ๐Ÿ” 74    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

:3

07.08.2025 20:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

definitely; the DM being sent *on the hour* adds to the suspicion

07.08.2025 18:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I know a lot of you have already heard or read about BDS Movement's call against Microsoft, and felt weird and bad about it all, but decided to move forward as normal because of some degree of ambiguity.

"What service is Microsoft providing?"

Here it is, clear as day. A direct line to death.

06.08.2025 21:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5043    ๐Ÿ” 4107    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 77

oh wow ๐Ÿ˜

they're both great, but I might be a bit partial to the first. shows off that amazing ventral chartreuse <333

07.08.2025 01:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot from Star Wars: REBELS wherein Rex, an aged clone trooper, and Zeb, a Lasat (kind of like a man-bat), look on beyond the camera. Rex looks anticipatory, Zeb looks smug.

The subtitle reads: [clanking continues]

Screenshot from Star Wars: REBELS wherein Rex, an aged clone trooper, and Zeb, a Lasat (kind of like a man-bat), look on beyond the camera. Rex looks anticipatory, Zeb looks smug. The subtitle reads: [clanking continues]

07.08.2025 01:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜

06.08.2025 20:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My reaction whenever I see a live and active Friendly's

06.08.2025 19:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The wind doesn't smell the way it did when I wrote to you, my beloved.
But it will.

#Destiny2 #Destiny2art #aotw

05.08.2025 22:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 110    ๐Ÿ” 35    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Finally I can wear Kysurax's beach outfit in the video game dresstiny 2 ๐Ÿ˜Œ๐Ÿ™

05.08.2025 18:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
screenshot of eververse showing the solstice shader pack and how it costs 800 silver

screenshot of eververse showing the solstice shader pack and how it costs 800 silver

yea ๐Ÿ˜”

05.08.2025 17:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
a half-body, side view of a horned dragon in stark lights and darks, surrounded bu orbs and whisps of stardust

a half-body, side view of a horned dragon in stark lights and darks, surrounded bu orbs and whisps of stardust

gravity's breath //
sketch comm for @elenvalta.bsky.social

#astroluminescent

04.08.2025 20:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 119    ๐Ÿ” 42    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Purged my old files so hereโ€™s some oldies

04.08.2025 00:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
2.1 Lenses, Not Boxes
I wondered whether this section was necessary, but games discourse seems to repeatedly find itself adrift in questions of whether _ counts as a _. We have seen
the question repeatedly: Do games count as art? Do games without goals count as games? Is The Sims a game? Are hypertexts interactive fiction? Are
Twine pieces literature? In fairness to the researchers cited here, all of whom I respect immensely, many of these sources pose or imply the question rhetorically. Still, the necessity of such a framing frustrates me.
"Is _ a _?" is, in my opinion, a fruitless question. The question can never be answered to anyone's satisfaction, and it often serves as either a provocation
to espouse politics or as a cover to institute gatekeeping. Its agenda is usually opaque
to onlookers and bewildering to those trying to advance the field from across disciplines.
We should be thinking in lenses, not boxes.
It is always more interesting to ask "If we think of _ through the lens of _, what do we learn?" We know it is more interesting to ask "What do we learn
by considering Tom Stoppard through the lens of poststructuralism?" than to ask "Is Stoppard's work poststructuralist?" And while some works may be more or less fruitful when examined through different lenses, sometimes the most unlikely pairings of lenses and objects are the most rewarding. Certainly any of the questions above would be much better served by reframing them in this way.

2.1 Lenses, Not Boxes I wondered whether this section was necessary, but games discourse seems to repeatedly find itself adrift in questions of whether _ counts as a _. We have seen the question repeatedly: Do games count as art? Do games without goals count as games? Is The Sims a game? Are hypertexts interactive fiction? Are Twine pieces literature? In fairness to the researchers cited here, all of whom I respect immensely, many of these sources pose or imply the question rhetorically. Still, the necessity of such a framing frustrates me. "Is _ a _?" is, in my opinion, a fruitless question. The question can never be answered to anyone's satisfaction, and it often serves as either a provocation to espouse politics or as a cover to institute gatekeeping. Its agenda is usually opaque to onlookers and bewildering to those trying to advance the field from across disciplines. We should be thinking in lenses, not boxes. It is always more interesting to ask "If we think of _ through the lens of _, what do we learn?" We know it is more interesting to ask "What do we learn by considering Tom Stoppard through the lens of poststructuralism?" than to ask "Is Stoppard's work poststructuralist?" And while some works may be more or less fruitful when examined through different lenses, sometimes the most unlikely pairings of lenses and objects are the most rewarding. Certainly any of the questions above would be much better served by reframing them in this way.

Wow weโ€™re having โ€œgames are artโ€ discourse again! Just gonna leave this here.

From my dissertation:

04.08.2025 00:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1278    ๐Ÿ” 469    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 29    ๐Ÿ“Œ 39

๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿซ‚ I'm sorry. It's always hard to lose people, no matter the reason.

03.08.2025 15:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ’”

01.08.2025 23:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

we are NOT beating the allegations

01.08.2025 02:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A redraw of the Barbie & Ken mugshot meme, with Kysurax, Lucent Hive Lightbearer Wizard as Barbie, and Heulog-12, Exo Warlock, as Ken. They are wearing casual summer attire. Kysurax, being far too large to fit in frame, is stooping low to one side and only the bottom half of her face can be seen.

A redraw of the Barbie & Ken mugshot meme, with Kysurax, Lucent Hive Lightbearer Wizard as Barbie, and Heulog-12, Exo Warlock, as Ken. They are wearing casual summer attire. Kysurax, being far too large to fit in frame, is stooping low to one side and only the bottom half of her face can be seen.

all they wanted was a nice day at the beach, and somehow they ended up on "a grand terrace of onyx Swords, hilted in emerald flame and overlooking darkened systems."

as it turns out, Titan doesn't actually have any beaches.
#Destiny2Art

01.08.2025 02:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Just realized it's world embroidery day! I've been very prolific in the last year, I'll attach a few photos of pieces from the last year. #worldembroideryday2025 #embroidery #fiberarts

30.07.2025 19:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's where I'm at with my own grieving; tomorrow is the goal, next week is the hope. Grief can be the most pernicious time thief.

May we both get through many days yet.

31.07.2025 05:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Flashbacks to what happened with Paul smdh

31.07.2025 00:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ™

31.07.2025 00:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿฅบ๐ŸฅนThank you, you are too kind ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’š

and yeah, there are many roads in, and if I'm being the absolute most generous to myself, I probably *do* have the capability to make something simple, but playable, as a portfolio piece, but where to find the energy, especially when my full-time job drains so much๐Ÿ˜”

30.07.2025 21:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I generally struggle with feeling mediocre at most things, but I genuinely think I'd do a pretty good job writing for games/narrative consultingโ€”doubly so with a great, like-minded team.

But with the way things've been going, the only likely way that'll happen is if I make the rest of the game too.

30.07.2025 21:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
An image with a blue background with cream-colored text on it. the text reads: "Idea: If Guardians can use their light to create holograms for emotes, who's to say that Ghosts can't make holograms from their own Light and use that to make "bodies?"

An image with a blue background with cream-colored text on it. the text reads: "Idea: If Guardians can use their light to create holograms for emotes, who's to say that Ghosts can't make holograms from their own Light and use that to make "bodies?"

Here's the massive art drop I promised! It's an AU where the Ghosts from #Destiny2 can make human-shaped holograms around their shells using the Light.

It's lowkey inspired by @jametc.bsky.social's drawings of human versions of some of the NPC Ghosts :)

Here's the image thread:

30.07.2025 19:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 47    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
a colorful, but mostly blue and purple dragon rendered as starlight with a crown singularity, 6 eyes, and dark matter pouring out of its mouth instead of firebreath.

a colorful, but mostly blue and purple dragon rendered as starlight with a crown singularity, 6 eyes, and dark matter pouring out of its mouth instead of firebreath.

stellar attendant dragon โ˜„๏ธ

painted profile pic commission for Eclipse! (2024)
#astroluminescent #spaceart

30.07.2025 16:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 798    ๐Ÿ” 307    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Eyes from my art โœจ๐Ÿ‘€โœจ

30.07.2025 04:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Eyes come in many shapes and sizes; perhaps I tend towards non-traditional eyes because I find them so difficult!

30.07.2025 04:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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