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31.10.2025 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A teaser frame from the latest page of REVENANTS

A teaser frame from the latest page of REVENANTS

Support REVENANTS. Patrons of Revenants get access to full colour pages a week early, progress videos, WIPs, Discord Roles and discounted rates for commissions!  If once off support suits you better,  there is also a ko-fi!  Links on REVENANTSCOMIC.COM

Support REVENANTS. Patrons of Revenants get access to full colour pages a week early, progress videos, WIPs, Discord Roles and discounted rates for commissions! If once off support suits you better, there is also a ko-fi! Links on REVENANTSCOMIC.COM

REVENANTS has just updated!
Read the latest page at: revenantscomic.com
#furry #art #furryart #revenants #webcomic

28.10.2025 22:01 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Digital art Until Sunset Halloween art 2017

Digital art Until Sunset Halloween art 2017

Digital art Until Sunset Halloween art 2018

Digital art Until Sunset Halloween art 2018

Digital art Until Sunset Halloween art 2019

Digital art Until Sunset Halloween art 2019

Digital art Until Sunset Halloween art 2020

Digital art Until Sunset Halloween art 2020

Haven't had time to draw any Halloween stuff this year πŸ’” But here's the Until Sunset boys from 2017 to 2020!

31.10.2025 09:35 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Time Machine by Mandy J Watson Adventures in time. A quick Twine game.

Latest game dev news from me: I've updated one of my first games, The Time Machine, with text tweaks, art updates, better formatting and display on screen, a new piece of art, a new passage, and bonus materials from the zine.

#IndieGames #PixelArt #TextAdventure

30.10.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Version 2.0 Update And Zine In June I updated the first Tiny Adventure, The Light At The Frankenstein Place , to reflect the tweaks and art improvements I made for the zine version of the game . I had envisioned this back in 202...

Zine, you say? Why yes. The Time Machine, like The Light At The Frankenstein Place, was always also intended to be a zine and now it is (since September, actually, and Open Book Festival).

Learn more in my blog post:
mandyjwatson.itch.io/the-time-mac...

30.10.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A human hand holding a tiny (A8) zine. The cover is black and white and says
The Time Machine
A Tiny Adventure By
Mandy J Watson

There is pixel art of a book that says "2", because this is the second zine in the Tiny Adventure series, and an analogue clock whose hands are spinning.

A human hand holding a tiny (A8) zine. The cover is black and white and says The Time Machine A Tiny Adventure By Mandy J Watson There is pixel art of a book that says "2", because this is the second zine in the Tiny Adventure series, and an analogue clock whose hands are spinning.

Behold! The interactive zine!

You can read more about how to get a copy in the blog post. The short answer is Readers Den Comic Shop Wynberg, The Book Lounge, and Clarke's Bookshop in Cape Town. Readers Den and The Book Lounge will also ship elsewhere.

Support indie book and comic shops and me!

30.10.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

#SAComics event this Sunday in Cape Town: Comic Jam at Obz Books, 76 Lower Main Road, Observatory. 11am+ (~1pm but often goes on longer for those who want to linger).

R50 to cover supplies and such.

Everyone welcome, no skill level required, just passion.

31.10.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
A monochrome illustration of a male furry kobold wearing a wooden googles and hide leather armour with furs running towards the viewer with a crazy smile. There's text in a WordArt font reading: "Accidentally Said Trick" with two spooky sets of eyes and teeth in the pitch dark background.

A monochrome illustration of a male furry kobold wearing a wooden googles and hide leather armour with furs running towards the viewer with a crazy smile. There's text in a WordArt font reading: "Accidentally Said Trick" with two spooky sets of eyes and teeth in the pitch dark background.

Spoopy bust commission for @drakefate.bsky.social !

#digitalart #illustration #halloween

27.10.2025 06:32 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A pencil sketch of Exemplar, a Fifth Ace Comics original character

A pencil sketch of Exemplar, a Fifth Ace Comics original character

Exemplar doodle while I'm killing time.

I didn't realize how much I'd missed drawing her; I should doodle my OCs more often...

#OC #OCart #sketch #comicart #pencilsketch #superhero

28.10.2025 08:15 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Painting of a glass frog in aqua on a green leaf

Painting of a glass frog in aqua on a green leaf

Playing around with colour palettes on the weekend and painted this furg (acryla gouache)

20.10.2025 10:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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News Patch notes and other news for the Desktop Dungeons Extreme Edition expansion. Keep up with development here, so you don’t miss out on any releases!

The Desktop Dungeons modding community has done the impossible and released support for daily dungeons in the mod, so now you can explore all the extra content they've authored in daily runs - with a leaderboard and everything! They've also added a weekly dungeon somehow?
ddmod.weebly.com/news.html

21.10.2025 09:42 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Domain Registered

Calling all comic editors. Freelance comic colorist available for cover or sequential work. Recently completed work for Marvel and BOOM! Studios. Please see my portfolio at www.ACcreative.co.za
Looking forward to working with you. :) #coloristforhire #comicbooks #comiceditor

20.10.2025 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

if you really wanna make an indie's day buy their game on itch and leave a big fat tip

20.10.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 88    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
two tokens of two kobolds. The green one is male and is holding a hand grenade with the pin pulled out. The red one is female and is casting a spell.

two tokens of two kobolds. The green one is male and is holding a hand grenade with the pin pulled out. The red one is female and is casting a spell.

Made some token art for our kobold warlock's parents! Kane is played by @lupusdei.bsky.social and he kicks ass. A real chaos gremlin of the best kind. I drew these in pencil and mouse-coloured them because my PC refuses to talk to any tablets.

19.10.2025 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
A teaser frame from the latest page of REVENANTS

A teaser frame from the latest page of REVENANTS

Support REVENANTS. Patrons of Revenants get access to full colour pages a week early, progress videos, WIPs, Discord Roles and discounted rates for commissions!  If once off support suits you better,  there is also a ko-fi!  Links on REVENANTSCOMIC.COM

Support REVENANTS. Patrons of Revenants get access to full colour pages a week early, progress videos, WIPs, Discord Roles and discounted rates for commissions! If once off support suits you better, there is also a ko-fi! Links on REVENANTSCOMIC.COM

REVENANTS has just updated!
Read the latest page at: revenantscomic.com
#furry #art #furryart #revenants #webcomic

21.10.2025 22:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Heist At The Museum by Mandy J Watson An absolute fantasy about repatriating looted antiquities. Made in Bitsy for Bitsy Jam #77.

Since museum heists are all the rage at the moment, just a reminder that a few years ago I made a little Bitsy game about a museum heist in which you repatriate looted antiquities:

mandyjwatson.itch.io/heist-at-the...

#IndieGames

21.10.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My first work with @boom-studios.com is out now!! Go get some! :D

23.10.2025 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Maker's Massive on Instagram: "Octoberβ€˜25 meet-up 😎 πŸ§‘β€πŸŽ¨: @ch_ar_li3 #gamedev #community #meetup #capetown" Join the Cape Town game development community for a meetup event where experts and enthusiasts come together to share ideas and learn from each other. The event will feature a game play test and discu...

The October Maker's Massive Game Dev Meetup in Cape Town is on Tuesday the 21st, 6pm to 9pm, at the District Six Museum Homecoming Centre (corner of Buitenkant Street and Caledon Street).

www.instagram.com/makersmassiv...

19.10.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cape Town! Come play the weird new party games and controllers we've been making!

Here are 3 upcoming game dev events, that we're super grateful to be a part of!

#gamedev #capetown #playtopia2025 #indiedev #southafricangamedev #africangamedev

17.10.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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To Reanimate Thomas, Freshly Deceased by Mandy J Watson A gothic horror Bitsy game for SA Game Jam 2025.

I won a prize in the SA Game Jam for To Reanimate Thomas, Freshly Deceased!

Thank you so much @freelives.bsky.social for running this jam every year!

Here's the game (made in Bitsy):
mandyjwatson.itch.io/to-reanimate...

#IndieDev #PixelArt #GameDev

10.10.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Visit Revenants's Shop! I've opened a shop. Come take a look!

So the first minor step I am taking towards making myself less dependant on Patreon is blowing some dust off of my Ko-Fi! I have added the PDF's of #REVENANTS Book One and Two there for if you didn't get a chance to buy the independent print runs of the #webcomic I've done so far!

10.10.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Party Dynamics, a 24 Hour Comic, Page 1

Party Dynamics, a 24 Hour Comic, Page 1

Party Dynamics, a 24 Hour Comic, Page 2

Party Dynamics, a 24 Hour Comic, Page 2

Party Dynamics, a 24 Hour Comic, Page 3

Party Dynamics, a 24 Hour Comic, Page 3

Party Dynamics, a 24 Hour Comic, Page 4

Party Dynamics, a 24 Hour Comic, Page 4

My 24 Hour Comic, "Party Dynamics" is now freely available on Patreon!

I'm also posting all the pages here, but if you want to download the PDF to keep, it'll be at the bottom of the thread. Enjoy! (1/7)

#24HourComicDay #24hourcomic #comic #comicart #digitalart #rpgzine #rpgcomic

11.10.2025 11:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A painting of a pug

A painting of a pug

And it's done. I've a larger canvas still in the cupboard I'm starting to feel braver about messing on.

12.10.2025 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Gave this a bit of a colour pass with the mouse (don't have a tablet and my pc refuses to talk to Ben's)
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13.10.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's #PortfolioDay

I'm Andrew, a comic colorist out of Cape Town, South Africa. Most recently worked with Marvel, BOOM Studios and a host of independent creators. My schedule is open and Im ready for cover & sequential work.

Portfolio at awcramer.wixsite.com/andrewcramer...

Thanks for looking!

14.10.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

If you want to get your hands on one of these spooky busts, I still have limited commission slots left!

Link to the pricing chart in the replies.

14.10.2025 09:16 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Inking up some Halloween flash!

14.10.2025 23:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The cover to Exemplar #1, a Fifth Ace Comics original creation.

The cover to Exemplar #1, a Fifth Ace Comics original creation.

A splash page of six superheroes/supervillains fighting in a construction zone; an example of a splash page, redrawn from an original from 2011.

A splash page of six superheroes/supervillains fighting in a construction zone; an example of a splash page, redrawn from an original from 2011.

A banner of twenty young superheroes, all original Fifth Ace Comics creations, all charging the camera.

A banner of twenty young superheroes, all original Fifth Ace Comics creations, all charging the camera.

Makki the goblin barbarian, designed in the vein of Daggerheart goblins.

Makki the goblin barbarian, designed in the vein of Daggerheart goblins.

Hi #PortfolioDay!

I'm Marcus, I'm a comic writer and artist based in South Africa, currently working on my own superhero universe, with an interest in drawing other cool stuff on the side.

My comics are available to read at fifthacecomics.org, with early access for Patreon/Ko-Fi members.

14.10.2025 11:45 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A teaser frame from the latest page of REVENANTS

A teaser frame from the latest page of REVENANTS

REVENANTS has just updated!
Read the latest page at: revenantscomic.com
#furry #art #furryart #revenants #webcomic

14.10.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A still from Tron: Ares: The Dillinger Systems programs that had gained access to the ENCOM Grid via a hack make their escape back to the Dillinger Systems Grid.

A still from Tron: Ares: The Dillinger Systems programs that had gained access to the ENCOM Grid via a hack make their escape back to the Dillinger Systems Grid.

Film Review: Tron: Ares
www.brainwavez.org/screen/film/...

(Spoiler free.)

15.10.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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