Olivia Pourzia [she/her]

Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif.

I totally understand! Just wanted to ask. Your art is lovely so happy to support via the shop.

My cat Jeju is going through some very serious health troubles.
While it’s uncomfortable asking for help, as an artist I thought I could create something that people could buy to help support Jeju’s vet bills.

This is the help Jeju sticker packs and all profits will go toward supporting Jeju’s

Do you have a Kofi or Venmo or anything where folks could also send money directly? I'm happy to buy some stickers but also would love to chip in in a way that does not require any extra effort for you! I know how hard it is to have a sick cat and wish you and Jeju the best.

Gavin Newsom is a Republican and supporting him for president means you are, too

“In your world, the freedom of light. In my world, the game of shadows [...] Somewhere, you begin. You call out the whisper of life. In a thousand places, I end. I burn. I become a dying star Silent in your sky like smoke.” The Dying Star by Parnia Abbasi Translated by Sophia Babai

Parnia Abbasi was a 23-year-old Iranian poet who, along with her whole family, was killed this past June by Israel. I just translated an excerpt of her poem The Dying Star for my book. I have no idea if I'll get to use it in the book, but translating it made me cry, so I'd like to share it with you:

This Joe Lonsdale? Calling for public hangings?

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Reminder that I'm still looking fulltime or contract work as a senior writer or narrative designer. If you need someone who can write sharp characters, poetic prose, and emotional stories, I'm available! You can find my portfolio here: www.hazelmonforton.com

Samin Nosrat dropping a recipe for the green sauce from Cheeseboard... Huge win for lovers of Berkeley and green sauce (me).

Extremely excited about lying down in 15 minutes #lyingdown

Writing spicy Royal action was one of my very first jobs on Choices lol, so I'm glad she enjoyed it!

Stories in Games Aren't Problems, They're Solutions Lots of video games have terrible stories, but that's no reason to give up telling them.

I'm not going to re-write a whole piece I already wrote 8 years ago, so here

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Your posts always remind me that I have not Clues by Sam'd in too long! Gotta get back to sleuthing.

If she ever played anything in the Royal Romance series, the answer is definitely yes - but I've been all over since those days 😄 Always glad to hear about people enjoying the game!

I'm trying to teach her to sit on a chair next to me, but given her enthusiasm for Top of PC, we may end up in the same boat lol

It's beautiful!

A brown tabby cat, ears perked up, looking calmly pleased with herself. Her front right paw is slightly lifted towards the viewer.

The face of a criminal who is so so proud she figured out how to climb on top of my PC case TWICE.

Haven't been able to take many walks due to health stuff, but not walking makes other health stuff (back pain) worse 😕 This too shall pass but man I am over it.

Hi everyone! I’m seeking a new role and would appreciate your support. I’m looking for Illustrator, Animator, Concept Artist, and Art Director roles. Anything with a 2D pipeline, I'm good at it, and I ship games.

I have a classical painting background and 20 years of stylized art experience

In another world the dawn of AI might have been managed in a careful, thoughtful, sparing application in pursuit of science and enriching human experience. Instead we gave it to a bunch of con men whos qualifications include car but worse, nasa but worse, dollar but worse, monkey picture but worse,

Perfect bulgogi to rice ratio!

Not as sexy as your and Donna's work list by far 😂 but thank you!! It made me realize that all the non-cancelled games I've worked on have colons in the titles lol (even though I forgot to type them here)

(also R.I.P. to Game of Thrones Ascent, gone but not forgotten)

Little profile update! Not because of a job change, just realized I never included any meaningful info about my work in this thing.

Blocked with supreme prejudice

I swear LinkedIn has become 90% AI job listings, people hyping up AI, or people prompt fishing for AI 🫠 And the rest of us are stuck on there just to give our careers some external veneer of legitimacy.

Yeah, it's rough for everyone I know in the industry 😓 Solidarity all around.

LinkedIn: Hey I found a Writer opening for you! Writing scripts to train AI to do your job - cool, right? No? Okay, look at this Editor listing! Great pay! Yeah, it's to edit AI scripts, but... Still no? What about a CREATIVE Writer job? Don't look at the description, haha. Just trust me here :)))

Getting reports that The Tiredness may improve with something called "exercise", but since we have no reasonable way to validate these claims, I think it's best to treat them with utmost skepticism.

Me: I feel motivated to create stuff outside of work for the first time in years! I'm gonna use my nights to write and learn new things and have fun!

My body: you will be hit with The Tiredness at 9:30 PM and don't bother talking to management, there's nothing we can do about it