Dr. Nic, Namer of the Universe

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FedEx in Iceland is the reason every single country on Earth must be legally and morally required to have a public postal service

I also apparently have a thing about not ever being referred to by my legal name, so there's that

an artwork by Spindle of the character Ottilie, a human with brown hair tied up a bun, wearing a black turtleneck, green cardigan, and yellow socks. Sitting in the "Bad Girlfriend Box." Because she ate all the cookies

the girlfriend punishment box

I started calling myself "Nic" when I was five, tried a few different names while figuring things out, and decided that five year old me knew what was up

Spaceship concept

https://pinksea.art/did:plc:amqgtbh6r5nzpv2gbwyx6e4g/oekaki/3mgflhkwnbkyh

#pinksea

Giant mermaid with multiple arms laying on a beach with tentacles writhing from the water.

🧜‍♀️Posting my mermaids here for #mermay!

'Pact of the sea'

Meteor Hammer time 🔨💥

You should read RPG books even if you don't play them if you're working around any kind of narrative medium.

Yep, finished, the line continues
#characterdesign #oc #ocart #alien

Boosting the KS for a very interesting cyberpunk rpg with some very strong con and heist mechanics snuck in there among the retro future chewiness. I’m stealing a chunk of this.

A really cute little brown snake in a pair of pale hands

Found a really cute DeKay's brown snake while walking the puppies on this warm afternoon! My day is made

hell yessssss congrats!!!!

im built different (atop a vast cyclopean network of catacombs)

UPDATE: dude you would not believe the stories I’m hearing about this woman from like 8 other people since I put this post up.

【𝙷𝚒, 𝙳𝚊𝚍𝚍𝚢. 𝙷𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢?】

The fleshy gaping gash in the wall
twitches and pulsates in a loathesome way.

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#ocart

this is one of my absolute favorite things and it's amazing how much you can do without changing the words themselves

an illustration by Spindle of the character Anni (on the right, an elflet with green hair tied up in a bun and 4 hair loops, wearing yellow glasses, beige turtleneck, and black skirt) kissing a halfling woman (unnamed) on the left (brown hair tied up in a bun, glasses, red turtleneck, and grey skirt)

librarians kissing

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A blond woman in grunge clothing holds a base guitar in her arms. She wears a red fannal shirt open over ripped band t shirt and dress.

Pretty thrilled with how this commission came out. I'm slowly changing the way I color and I think it's going in a good direction.

What We Played: Pottery Shards Playtesting continues for Marc’s latest project, the archaeology game currently titled Pottery Shards!

I did a little write-up of a playtest we had a few weeks ago of @thehintguy.bsky.social's current project - Pottery Shards! This one is getting close to being done! Now I just need to figure out what the best archaeology themed emojis are...

#oc #art #wlw

My PhD defense has officially be scheduled and is open to the public! Would be honored if you could tune in or join in person.

I'm going to be talking about player-centric approaches to game balance design and proceduralization.

Calendar details here: events.ucsc.edu/event/shield...

Today is Purim, and while I’ve had lengthier discussions on themes of the megillah before, this year I’m going to talk about a more esoteric part of the megillah, and what many view as a millennia-old called shot.
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the last round of reviews I've participated in have been incredibly depressing

"The current state of academic publishing is in a bad place right now, and I believe with AI we can make it worse"