Snow has arrived! it is time. For Nightfall in Middle Earth. youtu.be/6Yz4_1mZarA?...

I'm fuckin, desperate to go put my head on a pillow, but I'm curious if theres any like...fast structure for storytelling tools out there? Not AI, fuck AI. I mean more like, if I want to tell a 15 min story with 3 endings how do I approach that from a writing/narrative POV.

awful development: i saw the lineup for desertfest 2026 and it looks like they sure got my letters because goddamn, that's a lot of bands i love and a bunch of bands i still haven't seen live and yet: it turns out it's in the goddamned UK.

NEW GODSLAVE⚡️⚡️ NEW PAGE⚡️ Today: Can a girl have TWO emotional breaking points? Read for free ✨ www.godslavecomic.com

Crystal islands have been a running theme in my work for ten years now, and they are some of my favourite paintings. If you need something magical for your home this holiday season, you should check out the collection on INPRNT: https://www.inprnt.com/collections/portablecity/crystal-islands/

Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default. Here's how to turn it off. First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner

And if you're looking for a zine that collects a whole lot of these in a print-at-homeable PDF, I've got that for you right here - including a limited number of free community copies! sorcererscatalogue.itch.io/crystal-isla...

If you want to see the whole collection, I've been getting them up on my website slowly and it's building up! www.portablecity.net/category/cry...

VIDEOGAAAAAAMES! Here's some painted pixel style pieces I did, all about videogames! (which I love, and should draw more of). Inspired by iso games, pixel art, vintage formats and some fave games and consoles.

The man you talk to when your uncle inconveniently dies before the big harvest: The village necromancer. Face always hidden, to protect him from wayward spirits; arms bound in protective amulets; skulls of the village’s previous necromancers, kept on hand for troubleshooting…

Crystal islands have been a running theme in my work for ten years now, and they are some of my favourite paintings. If you need something magical for your home this holiday season, you should check out the collection on INPRNT: https://www.inprnt.com/collections/portablecity/crystal-islands/

On Dec 6th I'll be part of a panel discussion on writing, publishing, and selling SFF! It'll be at the Merril Collection and I'd really appreciate y'all sharing this with any Toronto people in your life. facebook.com/events/s/cra...

The @changelingart.bsky.social auctions are returning, starting with 'Deck the Halls' later this month. Would there be interest if I were to auction this sketch from a few years ago? Inspired by a post on XTwitter by Anne Louise Avery, a flash fiction, one might call it (see below).

It's #KidLitArtPostcard day! A bit under the weather so some recycling this time, but with good timing as I've harvested my first homegrown butternuts recently 😅 I'm Victoria, Argentinian illustrator living in France. Looking for work & representation! victoriamaderna.com ✉️ [email protected]

If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.

Let’s check in and see how those rascally solarpunk kids are doing, surely they’ve learned by now that….. …ah. Daily reminder: Leafy greens like kales retain all those delicious heavy metals like lead and cadmium. Don’t eat sidewalk-crack kale.

Hey it's my birthday today and a great birthday gift would be if you read my comics over on https://topazcomics.com and https://ohjoysextoy.com/category/comic/jeypawlik/ for freeee! Or y'know, check out my huge exclusive archives over on https://patreon.com/jpawlik #Webcomic #OCsky #LGBTQAI #Queer

OK #ttrpg Peeps! The challenge is to get game zines ready for #ZineQuest / #ZiMo in Feb and pledge to put some/all profits raised into the Game Workers Union fighting funds. Who's up for it?

Rainbow Crow - Wall Slab 🦅🪶🌈 Wanted to play around with more colour and tassels. Absolutely how this experiment turned out!! SOLD #art #pottery #sciart

"That Time I Got Too Drunk And Accidentally Swore An Eternal Oath Of Brotherhood With Liu Bei!?" etc

Lesson to Canadian mayors: you can stand up to premiers. They’ve got the power but you have the people.

Another style exploration, this time based on a photo taken back in highschool of a shady downtown courtyard. I wrote more about the whole process https://www.portablecity.net/style-test-fantastic-skyscraper-reinterpretation/

Sign up to the patreon.com/InPlacesDeep patreon so you can see some spooky #OSE stats www.patreon.com/posts/nightw... #oldschoolessentials #osr

It's #WoShoStoReMo motherfuckers!

This game has the sauce (melted human flesh)

THIS WEEKEND!!!! ZINES 4EVR

Another style exploration, this time based on a photo taken back in highschool of a shady downtown courtyard. I wrote more about the whole process https://www.portablecity.net/style-test-fantastic-skyscraper-reinterpretation/

Missing spooky season already? Sign up for the In Places Deep patreon and get access to the secrets of the infamous horror megadungeon, Nightwick Abbey! This month's post: Shadows! www.patreon.com/c/InPlacesDe...

Gouache painting of a boat, based on my own photos from Newfoundland.

I love a moody supermarket shot and I should go out someday and shoot some for my own ref!

I love a moody supermarket shot and I should go out someday and shoot some for my own ref!

Have I told you about my system-agnostic pocket dungeons before? I ask, because I have made a digital bundle where you can get all three at a discount: itch.io/s/41141/pock...

Gouache painting of a boat, based on my own photos from Newfoundland.

I think November, so imminent, may be the most occult month in my mind, at least in the northern hemisphere. Sorcery, magic, unearthly powers and more, springing forth from the dying ground as winter arrives.

May your weens be hallowed and your toads (& frogs) be-hatted!! I feel like these autumnal little pals needed to be showcased for Halloween — can’t you imagine them as a forest witch’s familiar?!

Spooky, lyricless music recommendations, please! I'll be listening to the Friday the 13th: the Series soundtrack and then John Carpenter's entire oeuvre while I wait. youtu.be/x2LiwjanqXY?...

This is my favorite pumpkin I've ever carved

Every Dracula adaptation that leaves out my boy Quincey is no adaptation to me. He’s the one what does the deed! With a BOWIE KNIFE.

Halloween Haunted House

iniwe'en, or hallow'ini? it depends on your hemisphere.

I think November, so imminent, may be the most occult month in my mind, at least in the northern hemisphere. Sorcery, magic, unearthly powers and more, springing forth from the dying ground as winter arrives.

Hey grab my October sketchbook PDF FOR FREE! (and consider joining my Patreon for more sketchbooks~~~)

I made a new zine. You can buy it on November 9th at Zine Dump in Toronto, or from my online store if you are not local.

It's Dread o'clock somewhere, amirite?

Continuing to test drive different digital painting approaches in an effort to find something that is firing on all levels! This was based on my own ref photo from the northwest territories, which feels like cheating because everything up there felt magnificent.

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Explore a haunted movie studio. Learn the fates of the tormented souls bound to it. End a 50-year curse inscribed in blood and celluloid. KINOPHOBIA, my first piece of noncommercial interactive fiction in eight years, is now available to play. brunodias.itch.io/kinophobia

I could not have made these (including the original Tentacruel) without @manningkrull.bsky.social 's INCREDIBLE paper maché instructions. He is an absolute GEM and wrote THE best paper maché tutorials online. I insist you check out his work at manningkrull.com/manningmakesstuff

Y'ALL I DID IT. My eyes hurt and feel loopy, but my kid's Halloween costumes are finished. BEHOLD!!! 👈 Left - Costume for my son (12); Monster from a spooky youtube. 👉 Right - Costume for my daughter (8); Tentacruel!!!

Continuing to test drive different digital painting approaches in an effort to find something that is firing on all levels! This was based on my own ref photo from the northwest territories, which feels like cheating because everything up there felt magnificent.