I should probably also say, I'm always open to get some new playtesters on board for this card game. Right now it's just me and a few friends but if you are interested and have tabletop simulator then just let me know!

So in Balloonomancy, Cards are broken up into 4 main color divisions defined by it's pool of themes and general strategy. here's a pile of cards from each. Art is all over the place, some old, most new, nearly all of it temporary. most is by me but @balloogabu.bsky.social has done some blue cards.

It's hard to really talk about game rules much within a 300 word limit, but I do have a crude Vercel website that I use to post up rules as well as some design notes. just recently updated it. you can check it out here: balloonomancy-v4.vercel.app/1-game-rules...

And I do have to limit myself to 10 minutes on a drawing because otherwise I get way too committal to what is supposed to be temporary art. While it means I can get stuff made and I don't get too attached to a card if it's not working out. They still look real rough and ugly...

But that's a dilemma really, how do you talk about an in progress card game? Without knowledge of the rules all people have to work off of is card art, but when you don't have that either then what? Like I doubt people want to see my crude 10 minute illustrations.

"Not even in my wildest dreams did I imagine that one day I would paint a picture of hot Bowser for official material, announced by Miyamoto himself. 😭 I laughed so hard in disbelief while painting, you have no idea lol"

I've been making a lot of progress on my card game project. while card art is still crude, temporary, or even absent, I've been making improvements on the rules formatting and layouts. it's often hard to talk about a card game you are making when there isn't much exciting to show off.

ko-fi.com/reagan700 sharing it case anyone want to leave a little tip. 👋

So these are a new thing in my local supermarket but I can't help but wonder if they really thought the name through. Just imagine telling somebody to get you some "saucy noods" with a straight face!

You know, "easy to learn, hard to master" is such a cliche branding line with card games these days. You don't see people make or advertise games that are hard to learn and harder to master. Or games that are both easy to learn and gain mastery over.

[ART] #FurryArt #Furry #SizeSky #MacroArt #Macro It's the Halloween Episode! 😅😰 Someone tampered with Alan's potion ingredients, and now everyone is growing out of control and feeling very funny! And Insurance refuses to cover @BLKDragon.bsky.social 's damages!?

You know, every year I think about wanting to do something or draw something seasonal but I end up not doing it. I'm always too occupied with whatever project I find myself working on. Like it's almost Halloween now and spooky season is about to end and I've got nothing of note to show for it.

what we got so far, all the normal attacks and throws,ect, done!

So I've been getting into beastieball lately, and something I find kinda fascinating is how it's main mechanic and the narrative framing around it allows it to avoid the common ethical problem that Pokémon and other monster collectors have to deal with...

I really don't know what I can provide as compensation, I'm just trying to live and keep creating and it's just really difficult right now. Anything helps ko-fi.com/E1E3E6EX

So I haven't been hearing much good about Legend Z-A, I'd imagine that the game is probably a bit anemic but is the battle system fun at least?

Found this card in the bulk boxes of my local card shop. Doesn't seem like a particularly good card but the art looked sick so I just bought it! I've heard nothing good about Aetherdrift But I really do dig the way this card looks and wonder if there's others in this style.

concept sketches and illustrations for balloons of the blue color group, this specific class is known by the fact they wield plastic prop weapons and training swords to score a hit against players. it skirts the rules of the in-universe dodgeball game but blue does a lot of mildly cheat-y stuff.

Along with inflatable magic spells in purple, you have a class of balloons that are inflatable sorcerers themselves. Balloons are all magical by nature but these take it further beyond just being animate. This image is actually really old, like 2 years old from an earlier draft of the game.

Card art of another one of those elemental balloons, in game they are called "SpellBeasts" This is one that while I can certainly do better on, I'm pretty happy with how it came out, a giant, glowing inflatable thunderbird ready to descend on this hapless player.

These are card illustrations for cards in the purple color group, elemental themed inflatables that are styled to be like personifications of magic spells, and are named after popular fantasy magic spells. The colored ones were older while the two monochrome ones are more recent.

More recent sketches of that really big beast balloon. not used in any cards, just been wanting to work on the design. His name is "Silverfoot" by the way.

Some assorted concept sketches, The bats are one division of balloons but another consists of round/pear shaped beast creatures that are the bigger, stronger dodgeballs. The yeti-like one is the base design with others riffing off that one design, main thing they have in common is body shape.

Another rough illustration done for the card game, fumbled the perspective on it a bit but I'll redo the art eventually. Basically, this one has the game's equivalent to "Haste" from games like MTG, where it can come at people as soon as it enters play. wanted to represent that on the card image.

Rough illustration of another Giant bat balloon from my card game. Cards are split across 4 colors, and I usually do the sketch illustrations in monochrome of that respective color. Anyways, here's a player about to get tackled by a gigantic balloon bat.

Want to share some of the rough sketches and illustrations I've been making for cards in my card game "Balloonomancy", This one is from a subset of balloons that are all big round bats. The game is dodgeball but with balloon creatures, so these big round bat's are basically flying dodgeballs.

Been making steady progress on my card game, and I'd like to arrange to get some guest art done for it. Anyone out there like drawing balloon creatures that may be open for a commission or something?...

THIS THIS THIS Failure is a natural part of learning ANYTHING. Don't tangle it up with your self worth and identity.

[ART] More fishing for concept art for Vosdugolva's "Balloonomancy" card battler! No telling if this will make it! A fat ninja dragon balloooon that shoots its upper body forward and attacks with dual cosplay sickles! None can escape!

I wanted to see my beloved CDI Ganon (the thing that he is) in other Ganon outfits and bro… I knew he had potential to be cool 💕 Ganon in the first Zelda really only had a skull shirt and boots, tho, and that is so endearing. Closer looks on replies idc #SWSart

Hewlett's brainstorming for @vosdugolva.bsky.social 's "Balloonomancy" card game! Tried to draw a fat otaku tanuki, with a poorly translated shirt, and nerd butt.

So I've talked about my old Monster Buster artpack with some peers and if I'd ever do a Volume 2. and I've thought on it. maybe not as one I'd sell but as just a series of illustrations I'd share for free. I imagined wanting to do them ahead of time for spooky month but that's a bit late now.

So it's Lugia day, I've got nothing new so here are some older Lugia pieces I did during a strong Lugia mood.

Hey so, my friend Rudolf aka RudolfWolph aka Rudolf.bsky.social had to deactivate his account due to his toxic family finding out about him being a furry, and is getting kicked out of his housing situation. If you're able to, pls share or donate to his ko-fi ko-fi.com/rudolfwolph for moving $$

So something that irks me in card games is what I call "Semantic BS", it goes like this: "I cast Invincible joe, he can't be targeted by spells!" "well I cast explode the world, destroy all creatures." "Well, joe lives because he can't be targeted!" "The spell didn't *target* him, so he dies."

Oh no! Kael has been captured by some strange cult! Again!  Surely his extremely elastic body is up to the task, what could possibly go wrong? A very late gift for my friend @artherion.bsky.social ! Higher res videos here: mega.nz/folder/7KYxU...

Sory for bringing it up again

Haven't been posting much art lately, I've been drawing still but so far most of what I've done have just been quick illustrations for the card game I've been revisiting. making great progress on it though.

Okay so random question for anyone out there that may know Japanese, I've got a question that I don't think google translate can answer: Is there a cool and concise way to say something along the lines of "Balloon ninja" or "inflatable ninja" in Japanese?

POWERLINE got to illustrate the card of my dreams nbd

The tough thing about drawing is that you gotta really stay on it, if you take a break for a week or two and pick up a pen/stylus, you then have to get through a whole lot of rust before you can actually start drawing again. Is that just me? does anyone else have that problem?

Very tiny, all grumpy, so chubby Comission sketch color for @vosdugolva.bsky.social and @josepharrow.bsky.social

Since it happened already, you can't just stare at hot floating balloon of bear. Help them release the "air" pressure. (2/3) for @vosdugolva.bsky.social

Digimon V-Pet Battle! 👾 Weregarurumon 🆚 Black-Weregarurumon

This video by Alex Pearlman does a really good job explaining why branding changes like his aren't "woke" they're just another chapter in the big book of "Capitalism and the adventure of endless growth for the shareholders".

You know, I used to like minimalism in design until it started to become mainstream due to it being cost efficient, like am I alone in that? Like, minimalism works when it has other styles to contrast with but when everything is minimalist then it's just kinda boring.

When you want to turn someone into parade baloon, make sure you dont overinflate them or they'll enjoy it too much. (1/3)

So my mom sincerely believes in this idea that the rapture will start next month and the end times will begin. and she talks about it jokingly, but even if I don't believe it, the thought brings up a lot of old anxieties and fears I've had about the end times as my mom is so interested in it...

Mother's getting all hyped up into end times prophecy again, and now thanks to YouTube videos from African prophets, she believe the end times are here, the rapture will happen some time around the 20th of next month. and the tribulation will start once Israel signs that treaty...sigh...

also something I'm noticing with fanart is that mega victreebel does get something of an expressiveness upgrade compared to it's base form now that it's able to close and shape it's mouth. in fact it's almost like it gains a mouth in a weird sort of way, before it was effectively absent.