Alright, the flier's finished! We have 17 days before Oregon's temperate rainforests are turned to mulch. Spread the world, write your representatives, & tell the Bureau of Land Management *exactly* where they can shove their logs. Further reading: morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/blm-announ...

I really hope that my freaky alien avatar isn't making it awkward when I go around liking and reposting people's political posts about Oregon forests... ah well. ^_^;;;

I'm still working on this flier bit by bit! If anyone wants to spread it around, please, please do so. Oregon's temperate rainforests are under threat, and we'll lose them if we do nothing.

Please consider reading this article and leaving a comment on the Bureau's site. The admin is planning on clearing away much of the old growth forest in Western Oregon. These trees are some of the oldest beings on the continent, and they need our help.

Oregon is one of the most beautiful places in the world because of its forests. I would ask that people help protect a place I love; a place I will travel thousands of miles to see again. Please take time out of your day to read the article and to write a public comment. (Photos from May 2025)

The Trump administration is trying to remove protections on old growth #forests in the #PacificNorthwest, to include the Valley of the Giants in #Oregon. Please leave a brief public comment at eplanning.blm.gov/Project-Home... (click the blue "Participate Now" button) #nature #environment 🌿 RS OK

Being more constructive, this article has a "something you can do" section for both the evil forest issue and the BLM director they want to put in. Doubt comments will sway them, so I'd also contact your representatives if you're in Oregon. ourpubliclandsandwaters.substack.com/p/blm-plans-...

I'm doing things a bit out of order by coloring stuff in before finishing the line art... but it's helping me to figure out what I'm doing with the text. Still a work in progress!

I'm redoing the sketch of the gasmasked one x: Still a WIP

WIPs!

@morethanjustparks.bsky.social Hey would it be alright if I used my home printer to print out copies of your articles and spread them around? I would like the people of Portland to learn about what BLM is planning to do to our forests.

If anyone hears anything about like- a protest forming against Oregon' Bureau of Land Management, or anything productive I could be doing, please let me know. I worry about these forests a lot...

@shamtex9009.bsky.social Did you hear that we have 20 days to stop our forests from being destroyed? morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/blm-announ... it's... Not great... I'm trying to make sure I tell every PNW person I know, so that we can stand a chance against this thing...

I may be slow to post about my art for a bit while I try to avert this ecological catastrophe... It's happening in my home state of Oregon. It threatens the well being of my neighbors, friends, and family; and if there's any chance to make a difference, I have to try.

WHO TO CONTACT: •Online: Planning project page — click "Participate Now" • Email: [email protected] • Mail: Bureau of Land Management Oregon/Washington State Office, 1220 SW 3rd Avenue, Portland, OR 97204, Attn: Elizabeth Burghard, RMP Revision eplanning.blm.gov/Project-Home...

@oregonian.com Have you heard that the Bureau of Land Management is planning to clear cut our old growth forests? morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/blm-announ...

Look at this map. Anything green is on the chopping block. This would be a fundamental and irrevocable change to the entire natural ecology of the this state. Devastating.

@opb.org Have y'all heard that the Bureau of Land Management plans to quadruple their logging production and target old growth forests. morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/blm-announ...

‼️ #pdx #oregon ‼️ READ+SHARE+EMAIL the Bureau of Land Management Follow the steps here @ "What You Can Do Right Now": tinyurl.com/mwmr8xvs We have until March 23rd to make our voices heard. Please help us save our forests.

They're quadrupling the rate of logging, & turning our rainforests into kindling. Apocalyptic doesn't begin to describe this. When El Niño returns, these clear-cut forests are going to fuel wildfires again, & last time we barely survived. We have until March 23rd to plead for our fucking lives.

I really hope this project does well, it looks so rad! 💜

Alright, this month's update's a doozy! I focused primarily on playtesting before I tackle the storyteller guide! The guide is still a ways away, but the player facing side growing a lot in the meanwhile! 28 new/updated abilities! 5 new/updated ideologies! Other stuff I forgor! tinyurl.com/2m4vs28e

I just realized, I forgot to share this as a stand-alone thing without the lore text! It's been like... what... 7 months? But I think it still holds up okay! The left one is still the only member of the Pterarex strain that I've drawn so far... I should correct that soon!

I have a Para-phoria question for you all... Would you rather have the Volla strain be a straightforward parasite with lots of social abilities? Or... Would you rather have the Volla strain gaslight their own hosts by posing as one of the other 4 strains? [Continued-]

Revisiting this, I feel like I need to clarify what I mean by a dungeon. I don't mean a place where the threat is physical violence (but that could be a part of it.) just as often, the threat could be to resources, relationships, or progression. [Cont.]

I just had a TTRPG thought! If you're running a game where players are monstrous creatures living in a human society; could it be helpful to think of a human city as a dungeon rather than a social hub? (continued-)

This is a peek at some entities from Para-Phoria's storyteller handbook! The book may be a long ways off, but I didn't want to go silent while I tinkered with it. I wish I had more stats and lore to share- but that might have to wait until after the next playtest! #ttrpg

I've been fucking around with a new thingy for Para-phoria! I don't want people's introduction to the game to be "place-holder" forever, but I also didn't want to toss out the placeholder art! So this is a temporary middle ground for now. After / before

This miiiight be conspiratorial thinking on my part, but I think discord may plan on selling the data on people's faces and IDs; and the most likely buyer is Palantir. And I don't really like the idea of letting Epstein-McGee feed my facial data into his magical eugenics bot.

Oh I really hope this reaches its goals! I'm itching to read it!

I was a little confused about my placement in the bluesky map, until I realized that the unlabeled bubble I'm in is all rubber drones. xD Apparently we're just south of the unlabeled sex worker cluster. Neato!

Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month

Speaking of impulsive art- here's something I doodled a few years ago! Apparently I never uploaded it on bluesky.

It's wild how the art you put the most effort into never does as well as the stuff you churned out in an afternoon. I think the lesson here is that impulse always beats careful planning. Recklessness is the secret sauce of inspiration, and forethought is the enemy of now-thought.

I hope nobody minds me reposting my old art in these trying times! I must, if I am to sustain myself. X3

Comm for Pommies and their anonymous gal pal!! I can't take credit for the rubbery outfit designs, tho, they're Second Life avatars! I'll credit the SL creators in the replies! (But I also gotta credit the adorable anon for designing those logos too! I just followed the screenshots they gave me!) 💜

I've also been working on some tokens for Para-phoria! They're free to use in virtual tabletops. Just don't like- scalp 'em for cash or whatever. Peace! #ttrpg

I got some Hadassah art for Para-phoria! In the future... I may change up the fonts for each class/strain, but that's for future-Tess to worry about! I overworked myself a bit prepping for a play test, so I *NEED* to lay down! vespertineantess.itch.io/para-phoria-... #ttrpg #gamedev #indiegamedev

hello fellow artists. google has fallen. pinterest/duckduckgo AI filters don't work. do not despair; here is a list i made of places to find reference images without having to sift through piles of worthless garbage: doodlemancy.dreamwidth.org/20757.html 🚯 #NoAI #HumanArtists #ArtistsOnBluesky

Man, my dreams are so quirky. I had 1 where I was dragging people underground with fleshy tendrils that wrapped them in membranous cocoons as they screamed & thrashed. The gore that slept below possessed an endless hunger, one which only their pain and suffering could awaken. Kinda mid dream, tbh.

It's time for the Para-Phoria ttrpg update! But this one's quite small. It just finishes up the page on transition goals! I've been focused on research over the holidays. My goal is to (hopefully) have the storyteller manual out by the end of January! vespertineantess.itch.io/para-phoria-...

*SOON*

It's my art, and I repost it when I want to! \ o /

I should post some of my art! Here's something I painted! I should paint more... fuck'n ADHD! -- This scene takes place in Oregon. 4 miles bellow the cascade mountains, inside a facility called Undergrowth. Here a habitat has been constructed to study species unrelated to anything known on earth.

This is a brief look at the way some wastelanders make their clothes! Latex is far from the only textile in the Pacific Nukewest, but its relatively popular! (If I left anything out, feel free to let me know! I might put your feedback in a part 2 later!) #nsfw #postapocalyptic #latex

Avatar change! \ o /

And here's a version of the biopunk artwork without all the pesky lore and TTRPG rules getting in the way!

It's Para-Phoria time! This month's update is all about the Biopunk class! They've received artwork, lore, & some updated abilities! There has also been a small update to Chemosynthesis & Laboratory Organs, which allows parasites to take advantage of the Biopunk's claws! tinyurl.com/2m4vs28e

Doing something silly today. Repost with your favorite fork. And tremble in supplicant fear, knowing that I have already won!