Some progress pics on the cover art for Fantasy on my Backyard. It's incredibly fun to grab cryptids, mythological creatures and folktale personages and place them in contemporary environments. I also savor the challenge of integrating my drawings on collage work. #ZineMonth

7 DAYS LEFT to back my Beak, Feather, Bone inspired urban fantasy world building game that uses real city maps! We're less than $100 away from adding printable refence cards to the game (because I'll never resist making player aids) Check it out or just spread the word! bit.ly/backyard-rpg

AtWP has some unique takes on battle map, which have been extremely interesting to draw. Not top-down. Not isometric, but a weird third thing.

Hey gang, been a hot minute for the All the World's Prey train but I'm still chipping away. Getting the final art assets in place and I just had to share this quarry map by @duamn.bsky.social. This fucking rocks.

I think the damage was largely done back in 2000 when Ryan Dancey (then in charge of RPG development in WotC) came up with the OGL, with the explicit intention of driving all other systems out of the market. By opening up D&D, it enticed other publishers to support D20, and forget their own stuff.

An industry boom that decimated the creative potential of the medium by making every mf a D&D designer. Also, he didn't "kill" past tense: continues to kill. I cannot market my game because 98% of the outreach channels I should reach won't cover a game that ain't about killing people in a dungeon.

ART COMMISSIONS OPEN I need to save up for UKGE so if you are interested in getting some art done, my rates are $50 per hour, and as usual, I can work in a variety of styles, give examples of what you can get for your budget, work with soft/hard caps on hours, etc :) DM me!

Year of the Horse [Woodprint I made on 2024]

The pervasive, entrenched, and unexamined assumption that underpins huge swathes of the hobby to the effect of "nobody ever plays an RPG rules-as-written, if you do this you're a joyless deranged freak tyrant" feels very weird to me, as someone who has historically played most RPGs as-written

the Black Panthers were right

I'm a bit tired of reading "argentinians want to be European and now they'll be like (really poor country or region)" it's always an excuse to be extra racist to the other non-latinamerican region OR to conflate the opinions of the hegemony with that of the rest of us. Who are working class!

🖼️DOUBLE ART UNLOCKED🖼️ (It was unlocked at 5am but we we're sleeping😪) 💪Our 2026 issues will now feature two original illustrations per story or article, four pieces for the longer stories. 📈We're already 1/3 toward our next goal: an Intl Shipping Discount! 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

Fantasy in My Backyard has fully funded! 🎉🎉🎉 Appreciate all the support from friends and peers! Next step is some great "quality of life" stretch goals like inspiration tables and reference cards before we cross into the green and get to the fun stuff!

⚔️THE CROWDFUND FOR NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY 2026 IS LIVE⚔️ Three issues - our Timeworn Terra special - a New Jirel of Joiry story... The more re-posts this gets, the more bonus content we'll add to this year's issues! Go here to learn more and back the magazine👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

Y'all, I wanna draw some sword and sorcery badasses sooo muuuuuuch. Please back this project 😭

Y'all, I wanna draw some sword and sorcery badasses sooo muuuuuuch. Please back this project 😭

Would you like to be an artist for Bring Down the Stars? Email your portfolio and rates to [email protected] with the subject BDtS Art. Queer BIPOC prioritized. Please include examples of: -Humans in a somewhat realistic style -Fantasy or historical weapons, armor, costumes Or -Monsters

Thanks for this. I'm Mercedes, one of the writers on the project who was iced out with a corporate lawyer. I'd just like to note that the figures in the initial version of this weren't at all accurate and Dragon furnishes no screenshot evidence to back them up. bsky.app/profile/comb...

Emergency graphic design commissions: help me buy almond potions and you get some whatever. -30 usd for small stuff such as flyers, titles, etc. NO revisions. -I reserve the right to choose and reply, because i'm not great at being a human person. -DMs/Email in bio.

I'm so stoked to create a tactile, lush, collage layout to complement the illustrations of @forta-ver.bsky.social, @wasitooya.bsky.social, and @duamn.bsky.social. Game design headed up by Chase Call and @quigjam.bsky.social, with @jaztice.bsky.social editing. What a team! 🧵

The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED! There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota! Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

i am seeking: a digital artist in the TTRPG space to do a few small character portraits in a particular style (think: 1920's sepia photo portrait). can actually give a perfect example of what i want, as a prev artist did one *perfectly* but then ghosted. willing to pay well for human work. anyone?

Reminder for BIMPoC #ttrpg creators: white people will turn on you *the second* you become inconvenient.

Heyo! Check Fantasy in my Backyard, a urban fantasy map-making game. I'm gonna be making the cover, & if the campaign goes well, extra art. I got to participate in a playtest & it was really fun. Back it, so I can draw some urban monsters! bit.ly/backyard-rpg #ZiMo2026 #Zinetopia #Zinequest

Hi. Lex, here: illustrator, ttrpg appreciator, occasional playtester and AP performer. You can find me at lexxarts.carrd.co And please check out some stuff I'm helping on, like the big BHM event being put on by @apocunlimited.bsky.social and Fantasy In My Backyard www.backerkit.com/c/projects/j...

Help us cross 100 backers in the first 48 hours and create some real city magic 🪄✨🏢

Illustrations I made last month for a Món de Monstres adventure published by @melnegra.bsky.social, a fantasy TTRPG for kids. I tried to walk the line between fairitale illustration, adventure ttrpg, and make it a bit ugly and scary for good measure.

Fantasy in My Backyard is an urban fantasy world-building TTRPG funding during #ZineMonth 2026 on Backerkit! I'm delighted to layout this project. Using a city map and a deck of cards, players uncover a magical hidden world in their very own neighborhoods. 🧵 www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

Say what you want, but not worrying about money allows people to bloom and spread their wings. Especially artists or people with projects. Poverty stunt and diminish us, it make us smaller, like tardigrades in their withered survival mode. Some of us are stuck in that stunted mode for life.

Heyo! Check Fantasy in my Backyard, a urban fantasy map-making game. I'm gonna be making the cover, & if the campaign goes well, extra art. I got to participate in a playtest & it was really fun. Back it, so I can draw some urban monsters! bit.ly/backyard-rpg #ZiMo2026 #Zinetopia #Zinequest

I sat down and got the crew's character portraits. They have so much personality, it gave me a lot of material to work with. I also really enjoyed doing character design for a sci-fi game. I also did some quick character cards for them 👇 #ScumAndVillainy #FitD #TTRPG #digitalArt

Dee, the Pilot [they/them] Heir to the Dyson weapon manufacturing megacorp, they led a life signed by high-speed racing & rebelling against their family's dynastic expectations. Kicked out of the Starsmith Guild, they had to trade their racing ship for a smuggler freighter to pay off gambling debts.

Tecnobobo, the Mechanic [he/him] Raised as a deep-space mechanic, he abscentmindedly breached contract from the Engineer Guilders after hopping into the Stardancer for the head mechanic gig. Known for his sweet tooth & for being the only crewmember with a lovely relationship with his parents.

Mullet, the Muscle [she/her] Orphaned after an alien horde swarmed over her colony, Mullet was raised by Chon-Zek, the famed bounty hunter. Hired to hunt down Dee, she turned on her mentor to become the Stardancer's head of security, & escape the bounty-hunter's rigorous lifestyle.

Rickjames, the Stitch [he/him] An Ictic xeno from the Algol Sector, he became fascinated by ancient human culture. More specifically: disco music. Like Dee, he escaped his oppressive parent's obligation to enroll in the Khalud Academy & become a doctor. Or as the Dithas say, a human-veterinarian.

I made a character lineup for my #Torchbearer2E players. We finished the campaign last month, but they want to play an epilogue where they go back and defeat the elusive Tsmok, who kicked their buts back when they were lvl 1. I will give it to them IF they fish it back. Some character info 👇

Orphan & magical school dropout, Aston was bitten by a werewolf in the backwoods of Darkovia. Despite this, he was able to return to his hometown of Hywater, & through some scheming with his mentor, be lifted of the curse & attain a position in his alma matter, the Collegium Malefici.

Iskander "the Croc" Kodosvolgy, a Darkovian mercenary, & the party's master strategist. He carries the Crimson Kiss, his nemesis Tulya the Vampire's sword. Tulya turned his little brother, & he was forced to take him to Hywater & consort with a more powerful vampire for his protection.

Skor of the Lost Lands, last survivor of the Mordite invasion on the dwarven lands, he was rescued by a family in the small town on Roëthel. Chased by the Mordite threat, he has sworn to expose their return on Ventûria & put a stop to the upcoming invasion.

Almy was promised as the bride for anyone who would rid Roëthel of its werewolf threat. Knowing it wrong, the part conspired to help his true love, Deargad, pass off as the Werewolf killer & marry the young lady. They were hired as retainers as they crossed paths on their honeymoon in Hywater.

I printed some stickers to gift my #Torchbearer players after they completed the campaign epilogue. They loved it.

We are entering campaign finale territory, & last session I presented my players with a choice re: their Ur-bot... child? They had to choose between the path of the Concordiat Knights or the Maelstrom—which gave it a new chasis & a playbook [Mystic or Scoundrel] #ScumAndVillainy #FitD

Can someone please explain* how the fuck you have a "cozy dungeoncrawl"? (*Please don't actually explain; this is a rhetorical question.)

Illustrations I made last month for a Món de Monstres adventure published by @melnegra.bsky.social, a fantasy TTRPG for kids. I tried to walk the line between fairitale illustration, adventure ttrpg, and make it a bit ugly and scary for good measure.

The amount of work I have to do to sell Zephyr is exhausting. It gets particularly bad when I see colleagues in the imperial core, getting plugged here and there while people ghost me or promise me they'll do something and then they do nothing. I live off of this dude. Please don't leave me hanging.