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@medacris.bsky.social
She/Her, They/Them | 30's | Bisexual/Biromantic | US
Artist, sometimes writer. Enjoys video games, cartoons/anime, comics/manga, & alternative/indie/classic rock music. Anti-genAI/anti NFT. No F4F.
Every party five seconds after meeting a cute monster. 😻
The party enters Azeroth, watch the D&D: World of Warcraft campaign now: dndbeyond.link/Dungeon-Mast...
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[tw: vent] I've been financially strapped for a long time, & tend to not even get requests when I offer them for free, so I focus way too much on giving others what *they* want (thinking of my art as a business) instead of asking myself what *I* want, which is a massive problem.
I think I also convinced myself I'd get my teeth kicked in for not being compliant with others' wants or desires. I was scared. But why should we deny ourselves basic liberties that we give others hand over fist?
I also need to stop doing this thing where I deliberately trigger myself and expose myself to things I know will upset me in an attempt to understand why others like things I cannot see the appeal of. I thought that by being my own person, I was somehow insulting them, which I wasn't.
[tw: vent] I've been financially strapped for a long time, & tend to not even get requests when I offer them for free, so I focus way too much on giving others what *they* want (thinking of my art as a business) instead of asking myself what *I* want, which is a massive problem.
I thought that not knowing what people expected from me was some sort of failure on my part (Do I learn to write/draw a wide variety of things? Or do I focus only on establishing a specific niche?) when it's not my fault ppl weren't telling me what they expected of me.
I also need to stop thinking of this as a failure unique to me. I told myself multiple times no one else has this problem, I'm a defective human being, everyone else has their shit figured out, they're too clever to deal with the shit I flounder with. But we're all floundering.
[tw: vent] I've been financially strapped for a long time, & tend to not even get requests when I offer them for free, so I focus way too much on giving others what *they* want (thinking of my art as a business) instead of asking myself what *I* want, which is a massive problem.
I often treat myself as a Content Machine that needs to be constantly writing or drawing or doing something else that 'provides something' (assistance, entertainment) for others, & I feel like I need to apologize when I can't provide that. Even though I can't provide that for myself, even.
Voting by mail rocks. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Vote in your PJs, drop it off at the library, get an email when your vote is received and counted.
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Now that Steam Next Fest has started I want to remind everybody to not give games with AI any attention, to help you with this you can download this neat extension that will make it A LOT easier to filter through the slop! github.com/seeeeew/aiwa...
🌿 A big adventure in a little world is almost here!
Littlelands launches into Steam Early Access on November 16! Explore, fish, farm, battle monsters, and uncover secrets!
Play the updated FREE demo during Steam Next Fest and wishlist today!
#Finishtober This was actually something I started last year & never got around to finishing. Some of my favorite female spellcasters as a coven in the woods, inspired by the song "Black Magic Woman" by Fleetwood Mac (you might be familiar with the Santana cover). Happy Halloween!
I didn’t want to show preference to either DJ Shadowheart or Selûnite Shadowheart, so I kind of split the difference with her hair, inspired by the Mashed shorts.
When a Twitch viewer says “I really wish [streamer] would play [game they haven’t gotten around to yet],” idk if it’s a dick move to recommend a different streamer who HAS played that game.
Not everyone likes every game, that’s why I watch several ppl w/ different tastes.
I watch Vinny Vinesauce. Vinesauce used to refer to a group of ppl, not just Vinny. I’ll recommend a streamer adjacent to Vinny (someone who used to be part of the group when it WAS a group, or one of his mods, or a frequent submitter to his streams) if someone wants him to play a game he won’t.
I’ve bought games bc Vinny played them constantly & I wanted to play them too (HADES), but I also got games bc he either dropped them unfinished or left them as a one off (Hand of Fate 2, BG3).
#Finishtober isn't "whatever you do, just finish it," it's more "this is a challenge to take something that's been sitting in your WIP folder for over a year, that art you're 75% finished with but are afraid of messing up, & see if you can finish it to a point you're happy with."
This shouldn’t stop at video games, it should extend to things like ebooks and digital movie downloads as well. If you pay for something, you should have the right to keep the files.
"Consumers must have the right to own, the right to play, and the right to transfer the games they buy," says Representative Ritchie Torres of New York's 15th district. "A game that can be taken away the moment a company pulls the plug is not a purchase. It is a rental disguised as a sale."
[tw: rant/politics] Unrelated: I’m tired of some of my fellow left-leaning people bragging about how they’re “owning Tr*mp” but also getting upset/calling other Leftists “rude and disrespectful” for calling out right wing transphobia or not just letting it go.
[tw: pain/vent] Still working on Finishtober. No new pieces, just working on stuff from my WIP folder. Taking a couple breaks since I’ve woken up feeling like garbage a handful of days this month, real “I fell down a flight of stairs” level of pain & I don’t want to push it.
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#TavQoTD I only have one Tav (& have never played Durge), so Bernadine is this by default. She's partially inspired by how I was at the worst of my trauma, self-loathing & willing to let everyone walk all over her bc she thinks no one will ever like her otherwise.
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I follow a lot of my friends on ko-fi or vgen, & I apologize if this doesn't actually translate into me commissioning anyone.
I have very low income, money coming in has always been extremely inconsistent, and I maybe can only make 1-2 purchases period per year & have to be super selective.