T.J. L

Pinned posts? Time for a proper introduction! I'm T.J., a full-time software engineer who also does a lot of stuff on the side. Anywhere between more webdev, art, gamedev, and so on.

Something I wish more people would realize.

I hope to one day have the confidence FedEx tracking must have, as it continues to claim that my package will arrive today despite still being halfway across the country.

Trying to read something and keep getting distracted by the overlay-spaced-out justified text and the fact that it repeatedly uses the wrong type of dash. I can't tell if it's actually poor readability or if having done print media in the past has ruined me.

Using the internet be like

I've been keeping Bluesky scrolled to this specific post. Every time I let myself get distracted and tab over, these Hertz reminds me not to doomscroll.

🚨TWITCH is using your account to train Amazon's AI by default 🚨 TO OPT OUT: Turn it off by going to www.twitch.tv/settings/sec... It's hidden all the way at the bottom.

Your bad art is better than AI slop.

Liveposting my reaction to the multiple TTRPG systems I've been reading up on, except instead of Bluesky it's my friend's DMs. That's what friends are for, right?

happy “today is the only day you can repost this” day

The next Bandcamp Friday - a day where Bandcamp waives their share of proceeds and sends everything to the artist - is August 7th!

Exhilarating, is it not? The power of the Sun! Solaire of Astora from Dark Souls, made as a milestone piece for my VTuber Summer Slam stream! #pixelart #ドット絵 #art #fanart #darksouls

I did not remember putting this in my phone until I got an unexpected calendar notification but uh Happy anniversary to the hit horse_ebooks tweet.

Another big one taken care of. Commission of @tj09.net's Roegadyn Warrior of Light! #pixelart #ドット絵 #ffxiv

4x4 in a Furniture Store demo available on Steam - from Walaber (Parking Garage Rally Circuit) / Curdle Games store.steampowered.com/app/4135570/...

A reminder that the only answer to "did you use AI to develop this game" that will gain you goodwill instead of get you paraded as money-hungry ghouls is "absolutely the fuck not, we take pride in our craft" www.rockpapershotgun.com/tomb-raider-...

Finally made some time to start working on art of my #destiny2 Guardian right as the announcement happens. Timing can be funny sometimes.

The biggest GGs to everyone who has supported us to make this happen! Every Pledge. Every Share. Every Video. Thank you! And we're not done yet! We've already hit our first Stretch Goal! www.kickstarter.com/projects/20x...

I haven't played D2 in a bit since I stopped having anyone to play it *with*, but that doesn't change the fact that over the course of nearly a decade I spent thousands of hours in this world. The raids, the stories, the community puzzles are all unforgettable memories that I'll carry with me.

Today, Dragon Cave turns 20! forums.dragcave.net/topic/195488...

The 20XXpo Kickstarter is LIVE. 3 days. 3,000 fans. 40 years of the Blue Bomber. Help us build the Mega Man fan festival the community deserves. Back it. Share it. Power up with us. ⚡ www.kickstarter.com/projects/20x...

"To think we would be blessed with two children at once..." #MOTHER3_20th #MOTHER3_20周年

Science is good. We should fund it.

Dragon Cave has received its biggest sprite update in *years*. Which one is your favorite?

#pokemon #pixelart

see? here's the thing. A lot of people are like, the earth is fucked, it's beyond salvation, it's hit the tipping point, but time and time again we see that if we just fucking fixed the problem, it rebounds so incredibly fast. Imagine what could be done if people actually cared

as a culture we have really given "ideas" way too much credit. ideas are a dime a dozen. they happen all the time. the magic is way more in the doing, and the doing's diminished stature is linked to lack of respect for labor and, more recently, skill and expertise.

My D&D character has had an evil vampire copy of him looming for a while now, but he's going to be highly plot-relevant in the next few sessions so I made art to use for his token.

“I don’t like Bad Bunny because I can’t understand Spanish.” You are WEAK. Weeaboos have been jamming out to songs they don’t understand in Japanese for decades.

"what's the weather like outside?" *proceeds to stare at clock* "Ah yes, 2:40pm"

Important perspective from Greenland.

Name? Ah, my serial number. It is R66-Y. The second piece of the December '25 Subscriber Suggestion Weekend, Robo from Chrono Trigger! #pixelart #ドット絵 #fanart #squareenix

EARTHBOUND - Local child defeats violent gang

"Something that I have found difficult for non-artists to understand is that the ‘early messy stuff’ that non-arty folks insist can be ‘fixed by a human artist later’ is where the best work is done." True of every creative field. You can't start building halfway up; the foundation has to be sound.

Took this picture the other day and a friend realized the meme potential.

FF14 has returned to my queue in a big way. Viewer redeem for @tj09.net of their Roegadyn Warrior of Light. #pixelart #ドット絵 #ffxiv #finalfantasyxiv

Happy Birthday to us! 19 years of Dragon Cave! forums.dragcave.net/topic/194406...

#ACUVAC currently only has about 400 wishlists, which is not enough to get picked up by Steam's algorithm. With Next Fest coming up, ACUVAC is going to have a playable demo! Hopefully that gives us a much needed push! Help ACUVAC by wishlisting + following! #indiegames #gamedev ▶️ s.team/a/2333940

The final #pixelartvent post. All 24 images done! This is the first time I managed to stick to a daily art challenge (albeit not exactly "daily") and it was a ton of fun!

The final #pixelartvent post. All 24 images done! This is the first time I managed to stick to a daily art challenge (albeit not exactly "daily") and it was a ton of fun!

Been a while since my last #pixelartvent update, so let's just post 'em all.

Haven't posted a #pixelartvent update in four days! Santa Hat, Candle, Cookie, Chocolates.