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@alderdoodle.bsky.social

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She/Her Lettering artist & illustrator for the ttrpg nerds✨ 🌟Website alderdoodle.co.uk 🌟Freebies https://ko-fi.com/alderdoodle 🌟Email [email protected] 📍Cayman Islands

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Ramona @alderdoodle.bsky.social · Feb 28

Greetings fellow adventurer! 👋 I'm Ramona - an illustrator with a love for highly detailed book covers, illustrated character sheets and custom page decor.
🖌️Available for commissions🖌️

A red and gold book cover with a hexagon in the centre and symmetrical decor with swords around it.

Blue and white illustration for The Stygian Library cover showing a grand library entrance hallway.

A black, white and gold ex libris sticker design featuring a gold quill and ink bottle on a backdrop of moonlit sky surrounded by ornate decor.

A nautical themed illustration of d&d 5e character sheet.

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Ramona @alderdoodle.bsky.social · 4h

This reads like a weird spin off/sequel to Cabin in the Woods and now I'm personally invested.

Ramona @alderdoodle.bsky.social · 5h

'one day from retirement' 😂

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 6h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Ramona @alderdoodle.bsky.social · 8h

That'll be the true Whamageddon

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HolBolDoArt🏳️‍🌈 @holboldoart.bsky.social · 19h

🎂 It's my special cake and candles day you all have to be nice to me because it's been QUITE the year 🎂

So share some of my paintings??

In the pew-lined interior of a dim medieval church lit by rows of candles on tall staffs and pale sunlight coming through a window, a tall humanoid crow figure with flowing black robes and a glowing yellow eye stands beneath an ornately carved semicircular arch in Norman Romanesque style. On the wall surrounding the arch are many colourful murals depicting more humanoid crow figures with halos, carrying various items including swords, spears, harps, and chalices.

A painting set in a cosy shady woodland clearing on a sunny summer's day. In the centre of the frame, two figures sit on a fallen log mostly hidden by vegetation. The figure on the right has wavy blonde hair down past her shoulders, and wears a flowing white floor-length dress with long sleeves, with delicate lacework around the cuffs and neckline. She looks into the distance with a contemplative, sad expression. On her lap rests a small green book, covered by both of her hands.
The figure on the left sits leaning with her head against shoulder of the other figure. She wears a similar dress but simpler, and in a dark slate grey. Her hair is dark and straight, and flows down her tilted face, and she looks off towards a nightingale bird perched on a nearby branch. She raises a hand towards the other figure as if to get her attention.

Both figures are surrounded by various flowers. On the left of the frame are many spires of foxglove flowers in vivid pink and white, interspersed among green stinging nettles. On the right are the purple flowers of monkshood/wolfsbane.

Wrapping around the figures is a clear stream flowing from a distant pond that descends in a series of steps. Around the stream are many small mossy rocks, and shoots of dark green dog's mercury.

Above and behind the figures and flowers are two trees; on the left is a weeping willow with dangling dark green leaves. On the right are the branches of an old ash tree.

A snowy scene in which a humanoid figure in long black robes with the head of a rook stands in a churchyard holding a long spear. By its feet is a red fox. Both are flecked with fallen snow. Around them are many weathered snow-covered graves. In the background is a medieval church of warm coloured stone with large rectangular windows and a battlemented parapet topped with pinnacles. Behind the main body of the church is the tower with clock face and belfry. Behind the church are tall but bare trees dusted with snow. More snow falls in the air.

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Paolo Davolio | Hall of Horrors now on Kickstarter @echidnadesign.bsky.social · 17h

I consider #CandelaObscura a precious jewel, that I wish more creators were supporting.

So I can't pass up the chance to talk about Beyond the Lighthouse by @lalionnepublishing.itch.io! A brilliant supplement expanding the #TTRPG beyond the lands of Hale.

💡▶️ bit.ly/3W0tRLm

#selfpromosaturday

Beyond the Lighthouse: a Candela Obscura™ Compatible project

An unofficial supplement that will take you far beyond the boundaries of Hale. You will explore three brand-new countries, and take the role of new factions confronting the supernatural in 20 ready-to...

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Ramona @alderdoodle.bsky.social · 9h

My husband has concluded that Christmas comes earlier every year because of climate change.

As temperature rises and ice melts faster, Mariah Carey and Michael Bublé thaw in their storage units quicker each year and thus Christmas arrives sooner and sooner.🎄

a woman in a red dress is standing in a glass container

Alt: Mariah Carey in a red Santa bodysuit is shattering an icey enclosure

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Ramona @alderdoodle.bsky.social · 12h

My sincerest condolences

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Ramona @alderdoodle.bsky.social · 1d

You just know that the rest of the art in their stuff has to be stolen too 😑

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Ramona @alderdoodle.bsky.social · 1d

That is not how this works. That is not how any of this works 🤦‍♀️

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Clayton @explorersdesign.bsky.social · 1d

The last article in my Awards Debrief is up. What even is the point of an award show? Should anyone care?

www.explorersdesign.com/ennies-4/

Where do rpg awards go next?

An insider's look into the 2025 Ennie Awards. Part four. What's the point of an award show? And what do we want to see in the future?

www.explorersdesign.com

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Ramona @alderdoodle.bsky.social · 1d

Hahaha I love this type of writing

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👻 YSUBoOooOooOo 👻 @bassoonysu.bsky.social · 1d

As is always correct and in accordance with all the laws of the internet, I just watched Tom Holland's epic Lip Sync Battle performance, and now I am sharing it with all of you so you can do the same.

Lip Sync Battle - Tom Holland

YouTube video by Comedy Central Latinoamérica

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Ramona @alderdoodle.bsky.social · 1d

Our flight that was supposed to leave at 6pm has been delayed by 4hr. FML.

Entertain me. Let's see some snippets of what's on your work bench right now. Give us those delicious sneak peaks 👀

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Ramona @alderdoodle.bsky.social · 1d

Jes. Jess why. Why Jes.

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Pantsless Tables @pantslesstables.bsky.social · 1d

Are you a BIPOC and/or LGBTQIA+ TTRPG game designer? Do you have a new game/kickstarter launching soon? Would you like to be featured on "BUT WHY?" our TTRPG talk show where we
1. interview a game designer
2. play a one-shot with their game/setting
3. have chill fun vibes?

If this is you, DM us!

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Thomas M, Full-time Rascal @newmadras.bsky.social · 1d

Okay, this worked really well last time! I need someone from Brazil who knows about the RPG scene (specifically Vampire/White Wolf) in the early 2000s. Anybody here who could answer a couple quick questions?

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Ramona @alderdoodle.bsky.social · 1d

I really want to subscribe to Beacon instead of Twitch for the cooldowns and also to give more money directly to the creators, but not until there's an Xbox app for it. I don't want to have to cast anything from my phone to TV to watch 🙄 (which I can't even do atm with our current TV set up)

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 2d

. @404media.co is investigating book bans. They could use your pointers on where to be looking. You can do it anonymously.

"We need help deciding... which school districts and cities to seek public records from and... where we should point our reporting efforts. "

www.404media.co/help-us-inve...

Help Us Investigate Book Bans and Educational Censorship Around America

404 Media has gotten a grant to unearth public records about systematic censorship of books, schools, and libraries in the U.S.

www.404media.co

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Ramona @alderdoodle.bsky.social · 2d

Oh god, I feel this so hard 😩

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PVincent (Table Cat Games) @tablecatgames.com · 2d

Just in time for the spookiest of seasons comes an rpg that’s bursting with monsters! Monster Truckers is available in digital form. Experience the thrills and chills of unlife on the open road as a truck driving monster.

Links below!

Cover of Monster Truckers game on a faked out ipad. Featuring monsters and a semi truck.

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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · Jun 23

"Sometimes there came a sensation as if a hand was drawn softly along my cheek and neck. Sometimes it was as if warm lips kissed me, and longer and longer and more lovingly as they reached my throat, but there the caress fixed itself"

cropped image of an illustration of the vampire Carmilla caressing Laura's neck while she sleeps.

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Ramona @alderdoodle.bsky.social · 2d

Carmilla! 😍

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The Hearth Magazine 🌈💜🖤🤍 @thehearthmag.bsky.social · 2d

Look at this pretty cover! (Thank you @montfordtales.com) This cover is so pretty, how can you not want to read what's inside? You can pre-order Issue #4 now and get it direct to your inbox on October 14, and maybe catch up on issues you missed. #ttrpgsky #ttrpg ko-fi.com/prairiedrago...

Cover for The Hearth Magazine, Issue 4, September 2025. Art: Watercolour-style digital image depicting a curious, grey sky whale shark flies through the clouds with her young, towards an explorer in a hot air balloon.

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