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Isabel Brothers @icbrothers.bsky.social · 7d

.𖥔 ݁ ˖Balance ݁𖥔 . - GB Pixel Art Jam 2025 entry
Another year, another #GBPixelArtJam!
My entry this year is about the “balance” of the life of a #magicalgirl. I love anime, but I get stressed just thinking about saving the world and still having to go to school in the morning!
#gbstudio #pixelart

A 1-bit pixel art piece. The illustration is split in half; on the left is a magical girl in a dress casting a spell; on the right she is sleeping in class.

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Isabel Brothers @icbrothers.bsky.social · 9d

#artober day 1: Potion

I don't know how many of these I'll manage to do, but yesterday I created this EGL Jekyll and Hyde lady for #artoberfriends on insta, literally sewing the two personalities together with a mix of classic and ero lolita.

#artober #eglfashion #classiclolita #erololita

A sketchbook page with a pencil drawing of a young woman holding a Victorian glass bottle. Her clothes are stitched together down the middle, one side is classic and the other ero lolita.

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Isabel Brothers @icbrothers.bsky.social · 13d

Some very kind friends bought Silent Hill f so I could play it too and I'm loving it! I played for a couple of hours yesterday with a break in the middle to play around doing this Hinako doodle - no spoilers please!
#silenthill #silenthillf #silenthillfanart #hinakoshimizu #silenthillhinako #fanart

A pencil and ink drawing in a sketchbook. Hinako brandishes a metal pipe surrounded by red ink splatters.

Close up of a sketchbook drawing of Hinako holding a steel pipe, surrounded by red ink splattered like blood.

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Isabel Brothers @icbrothers.bsky.social · 19d

I started this Sailor Moon screencap redraw last November but it's FINALLY DONE! I've been working away on this in the background for months, adding silly nods to my 90s/00s childhood, hunting down old sticker designs, and learning how the animation function on Live2D works. Hope you like my Usagi!

Isabel Brothers @icbrothers.bsky.social · 19d

CYBERNETICS: Radio Link, Scrambler, Modular Hand, Interface Plugs
CYBERDECK: a second-hand deck, with trode sets and a vox box
PROGRAMS: Jackhammer, Genie, Crystal Ball, Watchdog, Krash, Shield, Stun

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Isabel Brothers @icbrothers.bsky.social · 19d

STATS:
9 INT-6 REF-5 COOL
8 TECH-5 LUCK-5 ATT
5 MA-5 EMP-4 BODY

SKILLS:
7 Interface
3 Awareness
3 Basic Tech
3 Education
4 System Knowledge
3 Cybertech
6 Cyberdeck Design
2 Composition
3 Electronics
6 Programming
3 Streetwise
3 Hide/Evade
3 Handgun
2 Motorcycle
3 Electronic Security
2 First Aid

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Isabel Brothers @icbrothers.bsky.social · 19d

✧˖° Fighting evil by moonlight...

Finally finished my #sailormoon screenshot redraw!

#anime #manga #magicalgirl #mahoushoujo #usagitsukino #sailormoonredraw #animated #live2d

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Isabel Brothers @icbrothers.bsky.social · 27d

This one took a little while but here's our first #Edgerunner! I ran the #Cyberpunk2020 polls back in August & the fashion poll was a draw, so our answers were #Netrunner Urban Flash&Edgerunner&mirrorshades-here's the character we made!
NAME:Paz Estrada AGE:23 ROLE:Netrunner PRONOUNS:he/they

A digital illustration of a Cyberpunk 2020 character holding open a jacket to reveal a hidden cyberdeck. They have brown hair with green streaks, and a mustache, and they are wearing colourful clothes under a plain armored jacket. A digital dog with glowing eyes stands behind them.

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Isabel Brothers @icbrothers.bsky.social · Sep 10

Doodling some MGS fanart tonight - I've seen people playing the Snake Eater remake, but MGS and MGS2 were always my favourites

#mgs #metalgearsolid#mgs2 #mgsfortune #mgsfanart #mgs2 #sonsofliberty #wip #digitalsketches #fanart #gaming

A digital sketch of Fortune from MGS2. She is a black woman with wavy hair, wearing a swimsuit and a high-collared coat over her shoulders. Her eyes are closed and bullets are curving around her in the air.

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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · Aug 29

Remember how if a kid choked on a little plastic toy they used to stop selling the toy

Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · Aug 29

Something about the two stories about ChatGPT's involvement in suicides/murder that came out this week that really stuck out to me: OpenAI basically has a boilerplate response when their product gets people killed.

"Deeply saddened"

www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chat...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...

WSJ: An OpenAI spokeswoman said the company has reached out to the Greenwich Police Department. “We are deeply saddened by this tragic event,” the spokeswoman said. “Our hearts go out to the family.”

NYT: Ms. Raine started reading the conversations, too. She had a different reaction: “ChatGPT killed my son.”

In an emailed statement, OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, wrote: “We are deeply saddened by Mr. Raine’s passing, and our thoughts are with his family. ChatGPT includes safeguards such as directing people to crisis help lines and referring them to real-world resources. While these safeguards work best in common, short exchanges, we’ve learned over time that they can sometimes become less reliable in long interactions where parts of the model’s safety training may degrade.”

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Isabel Brothers @icbrothers.bsky.social · Aug 30

#WIP - this sketch is an amalgamation of all the media I've been consuming lately; reading Dracula for the first time, watching clips from the MCR tour, and reading my copy of Raschel magazine.

#eglfashion #gothiclolita #skulls #vampires #sketches

A WIP digital sketch of a woman holding a human skull to her face. She is wearing an intricate dress and has long wavy hair and freckles.

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Isabel Brothers @icbrothers.bsky.social · Aug 23

I'm seeing so many clips from the MCR concerts atm so here's a mini Gerard doodle before I sleep

#mcr #mychemicalromance #gerardway #doodles

A pencil doodle of Gerard Way in a cartooonish style

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Isabel Brothers @icbrothers.bsky.social · Aug 23

I've taken to working on this complicated Death Note piece whilst warming up. Some day it'll be finished!

#deathnote #misaamane #misamisa #anime #manga #wip #fanart #goth #bones

A WIP screenshot of Misa Amane framed by spines. She is blindfolded, holding a bloodied quill in one hand, and her own eyeballs in the other.

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · Aug 15

This clip of the Korean production of Chicago is several years old, but it features Choi Jae-rim, the actor playing Billy Flynn, doing **actual ventriloquism**: youtu.be/kCWBWXyUh2Q?...

2021 '시카고' 프레스콜 We Both Reached For the Gun 민경아 최재림

YouTube video by NEWSTAGE뉴스테이지

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Isabel Brothers @icbrothers.bsky.social · Aug 16

It's been a productive Saturday...

#nighttrap #gaming #90s

A screenshot from the game, Night Trap. The text reads "CONGRATULATIONS You have completed Night Trap" "CAPTURED 83" "POSSIBLE 100" "Theater is now available in The Basement"

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Isabel Brothers @icbrothers.bsky.social · Aug 10

Having a lot of fun sketching out our recent Cyberpunk 2020 poll character today
#cyberpunk #cyberpunk2020 #cyberpunkoc #characterdesign #wip #sketches

A digital sketch WIP of a Cyberpunk 2020 character. They have mirrorshades, a moustache, a mullet, and ports for wires in their neck. They are wearing a bullky armored leather jacket over a huipil top.

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Isabel Brothers @icbrothers.bsky.social · Jul 31

I've been meaning to do a #Cyberpunk character poll for a while now, so thought I'd just do it whilst I was on a roll! If you want to help decide what sort of #Edgerunner we make, please join in - the polls will go live tomorrow evening (@icbrothers on insta) for just 24 hours. See you there!

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Isabel Brothers @icbrothers.bsky.social · Jul 27

(5) Though quieter than her teammates, Iris is the glue that holds them all together, especially with telepathy; using her powers she can locate and help her teammates from anywhere in the world.

Isabel Brothers @icbrothers.bsky.social · Jul 27

(4) Iris is highly intelligent, and a bit of a bookworm –she might not be the best in a fight, but she’ll know just the right piece of information to help the team save the day.

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Isabel Brothers @icbrothers.bsky.social · Jul 27

(3) Now, Iris uses her powers to fight back against enforced conformity, inspire creativity, and remind people to embrace their emotions, good or bad.

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Isabel Brothers @icbrothers.bsky.social · Jul 27

(2) Living in this corporate world, Iris feels her frustrations and sadness fade away into a sludge of beige and grey nothingness…until one day she makes friends who will change her life forever.

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Isabel Brothers @icbrothers.bsky.social · Jul 27

(1) At 24 years old, college graduate, Iris, has been working an entry-level office job for one year, and is already fed up with the 9-5 life. The work is easy, but dull, her colleagues are cold, and close-minded, and the dress code is soul-drainingly conservative.

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Isabel Brothers @icbrothers.bsky.social · Jul 27

Just a little bio for our decora magical girl in the thread below :)...

#decora #decorakei #internationaldecoraday #magicalgirls #mahoushoujo #internationaldecoraday2025 #characterdesign

Close up of a digital illustration of a decora magical girl. She presses her fingers to her temple as water ripples expand overhead.

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Isabel Brothers @icbrothers.bsky.social · Jul 26

Iris - HP: 9

Modifiers: +2 Mental, -1 Physical, +1 Mystical

Everyday Identity: The Intellectual

Everyday move: I’ve Read About this

Magical Archetype: The Tactician

Magical move: Telepathy

Mystical Connection: Sadness

Mystical move: Tears

Isabel Brothers @icbrothers.bsky.social · Jul 26

✧˖° Happy International Decora Day!⋆.˚⟡

It was a mad rush to get her done in time, but here’s our decora-themed magical girl, Iris – made using the Glitter Hearts RPG rules, and of course, your poll answers!

#decora ##decorakei #internationaldecoraday #magicalgirl #mahoushoujo #glitterhearts

A digital illustration of a water and decora themed magical girl. She is a young black woman with long blue decorated braids. She is wearing layered clothing in blues, greens, and purples. Ripples of water burst overheard as she taps her temple.

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