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Buddy Skaggs 💫 @pewterbee.bsky.social · 23h

did some ephrim designs as part of a character design class #friendsatthetable

Various poses and expressions of the same character collaged together. He has medium length red hair, a gold crown wrapping his forehead, adn red eyeshadow. He is wearing a blue shirt with gold detailing over white pants and dark boots. Over that is a dark cloak with red lining and a fur collar.

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ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 2d

My dope friend Adrian, who is trans, interviewed 90 transgender Texans. His project is finally out: www.dallasnews.com/news/politic...

We surveyed 90 trans Texans. Most said they’re living in fear and weighing a move

Respondents said anti-trans policies have complicated their sense of home in Texas and pushed them to consider leaving the state.

www.dallasnews.com

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Buddy Skaggs 💫 @pewterbee.bsky.social · 4d

Love birds 🕊️ #illustration

Two figures kiss on a balcony outside of a masquerade party. One is wearing a blue coat with tails and a butterfly mask. She has pale skin and shoulder-length blonde hair. The other wears a red ballgown with a red feather in her hair. She has med. dark skin and curly black hair in a ponytail

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Scott Anderson @impossible.bsky.social · 8d

This quote...

What people want to replace you with is what they think you already are. If companies, bosses, and boyfriends want to replace you with a robot or an AI model, that’s because they already see you and what you do as simply the workings of a machine with far too many bugs.

Sara McH 🤧 covid mode @saramchenry.bsky.social · 8d

This essay is a banger. houseofmirrors.substack.com/p/you-dont-n... (obligatory "wish it weren't on substack")

You Don't Need to Log off, You Need to Become Sensual

The digital world the wealthy are creating is designed to detach us from our bodies

houseofmirrors.substack.com

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 7d

went to a hearing and it was weird as shit www.theverge.com/policy/79204...

Oregon’s National Guard lawsuit hinges on Trump’s Truth Social posts

“The president thinks it’s World War II out here.”

www.theverge.com

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Buddy Skaggs 💫 @pewterbee.bsky.social · 11d

today is a day where i am thinking about games (my own, other people's, hades 2)

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Buddy Skaggs 💫 @pewterbee.bsky.social · 13d

Today is my birthday, which means the sale ends today

I'd love it if you bought a game, but if not please consider donating towards mutual aid this weekend. I'm deeply worried about my own community in Portland, and we've all gotta look out for each other 💕

Buddy Skaggs 💫 @pewterbee.bsky.social · 16d

All my games and zines on itch.io are on sale until EOD Saturday! Thread for what's included in the sale (1/2)

Until the end of the day September 28th, everything on my itch.io page is 23% off!

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 14d

🚨 New directive NSPM-7 targets "anti-capitalism," “anti-Christian,” and “anti-American" opinions as indicators of extremist violence, authorizing an army of 4,000 counter-terrorism officers to prevent crimes that haven't happened:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...

Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators”

New order targets “anti-Christian,” “anti-American,” and “anti-capitalism” opinions

www.kenklippenstein.com

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XX Dovelin ⚡️ @xxdovelin.bsky.social · Sep 15

We were always here #art

Black woman half hidden behind brightly lit leaves in the night.

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Buddy Skaggs 💫 @pewterbee.bsky.social · 16d

Every year when I do this sale, it's cool to see how much I've grown as an artist.

If any of these sound like your jam, now's the time!! 🎂 pewterbee.itch.io

That includes gender zines! Pretty boy (2021) and pretty boy vol. 2 (2022)

That includes: solo journaling games! Out for Delivery (animals delivering mail), Curtain Call (artist with burnout), and Spellsmith (magic recipes)

That includes: multiplayer tabletop games! Ruin in Bloom (forgotten statues, 2-4 players), Tried and True Familiarity (reconnection, 2 players), Feud (rivalry and sacrifice, 2+ players), Down with the Ship (end of an adventure, 3+ players), and Keen Labor Untimely End (murder mystery like clue)

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Buddy Skaggs 💫 @pewterbee.bsky.social · 16d

All my games and zines on itch.io are on sale until EOD Saturday! Thread for what's included in the sale (1/2)

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Buddy Skaggs 💫 @pewterbee.bsky.social · 16d

Every year when I do this sale, it's cool to see how much I've grown as an artist.

If any of these sound like your jam, now's the time!! 🎂 pewterbee.itch.io

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Buddy Skaggs 💫 @pewterbee.bsky.social · 16d

All my games and zines on itch.io are on sale until EOD Saturday! Thread for what's included in the sale (1/2)

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simone @lordofnowhere.bsky.social · 18d

Happy Birthday, Bagginses

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Molly Mendoza @mollymendoza.bsky.social · 21d

Acrylic ink and gel pen on stone henge paper

Drawing of person in space suit rising out of coils and tubes with a bird perched on their finger

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Rascal News @rascal.news · 26d

“I firmly believe that everyone should be doing everything in their power to do what we can to end the genocide in Palestine."
Game designers band together again to extend critical aid to Palestinians in Gaza.

Game designers raise funds for Palestinians via Play for Peace Bundle

Putting games and art together for Palestinian aid.

www.rascal.news

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Trang ✦ MCM London @trangmn.bsky.social · 28d

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page 2 - lehti spots something in the midst of the forest

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angel💀 @sabattons.com · Sep 8

"but art should be accessible" it is, you can learn to draw, paint, collage, sculpt, make pixels. right now, starting today. art has never been more accessible monetarily nor physically than it is now in this age. access to artist labor and machine production is not an accessibility issue.

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Em @tapiorca.bsky.social · 27d

Warmth of Love

Sword flanked by two suns with water pouring down the hilt like a waterfall, with the image of Hadrian looking at the kingdom of Aubade in the distance. When the white background is moved you can see Samothes from the back, head slightly turned.

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Buddy Skaggs 💫 @pewterbee.bsky.social · 28d

Ending with a fun comparison: the first "finished" fanart I did vs. the most recent.

I was 16 and not even on Twitter for the first. Now I'm nearly 23, living with my partner I met through f@tt, and in the last year of my bfa program.

Sho Salon stands cheerfully. She is wearing a pink headscarf, a blue collared shirt, and a large pink skirt.

A watercolor painting of the interior of a train car. The train car looks moderately fancy. A goat woman (Pickman) is sitting in a seat with her back to the window of the train. She looks over her shoulder grumpily while smoking a cigarette. Yellowed landscapes roll past her.

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Buddy Skaggs 💫 @pewterbee.bsky.social · 28d

This piece of the first Blackwick Group arc (2021)

The Blackwick Group descends a long stone staircase. Chine is in the front, holding out a lantern. Marn is behind them, feeling along the wall and holding a torch. Virtue stands behind her, holding nothing and looking at Pickman, also holding a torch.

Buddy Skaggs 💫 @pewterbee.bsky.social · 28d

2 of my favorite Valence pieces I did, both 2021

Broun hesitantly inspects Valence's open robot arm

Valence recoils in pain as a bright cloud of smoke crackling with lightning pours from their chest

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Buddy Skaggs 💫 @pewterbee.bsky.social · 28d

& the first animatic I made in 2020 youtu.be/QdXZnZY94AU?...

Meeting Larry - Friends at the Table Animatic

YouTube video by pewterbee

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Buddy Skaggs 💫 @pewterbee.bsky.social · 28d

From earlier the same year (that I very embarrassingly got all the way through editing and managed to upload without switching from the grey background I was working with to save my eyes) youtu.be/tjFo7WTEfqk?...

PARTIZAN finale animatic - WEATHEREYE. BRIDEWELL. DOWNRIVER.

YouTube video by pewterbee

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Buddy Skaggs 💫 @pewterbee.bsky.social · 28d

Also from 2021: my Lye animatic! This was a surgery recovery project for me youtu.be/JOKZgwZI0A4?...

Lye - a Friends at the Table animatic

YouTube video by pewterbee

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