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Simon S. Andersen @snakepixel.art · 21h

Its October night! (and occasionally October day)

Aria @thatartisan.bsky.social · 1d

sometimes, just sometimes, I feel like I am going to buckle under all the pressure. I think I need a hug, but I never think to ask for them in-person

and yet I keep making art. because it keeps me sane to create and improve. while I have lapses in my confidence with it, at least it brings me joy

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Aria @thatartisan.bsky.social · 1d

yeayea, I'm not really upset about this, I just wanted to be a bit jokingly performative about it since it was extremely funny in the moment ^^

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Aria @thatartisan.bsky.social · 1d

happy birthday!!

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Aria @thatartisan.bsky.social · 2d

cruise is a good friend of mine and while I am an unpaid shill I must also tell you that I desperately want one of these plushies for myself and if you help him get the petition up to 200 pledges then she will become real and I can have a real, live anna to fill with milk and slam into walls

[8 DAYS - ANNALYNN X MAKESHIP!] Cruise Elroy @cruiseelroy.bsky.social · 2d

It's finally here!! You've been asking for this for a long time, so I'm finally bringing an official Annalynn plushie to you guys through Makeship!

We need 200 petitions to bring this to reality, so back it while you can! Petitions close on October 19th.

Annalynn's official plushie is finally here, via Makeship! This is a rough mockup of how the final plushie will look.

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Aria @thatartisan.bsky.social · 2d

no worries! I'm not actually fretting about this at all, it's all in good fun. I appreciate the reassurance but I really wasn't getting genuinely upset, just caught off guard I guess lol.

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Aria @thatartisan.bsky.social · 2d

that checks out because sabrewulf's vibes were an inspiration for me lol

everyone sees the pixels and they default to it being talbain, but in my heart sabrewulf is way cooler 😔

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Aria @thatartisan.bsky.social · 2d

definitely a spitting image, tho I hate to use the word copy since I'm basically 100% sure that nobody on the 2xko team has ever seen my work

Aria @thatartisan.bsky.social · 2d

also to be clear I had no idea what the hell a warwick was until like 2 or 3 days ago so the fact that his design is uncannily similar to my own wolfguy design is DEFINITELY a coincidence. but it's *very* funny.

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Aria @thatartisan.bsky.social · 2d

difference here is that the stance, color distribution, and choice in outfit aren't basically the exact same. talbain has similarities to both, yea, but warwick is SO similar to Wolf I'm just kinda like. goddamn. I'm taking all this in good humor tho, I guess it's kinda convergent evolution lol

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Aria @thatartisan.bsky.social · 2d

like goddamn dude I know werewolf characters often play to similar tropes but... I'm not even upset, more just kind of gobsmacked. god. The heartbreaking thing is I don't even think I fuck with him that much as a character lmao even though he SHOULD be playing to some of my exact preferences

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Aria @thatartisan.bsky.social · 2d

for what it's worth I am not claiming that they copied my design or anything (after all this is a fighting game character adapted from moba character who has existed for years at this point) but I AM saying that the number of extremely funny coincidences that had to line up here is truly staggering

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Aria @thatartisan.bsky.social · 2d

are you shitting me

comparison between Warwick, a werewolf character from the new league of legends fighting game with bluish grey fur, ripped pants with brown belts, and a perpetually snarling face, versus Wolf, my own werewolf character, who has virtually the exact same idle pose, very similar clothing, and near identical color distribution on the fur

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[8 DAYS - ANNALYNN X MAKESHIP!] Cruise Elroy @cruiseelroy.bsky.social · 2d

I'm also gonna be sharing a new Annalynn drawing each day until the petition closes! If you can't petition it yourself then sharing these with a friend is the next best thing you can do!

10 DAYS LEFT - Annalynn holding up a plushie of herself!

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 8d

I'm serious email your representatives and link this article RIGHT NOW

tell them this shit sucks and is going to put everyone's ID/data at risk to hackers online. the proof is right here

US- www.congress.gov/members/find...
EU- www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/home
CA- www.ourcommons.ca/members/en

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Aria @thatartisan.bsky.social · 3d

2 AM is a magical time for me to be awake because I have to wrestle with Bad Thoughts telling me to post about my feelings, but alas: it is late and the brain makes melodrama of its sorrow. even now I'm writing extra flowery prose lol.

so yeah. don't post late at night, it'll do you no good

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