Allyson Kelley
@liliflamingo.bsky.social
Creative Project Management by day & Concept Art by night ✨
Currently playing too much D&D
She/Her
Currently playing too much D&D
She/Her
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GDC 2026 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS OPEN 📣
Our alumni say it best!
🗣️"This opportunity allowed me to connect with other marginalized game designers, who helped me navigate challenging experiences in AAA & continue to act as mentors for me."
✏️ www.gamedevsofcolor.org/scholarship
#GDC2026 #gamedev
Our alumni say it best!
🗣️"This opportunity allowed me to connect with other marginalized game designers, who helped me navigate challenging experiences in AAA & continue to act as mentors for me."
✏️ www.gamedevsofcolor.org/scholarship
#GDC2026 #gamedev
December 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
GDC 2026 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS OPEN 📣
Our alumni say it best!
🗣️"This opportunity allowed me to connect with other marginalized game designers, who helped me navigate challenging experiences in AAA & continue to act as mentors for me."
✏️ www.gamedevsofcolor.org/scholarship
#GDC2026 #gamedev
Our alumni say it best!
🗣️"This opportunity allowed me to connect with other marginalized game designers, who helped me navigate challenging experiences in AAA & continue to act as mentors for me."
✏️ www.gamedevsofcolor.org/scholarship
#GDC2026 #gamedev
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Amazon has seemingly removed the Banana Fish AI dub, likely in response to the vocal outcry
It should be noted that they can remove this AI dub, or all of their AI dubs
But they can’t remove the fact that they chose to try to do it in the first place.
It should be noted that they can remove this AI dub, or all of their AI dubs
But they can’t remove the fact that they chose to try to do it in the first place.
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
December 1, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Amazon has seemingly removed the Banana Fish AI dub, likely in response to the vocal outcry
It should be noted that they can remove this AI dub, or all of their AI dubs
But they can’t remove the fact that they chose to try to do it in the first place.
It should be noted that they can remove this AI dub, or all of their AI dubs
But they can’t remove the fact that they chose to try to do it in the first place.
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Page 37 is up for #tyreecomic over on patreon & kofi! Lettering by @rayday.bsky.social ! Thanks for your continued patience this month! My health sadly has not improved much, but that's why buffers exist.
www.patreon.com/posts/144738...
ko-fi.com/portaltohade...
www.patreon.com/posts/144738...
ko-fi.com/portaltohade...
November 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Page 37 is up for #tyreecomic over on patreon & kofi! Lettering by @rayday.bsky.social ! Thanks for your continued patience this month! My health sadly has not improved much, but that's why buffers exist.
www.patreon.com/posts/144738...
ko-fi.com/portaltohade...
www.patreon.com/posts/144738...
ko-fi.com/portaltohade...
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escapism through channeling a medieval manuscript illustrator
November 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
escapism through channeling a medieval manuscript illustrator
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Completed comm for heretic_of_lolth on VGen 💕💕 Thank you for letting me indulge in angsty toxic yuri and thank you so much for your support!!!
#art #comms #vgen #vgencomm #commission
#art #comms #vgen #vgencomm #commission
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Completed comm for heretic_of_lolth on VGen 💕💕 Thank you for letting me indulge in angsty toxic yuri and thank you so much for your support!!!
#art #comms #vgen #vgencomm #commission
#art #comms #vgen #vgencomm #commission
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The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
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I post a new version of this every other year or so, and every year comic book page rates stay the same. Five years ago, people were getting paid $240 in '25 dollars; today they are getting the same $150 a page.
The one about comic book page rates – again. News flash: Comic book page rates are STILL stagnant, after all these years, and for indie cartoonists it's even harder
The one about comic book page rates – again
News flash: Comic book page rates are STILL stagnant, after all these years, and for indie cartoonists it's even harder
www.comicsbeat.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I post a new version of this every other year or so, and every year comic book page rates stay the same. Five years ago, people were getting paid $240 in '25 dollars; today they are getting the same $150 a page.
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congrats, Akane! and thanks for hosting!
and thanks @danhawk333.bsky.social for tagging!
I'm Torres, I'm a dark fantasy and fairy tale illustrator
and thanks @danhawk333.bsky.social for tagging!
I'm Torres, I'm a dark fantasy and fairy tale illustrator
November 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
congrats, Akane! and thanks for hosting!
and thanks @danhawk333.bsky.social for tagging!
I'm Torres, I'm a dark fantasy and fairy tale illustrator
and thanks @danhawk333.bsky.social for tagging!
I'm Torres, I'm a dark fantasy and fairy tale illustrator
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November 17, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Aldiirn can drop another sensitivity seminar at any time, do NOT test him on it because he will make sure everyone knows who is the reason they're sitting through another GalePoint. 🙂 #bg3 #art
🍄Comics: bg3.mrcrowb.art
☕️Support: ko-fi.com/mrcrowbar
🍄Comics: bg3.mrcrowb.art
☕️Support: ko-fi.com/mrcrowbar
September 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Aldiirn can drop another sensitivity seminar at any time, do NOT test him on it because he will make sure everyone knows who is the reason they're sitting through another GalePoint. 🙂 #bg3 #art
🍄Comics: bg3.mrcrowb.art
☕️Support: ko-fi.com/mrcrowbar
🍄Comics: bg3.mrcrowb.art
☕️Support: ko-fi.com/mrcrowbar
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Who has a TTRPG Kickstarter/Backerkit or other crowdfunding campaign going on or coming soon?
Who has made something and it's available for sale on DTRPG, DMG, Itch, or the equivalent?
Drop links in the replies. I want to boost them to my followers!
#ttrpg #crowdfunding
Who has made something and it's available for sale on DTRPG, DMG, Itch, or the equivalent?
Drop links in the replies. I want to boost them to my followers!
#ttrpg #crowdfunding
November 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Who has a TTRPG Kickstarter/Backerkit or other crowdfunding campaign going on or coming soon?
Who has made something and it's available for sale on DTRPG, DMG, Itch, or the equivalent?
Drop links in the replies. I want to boost them to my followers!
#ttrpg #crowdfunding
Who has made something and it's available for sale on DTRPG, DMG, Itch, or the equivalent?
Drop links in the replies. I want to boost them to my followers!
#ttrpg #crowdfunding
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America's first ever esports champion was Rebecca Heineman, a trans woman. She went on to found some of your favorite video game studios and worked on your favorite video games. Next time you see somebody rail about 'woke' and 'DEI'
Remember that.
Remember her.
Remember that.
Remember her.
"I code so others can dream."
Gayming Icon and LGBTQ+ video game pioneer, Rebecca Heineman, has sadly passed away after a short, tough fight with aggressive cancer.
Read our obituary to this true industry trailblazer: gaymingmag.com/2025/11/gaym...
Gayming Icon and LGBTQ+ video game pioneer, Rebecca Heineman, has sadly passed away after a short, tough fight with aggressive cancer.
Read our obituary to this true industry trailblazer: gaymingmag.com/2025/11/gaym...
Gayming Icon and LGBTQ+ games pioneer, Rebecca Heineman, has died - Gayming Magazine
Rebecca Heineman, a trailblazing figure in the video game industry and a celebrated icon within the LGBTQ+ gaming community, has died.
gaymingmag.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
America's first ever esports champion was Rebecca Heineman, a trans woman. She went on to found some of your favorite video game studios and worked on your favorite video games. Next time you see somebody rail about 'woke' and 'DEI'
Remember that.
Remember her.
Remember that.
Remember her.
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authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
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This summary of comics as community in Alison’s interview is perfection.
Read the article then show us your portfolios at Thought Bubble!
www.brokenfrontier.com/thought-bubb...
Read the article then show us your portfolios at Thought Bubble!
www.brokenfrontier.com/thought-bubb...
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This summary of comics as community in Alison’s interview is perfection.
Read the article then show us your portfolios at Thought Bubble!
www.brokenfrontier.com/thought-bubb...
Read the article then show us your portfolios at Thought Bubble!
www.brokenfrontier.com/thought-bubb...
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10/10 take. No notes.
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
10/10 take. No notes.
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Hi #PitchYaGame! Our ghostpunk roguelike deckbuilder set in a haunted hotel comes out Jan 27 2026!
Come for the 90s nostalgia and teen drama, stay for the chance to throw a rice cooker at a clown or dynamite a spider horse!
store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxTh...
Come for the 90s nostalgia and teen drama, stay for the chance to throw a rice cooker at a clown or dynamite a spider horse!
store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxTh...
prettysmart games 👻🏨 THE SPIRIT LIFT Release Date Trailer
YouTube video by PrettySmartGames
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Hi #PitchYaGame! Our ghostpunk roguelike deckbuilder set in a haunted hotel comes out Jan 27 2026!
Come for the 90s nostalgia and teen drama, stay for the chance to throw a rice cooker at a clown or dynamite a spider horse!
store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxTh...
Come for the 90s nostalgia and teen drama, stay for the chance to throw a rice cooker at a clown or dynamite a spider horse!
store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxTh...
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"After Watson...read the MRC report, they could not unsee it...they could have — and should have — requested permission to use the data and made clear exactly what they had done, first to Franklin and Wilkins, and then to the rest of the world, in their publications." www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"After Watson...read the MRC report, they could not unsee it...they could have — and should have — requested permission to use the data and made clear exactly what they had done, first to Franklin and Wilkins, and then to the rest of the world, in their publications." www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Wip~ 🥺
November 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Wip~ 🥺
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Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
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This is why I regularly let people know how awesome I think they are.
We often think that awesome people must naturally know they’re awesome, but they don’t. And letting them know could be the little push that they really needed that day.
We often think that awesome people must naturally know they’re awesome, but they don’t. And letting them know could be the little push that they really needed that day.
Low key, this is why I think you should send fan mail to the niche people you love and not huge people. Bts is gonna get thousands of letters, but that soundcloud rapper may go there entire career getting nothing.
Tell your niche favs you love them in a way that is not weird!!
Tell your niche favs you love them in a way that is not weird!!
The funniest thing about being A Person in a very niche microcommunity is that you suddenly realize that the people you think of as "famous" in other microcommunities are in the exact same boat as you
Systemic imposter syndrome "my niche is so unimportant I promise, unlike yours, SoundCloud rapper
Systemic imposter syndrome "my niche is so unimportant I promise, unlike yours, SoundCloud rapper
November 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
This is why I regularly let people know how awesome I think they are.
We often think that awesome people must naturally know they’re awesome, but they don’t. And letting them know could be the little push that they really needed that day.
We often think that awesome people must naturally know they’re awesome, but they don’t. And letting them know could be the little push that they really needed that day.
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Looking for a way to share more Indie TTRPGs with your DnD group?
Enter: Wild Magic Advanced 2E - a wild magic table that contains 52 one shot prompts for 52 unique TTRPGs.
Draw a card, open a rift, and discover what world (and game) your players will be transported to.
Coming Soon!
Enter: Wild Magic Advanced 2E - a wild magic table that contains 52 one shot prompts for 52 unique TTRPGs.
Draw a card, open a rift, and discover what world (and game) your players will be transported to.
Coming Soon!
November 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Looking for a way to share more Indie TTRPGs with your DnD group?
Enter: Wild Magic Advanced 2E - a wild magic table that contains 52 one shot prompts for 52 unique TTRPGs.
Draw a card, open a rift, and discover what world (and game) your players will be transported to.
Coming Soon!
Enter: Wild Magic Advanced 2E - a wild magic table that contains 52 one shot prompts for 52 unique TTRPGs.
Draw a card, open a rift, and discover what world (and game) your players will be transported to.
Coming Soon!
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Had the chance to illustrate for Quanta again, and got to draw one of my favorite animals: sharks! This is for “Shark Data Suggests Animals Scale Like Geometric Objects” by Joanna Thompson. It was really fun to focus on all sorts of species, from the large Whale Shark to the small Spiny Dogfish
November 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Had the chance to illustrate for Quanta again, and got to draw one of my favorite animals: sharks! This is for “Shark Data Suggests Animals Scale Like Geometric Objects” by Joanna Thompson. It was really fun to focus on all sorts of species, from the large Whale Shark to the small Spiny Dogfish
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It's the time of year again -- time to do your holiday shopping from independent artists. It's more important than ever to support people actually making stuff!
If you're an artist or craftsperson of any kind, please reply to this with what you make and a link to your store and I'll share it!
If you're an artist or craftsperson of any kind, please reply to this with what you make and a link to your store and I'll share it!
October 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM
It's the time of year again -- time to do your holiday shopping from independent artists. It's more important than ever to support people actually making stuff!
If you're an artist or craftsperson of any kind, please reply to this with what you make and a link to your store and I'll share it!
If you're an artist or craftsperson of any kind, please reply to this with what you make and a link to your store and I'll share it!
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We got titles! #themightynein editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/snea...
Exclusive: Watch The Mighty Nein Title Sequence
Check out an exclusive look at the opening title sequence of the new fantasy series from the makers of 'The Legend of Vox Machina.'
editorial.rottentomatoes.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
We got titles! #themightynein editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/snea...
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I was front row center for this amazing panel and now you get to watch it too. Probably one of the best panels ever given at a retro gaming show. Felt like the culmination of @frankcifaldi.bsky.social's life's work:
Hear about the NES US launch 40 years ago from the people that made it happen: Gail Tilden, Bruce Lowry and Lance Barr with @frankcifaldi.bsky.social from the @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social moderating! Panel recording at youtu.be/f2WDfsiLiRA
#prge #prge2025 #retrogaming #VGHF
#prge #prge2025 #retrogaming #VGHF
We Launched the NES 40 Years Ago Today - Gail Tilden, Lance Barr, Bruce Lowry - PRGE 2025 Portland
YouTube video by Portland Retro Gaming Expo
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I was front row center for this amazing panel and now you get to watch it too. Probably one of the best panels ever given at a retro gaming show. Felt like the culmination of @frankcifaldi.bsky.social's life's work: