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Nox Dawnsong
@noxdawnsong.bsky.social
Occasional VFX-Artist and Writer
Reposted by Nox Dawnsong
wing-its open weekly on Fri/Sat via google form.
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https://www.patreon.com/nixsmis
🎨 #anthro #furry #furryart #commission
character © NoxDawnsong
art © me
November 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Reposted by Nox Dawnsong
Promise ( #LightEra themed comm for @kreeator.bsky.social)

#art #furryart
November 13, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Her laughter seemed to echo throughout the Seven Worlds.
The flames of her mane and tails were burning away the courage and resolve of her adversaries. Her hand rose to summon her blade, this time, she'd very much enjoy the battle to come.

Awesome Art by @safiru.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Reposted by Nox Dawnsong
Wow, this one took a while to finish, and it was quite the journey, a bumpy one too. But i did need to get this one out of my brain to be able to focus more on other things really.

Original Art by @safiru.bsky.social
Music by stateazure.bandcamp.com/album/stella...
November 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Wow, this one took a while to finish, and it was quite the journey, a bumpy one too. But i did need to get this one out of my brain to be able to focus more on other things really.

Original Art by @safiru.bsky.social
Music by stateazure.bandcamp.com/album/stella...
November 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Reposted by Nox Dawnsong
finished sketchpage from last month!
#anthro #furry #furryart #commission
character © NoxDawnsong
art © me
October 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Something in the FAQ is odd: Not only you need to be online to download a (free) license to activate Affinity, but the question/answer about on how to use it for an entire organization refers to Single-Sign-On. This does taste like a step towards a cloud-product.
So, i watched the announcement video for the Affinity App, and upon reaching part that it would become free forever, a single question dominated all others: How does Canva/Serif earn money with Affinity from now on? Only via the optional Canva-subscription? I am confused...
October 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
So, i watched the announcement video for the Affinity App, and upon reaching part that it would become free forever, a single question dominated all others: How does Canva/Serif earn money with Affinity from now on? Only via the optional Canva-subscription? I am confused...
October 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Taking the new Blender beta-version for a spin.
This sunflare-visualization needs a lot of work still, but being able to store arbitrary data such as electric fields in Volumes/Grids now is fascinating.

#blender #blender3d #b3d
October 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Reposted by Nox Dawnsong
biblically accurate foliage trimming

feat @vixiemoondew.bsky.social 's Bibi!
#ballpoint
February 5, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Reposted by Nox Dawnsong
🎃SPOOKY wing-its are 0PEN🎃
~36 hours only

link to the FA journal for ALL INFO/TOS/etc (click this): www.furaffinity.net/journal/1122...

examples: www.furaffinity.net/gallery/alis...

Form link: forms.gle/jfe1D8oveX8L...

#furryart #furry #art #commsopen
October 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
#Septopolis 30

It has been interesting indeed! Writing about a place that is that much important in my canon, yet only has a tertiary role in my current narrations. Last time i directly used Cantarval was in an ancient setting, so it was nice to showcase it's modern variant as well.

1/3📑
khonri.com Khonri @khonri.com · Sep 30
#Septopolis 30

wow okay so running a prompt game is incredibly mentally taxing for someone like me, I don't recommend large doses.

That's out of the way.

For my end point, I probably got about 70% of what I wanted out of it. I'd probably not do two cities if I do this again. 🧵
khonri.com Khonri @khonri.com · Sep 30
#Septopolis 30

We're at the end! For this last day, I'll leave it as a free space or for your closing thoughts! Did this do what it needed for you? Did you learn a lot or make friends? :3

(I'd also appreciate feedback to improve for next year, maybe. 👉👈)

#WritingCommunity #Writesky
September 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
#Septopolis 29

I'd like to give big thank you to all the artists i commissioned for my characters, which in turn help me come up with many more ideas!

@nixsmis.bsky.social
@wysdrem.bsky.social
@wmdiscovery93.bsky.social
@nievarisart.bsky.social
@safiru.bsky.social

and many many more!
khonri.com Khonri @khonri.com · Sep 29
#Septopolis 29

It takes a village! Or floating city, underground hideout, star fleet...

Anyways, a single person isn't running a show by themselves, nor do we create alone. So, today, give some acknowledgement to those who inspired you in some way on your journey.

#WritingCommunity #Writesky
September 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
#Septopolis 28

The prominence of Cantarval and the portal-coast can be seen when looking at road-signs, used as a primary destination/landmark, even for small roads like displayed here, on a rarely used portal on Kanesyn leading to Akarion.

1/2🛣️
September 28, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Reposted by Nox Dawnsong
Even though this is an entirely whimsical idea, somehow this turned into one of my better material-works within Blender. Most of the structure of the fruit has been done via material-displacement in fact.

#b3d #blender
Recently, a few timelimes have begun growing between the vertical farms and near the highways and it's anomalous fruit(see attached infographic) have found their way into a few menus already. Cantarval is undecided what do about this, given the partially unwanted temporal effects of this fruit

6/6🥘
September 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Reposted by Nox Dawnsong
#Septopolis 26

"We should have seen it coming. I mean, we did see it coming, part of it anyway. And still, it happened so fast. We were almost out of time. Fortunately we managed to get the most dangerous items out of our vault, to other Cursebreaker guilds out of reach of the NAM."

1/10⚠️
khonri.com Khonri @khonri.com · Sep 26
#Septopolis 26

Thinking more on current events here... what's going on RIGHT NOW here?

What are your (or your players') characters about to walk into like they've just come back with pizza and now everything's the Darkest Timeline (or not)?

#WritingCommunity #Writesky
September 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
#Septopolis 27

The Cantarval-branch of the "New Arcane Movement" didn't change the city all that much, only in one particular district in one sub-parliament. As established, these are a much bigger problem for the surrounding Federated Cities, though it certainly originated in Cantarval.

1/7⚡
khonri.com Khonri @khonri.com · Sep 27
#Septopolis 27

What people or groups are making the biggest splash here that's plot relevant in the most or least spoiler-y way possible? Who's your Giovanni and his Team Rocket?

(Look, I'm a big Pokémon fan; first thing I thought of.)

#WritingCommunity #Writesky
September 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
#Septopolis 26

"We should have seen it coming. I mean, we did see it coming, part of it anyway. And still, it happened so fast. We were almost out of time. Fortunately we managed to get the most dangerous items out of our vault, to other Cursebreaker guilds out of reach of the NAM."

1/10⚠️
khonri.com Khonri @khonri.com · Sep 26
#Septopolis 26

Thinking more on current events here... what's going on RIGHT NOW here?

What are your (or your players') characters about to walk into like they've just come back with pizza and now everything's the Darkest Timeline (or not)?

#WritingCommunity #Writesky
September 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
#Septopolis 25

A public holiday specific to Cantarval would be the 37th of Star-Fall, celebrated as 'Liberation Day'. The city celebrates defeating the Collectors which besieged the city almost 500 years ago. As the this magocratic cult went all-in, this marked their ultimate downfall as well

1/4🎉
khonri.com Khonri @khonri.com · Sep 25
#Septopolis 25

Moving into current events! Feel free to talk about multiple if you'd like to, but first and foremost I want to know what the characters might get to experience some R&R and fun times (this might tie into tomorrow's question, for maybe not so fun times!).

#WritingCommunity #Writesky
September 25, 2025 at 8:53 AM
#Septopolis 24

Considering Cantarval borders onto many places and nations via portals, there are a lot of relationships of different types of course. These can be split into two kinds: Interportal-relationships and the relations with the directly neighboring Federated Cities.

1/7🌐
khonri.com Khonri @khonri.com · Sep 24
#Septopolis 24

😊 Let's expand with some intercommunity stuff.

I look forward to the sports rivalry-esque relationships over like, who's got the better hamburger.

#WritingCommunity #Writesky
September 24, 2025 at 6:50 AM
#Septopolis 23

Generally, Cantarval's crime-statistics are below the average for the region, and until very recently, there was not a lot of societal friction. Still, smuggling is a big, neverending problem and criminal cartels abusing Cantarval's logistics capabilities.

1/6⚖️
khonri.com Khonri @khonri.com · Sep 23
#Septopolis 23

If crime isn't something you want to calculate or give voice to, give us some unusual laws (or, to loosen it, social mores).

or do both lol

#WritingCommunity #Writesky
September 23, 2025 at 7:42 AM
#Septopolis 22

Cantarval has parliamentary democracy, governing over the city, the immediate metropolitan area and coastal region, and the outer regions up to where the Federated Cities territory begins; like them having similarities to a city-state with corresponding outer areas.

1/4🏢
khonri.com Khonri @khonri.com · Sep 22
#Septopolis 22

I'm being boring, but it's on the tin today. 💜
If you're talking about something much bigger than "city"-scale, national/global is applicable instead.

#WritingCommunity #Writesky
September 22, 2025 at 10:49 AM
#Septopolis 21

Cantarval always was made up from people from all the Seven Worlds and sure, the number one reason to come and stay here is business, there is little that you cannot trade or obtain here, plus, the logistic capabilities this city built up make it perfect for headquarters.

1/4🛬
khonri.com Khonri @khonri.com · Sep 21
#Septopolis 21

Yesterday was for the people already here, today's for those that aren't.

Why do people want to come here (entertainment, education, work, etc.)?
And are the people that live here okay with that? 👀

#WritingCommunity #Writesky
September 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM
#Septopolis 20

Cantarval has a long tradition of having parks and small gardens everywhere, combining and embedding them into the usual socializing places. Many restaurants, bars and cafes thus seamlessly blend into one of the many garden-terraces found in the city.

1/3🏕️
khonri.com Khonri @khonri.com · Sep 20
#Septopolis 20

If you haven't heard of the "third place:" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_p...

Anyways. Yeah. The hangouts. Where do the teenager go to teenage? Where's Bob's pint after work with the boys?

#WritingCommunity #Writesky
September 20, 2025 at 7:32 AM
#Septopolis 19

As the ultimate trading hub, Cantarval has almost overspecialized on everything concerning logistics of some kind. Building and maintaining the countless roads and trainlines is an immense challenge on all accounts. So is the traffic-control in the entire metropolitan region.

1/6🪙
khonri.com Khonri @khonri.com · Sep 19
#Septopolis 19

TGIF or something. I'm going to ruin it by asking you about work. More specifically, the predominant workforce in this place.

Then take it one step further: what's sold elsewhere (including non-physical "goods") and what must be brought in from outside?

#WritingCommunity #Writesky
September 19, 2025 at 8:32 AM