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Retro Heart
@retroheart.net
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Your friendly California Bay Area artist and VTuber coming at you from the sleek, ultramodern future of 19XX.
Biracial. Est’d 1985. He/Him.
Pleasing taste, some monsterism. Spread love, punch fascists.
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Retro Heart @retroheart.net · Oct 17
Super #Introduction II Turbo!
I make #DigitalArt and #Comics inspired by 80s/90s anime with cute, colorful characters, livestream, and get experimental with #OBSCrimes.
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The Monitor, a robot with a CRT monitor for a head and dressed in a jean jacket and red scarf, being tackle-hugged by Bun-E03, an android woman with mechanical rabbit ears and tail with a bunny suit to match. Bun-E03 is looking at the viewer with a wink and smile, her free hand making a peace sign / rabbit ears behind The Monitor. Pamela "Pam" DeMonium, a demon woman with bright red skin and cream-colored horns poking out from her white hair, leaning forward and saying "You got this." Her eyes lack pupils, being yellow the whole way through, and she leans forward with a very unbuttoned top. A small bee approaching a woman with bee-like antenna that may or may not be attached to her headband. Her hair looks messy and she has an exhausted, burned-out look to her, a cigarette dangling from her lips and little on her upper body besides a sports top that's been smoothly cut across the center and a half-off jacket. She's looking over at the bee saying "Queen? Heh. Nobody's called me that in a long time..." The added title text says "Royal Reject?! / Queen Bea / Chapter 1: Oh, Honey". Nova, a woman with dog-like ears and tail, jumping and pumping one fist into the air with a triumphant pose as her long white hair flows behind her, tied in a ponytail. She's dressed in a cropped raglan t-shirt with a red star in the center, cut-off jean shorts, long striped blue and white socks, and red canvas sneakers.
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Finding like 90 minutes to work on some sketches in the eye of the Thanksgiving > Friendsgiving vortex (art featured is an unrelated editing error)
Starting shortly:
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November 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Tonight, I really need at least a headshot and also have some other slots available on Ko-fi, to take care of something immediate I can’t delay on. 🙏🏻

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November 24, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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I'll just warn you now, I still don't know how to make an emote.

Working on doodles and drawings and sort-of-rewatching Metal Gear Solid 4 Was a Mistake for a couple hours
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Bun-E03 and The Monitor at a tablet with a sketch in the background.
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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At the start of Phantasy Star III, the protagonist, a prince, is thrown into the dungeon to "cool off" after his fiancée is kidnapped.
If you buy an item that lets you escape dungeons in advance you can warp out and talk to the king who tells you it was a clever move, but you have to reset the game.
m4rina.bsky.social maɾina • vgd @m4rina.bsky.social · Jul 4
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago

so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
2023 tweet screencap: the person asks "what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?"
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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i will disrespect your toy truck
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i will disrespect your toy truck | Mechanical Heart
Pleasing taste, some monsterism.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Instead of doing the elf at the funny angle everyone's doing that I'm bad at, I did a slightly different funny angle that I'm bad at
#Art #DigitalArt #RetroHeartArt
Frieren looking down at the viewer and saying "Pathetic" in reference to the Asuka Langley meme.
November 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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the kids are alright | Mechanical Heart
Pleasing taste, some monsterism.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Don't make me tap the sign
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your source shouldn't be one guy on social media | Mechanical Heart
Pleasing taste, some monsterism.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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It's my birthday so I'm going to treat myself to RARE and MYSTERIOUS video games, like small indie gem Gunstar Heroes
Starting soon:
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The title screen of Gunstar Heroes with The Monitor and Bun-E03 off to the side. Red text and arrows suggests that they are NOT GAMING.
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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I lack the skills for it, but I gotta believe others will be able to pick up the pieces of SAMMI and make something better in time.
It's been my tool kit and playground for a long time. As much as I've optimized and refined and compacted things, I'm nowhere close to the heights others have reached.
November 19, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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If you're so confident AI is the future and is going to improve everything, have your toy theftbot write a new program instead of ruining the hard work and dedication people put into an existing one
November 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Don’t Fuck up a Beloved Niche Community Tool by Going on a White Boy Power Trip and Jamming AI Into It for No Reason and Alienating Everyone Around You Challenge
November 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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It's been a while. Let's make some art. Starting in a few:
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A screenshot of a sketch with Bun-E03 and The Monitor sitting at a tablet.
November 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Yesterday was a damn good day.
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Bun-E03 Halloween costumes, just in time for Halloween 2. Not to be confused with Halloween 3: Season of the Witch.
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Bun-E03 striking her iconic idol pose with a big smile. Bun-E03 dressed as a Witch. Bun-E03 dressed as Morrigan from Darkstalkers with her own spin on the design.
November 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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www.twitch.tv/dr_dubz CROWD CONTROLLED SELACO - Use the power of currency or patience to kill my ass in a variety of fun ways while I play Selaco, like, one of my fave games in recent years. Basically my own celebration for placing in an Art competition run by the devs, so yeah, come kill me.
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Twitch is the world
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November 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Ween
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#Art #DigitalArt #RetroHeartArt
Bun-E03 dressed up as Morrigan from Darkstalkers, NEK-01 as Lilith, and CAT-SS as Felicia. Bun-E03 is bringing in a surprised and blushing NEK-01 with her arm, while CAT-SS looks over her shoulder in the background.
October 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Ween
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#Art #DigitalArt #RetroHeartArt
Bun-E03 dressed up as Morrigan from Darkstalkers, NEK-01 as Lilith, and CAT-SS as Felicia. Bun-E03 is bringing in a surprised and blushing NEK-01 with her arm, while CAT-SS looks over her shoulder in the background.
October 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Once again returning to my art hole
Do not perceive me until further notice
October 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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I was gonna leave this as just a blog that was sent out via RSS but the front page of Retro Achievements put up a Retro Roulette this morning, which gives me the impression that they're just going to move right along like nothing happened, so
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Retro Debacle | Mechanical Heart
Pleasing taste, some monsterism.
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October 5, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Back to my hiatus hideout where I'll continue to recover my artistic powers until further notice
October 4, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Here's the Retro Awardments for Blue Stinger I was working on.

I can't support them platforming hate and trying to non-committal "both sides" backstep.

My Retro Achievements claim was dropped despite being told it wouldn't do that in review so I'm done with 'em.
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RETRO AWARDMENTS: Blue Stinger | Mechanical Heart
Pleasing taste, some monsterism.
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October 3, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Inspired by @thekindestweapon.bsky.social, I'm gonna grab all the Retro Achievements I was working on and put them on my blog Soon™

You don't need the staff of a bigoted tracking website to give you points a pat on the back
You can make your own rules
Have your own sense of accomplishment
October 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Reminder that you can find all my stuff at my website:
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Or links page:
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Or blog (RSS supported):
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For as long as I can keep the lights on.
No ads, no tracking, no catering to fascists.
October 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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The final scene of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air with Will Smith looking over an empty room. Eggbug is also there. I'll always miss you, Cohost. Thanks for everything.
October 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM