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Alex White
@alexwhite.bsky.social
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Novelist: The Salvagers Trilogy, The Starmetal Symphony, Every Mountain Made Low, Alien and Star Trek

Games: Alien: Rogue Incursion and [CLASSIFIED]

I make blades on an anvil and music on synthesizers. She/They, y'all!
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Three cheers for the Japanese cover of AUGUST KITKO & THE MECHAS FROM SPACE because holy shit it looks good!

Did you enjoy the book? Let me know!
A pale hand holds a small Japanese book. The cover is glossy, depicting a robot battle. The Vanguard mecha Greymalkin rises from the surf in Port Hercule, knocking aside a super yacht. Jets flare across its shoulders and knuckles as the city bursts with light in the background.
October 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Back from LA Comic Con! What a rush! If anyone else is looking for a driven narrative designer with tons of software development, publishing and design experience, give me a shout!
The Survios team presents Alien: Rogue Incursion Evolved Edition from the LA Comic Con Gaming Stage. Neon light bars and fog machines amp up the excited crowd. Author Alex White (pale skinned, silver hair, green eyeshadow, pink leather jacket and matching sunglasses) hugs Actor Andia Winslow (tawny complexion, sparkling eyes, black jean jacket over a mesh top dress).
October 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Great day at #LACC! Catch me on the gaming stage tomorrow!
The author Alex White, too pale to be in the sun, stands before the LA Convention Center. They wear a bright orange/red scarf and black shirt. Their hair is silver and neck length, and they wear glasses and makeup.
September 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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In fact, I will counter post a blade for you. Here's a cool knife handle I just made!
August 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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New marker drawing! This time, it's Ardent Violet, the pop star enby to envy from the Starmetal Symphony.
An under lit, pale-skinned pop star relaxes at a glowing table in a bumping dance club. Their hair is blue, their eyes lined with magenta. Glittery freckles cover their cheeks above a Mona Lisa smile. Lasers slice through the light show behind them.
August 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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I'm not into Warhammer, but I drew a Space Marine playing with a butterfly in the Miyazaki style.

That's normal and reasonable for this setting, right?
An Ultramarine looks elatedly to his comrades when a magical, glowing butterfly lands on his finger. His armor bears the scratches and dents of battle, but his face is pure joy.
July 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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More Copic practice! I really loved making this one on a request from @definitelyvita.bsky.social. Inked it with a Speedball quill to get that super thin, crisp line.
A Copic sketch of Prince Ashitaka embracing the head of his loyal mount, Yakul. They touch foreheads tenderly as sunlight streams from above, painting highlights in orange.
July 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Recently got into drawing with Copics for the first time. These things are addictive...
A pretty good marker drawing of Violet Parr from The Incredibles. Her gloved hand is aglow with the sphere of a force field.
July 29, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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I'm at #ATLComicCon (I don't know what the hashtag is, are we using those), so catch me there!
The empty GWCC atrium, sunlight streaming inside. It's kind of vintage futuristic.
July 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Every time I make a knife handle, I have extra material. I've been pouring it into molds. Calling these green ones my "Mountain Dewdrops." They take about 2 hours to shape and polish.
A pair of fluorescent green teardrop earrings. The base of the earrings is clear, while the top is frosted. Shiny polished blue and charcoal glitter resin teardrop earrings Bloodred, blue and charcoal glitter resin teardrop earrings, polished to a bright shine. The Mountain Dewdrops glow in the dark when supercharged with a blacklight!
May 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Progression. I made the knife on the right two years ago. It was my first time crafting a blade that thin.
Two filet knives, unalike in dignity. The knife on the left is polished to a mirror shine, with a glossy red handle and teal pins. The knife on the right has hammer and scale marks running its curved blade. Its handle is less refined, made from teal G10 with orange pins. The orange blade liner shows through the chamfer at the top.
May 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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I LOVE LOVE LOVE how this blade turned out, from the acid etched finish to the walnut grip. DM me if you need a custom blade of your own! #blacksmith #bladeSky
A bar knife for paring citrus with a split grip between pink resin and dark walnut. A brass raven pin gleams from the walnut section. The blade is hammered and naturally pitted with an antique oxide finish. Two knives, a 10" filet and small bar knife, glow under a blacklight. The filet closed orange, while the bar knife is a mix of pink and green. The 10" filet knife lays across an anvil so you can see the teal and white blade liner stripes.
May 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Spent days making these walnut/resin scales with an orange sandwich stripe. Drilled and shaped them today while I etched the blade with ferric chloride acid.
Smoky sanded pink resin and dark walnut scales (handle blanks for a full tang knife). They have an orange stripe and liner. A blade with an antique oxide rough-hammered finish, taped to the bundle of scales with painter's tape. Post drilling, we see the knife with the antique oxide finish pinned to the scales to check the fit. Though you can barely see it, the knife is clamped in 4 places while it dries. 2 part epoxy has leaked out in places, and will be sanded off.
May 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Tempering, polishing and gluing up knives today!
Orange hot metal, glimpsed through the glory hole of a lit forge. This is a paring knife, shaped with an ergo finger grip. Three knives in various states arranged atop an anvil. The hori hori knife is still rough, as is the chef's knife, but the paring knife in the center gleams with fresh polish. I deliberately left in some hammer and scale marks because I love that look. A long filet knife, its blade covered in painter's tape and handle obscured by clamps. It will have double striped orange red scales with teal pins when it's done!
May 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Made a lil' salt spoon at the shop today!
A leaf-shaped salt spoon with a rough finish and twist-curled stem. It's been wire-polished to make all the details gleam.
May 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Me: *Pulls out 2 bricks of pure, uncut tamagoyaki
Two fluffy rolled omelettes made from 5 eggs, 1/3 cup water, 1 tablespoon sugar, 2 tablespoons Aji Mirin, 1 teaspoon soy sauce and 1 teaspoon Hon Dashi. Street name: "jiggly gold."
May 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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My mom isn't on here, so it's probably safe to post the card I made her!
A hand inscribed, bone white card with the words "Happy Mother's Day" beside an envelope that says "Mom." Gold and silver ornamentation adorns every letter, and the envelope is wrapped in silver vines. A multicolored metallic wax seal featuring the "Tree of Life" design, atop bone white stationery
April 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Birthday card for a dear friend, featuring a nice custom envelope liner! Loving how the wax seal turned out.
The words "happy birthday," scribed in blackletter calligraphy. The H and B are a regal purple, trimmed in gold. The rest of Emerald of Chivor green with gold fleck. The ornamentation is a combination of vines, leaves and geometric shapes in gold and silver. Here, you can see the birthday card and envelope. The envelope features more gilt vines alongside Chris's name in blackletter. There's a ruler and Pilot Parallel Pen for scale. A detail shot of the envelope liner, French vanilla creme against the bone white envelope, with swirling gilded eddies of gold and navy blue. Detail shot of the wax seal shows a viridescent metallic wax with a regal purple accent, stamped with the tree of life design.
April 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Great review of August Kitko & The Mechas from Space. Hilarious typo. Quote posting with alt text.

"Or, to put it in one word: wow."
Alex White's Alex Kitko and the Mechas from Space (Orbit, 464 pages, $23) is exactly as splashy and fun as its title suggests. In the future, massive killer robots are bearing down on the planet Earth. Their mission: destroy all human life. But some robots have turned traitor, vowing to protect humanity no matter the cost. But they need help: specifically, they need August Kitko, a jazz pianist and —apparently saviour of humankind. Wildly imaginative and hugely entertaining, the book is an absolute joy to read. It's like a rock opera: colourful and energetic, with larger-than-life characters and elaborate set-pieces that make your jaw drop. Or, to put it in one word: wow.
April 24, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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💥THIS IS NOT A DRILL!💥

The new Japanese translation of AUGUST KITKO & THE MECHAS FROM SPACE drops soon and LOOK at that cover!!!

Want your own? Get it here!

www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4...
The giant Vanguard mecha Greymalkin towers over a futuristic Port Hercule in Monaco. Buildings like lit glass needles jut upward from the cliffs, showering the city with light. Greymalkin itself shines like black lacquer, hissing blue jets on the shoulders, legs and knuckles. Twin vertical slit eyes shine green on a smooth head. It the foreground, it kicks a mega yacht like a pissed off orca. Kanji characters spell "Super Mobile Acoustic Weapon" with "Vanguard" in katakana.
April 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Videos make for better shinies.
April 14, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Some new calligraphy today!
The words "John David" inscribed in blackletter with some hand drawn geometric gold deco filigree. The ink is Emerald of Chivor, and sparkles mildly. The name "Brit," hand inscribed in Emerald of Chivor ink upon a cream envelope. Gold and silver filigree elements surround the word, dripping with shiny pendants.
April 13, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Roughly this pretty?
A striped brown cat with one green and I've gold eye. She looks a little confused.
April 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Gotta make it classy when you sell handmade products! Thought I'd include some custom calligraphy to complete the package.
Handmade calligraphic card with the name Orca in Emerald of Chivor ink and a gold filigree border. It's captioned "One of a Kind, April 4, 2025" and signed with Alex White's big pink signature. An envelope, hand inscribed with "Thank You" in black letter. Emerald of Chivor ink. Beside it is a handmade calligraphic card with the name Orca in Emerald of Chivor ink and a gold filigree border. It's captioned "One of a Kind, April 4, 2025" and signed with Alex White's big pink signature. An envelope with an art deco seal on copper patina wax. A beautiful bouquet of yellow, white, violet and pink flowers sits out of focus in the background. A hand forged survival short knife with ocean wave resin scales and a brass raven pin. The stubby blade has a finger hole to facilitate a full-leverage grip. There's also a brass lanyard fitting.
April 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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"Orca" hand forged survival knife. I love how the light shines through the handle like water and clouds.
Stubby survival knife with index finger hole. It has a brass raven pin and lanyard hole, and the scales look like clouds reflecting off water. Stubby survival knife with index finger hole. It has a brass raven pin and lanyard hole, and the scales look like clouds reflecting off water.
April 5, 2025 at 12:28 AM