Vanessa Hoskins
@gamedesigner.ninja
D&D Producer / RPG Author / Podcaster / Trans / Lesbian / Married / (she/her)
Opinions are my own
#WotCStaff
Opinions are my own
#WotCStaff
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Vanessa Hoskins
@gamedesigner.ninja
· May 8
There's playing D&D
Then there's making D&D
...
Then there's planning to make D&D and that's how I pay my rent
#WotCStaff
Then there's making D&D
...
Then there's planning to make D&D and that's how I pay my rent
#WotCStaff
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I just realized that WICKED is almost totally ripped-off from The Wizard of Oz and I can’t believe people aren’t talking about it.
November 17, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I just realized that WICKED is almost totally ripped-off from The Wizard of Oz and I can’t believe people aren’t talking about it.
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Vanessa, lovely client she is, gave me permission to talk about the art I did for her so here's some of it.
I'm still inexperienced at backgrounds but these came out pretty nice, considering. These are relegated to my portfolio now but they were gonna be for a pathfinder videogame.
#pixelart
I'm still inexperienced at backgrounds but these came out pretty nice, considering. These are relegated to my portfolio now but they were gonna be for a pathfinder videogame.
#pixelart
November 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Vanessa, lovely client she is, gave me permission to talk about the art I did for her so here's some of it.
I'm still inexperienced at backgrounds but these came out pretty nice, considering. These are relegated to my portfolio now but they were gonna be for a pathfinder videogame.
#pixelart
I'm still inexperienced at backgrounds but these came out pretty nice, considering. These are relegated to my portfolio now but they were gonna be for a pathfinder videogame.
#pixelart
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This is purely ideologically motivated. 1 year ago, the IOC funded a study that said:
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This is purely ideologically motivated. 1 year ago, the IOC funded a study that said:
I have worked with the wonderful Nanners in the past, and he's created some fantastic pixel art for me.
Daddy needs new boots so I'm gonna be taking commissions for a bit. You can hit up my email or my DM's to talk shop.
The last few times I was open for business portraits never sold, so I've reduced the price to $70.
#pixelart
The last few times I was open for business portraits never sold, so I've reduced the price to $70.
#pixelart
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I have worked with the wonderful Nanners in the past, and he's created some fantastic pixel art for me.
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Same for tabletop game designers.
as a writer, you meet two types of hopefuls: people who like to write and people who want to be writers. It's the former who actually succeed – you need to love this, not as a means to an end but for itself entirely.
Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
November 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Same for tabletop game designers.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Welcome one and all to Sunnie Bell in "Just -A- Jest"!
A side scrolling platformer filled with cartoony characters, silly sight gags, and a retro-inspired style that harkens back to the 8-bit days of gaming.
Links:
izzi8bit.itch.io/just-a-jest
www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/...
A side scrolling platformer filled with cartoony characters, silly sight gags, and a retro-inspired style that harkens back to the 8-bit days of gaming.
Links:
izzi8bit.itch.io/just-a-jest
www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/...
November 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Welcome one and all to Sunnie Bell in "Just -A- Jest"!
A side scrolling platformer filled with cartoony characters, silly sight gags, and a retro-inspired style that harkens back to the 8-bit days of gaming.
Links:
izzi8bit.itch.io/just-a-jest
www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/...
A side scrolling platformer filled with cartoony characters, silly sight gags, and a retro-inspired style that harkens back to the 8-bit days of gaming.
Links:
izzi8bit.itch.io/just-a-jest
www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/...
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There are good things in this world, and this is among the best
November 4, 2025 at 1:42 AM
There are good things in this world, and this is among the best
This is a delightful, heartwarming, funny and occasionally NSFW comic. It has sapphic people, magic, a dog... What's not to like!?
Highly recommend it. I give it both of my thumbs or something
Highly recommend it. I give it both of my thumbs or something
Here's a new pinned:
HELLO! I make a comic, it's entirely crowd funded through patreon and free to read here, on patreon, and on my website.
there's nortverse.com if you just wanna read, and
patreon.com/nortuet if you ALSO just wanna read, but on there you can eventually choose to give me money.
HELLO! I make a comic, it's entirely crowd funded through patreon and free to read here, on patreon, and on my website.
there's nortverse.com if you just wanna read, and
patreon.com/nortuet if you ALSO just wanna read, but on there you can eventually choose to give me money.
Get more from Nortuet on Patreon
I make comics about Tara and Beverly.
patreon.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:34 AM
This is a delightful, heartwarming, funny and occasionally NSFW comic. It has sapphic people, magic, a dog... What's not to like!?
Highly recommend it. I give it both of my thumbs or something
Highly recommend it. I give it both of my thumbs or something
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Hello kids. Great costumes. You can have boring regular candy or, in exchange for a small fee, you can invest in something I'm calling Candy Premium, an AI-enabled solution that
November 1, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Hello kids. Great costumes. You can have boring regular candy or, in exchange for a small fee, you can invest in something I'm calling Candy Premium, an AI-enabled solution that
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This whole thread.
“Oh no, someone might eat food!”
Good. That’s good.
“They might buy something they like.”
Cool.
“They might get a treat!”
Also cool.
“Oh no, someone might eat food!”
Good. That’s good.
“They might buy something they like.”
Cool.
“They might get a treat!”
Also cool.
There's something deeply disturbing about EBT/SNAP hate to me. Like just truly bone blanching shit.
October 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This whole thread.
“Oh no, someone might eat food!”
Good. That’s good.
“They might buy something they like.”
Cool.
“They might get a treat!”
Also cool.
“Oh no, someone might eat food!”
Good. That’s good.
“They might buy something they like.”
Cool.
“They might get a treat!”
Also cool.
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OMG, I might have to go back to paper dolls—I mean FFXIV
Fashion enjoyers, this one is for you!
From Patch 7.4 onward, you'll be able to equip any glamours regardless of your class/job! ✨
Mix and match your favorite outfits and slay on the battlefield! 💅
From Patch 7.4 onward, you'll be able to equip any glamours regardless of your class/job! ✨
Mix and match your favorite outfits and slay on the battlefield! 💅
October 31, 2025 at 5:54 PM
OMG, I might have to go back to paper dolls—I mean FFXIV
Anyone else playing the Final Fantasy Tactics rerelease and absolutely confounded by how they pronounce "marquis?"
It's nails on a chalkboard to me...
It's nails on a chalkboard to me...
October 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Anyone else playing the Final Fantasy Tactics rerelease and absolutely confounded by how they pronounce "marquis?"
It's nails on a chalkboard to me...
It's nails on a chalkboard to me...
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The thing that makes Star Trek utopian isn’t the end of scarcity or the harmony between all peoples it’s also that the guy on the ship who gets laid the most plays the trombone at work and periodically does community theater
October 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The thing that makes Star Trek utopian isn’t the end of scarcity or the harmony between all peoples it’s also that the guy on the ship who gets laid the most plays the trombone at work and periodically does community theater
It's posts like this that makes me love the Merriam-Webster social presence
Not to be THAT dictionary, but…
It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'
It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'
October 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It's posts like this that makes me love the Merriam-Webster social presence
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Pointed out a big bird in the sky to everyone in the car before realizing it was a plane
Now I know how the people of Metropolis feel.
Now I know how the people of Metropolis feel.
October 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Pointed out a big bird in the sky to everyone in the car before realizing it was a plane
Now I know how the people of Metropolis feel.
Now I know how the people of Metropolis feel.
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Hey let's try something different today.
Let's start a thread where we shout out a trans person on Bluesky who's inspired you or made a difference in your life.
Let's start a thread where we shout out a trans person on Bluesky who's inspired you or made a difference in your life.
October 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Hey let's try something different today.
Let's start a thread where we shout out a trans person on Bluesky who's inspired you or made a difference in your life.
Let's start a thread where we shout out a trans person on Bluesky who's inspired you or made a difference in your life.
Enjoying the benefits of living in the Bay Area
October 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Enjoying the benefits of living in the Bay Area
Genderless representation at it's finest: just mens clothes and mens sizing and specifically calling out "not women"
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October 5, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Genderless representation at it's finest: just mens clothes and mens sizing and specifically calling out "not women"
/s
/s
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It’s wild to see BlueSky’s owners lament that they don’t know the solution to social media toxicity, when this site was a nice place before they started twisting the rules to avoid banning ppl who wished active harm to the trans community
October 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It’s wild to see BlueSky’s owners lament that they don’t know the solution to social media toxicity, when this site was a nice place before they started twisting the rules to avoid banning ppl who wished active harm to the trans community
Look at how cute this brilliant pixel artist, and my friend
Look! Like! Love!
Look! Like! Love!
My girlfriend put my hair up in pigtails, please tell me I look cute lol
October 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Look at how cute this brilliant pixel artist, and my friend
Look! Like! Love!
Look! Like! Love!
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Pictured: The Social Media Manager making this post. #MTGxSpiderMan
![Guy in the Chair
Cost: {2}{G}
Type: Creature — Human Advisor
Rarity: Common
Ability: Tap: Add one mana of any color.
Web Support — {2}{G], Tap: Put a +1/+1 counter on target Spider. Activate only as a sorcery.
Power/Toughness: 2,3.
Flavor text: "Heads up, Miles. There's a disturbance over on Fifth you might want to check out."
Art: A young man wearing a blue shirt over a yellow undershirt sits at a desk with a headset on. On the desk is a laptop connected to two larger monitors, all keeping an eye on Spider-Man related news.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rcyyjldt7topi6fz3dxnsaxx/bafkreias45qlft5brdvvum3q645zvv74j4k4laksxi4podml3vu6y5wonu@jpeg)
October 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Pictured: The Social Media Manager making this post. #MTGxSpiderMan
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The real (blood) money is in editing security footage so that it depicts your enemies committing crimes. There is no way in which this will backfire! None whatsoever. Very ethical and very cool. 🫠
OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this
October 1, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The real (blood) money is in editing security footage so that it depicts your enemies committing crimes. There is no way in which this will backfire! None whatsoever. Very ethical and very cool. 🫠