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geckopirate @geckopirate.bsky.social · Dec 21
Well, it's time slay the beast known as Self-Promoting and introduce myself. I'm Jamie 'geckopirate' Bernstein, and I write, design, and lay out TTRPG books - mainly for D&D's Eberron setting, but also for indie games such as Eat the Reich and Mappa Mundi!

Everything's up on
jamiebernstein.carrd.co
Jamie Bernstein - TTRPG Portfolio
Adventure In Mind
jamiebernstein.carrd.co
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fsohns.bsky.social
A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO TTRPG ART COMMISSIONING AND LICENSING

It's done! Here is my guide to art commissioning, licensing, and art direction in TTRPGs. It's free to see, has contract and brief templates, and plenty of resources to aid in art literacy in the space.

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A Comprehensive Guide to TTRPG Art Commissioning & Licensing | Araukana
Get more from Araukana on Patreon
www.patreon.com
August 26, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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stevenbailey.bsky.social
When I arrive at the party
A photo of a sign, white text on red background: JESUS... WHO IS HE? WHY DID HE COME?
November 19, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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sebastianyue.bsky.social
Spireblack, a fan zine for @rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social’s Spire, is out now! Get 90+ pages of player options, missions, factions, and tables for just £2.99!

Check out my girl Madalene on the cover 😍🖤💙

Lead: @geckopirate.bsky.social
Art: spooksiedoodle.tumblr.com

geckopirate.itch.io/spireblack1
Spireblack #1 - Spire TTRPG Fanzine by geckopirate
The first issue of the Spire TTRPG's Community Fanzine!
geckopirate.itch.io
November 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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wendigoworkshop.bsky.social
We have updated our Affinity Publisher 1-2 templates to include a small doc on how *we* prepare our files for print!

They are extremely basic, but have all the right dimensions for you not to worry that something gets cut off!

wendigoworkshop.itch.io/free-affinit...
Free - Affinity Publisher Template for TTRPG by WendigoWorkshop
TTRPG Templates for Affinity Publisher 1 and 2
wendigoworkshop.itch.io
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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davis.social
10/10 take. No notes.
divergentcoachkelly on Threads * 2h ADHD is knowing exactly what you need to do then watching yourself not do it like you're a scientist observing a very dumb experiment
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
Soot-Covered Prince Andrew Begging On Street For Child To Molest
LONDON—Shivering and rubbing his hands together as he attempted to stay warm, a ragged, soot-covered former Prince Andrew was spotted Tuesday on a street in the Whitechapel district of London begging ...
theonion.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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mindflakes.bsky.social
Calling on my ancestors for guidance but the only one who answers is a weird eutherian rodent-mammal from the early cretaceous period. "EAT BERRY SLEEP UNDER ROCK" it says. Pretty good advice
July 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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pinknovahtx.bsky.social
A pumpkin carved with a human shaped opening, and then the guy from The Enigma of Amigara Fault by Junji Ito has been cut out with a text bubble saying “it was made for me!” And attacked to the pumpkin so it recreates the scene from the manga where the guy is climbing into the human shaped hole in a cliff side except now it’s a human shaped hole in a pumpkin.
October 31, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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loremistress93.bsky.social
An update on this. It’s really important. Still no word from UKGE but more people are commenting and I’m seeing that comments are still being hidden.

What’s more, the creator is firing back with a lot of nonsense. 🙃
A screenshot of an exchange on the topic of AI in a game that UKGE are promoting. iamloufryer: Just looked up this game after seeing it promoted on here and very disappointing to see it uses GenAl. @ukgamesexpo - you know what your core audience thinks about this and I'm very surprised you'd risk the inevitable backlash from it, to be honest. gatesofkrystalia: all projects use genAl, we are just honest and we declare it iamloufryer: sorry, but that is a wild generalisation that isn't even a little bit true. This community is chock full of creators that pay real artists. four_score_woodwork: I am not a game designer, but I have never used Al. I have no intention of using Al. I actively avoid projects that use Al and have no issues finding LOTS of… (rest of text cut off) A screenshot of an exchange on the topic of AI in a game that UKGE are promoting. four_score_woodwork: I am not a game designer, but I have never used Al. I have no intention of using Al. I actively avoid projects that use Al and have no issues finding LOTS of awesome creative projects full of care and creativity Heck. I even avoid using computer controlled machines unless I HAVE to. It's not the most efficient or best way to work. But I care enough about my work and the people I make it for, that I will take longer and put more of myself in to it wirddesign: nah mate mine don't asunlesssea: Imfao no they dont wtf are you talking about?! A screenshot of an exchange on the topic of AI in a game that UKGE are promoting. freylygill: If the creators couldnt be bothered to put the real effort in like the rest of us, why should we buy the product??? This sets a dangerous precedent for you as an indie backed convention, UKGE. You are opening the slop gates with this gatesofkrystalia: Your message reeks of ignorance and bad manners. You have no idea how much real work went into this project, years of writing, illustrating, and worldbuilding. You're exactly the kind of toxic person who should stay far away from the indie scene, where passion and respect still matter. freylygill: my guy, editing Al generated artwork trained on stolen art isn't work. With the money raised you could have paid a real artist. I do fine l'm the indie scene and I do it 100% off my own graft. You don’t respect real artists and… The rest of the text is cut off A screenshot of an exchange on the topic of AI in a game that UKGE are promoting. gatesofkrystalia: Unfortunately, the last shred of intelligence I thought you had has vanished. You speak without knowing, and that kind of ignorance causes real damage. Try informing yourself about how much it costs and how long it takes to produce over a thousand illustrations for a single book. We have two full books, two complete card decks, and over forty physical and forty digital products. We're a two-person publishing house that funds its creations through crowdfunding, how exactly do you think we could finance all those hand-drawn illustrations? And by the way, our products exist in six languages, all translated by bilingual native professionals from both Italian and the target languages.
October 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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ilgingell.bsky.social
After years in development, playtesting and refinement, and months of pre-launch campaigning, I'm proud and excited to say that my brand new #TTRPG JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying is now LIVE on Kickstarter!

Back the game in PDF and print right here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying
A narrative, collaborative world-building tabletop roleplaying game about friendship and monster battles.
www.kickstarter.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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secondatbest.bsky.social
The wolf princess, a companion piece to my other Princess Mononoke print.

This one’s not part of the monthly print sub, but you can grab one from the site along with the Ashitaka print
October 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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cavegirl.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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alderdoodle.bsky.social
Hey game designer! If at any point you think you're going to want to hire an artist - spend some time today going through the #PortfolioDay tag and follow/save some art you like. The future you will thank you 😌
October 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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spookshow71.bsky.social
strange mountain wanderer

#digitalart #fantasy #rpg #d&d
A hooded, robed figure bearing shield and spear confronts strange and cold jagged mountains
October 6, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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publicdomainrev.bsky.social
Anton Seder’s The Animal in Decorative Art (1896) — an Art Nouveau reference book full of elaborate ornamentation: winged dragons, chiseled hieroglyphs, warring sea creatures, and more... https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/das-thier-in-der-decorativen-kunst/
September 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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momatoes.com
BOOK COVER ARTISTS
QRP with your book covers.

I like the covers I make :)

#BookCovers #HumanMade #NoAI
The cover for What Dust Remains, showing the title of the game against an abstract liquid blend of gold and silver paint. The cover for ARC. A swordsman with a round, glass helm holds a flaming sword and faces down a glowing maiden floating atop a lake. A white snake rushes beneath the water towards the swordsman. A leviathan with a mushroom for a head surrounds the text "The Marvelous Children of Inang-Uri" while art deco frame sits around the cover space. A cheerful drawing of two children chilling atop a tiny, floating island. The title of the cover says "Tiny Stories: A conversation game by momatoes".
September 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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jnb.art
BOOK COVER ARTISTS
QRP with your book covers.

hand-lettered & hand-skulled

#BookCovers #HumanMade #NoAI
A color cover illustration for the Little Wolves TTRPG with muted purples, blues, greens, yellows, and reds, with black line art. The title logo is done in a yellow stylized blackletter ambigram style that reads the same upside down and right-side up. The logo sits in front of a large red moon. The main focal point of the composition is a young werewolf with glowing eyes, running along with two wolves behind them. The werewolf is tangled in the vines emerging from the silhouetted trees that frame the composition. Along the edges of that frame, in four circular vignettes created by the branches and vines, there are cameos of the four queens of the game: the witch queen, the troll queen, the pumpkin queen, and the mermaid queen. A banner along the bottom of the cover reads “A realm of folk and fae from Dinoberry Press" a black and white illustration for the cover of the game HELLPIERCERS. It features a decorative border of metal and gems with skeletons bearing spears. the title text is written in a stylized hand-lettered blackletter typeface. there are arcane sigils and floating geometric forms, as well as two veiled and haloed attendants flanking the composition below billowing clouds. one attendant is holding a hammer and the other, a sickle. an angel wing and demon wing cross below the title text, and at the base of the art, demonic hands and limbs reach upwards. A color cover illustration of a vast abandoned valley flanked by craggy mountains and crumbling castles. a skeleton with a royal crown and cape lays on a rock in the foreground. The title text spells “Dead Reign” and is written in a black letter typeface with a dagger in the middle for the ‘i’ in ‘reign’. The lettering also implies the shape of a crown and sits on top of a skull in the top center of the cover. A color illustration of a planet with an angry face exploding from its middle. The words “10 MILLION HP PLANET” are bursting out of the planet in the center of the composition. Black fractal-like circular forms, sometimes referred to as Kirby Krackle, are drawn around the edges of the image. The limited color palette of yellow, orange, red, fuchsia, and blue, is applied as halftone dots.
September 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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anyachalina.bsky.social
It's time for a new pinned post with some of my recent work.
Hi! I'm Anya! I draw fantasy illustrations like these. I am open for work and also accept private commissions.

📩: [email protected]
prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/anya...
portfolio: anyachalina.myportfolio.com
"Nuptial Rites". The illustration shows a wedding ceremony. There's a woman in the left side of the image. She wear a headpiece decorated with flowers and holds a large egg in her arms. There are stairs leading to an elevated stage with musicians playing lute on both sides of the stage. There's a skeleton in a festive clothes riding a white horse in the center of the image. There are festive robes behind them. The room is decorated with tiles and there are two roosters in front of the stage. There are some poppy flowers in the foreground. The artwork is colorful with much red, blue and beige. "Angel's Whisper". The image shows a room decorated with tiles and murals with a pool in the foreground. There's a queen sitting in on the throne in the center of the image. There's an angel standing next to her closely. There are two white peacocks in the room and two swans swimming in the pool. The artwork is mostly grey-blue. "The Dressing Room". The illustration shows a woman with long black hair sitting in front of the mirror. There are people behind her holding and brushing her hair. There are flowers around the woman and behind the wall in the middle ground. There's a statue of a man on the right and some flowers and herons near it. There are broken plates and vases in the foreground. There are eggs in some plates. In the background there are buildings that connect to each other. The artwork is mostly pastel with pinks, blues, turquoise and purples. "Sojourn". This artwork is inspired by "Picnic at Hanging Rock". The artwork shows a ruin with young women sitting and standing around it. There are two teachers among them. They are skeletons. One is holding a chihuahua and another one is reading a book. The young women participate in different activities such as reading books, drawing, sharing secrets with each other, playing flute and admiring the surroundings. There are two dogs in the foreground and a bird that one of the characters is drawing. There are trees in the background and some rock formations. Two young women are walking towards the rocks. The artwork is mostly green and brown with some white and light blue accents.
May 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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unravy.bsky.social
Red, silver, and gold. Most recent mothdakes 🌿
#mothdrake
February 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
geckopirate.bsky.social
I've just published Ruins of the Rustworm, a megadungeon pointcrawl through the heart of a volcanic dwarfhold shattered by a centipede kaiju!

It's #ttrpg system-neutral, with 32 locations, 4 major factions, maps, weather, encounters, and stinky golden geese.

geckopirate.itch.io/ruins-of-the...
Ruins of the Rustworm by geckopirate
Volcanic Megadungeon Pointcrawl
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August 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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giantrobottackler.bsky.social
our submission for the mythic bastionland jam is up! a set of knights and myths inspired by the Mabinogion. i did the knights, @thebarse.bsky.social did the (stellar!) myths and art. we were smoking on the shit that killed the lindow man with this one. check it out!

barse.itch.io/mythic-basti...
Flood and Flora: A Supplement for Mythic Bastionland by Barse, giantrobottackler
Two Knights and two Myths for Mythic Bastionland, inspired by the Mabinogion
barse.itch.io
August 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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mcnastyprime.bsky.social
The story behind this is NOT what I was expecting! archive.ph/TlJnd
August 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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mikelaidlaw.bsky.social
About 80% of my grammar suggestions from Microsoft Word are “why not use a simpler word here for clarity?”

No. Fuck you.

I will use a complicated word for evocative precision whenever the muse’s clarion song demands ebullience, vivacity, torpor, or solemnity, you shit-ass suck machine.
August 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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mabus808.bsky.social
Elder Royal Griffon. Sketchbook sketch of 2023

#sketchbook #art #ink #griffon #gryphon #moleskin #fantasy #DnD
Different views of an Elder Royal Griffon
July 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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rossydoesdrawings.bsky.social
Here are some of the vampires I drew, as commissioned and described by @trixmg.bsky.social
a drawing of a very large bat like goblin with many wings a giant sword and a floating red crown drawing of a winged vampire in a suit with red eyes and holding a cup of tea drawing of three vampires in fur coats sitting at a table drinking tea
July 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM