Silvercat
@silvercat17.bsky.social
Was just here for one friend, but you know how it goes (they/them or ey/em). White
I got con crud at @loscon.bsky.social despite masking 95% of the time (sometimes I was eating). Covid test is negative though. I'll retest in a couple days to be sure, but it seems it's my first cold in 5 years.
December 3, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I got con crud at @loscon.bsky.social despite masking 95% of the time (sometimes I was eating). Covid test is negative though. I'll retest in a couple days to be sure, but it seems it's my first cold in 5 years.
I'm home from #Loscon51. Tired, my legs hurt, and I had a great time. Many thanks to @tkingfisher.com for introducing me to the con, and to all the panelists and everybody I talked to
December 1, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I'm home from #Loscon51. Tired, my legs hurt, and I had a great time. Many thanks to @tkingfisher.com for introducing me to the con, and to all the panelists and everybody I talked to
Thinking of taking my costume for a test ride tonight @loscon.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Thinking of taking my costume for a test ride tonight @loscon.bsky.social
@elidonovanwriter.bsky.social Do you still want to meet up at Loscon?
November 26, 2025 at 4:52 AM
@elidonovanwriter.bsky.social Do you still want to meet up at Loscon?
Amazing critter. Another thing to add to my list of inspiration for Thunderian animals (...I really need to make a list of animals that showed up in the original cartoon and comics.)
The new #Thylacoleo article at Tetrapod Zoology - released to provide info relevant to #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge - already has nearly 20 reader comments... tetzoo.com/blog/2025/11... #marsupials #Pleistocene #IceAge
Thylacoleo, the Incredible Marsupial Lion — Tetrapod Zoology
Among the most striking and interesting of extinct mammals is the so-called marsupial lion of Australia, or Thylacoleo carnifex …
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November 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Amazing critter. Another thing to add to my list of inspiration for Thunderian animals (...I really need to make a list of animals that showed up in the original cartoon and comics.)
The last week! I'll be there Saturday and Sunday for sure (probably cosplaying on Sunday). I figure, unless a bunch of people speak up, meet up in the con suite at some point. @tkingfisher.com
We're getting closer! The schedule has been posted and looks great and also a bit overwhelming.
@loscon.bsky.social @tkingfisher.com
If you're an Ursula Vernon fan and want to meet up, reply! We'll figure out a time soon.
@loscon.bsky.social @tkingfisher.com
If you're an Ursula Vernon fan and want to meet up, reply! We'll figure out a time soon.
If you're going to Loscon (Los Angeles scifi convention, Thanksgiving weekend), reply and we'll figure out a time and place as it gets closer! At least one day I'll be cosplaying (not a Ursula Vernon/T Kingfisher character sorry) and so will be highly visible.
November 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The last week! I'll be there Saturday and Sunday for sure (probably cosplaying on Sunday). I figure, unless a bunch of people speak up, meet up in the con suite at some point. @tkingfisher.com
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A friend needed this today, so I'm gonna promote it: My ultimate text readability trick: CHUNKY TEXT OUTLINES www.silversspace.com/2025/01/silv...
Blog post has text instructions with screenshots for Photoshop and Illustrator, with lots of examples
Blog post has text instructions with screenshots for Photoshop and Illustrator, with lots of examples
November 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
A friend needed this today, so I'm gonna promote it: My ultimate text readability trick: CHUNKY TEXT OUTLINES www.silversspace.com/2025/01/silv...
Blog post has text instructions with screenshots for Photoshop and Illustrator, with lots of examples
Blog post has text instructions with screenshots for Photoshop and Illustrator, with lots of examples
A friend needed this today, so I'm gonna promote it: My ultimate text readability trick: CHUNKY TEXT OUTLINES www.silversspace.com/2025/01/silv...
Blog post has text instructions with screenshots for Photoshop and Illustrator, with lots of examples
Blog post has text instructions with screenshots for Photoshop and Illustrator, with lots of examples
November 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
A friend needed this today, so I'm gonna promote it: My ultimate text readability trick: CHUNKY TEXT OUTLINES www.silversspace.com/2025/01/silv...
Blog post has text instructions with screenshots for Photoshop and Illustrator, with lots of examples
Blog post has text instructions with screenshots for Photoshop and Illustrator, with lots of examples
Reposted by Silvercat
We're getting closer! The schedule has been posted and looks great and also a bit overwhelming.
@loscon.bsky.social @tkingfisher.com
If you're an Ursula Vernon fan and want to meet up, reply! We'll figure out a time soon.
@loscon.bsky.social @tkingfisher.com
If you're an Ursula Vernon fan and want to meet up, reply! We'll figure out a time soon.
If you're going to Loscon (Los Angeles scifi convention, Thanksgiving weekend), reply and we'll figure out a time and place as it gets closer! At least one day I'll be cosplaying (not a Ursula Vernon/T Kingfisher character sorry) and so will be highly visible.
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 AM
We're getting closer! The schedule has been posted and looks great and also a bit overwhelming.
@loscon.bsky.social @tkingfisher.com
If you're an Ursula Vernon fan and want to meet up, reply! We'll figure out a time soon.
@loscon.bsky.social @tkingfisher.com
If you're an Ursula Vernon fan and want to meet up, reply! We'll figure out a time soon.
We're getting closer! The schedule has been posted and looks great and also a bit overwhelming.
@loscon.bsky.social @tkingfisher.com
If you're an Ursula Vernon fan and want to meet up, reply! We'll figure out a time soon.
@loscon.bsky.social @tkingfisher.com
If you're an Ursula Vernon fan and want to meet up, reply! We'll figure out a time soon.
If you're going to Loscon (Los Angeles scifi convention, Thanksgiving weekend), reply and we'll figure out a time and place as it gets closer! At least one day I'll be cosplaying (not a Ursula Vernon/T Kingfisher character sorry) and so will be highly visible.
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 AM
We're getting closer! The schedule has been posted and looks great and also a bit overwhelming.
@loscon.bsky.social @tkingfisher.com
If you're an Ursula Vernon fan and want to meet up, reply! We'll figure out a time soon.
@loscon.bsky.social @tkingfisher.com
If you're an Ursula Vernon fan and want to meet up, reply! We'll figure out a time soon.
How a band hat (shako) is constructed, to be altered for cosplay
Band Hat Construction – reference for cosplay
I'm making a Jagermonster (from the Girl Genius webcomic) costume that can also function as a Steampunk / Victorian costume of an unspecified hussar (it's a type of light cavalry with really cool costumes). Of course, that means I need a nice hat. A horde of Jagermonsters in varying uniforms. To make life easier, I bought a vintage band hat (shako) off ebay.
www.silversspace.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:41 PM
How a band hat (shako) is constructed, to be altered for cosplay
@tkingfisher.com with Loscon approaching, I'd like to set up a fans of Ursula meetup there. Could you reblog this so people who are interested can respond?
October 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
@tkingfisher.com with Loscon approaching, I'd like to set up a fans of Ursula meetup there. Could you reblog this so people who are interested can respond?
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October 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Reposted by Silvercat
@tkingfisher.com I read What Stalks the Deep and it was hardly horrifying at all. But Easton needs a hug.
October 17, 2025 at 4:47 AM
@tkingfisher.com I read What Stalks the Deep and it was hardly horrifying at all. But Easton needs a hug.
@tkingfisher.com I read What Stalks the Deep and it was hardly horrifying at all. But Easton needs a hug.
October 17, 2025 at 4:47 AM
@tkingfisher.com I read What Stalks the Deep and it was hardly horrifying at all. But Easton needs a hug.
If you join, let me know!
I'm making reading challenges on #Storygraph based on titles and covers. I think the next one will be "title contains these pronouns" (not just personal pronouns). Or maybe conjunctions. app.thestorygraph.com/reading_chal...
Title Challenge - Starts with this word
I love these challenges because they fulfill that "numbers go up" urge. Here's a variation I h...
app.thestorygraph.com
October 11, 2025 at 12:49 AM
If you join, let me know!
I'm making reading challenges on #Storygraph based on titles and covers. I think the next one will be "title contains these pronouns" (not just personal pronouns). Or maybe conjunctions. app.thestorygraph.com/reading_chal...
Title Challenge - Starts with this word
I love these challenges because they fulfill that "numbers go up" urge. Here's a variation I h...
app.thestorygraph.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I'm making reading challenges on #Storygraph based on titles and covers. I think the next one will be "title contains these pronouns" (not just personal pronouns). Or maybe conjunctions. app.thestorygraph.com/reading_chal...
Story Sparks sketches part 3
These are some that I'm not sure about. Loss / Recovery The idea is good, but it ended up looking like a gumball machine. With Recovery up, it's more obvious what my idea was: a funnel with balls piling up (recovery) or falling away (loss). Maybe change them from balls…
These are some that I'm not sure about. Loss / Recovery The idea is good, but it ended up looking like a gumball machine. With Recovery up, it's more obvious what my idea was: a funnel with balls piling up (recovery) or falling away (loss). Maybe change them from balls…
Story Sparks sketches part 3
These are some that I'm not sure about. Loss / Recovery The idea is good, but it ended up looking like a gumball machine. With Recovery up, it's more obvious what my idea was: a funnel with balls piling up (recovery) or falling away (loss). Maybe change them from balls to stars and change the red background to something else?
www.silversspace.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Story Sparks sketches part 3
These are some that I'm not sure about. Loss / Recovery The idea is good, but it ended up looking like a gumball machine. With Recovery up, it's more obvious what my idea was: a funnel with balls piling up (recovery) or falling away (loss). Maybe change them from balls…
These are some that I'm not sure about. Loss / Recovery The idea is good, but it ended up looking like a gumball machine. With Recovery up, it's more obvious what my idea was: a funnel with balls piling up (recovery) or falling away (loss). Maybe change them from balls…
Story Sparks Cards sketches, part 2
Some more of the sketches I've done for the Story Sparks prompts deck. Here are some basic ones.
Some more of the sketches I've done for the Story Sparks prompts deck. Here are some basic ones.
Story Sparks Cards sketches, part 2
Some more of the sketches I've done for the Story Sparks prompts deck. Here are some basic ones.
www.silversspace.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Story Sparks Cards sketches, part 2
Some more of the sketches I've done for the Story Sparks prompts deck. Here are some basic ones.
Some more of the sketches I've done for the Story Sparks prompts deck. Here are some basic ones.
Story Sparks Cards sketches, part 1
For decades, I've been poking at a deck of writing prompts that I've named the Story Sparks Deck (literally decades - I was doing drawings for it for one of my final art classes). But I could never figure out an illustration style that would work with the more…
For decades, I've been poking at a deck of writing prompts that I've named the Story Sparks Deck (literally decades - I was doing drawings for it for one of my final art classes). But I could never figure out an illustration style that would work with the more…
Story Sparks Cards sketches, part 1
For decades, I've been poking at a deck of writing prompts that I've named the Story Sparks Deck (literally decades - I was doing drawings for it for one of my final art classes). But I could never figure out an illustration style that would work with the more abstract prompts. If you follow me on Dreamwidth, you may have seen the events I've hosted on AllBingo with the prompts.
www.silversspace.com
September 4, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Story Sparks Cards sketches, part 1
For decades, I've been poking at a deck of writing prompts that I've named the Story Sparks Deck (literally decades - I was doing drawings for it for one of my final art classes). But I could never figure out an illustration style that would work with the more…
For decades, I've been poking at a deck of writing prompts that I've named the Story Sparks Deck (literally decades - I was doing drawings for it for one of my final art classes). But I could never figure out an illustration style that would work with the more…
@rahaeli.bsky.social I have a friend who is curious about what payment processor DW uses because of the whole itch/Visa/Mastercard debacle. Completely understand if your answer is "none of your damn business" and that what works for a site probably is not gonna work for a single artist.
August 11, 2025 at 9:27 PM
@rahaeli.bsky.social I have a friend who is curious about what payment processor DW uses because of the whole itch/Visa/Mastercard debacle. Completely understand if your answer is "none of your damn business" and that what works for a site probably is not gonna work for a single artist.
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I've just read almost an entire novel (I'd read a few pages the other night) and as I haven't been able to read hardly at all, especially not long fiction, I'm feeling very pleased (I reread Swordheart by @tkingfisher.com )
June 22, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I've just read almost an entire novel (I'd read a few pages the other night) and as I haven't been able to read hardly at all, especially not long fiction, I'm feeling very pleased (I reread Swordheart by @tkingfisher.com )
Silvercat x3
An experiment to use up one of the last prompts on Beige. A T-1 line allows multiple calls to made over a single line. So I was thinking of animation and that sort of thing. I don't know how well it worked, but I like the poses. Traced over three photographs of myself. Technically…
An experiment to use up one of the last prompts on Beige. A T-1 line allows multiple calls to made over a single line. So I was thinking of animation and that sort of thing. I don't know how well it worked, but I like the poses. Traced over three photographs of myself. Technically…
Silvercat x3
An experiment to use up one of the last prompts on Beige. A T-1 line allows multiple calls to made over a single line. So I was thinking of animation and that sort of thing. I don't know how well it worked, but I like the poses. Traced over three photographs of myself. Technically fits into Up at Silvercat's because the non-UAS version has furry wings.
www.silversspace.com
June 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Silvercat x3
An experiment to use up one of the last prompts on Beige. A T-1 line allows multiple calls to made over a single line. So I was thinking of animation and that sort of thing. I don't know how well it worked, but I like the poses. Traced over three photographs of myself. Technically…
An experiment to use up one of the last prompts on Beige. A T-1 line allows multiple calls to made over a single line. So I was thinking of animation and that sort of thing. I don't know how well it worked, but I like the poses. Traced over three photographs of myself. Technically…