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Reece @scarius.bsky.social · 16h

Today is day one of #pax I'm keen for it.
I'm out here today running three games of #mothership and also helping out at the #netrunner booth teaching the greatest card game ever.

I'll be posting up bits and pieces here and there in this as a thread, see you all at pax baebee

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Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 10h

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Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 12h

Did you know I also been making post covers and spots for @foofarawpress.bsky.social - showcasing some really great short stories from the independent authors!

Check out the list + there audio versions of each story as well!
foofaraw.press/tag/story-ti...

A massive thanks to @humdrum.bsky.social!

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Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 14h

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Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 23h

We’re on day…👁️👁️👁️ Nine.

9 - THORN
#MÖRKTOBER #MÖRKBORG #TTRPG
words by
@radicaledward.bsky.social

Yellow and black abstract artwork featuring a distorted skull or face with an oversized eye, surrounded by explosive paint splatters and aggressive brushstrokes on black background.

Black ink illustration of a abstract thorns / piercing on yellow background with dark poetry text below. Titled “9. THORN” by Edward Rathke.

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Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 1d

🌙 𝒜𝓂𝒶𝓏𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓇𝓉 𝓅𝒶𝓉𝓇𝑒𝑜𝓃 𝓈𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝑒𝒹! 🌙

charlotte @fragrant.garden · 3d

support me making prints of stuff @ www.patreon.com/cw/dreamware...

prints will also be put up on the dreamware shop soon

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Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 1d

Damn! great seeing the progress on this one. great set pieces and comp.

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Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing. ✨

Stella, Sandwich Enjoyer @evilgoblin.wedding · 1d

I've ended up advertising a lot more than I typically do but October is turning out to be a busy month for me. Red Solstice Issue 6 is for sale via @spacepenguinink.bsky.social. It has lots of amazing sky themed articles and this beautiful cover art by @daniilune.bsky.social

Art of a pale skinny woman with floating white hair adorned in flowing blue robes and red scarfs. She sits atop a dreamlike black dragon in front of a red moon and multicolored blue yellow night sky

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Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 1d

Check out the cover spread!
Chase did a fantastic job combining these two separate pieces into one slick wrap.
#TTRPG #VestaMandate
@storygameschicago.bsky.social 🤝

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Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 1d

GREAT NEWS EVERYONE!
The team is happy to announce that VESTA MANDATE is hot off the digital presses! (Backers gettin there updates)

-= We doin' 15% sale atm for the first week =-

Big props to the team @chkurk.bsky.social @ryanzenith.bsky.social - writing and layout made my illustrations shine.

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Storygames Chicago -> Gamehole Con @storygameschicago.bsky.social · 1d

#VestaMandate is out now at the link below! If you backed the project, check your email for links to the PDFs.

If you missed out on the Kickstarter, jump in on the sale we have going on for the first week!

@tonytranrpg.bsky.social killed it one the art!!

storygameschicago.itch.io/vesta-mandate

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Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 1d

8 - WIZARD
#MÖRKTOBER #MÖRKBORG #TTRPG
words by
@radicaledward.bsky.social

High contrast black and yellow artwork showing an abstract dripping or melting figure. Vertical streaks and splatters of yellow paint create a haunting, deteriorating effect against the black background.

Yellow textured post with black text displaying a poem by Edward Rathke. The poem describes vivid imagery including "In the shadow of the tree / Rose the man of power's three," references to flame, wind, earth rising from the deep, and "See the mage brim with power / Now high atop his tower." Abstract scratchy artwork appears in the bottom right corner. The background has a distressed, grainy texture throughout.

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Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 2d

Late on this promo but did some Interior art for this one, and working with the team + Joie on the layout helm was a great experience! 🔥🌲🔥!

Joie Yong 🔜 PAX AUS / SXSW Sydney @joieyong.bsky.social · Sep 4

Everyone should take a look at this awesome project I had the privilege to work on 🔥🌲🔥

www.kickstarter.com/projects/qua...

#ttrpg #journaling #tabletop #kickstarter

Coming soon: Cinderedge - Solo Survival TTRPG

Firewatch meets Disco Elysium in this dark, emotional, journaling RPG where you die alone in a wilderness that's on fire.

www.kickstarter.com

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Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 2d

Welcome to the procreate club ✌️ - the progression is great!

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Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 2d

Been noodling with compression again. 3mb > 175kb
Running through image magik again: 900px scaled down width > dither > colour picks from an img sitting in another folder. (Current scheme is Gameboy-ish greens)

Art done for a page from #mothership modules - Resonant by Amanda P

Black, Green and White sci-fi illustration featuring an armored soldier surrounded by mechanical elements, abstract glass motif;eye, screaming, and numbered panels in a gritty comic book style.

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Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 2d

7 - Shard
#MÖRKTOBER #MÖRKBORG #TTRPG
words by
@radicaledward.bsky.social

A dark, abstract figures composed of jagged, shattered fragments in yellow and black. The fragmented form suggests a humanoid shape breaking apart, with sharp angular pieces creating a chaotic, disintegrated appearance against a black background.

Text-based artwork on a distressed yellow background with dark splatters and texture. The title '7 SHARDS' appears at top, followed by a gothic poem: 'the shattered glass man with his fang necklace carved skulls into bowls / Sat gnawing on bone / Teeth grinding alone / His heart full of holes / He fell on his face / Broke to shards again / Who will put him back? / Done to fix his cracks.' Writing credited to Edward Rathke

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Exeunt Press 💀 @exeunt.press · 3d

Vote for your favorite prompt of the first few in the link below.

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SAJAN @planetsmudge.bsky.social · 3d

I'll make another post but reminder that I'm looking for work! I did pretty okay last year, but didn't really feel like it because a bunch of gigs paid late/barely on time which had a real knock-on effect, and this year's been very slow

SAJAN @planetsmudge.bsky.social · Oct 8

hi #PortfolioDay - available to make otherworldly work from 2025.
TTRPGs, board games, more vinyl covers and concept + visdev stuff for games/film/tv would be cool!