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Zachary Elliott-Hatton
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Artist, musician, writer, creator of RPGs, occasional social media poster.

https://www.zacharyelliotthatton.co.uk
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A screenshot of DriveThruRPG's "Silver Best Seller" medal.
October 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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This was... let's just say more than six years ago. Got bored waiting for a lecture, it stayed on that whiteboard for months.
A coiled xenomorph drawn on a whiteboard, with text: "Zach, aged 23 and a quarter."
October 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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I like my evil corporation advertising how I like my sunscreen: A little on the nose.
A poster for a rifle bullet named "Grey Wolf" produced by a fictional arms manufacturer, "Bulldog Industrial". The bullet is shown slicing through a piece of red tape, with a trail designed to look like the red and white saltire that crosses the Union Jack.
September 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Got bored waiting for a phone call earlier. If all else fails I've got a good chance as a Geoguessr streamer...
Two overlaid browser windows. The window on the right shows a photograph on Facebook of chicken nuggets spilled on the pavement. Visible in the photograph are double red lines and the markings of a pedestrian crossing, dark grey "blister" paving slabs forming an L shape, iron gratings in the ground, and decorative iron railings. The window on the left shows google street view, positioned at the north-east corner of Grosvenor Gardens, London, and matches the features shown in the photograph.
September 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Cracking through them...
A selection of playing cards with character class-specific colours, names and abilities. Each bears a stark white on black icon.
September 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Pro design tip: The effectiveness of a gas mask should be directly proportional to how alienating and de-humanising it looks.
A white on black playing card entitled "Hazmat Suit" featuring an icon of an enclosed gas mask with wide, circular eyes and a grilled respirator that covers the whole of the nose and mouth.
September 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Trying out a different art direction for a revised, second edition of Protomancer (which is still very much WiP).
A hand of cards with abilities belonging to different player classes. The cards are black with stark white text and icons, and a coloured border indicating each class. "Infiltration Gear": A pair of night vision goggles. "Particle Shield": Radial waves reflecting an incoming projectile. "Blood, Sweat and Tears": A single drop of liquid. "Death From Above": A skull being violently struck by a descending arrow.
September 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Show me an image on your phone that has your energy but is not a selfie.
A photograph of a crow sitting atop a dead tree in front of woodland. In the far distance is a city skyline set against an overcast sky.
September 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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The setting guide for I Could Do This In My Sleep is coming along nicely.
The Trent Reznor "We're here to have a bad time" meme, except that "band" is replaced with "TTRPG" and "synthesiser playing" is replaced with "Britain appears", in red white and blue text.
September 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Better late than never, I'm designing printable custom cards for Protomancer.
A hand of four playing cards, each with a name and special power. From left to right: "Stim Pack", a used syringe. "Auto-Pistol", a metallic pistol being fired, with ejecting case. "Hazmat Suit", a rigid gas mask. "Exploding Ammo", a projectile trail exploding into bursts of flame. A hand of playing cards with names and powers. Some of the text on each card is obscured by the card in front. From left to right: "Pulse Blaster", a chunky, double-barrel pistol firing two beams and crackling with electricity. "Scanner", the screen of a motion tracker, with a grainy display. "Cannon", the muzzle of a hefty, industrial flamethrower. "-walk", a blank space in the shape of a person, surrounding by radiating beams.
August 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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It's #PortfolioDay? Well then, I make stuff that has on occasion been referred to as art. Some illustration, some video, lots of music and a sizeable helping of game design too.

🔗 www.zacharyelliotthatton.co.uk
3D render of an open washing machine with glowing red drum, in the midst of two rows of stacked arches. The scene is rendered in dithered, pixelated style, with harsh shadows and vibrant colours. Photograph looking straight down an angular, spiral staircase. Cables run from top to bottom, ending at a bass loudspeaker pointed vertically up the staircase. A two-page spread from a tabletop roleplaying game book, in bright, neon colours against dark backgrounds. The left page lists special powers the player can use and features a delivery moped rider sliding their bike. The right page shows an armed and armoured guard striding past two civilians, one pushed to the floor and the other making a rude gesture. A photograph of a wall with sculpted panels in the form of bricks, concrete slabs, and metal fragments. The whole wall is projection mapped and overlaid with fleshy pinks and reds, as a single drop of some unknown fluid pours from a hole.
July 8, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Beanjackers, Minimal Impact and Impsomnia are all included in this free bundle.

An excellent opportunity to try out a new game, tell your friends, and consider leaving a review!
An illustration of a colossal beanstalk growing high into the air, lifting a mountain range with it. A zeppelin draws near to a structure built into the side of the beanstalk. Below, a small industrial settlement sits by a river. In the distance there is a second beanstalk, and a golden castle nestled in a cloud. Title art for "Minimal Impact". A number of furry, bat-eared creatures cling to the letters. Part of the text are embellished with a forked tongue, an outstretched wing, and a barbed tail. Line art illustration of a tiny volcano, an axe-wielding orc, a ghost, and a slime with skeletal remains and an arrow stuck in it, marching from left to right. A map, or layout diagram of a factory with parts roughly labeled such as a circular saw, conveyor belt, and explosive barrels.
June 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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*BFG Division starts playing*
A close-up of one end of the battlefield, showing three squares in a row. A caped purple figure stands over the bodies of three slain undead with exposed brains, the floor stained with translucent blood. The entire scene is rendered in simple Powerpoint-esque vector graphics.
June 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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You: Exhausted, knee-deep in javascript, wrestling the hottest new VTT to work with your favourite system.

Me: "Hang about, gonna screen-share my spreadsheet."
Two pages of TTRPG rules, a note pad tracking statistics, and a handful of vector sprites used to display a battle. The battle is between a knight represented by a black helmet, and a now dead character shown as a purple humanoid figure lying in a pool of blood. The battlefield is six squares in a line, shown orthographically.
June 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Quick sketch while waiting for a call.
Digitally coloured pen illustration of a knight, drawn from behind. They are armoured, wearing a red cape and clutching a cruciform sword in their right hand. They are stretching to climb a short staircase towards a gothic-arched doorway, filled with shadow. Drooping from it, a long forked tongue can be seen. A trio of dice rest on the page. Uncoloured version of the original image.
June 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Hello! I've made a handful of RPGs with unique systems, most recently I Could Do This In My Sleep, a modern/cyberpunk game about labour and bodily autonomy.
Banner for "I Could Do This In My Sleep," with the tagline: "They stole your every waking hour, now they want the rest." A outline of a head tipped back with mouth flopped open. In place of the eye, a disc radiating beams of red, white and blue light. A two page spread. On the left-hand page, a selection of superhuman cybernetic powers, followed by a red and blue highlighted art work of a delivery biker performing the Akira bike slide. On the right-hand page, a similarly styled image of a armed and armoured security guard walking by a man lying on the ground, and a girl in the background making a derogatory two-fingered gesture. A two-page spread featuring short descriptions and icons for several factions in the game. The left-hand page is brightly coloured and describes anti-authoritarian groups, while the right-hand page is dull and describes a combination of government entities and supporters. A character sheet filled in with a variety of skills and equipment, suggesting a combat medic role.
June 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Or the Megabundle, 38 games at half price.

Truly, there's never been a better time to give me your hard-earned money.

www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
"Pocketquest 2025 Mega Bundle, 50% off 38 titles."
June 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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You can get I Could Do This in My Sleep, plus a bunch of other great games for over 1/3 off by picking up the Electric Dreams sci-fi bundle.

www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
"Pocketquest 2025, Electric Dreams, science fiction bundle." Six game covers set against a colourfully streaked background with chunky, distorted, glowing text.
June 2, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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If you've enjoyed anything that I've created, please consider taking a moment to leave a review; I want to hear from you!
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...
Banner art for "Protomancer: Cosmic survival dungeon crawler." A distorted alien font in shades of green and purple, set against a dark background with outline images of cells, particles, and cosmic bodies. Banner art for "Beanjackers: The legume theft roleplaying game." A whimsical, ornate golden font. The left side of the banner shows a book held open by rustic pots and gardening equipment, with icons for player classes visible (A burglar, sentry, "fixer" and conjuror). The right side is an illustration of a giant beanstalk towering over a rugged landscape. A zeppelin is flying towards a structure built precariously into the side of the beanstalk. Banner art for "Minimal Impact: A fiendish new game of epic, tiny proportions. "Epic" is crossed out. Hand drawn in the style of an illuminated medieval manuscript, a number of furry, bat-eared creatures climb all over the title, which is itself embellished with a forked tongue, bat wing, and barbed tail. Banner art for "I Could Do This In My Sleep: They stole your every waking hour, now they want the rest." Rendered in shades of red, white and blue, with radial stripes reminiscent of the British flag. The focal point is an outline of a human head, tipped back with mouth hanging open. The stripes radiate from where the eye ought to be, instead replaced with a black and white disc and glowing red core.
May 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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I made this as one part of a series of writings and images during my Masters, and now I'm inflicting it on all of you.
A fictional magazine article entitled "Skin is In." The article describes a tech reviewer's initial experiences with a new touchscreen replacement for phones. The images show a mobile phone with a gaping, organic hole where the screen ought to be, filled with flesh and bony structures. The images show the phone from different angles, and the fleshy interior extending deeper than what the thickness of the phone should allow.
May 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Minimal Impact and #PocketQuest2025 's Impsomnia are two tiny games that can be played standalone or together.

If weird, furry little guys are your thing, get them both for the grand total of $1!

www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
"Minimal Impact" cover artwork. "Impsomnia" cover artwork.
May 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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There's a sword in there somewhere... ⚔️
Digitally coloured pen illustration of a party of three adventurers, drawn in a medieval margin art style. The lead adventurer is a knight in chainmail, holding a sword and shield. They are followed by a knife-wielding hooded thief with a lantern, and finally a cleric in robes, with hands clasped in prayer. Behind the three, a bat eared creature with red eyes peers out from a stone archway.
May 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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#PocketQuest2025 Part 2!
Cover art for "Impsomnia." A wizard in traditional robe and pointed hat sleeps on a bed partly formed from the title, surrounded by peeking, furry imps. Behind the bed, faint images of a tower and marching monsters can be seen.
May 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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I Could Do This In My Sleep #PocketQuest2025

A tiny cyberpunk RPG about bodily autonomy, labour, and resistance, available now:

www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Banner for "I Could Do This In My Sleep," with the tagline: "They stole your every waking hour, now they want the rest." A outline of a head tipped back with mouth flopped open. In place of the eye, a disc radiating beams of red, white and blue light. A two page spread. On the left-hand page, a selection of superhuman cybernetic powers, followed by a red and blue highlighted art work of a delivery biker performing the Akira bike slide. On the right-hand page, a similarly styled image of a armed and armoured security guard walking by a man lying on the ground, and a girl in the background making a derogatory two-fingered gesture. A two-page spread featuring short descriptions and icons for several factions in the game. The left-hand page is brightly coloured and describes anti-authoritarian groups, while the right-hand page is dull and describes a combination of government entities and supporters. A character sheet filled in with a variety of skills and equipment, suggesting a combat medic role.
May 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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What could be happening in there?
A pen and paper line art illustration of a pair of joined towers, with cutaway sections. The text at the top of the page reads: "Wizard's Tower. An isolated spire deep within the shady, twisted forest is an ideal place to both practice dangerous magics, and enjoy a restful getaway..." Numbered points of interest depict: A bedroom, a reading room, an attic with plants, an alchemical laboratory, a privy, a dining room, a kitchen, the bridge between towers, a large wooden crane, a cannon, a portcullis, a tree between the towers, a cellar with crates and barrels, an overgrown tunnel, and a second cellar with a cage.
April 27, 2025 at 11:37 PM