#and they give me inspiration to like. draw and stuff

[thelensart]

Since the year is ending I'll write down that it's kind of insane that Signalis has been almost the only thing I've drawn about. Haven't ever been big into fanart at all except after playing it. And hell I play many games, like many films and books, but none inspire drawings quite like it. Don't know if it's the cheap artificial looks of the android units, the themes about individuality and feeling like a tool in a system, the way it makes me think about my womanhood and transness or the strangely attractive psychosexual looks all the robots have. Maybe I'm just into the robot women because I'm a trans woman who hates her own body and her own humanity, maybe it's that the world of the game is pretty extensive and full of potential that just keeps giving me ideas.

Anyway, in short, I try to get ideas for other stuff but it's not working. Signalis is just too inspiring. So yeah, expect more fanart, for the time being I guess. Also maybe Citizen Sleeper. Bless that fucking thing.

[rathayibacter]

Ok so how does one MAKE a tabletop game because this is something I want to try!! Are there good references out there for non-d20 systems or how to balance mechanics yourself?

oooh, hell yeah! honestly the big thing is to just do it, unlike board and video games the gap between idea and execution in ttrpgs is incredibly narrow, so if youve got an idea just start writing stuff down and see where it starts pulling you, where it feels like something's missing, find what excites you and what you feel isn't working. but that's not very specific, so let's get into it!

first off, read games! read weird games! there's tons of free ttrpgs on itch, lots of people sharing their work here and on other social media, there's 200 word rpgs here and here, and lots of system reference documents written specifically for people looking to hack games. reading other games is a great way to enrich your work whether you're building systems from scratch or working in an existing framework, because every game you read will show you a new way of approaching design problems.

on that note, draw inspiration outside of ttrpgs too! i pull a lot from video, board, and card games in my work, as well as poetry, novels, movies, etc etc etc. im autistic, and ive spent a lot of my life thinking about and dissecting unwritten social rules, so that's another big source of material for me. take your passions, whatever they may be, and put them in your work!

next up, think about the core of your game, sometimes called the minimum viable product. this is whatever the fundamental idea at the heart of your work is, and it's important to keep in mind because it keeps you from spiraling down unnecessary tangents. the core of your game can change, don't get me wrong! in fact, it likely will. what you want to do isn't prevent your work from growing and changing, but have a point of light you can always refer back to and ask "is what im doing important to this game?" you might be surprised by what you find isn't actually as important as you thought at first, and what turns out to be vital to the experience you're going for.

next up, once you start working, don't throw things away. if youre working in a word processor or google docs, it can help to have a section at the bottom of your document that you copy anything youd otherwise delete into. i do the same with my Affinity documents, ill have a few pages i dont export to store all my scraps. i know other folks who keep a dedicated scraps document that they use across projects. whatever works for you! the reason you do this is twofold: it makes it easier to cut things if you know you can always put it back later if you change your mind, and it gives you a lot of raw material that you can pull from in the future. months or years from now, you might find yourself looking to fill a gap in a new design and realize that some cool toy you set aside is exactly what you were looking for.

lastly, i wanna strongly encourage you to practice finishing things. that's often the hardest part for people, cuz we have a lot more experience starting projects than finishing them. here id like to once again direct you to 200 word rpgs, because that strict limit means you wind up with a finished first draft really quickly, and the rest of it is polishing and editing. once you've finished some bite-sized projects, you'll have a better idea of what it entails, what parts you're good at and what parts you struggle with, when to keep working and when to cut yourself off. i find it really helpful to add arbitrary limitations and deadlines on my work because that helps me push myself to finish something when otherwise i'd just keep adding and tweaking, but you'll find what works best for you!

[leesartsycorner]

One page Danny phantom comic inspired by 'half return’ by Adrianne Lenker

‘Standing in the yard, dressed like a kid

The house is white and the lawn is dead

The lawn is dead, the lawn is dead’

I throw in my headcannon Danny (as a ghost) can’t leave amity and his childhood home because that’s where he died.

I add in a bit of body horror, Danny’s ghost form doesn’t age.

I taste it off with a bit of drama, jazz moves away for college.

I’m in a bit of a creative slump.

If you give me characters/a fandom and a quote/song/book excerpt I might doodle a one page comic inspired by it.

I won’t to anything I don’t know (I don’t have the motivation or time to get into any new media right now) either take a guess or if you ask nicely I can throw together a list with stuff I’ll draw (I really don’t want to, but I will). I’d love to get to know new songs tho, so surprise me.

[luck-of-the-drawings]

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saw alot of comments on prev pages; saying 'i HATE that mean teacher! im gonna FIGHT HIM!!' & i LOVE the energy!! it WOULD be nice. to have that catharsis. but the story of young tidestrider is Not one of catharsis. it is a story of being so small and so special and sucking so bad.

[starrspice]

Can someone teach my brain to learn what it wants?

I wanna draw more of the daycare attendant now that ruin is out and even add onto my aus

But I don't like how I draw them anymore

And figuring out a new way to draw them is hard QwQ

[amogus-real-not-clickbait]

here's some benreys for y'all!!! it's meal time little ones!!!! nobody starves today. i provide

also random gordo he's here too i guess-

[thenamesapollo]

nightmare and dream stuff :3

[sysig]

Growing closer than expected (Patreon)

[crowatyourwindow]

Silly guys

[oneluckydragon]

The wives of all time? The wives of all time!!

@s1nn0hh I love Gaia and Erida so much c:

[smokbeast]

scrungly naked scale cat

[f1l3d]

fem mingi could save me

[gingergari]

baby’s first fakemon 🎉

Brairn

Type: Grass/Rock

Height: 8’0” 2.4 m Weight 247.0 lbs 112.0 kg

Ability: Wayfinder, Sturdy (Hidden)

Wayfinder is the Brairn evolution family’s signature ability. This Pokémon’s moves will always hit, but it will always move last.

Pokédex Entry 1: Brairn prefer to remain stationary if possible. Hikers can reliably use them as cairns.

Pokédex Entry 2: It is believed that Brairn originated from the emotions and spirit of hikers on trails.

Origins: Brairn appear to be based on mossy cairns.

Etymology: Bryophyta, the taxonomic division of moss + Cairn

Brairn evolve into ??? at level 31.

[lemongogo]

can i ask.how u guys practice ur creativity <3 how u practice ur imagination or like.. how u experiment with ur art, how u come to ideas and how u develop them.<3 pretty please <3

[shevr]

[island-in-the-shadows]

Pretty sure all the Saltburn Hivemind babes who follow me are like: girl, what's with all the gay vampires? I mean, no gay vampires when I was age 6 means no Saltburn. The gay vampires to gay vampire coded Oliver Quick dominoes exist in my head perfectly. I have been going over how to get to such a pivotal point in my story and going about it in many ways. But yeah, Valery Legasov's opening lines in Chernobyl about the cost of lies, and the aforementioned gay vampires going on about memory being a monster and how retellings have holes in them because they are inherently dependent on who's telling the story and how they felt when those events were happening? I have my hook for how to progress.