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@aaronradney.bsky.social
He/Him. Illustrator at www.aaronradney.com No AI or NFT. Patreon: http://patreon.com/aaronradney. Open for Commissions: https://forms.gle/hLYEyfpqsN5EbkPe6. #Ha-Nahn
Email: aradney20@yahoo.com
Email: aradney20@yahoo.com
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It's time and long overdue. But I'm officially opening up for commissions once again!
I have 7 slots available! You can claim one with the form here: forms.gle/VeiiiQkBiYNq...
I have 7 slots available! You can claim one with the form here: forms.gle/VeiiiQkBiYNq...
Still thinking about the trip we went on and let me tell you one of the weirdest things about it was perspective gathering. I knew I was in a bubble here (laudatory) I have a tendency to forget in spaces like this just what "normie" looks like. It looks like my partner's dad and his girlfriend.
January 7, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Still thinking about the trip we went on and let me tell you one of the weirdest things about it was perspective gathering. I knew I was in a bubble here (laudatory) I have a tendency to forget in spaces like this just what "normie" looks like. It looks like my partner's dad and his girlfriend.
I adore what Sonya did with my character in her style. Arwin is the rogue I've been playing in my home game I play in but this version... isn't the same Arwin. This is the Arwin who's an NPC in my own game I ran that my players never met.
Character Sheet commission for @aaronradney.bsky.social of their character Arwin!
#vgen #commission #vgencommission
#vgen #commission #vgencommission
January 7, 2026 at 2:47 AM
I adore what Sonya did with my character in her style. Arwin is the rogue I've been playing in my home game I play in but this version... isn't the same Arwin. This is the Arwin who's an NPC in my own game I ran that my players never met.
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the thing about being a "good" American (or "good" Russian) is that it really is on us to prove it, they don't have to accept it, and if that in any way influences how you choose to act or react, it kind of proves their point
January 6, 2026 at 2:23 AM
the thing about being a "good" American (or "good" Russian) is that it really is on us to prove it, they don't have to accept it, and if that in any way influences how you choose to act or react, it kind of proves their point
Another thing I've been thinking about since we before we got back here that makes me angry about the whole "artists are petite bourgeoisie" discourse from like a month ago.
Fools peddling that have no idea what those folks are really like. My partners' boomer relatives? That's petite bourgeoisie!
Fools peddling that have no idea what those folks are really like. My partners' boomer relatives? That's petite bourgeoisie!
Also, for the first time I spent holidays with my partner's relatives (who she herself says she can only handle in small doses) and I can *very* much see why.
We dodged the worst of them but even the tolerable ones are... well I can't say much charitable about them.
We dodged the worst of them but even the tolerable ones are... well I can't say much charitable about them.
January 6, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Another thing I've been thinking about since we before we got back here that makes me angry about the whole "artists are petite bourgeoisie" discourse from like a month ago.
Fools peddling that have no idea what those folks are really like. My partners' boomer relatives? That's petite bourgeoisie!
Fools peddling that have no idea what those folks are really like. My partners' boomer relatives? That's petite bourgeoisie!
Hey folks. Welcome to the new year.
I was away for a good minute and it was a good and needed break from socials.
For now I'll say the thing I'd have said on new years.
It's okay if the only thing you can say about last year is that you survived it. That's enough!
I was away for a good minute and it was a good and needed break from socials.
For now I'll say the thing I'd have said on new years.
It's okay if the only thing you can say about last year is that you survived it. That's enough!
January 6, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Hey folks. Welcome to the new year.
I was away for a good minute and it was a good and needed break from socials.
For now I'll say the thing I'd have said on new years.
It's okay if the only thing you can say about last year is that you survived it. That's enough!
I was away for a good minute and it was a good and needed break from socials.
For now I'll say the thing I'd have said on new years.
It's okay if the only thing you can say about last year is that you survived it. That's enough!
Critical Role campaign 4 has me desperately wanting to do a game where the players meet at a political marriage to try to normalize relations between wo warring factions and all have connections to one side of the wedding party or another and each other through that.
December 23, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Critical Role campaign 4 has me desperately wanting to do a game where the players meet at a political marriage to try to normalize relations between wo warring factions and all have connections to one side of the wedding party or another and each other through that.
Hard same! And frankly, I didn't need to be called out like this!
I hate that I work to relax and if I stop working because I need to relax, I can't relax until I start working again. Was I cursed by a wizard? Did my grandfather mortally offend the Fae?
December 23, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Hard same! And frankly, I didn't need to be called out like this!
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It’s just interesting that business has dropped all pretense and is simply just a bunch of wealthy people wanting us to shovel our money down their gullets. Not even going to guild the cage, cause it costs them profits to pay people to make the cage bearable.
December 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
It’s just interesting that business has dropped all pretense and is simply just a bunch of wealthy people wanting us to shovel our money down their gullets. Not even going to guild the cage, cause it costs them profits to pay people to make the cage bearable.
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I watched cable for the first time in a while hanging out with my parents, and as a creative, the growing number of terrible A/I ads I saw is troubling...
December 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I watched cable for the first time in a while hanging out with my parents, and as a creative, the growing number of terrible A/I ads I saw is troubling...
Oh, I've got one for this too! #Ha-Nahn. When I started getting noticed in the TTRPG space I was worried a bit about it being compared to a project/world by a creator who has been since drummed out due to bad behavior in the space.
Real bad scene all around.
It bothered me a lot at first.
Real bad scene all around.
It bothered me a lot at first.
Any time you work on anything, you are going to hit those "UH OH" moments where your stomach drops as you see a similar project that makes yours feel derivative and uninteresting and doomed to fail.
That's normal! Regroup, adapt, persevere! Your perspective has value!
That's normal! Regroup, adapt, persevere! Your perspective has value!
Reposting with alt text because I felt it too important no to share
December 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Oh, I've got one for this too! #Ha-Nahn. When I started getting noticed in the TTRPG space I was worried a bit about it being compared to a project/world by a creator who has been since drummed out due to bad behavior in the space.
Real bad scene all around.
It bothered me a lot at first.
Real bad scene all around.
It bothered me a lot at first.
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you.
Who's coming to save you?
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Whoever kidnapped me is utterly and horrifically cooked. This woman is about to put belt to ass like she's a pissed off Black mom.
Who's coming to save you?
_________________________________
Whoever kidnapped me is utterly and horrifically cooked. This woman is about to put belt to ass like she's a pissed off Black mom.
December 22, 2025 at 4:08 AM
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you.
Who's coming to save you?
_________________________________
Whoever kidnapped me is utterly and horrifically cooked. This woman is about to put belt to ass like she's a pissed off Black mom.
Who's coming to save you?
_________________________________
Whoever kidnapped me is utterly and horrifically cooked. This woman is about to put belt to ass like she's a pissed off Black mom.
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But there isn't a link-suppressing algorithm here. You could post actual descriptions of the image here and link to a whole blog post with your extremely funny write up.
Someone using assistive technology, but then getting a story that still doesn't describe the image? That's misusing alt text. 💖
Someone using assistive technology, but then getting a story that still doesn't describe the image? That's misusing alt text. 💖
December 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
But there isn't a link-suppressing algorithm here. You could post actual descriptions of the image here and link to a whole blog post with your extremely funny write up.
Someone using assistive technology, but then getting a story that still doesn't describe the image? That's misusing alt text. 💖
Someone using assistive technology, but then getting a story that still doesn't describe the image? That's misusing alt text. 💖
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I'll accept that people are putting some incredible humor in alt text of images on here.
Except that's not what alt text is for, it is "descriptive text that conveys the meaning of an image in digital content."
I get it, it's a nice cheat because alt text allows 2000 characters here vs. 300.
Except that's not what alt text is for, it is "descriptive text that conveys the meaning of an image in digital content."
I get it, it's a nice cheat because alt text allows 2000 characters here vs. 300.
December 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I'll accept that people are putting some incredible humor in alt text of images on here.
Except that's not what alt text is for, it is "descriptive text that conveys the meaning of an image in digital content."
I get it, it's a nice cheat because alt text allows 2000 characters here vs. 300.
Except that's not what alt text is for, it is "descriptive text that conveys the meaning of an image in digital content."
I get it, it's a nice cheat because alt text allows 2000 characters here vs. 300.
Do you remember that meme awhile back of the guy asking someone on the street "you have to choose between universal healthcare and trans rights," and the guy said "both, I reject your premise."
That's the kind of thing all of us need to get comfortable with. Rejecting the premise.
That's the kind of thing all of us need to get comfortable with. Rejecting the premise.
Why decline all these chances to defend feminism? Because to participate would be accepting the premise that our rights and humanity are up for debate in the first place.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
December 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Do you remember that meme awhile back of the guy asking someone on the street "you have to choose between universal healthcare and trans rights," and the guy said "both, I reject your premise."
That's the kind of thing all of us need to get comfortable with. Rejecting the premise.
That's the kind of thing all of us need to get comfortable with. Rejecting the premise.
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None of this is “good faith political debate,” and it’s not a coincidence that all these outlets are suddenly interested in the same “discussion” at the same time.
Treating women’s humanity like a thought exercise makes it that much easier to legislate away
Treating women’s humanity like a thought exercise makes it that much easier to legislate away
December 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
None of this is “good faith political debate,” and it’s not a coincidence that all these outlets are suddenly interested in the same “discussion” at the same time.
Treating women’s humanity like a thought exercise makes it that much easier to legislate away
Treating women’s humanity like a thought exercise makes it that much easier to legislate away
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Why decline all these chances to defend feminism? Because to participate would be accepting the premise that our rights and humanity are up for debate in the first place.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
December 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Why decline all these chances to defend feminism? Because to participate would be accepting the premise that our rights and humanity are up for debate in the first place.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
I have been informed by my game master that the arrogant ice queen I'm playing in her massively homebrewed social ttrpg we're playing is about to get her shit rocked in a social situation and has absolutely put her foot in shit without knowing and I am gloriously here for it.
December 21, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I have been informed by my game master that the arrogant ice queen I'm playing in her massively homebrewed social ttrpg we're playing is about to get her shit rocked in a social situation and has absolutely put her foot in shit without knowing and I am gloriously here for it.
I went and visited an old friend to drop off Christmas presents for him and his family today along with the friend's birthday present for the 28th.
I got called uncle Aaron by the kids and it was so damn sweet ya'll. My heart is full.
I got called uncle Aaron by the kids and it was so damn sweet ya'll. My heart is full.
December 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I went and visited an old friend to drop off Christmas presents for him and his family today along with the friend's birthday present for the 28th.
I got called uncle Aaron by the kids and it was so damn sweet ya'll. My heart is full.
I got called uncle Aaron by the kids and it was so damn sweet ya'll. My heart is full.
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The end goal is eugenicist. RFK and his ilk know that this will make vaccines more expensive and time-consuming — and therefore marginalized children are most likely to fall through the cracks.
This is about killing kids who aren't born to privilege.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
This is about killing kids who aren't born to privilege.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
U.S. plans to stop recommending most childhood vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The end goal is eugenicist. RFK and his ilk know that this will make vaccines more expensive and time-consuming — and therefore marginalized children are most likely to fall through the cracks.
This is about killing kids who aren't born to privilege.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
This is about killing kids who aren't born to privilege.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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6 days till Christmas! "Lady Snowflake", watercolor & ink.
Snowflakes float gently downwards on the winds of a winter night. Silence creeps within us, a quiet made gray & peaceful by blankets of white. A world sleeps in frozen beauty all its own.
Behold Winter and find solace in her pale dreaming.
Snowflakes float gently downwards on the winds of a winter night. Silence creeps within us, a quiet made gray & peaceful by blankets of white. A world sleeps in frozen beauty all its own.
Behold Winter and find solace in her pale dreaming.
December 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
6 days till Christmas! "Lady Snowflake", watercolor & ink.
Snowflakes float gently downwards on the winds of a winter night. Silence creeps within us, a quiet made gray & peaceful by blankets of white. A world sleeps in frozen beauty all its own.
Behold Winter and find solace in her pale dreaming.
Snowflakes float gently downwards on the winds of a winter night. Silence creeps within us, a quiet made gray & peaceful by blankets of white. A world sleeps in frozen beauty all its own.
Behold Winter and find solace in her pale dreaming.
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This is a great clip. Say no to the future they want.
But also actively build the future we want. Honestly, I think that's the part we're really struggling with. In the absence of our own vision to give us direction, we'll still get dragged along with whatever is happening.
But also actively build the future we want. Honestly, I think that's the part we're really struggling with. In the absence of our own vision to give us direction, we'll still get dragged along with whatever is happening.
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This is a great clip. Say no to the future they want.
But also actively build the future we want. Honestly, I think that's the part we're really struggling with. In the absence of our own vision to give us direction, we'll still get dragged along with whatever is happening.
But also actively build the future we want. Honestly, I think that's the part we're really struggling with. In the absence of our own vision to give us direction, we'll still get dragged along with whatever is happening.
Random thought as I get back to business tonight.
I see a lot of men talk about wanting to be treated like kings. Notice how few very want to be "good kings."
They desire the privileges, not the responsibility and in my knowledge of history those kings often have less than savory ends.
I see a lot of men talk about wanting to be treated like kings. Notice how few very want to be "good kings."
They desire the privileges, not the responsibility and in my knowledge of history those kings often have less than savory ends.
December 19, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Random thought as I get back to business tonight.
I see a lot of men talk about wanting to be treated like kings. Notice how few very want to be "good kings."
They desire the privileges, not the responsibility and in my knowledge of history those kings often have less than savory ends.
I see a lot of men talk about wanting to be treated like kings. Notice how few very want to be "good kings."
They desire the privileges, not the responsibility and in my knowledge of history those kings often have less than savory ends.
Spent some time playing around with ideas for the pantheon this dragon belongs to and I can only describe it as kind of wholesomely weird lol.
December 19, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Spent some time playing around with ideas for the pantheon this dragon belongs to and I can only describe it as kind of wholesomely weird lol.
I want to share this one again because I'm still proud of it. This is basically a continuation of a thing I was doing in art school where I was trying to world build this fantasy city of Esmeralda from the book Invisible Cities. This shot is a different part of the city and helps the vibe.
December 18, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I want to share this one again because I'm still proud of it. This is basically a continuation of a thing I was doing in art school where I was trying to world build this fantasy city of Esmeralda from the book Invisible Cities. This shot is a different part of the city and helps the vibe.
Oh lord! So many!
Mary, Mary, quite contrary
We get bored so we get married
And just like dust, we settle in this town
Mary, Mary, quite contrary
We get bored so we get married
And just like dust, we settle in this town
Name your fav song lyric.
December 18, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Oh lord! So many!
Mary, Mary, quite contrary
We get bored so we get married
And just like dust, we settle in this town
Mary, Mary, quite contrary
We get bored so we get married
And just like dust, we settle in this town