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Artista latina. The sentient roots of @araukana.bluesky.social
Eng/Spa/日本語 compatible. Posts on games, art, social sciences, anarcho-eco-feminism, etc. They/Them/She/Her
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A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO TTRPG ART COMMISSIONING AND LICENSING

It's done! Here is my guide to art commissioning, licensing, and art direction in TTRPGs. It's free to see, has contract and brief templates, and plenty of resources to aid in art literacy in the space.

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A Comprehensive Guide to TTRPG Art Commissioning & Licensing | Araukana
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It's frustrating that this has to come out on The Atlantic for people to take it seriously, and simultaneously, it doesn't point at the fact that "expanding profitability via audience targeting" isn't a recipe to actually solve the racism that's in D&D's DNA.
November 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Reshare: Zephyr is a labor of love, bursting with full-spread illustrations by Federico Sohns. As per their estimate, Sohns would've spent potentially a thousand hours just on the art for the book.

www.rascal.news/zephyrs-swee...
Zephyr’s sweeping art brings an alien world to life
How Federico Sohns went from learning to paint to illustrating a whole book.
www.rascal.news
November 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Underrated Zephyr aspect: The fact that the book is 11" by 6.5" instead of the US letter 11" by 8.5" standard, and works perfectly fine art-wise and for layout, while feeling easier to carry.

IMHO there's no reason to strictly stick to US letter or Digest size.
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 AM
man.
learning languages is such a wild trip. especially when you have some degree of consciousness of the way the process requires your brain and shit
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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July 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The 光が死んだの夏 OST is fabulous, and it reminds me of Bobby Krlic's Midsommar OST in how the theme of Summer is musicalized in the context of horror.

It makes me yearn for so much more of this type of horror

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The Summer Hikaru Died
YouTube video by Taro Umebayashi - Topic
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November 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I find it very shitty when j-ytubers talk about how hard it is for foreigners to find an apartment in Japan and make a show of all the issues instead of just... going ahead and plugging companies that *do* rent to foreigners. f-apartments, エイブル, fucken Leopalace21 like, actually help out, fam
November 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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In the #ZephyrRPG, you travel the back of a sentient, walking landmass as the Windfolk - sentimental constructs that seek to fulfill sacred obligations by travelling through the wondrous landscapes of Ophoi, mediated through a system based on color tokens, survival, and mutual aid.

Links below!
October 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I always get at least a hint of paranoia whenever I talk openly about how hard it is for me to make a living in this industry, I gather people who would work with me may see it and pass me out because I don't sell or whatever. But I keep doing it in the hope someone at least will fucking, idk...
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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I'm sure we'll all be told this is imperialist propaganda to make China look bad and ACTUALLY they very much like uwu smol bean tankies and don't openly oppress queer people.
SCOOP: China's top 2 gay dating apps, Blued and Finka, became unavailable on app stores over the weekend. Apple confirmed to WIRED that it removed the two apps following "an order from the Cyberspace Administration of China."

latest with @lmatsakis.bsky.social
Apple Pulls China’s Top Gay Dating Apps After Government Order
The removal of Blued and Finka marks another setback for China’s marginalized LGBTQ+ community.
www.wired.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Amelia core
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
fucking hilarious
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 AM
greengrocer cat
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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Game mechanics aren't that special.

There is nothing inherently better about rolling 2d6 vs a d12, rolling over or under a stat for a skill check, or using tokens.

The special part is when you, the designer, noticing how a particular mechanic lets you share a part of the human experience
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Emergency commissions!

I got laid off last weeek. If y'all wanna help out a (human) Latino artist from the Global South, commission me some art!

#Art #OC #CharacterPortrait #TTRPG #DnD #Commission #NotAI
October 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It's great you did all that research but how come you had no idea about all this *before* going 😭
November 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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This week, @meghan0n.bsky.social takes a lonely journey into the mysterious expanses of cyan starlight a scifi roleplaying by Alan Bahr from @adepticarus.com

Discover how cyan starlight creates a challenging but rewarding journey through the stars 📘🚀
tabletopbookshelf.com/blogs/tablet...
READ & REVIEWED: cyan starlight
By Meghan Ellis The stars have grown quiet. The fission engines have cooled. The rage and death have ended. As the last living remnant of humanity, a solitary explorer must traverse a cold and remorse...
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November 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
November 9, 2025 at 7:03 AM
The Summer Hikaru Died:
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 AM
There's no such thing as an ubiquitous community. Ubiquity is anathema to that. I have community with the people I play and talk TTRPGs here in Buenos Aires, and with a couple of people in Discord.

If by community you mean the "space", it is toxic, though not diametrically worse than other spaces.
TTRPG Question of the Day

Do you think the TTRPG community is toxic?

This is a different kind of question. I've seen people say that the TTRPG community is highly toxic, sharing experiences of racism, sexism, & gatekeeping. Do you think the hobby experiences this more or less than other fandoms?
November 9, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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My Vietnamese friend just told me about Caodaism, and it has to be the most fascinating religion I’ve ever seen. I’m in awe.

We have Buddha, Laozi, Li Bai, Confucius, Guanyin, Guan Yu, Jesus, and Jiang Ziya. All of them. *Together.*

I am nerding out SO badly right now
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The Summer Hikaru Died AKA Gay-Ghosted
November 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Today I was studying at a cafe in the mall and my two best friends showed up. Random encounter in Buenos Aires is wild given how big it is. I was so happy; it reminded me of how often that would happen back in MARKIS in Fukuoka, and how nice it was (Fukuoka is way smaller).
November 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The first time I ever saw a dishwasher was when I was 16 at my girlfriend's house (she was bougie) and I immediately thought it was fucked ridiculous when you can wear gloves. Also, it was always a nice gesture to hand wash the dishes of someone who invited you to have a meal.
November 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM