HardWiredWeird
hardwiredweird.bsky.social
HardWiredWeird
@hardwiredweird.bsky.social
Storyteller, maker of pictures and general queer weirdo.

Do not download and repost my art to other profiles!
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I always start with face 🤭
August 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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While defending the luddite argument in Discord, I stumbled into this IMO succinct explanation for opposing generative AI:

At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.
August 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Since the Steam situation is the newest bee in my bonnet ... am I the only one who finds it interesting that after the AAA Industry was freaking out about indie games it is now the two biggest platforms for indie developers to be able to monetize their games that are being attacked?
August 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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It's that time again, Dreamers - I'm live on #Twitch for Tenno Tuesday! The Tauforged Goblin Crew and I are taking on Amar tonight, then off to the Netracells for more shards. Come hang out, say hello, and enjoy the shenanigans:

www.twitch.tv/hexergraf

#Warframe #TennoCreate
a video game character is standing in a dark room with a monitor that says ' a.p. ' on it
ALT: a video game character is standing in a dark room with a monitor that says ' a.p. ' on it
media.tenor.com
August 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Getting back to it. I'm feeling rusty as hell, but I'm happy to get some art in again. So, some Warframe fanart it is.

#warframe #fanart #gouache
August 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Quick and very messy sketch of Arthur Nightingale from Warframe 1999.
August 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Bringing this back because this has been my life for the last week:
February 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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yeah there's a lot of "create weird art" and not a lot of "your favorite artist can't balance their shitty dayjob and emergency expenses with creating art" or "your favorite artist is burnt out because they've been doing more commissions than personal art for years"
January 27, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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The true meaning of "The Great Despair," and the legit worst part of #Warframe 1999: when you hit Best Friends with everyone, and the daily messages stop coming. :( I'm begging you, DE: don't punish me for doing bounties. T_T

@foxsyn.bsky.social suggested this, and it is PAINFULLY ACCURATE.

#art
January 4, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Bit of a throwback, but I am vibrating out of my skin waiting for the #Warframe announcements during the Game awards.
My Operator and my version of Ordan Karis.
December 11, 2024 at 7:49 PM
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Tonight's quick reminder: if someone posts a creative work, do not offer your critique unless the creator explicitly asked for it.

Unsolicited advice is criticism, always.
December 8, 2024 at 10:05 PM
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If you're an author or musician, don't bother following me if you have a generated AI banner or icon, I'll just block you. I'm not interested in puzzling out whether you're a thief or just a hypocrite.
December 3, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Quick screencap study to work through my #arcane feels and artblock.
#fanart #digitalart
December 6, 2024 at 3:58 PM
I feel like it's really telling that a recurring complaint I see from a certain crowd about DATV is that you can't be an asshole to people...
November 29, 2024 at 6:44 AM
Oh man, I haven't been here in a while.
Life has gone a bit crazy and I have been nursing an injured shoulder, but I'm still drawing when I can.
I have also fallen headfirst into #warframe .... so, hey, lemme come back with some WF fanart?
Quick study/style exploration on Amir.
November 27, 2024 at 7:34 AM
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I'm begging you please, if you have ever enjoyed erotic art of any kind, tell these websites like Patreon and Gumroad to stop censoring us! It's going to stop existing if you don't!
March 18, 2024 at 11:41 PM
So, I've recently fallen headfirst into Warframe...

There might be some fanart of it coming...
March 16, 2024 at 9:36 AM
Oh man.

I've recently gone on a bit of a social media detox. Plenty of things (and sometimes also people) around that were not doing too good for my mental health.

I'm still drawing, learning, improving and focusing on my health.
March 16, 2024 at 9:34 AM
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Ahh, i can hear your cries already: "But I never know what to comment!"

As usual, you're overthinking things again. You don't need an essay!

The word "cool" has never and will never go out of style. Just cool. Boom, done.

Or!

Three emojis, any three except 💩, and make one a heart!

Easy, right?
I'm copying @geneljumalon.bsky.social 's Twitter post on this subject, but I made one for Bluesky because it's so important; these simple free actions are vital to an artist's success on this and any platform.
March 15, 2024 at 5:03 AM
My year started out wild and I can't believe that we're already a month in.
Oh well. Hey, hi, hello, I'm still alive and still doing my thing. Here's a quick sketch during some dead time today.

#goodomens
February 1, 2024 at 12:49 PM
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Today is the day. Nightshade v1.0 is ready. Performance tuning is done, UI fixes are done.

You can download Nightshade v1.0 from nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu

Please read the what-is page and also the User's Guide on how to run Nightshade. It is a bit more involved than Glaze
nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu
January 19, 2024 at 2:39 AM
Dear (especially youtube) reviewers: Learn some nuance!
'Reviews' along the lines of "this thing sucks, buy this instead!" and then 'this' being twice the price or a completely different usecase are not helpful.
December 29, 2023 at 9:22 AM
I am on the last page of my sketchbook.
The goal was to finish it by the 31st. So .... go me! Now to decide which one of the ones I have lying around here will be the next one.
December 21, 2023 at 12:03 PM
I might have gone and bought a Switch and I don't think I have enjoyed gaming quite this much in YEARS.

I've always had a weird fondness for portable consoles and the Switch hits all the right spots.
December 11, 2023 at 9:22 PM