Brillig J. Bandersnatch @ Ringoid Labs
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Home of Bitkin, the City of Elseways, Tessera, and whatever else the Wandering Mind sees fit to turn its energy to. Current project: a series of assorted small things
Obscure word I just learned: "calavance". It's the name of a type of bean, but it's also a word for any kind of food made out of beans (e.g. tofu or hummus or refried beans). It's old and obscure enough to have a bunch of alternate spellings that are all derived from the word "garbanzo".
December 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Obscure word I just learned: "calavance". It's the name of a type of bean, but it's also a word for any kind of food made out of beans (e.g. tofu or hummus or refried beans). It's old and obscure enough to have a bunch of alternate spellings that are all derived from the word "garbanzo".
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice In Chains.
I have a history with this album (from '91). It's the first CD I ever heard, and I'm still in love with much of it. I used to be way more into musicals than now, but this album still slaps (that bass).
I have a history with this album (from '91). It's the first CD I ever heard, and I'm still in love with much of it. I used to be way more into musicals than now, but this album still slaps (that bass).
December 28, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice In Chains.
I have a history with this album (from '91). It's the first CD I ever heard, and I'm still in love with much of it. I used to be way more into musicals than now, but this album still slaps (that bass).
I have a history with this album (from '91). It's the first CD I ever heard, and I'm still in love with much of it. I used to be way more into musicals than now, but this album still slaps (that bass).
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December 28, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I'm neurodivergent enough to have problems telling if anything I do is silly or not. I just use art the way I always have: to make things I want to see.
I know I'm overthinking this, but learning to loosen up and be more comfortable being silly is part of one of my goals this year.
I know I'm overthinking this, but learning to loosen up and be more comfortable being silly is part of one of my goals this year.
December 28, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I'm neurodivergent enough to have problems telling if anything I do is silly or not. I just use art the way I always have: to make things I want to see.
I know I'm overthinking this, but learning to loosen up and be more comfortable being silly is part of one of my goals this year.
I know I'm overthinking this, but learning to loosen up and be more comfortable being silly is part of one of my goals this year.
Jazmine and Lexl are just a few years apart in age and they're both relative newcomers to the city, so it makes sense they'd be friends. The middle school and high school are next to one another, so they like to meet up to walk together.
December 27, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Jazmine and Lexl are just a few years apart in age and they're both relative newcomers to the city, so it makes sense they'd be friends. The middle school and high school are next to one another, so they like to meet up to walk together.
Everyone in Elseways is encouraged to do regular maintenance. Clothlings need to stay clean and get any small holes stitched up before they get bigger. Robots need lubricant and OS updates. Even ghosts need to check in with a spirit medium now and again to make sure they're not going crazy.
December 27, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Everyone in Elseways is encouraged to do regular maintenance. Clothlings need to stay clean and get any small holes stitched up before they get bigger. Robots need lubricant and OS updates. Even ghosts need to check in with a spirit medium now and again to make sure they're not going crazy.
Jazmine more or less came to me in a dream a couple nights ago. She's not related to Vesta, but the two of them have enough in common that they're seen together a lot.
I'm experimenting here with being simpler and sketchier and I think it came out well.
I'm experimenting here with being simpler and sketchier and I think it came out well.
December 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Jazmine more or less came to me in a dream a couple nights ago. She's not related to Vesta, but the two of them have enough in common that they're seen together a lot.
I'm experimenting here with being simpler and sketchier and I think it came out well.
I'm experimenting here with being simpler and sketchier and I think it came out well.
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Some thoughts as I get to bed here, after playing a bit of The Dragon's Trap — the modern remake, with the incredibly cute animation. I thoroughly enjoy that art style, and it makes me wonder if I'm overcomplicating my own. I could honestly use something like that simplicity.
December 25, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Some thoughts as I get to bed here, after playing a bit of The Dragon's Trap — the modern remake, with the incredibly cute animation. I thoroughly enjoy that art style, and it makes me wonder if I'm overcomplicating my own. I could honestly use something like that simplicity.
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Have yourself an Ambigramic Christmas
December 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Have yourself an Ambigramic Christmas
Leaving out deities, spirits, and other ageless beings, the physically oldest would be Prof. Vassa Naganti, who's a bit over 100 (but looks about half that age). The youngest might be Lexl (he's 12); I tend not to have younger kid characters.
Rank your OCs from oldest to youngest! (in terms of their physical age, not their creation date)
#dailyocs
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December 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Leaving out deities, spirits, and other ageless beings, the physically oldest would be Prof. Vassa Naganti, who's a bit over 100 (but looks about half that age). The youngest might be Lexl (he's 12); I tend not to have younger kid characters.
This is actually the whole point of Elseways. A city of half a million people from a huge variety of different worlds, all with their own needs, all trying to get along with each other — it takes a whole lot of otherwise-boring planning and infrastructure to make that work.
December 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This is actually the whole point of Elseways. A city of half a million people from a huge variety of different worlds, all with their own needs, all trying to get along with each other — it takes a whole lot of otherwise-boring planning and infrastructure to make that work.
Elseways has Christmas, of course, but it's one component of a much longer holiday season that runs from Winter Solstice to New Years' Day. Even holidays that don't always fit these bounds (e.g. Hanukkah) are included as part of this category; everyone is encouraged to celebrate their own way.
December 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Elseways has Christmas, of course, but it's one component of a much longer holiday season that runs from Winter Solstice to New Years' Day. Even holidays that don't always fit these bounds (e.g. Hanukkah) are included as part of this category; everyone is encouraged to celebrate their own way.
Dreamed of a pink rabbit girl who I was attempting to make a sculpture of (out of something like coconut oil; mostly solid except melting slightly at my touch). She wasn't pleased when I asked her to take her head off so I could sculpt it and her body separately.
December 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Dreamed of a pink rabbit girl who I was attempting to make a sculpture of (out of something like coconut oil; mostly solid except melting slightly at my touch). She wasn't pleased when I asked her to take her head off so I could sculpt it and her body separately.
Various sketches of Arkha, the Bitkin Admin who takes everything a little too seriously and wishes the world she had the job of supervising and recording could be more realistic and less abstract. She was outvoted on that point 4–1 and is still a bit annoyed at how cartoonish everyone else looks.
December 24, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Various sketches of Arkha, the Bitkin Admin who takes everything a little too seriously and wishes the world she had the job of supervising and recording could be more realistic and less abstract. She was outvoted on that point 4–1 and is still a bit annoyed at how cartoonish everyone else looks.
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Local tyrannosaurus is dressed for Christmas.
December 23, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Local tyrannosaurus is dressed for Christmas.
Fave pic of 2025
This was taken in September at the shore of Lake Wilderness, which is a nice peaceful park that's not too far away from me.
This was taken in September at the shore of Lake Wilderness, which is a nice peaceful park that's not too far away from me.
December 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Fave pic of 2025
This was taken in September at the shore of Lake Wilderness, which is a nice peaceful park that's not too far away from me.
This was taken in September at the shore of Lake Wilderness, which is a nice peaceful park that's not too far away from me.
Felt like sketching this crew again: Blit's old friends from school, the creators of the Bitkin world, back when they got along. They had a bad falling out later on that nearly destroyed that whole world and its inhabitants, and that story is still one I want to tell someday.
December 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Felt like sketching this crew again: Blit's old friends from school, the creators of the Bitkin world, back when they got along. They had a bad falling out later on that nearly destroyed that whole world and its inhabitants, and that story is still one I want to tell someday.
I haven't drawn Seski Haffagan in long enough that I think Ilost track of what her old job was. She's now an apprentice plumber, using her long flexible body to fit into tight spaces to fix things. She's partnered with Cielo Leyendas (Lexl's big brother), who handles the larger jobs.
December 22, 2025 at 7:03 AM
I haven't drawn Seski Haffagan in long enough that I think Ilost track of what her old job was. She's now an apprentice plumber, using her long flexible body to fit into tight spaces to fix things. She's partnered with Cielo Leyendas (Lexl's big brother), who handles the larger jobs.
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shortest day today, it all gets lighter from here 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
December 21, 2025 at 10:09 AM
shortest day today, it all gets lighter from here 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
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Show me how your 2025 went
December 21, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Show me how your 2025 went