Der-shing 德馨 Helmer
@shingworks.com
Award-winning science-fantasy & edu comic creator 🌱 www.shingworks.com Dorstenia enthusiast | Managing editor at Vault Comics | Dangerous Nights Crew
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After a year of some significant personal failures, I'm glad I at least get some professional ones to lean on. Got to contribute to one of our biggest releases this year AND got to manage this thing. Can't have it all but I guess you can have something.
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
After a year of some significant personal failures, I'm glad I at least get some professional ones to lean on. Got to contribute to one of our biggest releases this year AND got to manage this thing. Can't have it all but I guess you can have something.
After a 41 days, including a week in overtime, our campaign is finally over, finishing 1st the BK comics category and 4th overall on the site with over 2.6M raised, gee whiz. I'm really happy how this turned out (and happy I get to sleep again, lol)
I don't talk about dayjob stuff much anymore, but I'll make an exception here cuz I'm happy with how our new campaign for Dungeon Crawler Carl came together. And proud of the creators and everyone who worked on this thing!! (except @adamccahoon.bsky.social)
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/v...
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/v...
The Dungeon Crawler Carl: CROCODILE graphic novel
Hello, Crawlers! We're so pleased to invite you to CROCODILE, Dungeon Crawler Carl's first official graphic novel expansion. Now get out there and kill, kill, ki--er, pledge!
www.backerkit.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
After a 41 days, including a week in overtime, our campaign is finally over, finishing 1st the BK comics category and 4th overall on the site with over 2.6M raised, gee whiz. I'm really happy how this turned out (and happy I get to sleep again, lol)
UHM… I have two different clones of D. gigas flowering at the same time… this is not a drill…
I feel like the dog that finally caught the car, I have no idea what I should do now, lol. I guess just makeup brush pollination and pray to the powers that be
I feel like the dog that finally caught the car, I have no idea what I should do now, lol. I guess just makeup brush pollination and pray to the powers that be
November 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
UHM… I have two different clones of D. gigas flowering at the same time… this is not a drill…
I feel like the dog that finally caught the car, I have no idea what I should do now, lol. I guess just makeup brush pollination and pray to the powers that be
I feel like the dog that finally caught the car, I have no idea what I should do now, lol. I guess just makeup brush pollination and pray to the powers that be
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*scratching neck* where them NYC results
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
*scratching neck* where them NYC results
living on the edge (repotting a sensitive plant in november)
November 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM
living on the edge (repotting a sensitive plant in november)
love when websites want you to give up your biometric data. why the fuck do you need to know what i look like. even i don't want to know what i look like
October 31, 2025 at 2:58 PM
love when websites want you to give up your biometric data. why the fuck do you need to know what i look like. even i don't want to know what i look like
Pondering large catfish, as I often do... re: the phenomenon of Noodling (fishing), I imagine it would be immensely satisfying to have that bigass fish dangling off your arm like Samus from Metroid
(I'm disregarding ethics/ the wants of the fish, obvi) (just pure selfish noodling (thinking))
(I'm disregarding ethics/ the wants of the fish, obvi) (just pure selfish noodling (thinking))
October 31, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Pondering large catfish, as I often do... re: the phenomenon of Noodling (fishing), I imagine it would be immensely satisfying to have that bigass fish dangling off your arm like Samus from Metroid
(I'm disregarding ethics/ the wants of the fish, obvi) (just pure selfish noodling (thinking))
(I'm disregarding ethics/ the wants of the fish, obvi) (just pure selfish noodling (thinking))
I’ve been in Tucson for 20 mins and already drowning in best friends
October 23, 2025 at 7:23 AM
I’ve been in Tucson for 20 mins and already drowning in best friends
It's that beautiful time of year where, as the sky's clear blue gives way to oranges and deep purples, the evening is ushered in by the dulcet tones of the 9 ft tall shrieking animatronic demon with flapping wings that our neighbors put in their front yard
October 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM
It's that beautiful time of year where, as the sky's clear blue gives way to oranges and deep purples, the evening is ushered in by the dulcet tones of the 9 ft tall shrieking animatronic demon with flapping wings that our neighbors put in their front yard
i can't overstate this; screaming, crying, throwing up
plant encounters. look @shingworks.com it's another one of your lil guys. did a drawing too
October 16, 2025 at 1:11 AM
i can't overstate this; screaming, crying, throwing up
Rest in peace to Queen Silver, my favorite quail. She was 4.5 years old. I'm glad I gave her an inadvisable amount of mealworms as her last meal yesterday. She's survived by her sisters Caramel and Irish Creme.
Very on-brand of her to bounce on the first windy, rainy day of autumn. I'll miss her.
Very on-brand of her to bounce on the first windy, rainy day of autumn. I'll miss her.
October 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Rest in peace to Queen Silver, my favorite quail. She was 4.5 years old. I'm glad I gave her an inadvisable amount of mealworms as her last meal yesterday. She's survived by her sisters Caramel and Irish Creme.
Very on-brand of her to bounce on the first windy, rainy day of autumn. I'll miss her.
Very on-brand of her to bounce on the first windy, rainy day of autumn. I'll miss her.
Got to see some real Tiffany lamps today from an interesting friends’ private collection… I didn’t get it before, but now I do. Goddamn they did some crazy stuff with glass and metal
October 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Got to see some real Tiffany lamps today from an interesting friends’ private collection… I didn’t get it before, but now I do. Goddamn they did some crazy stuff with glass and metal
my husband got me DRUNK
October 8, 2025 at 3:16 AM
my husband got me DRUNK
DORS
didn't get to the beach (too hot, turned back halfway there ha ha) but the woods here have some cool stuff in them
October 6, 2025 at 1:35 AM
DORS
About to make the wisest possible investment of time and materials I’ve attempted yet. I’ll update with a pic if successful.
October 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
About to make the wisest possible investment of time and materials I’ve attempted yet. I’ll update with a pic if successful.
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Comic books are (and this isn’t hyperbole) the greatest story telling medium that has ever existed. The combination of text and images rendered with a human hand is the most direct path from one mind to another. All other medium pale in comparison.
Anyone have a particularly hot comic take?
October 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Comic books are (and this isn’t hyperbole) the greatest story telling medium that has ever existed. The combination of text and images rendered with a human hand is the most direct path from one mind to another. All other medium pale in comparison.
I don't talk about dayjob stuff much anymore, but I'll make an exception here cuz I'm happy with how our new campaign for Dungeon Crawler Carl came together. And proud of the creators and everyone who worked on this thing!! (except @adamccahoon.bsky.social)
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/v...
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/v...
The Dungeon Crawler Carl: CROCODILE graphic novel
Hello, Crawlers! We're so pleased to invite you to CROCODILE, Dungeon Crawler Carl's first official graphic novel expansion. Now get out there and kill, kill, ki--er, pledge!
www.backerkit.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I don't talk about dayjob stuff much anymore, but I'll make an exception here cuz I'm happy with how our new campaign for Dungeon Crawler Carl came together. And proud of the creators and everyone who worked on this thing!! (except @adamccahoon.bsky.social)
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/v...
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/v...
EXTREMELY betrayed to find out that all the Gulf Fritillary caterpillars I've been herding from my chewed up seedlings to an adult plant for the last 2 months are not in fact harboring dangerous spines, but are just spiny for show to fool predators!! I thought we were FRIENDS. I've been had.
![screencap of wikipedia showing a spiny black and orange caterpillar. The text reads, "Despite being covered in spikes, gulf fritillary larvae are not a stinging caterpillar.[10] The spikes are soft to the touch and serve the purpose of scaring predators"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uxtokhxzncqowunxugxf5v4d/bafkreiau7ehcleag2sxxbcre2exeyx6gh5cdwl4ms2lxeao2nxyjyprmle@jpeg)
September 29, 2025 at 1:50 AM
EXTREMELY betrayed to find out that all the Gulf Fritillary caterpillars I've been herding from my chewed up seedlings to an adult plant for the last 2 months are not in fact harboring dangerous spines, but are just spiny for show to fool predators!! I thought we were FRIENDS. I've been had.
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Happy to announce that my poem "Perish and Live Forever," which first appeared in MEXICANS ON THE MOON, has just won the @sfpoetry.bsky.social 's Dwarf Star Award for poetry. This award is for best micro poem of 10 lines or less. Many thanks to members who voted. It is a big honor. Much love!
September 24, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Happy to announce that my poem "Perish and Live Forever," which first appeared in MEXICANS ON THE MOON, has just won the @sfpoetry.bsky.social 's Dwarf Star Award for poetry. This award is for best micro poem of 10 lines or less. Many thanks to members who voted. It is a big honor. Much love!
I've had this on my computer for 2 decades. it's still funny tho so whatever, happy autumn
September 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I've had this on my computer for 2 decades. it's still funny tho so whatever, happy autumn
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How ghost crabs 👻🦀 run so fast 🏃:
At top speed, they push with their trailing legs (L if crab running R) like a vaulter's pole, leaping into the air!
Their leading legs (R if crab running R) don't "step". They use those legs like skis 🎿, bouncing off the sand!
doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
At top speed, they push with their trailing legs (L if crab running R) like a vaulter's pole, leaping into the air!
Their leading legs (R if crab running R) don't "step". They use those legs like skis 🎿, bouncing off the sand!
doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
September 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
How ghost crabs 👻🦀 run so fast 🏃:
At top speed, they push with their trailing legs (L if crab running R) like a vaulter's pole, leaping into the air!
Their leading legs (R if crab running R) don't "step". They use those legs like skis 🎿, bouncing off the sand!
doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
At top speed, they push with their trailing legs (L if crab running R) like a vaulter's pole, leaping into the air!
Their leading legs (R if crab running R) don't "step". They use those legs like skis 🎿, bouncing off the sand!
doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
Thank you to everyone who at-ted me on this. You are correct, this truly is me.
I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
September 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Thank you to everyone who at-ted me on this. You are correct, this truly is me.
I am filled with JOY. JOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
arifolia, probably? going by the shape of the inflorescence. sorry @shingworks.com I am a human border collie w regards to doing things
September 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I am filled with JOY. JOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!