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Viv
@toastergrl.bsky.social
580 followers 260 following 140 posts
29, she/it

Artist, writer, programmer. Previously 21331 LEGO Ideas Sonic, Kart Krew Dev's Ring Racers, SRB2 (& Kart). I like making things!
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toastergrl.bsky.social
Bought a sketchbook. Trying to rekindle my creative juices. Here's "wizard car" (2/?)
A black and white comic, done in pencil in a sketchbook. Panel 1: A distant view of a road running through a barren desert. There are a handful of large clouds in the sky, a sign in the distance, a mountain even further down the road, and a loopdeloop in the other direction. There is a broken down car and some sort of encampment with smoke coming off it. Down the road past the sign, there is a small dust trail being kicked up. Floating in the sky are the words '"wizard car" by viv g'. Panel 2: a close up of a bearded person's face. They are wearing a big shaded hat and slightly oversized sunglasses balanced on their knobbly nose. Reflected in the sunglasses are the broken down car from panel 1 (with the hood popped open and apparently no wheels), and a look further down the road towards the oncoming dust cloud. Panel 3: a close-up of what appears to be a motorbike, with a jumpsuited person wearing gloves riding it (and fast). The motorbike(?) has a strange inscription on the side, and no front wheel is visible - instead, a cylinder is mounted underneath in a bracket, with what appears to be woodgrain on the end of that cylinder. Page 2 of a sketchbook, with a black and white comic done in pencil. Panel 1: A wide shot of what we thought was a motorbike and its rider. It's actually a motorBROOM - a combination of modern motorbike and witches' broom. Smoke gently pours off of the bristles as it stops, with the jumpsuited rider placing one boot on the ground gently. There is another, different inscription on the other side of the motorbroom's gas tank, and a container box behind the seat. We can see that the rider is wearing both a backpack and a striped helmet with a wing on it. Panel 2-4: a short sequence of the rider taking their helmet off, revealing a feminine disposition, robust nose and bangs covering a single eye. In the 4th panel she says "Mg. Erstwham, reg. ex-heich-twenty-six, zee-bee-five?" In a rounded-rectangle speechbubble. Panel 5: The wizard takes a moment to look at the rider, with both in silhouette save for the wizard's sunglasses. The wizard was in the middle of taking a puff from a truly gigantic bong with lead, which is what was causing the smoke in panel 1 of the previous page - they've been here a while. Panel 6: Two shots of the wizard. The first is of them coughing terribly with the onomatopoeia "KOFF KOFF KOFF". The second is the first good look we get at them - elven pointy ears, a big-ass cloak, and droopy hat. In a hexagonal speechbubble, with additional "koff"s behind it, the wizard states "this is she.", all in lowercase. Up until this point, the reader has been led to believe this character is a man. Examine your biases!
January 2, 2026 at 2:25 PM
toastergrl.bsky.social
it's been a challenging year. I would complain but "challenging" was a BIG step up from 2024 because at least challenges can be beaten. last year held no punches - '25 had its lows but it at least fit a pattern of growing pains
December 31, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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spavel.bsky.social
Happy 20th anniversary to "Samoyed and teddy bear" on Wikimedia Commons.

"This is a picture of my samoyed with a teddy bear. I release all rights to it, it would just be nice if her image could survive forever."

commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sa...
A white samoyed dog is sleeping in the lap of a large teddy bear, easily three times the size of the dog. The bear's paw is placed on the dog's back and its face is arranged looking down onto the dog.
December 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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rincewind.run
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
All right," said Susan. "I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need... fantasies to make life bearable." REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE. "Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—" YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES. "So we can believe the big ones?" YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING. "They're not the same at all!" YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET—Death waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME...SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED. "Yes, but people have got to believe that, or what's the point—" MY POINT EXACTLY.
December 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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shadolith.bsky.social
now the fungus is growing
and spores are bestowing a snowy veneer

it’s the most
wonderful slime
of the year
December 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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diveamydive.bsky.social
Regular reminder that the majority of the people who dreamed up the stories you love are, like, BROKE broke, and that most of the money spent on their work was given to Some Guy™️ instead.
December 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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flavorfoley.bsky.social
「Is that human after all?」

Human
ft. SF-A2 MIKI

YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbuN...
Streaming: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
December 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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jamies.page
🔳SQUARE UP⬆️
with @peakdivide.bsky.social
feat. @rachel.dcellgames.com & megpoid GUMI
for UNBEATABLE by @dcellgames.com
mv out NOW!!! ❤️💚
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZVF...
December 16, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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2mello.net
There's the "I want shorter games worse graphics not kidding etc etc" phrase, how about "I want artists to be able to make mistakes and make weird unappealing shit sometimes and not starve"
December 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
toastergrl.bsky.social
A knockoff Kasane Teto plush (usually a girl with red twin-drill hair in an idol singer's outfit, but the knockoff has pink instead) is in a situation, sitting clasped in the maw of a giant planet toy with a horned mouth. This oversized toy is of the monster planet Transformers, Unicron. Surrounding this toy is a number of plushies, statuettes, and other far smaller figures, plus a flag of blue and pink and white, slightly softening the existential dread of such a large product made entirely of processed petroleum.
December 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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fuurhymeswithdrew.bsky.social
What if UFO Catcher sounded like the Sonic 3 special stage?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYX7...

#RingRacers #chiptune
UFO Catcher (Blue Sphere Remix)
YouTube video by fuurhymeswithdrew
www.youtube.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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dcellgames.com
Save 10% on UNBEATABLE on Steam
UNBEATABLE is a rhythm adventure where music is illegal and you do crimes. Follow the story of Beat and her band on the run, in a narrative experience full of big emotions powered by arcade-flawless r...
store.steampowered.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
toastergrl.bsky.social
Corp spokespeople will just say anything. "Netflix acquiring WB will offer more choice and greater value for consumers." No it won't. That straight up isn't true
December 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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skeletonizer.bsky.social
just found out that listening to kiss from a rose at 4 times speed sounds like Irish folk music, using this knowledge for evil
December 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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knife87.bsky.social
chatting
December 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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sameasiteverwoz.bsky.social
And Finally, here's the Legacy Stunticons combined into Menasor!

Painted the sword and altered the head to make it more resemble the Kre-o version. Otherwise the main challenge was fabricating a connector for Construct Bots Breakdown that wasn't too loose or too tight.
December 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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cathodegaytube.bsky.social
comms r open at $100 for a colored img and $85 a sketch baby!!! money's getting tight round here hehe
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
toastergrl.bsky.social
There are lots of beautiful pieces at the V&A but this little table really catches my eye. Distracted imagining it as doomcute though
A tile-top table, displayed in a glass case in the V&A museum
November 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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nightshade.technology
ordered food here. the server did 7 frame-perfect turnarounds in a row and launched themselves through the door speeding past my table at 700km/h but the plate was perfect. 5 star service, would eat here again
TAS restaurant
April 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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acvalens.com
This is your sign btw that you should call Mastercard
acvalens.com Ana Valens | 🔞 @acvalens.com · Nov 24
Spoke to my source familiar with internal workings at Mastercard. The holiday call campaign re payment processor censorship is working, there is a lot of pressure being felt from your calls. This is resulting in increased response times at a core moment for Mastercard due to the holiday season
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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gayrobot.bsky.social
several devs argued for about 5 minutes about why this even happened #ringracers
November 25, 2025 at 6:16 AM
toastergrl.bsky.social
I don't really talk about the rat these days but god, Sonic 82 goes some places. Clunky language in places but genuinely floored by how sweet and caring and *sympathetic* the depiction of plurality is. It's not a bad thing, just a thing-thing 😭
November 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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shadolith.bsky.social
💿 EP RELEASE!! 💿

🎹 Do No Harm (Atrial Mix)
🎸 Do No Harm (Ventricular Mix)

By me, @jamies.page, & @snapcube.gay

OUT NOW

shadolith.bandcamp.com/album/do-no-...
Do No Harm, by Jamie Paige, Marcy Nabors, & Penny Parker
2 track album
shadolith.bandcamp.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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thelastgherkin.bsky.social
Attention comics fans! My latest obsession is The Marvel Bumper comic, a late 80s UK anthology comic containing properties as diverse as Doctor Who, The Real Ghostbusters, and Tom & Jerry. And I need YOUR help to raise the money to get these books to me and my scanner!

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November 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM