coby
@cobalt-ex.bsky.social
artist but i mostly sketch, writer but i mostly plan. i made too many characters and now i have to make visual novels about it
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coby
@cobalt-ex.bsky.social
· Oct 22
The web site of cobaltex
cobaltex.neocities.org
other links:
- i've got a website you can look at! it's got a gallery and a bunch of info on future projects: cobaltex.neocities.org
- i've made a couple of games! someday there will be more:
cobaltexe.itch.io
- i've got a website you can look at! it's got a gallery and a bunch of info on future projects: cobaltex.neocities.org
- i've made a couple of games! someday there will be more:
cobaltexe.itch.io
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What if dolls were normal
November 19, 2025 at 3:24 AM
What if dolls were normal
gamedev is about having an angel on your shoulder saying “remember to pace yourself and create a solid minimum viable product to prevent scope creep” and a devil saying “how hard would it *really* be to have hatsune miku sing an album of kickin rad metal gear rising style boss songs”
November 19, 2025 at 9:09 AM
gamedev is about having an angel on your shoulder saying “remember to pace yourself and create a solid minimum viable product to prevent scope creep” and a devil saying “how hard would it *really* be to have hatsune miku sing an album of kickin rad metal gear rising style boss songs”
robocop is a real, inspector gadget is a super. six million dollar man is a real, kamen rider is a super. (pressing my fingers to my temples) bicentennial man has a completely average stat build but access to useful spirits like vigor and sense, situationally becoming a functional real or super. fri
November 18, 2025 at 4:37 AM
robocop is a real, inspector gadget is a super. six million dollar man is a real, kamen rider is a super. (pressing my fingers to my temples) bicentennial man has a completely average stat build but access to useful spirits like vigor and sense, situationally becoming a functional real or super. fri
becoming one of the horrors so i can persist
November 17, 2025 at 3:09 AM
becoming one of the horrors so i can persist
sometimes it feels like i’m trying to draw with a clump of sand, if i’m not surgically precise it all just spills everywhere. drawpile is fine because i’m carving shapes into a 200x200 stone, but i have zero line control anywhere else and i hate it
November 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
sometimes it feels like i’m trying to draw with a clump of sand, if i’m not surgically precise it all just spills everywhere. drawpile is fine because i’m carving shapes into a 200x200 stone, but i have zero line control anywhere else and i hate it
kinda jealous of people with sort of horney ocs they just draw a picture of with minimal lore, i tried doing that and ended up with a comic/vn draft i’m never going to make good on since i’m only ever going to sketch an underwear pose at most. endless ambition sucks
November 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
kinda jealous of people with sort of horney ocs they just draw a picture of with minimal lore, i tried doing that and ended up with a comic/vn draft i’m never going to make good on since i’m only ever going to sketch an underwear pose at most. endless ambition sucks
every week or two i think about finally just making a strawpage and immediately get too exhausted looking at the site to bother. i miss the ask box just being in the website. i miss asks so bad…
November 13, 2025 at 5:55 AM
every week or two i think about finally just making a strawpage and immediately get too exhausted looking at the site to bother. i miss the ask box just being in the website. i miss asks so bad…
but if i stay in samsara long enough maybe i can carry over my stats and abilities and fight the secret boss
November 12, 2025 at 6:34 AM
but if i stay in samsara long enough maybe i can carry over my stats and abilities and fight the secret boss
annoying part of waking up so much and having three dreams in a row is i don’t remember the penguin area of the mall labyrinth as well as the 2x scale gift shop or the fire escape.
i don’t know how i managed it but i’ve ended up in some reverse rio situation with this damn labyrinth every night.
i don’t know how i managed it but i’ve ended up in some reverse rio situation with this damn labyrinth every night.
November 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
annoying part of waking up so much and having three dreams in a row is i don’t remember the penguin area of the mall labyrinth as well as the 2x scale gift shop or the fire escape.
i don’t know how i managed it but i’ve ended up in some reverse rio situation with this damn labyrinth every night.
i don’t know how i managed it but i’ve ended up in some reverse rio situation with this damn labyrinth every night.
visual novel sprites are the nightmare of "where do i put my hands" 10-20 times at once when you have to draw everyone doing normal standing
November 9, 2025 at 1:24 AM
visual novel sprites are the nightmare of "where do i put my hands" 10-20 times at once when you have to draw everyone doing normal standing
i don't like this pose, but this is sort of a benchmark test of how close i am to drawing what i want. the mood is kind of close even if the background isn't detailed, but there are a *lot* of things to work on and practice. it's getting there
November 8, 2025 at 4:31 AM
i don't like this pose, but this is sort of a benchmark test of how close i am to drawing what i want. the mood is kind of close even if the background isn't detailed, but there are a *lot* of things to work on and practice. it's getting there
bad news: miserable
good? news: more stuff for ash to complain about
write what you know i guess (annoying monologues)
good? news: more stuff for ash to complain about
write what you know i guess (annoying monologues)
November 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
bad news: miserable
good? news: more stuff for ash to complain about
write what you know i guess (annoying monologues)
good? news: more stuff for ash to complain about
write what you know i guess (annoying monologues)
new set of drawpile sketches while i continue to chip away at anything else. i should NOT be doing comic hatching under any circumstances, but it does look cool
November 5, 2025 at 5:26 AM
new set of drawpile sketches while i continue to chip away at anything else. i should NOT be doing comic hatching under any circumstances, but it does look cool
(wakes up at 3am) (wakes up at 4am) (wakes up at 6am) (wakes up at 10am)
It’s Improving
It’s Improving
November 4, 2025 at 10:54 PM
(wakes up at 3am) (wakes up at 4am) (wakes up at 6am) (wakes up at 10am)
It’s Improving
It’s Improving
i really want to get good enough at backgrounds to draw the stuff i want to but there aren’t really any references for those so it’s tough to study. i don’t know why input is so hard
November 4, 2025 at 2:58 AM
i really want to get good enough at backgrounds to draw the stuff i want to but there aren’t really any references for those so it’s tough to study. i don’t know why input is so hard
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bloodsucker (not really though)🩸🖌️
November 1, 2025 at 2:15 AM
bloodsucker (not really though)🩸🖌️
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One more Halloween Edith
November 1, 2025 at 1:03 AM
One more Halloween Edith
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Happy Halloween!!! 🎃 Some stuff I did in Drawpile this month
October 31, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Happy Halloween!!! 🎃 Some stuff I did in Drawpile this month
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wondering if some of my characters and ideas can be crunched down into ocs of existing media that just have a blurb on artfight. it’s better to have just one long-running thing that “deserves it” and ”hits” but that depends on putting demos and tasters out too. dunno, posting through it rn
October 31, 2025 at 6:58 AM
wondering if some of my characters and ideas can be crunched down into ocs of existing media that just have a blurb on artfight. it’s better to have just one long-running thing that “deserves it” and ”hits” but that depends on putting demos and tasters out too. dunno, posting through it rn
(lying face down on the ground)
"what if someone makes a funny short animatic of my characters using audio from a bit i don't know about that fits really well"
(crawling and stumbling back up)
"what if someone makes a funny short animatic of my characters using audio from a bit i don't know about that fits really well"
(crawling and stumbling back up)
October 31, 2025 at 2:31 AM
(lying face down on the ground)
"what if someone makes a funny short animatic of my characters using audio from a bit i don't know about that fits really well"
(crawling and stumbling back up)
"what if someone makes a funny short animatic of my characters using audio from a bit i don't know about that fits really well"
(crawling and stumbling back up)
solo dev is killing me but what else even is there? maybe someday i’ll get someone to be an editor or something but unless the entire earth stops being completely exhausting to exist in i don’t see it happening
October 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
solo dev is killing me but what else even is there? maybe someday i’ll get someone to be an editor or something but unless the entire earth stops being completely exhausting to exist in i don’t see it happening
there’s a lot keeping me from just starting neon diver argent as an rpg maker thing even beyond the fact that i’m doing other stuff at the moment, but the largest hurdle is i don’t think i can make a mechanically interesting rpg so it’s like, maybe there’s not much here actually…
October 30, 2025 at 5:27 AM
there’s a lot keeping me from just starting neon diver argent as an rpg maker thing even beyond the fact that i’m doing other stuff at the moment, but the largest hurdle is i don’t think i can make a mechanically interesting rpg so it’s like, maybe there’s not much here actually…
thinking about redoing the pngtuber i made a year and a half ago that developed into my self insert ghost. i kinda miss the semi-gothic look of the old one even if it's maybe not *accurate*, but it's not like i look like the other one either. i'll keep figuring it out
October 29, 2025 at 5:06 AM
thinking about redoing the pngtuber i made a year and a half ago that developed into my self insert ghost. i kinda miss the semi-gothic look of the old one even if it's maybe not *accurate*, but it's not like i look like the other one either. i'll keep figuring it out
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Drawpile draws of Edith and... someone.
October 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Drawpile draws of Edith and... someone.