Rachel Rogers-Rodgers
@eccentricrachel.bsky.social
Perpetual college student with a Canaanite and Phoenician focus. Avocational archaeologist-in-progress. Attempted gardener. Rockhound. Game writer and illustrator.
Three side hustles in a trench coat.
Three side hustles in a trench coat.
Avoiding big retailers this holiday season?
Consider small, unique gifts from small, struggling artists. There are a lot of us right now who are not having an easy time.
Want to recommend a small shop or creative? Drop a link below!
Consider small, unique gifts from small, struggling artists. There are a lot of us right now who are not having an easy time.
Want to recommend a small shop or creative? Drop a link below!
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Avoiding big retailers this holiday season?
Consider small, unique gifts from small, struggling artists. There are a lot of us right now who are not having an easy time.
Want to recommend a small shop or creative? Drop a link below!
Consider small, unique gifts from small, struggling artists. There are a lot of us right now who are not having an easy time.
Want to recommend a small shop or creative? Drop a link below!
Part of my display of replica small finds, trade goods, and personal items at VJCL 2025, with Legio XX.
Presenting at this event is such a delight!
Presenting at this event is such a delight!
November 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Part of my display of replica small finds, trade goods, and personal items at VJCL 2025, with Legio XX.
Presenting at this event is such a delight!
Presenting at this event is such a delight!
RPGers: how realistic do you like for crafting in a game to be?
1. Handwaved/ probably magic/ what even are these materials?
2. Semi-realistic but simplified,
3. Fairly realistic and only somewhat simplified,
4. Here's a list of tools you'll need, welcome to an interactive wikiHow article
#indiegame
1. Handwaved/ probably magic/ what even are these materials?
2. Semi-realistic but simplified,
3. Fairly realistic and only somewhat simplified,
4. Here's a list of tools you'll need, welcome to an interactive wikiHow article
#indiegame
November 18, 2025 at 3:56 AM
RPGers: how realistic do you like for crafting in a game to be?
1. Handwaved/ probably magic/ what even are these materials?
2. Semi-realistic but simplified,
3. Fairly realistic and only somewhat simplified,
4. Here's a list of tools you'll need, welcome to an interactive wikiHow article
#indiegame
1. Handwaved/ probably magic/ what even are these materials?
2. Semi-realistic but simplified,
3. Fairly realistic and only somewhat simplified,
4. Here's a list of tools you'll need, welcome to an interactive wikiHow article
#indiegame
This weekend was Christmas elf time. (I did not wear ears this time.)
That's 177 pairs of earrings (mine) and 270 bars of soap (my sister's) finished and packaged up for upcoming holiday markets. Cheers and happy sales, my fellow overextended side hustlers!
That's 177 pairs of earrings (mine) and 270 bars of soap (my sister's) finished and packaged up for upcoming holiday markets. Cheers and happy sales, my fellow overextended side hustlers!
November 18, 2025 at 3:26 AM
This weekend was Christmas elf time. (I did not wear ears this time.)
That's 177 pairs of earrings (mine) and 270 bars of soap (my sister's) finished and packaged up for upcoming holiday markets. Cheers and happy sales, my fellow overextended side hustlers!
That's 177 pairs of earrings (mine) and 270 bars of soap (my sister's) finished and packaged up for upcoming holiday markets. Cheers and happy sales, my fellow overextended side hustlers!
Also coming next game engine version: character death. (It might be a fair trade for stacking items?)
Enjoy immortality while it lasts, Sparky the test wizard!
#DarkRelics #EidolonEngine #IndieGame #GameDevelopment
Enjoy immortality while it lasts, Sparky the test wizard!
#DarkRelics #EidolonEngine #IndieGame #GameDevelopment
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Also coming next game engine version: character death. (It might be a fair trade for stacking items?)
Enjoy immortality while it lasts, Sparky the test wizard!
#DarkRelics #EidolonEngine #IndieGame #GameDevelopment
Enjoy immortality while it lasts, Sparky the test wizard!
#DarkRelics #EidolonEngine #IndieGame #GameDevelopment
It’s a wee baby game engine, version 0.1!
That panel on the right will be filled with inventory object illustrations in the next version or two (stacking is also coming this update), and stories will be getting their own illustrations around the same time, though I still need to draw those.
That panel on the right will be filled with inventory object illustrations in the next version or two (stacking is also coming this update), and stories will be getting their own illustrations around the same time, though I still need to draw those.
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 AM
It’s a wee baby game engine, version 0.1!
That panel on the right will be filled with inventory object illustrations in the next version or two (stacking is also coming this update), and stories will be getting their own illustrations around the same time, though I still need to draw those.
That panel on the right will be filled with inventory object illustrations in the next version or two (stacking is also coming this update), and stories will be getting their own illustrations around the same time, though I still need to draw those.
Inktense pencils and paint pans are fun. The colors are, as branded, definitely intense, and I find myself using them more like gouache than watercolor or ink. For what I’m doing, I like the result on their own, or as an underpainting for realistic work.
Enjoy a doodle of some hand-wrought tongs.
Enjoy a doodle of some hand-wrought tongs.
November 8, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Inktense pencils and paint pans are fun. The colors are, as branded, definitely intense, and I find myself using them more like gouache than watercolor or ink. For what I’m doing, I like the result on their own, or as an underpainting for realistic work.
Enjoy a doodle of some hand-wrought tongs.
Enjoy a doodle of some hand-wrought tongs.
Dark Relics Games inventory object illustration project, 19/???!
We added a foraging story last week, so I’m planning out assortments of plants for PCs to find.
Mostly ink, colored pencil, and Krita. I just got some Derwent Inktense pencils and paint pans to add to the mix, too- they’re fun.
We added a foraging story last week, so I’m planning out assortments of plants for PCs to find.
Mostly ink, colored pencil, and Krita. I just got some Derwent Inktense pencils and paint pans to add to the mix, too- they’re fun.
October 21, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Dark Relics Games inventory object illustration project, 19/???!
We added a foraging story last week, so I’m planning out assortments of plants for PCs to find.
Mostly ink, colored pencil, and Krita. I just got some Derwent Inktense pencils and paint pans to add to the mix, too- they’re fun.
We added a foraging story last week, so I’m planning out assortments of plants for PCs to find.
Mostly ink, colored pencil, and Krita. I just got some Derwent Inktense pencils and paint pans to add to the mix, too- they’re fun.
Here are the first few inventory item illustrations for our future adventurers! Ink on mid and heavyweight sketchbook paper, digitally edited in Krita.
Drawings by R. Rogers-Rodgers (created by a nerdy human, not generative AI) for Dark Relics Games.
Drawings by R. Rogers-Rodgers (created by a nerdy human, not generative AI) for Dark Relics Games.
October 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Here are the first few inventory item illustrations for our future adventurers! Ink on mid and heavyweight sketchbook paper, digitally edited in Krita.
Drawings by R. Rogers-Rodgers (created by a nerdy human, not generative AI) for Dark Relics Games.
Drawings by R. Rogers-Rodgers (created by a nerdy human, not generative AI) for Dark Relics Games.
Nuts.
(Okay, technically drupes.)
(Okay, technically drupes.)
October 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Nuts.
(Okay, technically drupes.)
(Okay, technically drupes.)
Uh-oh, what’s this? Dusting off neglected and antiquated art skills? Me?
In an era of AI art, ask around your office to see if anyone has, say, a ginormous stash of inks and pastels that can be used instead.
Time to illustrate a fantasy game’s inventory. More about that coming soon! :)
In an era of AI art, ask around your office to see if anyone has, say, a ginormous stash of inks and pastels that can be used instead.
Time to illustrate a fantasy game’s inventory. More about that coming soon! :)
October 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Uh-oh, what’s this? Dusting off neglected and antiquated art skills? Me?
In an era of AI art, ask around your office to see if anyone has, say, a ginormous stash of inks and pastels that can be used instead.
Time to illustrate a fantasy game’s inventory. More about that coming soon! :)
In an era of AI art, ask around your office to see if anyone has, say, a ginormous stash of inks and pastels that can be used instead.
Time to illustrate a fantasy game’s inventory. More about that coming soon! :)
Meet Skippy, my little fluffy rescue cat pal of a few years, now, and star of a new mindfulness-oriented micro-journaling app., Not a Bad Life.
He’s a sweet boy, and is this cute in real life. Here’s proof:
#CatsOfBluesky #MobileApp #BringYourPetToWorkDay?
He’s a sweet boy, and is this cute in real life. Here’s proof:
#CatsOfBluesky #MobileApp #BringYourPetToWorkDay?
August 19, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Meet Skippy, my little fluffy rescue cat pal of a few years, now, and star of a new mindfulness-oriented micro-journaling app., Not a Bad Life.
He’s a sweet boy, and is this cute in real life. Here’s proof:
#CatsOfBluesky #MobileApp #BringYourPetToWorkDay?
He’s a sweet boy, and is this cute in real life. Here’s proof:
#CatsOfBluesky #MobileApp #BringYourPetToWorkDay?
This is a little quartz crystal cluster I found many years ago, in my grandparents’ yard in the northern Shenandoah Valley. It’s cute. Please enjoy.
#rockhounding #rockphotos
#rockhounding #rockphotos
August 19, 2025 at 3:09 AM
This is a little quartz crystal cluster I found many years ago, in my grandparents’ yard in the northern Shenandoah Valley. It’s cute. Please enjoy.
#rockhounding #rockphotos
#rockhounding #rockphotos
Meet Fluffy! Fluffy is a piece of asbestiform actinolite with magnetite and metabasalt/meta-andesite (greenstone) from the Catoctin Formation in Virginia.
Fluffy lives sealed in a plastic bag, in its own box, when not being photographed.
#RocksOfBluesky #Rockhounding #HazardousMaterials
Fluffy lives sealed in a plastic bag, in its own box, when not being photographed.
#RocksOfBluesky #Rockhounding #HazardousMaterials
April 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Meet Fluffy! Fluffy is a piece of asbestiform actinolite with magnetite and metabasalt/meta-andesite (greenstone) from the Catoctin Formation in Virginia.
Fluffy lives sealed in a plastic bag, in its own box, when not being photographed.
#RocksOfBluesky #Rockhounding #HazardousMaterials
Fluffy lives sealed in a plastic bag, in its own box, when not being photographed.
#RocksOfBluesky #Rockhounding #HazardousMaterials
I enjoy rockhounding and have been taking photos of some of my finds, so enjoy!
Today’s rock is a metabasalt (or meta-andesite) with epidote amygdules, Catoctin Formation.
Today’s rock is a metabasalt (or meta-andesite) with epidote amygdules, Catoctin Formation.
April 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I enjoy rockhounding and have been taking photos of some of my finds, so enjoy!
Today’s rock is a metabasalt (or meta-andesite) with epidote amygdules, Catoctin Formation.
Today’s rock is a metabasalt (or meta-andesite) with epidote amygdules, Catoctin Formation.
Perk to crashing early after the first day at the conference.
Still Life with First Breakfast.
Still Life with First Breakfast.
April 5, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Perk to crashing early after the first day at the conference.
Still Life with First Breakfast.
Still Life with First Breakfast.
Tuppi hung out with History Club at the Loudoun NOVA Campus. Thanks, Tuppi!
February 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Tuppi hung out with History Club at the Loudoun NOVA Campus. Thanks, Tuppi!
Please enjoy my very favorite Christmas meme, and to those who celebrate, have a lovely holiday.
December 25, 2023 at 6:48 PM
Please enjoy my very favorite Christmas meme, and to those who celebrate, have a lovely holiday.
Does uninstalling Windows 11 count as “defenestration”?
December 21, 2023 at 11:00 PM
Does uninstalling Windows 11 count as “defenestration”?
‘Tis the season for overextended, overburdened shippers/carriers. Order and ship gifts early, be kind, be patient, check tracking, and adjust expectations.
The USPS is already running a few days slow (1-2 day delays in some distribution centers), and FedEx has stopped getting out of the truck.
The USPS is already running a few days slow (1-2 day delays in some distribution centers), and FedEx has stopped getting out of the truck.
December 14, 2023 at 8:57 PM
‘Tis the season for overextended, overburdened shippers/carriers. Order and ship gifts early, be kind, be patient, check tracking, and adjust expectations.
The USPS is already running a few days slow (1-2 day delays in some distribution centers), and FedEx has stopped getting out of the truck.
The USPS is already running a few days slow (1-2 day delays in some distribution centers), and FedEx has stopped getting out of the truck.
Winter break plan: Bronze Age mischief and nonsense. #Tuppi #BaalHaddu
Pottery by:
@reannagteine.bsky.social :)
Pottery by:
@reannagteine.bsky.social :)
December 13, 2023 at 2:27 AM
Winter break plan: Bronze Age mischief and nonsense. #Tuppi #BaalHaddu
Pottery by:
@reannagteine.bsky.social :)
Pottery by:
@reannagteine.bsky.social :)
Obligatory year-end Duolingo post.
(No, I’m not particularly skilled at any of the 6, but I am better than I was before I started, probably. And the owl seems pleased, which bodes well for the continued wellbeing of my family.)
(No, I’m not particularly skilled at any of the 6, but I am better than I was before I started, probably. And the owl seems pleased, which bodes well for the continued wellbeing of my family.)
December 13, 2023 at 2:21 AM
Obligatory year-end Duolingo post.
(No, I’m not particularly skilled at any of the 6, but I am better than I was before I started, probably. And the owl seems pleased, which bodes well for the continued wellbeing of my family.)
(No, I’m not particularly skilled at any of the 6, but I am better than I was before I started, probably. And the owl seems pleased, which bodes well for the continued wellbeing of my family.)
The Loudoun County, Virginia Historic Records department gives out trading cards featuring local historical sites, notable people, and important documents.
The archivist was surprised when I asked- so just think of the reactions when you all go to get your own cards! 😄
(They are cute.)
The archivist was surprised when I asked- so just think of the reactions when you all go to get your own cards! 😄
(They are cute.)
October 28, 2023 at 3:41 AM
The Loudoun County, Virginia Historic Records department gives out trading cards featuring local historical sites, notable people, and important documents.
The archivist was surprised when I asked- so just think of the reactions when you all go to get your own cards! 😄
(They are cute.)
The archivist was surprised when I asked- so just think of the reactions when you all go to get your own cards! 😄
(They are cute.)
A Tuppi has deigned to come to my library from the ISAC!
October 10, 2023 at 5:36 PM
A Tuppi has deigned to come to my library from the ISAC!