Ro
@faerthingale.bsky.social
South African | 41 | ⚢ | she/sir | ボクっ子
I am a writer, illustrator, teacher and amateur voice-actor and I Don't Know How To Slow Down.
I am a writer, illustrator, teacher and amateur voice-actor and I Don't Know How To Slow Down.
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Ro
@faerthingale.bsky.social
· Feb 2
Illustration rates are here! For limited art types, as I work on my Comic Con merch. We can discuss larger pieces, but with the caveat that they will be done gradually, rather than my usual hell-for-leather, sleep-when-I-die scheduling.
#commissionsopen2025
#commissionsopen2025
IWATEX x Twelfth Night
This was a commission from tumblr; I call this throuple "Tangerine Sunrise".
#iwasateenageexocolonist
This was a commission from tumblr; I call this throuple "Tangerine Sunrise".
#iwasateenageexocolonist
September 26, 2025 at 3:05 AM
IWATEX x Twelfth Night
This was a commission from tumblr; I call this throuple "Tangerine Sunrise".
#iwasateenageexocolonist
This was a commission from tumblr; I call this throuple "Tangerine Sunrise".
#iwasateenageexocolonist
I love you Lena Disco Elysium
please always bore me with etymological minutiae
please always bore me with etymological minutiae
September 16, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I love you Lena Disco Elysium
please always bore me with etymological minutiae
please always bore me with etymological minutiae
Finally settled on a concept sketch for a new Bunwells print. Been working on other merch ideas behind the scenes, but it's going to be a while before I've got time to render those given the comms list ><;;
September 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Finally settled on a concept sketch for a new Bunwells print. Been working on other merch ideas behind the scenes, but it's going to be a while before I've got time to render those given the comms list ><;;
August 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The thing that some folks are missing with Michelle Gomez is that, once her involvement was announced, the auds were already recorded (there may even have been an NDA prior). So she literally can't drop out, the best she can do is distance herself from the project going forward.
August 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The thing that some folks are missing with Michelle Gomez is that, once her involvement was announced, the auds were already recorded (there may even have been an NDA prior). So she literally can't drop out, the best she can do is distance herself from the project going forward.
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It's my birthday in a few hours, so I'd like to spread my Bunwells merch around to celebrate! The paperdoll book is still one of my favourite things I've made, I love being able to hold it in my hands and feel the nostalgically waxy cover. (TuT) And the self-care sticker series too~ <3
August 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
It's my birthday in a few hours, so I'd like to spread my Bunwells merch around to celebrate! The paperdoll book is still one of my favourite things I've made, I love being able to hold it in my hands and feel the nostalgically waxy cover. (TuT) And the self-care sticker series too~ <3
It's my birthday in a few hours, so I'd like to spread my Bunwells merch around to celebrate! The paperdoll book is still one of my favourite things I've made, I love being able to hold it in my hands and feel the nostalgically waxy cover. (TuT) And the self-care sticker series too~ <3
August 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
It's my birthday in a few hours, so I'd like to spread my Bunwells merch around to celebrate! The paperdoll book is still one of my favourite things I've made, I love being able to hold it in my hands and feel the nostalgically waxy cover. (TuT) And the self-care sticker series too~ <3
July 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
July 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Cartoony pride commission for @darlingdeeceased.bsky.social!
(Comms very much open, situation not untirely un-urgent)
(Comms very much open, situation not untirely un-urgent)
July 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Cartoony pride commission for @darlingdeeceased.bsky.social!
(Comms very much open, situation not untirely un-urgent)
(Comms very much open, situation not untirely un-urgent)
Please help get Koda to a specialist, by commissioning me or sharing this around! (T^T)/
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July 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Please help get Koda to a specialist, by commissioning me or sharing this around! (T^T)/
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streaming services: [high monthly fee incentivizes waiting until a series is finished before subscribing to binge]
also streaming services: “this series didn’t perform well enough right out the gate, so we’re cancelling it before the season’s even over”
also streaming services: “this series didn’t perform well enough right out the gate, so we’re cancelling it before the season’s even over”
July 12, 2025 at 2:46 AM
streaming services: [high monthly fee incentivizes waiting until a series is finished before subscribing to binge]
also streaming services: “this series didn’t perform well enough right out the gate, so we’re cancelling it before the season’s even over”
also streaming services: “this series didn’t perform well enough right out the gate, so we’re cancelling it before the season’s even over”
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I got back my commission of the new comic boys from @dorkbait.bsky.social and have engaged Blorbo Protocol by making it my phone lockscreen. Did you know you can just make up a guy or two, and they can be whatever you want, and people will draw them for money?! It’s so cool. Real art is so cool.
July 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I got back my commission of the new comic boys from @dorkbait.bsky.social and have engaged Blorbo Protocol by making it my phone lockscreen. Did you know you can just make up a guy or two, and they can be whatever you want, and people will draw them for money?! It’s so cool. Real art is so cool.
I've been thinking of beginner artist struggles and pillow-shading came to mind, so I decided to make this little guide...
#arttips #shadingtips #arttutorials
#arttips #shadingtips #arttutorials
July 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I've been thinking of beginner artist struggles and pillow-shading came to mind, so I decided to make this little guide...
#arttips #shadingtips #arttutorials
#arttips #shadingtips #arttutorials
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I Was A Teenage Exocolonist is 50% off for the Steam Summer Sale! Now is a great time to play our game about growing strong enough to survive the future, or to buy a copy for a friend who needs one.
Save 50% on I Was a Teenage Exocolonist on Steam
Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine ...
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June 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I Was A Teenage Exocolonist is 50% off for the Steam Summer Sale! Now is a great time to play our game about growing strong enough to survive the future, or to buy a copy for a friend who needs one.
American coaster purchasers, your parcels are on their way, you should have received an SMS from DHL already! ^_^
July 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
American coaster purchasers, your parcels are on their way, you should have received an SMS from DHL already! ^_^
In other-other news... I do not know why I thought HAND-CRAFTING this part of the process would be quick. Meticulous as I am, I've so far only finished *EIGHT* coasters. I am so sorry... orz
The final run has arrived and, after I add felt backing myself, will head out next week!
#iwatex #iwasateenageexocolonist
#iwatex #iwasateenageexocolonist
June 13, 2025 at 2:17 AM
In other-other news... I do not know why I thought HAND-CRAFTING this part of the process would be quick. Meticulous as I am, I've so far only finished *EIGHT* coasters. I am so sorry... orz
In other news, while I was finishing these off, my pen stylus broke. The clicker part just collapsed out, seems like time and wear and wear and wear wore down the pivot mechanism of the little see-saw. So now I'm drawing with a sliver of tape wrapped around it, and hooboy I'd sure like some income.
June 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
In other news, while I was finishing these off, my pen stylus broke. The clicker part just collapsed out, seems like time and wear and wear and wear wore down the pivot mechanism of the little see-saw. So now I'm drawing with a sliver of tape wrapped around it, and hooboy I'd sure like some income.
All done and submitted!! The devs choose the top-ten and the SGmobile community select the final 3, so I'm not exactly hopeful (one references is older than most server citizens, for one thing), but wanted to give it a go regardless!
June 13, 2025 at 2:14 AM
All done and submitted!! The devs choose the top-ten and the SGmobile community select the final 3, so I'm not exactly hopeful (one references is older than most server citizens, for one thing), but wanted to give it a go regardless!
Parasoul Tenjou just needs her highlights! And I've got a couple days to go...
June 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Parasoul Tenjou just needs her highlights! And I've got a couple days to go...
The final run has arrived and, after I add felt backing myself, will head out next week!
#iwatex #iwasateenageexocolonist
#iwatex #iwasateenageexocolonist
June 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The final run has arrived and, after I add felt backing myself, will head out next week!
#iwatex #iwasateenageexocolonist
#iwatex #iwasateenageexocolonist
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every genAI sales pitch basically comes down to 'you don't have to experience anything at all! life can feel like death!'
and I'd say for some reason it works but it isn't working. they WISH it was working and they're begging billions in subsidies to make fetch happen
and I'd say for some reason it works but it isn't working. they WISH it was working and they're begging billions in subsidies to make fetch happen
June 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
every genAI sales pitch basically comes down to 'you don't have to experience anything at all! life can feel like death!'
and I'd say for some reason it works but it isn't working. they WISH it was working and they're begging billions in subsidies to make fetch happen
and I'd say for some reason it works but it isn't working. they WISH it was working and they're begging billions in subsidies to make fetch happen
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'you can generate a different ending every time you view a movie!'
'you can have endless text conversations with NPCs in games!'
'you can summarize a novel, you don't have to read it!'
the pitches for genAI really reveal how much the people behind it just... hate art.
like. *hate* art. deeply.
'you can have endless text conversations with NPCs in games!'
'you can summarize a novel, you don't have to read it!'
the pitches for genAI really reveal how much the people behind it just... hate art.
like. *hate* art. deeply.
June 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
'you can generate a different ending every time you view a movie!'
'you can have endless text conversations with NPCs in games!'
'you can summarize a novel, you don't have to read it!'
the pitches for genAI really reveal how much the people behind it just... hate art.
like. *hate* art. deeply.
'you can have endless text conversations with NPCs in games!'
'you can summarize a novel, you don't have to read it!'
the pitches for genAI really reveal how much the people behind it just... hate art.
like. *hate* art. deeply.
@sgmobile.bsky.social is holding a Pride palette contest (divided into edited sprite and original drawn sprite) and I just finished colour blocking sketches. While I had a ton of ideas, in the end lesbian nostalgia won out in 2/3 of my allotted entries, shocking no one.
#skullgirls
#skullgirls
June 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
@sgmobile.bsky.social is holding a Pride palette contest (divided into edited sprite and original drawn sprite) and I just finished colour blocking sketches. While I had a ton of ideas, in the end lesbian nostalgia won out in 2/3 of my allotted entries, shocking no one.
#skullgirls
#skullgirls
Pride month couple commissions at only 35usd, come grab your dear blorbos as a treat in these trying times.
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![Overlaying the darkened drawing of Nadia and Minette, is text: For 35usd, you will receive: A single couple interaction in toony or chibi style, with a simple textured background, as a 300dpi png/jpg. Valid for the duration of Pride Month.
[Letters are highlighted in red to spell out 'evil', 'cursing' and 'demon'. Suggesting that that is where the 35usd will go, when in fact it will go towards Ro's business and general life maintenance in this very stormy weather]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:k7cpl4b6pa6aqrgpptiwhjcr/bafkreicu3gv74d3a7wl4sqizqkaex24ek32qrkwkanvfa6qapsyazdxf3e@jpeg)
June 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Pride month couple commissions at only 35usd, come grab your dear blorbos as a treat in these trying times.
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