Franklin Veaux
@franklinveaux.bsky.social
Part mad scientist, part gonzo journalist. Author, sex toy designer, abuse survivor. Co-author of the Passionate Pantheon novels: http://passionatepantheon.com
The hardcover was cheaper than paperback and ebook on Amazon. Just arrived! I’m leaving for Springfield and then Wales next week, gonna bring it with me.
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The hardcover was cheaper than paperback and ebook on Amazon. Just arrived! I’m leaving for Springfield and then Wales next week, gonna bring it with me.
Ruined tentacle, thanks to silicone cure failure due to “latex-free” rubber bands that were not, in fact, latex free. The gaps and holes are where the silicone didn’t cure and remained liquid. Silicone touching the edge of the mold was enough to cause creeping failure.
November 12, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Ruined tentacle, thanks to silicone cure failure due to “latex-free” rubber bands that were not, in fact, latex free. The gaps and holes are where the silicone didn’t cure and remained liquid. Silicone touching the edge of the mold was enough to cause creeping failure.
The green/brown iridescent effect on the nipplesucker tentacles. I’d love to use this pigment in more sex toys, but it’s not body-safe so it can only be used for things that don’t go into a body. (The camera doesn’t really catch the bright sheen of the green.)
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
The green/brown iridescent effect on the nipplesucker tentacles. I’d love to use this pigment in more sex toys, but it’s not body-safe so it can only be used for things that don’t go into a body. (The camera doesn’t really catch the bright sheen of the green.)
Progress on the Giger-inspired nipplesuckers for the alien tentacle violation pod! I’m experimenting with a new silicone colorant on the silicone covering the hoses. The tentacles are dark brown but with a shimmering iridescent green when the light hits them right.
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Progress on the Giger-inspired nipplesuckers for the alien tentacle violation pod! I’m experimenting with a new silicone colorant on the silicone covering the hoses. The tentacles are dark brown but with a shimmering iridescent green when the light hits them right.
The problem: Making the tubes for the goat milking machine look more like Cthulhu-esque appendages.
The solution: Cast silicone around the tubes. I’m sure there’s a better way to do this, but I printed molds with pegs the tubes could be stretched taut in.
The solution: Cast silicone around the tubes. I’m sure there’s a better way to do this, but I printed molds with pegs the tubes could be stretched taut in.
November 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The problem: Making the tubes for the goat milking machine look more like Cthulhu-esque appendages.
The solution: Cast silicone around the tubes. I’m sure there’s a better way to do this, but I printed molds with pegs the tubes could be stretched taut in.
The solution: Cast silicone around the tubes. I’m sure there’s a better way to do this, but I printed molds with pegs the tubes could be stretched taut in.
I am so goddamn tired of that man. My metamour has received devastating medical news. Thanks to the kindness of strangers, I got plane tickets to see her with the rest of the polycule…and the shutdown may make it difficult to fly. I am sick of the pointless, mendacious malice.
November 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I am so goddamn tired of that man. My metamour has received devastating medical news. Thanks to the kindness of strangers, I got plane tickets to see her with the rest of the polycule…and the shutdown may make it difficult to fly. I am sick of the pointless, mendacious malice.
Blog post: Design as a proxy for legitimacy: I’ve finally trained my dad not to fall for online scams. A huge driver of these scams’ success comes not from stupidity or gullibility, but from the democratization of design during the DTP revolution.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Blog post: Design as a proxy for legitimacy: I’ve finally trained my dad not to fall for online scams. A huge driver of these scams’ success comes not from stupidity or gullibility, but from the democratization of design during the DTP revolution.
blog.franklinveaux.com/2025/11/some...
blog.franklinveaux.com/2025/11/some...
Is it weird to start watching a show because you like the art? Netflix recommended this to me and I have absolutely no clue what it’s about, but man, this is some OUTSTANDING graphic design right here. Whoever designed this needs a raise. I wanna meet the designer who did this.
November 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Is it weird to start watching a show because you like the art? Netflix recommended this to me and I have absolutely no clue what it’s about, but man, this is some OUTSTANDING graphic design right here. Whoever designed this needs a raise. I wanna meet the designer who did this.
I tried designing and 3D printing a simple expansion muffler for the pump output, but it didn’t work nearly as well as I’d hoped it would. Still working on getting it more quiet.
November 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
I tried designing and 3D printing a simple expansion muffler for the pump output, but it didn’t work nearly as well as I’d hoped it would. Still working on getting it more quiet.
Thanks to some incredibly helpful advice from a bunch of folks online, I’ve made excellent progress quieting the pump for the Giger nipplesuckers in the tentacle violation pod. Still not as quiet as I’d like, but making progress!
November 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Thanks to some incredibly helpful advice from a bunch of folks online, I’ve made excellent progress quieting the pump for the Giger nipplesuckers in the tentacle violation pod. Still not as quiet as I’d like, but making progress!
First test of the Giger-inspired nipplesuckers went swimmingly, save for one concern: they’re attached to a goat milker from Amazon, and the air pump is LOUD. The alien tentacle violation pod has a speaker to pipe in the sound of a heartbeat, so I’d like to make the pump quieter.
October 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
First test of the Giger-inspired nipplesuckers went swimmingly, save for one concern: they’re attached to a goat milker from Amazon, and the air pump is LOUD. The alien tentacle violation pod has a speaker to pipe in the sound of a heartbeat, so I’d like to make the pump quieter.
Halloween is coming! Seen randomly in downtown Portland.
October 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Halloween is coming! Seen randomly in downtown Portland.
WHAT I ORDERED: A single pot of silicone colorant.
HOW IT ARRIVED: A honkin’ huge box.
HOW IT ARRIVED: A honkin’ huge box.
October 29, 2025 at 5:10 AM
WHAT I ORDERED: A single pot of silicone colorant.
HOW IT ARRIVED: A honkin’ huge box.
HOW IT ARRIVED: A honkin’ huge box.
Giger-inspired nipplesucker sleeve for the milking machine in the alien ovomorph violation pod! Shown here coming out of the mold (yay!), on its own, and connected to a goat milking machine. #MadScience
October 28, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Giger-inspired nipplesucker sleeve for the milking machine in the alien ovomorph violation pod! Shown here coming out of the mold (yay!), on its own, and connected to a goat milking machine. #MadScience
If someone makes this for real, I am SO buying one. Just sayin’.
October 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
If someone makes this for real, I am SO buying one. Just sayin’.
The mold for the Giger nipplesuckers in the alien tentacle violation pod is taking shape! Since this is the biggest and most ambitious thing I’ve ever made, I’m shooting video of the construction, but I keep thinking nobody will be interested so it’s not worth editing together.
October 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The mold for the Giger nipplesuckers in the alien tentacle violation pod is taking shape! Since this is the biggest and most ambitious thing I’ve ever made, I’m shooting video of the construction, but I keep thinking nobody will be interested so it’s not worth editing together.
Just started 3D printing the mold for the HR Giger-inspired nipplesuckers in the alien tentacle violation pod! When I saved the file I actually mistyped the name as “nipplesucher” and somehow that seems kinda German but also kinda appropriate. #MadScience
October 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Just started 3D printing the mold for the HR Giger-inspired nipplesuckers in the alien tentacle violation pod! When I saved the file I actually mistyped the name as “nipplesucher” and somehow that seems kinda German but also kinda appropriate. #MadScience
Day 20 of the Great Portland War. The city lies in ruins, entire neighborhoods reduced to rubble. Armed drones fill the skies. Normalcy is a distant fading memory. Nothing will ever be the same again.
October 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Day 20 of the Great Portland War. The city lies in ruins, entire neighborhoods reduced to rubble. Armed drones fill the skies. Normalcy is a distant fading memory. Nothing will ever be the same again.
Progress on the giant ovomorph tentacle violation pod! Had I known two months ago what I know now, I would’ve gone about covering it totally differently. This is two gallons of silicone, and it’s still not done. The window covering needs a redesign. Still, it’s getting there!
October 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Progress on the giant ovomorph tentacle violation pod! Had I known two months ago what I know now, I would’ve gone about covering it totally differently. This is two gallons of silicone, and it’s still not done. The window covering needs a redesign. Still, it’s getting there!
When I went to bed, franklinveaux (dot) com was under what I thought was heavy SQL injection attack.
Ah HA ha ha. If only I could return to that simpler, more naive time.
I woke this morning to this in my inbox, from my site morethantwo (dot) com (this goes on for pages):
Ah HA ha ha. If only I could return to that simpler, more naive time.
I woke this morning to this in my inbox, from my site morethantwo (dot) com (this goes on for pages):
October 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
When I went to bed, franklinveaux (dot) com was under what I thought was heavy SQL injection attack.
Ah HA ha ha. If only I could return to that simpler, more naive time.
I woke this morning to this in my inbox, from my site morethantwo (dot) com (this goes on for pages):
Ah HA ha ha. If only I could return to that simpler, more naive time.
I woke this morning to this in my inbox, from my site morethantwo (dot) com (this goes on for pages):
I love the idea of “invisible design.” We’re surrounded by things that someone intentionally, deliberately designed, things that someone put thought and effort into, that we barely recognize. When I worked prepress, I had a client say he never considered typefaces are designed.
October 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I love the idea of “invisible design.” We’re surrounded by things that someone intentionally, deliberately designed, things that someone put thought and effort into, that we barely recognize. When I worked prepress, I had a client say he never considered typefaces are designed.
Noted without comment: Times.
October 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Noted without comment: Times.
I’ve run out of silicone for covering the giant xenomorph egg (more on the way), so turned my attention to the internal gubbins. There’s a goat milker mounted inside; I’m designing Gigeresque biomechanoid sleeves to fit over the nipples suckers. #MadScience
October 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I’ve run out of silicone for covering the giant xenomorph egg (more on the way), so turned my attention to the internal gubbins. There’s a goat milker mounted inside; I’m designing Gigeresque biomechanoid sleeves to fit over the nipples suckers. #MadScience
Mixing up silicone for the surface of the giant alien xenomorph egg. It kinda looks like chocolate cake batter! #MadScience
October 17, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Mixing up silicone for the surface of the giant alien xenomorph egg. It kinda looks like chocolate cake batter! #MadScience
Some of it! I’ve mounted this giant speaker to the back of this bench, connected to a tiny Bluetooth amp to pipe the sound of a heartbeat into the chamber. I also have a goat milking machine, I’m designing Gigeresque tentacle sheaths to fit over the nipple suckers.
October 16, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Some of it! I’ve mounted this giant speaker to the back of this bench, connected to a tiny Bluetooth amp to pipe the sound of a heartbeat into the chamber. I also have a goat milking machine, I’m designing Gigeresque tentacle sheaths to fit over the nipple suckers.