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Gavin "GubDM" Grant
@gubdm.bsky.social
65 followers 120 following 70 posts
programmer by day, Look Out Behind You Studios by night.
big fan of #DrawSteel
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g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social
I’m walking this morning on the Point Defiance Promenade. Even though it’s only 43° out, it’s sheltered from today’s southerly wind. On a clear, cold day when the wind’s from the north, it can be uncomfortable. The tide sure is running high. Lots of folks out fishing. #pnw #wawx
December 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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mattcolville.bsky.social
Willy: Hey I want to make Relg for Draw Steel.
Me: Yeah man go for it. Make him sick.

Viola!
December 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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mobydickatsea.bsky.social
the calm is but the wrapper and envelope of the storm; and contains it in itself, as the seemingly harmless rifle holds the fatal powder
December 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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nicodelort.bsky.social
Penelope waiting for Odysseus

ink on scratchboard
2013
December 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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dirtyhoechata.bsky.social
Traveled to Japan last month and here is my attempt of capturing the vibrancy of autumn in one of the temple grounds in Kyoto #painting #art #landscape
An abstract landscape painting of a pond scenery with trees in the foreground and a bridge in the background.
December 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
gubdm.bsky.social
New Year's Resolutions 2026:
* spend less time on youtube, more time programming
* read 12 books
* finally schedule that trip to Japan
December 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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mobydickatsea.bsky.social
Man the capstan! Blood and thunder!
December 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
gubdm.bsky.social
Team up with a retainer kiln and fight a rival kiln in the quest add-on for the upcoming crowdfunder for THE KILN. Cover art by the ever-impressive @godofallthings.bsky.social crowdfunder goes live on Jan 5 www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti... #DrawSteel
December 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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jaspinplanet.bsky.social
Cover & type I did for @gubdm.bsky.social 's new player class for Draw Steel, 🔥🔥THE KILN🔥🔥 It just went up on backerkit, more details coming soon!

#drawsteel
Threya, a high elf kiln, is attacking an Ogre and horde of goblins. She is behind the Ogre, high in the air with swords raised, leaving behind a smokey clone that still draws her foe's attention. Image Text: THE KILN, A firey player class from Look Out Behind You Studios, Powered by Draw Steel image description: Threya, a high elf kiln, is attacking an Ogre and horde of goblins. She is behind the Ogre, high in the air with swords raised, leaving behind a smokey clone that still draws her foe's attention.
December 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
gubdm.bsky.social
The Kiln is coming to Backerkit! with art by the incredible @jaspinplanet.bsky.social www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti... #DrawSteel
The Kiln - A Fiery Class for Draw Steel
From Look Out Behind You Studios - The Kiln - A Fiery Class for Draw Steel
www.backerkit.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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thedicesociety.bsky.social
A huge thanks to everyone who backed Hooked on Crafting for Draw Steel! The campaign was a success, raising over 240% of the funding goal ⚔️❤️

To celebrate, I wrote a post talking about the experience and giving creators a few tips for their own crowdfunders.

thedicesociety.com/crowdfunding...
Takeaways from My First TTRPG Crowdfunder
What I learned running my first Draw Steel RPG crowdfunder on Itch
thedicesociety.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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dismarlutte.bsky.social
Once reaching the peak of the barrow of hewed and hauled Demon carcasses, the Flayer of Fiends contemplates the vast scale of his victorious vivisection of the Grotesque Horde. Drowning the dreadful melancholia latent in his mind under the silent solemnity of the slaughter, ruminating about the hunt
Once reaching the peak of the barrow of hewed and hauled Demon carcasses, the Flayer of Fiends contemplates the vast scale of his victorious vivisection of the Grotesque Horde. Drowning the dreadful melancholia latent in his mind under the silent solemnity of the slaughter, ruminating ruinously on the eternal hunt and its promises of gruesome glories. Then and there, the dermic embracer, his armor of demoniac flesh and bone extirpated from his processed quarries, seals his weak humanity under a spellbinding petrification. Frozen in fear by the radiance of a lunar eclipse heralding the surge of an infernal colossus wandering the dismal lands, indifferent to the hunting of the Butcher's Company, minuscule compared to them. Mantled by verdant lightning of ethereal Bloodlight fracturing as it jolts down from furious spell storms of the Nightmare Above, crowned by a baneful blazing comet statically contained between its enormous arching horns. Marching away from the ardent fray brought about by the Butcher's hunt, undergoing its own migratory pilgrimage of titanic proportions, beyond the Frontier. Bosco found himself obfuscated by the unfathomable immensity of Dismalia and the Demons that surpassed their capacities by such monstrously magnificent metrics. Despite amassing the wealth equivalent of a hunter's best year of harvest in this field of limbless corpses, a wicked wanderlust within twisted his cowardly guts, yearning for the power to topple such titans. The unrelenting doubt remains... "Why do we hunt Demons?"
December 15, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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markmakingmarks.bsky.social
#Stunday #watercolour #painting #art #landscape #WatercolorOnPaper
This is a landscape watercolour painting of a river flowing through a wetland.
December 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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surfing-bird.bsky.social
The Scion, a Spellsword Class for Draw Steel is out now!
surfingbird.itch.io/the-scion
The Scion - A Spellsword Class for Draw Steel by surfingbird
Become the scion of an ancient mystic art. Weave magic and steel into a single, fluid dance.
surfingbird.itch.io
December 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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bakerart.bsky.social
Just a little sketch from a visit to Southampton in 1998. I wandered around looking for something to draw and settled for a quick seascape of the docks with gulls. A cold wind coming off the water.
#art #watercolour #drawing #seagulls
A small sketchbook watercolour drawing of Southampton docks with cranes reaching up into the sky and a few gulls having a break from stealing bags of chips from people.
December 13, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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jimmusilpainter.bsky.social
My painting PACIFIC COAST

Order by Sunday for Christmas delivery.

Use code HOLIDAY20 for 20% off everything.
December 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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mobydickatsea.bsky.social
There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.
December 12, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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bobtimeis808.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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doktordelta.bsky.social
hell yeah
December 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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thedicesociety.bsky.social
I think now it's safe to say that... I WROTE TWO DELVES FOR THE ENCOUNTERS BOOK ⚔️📖

Thank you @jamesintrocaso.bsky.social for believing that I could deliver MCDM-quality content. Having this as my first freelance gig in the industry is honestly unbelievable.
December 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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mikecav.bsky.social
I'm EXTREMELY...

Proud to be the 1st backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Draw Steel: Crack the Sun! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

@hellomcdm.bsky.social
Draw Steel: Crack the Sun
"We watched Cthrion Uroniziir try to reduce the timescape into one singular universe, wiping out reality as we know it. She was defeated, and we see her cage every day."
www.backerkit.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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jamesintrocaso.bsky.social
It’s live! A year of Draw Steel adventures, character options, and a new core rulebook are crowdfunding now! Plus you can get the back catalog!
jamesintrocaso.bsky.social James Introcaso @jamesintrocaso.bsky.social · 23d
Join the Crack the Sun launch party and get notified as soon as the next Draw Steel Backerkit campaign goes live. Coming soon! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
Draw Steel: Crack the Sun Launch Party
Get excited about Draw Steel: Crack the Sun on BackerKit - come join!
www.backerkit.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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longpainter.bsky.social
Old stone fireplace
6”x6” oil
December 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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mobydickatsea.bsky.social
for ever and for ever, to the crack of doom, the sea will insult and murder him, and pulverize the stateliest, stiffest frigate he can make
December 7, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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yredknap.bsky.social
A stormy sunrise from last week.
#SundayYellow #Stunday #Photography #EastCoastKin
In the foreground are the silhouettes of trees. One branch of a tree is hanging right across the top of the photo. Above the horizon, the sky is bright yellow and gold but there are many grey storm clouds above that.
December 7, 2025 at 11:57 AM