svierrod.bsky.social
svierrod.bsky.social
svierrod.bsky.social
@svierrod.bsky.social
Amateur novelist and mediocre cartoonist with delusions of game development. Unfortunately short on time and prone to silence.
Finished a re-write of my book's first chapter, which is like, its 3rd or 4th rewrite.
You can find that here: svierrod.blogspot.com
All the older posts there are gonna be outdated & less refined drafts of stuff that's unlikely to come back.
Svierrod's Notebook
An attempt to ever finish even a single book before I burn it to the ground out of frustration. Let's see how this one goes.
svierrod.blogspot.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:38 PM
(1/2) Light artistic nudity again, in the background.
Got a pen/paper prototype for an RPG that I want to put together at some point. "Voims" (the worm guys I draw a lot) are important for that alongside humans.
This Voim witch has no name yet; she's one of the shopkeepers.
February 14, 2026 at 8:09 PM
(1/2) I do have another one for today. Bit of artistic nudity in this one. Title is "Or Are We The Same, After All?"
Double checked with my cool-ass red/blue 3D glasses that the red and blue channels are superimposed correctly.
February 13, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Gonna slow down a bit with the art posts for a little while.
In particular, I'm gonna work on ending my like 2-3 year hiatus on actually writing things down instead of just sharpening characterization and taking notes all the time.
February 13, 2026 at 8:30 PM
One more today. Cover for a short story from the same concept as the last poster.
Ada isn't strong enough to handle the heavyweight demons that Lyra can, but she's got some capoeira practice that helps handle the lightweights that Lyra can't keep up with.
February 12, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Also made this as a poster, that is currently in my living room.
It's also a book cover. This goes WAAAY harder than it needs to considering what book it's for, but the DOOM vibes are appropriate for Lyra's character.
February 12, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Designed this one as a poster.
Was thinking about the difference between how mythology and fantasy treats unicorns, and how kids' cartoons and toy aisles treat unicorns.
The style makes it very obvious I used to draw Friendship is Magic characters all the time.
February 12, 2026 at 5:04 PM
I might be back at the drawing board for the "witches vs. clowns" thing actually.
The witches all ended up with weaker character designs, or me being bad at realizing them.
A few of these guys have an angle of appeal that I have like ZERO practice with.
February 12, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Will get back to more character profiles later.
Ended up doing a flat color of Blitzfaust and Cendre sparring. I actually love this idea as box art. So many fighting games try to cram every single character into a huge pile for the cover, but I like the readability of a 1v1 more.
February 11, 2026 at 6:05 PM
(1/5) Not my favorite pic of Seussie, but she'll get the job done.
She's part witch and part clown, but doesn't really fit with either faction. She's a lanky, stretchy weirdo made of mostly licorice, but it's not clear exactly how much of her body is made of candy.
February 11, 2026 at 6:00 PM
(1/3) Still hammering out Mama's coloring/pattern, but her shape/concept is totally locked in. She's actually the biggest character in the game, easily a full head taller than Blitzfaust in a big headed art style.
February 11, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Instead of the fighting game "dark/evil" archetype, Blitzfaust's alt version is "Goth Blitzfaust".
Her design isn't locked in yet, but she's basically a drama queen who listens to Linkin Park & Evanescence and writes sad poetry about vampires instead of being a power-hungry evil murderer.
February 11, 2026 at 5:30 PM
(1/3) Last one before I gotta go to work.
A bit flat, I think, but it gets the rough idea of Jade across. She's the game's super heavyweight grappler, and a play on the "1000-year old little girl", because erosion makes golems smaller and cuter as they age.
February 10, 2026 at 6:40 PM
(1/5) Slightly old rough of Blitzfaust's girlfriend, Cendre (from French: "ash")
Cendre is the reason I didn't say Blitzfaust was "the best". Cendre is the best. Too much the best to fit in a single tweet, so I'm gonna chain a few together for context.
February 10, 2026 at 6:30 PM
I love Blitzfaust to death. I'd put her on T-Shirts and posters if I had more time to do art of her.
She uses her electromagnetism magic on chains inside her hat to work as replacement arms. She has a hard time with bicycles, so she uses a unicycle to get around.
February 10, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Been doing character design work for a hypothetical 2D fighting game with the basic premise "witches vs. clowns", and I've got first drafts of the all the characters done, though a lot of them are pretty rough.
February 10, 2026 at 6:16 PM