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// aspiring birbologist. also draws and writes sometimes. 🐦‍⬛
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#Halloween is loooong over, but here's the void-inspired poem I wrote for @miaowzine.bsky.social. Thanks for having me on this fun and meaningful project~ 🐈‍⬛🌙
👻 archiveofourown.org/works/71355501 👻
#poetry #cats
Digital illustration by tangentburd of a logo design with the shape of a black cat's face. Inside the shape is the text "Sofa, So Good" in bright gradients of pink, orange and yellow. The two letter O's in the word "good" form the eyes of a cat, with a nose, mouth and whiskers under them. A line of smaller text runs along the bottom of the cat logo shape: "a halloweeny poem by tb / tangentburd".
November 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Preview of my art piece for the Good Enough Zine vol.1 hosted by @ensquare-events.bsky.social. Because we ARE all good enough 💎
#zine #宝石の国 #housekinokuni
Preview image of an illustration by TB (tangentburd) for "Good Enough" zine volume 1, titled "Perfect Imperfections". The illustration features the character Diamond from the manga/anime series Houseki no Kuni (Land of the Lustrous).
September 25, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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Last 2 reveal pages! Did you guess right? 🎣

(thanks again to mod lucy for hosting this very fishy adventure)
Page 5 of a fish-themed illustrated murder mystery by TB (tangentburd). Image features the front page of "The Daily Kelpdesk", the city's newspaper. Cody Leng is revealed to be the murderer of Elisabetta Pavone. A news article details how Cody lost his family from sports gambling, in particular the historic match between Pavone and Nan Tulwa. He sought to take revenge on Pavone by moving from the Atlantic to Seaflore City, where he tried to gain everyone's trust as a pawnshop employee. He hatched his plan after receiving the dinglehopper in the shop. He built his alibi by using a high-speed current between the city and hydrothermal vents to kill Pavone and return to the Lanternfishes' party within 10 minutes. Page 6 of a fish-themed illustrated murder mystery by TB (tangentburd). Image features another page of the city's newspaper, where the two garden eels Clara and Hessie are revealed to have given key testimonies in the murder case. At the time of the murder, they were at Clara's burrow to watch a TV show, but witnessed Bonnie who accidentally splashed her bubble pipe scent while passing by. This therefore cleared Bonnie's name from the suspect list. Murray and Array are commended for solving the case.
September 9, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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Here's the first part of my piece to the "Fishy" detective zine hosted by @bycmykae.bsky.social. Solve the murder case yourself before looking at the reveal pages -- I will upload those in a reply post!

🐟 PDF version here: drive.google.com/file/d/1AAPZ...

#fishy #fish #zine #freezine #originalzine
Page 1 of a fish-themed illustrated murder mystery by TB (tangentburd). Image features a series of profiles, excerpts, notes and photos of the character Elisabetta Pavone, a mantis shrimp and the murder victim of this story. She was a boxer most famous for defeating a world champion fighter crab Nan Tulwa. She then retired and set up a pawnshop in Seaflore City. Her body was found near a hydrothermal vent, and reported dead by third-degree burns and stab wounds. A dinglehopper was found near the scene as a possible murder weapon. Two detectives, Murray the moray eel and Array the stingray, are tasked to solve this case. Page 2 of a fish-themed illustrated murder mystery by TB (tangentburd). Image features a series of profiles, excerpts, notes and photos of the character Bonnie Skipjack, a bluefin tuna and one of the murder suspects. She is an employee of Pavone's pawnshop, and has been scolded by Pavone often for taking too many bubble pipe breaks. On the day of the murder, she closed the shop after her late shift and claimed to have swum home right after, but did not remember any details as her new bubble pipe made her drowsy. Murray and Array discover that "blue" is a clue left by Pavone before she died, and is a common trait across all the suspects. Page 3 of a fish-themed illustrated murder mystery by TB (tangentburd). Image features a series of profiles, excerpts, notes and photos of the character Cody Leng, a blue lingcod and one of the murder suspects. He is an employee of Pavone's pawnshop and known to get along well with the city's residents, but has been chastised by Pavone for overpaying for pawned items. He recognised the dinglehopper from the pawnshop's inventory. On the day of the murder, he left his work shift and went for a party at the Lanternfishes' house until late, which serves as his alibi. Page 4 of a fish-themed illustrated murder mystery by TB (tangentburd). Image features a series of profiles, excerpts, notes and photos of the character Rowano de Sales, a silver arowana and one of the murder suspects. He is Pavone's old friend from their fighter days, and revealed to have both admiration and envy of her past success. On the day of the murder, he visited Pavone's city and invited her to dinner, before she died later that night. His coral bouquet gift for her contains auger shells that match the stab wounds in Pavone's body. Murray and Array meet two anxious garden eels who seem to have something important to tell them.
September 9, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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Preview of my solve-it-yourself murder mystery illustrated story for "Fishy", a detective-themed zine hosted by @bycmykae.bsky.social. Get your thinking ca(r)ps on for this case and many others when the full zine releases on 30th August! 🎣

#fishy #fish #zine #freezine #originalzine
Preview image of an illustration collage by TB (tangentburd) for "Fishy", a detective and fish-themed free zine. Images include a poster featuring a mantis shrimp, a bouquet of coral and shells, a fork, and a stingray character with a shocked expression saying "OMG, could it be?!" in a speech bubble.
August 28, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Preview of a fun lil poem I wrote for @miaowzine.bsky.social, a cat-themed digital charity zine! I had a meowy good time writing it~
🐈‍⬛ Preorders for the zine are open until 5th September 2025 via Big Cartel: miaow.bigcartel.com 🐈‍⬛
#cats #zine #charity
An excerpt from a poem written by TB (tangentburd) for "Miaow", a digital charity cat-themed zine. The excerpt reads: "Delight! Explosion of the senses! / Eyes: golden moondiscs blinking / Ears: perking, wiggly-waggling / Tail: curling, curlicuing. Verdict's out - this splendalicious soup / is cat-stronome approved!". The image also features a background pattern of cute cat faces and a sticker of zine's title "Miaow: A Cat Zine!" illustrated by the zine's organisers.
August 14, 2025 at 8:29 AM
tangentburd.bsky.social
Cover art for an original poem on I wrote for the arthropod-themed Jingzhe zine, hosted by Ensquare Events on Tumblr.
🌙 Read the poem on AO3 >> archiveofourown.org/works/63736906
🦋 Download the zine for free >> tenshi-agerasia.itch.io/jingzhe-zine

#poem #jingzhe #惊蛰 #驚蟄
Digital illustration by TB of a title card design in black and white, with geometric line and circle elements. The main title in Chinese reads "歸靈" (gui ling), meaning "returning soul". The secondary title in English reads "Full Circle". In the background is the faint silhouette of a moth in flight.
March 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
tangentburd.bsky.social
Happy Year of the Snake! Here's my design for @bycmykae.bsky.social's calendar wallpaper project -- see how many snek representations you can find :)

~ Check out everyone's sssplendid wallpapers over at cmykae.itch.io/yots ~

🐍 #yearofthesnake #snake #cny2025 💗
Digital illustration of a snake-themed mobile wallpaper in portrait orientation, designed by tangentburd. There are several circuit board components with their lines and curves resembling snake heads and bodies, laid over a grid background. The components are arranged in two sections representing the Chinese characters for spring (chun) and encounter (feng). Two snake heads extending from one end of each character are close to each other, with a glowing heart symbol between them.
January 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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My summary of art (and lack thereof) in 2024. Cheers to a more fruitful and restful year ahead! ٩(◕‿◕｡)۶
A collection of cropped art snippets featuring original and fandom art created by TB in each month of 2024.
December 31, 2024 at 5:37 PM
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Preview of the February piece I designed for "Year of the Snake": a mobile wallpaper calendar project hosted by @bycmykae.bsky.social. Look out for the official project launch on 21 Dec! 🐍💖
Cropped image of a digital design by TB, with a heart and snakes in the form of circuitry. The design is framed by a template announcing the launch of the "Year of the Snake: A mobile calendar wallpaper project" on 21 December 2024.
December 20, 2024 at 3:58 PM