Blundering Albatross

It’s that magical time of year again.

That’s right, you guessed it.

Frogs are fuckin’ in my garden pond.

Submitted my story for the Outreach anthology! Did something different for this one so very excited for people to read it! :3

#battletech #writing

One bright side of it raining literally every day of 2026 in the UK is that there’s SO MUCH MOSS in like every bit of grass. No more manicured lawns, we’re doing real biodiversity hours here. So good. Mosssss

I’ve watched the first episode of S2 three times now lol. We’re so back

A panel of a manga showing line art of a young-appearing woman with long hair and pointy ears wearing a high-collard tunic. She is smiling warmly at something just out of frame and the speech bubble coming from her says “You are a ray of light.”

Beginning my watch of S2 of Frieren like

A still from the movie Ballerina showing a 3/4 profile close up of a young woman’s back. There is an elaborate tattoo across her back of what appears to be an angel nailed to a stylised cross with the words “lux in tenebris” also tattooed across the woman’s shoulder blades.

Watched Ballerina and I just love this and the other John Wick movies so much. They know they’re a bit silly and weird and lean into it, because what do you mean there’s a scene where a bunch of ballerinas are praying while the protag gets a sick ass back tattoo done in a gloomy chapel? I’m all in!

Digital art of a young woman with pale skin, ginger hair, and green eyes. She is wearing a grey band tshirt, a black pleated skirt with a white trim, thigh-high stockings, brown combat boots with white socks, and a green parka jacket. She is walking through a crowd of silhouetted people in what could be a club, coming towards the viewer with her hands in her jacket pockets, eyes wary and looking to the side.

A fun part about being an artist is being able to put your #OC in cute outfits. A not fun part is spending hours stressing about how much detail to put into the hair and what to do about lighting and background.

I did have fun thinking up in-universe band names for #battletech tho!

#characterart

A photograph of a street lined with terraced houses, looking down the road, with parked cars either side. There is a light dusting of snow all around and a clear blue sky, with bright golden morning sunlight on the buildings.

It snod

A screenshot explaining that all thoroughbred horses in the northern hemisphere share the birthday of January 1st and those in the southern hemisphere August 1st

Happy Every Horse Birthday!

A young woman in a blue sweater dress sat on a blue flag locking eyes with the viewer.

A woman with wolf ears and tail wearing chainmail and carrying a shield and bloodied spear. Her eyes are glowing golden.

A young woman with wolf ears and a tail sat on a dirt floor in the dark. She appears vulnerable and naked but also challenges the viewer with direct eye contact. Behind her in the darkness hangs a wolf skull with glowing eye sockets the same colour as hers.

A young woman with red hair wearing a blue blouse and charcoal pleated skirt firing a pistol at something out of frame. She appears to be enjoying herself.

The year is closing and it’s been a productive one for my art! I feel like I’ve come such a long way in my technique and even if I’m not ‘good’ I’m still proud of myself!

Here’s my 4 favourites from this year:

#characterart #oc

In the animated Grinch movie (2018), Cindy-Lou’s mother is a registered nurse. I dread do think what kind of zany contraptions are used to keep people alive down at the whospital

Digital art of a man and a woman. The woman is sat on a low concrete wall. She has shoulder-length ginger hair and green eyes and is wearing a dark pleated skirt, cream knee socks, and a green jacket over a grey band tshirt. The man is leaning on the wall and is wearing loose-fitting black trousers and a loose-fitting white shirt. He has a glorious moustache and black Cossack-style hair. He has an unlit piper in his teeth. The background is an out of focus treeline behind which can be seen the shape of a blue spheroid spacecraft. The sky is sunset orange fading to the purple of night with a few scattered clouds.

The Dog and the Wolf.

Esther and Jakub, a NPC and PC (belongs to @bemeu.bsky.social) from my ongoing #battletech RPG. They may not look it but these two are usually the most dangerous people in any room.

Feel like I really elevated my linework and shading on this and killed it with the background!

Belly rubs given, ghost still hanging around for some reason 😰

A blurry photograph of a fluffy white dog coming down some dark stairs

Totally real terrifying ghost sighting (CW: 2 spooky 4 u)

Near my house there’s a greasy spoon that has pictures up on the walls of their dishes badly photoshopped onto stock photos of “artisanal” place settings, and it has so much more charm and personality than AI crap ever will

A screenshot of a Reddit post explaining the origins of Wolfenoot as a holiday made up by loser Jack Goss’ son where the Spirit of the Wolf hides gifts around the house and people who are kind to dogs get better gifts

Happy Wolfenoot to all who celebrate 🐺 x

I listen to Welcome to Nightvale the way it was meant to be: through the stereo of a 2009 Kia Rio that crackles on the S sounds

A photograph of a dilapidated room with bare floorboards and one wall that looks like just chipboard. Bricks are piled in an open fireplace with no hearth and there is a storage heater that is the room’s only light, casting a warm orange glow onto a pair of heavy work boots. Against the chipboard wall is a fold-out camp chair and a long tool with a dark jacket hanging on it.

A photo from the wasteland (a building site I was on)
#photography

A photograph of narrow grassy fields with late autumn trees either side. The sun is low, casting long shadows, and the sky is blue and completely cloudless

Experiencing some colours this morning

A photograph of a miniature from the Age of Sigmar model range. It is of two men riding a large armoured shark which is painted in a striped sandy colour. One of the men is armed with a sword while operating the reins and the other has a large crossbow attached to the back of the shark. The base of the model is sculpted to look like the sandy bottom of the sea. The background is flat white.

A photograph of a miniature from the Age of Sigmar model range. It is of two men riding a large armoured shark which is painted in a striped sandy colour. One of the men is armed with a sword while operating the reins and the other has a large crossbow attached to the back of the shark. The base of the model is sculpted to look like the sandy bottom of the sea. The background is flat white.

A photograph of a miniature from the Age of Sigmar model range. It is of two men riding a large armoured shark which is painted in a striped sandy colour. One of the men is armed with a sword while operating the reins and the other has a large crossbow attached to the back of the shark. The base of the model is sculpted to look like the sandy bottom of the sea. The background is flat white.

A photograph of a miniature from the Age of Sigmar model range. It is of two men riding a large armoured shark which is painted in a striped sandy colour. One of the men is armed with a sword while operating the reins and the other has a large crossbow attached to the back of the shark. The base of the model is sculpted to look like the sandy bottom of the sea. The background is flat white.

Finally finished painting my Allopex (and second ever #ageofsigmar model). Really loved building and painting this, it’s such a fantastic sculpt! Can’t wait to move onto the rest of my spearhead!

#miniaturepainting

Digital art of a young ginger woman with green eyes and pale skin, wearing a light blue blouse with a white collar, a charcoal pleated skirt, brown tights, and black shoes. She is kneeling down, firing a gun with what looks like a happy expression. The sleeves of her shirt are rolled up to show the tattoo of a snake coiled around her left arm. The background appears to be a concrete wall or corridor with some bullet marks and some yellow words in German and English.

Was practicing skirts and shirts and it turned into a Whole Thing.

A #Battletech related illustration of a Loki agent clearing a Lyran facility with gusto.

Getting better at folds and I liked leaving the white border as a stylistic choice. Had fun with this!

#characterart #oc

A black and white photograph of a building arrayed like a set of boxes with no visible windows. There are young trees in the foreground on grass with a gloomy overcast sky in the background.

Anyone want to hang out at the Ominous Cubist Building with me?

A photograph of a white dog lying on a beige carpet in a pose reminiscent of a shrimp.

🦐

Digital art of four people and a dog in a darkened corridor, facing the camera and shining flashlights. Behind them can just be seen what looks like red eyes in the deeper darkness.

A very stupid bit of art for the Halloween special episode of my ongoing #battletech rpg, featuring the main NPCs as the Scooby Gang. Had loads of fun with the poses and costumes even if doing the lighting and getting this many people in one image was hell lol lmao

#characterart

A model of a small hermit crab-like creature on a sandy base. It is looking up at a model of a shark as it appears to swim overhead

(This is my favourite detail of the model)

A photograph of a miniature from the Age of Sigmar model range. It is of two men riding a large armoured shark which is painted in a striped sandy colour. One of the men is armed with a sword while operating the reins and the other has a large crossbow attached to the back of the shark. The base of the model is sculpted to look like the sandy bottom of the sea. The background is flat white.

A photograph of a miniature from the Age of Sigmar model range. It is of two men riding a large armoured shark which is painted in a striped sandy colour. One of the men is armed with a sword while operating the reins and the other has a large crossbow attached to the back of the shark. The base of the model is sculpted to look like the sandy bottom of the sea. The background is flat white.

A photograph of a miniature from the Age of Sigmar model range. It is of two men riding a large armoured shark which is painted in a striped sandy colour. One of the men is armed with a sword while operating the reins and the other has a large crossbow attached to the back of the shark. The base of the model is sculpted to look like the sandy bottom of the sea. The background is flat white.

A photograph of a miniature from the Age of Sigmar model range. It is of two men riding a large armoured shark which is painted in a striped sandy colour. One of the men is armed with a sword while operating the reins and the other has a large crossbow attached to the back of the shark. The base of the model is sculpted to look like the sandy bottom of the sea. The background is flat white.

Finally finished painting my Allopex (and second ever #ageofsigmar model). Really loved building and painting this, it’s such a fantastic sculpt! Can’t wait to move onto the rest of my spearhead!

#miniaturepainting

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Started reading Berserk to see what the fuss is all about and the art is incredible but boy howdy is this thing intense

a couple of anime girls standing next to each other and looking at each other Alt: Anime girls picking each other up and smiling next to a fountain.

Rewatching Lycoris Recoil and oh boy this anime has everything. Cute girls, well choreographed gunfights, implied yuri, *actual* toxic old man yaoi. Good gravy this show deserves actual full seasons

Digital art of a young ginger woman with green eyes and pale skin, wearing a light blue blouse with a white collar, a charcoal pleated skirt, brown tights, and black shoes. She is kneeling down, firing a gun with what looks like a happy expression. The sleeves of her shirt are rolled up to show the tattoo of a snake coiled around her left arm. The background appears to be a concrete wall or corridor with some bullet marks and some yellow words in German and English.

Was practicing skirts and shirts and it turned into a Whole Thing.

A #Battletech related illustration of a Loki agent clearing a Lyran facility with gusto.

Getting better at folds and I liked leaving the white border as a stylistic choice. Had fun with this!

#characterart #oc