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Happy Lesbian visibility week!

Bit late as usual but I've been working on like 10 things at the same time

Been cooking some fun stuff that will surely not take me like two months to finish

Might draw my comic's pairings too soon since people seemed to like them quite a bit

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"Finally, this nightmare of a thousand years is at its end.

Inheritor of my Crest... if this body is to decay, then the sword...

I leave it to you."

(available as a large and mini print in my store)

#fe3h #marianne

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#LMAO #BRO I CANT #memes

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The ivory buds are woven into garlands and given as gifts to close friends or potential lovers.

An alternate piece to my DimidueFest Day #1 post :,)

#dimidue #fe3h #fire emblem

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so many ships!

here are those valentines drawing and how they have evolved so far (not a lot as you can see). i ended up sketching a new yurileth, the second places for the non-character-specific polls too (ferdibert, marihilda, netteflix) + claurenz cause that's a scene i've written in one of those fics i wrote for my own enjoyment (not a claurenz fic, more of a claude diary in fódlan or something)

#fire emblem #fe3h

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Happy Birth-day to everyone's favourite Duscur boi <3

#dimidue #dimitri blaiddyd #dedue molinaro #fe3h #fire emblem

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it is my hope and dream that everyone on tumblr can go outside and visit a gay bar or go to a queer event and see that our community is very beautiful and very diverse and that half the internet discourse isn’t real

#real

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As I work on a truly interminable number of other projects, here's a light throwback from before my recent new wave of subs that's guaranteed to generate only the most civil of discussions.

#Fire Emblem #FE16 #Fire Emblem Three Houses

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Just 2 more days until applications close!! 💚💙

Link to the application:

HERE

#amphibia #amphibia fanzine

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The Owl House Pitch Bible (Part 1)

#the owl house #the owl house pilot #toh

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I like this angle, and I think it would be interesting to have Marcy intentionally seek out Val for help in neutralizing the box. Valerina out everyone she knows would have the most knowledge on the stones(Anne could've told Marcy about how she charged the Blue stone). You could have it so Marcy doesn't know Val's true identity till a few chapters of them bouncing off each other.

Since Marcy doesn't have the resources to beat Andrias she'll probably look for a way to neutralize the box(while also trying to get it to find a way back home) rather than leading a full on invasion.

Valerina could at first try not getting involved, but seeing Marcy's determination to make things right even after her own mistakes could inspire Valerina to slowly get more involved in helping Marcy out.

When Marcy does eventually figure who Valerina is and could've helped Marcy sooner, could create some interesting conflict between the 2. Where Valerina's inaction comes back to bit her.

The idea of Marcy teaming up with Valerina instead of being possessed by the Core never popped into my head the journal came out. I think it would be cool to one of the trio be involved in a 3rd party in Amphibia's lore, that has separate motivations from the Olms & The Core.

Both characters are guilt ridden from their uses of the box, so it would be cool to have Valerina's 1000+ year journey to redeem herself reflect Marcy's want for redemption. It allows Marcy to get a better of how the stones work too, which could lead the Mother Olm not being necessary for the trio if they meet up early.

#amphibia #marcy wu #Valeriana

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Sorry for being such a slow writer, it's because I [remembers that self-deprecating jokes are harmful to my mental health and make everyone else uncomfortable] was attacked by dark spirits and washed up on the shore of a mysterious island with no recollection of who I was

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Hello. Do you think having a game programming YouTube channel can be useful as a portfolio? Like recreating game mechanics from existing games or creating new ones, and explaining my thoughts and decisions through the videos. Similar to Artstation for artists, but in this case for programming.

I do like the idea of having an online portfolio where a candidate can showcase their skills, but I am not sure that a youtube channel is the ideal platform for it. I can see good gains to be had from doing so, but there are also non-trivial drawbacks. I'll explain what I mean.

First, doing personal game development projects earns top marks. There's no better way to stand out as a candidate than to have experience doing that work already and game development is no exception. Show us that you can do the job by doing similar work. Earning experience as an amateur will translate to leveling up as a professional.

Second, there's definitely a lot of benefit to practicing communication skills which you get from posting for public consumption. My own personal ability to communicate has improved significantly since I began this blog. The regular practice of posting to the blog has honed my skill at taking difficult, technical, and/or complex concepts and conveying them in an intuitive and understandable way. These are extremely helpful skills in a professional setting, especially when communicating with others who are not versed in the technical or design context.

There are also two drawbacks I see here.

The first drawback is in the choice of platform. Video production is extremely time-consuming - at the very least you will need to record the needed footage, write and record the commentary, add any needed visual bits (e.g. intro, outro, key art, transitions, etc.) and (most time-consuming of all) edit each video together. Most of these skills are not directly transferable to game development and are the primary reason I decided against going the Youtube route for myself.

The second drawback is in the public-facing nature of posting your work. If you get hired by a game company, you will become a corporate representative to the players of that company's games 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Your personal public posts will likely be read and dissected by the game's fans and used as potential ammunition against your employer. It is not abnormal for public blogs and the like to need shutting down (either temporarily or permanently) once you get hired. It may become a legal liability and that's not something you want to deal with while juggling a full-time job. I avoid this by staying anonymous but it's a double-edged sword - I must also forgo the benefit of having a public portfolio that I can show to potential employers.

That's basically the rundown. There's a lot to be gained from doing personal game dev work and posting it publicly, but you don't need to go all or nothing. There are really good skills you will develop by doing so, but you should absolutely be mindful of the major drawbacks of doing so in a public venue. I would encourage you to consider these issues and find a solution that you think will work best for you.

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#portfolio #game development

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Boy I shoulda never asked white people that question lol. Some of these folks are determined to believe I asked them to brag on having friends of color instead of to consider if they're safe to be around, BY those friends of color. "I don't have any friends" okay so you don't have any friends of color. Move on. "I have this many" okay but do they feel safe to have discussions of race with you. "I knew this many back in-" okay but are they your friends now. Like.... These have been some of the most unpleasant tags. I should have started at square one instead of thinking people would read between the lines. I didn't want to under assume people's comprehension but like... Idk.

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Happy Mario day!!!! Tried my hand at the Mario and Luigi style

#super mario #mario #this looks so good #like the fire effect

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Guess who just rewatched True Colors

#amphibia #anne boonchuy #sprig plantar #polly plantar #hopediah plantar

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what if marcy was a pretty trans man. what then. yes this also applies to the first picture

#amphibia #marcy wu