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Never heard of this before. Let's jump in!

ID: A six panel comic showing the artist attempting to make a comic. Panel 1: The artist is sitting in front of a computer displaying the words "#makeaterriblecomicday". Artist: "Oh cool! IDK what this is but I want in!" Panel 2: The artist looks excited, with stars in the background. Artist: "Gonna make a COMIC!!!" Panel 3: A close-up of the artist's hand holding a tablet pen. Artist: "…About what though?" Panel 4: The artist's inner editor, represented by a square with a red X in the middle, appears with a poof. The artist looks troubled. Editor: "Aha it's me! The villain of this day!" Artist, weakly: "Nooo" Panel 5: The editor's eyes bug out as it punches at the air with a starburst behind it. Editor: "I will shoot down ALL the ideas!" Text on the side of the panel reads "h/t hyperbole and a half". Panel 6: The editor laughs loudly in the background, while the artist turns away and sheds a single tear. Artist: "Alas… I could not make a-- WAIT" End ID.

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So yesterday was Hourly Comic Day and I actually remembered to do it this year! I posted these on Bluesky as I drew them (because I have a Bluesky now), but here they are all together for Tumblr.

[ID: Six images showing the life of the artist. Individual image descriptions follow.

A two-panel comic showing the hours from 12:00 to 7:00. First panel shows the artist in bed with very wild hair, looking determined. She thinks, "I forget every year. Well not this time!" Second panel narration says "Recently started playing Wordle and comparing results with family. Got it in 5 today!" The image shows a text conversation between Aunt, who guessed the word in 3 tries, and Me, who guessed the word in 5 tries.

Three-panel comic showing the hours from 7:00 to 10:00. First panel narration reads "Breakfast," with a side note reading "(cranberry-orange muffin)." The art shows the muffin surrounded by glitter. Second panel narration reads "Shower," the art shows the artist behind a shower curtain washing her hair. Third panel narration reads "Social Media," and the art shows the artist sitting at a desk with her hair wrapped in a towel, eating the muffin. A thought bubble reads "oh yeah I should post these." A splash in the lower right corner reads "RIVETING!"

A two-panel comic showing the hours from 10:00 to 3:00. First panel narration reads "I did a few Productive Adult Things TM…", art shows the artist folding laundry, framing a poster, and cleaning a fountain pen. Second panel narration reads "…and got a treat." Art shows the artist sitting at a table wearing a jacket, drinking a boba tea. Dialogue on the side of the image reads "boober <3".

A one-panel comic showing the hours of 3:00 to 6:00. Narration text reads "Comic drawing and podcast listening." The art shows an over-the-shoulder view of the artist sitting at a computer, drawing a comic about some sort of wormy creature. Off-screen the podcast is playing, and speech bubbles read "Perhaps so we do not get lost, we should hold onto each others' tails."

A two-panel comic showing the hours from 6:00 to 9:00. First panel narration reads "Lunchbossed too close to the sun and now I have a tummyache." The art shows the artist leaning back in her chair with a tired look on her face, her stomach is grumbling and she is weakly saying "nooooo." Second panel shows the artist reaching towards a bowl, saying "Save me, ice cream!"

A two-panel comic showing the hours from 9:00 to 12:00. First panel narration text reads "Finishing off the day with some BG3!" The art shows the artist sitting at her computer and playing the game. Second panel narration text reads "It's my second playthrough so I'm going after Gale this time. (I still think he's a dipshit but now it's /affectionate)." The art shows Gale eating a magical cloak while the halfling player character looks on, thinking "ohhh I can't NOT fuck him."

End ID.]

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humbled

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(Alanis Morissette voice)

Well I'm here, to remind you Of the mess you left when you went away It's not fair, to deny me Of the cross I bear that you gave to me You, you, you -

[rcbirdy]

Need a minute to breathe?

I have a little sideblog called sootheyourself that I started for my kid when they were away at college and struggling with their mental health. (Hence the strange in-jokey blog title and description.) It's a place where I reblog cute cat videos and relaxing art and sweet funny pictures for them, and for anyone else who wants to visit.

New posts show up there in fits and starts, although going forward I am hoping to put a lot more stuff there a lot more often now that *gestures at everything*

But you can stop by any time, and if you go in through the page at https://sootheyourself.tumblr.com/ there are links at the top to my tags for animal videos & pix, posts that are kinda funny, posts that offer support, and posts that are calming. There's even a link to get a random post that you can click as many times as you want. (There are over 1k posts in the archives.)

[rcbirdy]

Drew this while trying to distract myself.

[ID: Fanart of Aeschylus from Feast for a King. Aeschylus is a humanoid with light skin, purple hair, and many red eyes on his head, throat, and hands. He is wearing a black and red outfit with a very deep neckline. He is leaning against a blue wall and is heavily backlit by a glowing neon letter "H". End ID.]

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I've remarked in the past that one of the problems with Dungeons & Dragons under Hasbro is that they want to downplay a lot of the uncomfortably horny elements which have historically characterised the game's implicit milieu, but certain key parts of the game's brand identity are tied up with those horny bits, and they're not willing to give that brand identity up, so they end up doing daft shit like keeping dragon-blooded sorcerers as a core class while acting like "one of your parents fucked a dragon" is the least likely explanation for how you got to be that way, resulting in a text with a strangely coy tone.

The 2024 Player's Handbook carries this policy – and the resulting tonal incoherence – forward. This is how it describes draconic sorcery:

As we can see, it even walks back the 2014 Player's Handbook's oft-mocked discussion of "bargaining" with dragons for power, in favour of proposing scenarios involving accidental exposure to draconic magic – as though a draconic sorcerer is some sort of dragon-themed Spider-Man – while grudgingly acknowledging the possibility of actual dragon-fucking almost as an afterthought.

And then it uses this image to illustrate the Draconic Sorcery subclass:

"Might".

[rcbirdy]

It's the last full day of our crowdfunder for the Goblins podcast and we are currently at 86%. I know there are people who have given multiple times. There are people who have attended every stream. There are people who have created artwork. People who have shared every announcement. We notice all the support, it really helps. https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/goblins-podcast-series-1

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They're watching a movie about taxes.

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Hey, I'm in this!! (My piece is specifically sized to be printed out and used as postcards, but you didn't hear it from me~)

Enjoy a sneaky preview and check out the whole zine at the link above!

⭐️ CAFÉ MEMORIES IS OFFICIALLY OUT! ⭐️

The wait is over, we’re finally ready to serve up our café themed Zatch Bell fanzine! We hope you brought an appetite because this zine is jam packed with LOTS of amazing artwork and writing that was lovingly made by so many passionate fans of the series!

Best part of all, it’s all free to enjoy! You can check out the complete zine below!

Thank you once again to everyone for support towards this project and thank you to all of the contributors for your hard work and talent. This project would not be possible without any of them and we hope you enjoy checking things out! 🍰🧁🍮☕️🍦🍨

🍽️ Zine Page

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Link!!

Support the @goblinspod Crowdfunder campaign! (I think Tumblr is still allergic to links so I'll put it in the notes below!)

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Support the @goblinspod Crowdfunder campaign! (I think Tumblr is still allergic to links so I'll put it in the notes below!)

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Hello, this is Eben! I am going to be raffling my digital commissions for Aseel's evacuation fundraiser! If you win, I will draw you a commission worth up to $300!! To enter, please donate $5 USD to Aseel's g*fun.dme (verified by @/90-ghost, @/fairuzfan, and @/ana-banaya) and send proof of donation to me either through email (aseelraffle@gmail.com) or through this google form!

$5 will get you one entry to the raffle, $10 will get you two entries, $15 will get you three and so on!

Winners will be chosen on August 31st!

You have 48 hours to respond before another winner is announced.

Your commission must be under $300, according to my commission prices !

That's it! Even if you can't donate, PLEASE share this in as many places as possible and don't forget to reblog!

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Art Fight 2024! Nearly all of these were revenges this year, haha. But I met my goal of doing 5 attacks~

Madeleine for @starlitskvaderart Omeesha for lovely-ento Berkan for @riyamilea Darian for @jammerlee Magma Gun for @inbarfink Shew for SpinosaurusSoup Wrong Man, Sterling, and Orion for @starkatstories Cypress, Val Amar, and Mavuto for @kingspriteful

[rcbirdy]

So cool, I love when all the Davids get together! (And thanks for including my little clone even though it's not a David!)

Art Fight: David 7 Edition!

SpinosaurusSoup

@jumpscart

@creativepup

This was so much fun!!! Really looking forward to seeing you all again next year. :D

David 7 designs by SpinosaurusSoup, @ebenrosetaylor, @jumpscart, me, and @hartro-owns-my-heart-ro

Bathin design @strix-brigade

Trexel design @vaingloriousvex

Chase 410 @rcbirdy

Pirate Harry @gracestellaerie

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First episode pilot is live!

Give it a listen then throw them some money to pay for the wonderful people who made it

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There he is! Mister "it seemed like a good idea at the time" himself!

Art Fight REVENGE on @rcbirdy - Olaf!

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