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rowan @arowantree.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

tw: flashing lights updated my d3 spritesheets with all the new designs and this idea cracked me up so I decided to sidequest and make it real #d3podcast

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rowan @arowantree.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

#d3podcast dungeons and dragons and uhh... dating? yeah that sounds about right characters (as ever) from @d3podcastshow.bsky.social

2D pixel sprites of the D3 cast and their love(?) interests. Thomas T Tompton, a copper dragonborn, awkwardly holds hands with the handsome Captain Bebo. Nathan Kaiber exchanges flowers with Kilnip, a small red kobold. Hench leans on the flowerpot of his massive, oxygen producing plant, which looks reminiscent of Audrey II. Mags Thatcher firmly sends away Roj, a handsome sahuagin holding the sexy sword, a muscular sharkfolk bashfully holding a bouquet, and Ragu the myconid.

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rowan @arowantree.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

mags at mcm birmingham made on a budget, a time crunch & a dream #d3podcast

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rowan @arowantree.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

"D&D is NOT fun, Dev! D&D is BAD and HORRIBLE!! Welcome to Ravenloft! ROLL FOR INITIATIVE!!" ...to the surprise of absolutely no-one at all, i enjoyed the premiere of #dungeonmasters a lot. #dnd #ttrpg #ravenloft #pixelart

2D pixel art of the Dungeon Masters player characters standing in front of a dark castle surrounded by pixel bats. From left to right is Crem, a rock gnome scientist, Zora, a hexblood elf sorcerer, Wesley, a drow cleric, and Eloin, a burly dhampir ranger.

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rowan @arowantree.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

wow what a fun little undersea trip with the whole squad i'm sure nothing bad is going to happen to any of them!! @d3podcastshow.bsky.social #d3podcast

2D pixel art of the D3 main cast and Kilnip underwater in their fish suits (fish onesies with old fashioned diving helmets and weights around their chests). Mags has a bottle of Kvas Taras feeding directly into her suit, and Nathan Kaiber's suit contains a small crab. In the background, a modified Mr Whippy van illuminates a shipwreck and some kobold remains. Inside the van is a plant that resembles Audrey II from Little Shop of Horrors.

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rowan @arowantree.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

haven't had a lot of time for art lately (...or time in general) but i managed to lock in and get this out on time - happy valentine's day all! @d3podcastshow.bsky.social #d3podcast

2D pixel art of the D3 podcast characters in a pink ballroom. Kilnip and Nathan Kaiber are dancing together, and Thomas T. Tompton is twirling Captain Mason. Hench freestyles with Salt and Pepper, and Mags toasts Ragu the myconid with a bottle of Kvas Taras.

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rowan @arowantree.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

finally had a chance to catch up with #criticalrole and needless to say i'm obsessed #cr4 #criticalrolefanart

2-D pixel sprites of Wulferic, Kattigan Vale, Wicander Halovar, Tyranny, Teor Pridesire and Thimble from the soldiers' table in Campaign 4 of Critical Role.

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rowan @arowantree.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

conquering my fear of drawing backgrounds one complicated scene at a time.... @devilligan.bsky.social @neilnewbon.bsky.social

2D pixel art of Dolly Whatnot, a redheaded dwarven girl, Dusty Bo-Nay, an undead lizard, and Sir Lora, a squirrel riding a skeleton cat, standing in front of the gate of Fort Joy from Divinity: Original Sin II.

The same image but zoomed out so two stone towers are visible on either side of the characters.

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rowan @arowantree.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

no new sprites bc my life's been crazy busy but y'all can have some very self-indulgent bg3 doodles #bg3 #lae'zel

A black-and-white pencil sketch of my Tav, Lirael, kissing Lae'zel. Lirael is a wood elf with messy, shoulder-length hair, wearing the Helldusk armour and carrying a longbow.

A slightly out of focus black-and-white pencil sketch of my githyanki Durge, Ll'irath, standing next to Lae'zel. The two are wearing their camp gear and have judgemental expressions.

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rowan @arowantree.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

aaand since i probably won't have anything new to post for a while you're all seeing this again!!

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rowan @arowantree.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

it's my birthday again... coulda sworn i had one of those just last year 🤔

A screenshot of a digital clock reading 00:00:00 Tue, 20 Jan

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rowan @arowantree.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

ok new improved version because the owlbear looked jarring as hell in the last one. so nice you all get to see it twice #nobigneil #bg3 #dos2 "passing the torch" (loud noise warning - headphones users beware!)

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rowan @arowantree.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

reuploading this segment because i've fixed some of the visual glitches from last night! probably going to take a break from this project for a little bit but as it stands i have about half of the full song animated and only ~30 secs still to block so!! there is progress!! #d3podcast

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rowan @arowantree.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

i can only wish everyone else the same amount of confidence that i had when deciding that this was a sensible project to pursue at the same time as balancing two shows and regular uni work because i've just seen my rehearsal schedule for next week and suffice to say i'll be fighting for my life :')

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rowan @arowantree.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

first time during the mockup that they're actually starting to look like they're dancing :] #d3podcast (now off to add all the transition and smear frames.... and the background....... and three and a half more minutes of footage........)

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rowan @arowantree.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

some of my favourite sprites from the last couple days in honour of my completing 30 seconds of animation (out of a planned 4 minutes and 25 seconds but we ignore that) #d3podcast

Pixel sprites of the D3 cast (Nathan, Hench, Mags, and Thomas T Tompton) mid kick line, a dance move second only to the grapevine in terms of its overuse within amateur musical theatre choreography.

2D pixel sprites of Devora Wilde banging her fist against what will eventually be a table but is currently a grey background.

Eight kobolds from the D3 podcast arranged in rainbow order. Salt and Pepper the salty sea kobolds are notably larger than the other six.

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rowan @arowantree.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

so i am still working on a longer d3 animation rn but this idea kept cracking me up and i had to make it into a reality. hope you all like wildly inconsistent pixel width and image quality!! #d3podcast

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rowan @arowantree.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

new year new me same 3-5 fictional characters rotating around in my head at any given moment

Rough spritesheets of Nathan Kaiber and Kilnip from the D3 podcast. The first row features some key frames from Nathan's Met Gala experience - serving champagne, feeling hopeless, and holding legally-distinct-from-Sir-Ian-Holmes Ian Hollmes's hat - the second row is Nathan's walk cycle, and the third row is a side view of Kilnip holding up her painting and standing on tiptoe to blow a kiss.

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rowan @arowantree.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

random internet stranger here to wish @devilligan.bsky.social a very happy birthday!! thank you for all the laughs this year and may you achieve nothing but nat 20s from here on out :] #d3podcast

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rowan @arowantree.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

my flatmate just asked me what i was up to tonight and i felt like maybe "spriting an undersea mr whippy van" wasn't the answer she was looking for

A work in progress of the aforementioned undersea Mr Whippy van, a generic ice cream van covered in scratches and various plant growths.

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rowan @arowantree.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

couple of sprites i'm scrapping from a larger project i'm working on but i still like them enough to post them #mightynein #m9

2D pixel art of Mighty Nein characters Caleb Widogast, Frumpkin, Jester Lavorre and Fjord Stone. Caleb is petting Frumpkin and Jester is showing Fjord a copy of Tusk Love.

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rowan @arowantree.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

merry christmas to the people in my phone and to the fictional characters who still owe me rent for the space they take up in my brain @d3podcastshow.bsky.social #d3podcast

2D pixel art of a generic Caffé Nero at Christmas. It is snowing. Nathan Kaiber and Kilnip sit drinking coffee together, Mags sits alone with a horde of treasures, and Hench sits uncomfortably between Captain Mason and Thomas T Tompton, who is blushing. Claire is behind the till, and Willy, Aaron and Trevor are looking out at the snow. Salt and Pepper are almost entirely obscured by the door, but their tails are just visible in front of the Christmas tree.

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rowan @arowantree.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

i always feel a bit ridiculous essentially talking to myself on here but no-one in my irl sphere has reached a level of "insane about fictional characters" where they can identify the penguins i added to this year's christmas village so i must turn to the good folks of social media #d3podcast

Hench, Mags, Nathan Kaiber, Thomas T Thompton and Kilnip as interpreted as 1cm tall clay penguins. That's it. That's the post. Yeah.

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rowan @arowantree.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

i'll be back to my regularly scheduled d&dposting tomorrow but i've been watching a bunch of blake's 7 lately and i ended up redrawing a piece i did way back in 2021 - i still have quite a ways to go when it comes to traditional art but it's nice to see i've improved since then! #blakes7 #b7

I'll be real I have absolutely no idea who most of these characters are meant to be but it's a pencil illustration on lined paper of some of the Blake's 7 characters including Zen and Orac wearing Santa hats. Vila stands at the front making a toast. The text below reads "Merry Christmas 2021".

A black-and-white pencil illustration of Orac, Jenna, Cally, Vila, Blake, Avon, Gan and Zen. All except Avon are wearing festive attire, including Orac, who has reindeer antlers stuck on top of him. Zen is framed with Christmas lights. The text below reads "Merry Christmas 2025".

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rowan @arowantree.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

university has finally released me which means it's time to cry over caleb widogast and nott the brave in the big 2025 #mightynein #m9 #criticalrole

2D pixel sprites of Jester, Fjord, Caleb, Nott, Beau, Mollymauk and Essek from The Mighty Nein.

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rowan @arowantree.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

finally got the chance to sit down and listen to the latest d3 episode! not sure if i'll ever finish this sketch but figured i'd post it here anyway for posterity's sake - traditional art low-key scares me, i need my emotional support 'undo' button!! #d3podcast #d3podcastshow

A black and white pencil sketch of the D3 characters and Neil Newbon in roughly the same poses as the cast photo from the holiday special announcement. From left to right is Thomas T. Tompton the dragonborn, Hench the gnome, Neil Newbon in a black Santa hat, Mags Thatcher the elf wearing a snowman headband, and Nathan Kaiber the human with his signature mushroom hat.

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rowan @arowantree.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

what does it say about me that i'm genuinely attempting to power pose before my audition

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rowan @arowantree.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

realised i may as well post some of my bg3 stuff over here - might re-do these at some point bc i lowkey did gale kinda dirty.... also i should probably give karlach her tail 🤔 #bg3 #baldursgate3

2D pixel sprites of Lae'zel, Astarion, Shadowheart, Karlach, Gale and Wyll from the game Baldur's Gate 3.

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rowan @arowantree.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

the aaron spelp gang + assorted npcs from @d3podcastshow.bsky.social - had so much fun meeting fellow d3 fans at mcm this weekend (and ofc the incredible neil and dev) so naturally the pixel art had to continue! kilnip design by @yurimiez.bsky.social and spelp crew by @jessewhitmoreart.bsky.social

Pixel art style sprites of Claire, Willy, Aaron and Trevor (top row) from the Aaron Spelp Adventures and Salt, Pepper, Kilnip, Harvery Mentiroso, Runara, Tarak and Captain Mason (bottom row)

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rowan @arowantree.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

sprite turnaround practice with my latest obsession @d3podcastshow.bsky.social

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