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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 18/08/2026

I'm afraid I will simply die.

Promo shot for the game Space Marine 2, which shows the game title over an image of three space marines from the game.

Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 11/08/2026

Although the faces are AI, they're not generated on the spot. Looks like everyone's getting the same faces to choose from (predetermined by your preferences on gender and age). Anyway; the unpopular opinions. I didn't get the aryan guy other people did; if I had he'd be my disliked unpop I'm sure.

From the online survey about who you find attractive. It shows my 'hidden gem', i.e. the one I liked more than most people did. It's a fat man of colour with a goatee, and absolutely deserving of love and attraction.

From the online survey about who you find attractive. It shows my 'unpopular opinion', i.e. the one I didn't like despite everyone else liking it. It's a generic white man with a beard, with what is likely a under average weight body. No flavour.

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 11/08/2026

To the surprise of no-one. But also, these are literally the faces that come up in the survey I rated highest, so there's no actual analysis here. Also there weren't many POC fat folks. And not that many fat folks overall. Is here btw. Who are you into? www.guidedtrack.com/programs/2dj...

Screenshot from the results of a survey to interrogate what you find attractive. It shows four AI generated men, all fat, and in this case all white, in their 30s to 50s, with either beards or moustaches.

Another screenshot from the results of a survey to interrogate what you find attractive. In this case, two 'auxilliary types' that differ from your 'main type'. It shows two AI generated men of colour, both fat, in their 30s or 40s, one with goatee and one clean shaven.

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 05/08/2026

Warp CLI giving me dramatic suggestions

Small screencap of the input for the Warp CLI, where it will predict/advise on your next command. This time it recommends simply "finish it"

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 21/07/2026

Don’t mind me travelling with me stupid big backpack case thing. It contains treasures (tabletop minis).

A photo of a man on a train looking down between his legs at the large bag on the floor. It is a sturdy looking box shape, in black and red. Big and awkward.

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 09/07/2026

For all the talk of parties not standing in Clacton being because they are scared, here's what the real fear looks like. Nigel is afraid of a bin.

A screenshot of a Guardian news article's title and subtitle, which reads 'Reform activists urged to switch focus from Manchester to Farage's Clacton contest. Exclusive: Party hoped to mount a serious challenge in mayoral race but attention has been diverted to Essex.

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 23/04/2026

Here I am btw if you wanted proof I’m still alive

A photo looking up from the desk at a fat bearded man in a grey tshirt, sitting at his work desk, looking into the camera. It’s well lit because it’s a sunny day.

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 30/07/2025

Wotsits do nuts now. They left out the best flavour: prawn cocktail.

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 10/07/2025

If you see this, quote post with a robot that isn’t from Star Wars, Star Trek, Dr Who or Transformers.

A screenshot of an episode of Stargate SG-1 called Double Jeopardy. It shows two versions of one of the show's heroes, Colonel Jack O'Neill. One is in green camo airforce gear and the other in a black t-shirt. The one in green has his arm around the shoulders of the other and is being helped to walk.

One of them is a robot. But which one?

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 29/06/2025

In another episode of this weird world we live in, I’m just scrolling Instagram and one of those joke aggregator posts popped up.. I laughed out loud at one page and it turns out to be a screencap of none other than @comicprintinguk.bsky.social

A screenshot of an Instagram post by ‘iamthirtyaf’; one page of several jokes pulled from various corners of the internet. This page is a joke by CPUK, the user mentioned in this Bluesky post. The joke is itself a screenshot of an Apple feature ad, which reads “Pay with your face”, to which CPUK has responded “Is… Apple threatening me?”

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 25/06/2025

Just going through and finally ordering my Jira tix, and getting rid of all the really old stuff from the older defunct design system strategy.

A screenshot from The Lord of the Rings, showing Treebeard at the foot of Isengard, with yellow text that reads 'The filth of Saruman is washing away'. In context, it implies the defunct design system strategy is the filth of the old order.

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 08/04/2025

Did some more drawing tonight. Decided to do some faces. These are strongman Dennis Kohlruss. He’s got a nice face and can be expressive when he talks so it makes good practise.

A sketches drawing showing two faces both belonging to strongman Dennis Kohlruss. There is also a third small simplified face of him. The two larger faces make use of solid black and hatching while the smaller face is just line drawing. The drawings show different expressions which suggest the man is in the middle of talking- with a slightly pursed mouth. Handwritten text indicates the date; 08/04/2025, or the 8th of April, 2025.

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 08/04/2025

As promised, I also want to say how much I enjoyed These Young Wolves, also by @glennquigley.bsky.social (cover art by Jaycee DeLorenzo). It continues the story of Vince Knight in the universe of The Moth and Moon. Again, big burly folks, and queer romance, as well as adventure.

The book cover of 'These Young Wolves' by Glenn Quigley. Cover art by Jaycee DeLorenzo. The cover man in silhouette, walking uphill on cobblestones through an old town street. The colours are all deep blues and whites, as if desaturated like an old photograph. Overlaid is gold and white text, and a gold border styled with clockwork motifs. Gold text reads 'Glenn Quigley' and 'These Young Wolves', and underneath in smaller white text is 'The Knights of Blackrabbit #1'.

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 07/04/2025

To continue on sharing media; meant to write this a few months back. I finished @glennquigley.bsky.social's We Cry The Sea. It was delightful. While the story doesn't explicitly have to be an end, it rounds off Mr Shipp's story very nicely. Cover art by Natasha Snow.

The book cover of 'We Cry The Sea' by Glenn Quigley. Cover art by Natasha Snow. The cover shows a large sailing ship, many sails unfurled sailing towards us, off centre, on a calm sea and in front of a sun breaking through the clouds. The colours are all warm yellows, pinks, and purples, like a red sunset or sunrise. White text is overlaid saying 'We Cry The Sea' and 'Glenn Quigley'.

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 07/04/2025

This game lives within me. Of the few games that do, this is the one that has the title/menu screens that are most memorable. This game is amazing; and the art direction was perfect. The music (Solar Fields) for this page is playing in my head right now.

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 04/04/2025

This is the next book; The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (translation Ken Liu). @mattgikarp.bsky.social and I both realised we had this on our to-read list, and so decided we'll both listen to it now. I haven't seen the show, yet, but I'm only aware of the book because of it. Is good so far.

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 04/04/2025

Trying to get back into doing a little drawing. I’ve been feeling it’s missing from my life. Anyway, anatomy is always a good place to practise, so I do my usual thing of picking cute strongmen as targets. This guy is pull_my beard on Instagram; I’ve drawn him before. Was fun. I should do it more.

A black and white sketch drawing using pencil and ink, of a weightlifter/strongman wearing shorts but no shirt, body facing us but his face looking to our right, his arms at his sides. It is rough and has varying levels of finish throughout with the highest level of finish in the head and shoulders. Plenty of blocking black and thin hatching.

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 28/03/2025

Onto this after. I am sceptical of books like this, but actually enjoying listening to this one. Again, very listenable, and has been funny. One moment of casual misogyny so far, which is disappointing, but overall the book is helping me reframe some things. Lets see how it goes.

An audiobook cover; striking orange with white and black text. The text reads "#1 New York Time Bestseller, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life, Mark Manson", and a sticker-like white circle is placed centre-right which reads "Author of the new book 'Everything is Fucked: A Book About Hope'"

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 28/03/2025

Finished listening to this, this morning. Really good, at least for my needs. I have a story I want to write, in the back of my head, always. It imagines a post-climate change world, so I've wanted to read up more on the consequences of climate change. This was very good for that. Very listenable.

A book cover, audiobook version, of 'The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming', David Wallace Wells. The cover is literally just an off white background with that text in black serif font.

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 05/12/2024

Today’s look is the Kevin McCallister. And yes both of those festive hot chocolates are mine.

A heavyset bearded man taking a full body selfie in an office hallway mirror, standing outside a lift. He’s carrying two drinks in one hand, stacked. He’s dressed in black jeans, red and green flannel shirt, green overshirt, and white and red bobble hat. Festive spirit oozes.

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 08/11/2024

My current listen. I don't think I've ever read it before. Maybe I did, a long time ago. I don't remember how it goes (that's not a joke 😏).

The Audible book cover for their adaptation of 1984 by Goerge Orwell. It depicts a small television screen with a disrupted visual signal, showing a man's face staring directly at you. The whole thing is in dull blue tones. The cover text reads 'George Orwell's 1984, Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Scott, Tom Hardy'. Overlaid on top is the text 'Audible Original' and 'Only from Audible'.

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 06/11/2024

Contemplating the future, sitting in the park by the church with a (decaf) coffee. Just letting my brain unwind a little between work stuff.

A photo of a bearded fat homosexual sat in front of yellowing trees, in black shirt over a grey vest. Headphones on, and coffee not pictured. The look is stoic, with some despair.

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 06/11/2024

Trying to comfort myself by taking advantage of today’s “Aussie breakfast” served up by a colleague, and doing TimTam slams with my tea.

A photo of two open packets of TimTams, one original chocolate, in a brown colour, and one chewy caramel, in a tan/burnt orange.

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 01/11/2024

Today’s outfit is the autism special.

Man taking full body selfie via a mirror. He is wearing all black. A t-shirt, jeans, and big comfy skater shoes. The essence of comfort and simplicity.

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 17/09/2024

Well, people are posting this so here's mine. Not a remarkable number, and I don't know why being in the first 10% gives me some sort of a buzz but here we are. Celebrating Bluesky reaching 10 million users. (I suppose if I'm 305k in 10mil that I'm actually top 5%? 😛)

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 06/03/2024

Carpet, leather, brown, beige, tan in the decor, and pink purple blocky future on the screens.

A photo of the bridge from the Enterprise-D, from Star Trek: The Next Generation. No cast are present. The shot is as if looking in from the view screen and views several chairs, facing to us, set in front of computer consoles. All furniture is a beige or brown variation, with carpets and leather.

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 24/02/2024

Trying to resume some regular drawing practise. I now take classes in Wing Chun and thought it would be nice to combine anatomical study with study of the Wing Chun forms. Although this is not necessarily an exact execution of either.

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 04/02/2024

The advantage of have a partner who is into photography. You occasionally get a nice photo of yourself thrown your way. We’ve had a brief trip up to Sutton Bank dark sky reserve with a stopover in York. This is us eating at Yuzu ramen (it was delicious).

A black and white portrait photo of Bob Ferry, sat in a restaurant with brick walls, background blurred. Bob is smiling slightly, looking at the camera, with a slightly messy beard, messier hair, and wearing a dark flannel shirt.

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 02/02/2024

Firefox has awarded me this for the number of open tabs I have on mobile. It’s chaos in there.

A snapshot of the bottom options bar in Firefox mobile browser, showing the search icon on the left, hamburger menu on the right, and in the middle, the tabs button, which shows a rounded box with the number of open tabs displayed inside. In this case, the number shows the symbol for infinity.

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 15/01/2024

This arrived today and it is wonderful. Also timely given how the vibes meet so successfully with Lethal Company, game du jour. I’m looking forward to giving it a read and (hopefully) a play.

Two books for a tabletop RPG called 'You're in space and everything's fucked'. The books are almost identical in their stark style but one is red and one is black. The red for the players is titled 'Struggler's Guide', and the one in black for the gamemasters is titled 'Station's Guide'. The subtitle reads 'A gruesome sci-fi horror RPG', and is by Nevyn Holmes.

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 30/12/2023

Just played a trial game of the new Homeworld boardgame (using Solo play rules on the first scenario) .. this is the final position where you can see I was outwitted by evil enemy-rules-assisted me (red fighters reaching escape zone). Anyway it was fun.

A top-down photo of a boardgame. The board is a series of tessellated hexagons over a field of space and stars. Two groups of blue fighters chase from the left a group of red fighters, which sit successfully in a hexagon to the right; the escape zone and winning objective.

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 26/12/2023

If you see this, I invite you to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation

A screenshot from The Simpsons; the iconic moment where principal skinner presents hamburgers to the superintendent and proclaims them to be steamed hams, except here there is text written saying “mmm gamed hands”. Why? We may never know.

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 15/11/2023

Me, when I leave for town and find my Apple Watch is not charged.

A meme; shows a screenshot of the interrogation scene in the movie V for Vendetta with the text “you have no watch anymore, you’re completely free”. The word “watch” is superimposed over the word “fear” which was used in the movie.

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 02/10/2023

Now that we're officially going to Iceland again in November, I must start assembling the playlist for #3.

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 02/10/2023

Dan sent me a couple of photos from when we were both in Edinburgh last. I was simultaneously thinking I didn’t know what to post to Bluesky. So here you are, the outcome of two independent thoughts.

Photo portrait of a bearded man with short hair, smiling at the camera, with a blurry park as a backdrop. White tee and black hoodie, and sat in the sunlight. Plenty of soft, lightly golden diffused light.

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 01/09/2023

This would be a video if I could add it. Me, alone in office, trying to decide if I can manage any more work or it’s time to head home. Not pictured: Fortune Days by The Glitch Mob playing in the background.

Me, face and shoulders, in black bandana and grey tee, alone in office, trying to decide if I can manage any more work or it’s time to head home. Chewing on a pen like it means something. Not pictured: Fortune Days by The Glitch Mob playing in the background.

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 05/08/2023

Okay well, spent a lot of the afternoon knocking up one of the new Federation ships for the Star Trek Adventures game, or at least a nice blocky version of it. Who's got time to properly model and texture anything. It's meant to be a small exploratory science vessel, maybe housing 12-20 crew.

Screenshot of 3D modelling software, showing a basic assembly of shapes into an approximate starship. Intended as a small Federation science ship, it has a flattened torus for a saucer section. This shot is at a high angle, to the ship's left.

Same ship as in the first image, but looking from the top. With this shot it's easier to see the overall silhouette. The ring saucer sticking out in front of a short, stumpy main hull, either side of which emerges a small wing/support pylon holding a warp nacelle.

Same ship as in the first image, but looking from the front. This shot emphasises the downward triangle shape of the main hull, sitting behind the saucer section. The nacelle pylons extend from the very bottom of the main hull, the apex of the triangle shape.

Same ship as in the first image, but looking from the rear at high level. In this shot you can see the rear section of the main hull, which at the top, slopes down, intended to be similar to the rear section on a Runabout class ship.

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 05/08/2023

I've been re-reading Star Trek Adventures material, and preparing various ideas, so I can run some STA sessions. Anyway, instead of doing the critical stuff like plot and characters, I'm designing starships instead, obv. Blocking out shapes for some new Klingon deep-space flagship.

Screenshot of 3D modelling software, showing a basic assembly of shapes into an approximate starship. Intended as a Klingon flagship, it has loose bird shape, with wings, neck, and head. This shot is at a high angle, to the ship's left.

Same ship as in the first image, but looking from the ship's right, at ship level. This shot shows off the long descending sensor array from the ship's head, and heavier undercarriage.

Same ship as in the first image, but looking from the top. With this shot it's easier to see the overall silhouette, with the very long neck sticking out beyond the central mass between wings and nacelles.

Same ship as in the first image, but looking from the rear at ship-level. In this shot, the multilayered aspect of the wings is more obvious. Each side of the ship has 3 wings layered atop one another.

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 31/07/2023

A while back I stopped my phone auto-updating apps. Can’t remember why. But now I at least can hang onto this if I want to. Keep it Twitter until I finally remove myself from it for good. I go on very rarely as it is (hence 21 waiting items).

A partial phone screenshot showing the old blue twitter icon (white bird on a blue background). A red badge in its corner indicates 21 waiting notifications.

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 24/07/2023

To that end, did some drawing this weekend (for the first time in a while). It actually uses a 3d sculpt of the same character as a base; I sketched over it). It is my big fat gay D&D character obviously. We love a chonky boy. #DnD #CharacterArt #BigFatboys #TTRPGs #Loxodon

A black and white line drawing of a D&D character. A fat loxodon, or humanoid elephant, stands centrally, dressed from the waist down in wrapped cloth. He wields a wooden shield and a closed fist, with a sword strapped to his back. A aged and determined face looks out from behind large tusks and trunk.

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Bob Ferry @bobferry.design · 20/07/2023

By way off just getting some content up on here, filling out my page so to speak, here’s Dan and I recently in Edinburgh for a wedding and enjoying the beautiful views.

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