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Sun🍉 @suneia.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Midna Twilight Princess!!!!!! BUT PAINTY!!! ily so much...

midna twilight princess what a character she's painty and cool she's looking at you and your jaw is on the floor

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

I grew up on Kiki's Delivery Service, but I got to see Princess Mononoke in a century-old theater before its more public release in the States. They wanted to do a trial release to see how people would react to the film. Life-altering experience, that was.

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Absolutely! It's super cute and shapey, but still immediately recognizable as yours

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Dragonlight🎨 @dragonlight.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Witchy Hat, Day 27: Mermaid - Want to swim with me? #art #inkchallenge

A black ink detailed illustration of a mermaid witch with flowing long hair and squid like hat, swimming among the bubbles and tiny fish. Gold ink is used for the outline of the bubbles, outline of the fish, tips of the fins, and details on the squid hat.

Another angle and close-up of the detailed illustration, showing off the shine of the gold ink.

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

I could stare at this forever, there's so much to like about it! The gold ink highlights, the little details around the eyes, the composition, the fine linework on her fins... Gorgeous work

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Fair. Heck, now that you mention it, I'm pretty sure I've heard ミーガン in the wild years ago. I'm only a novice JP speaker at best, the movie title was just one of those things that stood out as a potential multilingual pun.

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

This is just speculation, but "Miigan" sounds like a localization trick to maintain the pun. M3gan → M三gan → Mミgan. I feel like Japanese localizers do this sort of thing a lot, and always find it clever.

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Realistically, the goal is more to menace your opponent and put them on the defensive than actually expect to end a fight, but it was still a key feature of the style!

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I briefly did iaido, and we did have this concept! Though I never learned if it had a name. Most blocks and parries we learned, done right, should have ended with your sword pointed at the enemy or in an ideal position to transition into an otherwise-somewhat-risky overhead strike.

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noot 🐦 @nootsunday.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Show off your snake #art ! blblbl

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Thank you! I love seeing your vignettes of Alti and her party. Always a treat

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

🐍 drop some SNAKES 🐍 🐍snake! 🐍snake! 🐍snake!

A drawing of Cala, a snake woman with a large, choppy ponytail, a necklace made of animal fangs, and a robe embroidered with constellations. She poses with one hand on her hip and her tail twisted about behind her. A large, graphic representation of a two-headed snake ring fills the background.

A drawing of cala the snake woman. She is "sitting" on the ground with her tail twisted tightly around her like a bean bag chair. One elbow is resting on her snake body. She has python-line patterns on her tail, and constellation embroidery on her robe, which she wears low off her shoulders.

A sketch of Cala the snake woman showing off a set of black leather armor. It is made from and modeled after a displacer beast from D&D, with the feelers draped around and tucked into her belt and cat-like ears on her hooded capelet.

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Most are pretty harmless, though, and tell sites that you actually read their newsletter, that you bought something from a sale banner, that sort of thing. Actual user tracking is done with cookies, but that's a whole other thread.

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Which is not to say you can't or shouldn't remove source ids from urls, but it's important to know that all params aren't tracking. Some can be, some are other arbitrary data, and some are an important part of the URL you want. Look for "si," "src," or even just "s" in the key for source ids...

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

In the top example you gave, it would just tell the site you got there from an email list. Google's ids are probably more sophisticated, and if they're unique enough could be used to figure out who is sharing a link, but importantly, they only mean something within Google's ecosystem...

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Source ids are common, but are neither a shared standard nor all that complex. Most sites and companies have their own unique param names ("si" being Google's, for example) and the data attached to them is typically not anything more than "where did this navigation come from..."

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Speaking as a professional web developer, most of this isn't true. The stuff after the ? are called query parameters, and just have additional data for the page you're loading, like your search query in Google or the article you want on a lot of WordPress blogs. They're divided up by & characters...

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Yeah! I had never really enjoyed drawing animals before, but after doing those lessons I gained a new appreciation for them. By that point I was looking forward to whatever the next lesson would hold.

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

It is kind of tedious at first, but doing drawabox exercises during lunch breaks with a cheap ballpoint pen was the single most effective method for building up line confidence and technical proficiency for me. Definitely recommended, and those exercises are still good to revisit from time to time.

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Seconding Printful, for sure. I got a job that took priority before actually getting a storefront up, but the quality of their samples/proofs and communication were great.

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Huion's screen tablets are great. I've been using a Kamvas for years, and while I never had a screen Wacom, its pen and software are much nicer than the Wacom stuff I did use. It's quite affordable, too.

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

I'm just a Stranger on the Internet, but the most eye-opening advice for identifying unusual or chronic pain for me was "The correct amount of pain for daily life is none." If small tasks are physically painful and that sort of pain is consistent, it's worth bringing up to a doctor.

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Mermays 28 and 29, 🧙‍♀️Wicked Gemini🧜‍♀️🧜‍♀️ This is a comfort zone piece for me for sure. #mermay #mermaid #art

A drawing of a pair of identical mermaids in witch hats, swimming in a spiral pattern and reaching towards each other. The radially-symmetrical composition is a bit like a playing card, and it's rendered with simplistic, flat shading.

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Mermays 24 and 27, watercolor oasis🏝. I've always wanted to learn how to use digital "watercolor" brushes, but I still don't feel like I mesh with them very well. #mermay #mermaid #art

A rough drawing of an oasis with fluffy clouds, palm trees, and a pair of mermaids in the water. One lounges in the sunlight, while other chats with a traveling woman modeled after a gerudo from Zelda.

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Another twofer, 🐠Aquarium and ♻Redraw. This was originally from the 2020 Mermay. #mermay #mermaid #art

A drawing of a small neon tetra mermaid napping in a round fishbowl. The fingers of one arm peek up above the water line, her tail hangs out of the bowl's opening. Aquariam plants fill the empty space of the bowl, and provide the mermaid a modicum of modesty.

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Mermay 20 🤡Clown(fish) I'm sure lots of people did this, but I'll not turn my nose up at low-hanging fruit. #mermay #mermaid #art

A drawing of a mermaid girl in simple clown makeup with a ruffled collar and cuffs. She leans forward with at big smile and wink. Her lower half is, predictably, a clownfish.

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

🧜‍♀️Abracadabra✨ Still a little behind, but I'm enjoying leaving these as rougher pieces. #mermay #mermaid #art

A drawing of a mermaid in a white shirt, low-cut vest, and short pencil skirt. She presents a magician's hat from which a school of fish flows out.

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Eccentric💫 I started out pulling from a harajuku outfit, but turns out frilly pants look pretty normal as an eel tail. #mermay #mermaid #art

A drawing of an eel mermaid with big, round glasses and an iridescent spaghetti-strap dress. She wears a cute, dorky grin and her long tail with frill-like fins loops around the page.

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Mermay 15, 🍑 I've been wanting to do a mermaid Peach basically since her game came out, so this was a good opportunity. #mermay #mermaid #princesspeach #art

A rough drawing of mermaid Peach from Princess Peach Showtime, holding her arm up and presenting a peach (the fruit). Iridescent scales are drawing all the way down her tail.

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Brave! I messed up my layers on this one and decided to call it sooner that I would have liked. Don't tell anyone #mermay #mermaid #art

A drawing of a giant angler-fish-woman with glowing crazed eyes and a wide grin full of crooked, needle-like teeth. She holds up a clawed hand beneath the silhouette of a much smaller, more typical mermaid carrying a spear.

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Mermay 🧜‍♀️🧜‍♀️, guard. I may revisit this one later, but I've got catching up to do for now. #mermay #mermaid #art

A drawing of three mermaids, two larger with hair tied back brandishing spears, and a small, wide-eyed, bushy-haired one between them. The guards look directly at the viewer with intense focus. The smaller wears lots of shiny beads.

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Mermay 10, lost and found. Since I'm behind, I just went with a polished sketch, but honestly I like that style so I'll probably do more of those. #mermay #mermaid #art

A flat, sketchy drawing of a mermaid holding out a worn ship's wheel and admiring it. A dark silhouette of a shipwreck sprawls into the depths behind her.

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Thank you! I keep letting these get away from me, so something simple and muted helped keep things simple

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Mermay 9🧜‍♀️ I am not practiced in cubism, so here's a mermaid painting a much lower res cubist piece. #mermay #mermaid #art

A drawing of a warm gray mermaid sitting on a stool and painting at an easel. She has a focused expression and a somewhat stiff posture. Rough, choppy, cool brushstrokes fill the background. On her easel is a painting of this image in a more cubist-inspired style.

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Mermay 8. The theme is nominally "Atlantis," but I just took that to mean "underwater city." I feel like mer-buildings would be round for better pressure resistance and have all sorts of different buoyancies. #mermay #mermaid #art

A rough, somewhat painterly drawing of an undersea city made up of spherical and pill-shaped buildings extending into the depths. In the foreground, a couple of mermaids sit outside a cafe that looks like it's made of driftwood. Small crowds of colorful merfolk gather and swim around between the floating structures.

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Mermay 6 and 7 are a hybrid one, since I missed yesterday. Sweet Treat and Ghibli. #mermay #mermaid #art

A drawing of a little isometric diorama of a room in the bath house from Spirited Away. A mermaid lounges in a small tub with a giant sweet dumpling while chatting with a bath attendant. In an attempt to emulate Studio Ghibli styles, the background is painted with a watercolor brush while the characters are more cell-shaded.

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Day 5, drama(tic lighting). I'm learning that social media compression doesn't like narrow value bands very much. #mermay #mermaid #art

A drawing of a mermaid sitting in a dark space looking up at bright rays of light from above. She is mostly in silhouette, with only rim lighting to highlight her.

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Mermay 4! Axolotl have legs, so I went back and forth on whether she should be a proper mermaid or just a salamander lady. #mermay #mermaid #art

A drawing of a woman in a tied bikini with curly hair and huge aolotl frills, fin, and tail. Her arms are held out in casual invitation, and a little pink axolotl floats in front of her. She looks at it with gentle smile.

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Mermay 3! Hair! I told myself I'd try to keep things simple for these, but I tried out a lot of little tools and tricks and definitely spent too long fiddling on this one. #mermay #mermaid #art

A drawing of a sharky mermaid looking down with a toothy grin. Her dark hair drifts around her, with strands twisting around her torso, arms, and fingers.

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Thank you! I love a weird sea-creature mermaid, they're fun to think about

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Mermay day 2. I feel like nautiluses have a pretty cosmic feel, right? This was a fun learning experience. #mermay #art

A dark drawing of a nautilus mermaid sitting on a rock. The Milky Way and countless stars reach through the background, reflecting on the ocean below. The mermaid reaches one arm out in front of her, basking in the light of the stars.

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

It's Mermay! I'm going to try and follow the "official" prompts this year, and actually post with some regularity. I miss doing art, and it's as good an excuse as any to get back in the habit of it. #mermay #art

A monochromatic drawing of a mermaid taking a mirror selfie with an old disposable camera and a large elliptical mirror. She has long flowing hair and a coy look on her face. Green seaweed nestles the mirror and fills the space around the frame.

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Cephalort @cephalort.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

I hear neocities is pretty neat. I'm a big proponent of just getting a host and doing whatever you want, but that does have a cost barrier. You can go pretty far with plain old html + css and a weekend once you've got a place for it to live, though.

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