iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Bad news, friends.. or good news, potentially! I've re-created my OC in yet another game. Snowclaw started as a WoW DK, made an appearance as a D2 Titan, ported into FFXIV as DRK, and now a MonHun Wilds GS wielder.

Screenshot of my WoW DK "Snowclaw" as re-created in the Wowhead model viewer.

Screenshot of Snowclaw as a Destiny2 Titan.

Snowclaw as I made her in Final Fantasy 14.

Screenshot from the Monster Hunter Wilds character creator, the latest incarnation of Snowclaw and her Palico colored as a Night Elf Winterspring Frostsaber.

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Followed a #UE5 UI material tutorial which really liked making blueprint spaghetti. Was also a mess because of many hard-coded values, which I broke out into parameters and bound them to 0..1; straightened the blueprint and I have this! Now just to tie my controller logic to it.

Screenshot of Unreal blueprint editor, a mostly organized flow graph for the UI element in next image.

UI element with an outer circle of blue, the inner circle is split into segments and acts like a radial gauge, showing a red portion of "empty" and a green portion "filled".

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Hope this makes you feel better!

Minerva wears a harlequin costume, hands raised and mouth wide in an expression of surprise and delight.

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Y'ever get distracted while waiting in queue, start jumping Kugane tower, and forgetting you're in queue start gposing? Happened twice to me today. Anyway, she was looking for her carbuncle, who somehow was always 2 jumps ahead on the puzzle. #gposers #ffxiv #oc:Apocrypha

Screenshot from Final Fantasy 14: an Auri woman with reddish complexion and black scales and horns, dressed in black and gold samurai armor. She is standing outside a lattice-framed paper door, lit from inside. She has her hand raised to her helmet's brim, looking out towards the left.

Screenshot from Final Fantasy 14: the Auri woman in samurai armor is still casting her gaze, searching; but she is perilously standing on the balcony railing high up on Kugane tower. On the roof above her is a topaz carbuncle, whom she is likely looking for.

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I actually finished my Phantom relic weapon a while back, but forgot to grab a screenshot at the time. 😅 Made sure to color it to match my Courtly Lover's attire, but the bisexual glow is also just perfect. 😏 #gpose #ffxivgpose #viera

Screenshot from Final Fantasy 14: the bunny man of white hair with black tiger stripes is dressed in white satin and pink roses. The massive greatsword held over his shoulder has a similar color scheme: white blade, pink grip, red to purple to blue fiery glow on the blade.

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I've finally done it- finished a Bozjan Resistance relic weapon! Took longer than the Phantom weapons, not just because I slacked on Bozja for a long time, but the effort needed. (Please appreciate the orange and blue backlighting added to the shot!) #gpose #ffxivgpose #viera

Screenshot from Final Fantasy 14. A rabbit-eared Viera man strikes a pose with a finished Bozjan Resistance relic weapon for Dark Knight, Blade's Justice. The blade glows deep purple with red crystals. The bunny-man is backlit from one side by a forge, and the other from moonlight.

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Lighting! Not just in-frame light sources like the warm table lamp here, but a teal/cyan and an orange/red, backlighting them or from the sides. Alt text for more! #wolqotd #gposers

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Please appreciate these blueprints I've made in #UE5! ...Or not, I'll take feedback and counter-examples of other ways to organize blueprints.

Screenshot of a zoomed-out blueprint flowchart from Unreal Editor 5. An attempt was made to make it aesthetic, with as many straight lines, non-crossing lines, equally spaced boxes, well-organized comment boxes, etc.

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I'm not against putting Minnie in trending fashion, and this suits her. As others wearing it have shown, it has good ... breathability, but also worth checking out the backside. 😏 #gposers #gposernsfw #ffxivnsfw #midlander #oc:Minerva

Screenshot from Final Fantasy 14. Most of the image is taken up by a dark purple horse with bright purple-pink mane and tail throwing off magical sparkles. Behind it is the tropical beach and resort at Costa del Sol. A woman rides the horse side-saddle, but from the camera angle you see her backside- hardly covered by a narrow bikini bottom in pink, and sleeveless lavender athletic top showing a bit of side-boob and well-defined muscled arm. Her shoulder-length black hair is capped by a matching purple sun visor and sunglasses as she looks over that sculpted shoulder to look at the camera.

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Another week, another get-my-hopes-up with Khloe's Wondrous Tales. #ffxiv

Screenshot from Final Fantasy 14, Wondrous Tales game. 8 stickers placed on the 4x4 grid, one line is marked, there is exactly ONE SPOT where a sticker could go to form two more lines.

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

While my job hunt hasn't been great, and trying to learn UE5 has been mildly frustrating, I have figured some things out between Blender and Gnu IMage Program. I like this custom mod work is coming out, makes me feel not entirely unproductive! These are mostly new skills to me, too.

Game engine render of a full back tattoo added to an existing texture, including making some parts of the tattoo glow.

Game render of face tattoos added to an existing texture, finally aligned and sized in a way I'm satisfied with.

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Y'all gonna be very disappointed to learn what Minnie's type is. Don't worry, she doesn't actually get in the way of the bromance. #gposers #midlander #middiemonday (I know I'm late) #oc:Minerva

Screenshot from Final Fantasy 14. Three characters on a tropical island beach. Front and center is a woman in purple and pink: front-tied shirt, the most minimal jean shorts, sun visor and sunglasses. She is looking up at the elezen Emmanellaine, with an adoring and mischevious grin as she wrings her hands. Emmanellaine, with a yellow open front shirt, bead necklace, and baggy brown shorts, looks back at her nervously. Behind them, Sicard in a blue island shirt, peach shorts, seafoam green sun visor and shades- crosses his arms and looks away, mildly disgusted at the other two.

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Finally have a contribution to #FemraFriday ! Screenshot of my OC and other Femra's (and Tataru) on the beach of my Island Sanctuary. I like how the characters are color-associated; this OC likes yellow/gold. #gposers #gposernsfw #oc:apocrypha

Screenshot from Final Fantasy 14. Four women on the beach of a tropical island. Three are Au Ra with black scales and horns, one is the small Lalafell, Tataru. Sadu is dark-skinned, white-haired, jean shorts and front-tie white shirt. Cirina is light-skinned, pink-haired, wearing a patterned red jacket and bikini. Tataru in a while sailor top, shorts, and red straw hat. My OC has reddish skin, white hair, gold bikini bottom and gold jacket. She has no matching bikini top.

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

KHLOE! 😭 You're so nice... despite all the times you gave me bad sticker placements. #FF14

Screenshot from Final Fantasy 14's "Wondrous Tales" game. The 9th sticker has been placed, and it forms a perfect triangle of 3 lines- a gold reward!

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Khloe please, you're getting my hopes up on purpose! Placed all these stickers like this without any shuffling. #FF14

Screenshot from Final Fantasy 14's "Wondrous Tales" sticker game. 8 of 9 stickers placed, one line marked, and yet another possibility of getting 3 lines.

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Shenanigans from #ffxiv Occult Crescent: watching a group of people struggle (but eventually triumph) at the Hinkypunk fight (yes that's the ghost bird's name), while we /eatchicken from above.

Screenshot from Final Fantasy 14. A pair of characters wearing wolf headdresses stand on a cliff overlooking a grassy field. A purple ring of magic forms an arena, with a few live combatants and a lot of fallen ones battling a ghostly bird. The pair watching from above are eating fried chicken from a bucket.

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

From: markcarrigan.net/2026/06/18/t... I know that my previous employer tried to use "story points" to balance developer time against project demands, but they didn't do that very well either. The way my lead worked, you'd think he was trying to hit new records of pull requests/commits.

Comic drawing of a museum exhibit. There are four glass case enclosed items on pedestals, and a curator is presenting the fourth to a pair of visitors, saying, "our newest exhibit." Within the cases are: reams of continuous printer paper, a set of cards with numbers on them, a model of a node graph, and a digital counter with a large number on display. Above the items is the title, "Museum of Meaningless Metrics." They are labeled: lines of code, story points, pull requests, and tokens spent.

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I got a cat! Unlike other cats that tear up curtains and upholstery, this one mends things. #ffxiv #FF14 #MonsterHunterWilds

Screenshot from Final Fantasy 14: A woman in chef's attire pets a cat while wearing an oven mitt. Except the cat is a Palico from Monster Hunter Wilds: it walks upright, wears baggy overalls and a fur-lined hat, carries a backpack overloaded with adventuring supplies.

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Excuse me, excuse me SE- when do we get these emotes? To-go coffee cup, jam on toast? PLEASE?! #ffxiv #ffxivCosmicExploration

Screenshot from Final Fantasy 14. Though there are two individuals in sci-fi outfits, the focus is on the fact that one is holding a piece of toast with jam, and the other a to-go coffee cup with lid.

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Khloe, this... this could have been better. I mean I guess I'll try for the 2nd line, but not counting on it.

Screenshot from Final Fantasy 14's "Wondrous Tales" minigame. 8 of 9 stickers have been placed on the 4x4 grid, forming one line, and opportunity to form a 2nd one. No 3rd line possible, it's just a bad arrangement. Also every likelyhood of no more lines.

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Oh, I did say I brought them to both jump puzzles. Here's the view of Tulliyolal from the other one with the DT alliance raid NPCs.

Screenshot from Final Fantasy 14. Trio of adventurers stand in a shaded nook at the top of a high structure. Below them spreads out the city of Tulliyolal, at the edge of the shallow reefs of the blue-green sea.

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

ZOMG FFXIV 7.5 SPOILER! ...Sorta. The DT alliance raid NPCs have an escort quest, so I brought them to both Tulliyolal jump puzzles. I lucked out and finished one at the perfect time of day!

Screenshot from Final Fantasy 14. Three adventurers are atop a high tower pre-dawn, looking at the brightening sky over the sea's shallow reefs and a vast waterfall.

As previous image described, but the dawn breaks on the horizon.

The sun is risen, bisected by low clouds just above the horizon. A colorful lens flare crosses over the trio watching the sunrise.

The sun rises above the distant clouds, the tower and the trio adventurers illuminated by its rays.

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Contributing to #ffxiv #goldenweek with this #gpose of Minnie in the saucer, gold bunny suit, and extra lighting!

Screenshot from Final Fantasy 14. Woman with straight black hair wears a golden bunny suit in the Gold Saucer posing in front of the cactaur statue.

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

She can't keep getting away with this! (she will continue to do this) #ffxiv

Screenshot of Final Fantasy 14's "Wondrous Tales" mini-game. 4x4 grid, 9 stickers get placed randomly, possibly forming 1, 2, or 3 lines. Here, 2 lines are formed, with one sticker out of place that could have formed the 3rd.

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

I made my own custom stripes! 🐯🐰

Screenshot of a bunny-boy with tiger-striped hair/ears.

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

My new grind begins! Going to collect ALL THE THINGS*! * at least the mining earring, and everything else I don't already have.

low-rez emoji mash-up of "hyperbole-and-a-half"'s "All the things" art with the white-with-black striped hair and ears of my Viera OC

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

🎉 KHLOE! 🎊 💝 My first 3-lines, gold prize!

screenshot of Final Fantasy 14's "Wondrous Tales". A 4x4 grid where 9 stickers are placed randomly, and have made 3 lines, forming the legendary 'bingo'!

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Happy CAKE ON FIRE day! 🔥🎂🔥

Screenshot from tumblr; there is a picture of a frog. The text caption on the post says: "Some frogs have heart-shaped pupils. This is vital and important information." The photo shows it is true.

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

"Bacon egg and cheese- you want that on toast, bagel, or croissant? Two lotto tickets- what're your numbers? (You know you can get a third cactpot ticket?) No Newports but I can get you nicotine patches- you were gonna quit this year anyway, right?"

Screenshot from Final Fantasy 14; woman with straight black hair but purple undercut, violet eyes, pale skin and freckles; she wears a chef's hat and outfit and is writing with quill onto a pad of paper while wearing oven mitts.

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

My weekly #ffxiv Wondrous Tales is making me EXTREMELY SWEATY! 🥵💦

Screenshot from Final Fantasy 14, the weekly Wondrous Tales grid. 8/9 stickers have been placed, 2 lines already, and a small chance of getting the coveted 3 lines.

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Minnie may have chosen a bad time to visit Radz-at-Han. (Yes she did the jump puzzle at this part of the MSQ!) #MiddieMonday #midlander #hyur #ffxivgposer #gpose #gposers #ffxivsfw

Screenshot from Final Fantasy 14. Minerva, with a new black haircut and purple Sharlayan coat, sits on a bronze elephant in Radz-at-Han. Behind her is the shimmering orb of the vista point. She's looking up into the burning sky as meteors rain down.

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

I got the same damn thing for THIS. They only protect assholes with this "rule".

A twitter ban message about "abuse and harassment" for the phrase "a slap in the face," which is a figure of speech about disrespect. Also FUCK NIGEL FARAGE!

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Ok ok, here's a better pic than the character screen view of her outfit from yesterday. Minnie in her bakery-kitchen, with barely enough space for the table to put the new cake on. #gposers #FebHyurary #midlander #ffxivsfw #FFXIVscreenshots

Screenshot from Final Fantasy 14. Woman in a chef's outfit seated on a heart-shaped chair, with a cute little Paissa in a chef's hat at her feet, in a bakery displaying several heart-themed cakes. She's raising her oven mitts, cheering having made so many delicious things!

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Falling further behind on screenshots I might "owe," so here's something for #MiddieMonday #ModlessMonday and #FebHyurary (?) all in one: Minnie's outfit for working the Patisserie during the event!

Screenshot from Final Fantasy 14. A midlander woman with purple hair wearing a chef's hat, oven mitts, uniform jacket and apron/skirt- each white, trimmed with light purple.

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Haze's adventurer plate! I've changed themes occasionally as I acquire more decorative items but really... having this whole "Dark Knight" with a pink and purple heart theme is more my thing. 😏

Customized Adventurer Plate (ID card) from Final Fantasy 14. Picture of a white-haired bunny boy winking at the camera; on a background of pink and purple with hearts, reads: Haze Oyama, level 100 Dark Knight; "Call me up whenever you wanna grind." (A reference to lyrics by Prince).

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

I have so many OCs, it can be hard to choose. But for sake of warm-up sketching, here's a couple:

Illustration of a night elf by PetitePasserine; pale purple skin under silver hair, long elven ears, face tattoos that run from her forehead down over each eye into talons that frame her mouth. She's wearing a dress shirt and tie, waistcoat with wide lapels, and librarian glasses.

Illustration of Minerva by MoonlitVesper; she has long black hair, some of which she uses to cover her left eye- her right eye is a bright violet like amethyst, and freckles cross from her cheeks over the bridge of her nose. She's wearing a lavender letterman jacket over a boarding school uniform dress shirt, tie, and vest.

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

My contribution for #FemRaFriday - my latest char that I just finished ARR with. I like her vanilla looks, but I have tried some light modding to make her look like the art that inspired her. (I'll share that once I have a full glam). #ffxivgpose #ffxivaura

Screenshot of a white-haired woman with reddish skin, dark blue dragon scales and horns, in front of a brightly lit window.

Screenshot of a white-haired woman with reddish skin, pointy elf ears and dragon horns, in front of a brightly lit window.

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Sharing Minnie's winter outfit- yes it's a short skirt (long jacket) but she has thigh-high knit socks on! She's fine, she'll be fine! #middiemonday #gpose #gposers #ffxiv #ffxivmidlander #supportmiddies

Screenshot from Final Fantasy 14. Woman in a lavender-purple winter coat and hat, pink gloves and boots, thigh-high knit socks suggesting her skirt is shorter than her jacket. She's standing by two snowmen, drinking a hot beverage out of a mug.

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

I have 4 characters already... no wait 5... but here I made another recently. Might as well contribute something to #FemRaFriday! (She's vanilla, for now.) #ffxiv #aura #gpose

Final Fantasy 14 screenshot: white haired Au'ra with dark horns, reddish skin, bright green eyes looks off-camera sternly. Question text is on the image, under a burning torch: Are you prepared to leap into the abyss?

Same white-haired, red/black scaled Au'ra woman. At night, backdrop are many colored lights of the Heavensturm event. She looking at her hand, reading the "Good Fortune" she drew.

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Technically I took this screenshot pre-DT, but it fits the theme so HERE YOU GO. #gposers #viera #ffxiv

gpose screenshot from Final Fantasy 14. Viewer looking down at a male viera, white-haired with black stripes, wearing a black and white maid's dress.

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

I spent my morning and part of afternoon doing the gathering and crafting for the new "magical girl" themed outfit. #FFXIV #gposers #FFXIVglamour #Viera

screenshot from Final Fantasy 14. A bunny-boy dances silly wearing new armor in white with pink rose accents and a giant pink sword with a big heart on it.

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

This makes me think of this meme:

Elon Musk: *slams dick in car door*
Musk Fans: Masterful gambit, sir

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Do you know about Pokemon Conquest?? The crossover between Pokemon and Nobunaga's Ambition?? Thus we have: Nobunaga & Zekrom! www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-v...

artwork from Pokemon Conquest of Nobunaga and Zekrom

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Not a new picture, but sharing in the spirit of spooky season. 🎃

Picture of some grocery store donuts, one with candy corn on the orange frosting, and a novelty towel that reads "happy halloween witches"

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Cryptomancer @cryptomancer.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

There may be some light crimes involved in his looks. 🥺👉👈

A man reclines on a bed; light skin, red pajama pants, a shirt so short his abs and pecs are exposed, white hair and rabbit ears marked with tiger stripes.

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