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gilt🦚tripped @gilttripped.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

misery's company #ocsky #rkgk

Traditional sketch of unnamed OCs. A figure with three masks, two of them floating, embraces a half-elf man. The half-elf clutches at a weapon that seems to have faded into the figure's cloak.

tools used: twsbi fountain pen (i forget what ink i have in there), copic markers, muji .38 pen, sakura gold pen-touch

gilt🦚tripped @gilttripped.bsky.social · 1h

!! 🥺🥺 thank u nao!!! lowkey ur an inspiration having so many lore pieces of val. i love seeing them and i wanted to make my own things too 😊

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gilt🦚tripped @gilttripped.bsky.social · 2h

i honestly think i post at the worst times 😭...but thank u!! i was thinking of him today so i wanted to repost his art 🥺 im very happy with this one;;; especially his batok hehe

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🎨 Pb @pillowboat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Desperately need help to climb out of the hole I've gotten myself into. Truly anything helps, even if it's just sharing this post 💖 Thank you! ko-fi.com/pillowboat

Ko-fi goal titled staying afloat, with a goal of $700. Description reads: Due to mental health, Im struggling to keep up with commissions, and with top surgery in about a month, Im unable to finish them in time to open up again, and surgery recovery will delay this even further. I am afraid to try medication for my mental health this close to surgery as I almost always have a negative reaction to them. All of this to say, my life is kind of on hold until I recover from surgery, but my bills will not wait for me, and my parents rely on me for help. Anything helps ❤. The text is overlaid on a dark doodle of a messy room.

Screenshot of user's banking page showing accounts in the negative by about $250.

Screenshot of user's phone bill showing an amount due of about $151.

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gilt🦚tripped @gilttripped.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

~☁️c/omms open until filled☁️~ still sort of experimenting but its a journey of learning 😌!shares are appreciated! #vgencomm ⋰ vgen.co/gilttripped ⋰ gilttripped.carrd.co

A commissions open promo art featuring my XIV ocs Yaruu (Au Ra, he/they) and Lus'midhe (Viera, they/them). They hold hands with Yaruu in the back dancing and guiding Lus'midhe.

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gilt🦚tripped @gilttripped.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

lrp i hardly talk abt irl issues but this case has been on my mind for the longest time. glad to see a good outcome from the courts

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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 09/09/2026

Two women who tortured and killed Sam Nordquist, a transgender man from Minnesota, have been sentenced to life in prison without parole, the maximum penalty allowed by law.

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2 women who killed transgender Minnesota man are sentenced to life in prison in New York

They are among seven people indicted in connection with the death of Sam Nordquist, 24, in February 2025.

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mint @mintaii.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

a strange knight with no home

a long haired knight swathed in dark, slightly mismatched armour seems to be almost coming apart at the seams and is missing a left arm. their head is severed from their neck, bright turquoise green fire escaping the severed spot and their lips. a similarly colored glowing light is emanating from the slightly exposed cavity in their chest armour. in their right hand is a gauntlet, with dark liquid trickling down its surface. behind them are two large archways filled with a ghostly light, with an amalgam of faces, hands and wings making up a decorative, connective piece at the top.

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gilt🦚tripped @gilttripped.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

~☁️c/omms open until filled☁️~ still sort of experimenting but its a journey of learning 😌!shares are appreciated! #vgencomm ⋰ vgen.co/gilttripped ⋰ gilttripped.carrd.co

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gilt🦚tripped @gilttripped.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

i still plan on opening comms just to have it, but i may open my ko-fi for smaller stuff...maybe little stickies i can make and ship out

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gilt🦚tripped @gilttripped.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

update: my housing situation is somewhat stable and improved even! the squeeze of rising rent is still a stressor but i feel like i can live in my own home again 😅

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gilt🦚tripped @gilttripped.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

if this happens know that all of my ocs are gay

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gilt🦚tripped @gilttripped.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

my housing situation has been taking up more brain bandwidth than i expected and its all spilling out now. i feel like im gonna have a heart attack ngl

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gilt🦚tripped @gilttripped.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

although this doesnt rly make as much, having the avenue to do so is good in my mind

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gilt🦚tripped @gilttripped.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

will reopen comms sooner probs bc of housing issues on my end. very fun!

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gilt🦚tripped @gilttripped.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

i'd like to throw a 100 follower thingy for my xiv acc but we'll see...

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gilt🦚tripped @gilttripped.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

i've not been feeling well both physically and mentally so i'm closing comms for now. the plan will be to reopen them sometime in october ✌️

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gilt🦚tripped @gilttripped.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

have a little snippet for the road c:

Image that has text that reads:

The world was ending all around him. The sky, a fiery red. The air, warm, but carried the scent of rust and death. In his arms, he carried her. He carried all of them. The feeling of their souls slipping away from his fingertips seemed to etch themselves into the grooves of his prints. There was no way he could hold onto all of them. But the blue light in the sky gave him hope. It formed the circle of the Twelve, raising itself and binding the horror that had been unleashed upon them. They would be saved.

‘Thank the Twelve!’ he had thought. Prayers mattered. Believing mattered.

Then the blue sigil shattered.

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gilt🦚tripped @gilttripped.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

🔴 "𝚒'𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜" haunted by dalamud; only to sustain an existence out of vengeance and grief #ffxivart ⋄ #giltcrypt

An illustration of my FFIXV OC, Bulan, facing away from the viewer in waist high, dark water with his back exposed as his clothing slips off his left shoulder. There is a scar that runs directly on top of his spine as well as purple cracks shaped like a lightning strike that is deeply etched into his skin. His head hangs down as tears slip down his cheek and is enveloped in a red circle that has spikes sticking out to represent Dalamud. The environment does not reflect back the searing red light, as it is only visible for Bulan only.

On his right arm, you are able to see his tattoo, which is in the style of traditional Filipino style called batok.

In the foreground, faintly seen, is the text: "I will do anything for as long as it takes."

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🎨 Pb @pillowboat.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

cmsn for rinsnapshot 💞 #vgencomm #ffxivart

Digital illustration of an armored miqo'te sitting down with the train of her skirt swirled behind her.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

— Fashion is a feminine coded interest and thus considered frivolous, whereas masculine-coded interests, such as architecture, are considered "serious." Doesn't matter if a tremendous amount of skilled labor or creativity went into making something, such as the handmade lace or shoulder line below.

Singer-songwriter Sombr wearing handmade lace around their chest and neck.

Musician Audrey Nuna wearing a Robert Wun Couture ensemble at the Met Gala.

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gilt🦚tripped @gilttripped.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

i absolutely adore all the pieces you do of ruina 🖤 your storytelling is something i admire so much about your art. ty for sharing!

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🎨 Pb @pillowboat.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

cmsn for b ⛰️ #vgencomm #ffxivart

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gilt🦚tripped @gilttripped.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

anyways, figures i reintroduce myself. hi, my name is jasper and my art alias is gilttripped. i'm transmasc and filipino american. i credit art and writing as the tools that got me to live as long as i am right now and i like seeing and learning about others that have done the same. thanks ✌

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gilt🦚tripped @gilttripped.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

but i ended up alienating my own self online where i'm finding it easier to express myself and enjoy the things i want with people online. i've always had an irksome relationship with names and i know it may seem like a nonissue to create smth so big out of this, but hey...im trans....

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gilt🦚tripped @gilttripped.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

i have a need to reclaim that name online bc cowering in fear of being identified by them sounds so lame and ass. it is my own fault for giving into that miniscule fear. i wanted to separate the person i was during that relationship to now by taking a new name,

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gilt🦚tripped @gilttripped.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

some of it stems from a past relationship where i really grew to like my name and my identity but then i became afraid and paranoid of being found on socmed by that person. that or i just wanted to avoid being identified. im sure it didn't matter, they probably blocked me if they found me

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gilt🦚tripped @gilttripped.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

//personal post for a good part of the last two years, i've been going by the azon online. originally, i thought it was to keep my socmed self and public self separate, but i thought about it again recently that i had certain feelings about my name when it was used to identify me online

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sail @saildraws.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

sweet dreams (risograph version)

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gilt🦚tripped @gilttripped.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

!! ofc !! thank u for giving me this man of a specimen im putting him in my jar and shaking him (lovingly) 💙💙💙

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gilt🦚tripped @gilttripped.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

sketch comm pillowboat 🧿 morphed from a sketch into smth more but i couldn't resist the dark blue color palette...😔 🔷 vgen.co/gilttripped #vgencomm #oc

A bust comm for an OC named Demyros. He has a black veil over his head with gold, almost white adornments trailing the edges of the veil. There is a dark blue angel wing to (your) left and his shoulders are also adorned with the same dark blue feathers as his wing. His left hand is held up to move the veil out of his face. There is a smoke-like tendrils that curl around his fingers that move up and form a branch of forget-me-nots.

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gilt🦚tripped @gilttripped.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

i'd like to revisit AC at some point, but they lost me when they killed desmond off, who was honestly getting really interesting during Black Flag. now that they're re-releasing it, i think it'd be nice but also i don't want to give ubi any more money lmao

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gilt🦚tripped @gilttripped.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

when i posted this art there was one person who rly liked it & they told me they made it their screensaver. i was so shook that someone considered my art to be worthy of such a thing. i always always think back to this and to that person. they don't know that they kept my drive to make art alive

A drawing of Malik in his assassin uniform, cut up and bloodied and also crying. iirc, I imagined this during the mission with him, Altair, and his little brother (I'm drawing a blank on his name) where he died. What's not shown is his left arm which was cut off during that mission, hence him being upset. He's probably looking at Altair.

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gilt🦚tripped @gilttripped.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

theres a lot of whimsy i miss in my art where i was doing it purely for the love of the characters...i wish to reclaim it in someway. i have no idea where it went, tbh.

A chibi drawing of Ezio (left) and Desmond (right). Ezio looks like he's having some fun while Desmond is surprised/offended

A chibi drawing of Altair (left) and Malik (right). Both are smiling (odd because Malik is literally grumpy all the time)

A sketch of Ezio (left, without his hood) and Leonardo (right.) There's a small note on top of Leonardo saying 'Hate drawing leo."

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gilt🦚tripped @gilttripped.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

it was the first REAL drive i had for drawing. i LOVE the series so much and i think that was the most social i ever was online. i joined the groups on dA and i think i read like almost all of the fanfic of altair and malik at the time

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gilt🦚tripped @gilttripped.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

anyways my first true obsession was assassin's creed. the yaoi was so full of longing and sadness that it's permanently corrupted me. but as you can see, my random XD ass couldn't really comprehend it at the time

Chibi drawing of Altair (left) and Malik (right) with Altair wearing Malik's robes (he shouldn't be because he's a novice)

A chibi drawing of Ezio (left) and Leonardo (right) both sleeping side by side.

A three panel comic with Malik.
First panel - Malik is looking outside his window to sunshine and rainbows while he says "What a nice day." On the walls is a poster saying "Altair wuz here" and picture of Al Mualim looking evil.

Second panel - Malik: "Hopefully Altair won't ruin it" as he thinks about Altair, who is saying "Hi Malik" (he has some Patrick Star energy going on.)

Third panel - Malik: "Because I will get angry." Malik looking angry with his eyes glowing. He's holding a book with the front saying "How to Kill Novices"
Second panel

One of my very first rendered digital art pieces of Ezio (left) and Leonardo (right) wearing Carnivale masks while making a heart with their hands.

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gilt🦚tripped @gilttripped.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

not depressing at all but i was more concerned abt ppl in irl judging me which doesn't seem to matter to me anymore. so weird that it used to be my entire life's purpose to appease others and make them like me

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gilt🦚tripped @gilttripped.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

i think the older i get the more im just kinda fuck it we ball...does it rly matter in the grand scheme of things that ppl know what i draw? no.. not rly. im insignificant

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| H • A • P | @kodasea.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Three to four

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Iva 🐛 @ivathehuman.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

🌼🌻🌼

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