iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I should be writing. Instead, I'm crocheting a blanket. Whoopsies.

Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Update: Mudry just walked downstairs with his headset on, looked me dead in the eye, and aggressively chugged the rest of the broth. He then proclaimed (loudly, through tears) "IT'S GOOD. THANKS. I HATE IT." Only after he'd consumed the last drop did he place his empty soup bowl into the sink.

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm home sick today and I made lunch soup. Of course I made Mudry some, he said he was cold! Anyway, I'm am going to need to repent cause he's on a work call aaaand I accidentally made this Heath Comfort Spice Level™ and I just heard him coughing. I might be the world's worst flatmate 😂

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

APPARENTLY controversial Star Trek take: Star Trek Beyond is still a fun movie, and the Abrams crew nailed the vibe completely. The music segment (you know which one) is CINEMA.

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Jaylah from Star Trek Beyond

ALT: Jaylah from Star Trek Beyond

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

...of course my colleague gave me a plague. May NyQuil and the gods cure me overnight. There's still time. 🫩😭

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I'm gonna lock the fuck in and finish my damn book this weekend so help me-

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Free will is buying rolls of stickers for my office to hand out like the whimsy fairy.

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Bonus speed draw bug because @nickmudry.com saw my last one and then ran in with a blank sketchbook page and tossed it at me. This one's a boxelder bug nymph! (I took the picture of this little guy) #bugs

A drawing of a sketchbook page with a red and black bug drawn on it in marker and colored pencil. The back of the bug has a yellow and orange star pattern in the red.

The artist's chipped blue nail polish is visible in the picture.

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Doing nothing to help dodge the 'weird lil guy' accusations... I have drawn another bug to go with the rest of my collection! This time one of two red paper wasp species found in northern Georgia (US). #bugsarecool

A marker and colored pencil illustration of a golden wasp with dark blue wings. The background is illustrated green stippled and spotted leaves, as though the leaf had insect damage already.

The artists signature is in the lower right corner.

The artist thinks bugs are really friggin cool and will stand by this statement.

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Ah, yes. The ever fun game of "Am I getting sick or is my nervous system just somehow on fire?"

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Reddit actively telling me to go away on both mobile and PC is going to do wonders for my productivity. Goodbye to the final social media that kept my attention locked in a steel trap. Sucks because there were some legitimately interesting communities and troubleshooting threads on there, tho.

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I think this might be a sign I'm overtired and need to go to sleep, actually... Huh. Whelp! Anyway! If anyone ever wants to talk about the fact that biology is wild let me know. 😂

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Like hear me out - with bugs and spiders there's at least some cognitive dissonance. But we KNOW octopi are intelligent af and still some species participate in sexual cannibalism to the point where the males sometimes are like "here let me just detach my mating arm, I'm out, byeeeee!"

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Me to Mudry: I'm the 'It's wild just how many different species from arthropods to cephalopods the female cannibalizes her mate.' flavor of weird, not the 'How many times is this actor chewing gum in scenes that he shouldn't be?' flavor of weird. (And don't even get me started about anglerfish...)

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Picking up your end game Blue Prince save after a year is like trying to finish writing your thesis paper with notes written in crayon by some drunk conspiracy theory version of your past self. Past me really did not like to explain their math. They were on to SOMETHING though. I think. Maybe.

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I saw someone post a stock image of people in suits that were meant to represent my team at work (as a bit! I laughed!). My live reaction was to just look down at my current form in that moment. Sometimes game dev is the jeans we wore along the way. (I was due for a new self portrait anyway 😂)

Digitally illustrated cartoon self portrait of the artist with blue hair, a shirt that says "gender chaotic", and holding a mug with the words "gluten and people intolerant" on the side. Illustrated stuffed animals in the background and a computer monitor and coffee in the foreground.

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

How does one lock the fuck in but remain a silly lil guy. (Question)

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Something I find absolutely delightful about Pokopia is that ditto mimics the speech patterns of the Pokemon talking to them. They even choose to/have to mimic their friend's language. It gives just a little more detail to our favorite lil guy. 😭

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Please excuse the fact that my face is leaking profusely. I'm just experiencing the entire range of human emotion compressed into a conveniently compact 12 hour time block. It's been a wild day.

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I humbly admit to the Internet that @okayseesee.bsky.social was right. I should have watched the movie BEFORE reading the book. Both were good but damn that book... (Project Hail Mary)

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I finally got around to reading Project Hail Mary and I'm being very normal about it. (Narrator: They were, in fact, not being normal about it.) I need more stories fueled by existential hope in my life.

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I was a Narrative Designer on this project! I'm so proud to be part of the team that made this happen. 😭❤️

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

May all your TTRPGs be blessed with community, belonging, and self discovery 🏳️‍🌈 #pride

A digital drawing of a group of d&d characters holding and wearing different pride flags with a rainbow elemental floating in the back.

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Sometimes I think about how it's a shame that technology and modern record keeping keeps us from becoming unknowable enigmatic wanderers who appear and disappear with the wind.

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

You can tell a lot about someone's mental health by how long they need to ruminate in their vehicle or on their front steps before going in the house...

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Why the hell would I support the development and use of AI when all of the applications so far are denying me basic healthcare, dynamically raising my grocery prices, ushering me to a sludge level chat bot for any customer service needs, and removing creative human connection from media I enjoy?

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

The Monday mood hit hard this morning. And I needed to draw my current Crayola crayon of a TTRPG character suffering as I do.

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Pokopia is a game about a Pokemon with a Humansona.

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Nick Mudry @nickmudry.com · 29/03/2026

Final PAX lunch

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

There's a kids music show happening in the communal space outside of the cafe I'm at... Performer: "What does the mouse say?" Woman behind me, having an unrelated conversation in the sudden silence: "Insurance is a scam." I do think that IS what the mouse says, actually.

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Oh. I forgot to post my second Ditto... Anyway, HI!

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I think I've been enjoying #pokopia a little tiny itsy bitsy bit.

Stylized picture of a Pokopia ditto. Which is a Pokemon attempting to emulate a human.

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

So close to Pax East! If you're planning on going and want to catch up, let me know!

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

My favourite part of pokopia is that you can teach piplup to do crime. "Hey kid, do you wanna go steal a whole house?"

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I hear he was a glass (more than) half full kinda guy...

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Damn. I forgot how much I liked rice cakes. These should be a popular snack again. Not like, pushed as a health food but popular.

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I just linked my friend a 19 year old YouTube video after they didn't get my quote. Listen. I'm not old, I'm Vintage.

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Fun fact, if YOUTUBE decides you're a teenager and you don't change that, they'll start feeding you ICE ads. I do not understand how this is reality... Is this real life?? "This must be a child based on their affinity for repo and phas streamers! I know, let's give them ads to join the devil!" 😮‍💨

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

What is it called when your brain is too full at the moment to process anything else? And more importantly, how do you work around it? ... Asking for a friend of course.

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

I've really been enjoying making stained glass lately as a hobby and I'm even more glad I bought most of what I needed last year. I can't wait to be able to make bugs... 🐛 (The middle one is my own design even 😊) The bat is kglasscreations on Instagram and Facebook.

Stained glass bat in non binary flag colors. It's sitting on a paper pattern. Each piece's edge is wrapped in copper but not soldered together yet.

Pothos leaf pattern stained glass with different texture clear pieces between.

Blue and orange square stained glass being held up to the light with different textures showing through.

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Well... I'm a game dev so please don't mind if I post a couple bugs. (I'm sorry, I had to.) It's been nice to experiment with a newish media combo, markers and coloured pencil. I'm getting back to my roots of drawing bugs, and it's really helping me a lot.

A marker and pencil illustration of an orange and black beetle on a stylized background based on purple basil. Small signature in the lower right corner and two fingers holding down the page in the lower left because sketchbooks with bindings are annoying.

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

I'm at the stage of burnout where it's just "reject humanity, draw bug (molt)".

Large bug/Cicada molt illustration with a tan exoskeleton hanging on to a brown and green tree bark, with green in the background, and a washed out looking signature box with my initials and the number 25 on the lower left side.

Reject humanity, accept bug.

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Gonna join the awesomely talented @mechamomo.bsky.social as commentary as she creates a top tier illustration! Join us on the Lady Arcaders 2025 Super Showcase for her art and illustration segment! Twitch.tv/ladyarcaders @ladyarcaders.com

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LadyArcaders - Twitch

Lady Arcaders Super Showcase 2025 - The Disney Afternoon Collection (All Boss Rushes) [w/ @dijonketchup]

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

My friend literally just learned cross stitch and yarn making and sent me a care package of a bunch of her first pieces. 😭 She's so damn talented!! She's never met a fiber art she can't master, I swear!

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

I really wish you could just order replacement lenses from Zenni. I have perfectly good frames that I messed up one lens. 😭 (Note: I would prefer going to the local optometrist but the woman who helped me in the front was very rude about my appearance and preferences last time I went).

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

You know, it would be real nice for the economy to not be intrinsically tied to an ephemeral list of imaginary numbers... With said numbers guided solely by the whim and whimsy of mostly affluent people gambling? Just like... A thought.

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

What? No. A clip of Sailor Moon didn't make me cry today. There's no proof.

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Heath - formerly Tbirdpaints @heathbar.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

I'd love to watch Severance but I simply don't have the capacity for serious, somber media that questions the core concept of identity as my entertainment right now. I want a whisper of hopeful resolution. I need to feel like at the end of this all we'll be okay, even if we aren't there yet.

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Folks love seeing the goofy indiedev shit that goes wrong.

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