iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 01/10/2026

More adventures in wig styling! The color was a bit warm for her, so I used (several rounds of) bubblegum pink dye to try and cool down the red tone

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 29/09/2026

Cecil seated for his portrait 😌

My small brown chihuahua Cecil lying on a white blanket, looking thoughtfully toward the right of the frame

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 27/09/2026

I got this wig on a discount with the intent of restyling it because I liked the color. I took the twin tails down, flat ironed it, trimmed and flat ironed the bangs into a fringe, and used a curling iron to give the wig some shape I'm really bad with wigs, but I think it turned out pretty okay!

A photo of a big-headed Blythe doll with shoulder-length dusty pink hair styled in twin tails

My big-headed Blythe doll in the same wig, now styled down with a gentle wave and held in place with a white headband

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 26/09/2026

Morale is in the toilet, chat, time to post doll photos 🫡

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 23/09/2026

Acting surprised and offended to see my newsletter piece keep getting longer as I add more subjects to it

Shinji Ikari holding a cup of coffee and looking annoyed

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 22/09/2026

Me and @melissadominic.bsky.social hanging out with Cecil this morning 💜

A small sleepy brown chihuahua lying in my wife's lap and looking at the camera with his tongue out

A photo of my wife holding our chihuahua by the back of the head while I hold out my hand for him to hold with his paws

Out chihuahua looking up at my wife lovingly with his tongue sticking out

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 21/09/2026

Cecil got up, stretched, did his business, had a full breakfast, said "hell no," and immediately went back to bed Wish it was me 😩

My small brown chihuahua Cecil curled up in a ball sleeping

A closeup of Cecil sleeping, nestled in the blanket

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 20/09/2026

When you will take photos of your doll with her Tamagotchi instead of writing your book 😩

Big-headed Blythe doll with long straight pink hair and big sparkling blue eyes. She's holding a pink Tamagotchi and looking at it in her hands

Another angle of the doll and her Tamagotchi

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 18/09/2026

Getting these ads over a year late, Instagram's cooked

A screenshot of an Instagram ad that reads "Hey girl....wondering if you're autistic?"

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 17/09/2026

Adding new material to my research pile for a project I said I wasn't working on

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 17/09/2026

Brother you ever have an experience with art in public so profoundly beautiful and sincere that it reaffirms your will to live and make art for yourself?

Jotaro Kujo pulling his hat down with a deep sense of satisfaction

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 16/09/2026

I'm still working on #AssassinFamilyWIP. It's taken a very different form from when you may have last read bits of it, but I think it's a much better book for it. I hope so, anyway I've made some mood boards for the main cast. Not marketing materials, just vibes for reference, etc., etc.

A mood board for Alyena Tatarinova from my novel, A Coffin for Sparrows. It features images of Russian fashion and architecture, a shrike catching a field mouse, the ocean, a sea shell necklace, a ballet studio, and a white church tower

A mood board for Lautaro Shina from A Coffin for Sparrows. It features imagery of Japanese and Korean men in black turtlenecks and trousers, Argentine architecture, a Japanese tea shop, a Japanese-style tiger tattoo, a book shop, an a woman in a white dress carrying a bouquet of brown flowers and feathers

A mood board for Liandro Shina from A Coffin for Sparrows. It features imagery of a man in casual pink floral and plaid street wear, cherry blossoms, a white rabbit, Argentine architecture, and street scenes

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 15/09/2026

Setting up doll photoshoots using doll-sized equipment 😌

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 11/09/2026

Staying off social media until Tuesday because I'll be traveling, so here's some doll photos 😌🫶

Big-headed Blythe doll with long straight pink hair and sparkling turquoise eyes. She's looking down into her pink phone and reading the screen

The doll posed with her hand by her face to take a selfie, the camera held away as she looks into the screen

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 11/09/2026

When you put together a doll from spare parts and style her like a sexy 90s comic hero instead of writing your damn novel 😩 Yes, her name is Angel. Yes, she probably has a checkered past. Yes, she's probably half-succubus or something. What of it??

A big-headed Blythe doll with shiny green eyes, white lashes, and long choppy white hair. She's wearing a short, layered, strappy white outfit with thigh-high white stockings. She's posed dramatically looking to the right with her hair flowing around her

Another dramatic pose of the doll, this time looking left with shiny purple eyes. Her head is tilted downward and she looks ready for a fight

Closeup of the doll with her eyes closed and her hand up at her cheek

The doll looking straight at the camera with purple eyes

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 09/09/2026

When you make videos of your Tomie Kawakami Bratz doll instead of working on your novel 😩

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 09/09/2026

When you make your own Tomie Kawakami Bratz doll instead of working on your novel 😩

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 09/09/2026

Logging on to see what people are talking about today and am immediately reminded of why I keep deleting my account

A man staring despondently into his phone

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 06/09/2026

Bringing Natalie out for some photos ⭐️ This one was fun to customize with her eye painted eyelids and little stars and piercings

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 04/09/2026

These came out pretty cute!

The doll seated on a white block looking left over her shoulder with dark purple eyes. Her hair is falling forward and it shows off her big pierced ears

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 04/09/2026

Some recent doll photos because I said so 😌🫶

Big-headed Blythe doll with long straight pink hair and big sparkling teal eyes. She's wearing a cute but kind of edgy black and white outfit. Her hands are folded behind her back and her expression looks like she's sick of my bullshit

The doll posed with her hand by her face and her other at her side, looking away with sparkling blue eyes. She looks kind of coy

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 01/09/2026

Some recent proof of life 💜

A photo of myself in a gray Jotaro Kujo tshirt and thin-rimmed gold glasses

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 27/08/2026

More doll photos because I said so 😌🫶

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 26/08/2026

Bitches will literally create a doll out of all the spare parts they have lying around after purging their craft drawer then go to therapy 😩

A big-headed Blythe doll with long straight white hair, green eyes, and white eyelashes. She's lying on a gray background and looking up at the camera while wearing a purple and red outfit

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 25/08/2026

It's so close already! I can make it happen!

A photo of a Jade doll in box. She's wearing a school basketball uniform. She has the bangs and headband like Tomie Kawakami

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 22/08/2026

I did some work to update my first custom doll, Tabby. I gave her a new face plate and swapped out her eyechips. She turned out really cute 💕

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 20/08/2026

When that meeting cancelation notice hits the inbox

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 20/08/2026

"So what do you even do with your doll?" Whatever is happening in this commercial, that's it exactly

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 19/08/2026

Some recent doll photos because I said so 😌🫶

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 15/08/2026

Boys We're building this shit

Dorothy from Galerians in her horrifying mechanical flesh tower

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 15/08/2026

More doll photos because I said so 😌🫶

Big-headed Blythe doll with long straight pink hair and sparkling teal-brown eyes. She's leaning against a wall in a cozy autumnal outfit and looking to the right offscreen

Full-body photo of the doll posed casually abd looking down

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 14/08/2026

The new doll body arrived and it poses so nicely 🥲🫶

Big-headed Blythe doll with long straight pink hair and sparkling blue eyes. She's dressed in a ccomfortable autumnal outfit and looking right over her shoulder

The doll looking left with dark purple eyes

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 11/08/2026

Cecil saw the sunlight and said "No 💜"

My small brown chihuahua Cecil sleeping in bed with his head on the pillow, tucked under the blanket

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 08/08/2026

Taking photos when your favorite project doll's body is busted af and the replacement hasn't arrived yet 🥲

Big-headed Blythe doll with straight pink hair and big sparkling teal eyes. She's wearing a fluffy pink sweater, pleated white skirt, and white heels

The doll posed looking over her shoulder with blue eyes

The doll looking to the right with purple eyes

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 07/08/2026

Extremely stupid niche doll customizer/collector/photography problems: Your favorite doll's body has worn down after a year-and-a-half spent under the crushing weight of her grapefruit-sized head and the replacement hasn't arrived in the mail yet

Tony Soprano looking dejected with the caption "How can this happen? How could this happen?"

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 05/08/2026

Reading Los reyes by Julio Cortázar in translation because I'm still on that Minotaur shit 😎

The cover of the dramatic poem los Reyes by Julio Cortázar

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 01/08/2026

Update: The mushroom lad breeding program is going well 🍄🫶

A small mushroom-headed lad by a pond in a green forest, playing with a cat toy

A mushroom-headed lad in a forest sitting near the stream in a cardboard box, just chilling

A mushroom-headed lad playing on a tire swing near the lad playing with the cat toy

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 01/08/2026

Some doll photos, just because 😌🫶

Big-headed Blythe doll with long straight pink hair and turquoise eyes. She's wearing a white blouse, pink pleated skirt, white stockings, and pink heels. She's kneeling in a small dollhouse that she's too big for

The doll looking over her shoulder with purple eyes and a raised hand

The doll with a hand raised to her face, looking at the camera with sparkling teal and brown eyes

The doll sitting coyly with her hands together, looking to the left with downcast blue eyes

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 30/07/2026

I've been listening to a lot of the Second Breakfast Podcast with Cam & Maggie and they've talked up the Hell House LLC series a lot, so I decided to watch the first movie this morning Man, what a fucking picture. Usually I'm kinda lukewarm on found footage but this one is so, so good

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 29/07/2026

Realizing I'm stuck on these two art/criticism essays because I need to process a lot of feelings in a personal essay first

A girl dressed as Sailor Uranus from Sailor Moon, sitting on the ground with a cigarette and a beer, looking totally over everything

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 28/07/2026

Some recent doll photos because I said so 😌🫶

Big-headed Blythe doll with straight pink hair and sparkling blue eyes. She's wearing a gray striped sweater, silver skirt, and black beret. She's holding her pink phone to her ear like she's on a call

The doll taking a selfie with lidded eyes

The doll taking another selfie, this time more composed, holding the camera up and posing in a cute way

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 27/07/2026

I read the Shūzō Oshimi/Sesuji collaboration A Questionnaire of the Mouth and had a miserable time! 11/10! A truly skin-crawling story of a night in the woods gone wrong from the perspectives of everyone drawn out into the dark, slowly unraveling into a grotesque nightmare

The cover for the horror manga A Questionnaire on the Mouth, featuring a closeup of a woman's smiling mouth

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 25/07/2026

Looking halfway decent, might delete later ✌️😌

A photo of myself in a black JoJo's Bizarre Adventure tshirt

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 25/07/2026

I started reading The Hungry Girls by Patricia Eakins this evening. A really lovely collection of strange and sometimes disturbing short stories, like folktales from cultures that don't exist