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DesViper | J.A. Iris

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Jack-of-all-Trades they/them Creative: writer, painter, sculpter, designer, DM/GM MindsEyeMedia.ca

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DesViper | J.A. Iris @mindseye.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Probably not an entirely necessary part of writing an Astrologer wizard, but hey, I learned Blender 😅
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Mutak Kuna @mutakkuna.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I cannot overstate how delighted I am to finally get my hands on my copy of #FensGuide to Myriad Realms. It feels surreal to have my name in a published TTRPG book. @skaavart.bsky.social was such an amazing person to work with through the entire process. #TTRPG #DnD #5e
Book of Fen's Guide to Myriad Realms standing up over a print of a sad necromancer like human, with a bag.
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phobso @nikonashapka.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
living in the 2020’s
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DesViper | J.A. Iris @mindseye.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Thumbnail I did after some sky tutorials. I'm trying to do a narrative lighting thing for Dyos, where all figures and places associated with the light sun are in light, and all associated with the dark sun are in shadow.
Mountain landscape showing a lone, wide mountain with a bowl-shaped building at the top over a blue cloudless sky. Sunlight lights the upper third of the mounain, while the rest is in shade.
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DesViper | J.A. Iris @mindseye.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
#Lexember Day 1: preparing food nɑ̇z, (verb transitive) to bite and swallow, esp a recent kill G'sunan is a language of a jungle of beasts. So, the predators among them maintain a practice of hunting and eating the prey among them. A bit of a cheat 😅 since it's a way of *not* preparing food.
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DesViper | J.A. Iris @mindseye.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
These two wikipedia articles are now required reading for anyone with opinions on AGI. Mechanical Turk: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechani... Clever Hans effect: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clever_...
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DesViper | J.A. Iris @mindseye.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Oops forgot to post again 😅 Here's a sketch-map of the first encounter in the Dyos campaign: the cult of the sun's chariot processes through the market avenue, passing through a temple (where offerings are lain), ending with them throwing themselves into the sea as the sun does (into a net)!
Sketch style map featuring a circular temple at the end of a street. A few merchant stalls line the avenue. North of the temple is a steep cliff over the ocean, with a small net hanging off the cliff.
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Phineas @phineas.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
New awareness campaign
A digital poster in the style of a World War II propaganda piece. Isolaed on a yellow background, a normal, squarish, 20-something guy with glasses is sitting working on a laptop. A ghostly figure of Hitler has his arm around the guy and is grinning and shaking a fist triumphantly looking at the laptop screen. On the lid of the laptop where an apple might otherwise be is an openAI logo, bright green, and dripping green ooze down the lid. Text on the poster, in combinations of sans-serif type and brush script reads: 
Using Generative AI?
You’re prompting with Hitler!
GenAI is a Fascist Project!
Try using your brain instead
Don’t surrender your creativity to the tech billionaire’s control
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eldrtchmn ✦ MCM London @eldrtchmn.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
My bday was on the 27th and sharing my art would be the best gift ever 🖤
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Garrett Gilchrist @garrettgilchrist.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Animators Politely Remind Execs That Renaissance In Classical Hand-Drawn Animation Ready To Go Whenever
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Alison @alisonburnis.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
As a person who will do math in her head to avoid the time lag of having to dig out my phone and open the calculator app and punch numbers in, I have come to realize I’m not the market for genAI simply because I would rather use my brain than open an app if given the choice.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 01/10/2025
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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DesViper | J.A. Iris @mindseye.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Playing Curse of Strahd did inspire me to convert my next setting guide into a more guided campaign book than another "here's a bunch of cool stuff, here brew a campaign"
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DesViper | J.A. Iris @mindseye.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
My Wednesday 5e group (and oft-witting playtesters 😅) decided to do a "Curse of Strahd speedrun" as a inter-campaign stopgap. Last night they defeated Strahd at session 8! I'm incredibly proud of us, me as an efficient DM and them as clever players. But also, a thread....
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rae 📚🍀 @raesh.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
"Make it or it won't exist." has been my fuel these days
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DesViper | J.A. Iris @mindseye.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Just reading NatGeo Archeology on the Nordic sun stones and I cannot get over how these are *excellent*...spider webs! Like only one of them (right) looks like a sun!
Nordic "sun stone" disc with etched lines that cannot be interpreted as anything but a spider web in a tree Nordic "sun stone" disc with etched lines that vaguely resemble a sun
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DesViper | J.A. Iris @mindseye.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
I've been researching mythologies for days trying to design realistic clerics that aren't just catholic priests, and all I've got is... Polymorph should be a cleric spell!
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DesViper | J.A. Iris @mindseye.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
My 5e UA Mystic redux is almost ready :) Obviously not my magnum opus art or design-wise, but I'm very proud of the progress it shows.
Armoured and caped figure looking into a bright light at the end of a corridor filled with invisible figures. At the end of the corridor a dark, hooded figure holds a hand high.
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DesViper | J.A. Iris @mindseye.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Sometimes having setting guides as a personal project feels like having a hobby of carving the Great Sphinx by hand... Good day today though :)
Before: a vague shape sketch of a four-eyed figure.After: a menacing outline of a creature approaching a 4-armed, 4-eyed figure with outstretched arms.
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LaurenBlakeArt @laurenblakeart.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Once life stops kicking my ass, I'm gonna...well, I'm gonna do something.
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DesViper | J.A. Iris @mindseye.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
IDK about the rest of you Souls/Elden heads but I'm definitely taking ttrpg boss inspiration from Nightreign.
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DesViper | J.A. Iris @mindseye.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Colorful poster saying "AI is for LOSERS! Reject fascism. Think for yourself. I can make art that's ugly and bad all by myself, thank you very much"
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Eren Angiolini @erenangiolini.com · 09/05/2025
There are ONLY 20 hours left to back our D&D 5e homebrew project "Fen's Guide to Myriad Realms"!👀 I designed Fen, the guiding character in this book, and I would love for you all to meet them! Grab a copy (and maybe the artbook too! ;D )⬇️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/ska... #fensguide #ttrpg #dnd
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Fen's Guide to Myriad Realms - #humanart
Four Realms, Endless Adventure: Explore new Species, Classes, NPCs and Monsters in this 5th edition supplement! 100% #humanart
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Chozo Hunter Mike @chozohuntermike.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
24 hours left on the kickstarter for #Fen'sGuide ! We've blasted past our stretch goal, so we'll be able to fit even more into this awesome book! Last chance to get your copy, don't miss out! #DnD #TTRPG #HumanArt www.kickstarter.com/projects/ska...
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Fen's Guide to Myriad Realms - #humanart
Four Realms, Endless Adventure: Explore new Species, Classes, NPCs and Monsters in this 5th edition supplement! 100% #humanart
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Mutak Kuna @mutakkuna.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
TIME'S ALMOST UP!! LESS THAN 40 HOURS LEFT! [insert LoZ Moon] #FensGuide What a wild time this has been and seeing the development of the stories and art from such amazing creators. Please don't stop providing support, we are so close to reaching the stretch goal!! #TTRPG #DnD #5e
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/skaavart/fens-guide-to-myriad-realms-humanart
40 HOURS LEFT TO GO
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Skele @skele101.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Just a couple days remaining, and we’re close to our stretch goal! Check out the link below. If you love Fantasy Art, check out the art book. Absolutely breathtaking work. Lastly, thank you all for your support and for sharing. ❤️ #Fensguide #TTRPG #DnD #5e www.kickstarter.com/projects/ska...
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Fen's Guide to Myriad Realms - #humanart
Four Realms, Endless Adventure: Explore new Species, Classes, NPCs and Monsters in this 5th edition supplement! 100% #humanart
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DesViper | J.A. Iris @mindseye.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Pro-tip, battlemap makers: give the rogues something to hide behind!
Cone-shaped section of a battle map showing several protrusions casting shadows, just asking rogues to hide in them!
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Elhyana🏳️‍🌈 -Commissions open 0/3- @elhyana.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
#DnD #5e players!! The campaign ends this friday! You only have a few days left to reserve your book!! It's 100% funded and we're getting close to the stretch goal! More info on the kickstarter page 💖 #FensGuide #TTRPG #humanart www.kickstarter.com/projects/ska...
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Fen's Guide to Myriad Realms - #humanart
Four Realms, Endless Adventure: Explore new Species, Classes, NPCs and Monsters in this 5th edition supplement! 100% #humanart
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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
I grew up on a diet of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark... I swear these vines covering a lamppost in Wroclaw, Poland are straight out of my childhood nightmares.
A lamppost covered in dark vines that resemble a creature with long hair bent over. When the light is on, it looks like the head/skull is glowing.
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DesViper | J.A. Iris @mindseye.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
So to my American mind, a belt of rank seemed obvious for a monk class, but I looked it up and apparently belts of rank (and perhaps ranks themselves) weren't invented until the 1800s, so way out of scope for medieval fantasy 😬
Screenshot of a DnD book heading, showing a picture placeholder labelled "wild magic fist belt of rank"
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Elhyana🏳️‍🌈 -Commissions open 0/3- @elhyana.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Last week we reached 100% thanks to all of you wonderful people! If you haven't seen this yet, it's a #DnD #5e extension with lots of great stuff! And if it's not your thing but love art, we have the artbook in the add-ons! (And more!) #FensGuide #TTRPG #humanart www.kickstarter.com/projects/ska...
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Fen's Guide to Myriad Realms - #humanart
Four Realms, Endless Adventure: Explore new Species, Classes, NPCs and Monsters in this 5th edition supplement! 100% #humanart
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SkaavArt / Julia 🍃 @skaavart.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
🔥Fen's Guide to Myriad Realms🔥 Creator Spotlight Day 2 Let me introduce you to these amazing creatives who work on our DnD book (launched on K!ckstarter)! @anndr.bsky.social and @mindseye.bsky.social designed our brand new class, the Awakener (included in our free sample book) 🔗⬇️
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AnnDR @anndr.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Awakener for the Fen's Guide to Myriad Realms - a new 5th edition supplement
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Elhyana🏳️‍🌈 -Commissions open 0/3- @elhyana.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
The project I'm working on right now, a new DnD 5e book, is live on Kickstarter! New classes and subclasses, new monsters, new NCPs, and more! Go check our project out! I worked alongside amazing artists and writers! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ska...
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Fen's Guide to Myriad Realms - #humanart
Four Realms, Endless Adventure: Explore new Species, Classes, NPCs and Monsters in this 5th edition supplement! 100% #humanart
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DracoAsier [Vtuber] [DragonTuber] @dracoasier.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
In the Endless Bloom, you'll find my dragon, but will you be able to survive? What is that in the air? Is that some spores? Why... can't I hear anymore? Encounter a Fungal Zombie Dragon, but be prepared for a new kind of fight! #DnD #5e #humanwriter www.kickstarter.com/projects/ska...
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Fen's Guide to Myriad Realms - #humanart
Four Realms, Endless Adventure: Explore new Species, Classes, NPCs and Monsters in this 5th edition supplement! 100% #humanart
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Skele @skele101.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
It’s live!! It’s been a blast working with so many talented people and it’s kind of surreal to see the Kaleidos there with all these other amazing species. It’s a dream come true for me! You should totally check it out! #Fensguide #TTRPG #DnD #5e www.kickstarter.com/projects/ska...
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Fen's Guide to Myriad Realms - #humanart
Four Realms, Endless Adventure: Explore new Species, Classes, NPCs and Monsters in this 5th edition supplement! 100% #humanart
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Mutak Kuna @mutakkuna.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
#FensGuide to Myriad Realms is live on Kickstarter !NOW! and I don't think I can tell you how excited everyone is. I am the lead writer for the "Occultist" class, 3 sub-classes, and "Vesper" playable species. Take a look and support!! #DnD #HumanArt #TTRPG #5e www.kickstarter.com/projects/ska...
A fantasy-themed promotional image for the Kickstarter campaign "Fen's Guide to Myriad Realms". On the left, a 3D mockup of the book titled "Fen’s Guide to Myriad Realms" is shown. The cover notes it is “A #HumanArt Project." The cover is featuring the traveler Fen, in a dark blue cloak holding a staff, surrounded by their swirling magical flame companion "Flicker". The background is a vivid, fantastical landscape with swirling skies, gnarled trees, a mysterious castle and glowing light. Bold white text on the right reads: “FEN’S GUIDE TO MYRIAD REALMS” with the hashtag “#HUMANART” underneath.
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DesViper | J.A. Iris @mindseye.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Hey y'all! #FensGuide to Myriad Realms is live on Kickstarter! A wonderful DnD5e supplement with 4 settings wrapped into one! I did the Awakener class with @anndr.bsky.social, and you should check it out along with the rest of the great work at #humanart! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ska...
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Fen's Guide to Myriad Realms - #humanart
Four Realms, Endless Adventure: Explore new Species, Classes, NPCs and Monsters in this 5th edition supplement! 100% #humanart
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DesViper | J.A. Iris @mindseye.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Art block defeated! (Writing block maintains its siege)
A bluish breastplate of armor with 5 brass bowls attached, red wires running from the 4 outermost bowls to a large central one.
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SkaavArt / Julia 🍃 @skaavart.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Exciting news - our DnD book will launch in ~2 weeks! Explore Fen's Guide to Myriad Realms on Kickstarter If you like unique designs, mysterious stories, and all the magic that comes with playing DnD - check our project out! Many talented creatives are involved💛 tinyurl.com/mwwccnwv #TTRPG #DnD
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DesViper | J.A. Iris @mindseye.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Watches a mouth tutorial by Marco Bucci and learned: 1) yes indeed mouths are the hardest part of the face 2) darker upper lip makes a big difference :)
Face of a gnome pilot looking tired and lumpy. He wears a leather helmet with a small, sharp blue crystal at the tip.
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DesViper | J.A. Iris @mindseye.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
I.... How did we miss this?! Like we've found a thousand exoplanets but missed a hundred moons in our neighborhood?!
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DesViper | J.A. Iris @mindseye.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Oops forgot to post here occasionally again. Tried a light and colour study but my endurance for painting just isn't back yet 🥲
Figure study of a woman standing on a stair with green light shining from the side.
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Offshore Oddities @offshoreoddity.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Driftwood organs, anatomical study by Tony Fredriksson
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Palloma | COMMISSIONS OPEN @crowlls.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Ask AI! Want to try it with AI? Try our AI tool! Quickly add images with AI!
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DesViper | J.A. Iris @mindseye.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
What do you call that pile/archive/heap of ideas and concepts that don't work for a project but still stick with you?
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DesViper | J.A. Iris @mindseye.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
"For a brief moment, we form a turducken inside the kraken" 😆😂 My players are so crazy lol
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