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Nicola

@naktarr.bsky.social
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Programmer of games and similar (no GenAI), likes bright clothes, birds, books, art, nature, the sea, dogs, sadly allergic to cats so can only enjoy them online. She/her.

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Theo Beastly @theopriestley.net · 10h
Ai in #gamedev
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Nicola @naktarr.bsky.social · 1h
Its also (as far as I know based on adult treatment availability) the only hospital in NI to do childrens stem cell transplants
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FieldExplores (Gator Days) @fieldexplores.bsky.social · 11h
The Gamefound Campaign for Wholesome Adventure is live! I've been making art for this for the past several months and it's so cool to see it coming together. gamefound.com/projects/jas...
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Gustopher sees the box for Wholesome Adventure with a banner above it that says "Campaign Launched!" The box says "WHOLESOME ADVENTURE" and "A TABLETOP ROGUELIKE WHERE YOU CAN MAKE THE WHOLESOME OR UN-WHOLESOME CHOICE!". Two hands from the left are reaching towards the box.

Panel 2

Gustopher checks to Field so see what this is all about.

Gustopher: FIELD! What's that?

Field: Wholesome ADventure! A game I made with Jason Anarchy.

Panel 3

Gustopher: No, I mean who is that next to the game?

Field: Oh... That's Jason.

Panel 4

Jason is kneeling by and caressing the game box. He looks like he hasn't slept in months.

Jason: Darling game. Wholesome game.

Field: He's been working hard. We should feed him.
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Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 12h
I built a thing. I LOVED making it. It's called TinyLittleOffice. It's a web office suite (word processor, outliner, decks, spreadsheet, calculator, drawing tool, diagram maker, animator, calendar, trip planner) that stores the docs in your URL. tinylittleoffice.com?c=hgmcggn#/v...
tinylittleoffice.com
This Link Is This Document
QR code:…
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Maddy Thorson @maddymakesgames.com · 15h
*lays off a thousand programmers* Wow, programming is hard!
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Crumplings 🐌 @crumplings.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Hi #portfolioday! :) I'm a sculptor in Scotland making all sorts of mystical and/or adorable creatures & gremlins. I primarily work with paper mache, sometimes mixed with other materials too. My shop can be found at shop.crumplings.co.uk! 💚
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indui @monstermonger.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
#portfolioday :3 Heya I’m indui! I love creating fantasy art, especially in the theme of gardens/plants, dragons, kitties, and the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest.
a black cat stands in a brick alleyway overgrown with wildflowers. It looks up curiously.A chubby orange cat carefully steps down a bright, peaceful garden patha small white dragon lies beneath crumbling gray ruins and a dark pine forest. the moon shines between the pine needles.a white serpent's body weaves through a manicured garden full of mysterious statues. his face is hidden on the other side of a hedge. A single feathered wing rises from behind as well.
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Chris and his farmily of forever farm friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
A morning run with runner duckling Boot
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Nicola @naktarr.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The discover feed is... useable again? I noticed over the weekend and have been switching over every so often to check and it remains pleasant
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pandy 💜 3D artist and clothing designer @virtualpandy.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
with spooky season here, i would like to let you all know that i have all three of these shirts in stock right now, including plus sizes. :3 🍭 full color and double-sided! reposts appreciated!! 💜 www.etsy.com/shop/pandyap... #fashion #halloween
photo of a person wearing a colorful shirt depicting gummy intestinesphoto of a person wearing a colorful shirt depicting a ribcage filled with candyphoto of a person wearing a colorful shirt depicting a giant lollipop impaling them
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Three panel comic. Panel 1: in an office break room, an excited man inspects a box of donuts. He says, “ooo… who brought donuts?” A coworker behind him says, “idk.” Panel 2: the man is holding tightly to the donut as it is suddenly and forcefully yanked out of frame, sending the table and several objects into the air. Panel 3: two fish are sitting in a canoe wish fishing gear. One grabs tightly to his fishing pole and exclaims, “I got one!”
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chuck 🐦💐 @chuckdrawsthings.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
⭐️ woooshhh ⭐️ you have been blessed by the Having A Good Day pigeon! you will have a good day! and if you don't, they will sit with you and share some pastries x
a drawing of a brown pigeon in a purple wizard hat, decorated with yellow stars, and a purple cape accented with yellow. it holds a black and white magic wand with its left foot. the background is yellow and there is a dotted shadow effect around them, alongside three purple stars
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Ham Brackets Scary 🌈🏳️‍⚧️🎨 @thehamofficial.northsky.social · 10/10/2026
Birds have 2 shape: - dollop - gangly-ass dinosaur
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Anthony Martin @lightinganthony.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Blender 5.3 sort of kind of supports gaussian splats. Not perfect, but the best implementation so far. I made this as a test. Warning: I might make more
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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
holy shit!! artists!!! you guys!! pinlite.app someone made a pinterest facade site that just strips away all the dumb bullshit and gives you only the images this is AMAAZINNNGGGG. Not to mention the web 1.0 grey and blue link vibe lol
screenshot of PinLite, a skin of pinterest that's just taken away all the bs and only shows the images, on a grey web 1.0 background
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Dragan "Zeka" Ciric @runningcritter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Void's Elegy I stole the idea for this one-from myself back in '95. A few months back I discovered a bunch of sketches in a yellowed out, crumbling sketchbook I did before digital art or internet as we know it was even a thing. #artup #art #darkart #scifi #scifiart #artwork #digitalart #horror
An astronaut on a desolate, alien world is standing in front of gigantic rock humanoid face. The face is elongated with a sharp nose, no ears, and wrinkled ridges across his forehead and cheeks. It is uncertain if it is a statue or a living entity but there are bloody tears running down its face. The landscape is barren, covered in fog with a few mountains visible in the distance. A black hole sun is emerging from behind the clouds.
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chuck 🐦💐 @chuckdrawsthings.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
loaf 🍞
a drawing of a pigeon sitting on top of a loaf of bread. the pigeon looks cheerful, and is wearing a white baker's hat and apron that says 'peck the cook'. the bread has been sliced. two slices of buttered bread are in front of the loaf, behind a knife with a bit of butter on it and a small butter dish
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demi @cuddlepunk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
the game designer discord for my city has a dedicated channel for lasagna
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Andrew | BUY INDIEPOCALYPSE ➡️ PRGE @pizzapranks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is the 3rd or 4th time in a month I have tagged into someone pitching the idea of selling physical games at events or otherwise in-person and I can say from doing it for years at events at various scales all over the place, that it works well.
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FieldExplores (Gator Days) @fieldexplores.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Kicked Out - Gator Days
Kicked Out - Gator Days

Ember - Capybara daughter

Carlos - Capybara dad

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Setting - The outside the front door of the Caps family's home.

Ember is standing with her hands on her side.

Ember (thinking): MY PARENTS HAVE KICKED ME OUT! SLAMMED THE DOOR IN MY FACE!

Panel 2

Ember forms a plan of action.

Ember (thinking in all caps): I'LL LIVE IN THE FOREST AND BEFRIEND THE BEARS AND EAT BERRIES AND LEARN MARTIAL-

Panel 3

Carlos suddenly opens the door and finds his daughter standing outside.

Carlos: EMBER! I'm sorry! I didn't know you were right behind me. Come inside.

Panel 4

Ember is on a chair and sipping on a juice box.

Ember (thinking with the volume turned up to eleven): RATS.
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Nicola @naktarr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This exact music video, I would scream and run away from the TV youtube.com/watch?v=hgl-...
m.youtube.com
Hocus Pocus - Here's Johnny!
YouTube video by ohnoitisnathan11
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Nicola @naktarr.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Laughed too hard at Nat losing the will to live while being made to stand for a picture in a party hat
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worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you ever wondered why visible light is those particular wavelengths, it's because life evolved to see in the narrow range where water is transparent
Diagram of absorption of emf by water. There's a gap right that dips in the 500 nm range
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Aled Thompson @aledthompson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's spooky season which means I can finally bring this piece back 🎃🐈‍⬛
A pumpkin patch featuring multicoloured pumpkins, some with carved faces, and black and white cats, frogs, crows and foliage
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Ivy 🌱 mooniecoco @mooniecoco.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🔊 please because i spent so much time matching the animation to the audio. [ #animation #cuteart #bunnyart #backgroundart ]
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Lindsey Wailes (looking for work!) @linwail.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Born to sit in the sun and look at mushrooms in the forest. Forced to apply to jobs and have anxiety.
Birds nest fungi on a log
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ascalaphid @ascalaphid.com · 26/09/2026
brother ignatz where the hell did you get those sausages from
this bittern's got way too many snausages
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chuck 🐦💐 @chuckdrawsthings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
scroll scroll
PANEL 1: a pigeon sits on a green armchair with an ornate floral pattern. they hold a pink phone and are squinting at it, their chin squished. text next to them says 'scroll scroll'
PANEL 2: it pans out to show the pigeon sitting up straight, looking determined, snd forcefully putting their phone face-down on the arm of the chair. they say "ugh, stop! you're all caught up on the apps! go do something productive!!"
PANEL 3: it's now dark. the pigeon looks nervously to the side
PANEL 4: a copy of the first panel but it's dark except for the phone screen light blasting on the pigeon's face
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Emi @coppolaemilio.com · 21/09/2026
We have achieved Godot 5 internally at the Godot Foundation, but it is too powerful to be released. We need a bajillion dollars. Thanks 💸
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🌸Bibi🌸♿ @bibiblossoms.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It costs 0$ to Repost a Black disabled queer small business! It could lead to my next sale. I sell pins, compression gloves, artist gloves, back braces, knee braces, wrist braces, compression socks, cute bags & more! Store: Bibipins.com
5 Oval shaped pins with gold outlines with an oval cutout in the middle with a yellow slideable star:

Spoons: Lavender background
Hunger Scale: Red background
Migraine Scale: Blue background
Speaking vs Non Speaking: Green background

The first one has SHE, THEY, HE on top. At the bottom there's HER, THEM, HIM. White background.Galaxy and Moon Bunny Compression Gloves Galaxy, Cat and Mushroom Wrist BracesMushroom and Cat Artist/Drawing Gloves
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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
it's weird that ai got too dangerous to keep advancing right around the time money got more expensive to borrow
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Shen Comix @shenanigansen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
[2/2]
Panel 11: Audrey's head happily pops out of the water, sending little droplets flying and reflecting the moonlight. "This was something aquatic," Val narrates, "Gentle. Curious. Unhurt."

Panel 12: Audrey's eyes sparkle as he notices a rubber duck floating around in the pool with him. It has round glasses, making it look kinda like Val. "Or maybe not unhurt," Val continues narrating, "but..."

Panel 13: Audrey picks up the rubber duck, smiling and inspecting it curiously.

Panel 14: Audrey holds up the rubber duck above his head so that Val can see it, big smile beaming. Behind him is an almost magical, chromatic sky filled with red, yellow, green, and blue stars, galaxies, and a huge moon. All of these elements are also reflected in the rippling pool, making it look like a paint-filled art easel. "Not defined by hurt," thinks Val.
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mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
worm
worm-like winged fantasy creature with a black upper surface and a tan underside with blue, yellow, and red speckles
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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Nicola @naktarr.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Halfway through this I realised - that exact colour hair, and nose shape, on both of them was a conscious decision by *someone*. I was so grossed out.
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Nicola @naktarr.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Aus, a Deli is usually a sliced meats/cheeses/fancy jarred/canned/dry goods grocery store that rarely sells ready to eat items. AoNZ, a Deli is (mostly) where you can get ready to eat fancy food like sandwiches, and pastrami is always in the menu. I have to flip my Deli meaning when in each place.
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Chris and his farmily of forever farm friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Bumblebee the sheep decides to come out wearing a feed bag as a disguise
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Nicola @naktarr.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
He gets sunscreen? I love it!
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Basil 🌱 @basil-mage.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Puppy moment
drawing of a tired puppy with the caption; "Puppy want a treat? Puppy want a break from it all"
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¯\_(ツ)_/¯ @office-anomaly.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"box art" for The Sword and The Scoob: The RPG 🗡️ #ScoobyDoo
fake box art for my fake "sword and the scoob"-inspired video game art, featuring the gang in a standard RPG party composition, with the villains visible behind them
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Dr Nick 🦉🇦🇺 @doktrnick.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Not too sure what this Powerful Owlet was up to yesterday. But it may have been trying to cool itself down. 33C was a ridiculous temperature for the 4th day of spring in Brisbane. #brisbane #birds #wildoz
Powerful Owlet hunched over a branch with its wings partially spread
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David C. Simon @davidcsimon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Superb Fairy-wren in our Callistemon. #birds
Photo of a small passerine bird on a callistemon branch with green leaves and bright red flower buds. The bird is round and coloured in distinct regions of black, sky blue, light grey, and brown, with a long blue/black tail held upright.
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Kiana Mai @kianamai.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
FULLY ANIMATED EPISODE 1 IS OUT NOWWWW 🌟 youtu.be/6_7L80WaIuU?...
youtu.be
Pretty Pretty Please I Don’t Want to be a Magical Girl (EP.01 ANIMATED)
YouTube video by Kiana Khansmith
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Abz-J-Harding ☾ @abzjharding.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
not out of the woods yet, but biscuit is breathing much better than yesterday, and the cardiologist says her condition should be treatable. I am BEYOND relieved now the bad news: this has been hellaciously expensive. if you can help in any way, it'd be massively appreciated
gofund.me
Donate to Help Biscuit recover from heart failure and keep being alive, organized by Nathan Grayson
Hi, I'm Nathan Grayson. At least some of you probably know me… Nathan Grayson needs your support for Help Biscuit recover from heart failure and keep being alive
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Nicola @naktarr.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
She's been in typing status for a few minutes now, I may have caused drama
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Nicola @naktarr.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Finally telling you Mum that the garden tree you identified as a kid as an "Elm" when your current hyper focus was everything botanical is actually a Burr Oak is a big confusing feel. My parents have been calling it an Elm tree for 30 years now.
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Meg @meganroseruiz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Line Art Tips!
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Stefscribbles @stefscribbles.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
pigeons be like
a comic about pigeons
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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
“Cowboy Roll” • Pen, colored pencil, and copic gray marker on paper. A lone cowboy sits atop a hill in the foreground. He yells out to his colleagues “last one” before rolling down the hill like a silly boy. When he reaches the bottom he sits up and says “just one more.” In the background of the piece we see two other cowboys on their horses and a 3rd horse eating grass. It’s likely these cowboys have been waiting here for sometime. Artist’s note: I like the line work and expressions in this one. I try to keep most of my drawings as single panels so creating movement and time-lapse in one frame is a good challenge.
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