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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 8h

Another banger of a post from Clayton.

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I think it was a Nintendo Power I had that showed all the FF tactics jobs when I was big in my anime art phase. I was obsessed with the variety of designs and tried to copy all the art.

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Artists: ART IS A SKILL! I practiced and trained and developed through years of work. It’s not a magical talent. Also Artists: I can’t do math! I’m just so bad at marketing myself! How do I even business?!! You don’t have to like it or be amazing at it, but you can practice new helpful skills.

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Jess 💖 @jessicajrossana.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Millennial bisexuals everywhere arise! The beacons are lit!

Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz on the set of The Mummy 4

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My 6 year old made a poster to announce her declaration that spooky has begun.

A child’s drawing with marker on paper that reads “SPOKY VIBES” and “SPOKY Vibes ooooo yea wooooo” with drawings of a witch, skeleton, Frankenstein’s monster, spider and centipede.

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Psst. Hey You. Yeah I'm talking to you, the freelance illustrator over there. Try doubling your rates on your next quote and see what happens.

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'm really looking forward to this! @karlyanddd.bsky.social 's adventures are sooo nice.

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Many Sided Media @manysidedmedia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

NEW EPISODE - Talk of the Table: RPG Party Edition! Check out the first of our three special RPG Party episodes to learn about exciting new TTRPG projects crowdfunding right now on @gamefound.bsky.social! Featuring @ellacarterart.bsky.social @riftkidgames.bsky.social DGB Games

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Scheming Archmages & Stand-Up Comedians (RPG Party 1)

Talk of the Table · Episode

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Uh oh, Ryan’s making maps again. Swordtember sent me in a direction and I’m gonna follow it where it takes me. Here’s a medieval coastal whaling settlement.

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It's Perils & Princesses community copy day! Fresh batch of copies up on itch.io for P&P and each of our official adventures, including the first ever community copies of The Princess & The Dragon outrider-creative.itch.io/perils-and-p...

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Perils & Princesses by Outrider Creative

A Gritty and Pretty Fairy Tale Adventure Game

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Some fresh bluegrass poster art for Horseshoes & Hand Grenades with a big woodland animal jamboree. Lots of fun storybook critters and Victorian type in this one.

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Salty skeleton pirates for #swordtember. One thing I’ve learned about practicing art over the years is to follow the inspiration while you have it. I started on the daily prompts but then hit “crustacean” and it sent me back into these salty caverns and tide pools to see what else I can uncover.

An illustration by Ryan Lynch of three undead skeleton pirates in a tidal cavern. One crouching in front has a scarf on its head and wields a barnacle covered cutlass. Its shoulders are covered in rags and mussels. The one on the right wears a hooded outfit made of scraps of sails and rigging. It holds a ship’s lantern and a sabre. The final one in the back right has a captain’s hat and wears the remains of an overcoat. It holds a tall harpoon.

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

On a roll with the crusty pirate ghosts, so I’m skipping around the Swordtember prompts a bit to dig into these characters. For the “tidepool” prompt, Here’s Fang the anglerfish cursed pirate wight. Another piece for Curs of the Humpback Coast from the 2025 Appx N Jam.

An illustration by Ryan Lynch of a mutant pirate wight. Her clothes have become rags as she’s been mutating into an anglerfish-headed monstrosity. Shes wielding a cutlass and is stomping about in a rocky barnacle and urchin coated tidepool.

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Swordtember 10: Crustacean This pirate lobster wight is a character from The Curs of the Humpback Coast, my submission to the 2025 Appx N game jam on itch. The space was limited so I didn’t get to really fill out the illustrations, so this was a great excuse to bring him to life.

A stylized storybook illustration by Ryan Lynch. It’s a crusty undead pirate. He’s got a bald head, jagged teeth and glowing orbs for eyes. One arm wilds a dagger, and the other is a giant lobster claw. He’s covered in weeds and barnacles and other flotsam.

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Swordtember 9: Mandrake Quick one of a young witch having a run-in with a mandrake. These daily challenges really are a great way to hone your style I’ve found. Lots of room to push your mark making and visual vocabulary into new spaces while solidifying your mainstays.

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Swordtember 8: Crane Did some kind of crane-inspired harpy-like warrior for for this illustration. I’m really liking the shocks of color in stark silhouette for the swords and might keep that going if it makes sense.

A winged humanoid figure with a head of a crane and bird like features sits atop a rock. She is holding a sword with the point resting on the ground. The sword is rendered in a stark red hue that matches the red on the feathered creature of her head.

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This gorgeous board game bundle I worked on is now live on Kickstarter! I did all of the illustration and layout for The Witches' Road. I also did art direction and layout on So Happy You're Here!

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Cozy Bundle: So Happy You're Here!, The Witches' Road & Nemi

Three delightful cozy board games that will fill your home with joyful moments.

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Swordtember Day 5: Tragedy Classic Jeanne D’Arc inspiration here with this one. Really just playing with shadows, light and textures on her armor.

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

There’s been a ton of updates since my last play through so I thought I’d start a lil Stardew Valley game as a treat. I forgot that the gameplay loop of this game is the most addicting to me and is all-consuming.

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Swordtember day 4: “Comedy” I’m also going to count this one as “circus” and “gamble” and take those days off. Went a little more graphic and stylish with this one. Thinking about turn of the century ballet costumes and poster art.

Stylized three color illustration in red black and faded blue on natural colored background. A woman dressed as a harlequin does a grand leap while wielding a Sabre. Her costume has a pair of horns on her head and swooping streamers with bells curling behind

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Petition for Anthony Carrigan aka Noho Hank from Barry to play Strahd in the Ravenloft series.

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Swordtember Day 3: Wax Crusty, waxy, old abbey wight for today’s drawing. I’m not sure exactly what this guy’s deal is. A Paladin’s ghost? A corrupt cleric? A loathsome abbot? In any case I just know he smells like dust and incense.

Illustration of a ghastly figure dripping with wax. Lit candles sit atop his arms and shoulders. He holds a candelabra in one hand and a sword in the other.

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Swordtember Day 2: Harvest Does a sickle count as a sword? I think so. Here’s a harvest goddess for day two. GARM com has this “Split nib” brush that I’m really digging for hair.

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Hot digital art take: flipping your canvas too much while rendering results in overworking your piece. I might do it once or twice on my rough to double check proportions but then Im just gonna rip it and draw without too much overthinking. Draw from your shoulder, keep it loose and you’ll be fine.

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

wordtember day 1: Brush. Trying to get un-stuck from a bit of an art block with a daily drawing challenge. Swordtember from @faithschaffer.bsky.social is my favorite one. We’ll see how many days I can get in!

A storybook illustration of a knight with curly hair and brown skin holding two swords. He’s surrounded by stark branches in silhouette

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The Princess & The Dragon for Perils & Princesses is now available on itch.io for digital download! I love working with @dhowl37.bsky.social who wrote this inspired module and @scenefour.bsky.social as editor who made the whole thing shine to its full potential. Art and layout by me, of course.

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The Princess & The Dragon by Outrider Creative

An Official Perils & Princesses Adventure

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A weird thing about grief, is sometimes you can box it up for later. Like a jar of pickles hastily jammed onto a too-full shelf in your heart. At some point, you’re gonna need to open the fridge door and those grief pickles are going to tumble out and shatter all over the floor.

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Being a parent in a creative neurodivergent family means Sunday is time for my weekly re-stacking of the in-progress knitting/goldleaf supplies/computer hardware/ren faire cosplay/art materials/library books/ random paperwork pile!

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Updated my portfolio with a little case study of The Witches' Road—an incredibly ambitious board game that I did all the illustration and layout for. There's some seriously cool components in this game and I can't wait to actually get to play.

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The Witches' Road Board Game — Outrider Creative

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Someone I don't know just paid $40 for a PWYW Perils & Princesses Quickstart. Which is insane. That means they just bought 15 strangers a community copy of Perils & Princesses. outrider-creative.itch.io/perils-and-p...

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Perils & Princesses by Outrider Creative

A Gritty and Pretty Fairy Tale Adventure Game

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

My snarky teenager likes to ask if I'm working on any new "PP" stuff or if I'm playing "PP."

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I had a dream I was in a used bookstore and they had an old board game that looked like this with an orange and purple shield logo with a D in the middle. I had to quick sketch it out before I forgot. I think my subconscious was onto something.

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Finished Katherine Arden’s latest “The Unicorn Hunters” last night. She really has this way of weaving history, myth and folklore into these dreamy adventures. Her work has been a big inspiration for my art and writing and game design, and this one has given me lots more to think about!

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It's that time again! Every month I take an itch.io payout and for every copy of an item sold, I make a community copy available (plus a few extras based on tips) If you've been waiting to snag a digital copy of Perils & Princesses or one of the supplements, now's a great time.

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Perils & Princesses by Outrider Creative

A Gritty and Pretty Fairy Tale Adventure Game

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Indie Press Revolution @ipr.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Restocked! Sweet Revenge (Perils & Princesses) Lost Among The Starlit Wreckage www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/

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Indie Press Revolution @ipr.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Here's a list of the 62 games from 41 publishers we'll have in Booth 4104 at PAX West September 4-7 in Seattle, WA. www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/PAX-We... We're grateful to @evilhat.bsky.social for letting us sell Blades in the Dark: Blades '68 there, ahead of its 9/14 release.

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Proud owner of a Perils & Princesses colored suit. I feel pretty swaggy, not gonna lie.

Selfie of Ryan Lynch outdoors in a hotel parking lot, wearing a pink suit jacket with a navy tie

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I guess I’m making a career out of drawing sick dragons on other people’s stuff for them like in middle school.

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David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Common crowdfunding fulfillment fuckups: 1. If any rewards involve being credited, don't assume the display name of a backer's account on the crowdfunding platform is the one they want to be credited by. In fact, don't assume they want to be publicly credited at all – some have good reasons not to.

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Deathbringer? I hardly know her! 🥁

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Yess! Love seeing these finally get out to everyone!

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Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 19/08/2026

And at this point if you even get near the comparison of TTRPG Actual Play to pornography without: - being a sex worker - citing the actual contributions of SWers to the history & practice of AP, you’re being deeply unserious and careless.

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

If you comment “your art is beautifulllll” while also having a profile full of gen ai fantasy images, just know you look like you’re gonna turn my Dalmatian puppies into an ugly coat and it’s an immediate block.

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blumpkin spice latte @klingonhousing.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

"How many genders are there" is a silly question, like "how many polygons are in a video game" The quantity depends on how much time you spend on this. Too many genders will cause lag and performance issues, too few and you can't make much sense of the world.

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