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O. R. Layton

@r-layton.bsky.social
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O. R. Layton is a sort of machine which enjoys micron pens, Rives BFK paper, and sharp trowels. Other blog - orlayton.tumblr.com Commissions are open! - ko-fi.com/orltn

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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
reading Milk Outside a Bag of Milk and (part of) Shibuya Scramble consecutively. like I just had a shot of the world's best whiskey and then chased it by chugging from an abandoned borg comprised of mostly propel and smirnoff. i need to watch tama fall down the stairs. what was i talking about again
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My writing is in the tenth issue of local zine The Mystic Moneymaker! If you can procure a copy, you'll find coffee, depression, oily tendril creatures, and arguments about brutalism. Also, a little sherd of my soul is trapped within each printing of the story. Not quite sure how that happened.
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
woo
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
*lying corpse-still on the floor* I need to write my unfeeling vessel lesbian super-soldier magnum opus. in order to do this i will need all the coffee in my local market. and also to do the laundry. ideally within the next five business days
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Nothing fascinates me quite like a 6/10 TYPE-MOON story, especially when they try to convey hefty philosophical ideas and inevitably trip over every word simultaneously. I can't stop watching. This is a cry for help
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Rewatching Noir (2001) to deal with a migraine, remembering that it Fucks Intensely. Shoestring budget homoerotic assassin intrigue anime known for codifying "girls with guns" as a genre. Set in France for some reason. A surprising amount of catholic(?) violence. Inspired me to finish über ich. Yum
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
two things I will always attempt to write into a story -- whether or not they deserve to be there -- are "gormless" and honest-seeming dialogue followed by ", I lied." They are my favoritest bastard sons and I shall promote them within my scribal kingdom as I see fit.
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
My print series Starseeker has been accepted by Gallery Twist up in Lexington, MA (And are, of course, for sale...)! Producing something for a gallery has been incredibly exciting -- if sometimes stressful -- so I'm excited to see what happens to these pieces. #printmaking #illustration
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
ÜBER ICH now has 70+ downloads! I've published proper updates + info on itch, but the tl;dr is thus: 1. I'm planning one accessibility-focused update based on feedback, but no story changes. 2. I'm also assembling a postmortem, tbr late fall! Expect concept art, drafts, and more. 3. Thanks! :>
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Going thru my documents to assemble a proper ÜBER ICH postmortem (more info on that forthcoming). Here's some concept art for one of the final scenes.
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
woagh.... this is wonderful... this will live in my brain for a long long time. Thanks for playing my game...! (also boogiepop phantom ost spotted! hell yeah)
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
can my socks please stop submitting to the slow march of entropy
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
o-r-layton.itch.io/uberich My first-ever VN , ÜBER ICH, is now out. It may be a rambling, hallucinatory mess, but I think it's quite an enjoyable one. 24k words, four endings, two-ish weird girls, one very broken truck, a monastery that haunts itself, and some ambient rain sounds. Check it out.
o-r-layton.itch.io
ÜBER ICH by Rust Layton
A depressed soldier, a dying world, and a girl named Agathe.
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Tomorrow... #toxicyurivnjam
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
my story just smacked me on the head and told me what it was actually called so now I need to change all the credits and preroll assets AAUUAAAUUAUAUUAUUUAFRRGRGHHG anyways it's a good name it even has an umlaut
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
[AN EMPTY BOX TO] IS APPROACHING TERMINAL VELOCITY. 6PM EST ON THE 13TH BY THE LATEST. YOU TOO WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IT. IT MAY BE CALLED SOMETHING OTHER THAN [AN EMPTY BOX TO] BUT IT WILL BE FULL OF ALL THE SAME DELICIOUS INGREDIENTS SUCH AS EGO ID AND SUPEREGO #toxicyurivnjam
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
blasting through sprites and cgs in preparation for the #toxicyurivnjam deadline. Here's my favorite character so far.
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Okay okay, here's some nice concept art as well. #toxicyurivnjam
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Clawing desperately at my #toxicyurivnjam bomb collar. Adhd, my malfunctioning n key, [content redacted], and heat sickness are conspiring to have me explode where I stand. Anyways this might be spoilers but it's a very funny little piece of code. In this game... youar choises... matte r...
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
There are quite a few ways to die in [An Empty Box To], but, luckily for Seth, this isn't brackish water. Today's progress: lots more writing. #toxicyurivnjam
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Before and middle on some thrifted jeans. Learning hemming, RIT dye application, and a whole lot of patience (this is only 1/4 of the embroidery I have to do...).
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Back from an odd little hiatus with more writing for the #toxicyurivnjam. Lots more to do before the end, but all the scenes have been... pretty much planned out. Mostly. Somewhat.
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Vacation over. Time to get back to the most important of arbeit for the #toxicyurivnjam: Writing two very strange people failing to interact with any semblance of normalcy.
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Finally back on the #toxicyurivnjam train, after a great deal of sewing, traveling, and people-meeting. Here's our first look at Agathe.
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
I sincerely hope that one of the great mysteries the reader is compelled to investigate throughout this vn is "why the hell is seth Like That". #toxicyurivnjam
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Some more art of [SPOILERS REDACTED] for the #toxicyurivnjam. Definitely one of my favorite scenes to write and illustrate so far: lots of violence, confusion, and environmental shades of blue.
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Work continues for the #toxicyurivnjam. Sketched out a CG for the protagonist's introduction to Atra. Atra is very normal. Do not worry about Atra. Do not think about Atra. ... Maybe don't look at Atra, either. She's nervous.
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Work for the #toxicyurivnjam continues, though the writing is getting a little more complex as I hash out character motivations...
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
In my upcoming groundbreaking visual novel [An Empty Box To] for the #toxicyurivnjam, you can: - Make your coworker spill his soup everywhere - Do laundry - Walk through a cistern filled with oil - justanemptyboxjustanemptybox - complain about your ex-girlfriend - some other stuff also
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Having that desperate feeling to show people all the art I'm doing for the #toxicyurivnjam BUT there are big spoilers because that is how stories work. So here's a contextless character sprite.
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Little chunk of a CG I finished today for the #toxicyurivnjam .
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
A writing snippet pulled straight from the script.rpy for the #toxicyurivnjam .
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
‪ Agathe, deuteragonist of my upcoming (unnamed) VN for this upcoming #toxicyurivnjam .
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Working on my entry for this year's #toxicyurivnjam (and first-ever visual novel). Turning out a lot more moody than I expected, but that's pretty good in the grand scheme.
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Doing my best to design a character who exudes "smug, edgy teen" energy at all times. So here's Anita, who likes longboard and dislikes everyone.
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
New main image for Palinurus. Following the deep blues that accompany Radem, though in a different, more subtle direction.
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Since I'm here, another drawing, another view of Radem. #artfight #originalcharacter #characterdesign #characterart
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
I'm not too big on clothing design these days, but Palinurus last got a character sheet, like, three years ago. At the very least, she deserves some options. #artfight #characterdesign
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Tbh, I got a lot more confident once I treated faces like anything else in a larger figure / scenic illustration -- it alleviated the pressure of making faces specifically perfect. Often, I'll sketch them quite simply, and the style just comes from making them "fit" with everything else.
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Updating an old character design -- first, establishing a slightly better body.
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
my new favorite little guy. Exquisite. At this rate I'm going to order a stack of stickers just so I can put her on everything I own.
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Kasperl, who doesn't really live up to its name.
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
messing around in class. ~2.3 hours.
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
HUMANESQUE I. Something more intentional to vent my excitement for Dating Oblivion, whenever it releases.
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Doodle before ENA day passes. Wasn't going to post anything originally, but the trailer for dating oblivion forced my hand.
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
(local artist has just received the official signalis patches as well, and will definitely be showing them off...) (local artist will soon not own a single piece of fabric which hasn't been transformed into signalis merch) (they just like that video game a lot)
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Local art student discovers that pixel art can be mapped onto cross stitch, immediately plans signalis patches.
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Occupying myself with a whole bunch of craft stuff recently. Narrowly avoiding inhaling bleach. Don't have the time to fall head-first into cross-stitch, but I feel perilously close... #diy #embroidery #patches
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
HIS MAJESTY'S AIRSHIP PALINURUS Bleach and water stenciled onto old pants fabric. This is only the first draft--the next stencil (which won't collapse...) has some serifs and better support structures.
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O. R. Layton @r-layton.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
First piece of complete fan art for ENA. Was also supposed to be a simple exploration into dura-lar stencils, though I may have gone a little overboard... #stencil #printmaking #dreambbq #ena #spraypaint
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