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Simon Cottee @simoncottee.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Palios finally getting some fish. Some character art for my world building project That Time I Died and Had to Fish to Live #conceptart #procreate #characterdesign

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Simon Cottee @simoncottee.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Sad day for all Aru lovers out there (aka me). MEWGENICS WHY YOU GOTTA PUT A PARASITE ON MY 1 INTO FAV CAT!!!?! :( #mewgenics

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Simon Cottee @simoncottee.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Check out this pay-what-you-want hex skirmish tactics dice as units and card play print and play tabletop game. It's got solo play and silly lore rich comics to boot. #boardgame #printandplay #tabletop tortugames.itch.io/hexbarons

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Hex Barons by Tortu

Old-school PnP Skirmish game

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Simon Cottee @simoncottee.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

HEX BARONS 0.8! Our pay what you want, print and play, micro skirmish game has really arrived with it's 0.8 release! Malcolm and myself put so much work into this thing. A real labour of love. Play 1v1 or even solo! #boardgames #printandplay #wargaming #dice #cardgame #versus youtu.be/GZku3ZB7deQ

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HEX BARONS Version 0.8 !

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Simon Cottee @simoncottee.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Loving these patch weekends with the act 1 mtx grinds #poe2

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Simon Cottee @simoncottee.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Extrudin Mrs Roberts outta cubes! I haven't tried to model a 3D character since 2007 but here we are. Next step, texturing!!! #gamedev #3demm #3dmodelling #indiegamedev

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Simon Cottee @simoncottee.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Exploring an indie video game concept. Will try model this character like it was 1995. #gamedev #characterdesign

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Simon Cottee @simoncottee.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Hey professional Artists. The industry (at least what I've experienced in MTL Canada as a 2D Animation director) is at an all time low. Most industry professionals like myself have been looking into the PIVOT. Where we plan an off-ramp or a float career alternative. Cont... #animators #arts

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Simon Cottee @simoncottee.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Today we have a 24 hour live stream of all the short animated films made for our To Gaza With Love animation jam! Check it out: www.youtube.com/live/yuWokTb...

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To Gaza With Love | Palestine Solidarity | Help Gaza Live Stream

YouTube video by Animation Community 4 Palestine

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Simon Cottee @simoncottee.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

An illustration from 2018 depicting a tense flying minivan ride from our old Starfinder campaign. The NPC is obviously the one bleeding. #traditionalgames #illustration

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Simon Cottee @simoncottee.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Play Dune Awakening like Death Stranding! When building your base, make traversal infrastructure for your fellow spice freaks! Instead of a grey box, why not make a bridge?! A mountain side staircase? A comfortable spot of shade to wait out the midday sun? Strand (sand) type gaming! #duneawakening

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Simon Cottee @simoncottee.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Listening to this at work. I used to play Phantasy Star Online on me dreamcast when I was like 15. Now at 39 and listening to it I'm getting flooded with emotions. My first experience to this kinda game, and the music was such a large part of the vibe. aetherial and drifting youtu.be/flCtIKNyDoM

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Phantasy Star Online Soundtrack • Dreamcast

YouTube video by Yay Can

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Simon Cottee @simoncottee.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Gunpla mini kit, Zaku Canon mobile suit. This is my first gunpla paint job. Pretty satisfied. But the assembly with the painted pieces was a mini nightmare. This is probably unique to mini kits, compared to a standard HG kit. Mini is so fiddly and fragile #gunpla #zaku #minis #paintjob #zakucanon

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Alastair Somerville @acuity.design · 21/06/2025

Elon Musk’s Culture obsession might mean he uses this alien Library solution on Grok. Not destroying human knowledge but rearranging it all into confusion.

Quote about alien general Traff and his promise not to destroy a captured library

Traff already knew what he was going to do. He solved the problem by shuffling the library, sorting every word in it into alphabetical order and every pixel of every illustration into order of color, shade and intensity. The original microfiles were wiped and re-recorded with volumes upon volumes of "the"s, "it"s, and "and"s; the illustrations were fields of pure color. There were riots, of course, but Traff was in control by then, and as he explained to the incensed and-as it turned out, literally-suicidal guardians of the library, and to the Empire's Supreme Court, he had kept his word about not actually destroying or taking as booty a single word, image or file.

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mismedleym (COMMS OPEN) @mismedleym.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

need to revisit her model occasionally to justify all the work i put into it #art #blender3d

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Simon Cottee @simoncottee.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Sure all these new AI music systems are "neat", but me? I only fuck with Microsoft Songsmith: youtu.be/3oGFogwcx-E

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Microsoft Songsmith Commercial

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Simon Cottee @simoncottee.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Started up a new mothership campaign at work. Created a new gang to build out some lore. #mothership #ttrpg

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Simon Cottee @simoncottee.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Calling all ANIMATORS. There is an Animation Jam to raise funds for animation workshops in Gaza. Donate what you can and sign up to participate and submit your 10-30 second animation with love to Gaza #animation #gaza #anijam ac4palanijam.gumroad.com/l/ToGazaWith...

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TO GAZA WITH LOVE: A Global AniJam

REGISTRATION PAGEJoin animators and artists around the world in a powerful creative call for peace, love, and solidarity with Gaza.TO GAZA WITH LOVE is a global aniJam initiated by AC4PAL (Animation C...

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Simon Cottee @simoncottee.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Here is the 2nd film presentation for the Gaza Animation Workshop patreon. The Kids Fixed It. Made by 20 girls aged between 9 and 14. Join up and support animation for kids in Gaza #gaza #animation #animationstories #palestine www.patreon.com/posts/02-kid...

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02 - The Kids Fixed It | Animation Stories

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Simon Cottee @simoncottee.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

ROUND 2 RESULTS of CUTIE FACTIONS! Oh no, a bubble tea misshap. Cutie factions is an ongoing story engine project that YOU can participate in. Just reply with a CUTIE FACTION ACTION with a photo of a dice roll using 2d6! Most liked faction action will be used. #cutiefactions #ttrpg #roleplaying #rpg

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Simon Cottee @simoncottee.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Just a real lil guy in the yard. One of the littlest guys out there.

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Simon Cottee @simoncottee.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Lil game designers out there game designin!

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Simon Cottee @simoncottee.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

THE RESULTS OF ROUND 1 OF THE CUTIE FACTION ACTIONS! The doors are now open to post your action desire with a photo of your roll of 2d6! SUBMIT YOUR ACTIONS IN THIS THREAD FOR AN ANIMAL FACTIONS ACTIONS! Further instructions found below. #cutiefactions #cutiefactionactions #ttrpg #storyengine

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Simon Cottee @simoncottee.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

LET'S PLAY A CUTIE FACTIONS TTRPG ON BLUESKY! Submit your FACTION ACTION along with a real photo of a 2D6 roll (any cheating will result in a IRL curse). I will draw the outcomes of your actions. 1 Action per reply. 1 Action per Faction. Ties broken by comment likes. #cutiefactions #ttrpg #cutie

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Simon Cottee @simoncottee.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Charlie Jane taught me to do the faces. So I'm a full time cutie artist now. Only cutie based content from now on. The cutie lifestyle got me like 🐷

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Simon Cottee @simoncottee.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

"These are the largest living material structures produced using a first-of-its-kind biofabrication platform" "adapting the Canada Pavilion to provide enough light, moisture, and warmth for the living cyanobacteria within the structures to grow, thrive and change." canadacouncil.ca/initiatives/...

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Canada’s participation at La Biennale Architettura in 2025

The Living Room Collective presents Picoplanktonics at the Canada Pavilion during the 2025 Venice Biennale of Architecture.

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Animation Dad @animation350.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Today's minute(ish) of brilliant animation is from Patlabor 2 (1993), directed by Mamoru Oshii. It might be my favourite Oshii.

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Simon Cottee @simoncottee.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Canada needs to redirect all that tax credit $ for American film / TV productions back into Canadian made content quick bloody smart. Trump's about to tank the entire thing. We need our own free steaming platform filled with locally made culture. Short films Features Series. The works #canada #film

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Simon Cottee @simoncottee.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

If the film industry didn't need enough bullshit, Mr Big Wheelbarrow of Bullshit just got heaping. Canada/Australias industry is about to be rocked. If this had happened in 1994 then the Santa clause shot in Toronto and starring Tim Allen would never have existed!!! vancouversun.com/news/local-n...

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Trump film tariff takes aim at Hollywood North

U.S. president puts 100 per cent tariff on films produced in locations like Vancouver

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Simon Cottee @simoncottee.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Hot damn. So chill my two countries (canad n aus) had elections a week apart and elected the most mega chill parties that aren't into fascism as much as the other one. Immaculate vibes. Maybe we all gonna be alright.

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Simon Cottee @simoncottee.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

I had the privilege of doing a write up on one of the short animated films being made by women and children in Gaza while under siege. Get involved in the Patreon! www.patreon.com/posts/127916...

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01 - A Day in the Tent | Animation Stories

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Zoe Medcraft @trugglet.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

My child thinks this is how I procure birthday cakes #animation #cake #2danimation

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Felix Colgrave @felixcolgrave.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

In no way jealous of Canada having Trump say all that spooky shit at them, but if he happens to get any weird ideas about Australia then I'd appreciate he say them out loud before, I dunno, the third of March

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Happy birthday, Dad. Time to come back now, it’s all gone a bit rubbish without you. ❤️❤️❤️

Sir Terry Pratchett and his daughter, Rhianna, at the launch of Dodger.

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Simon Cottee @simoncottee.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Big new patreon post for further development and prototyping for my VR Mediation art project Steep in Peace: www.patreon.com/posts/medita...

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Meditation space prototyping continues with unconventional explorations | Slyman

Get more from Slyman on Patreon

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Simon Cottee @simoncottee.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

There should be a law that every online game supports PROXIMITY CHAT. #proxchat #videogames

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Simon Cottee @simoncottee.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Added a family into my daughters sims neighbourhood.

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Japanese animation studio Dwarf has just informed me that they are producing "Sunny" directed by Michael Arias, which will therefore be a stop-motion animated feature :-] www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...

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Simon Cottee @simoncottee.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

There is an incredibly vital animation story in Gaza at the moment. A community run animation workshop movement is happening from within the aid tents. Learn more about it here and support it on patreon! #animation #gaza #support COLOURED PENCILS AND PAPER NOT BOMBS! www.patreon.com/posts/suppor...

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Support Gaza’s Young Animators: 100% to Workshops Under Siege | Animation Stories

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