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Tea @teaplusplus.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

She can catch our UFO any day of the week

Jill the stage hound holding a UFO in a forcefield in front of people in VRChat club FYNN

Tea @teaplusplus.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

The office is still a mess but we're at the stage where I can finally do shit like this (Custom controller for the ceiling light, looks like shit but it works)

Custom PCB with a microcontroller soldered to it. Some of the plugs are a bit wonky and there is some flux residue. The text on it says "Wildcat Engineering, Dual Channel + RGB-strip controller v1"

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Tea @teaplusplus.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

I'm rendering.. things. For reasons.

Front on close up view of an orange Novabeast with slightly glowing green eyes and blue facial markings in fog looking at the camera with a smug grin, their face illuminated by a red spot light from the top left of the screen

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Tea @teaplusplus.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

I try to not self boost usually, but I adore your style and characters; have some cheese. Only face markings are set. Cringe old ref, beware Hobbies: I DJ sometimes, I'm a computer nerd, I work out, motorbikes and van for taking night pictures with my partner eventually

Unshaded reference sheet of a cheetah character named Tea.

The anthropomorphic cheetah Tea in a blue suit with golden trim smiling at the viewer

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Tea @teaplusplus.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

And after some fussing about with an electrical tape based rear mate and a bit of cleaning we have the final stack-up

A framed backlit poster promoting a fictional udon shop

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Tea @teaplusplus.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

@fleeks.art's udon dragon - but a bit cyberpunk Yoinked the backlight stack from a salvaged monitor, clipped to size. This is the first test fit, worked surprisingly well. I'm gonna fix the individual diode bleed on the left, then make parts of the backlight flicker like a broken CFL :D

Framed udon dragon promotional poster, framed and backlit

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Tea @teaplusplus.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Durg! Have Chee Chee on bike maybe? Or behind decks? Or whatever you wanna draw him like

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Tea @teaplusplus.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

One final note: After the call with the engineer, the manufacturer actually agreed to send some blank masks. That's the stuff that creates the pictogram on pedestrian signals. So in the future I plan on getting some custom art to laser cut my own. Furry traffic light!

Bottom: normal pedestrian light mask
Top: black mask

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Tea @teaplusplus.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

With that done, we finally mounted the thing on our wall. It works, is controllable, and takes 9V DC now. I did have a fun little scare because the brick I was using has a loose plug. Changed, fixed. We still don't know what to indicate with it tho lol (no, not the bathroom, stop asking). 10/10

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Tea @teaplusplus.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

I also had the original mounting arms. I shortened them, producing my worst weld yet, then have em a shotty coat of black spraypaint. 9/n

Traffic light mounting arms with wet paint hanging off of two pieces of wire in a makeshift paint booth, balcony furniture in the background.

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Tea @teaplusplus.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

I put everything back together and taped the loose cables to the front of the housing. Not the most elegant solution, but good enough in this case. You can actually see the controller in the middle between the top two modules. Tiny thing with plugs. The board on the left is its power supply. 8/n

Assembled front of the traffic light with cables rolled up and taped to the housing

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Tea @teaplusplus.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

I wanted the light to be controllable through the same smart home system as all of our lights, so I got an ESP32C6, which does ZigBee. The LED drivers are dimmable, meaning with some very simple firmware, I can now control and dim the modules independently. 7/n

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Tea @teaplusplus.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

After a short call with one of their engineers, who was also very confident the LEDs were still good (at that point I still had no idea if it was even alive still), I had the numbers I needed and got it to run off a lab power supply. From this I ordered fitting LED drivers (on the right here). 6/n

Lit up green LED module connected to lab power supply, with replacement LED driver on the right

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Tea @teaplusplus.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Side note: As you might have noticed, the entire thing is modular. I also have a pedestrian signal (which is where the pictogram masks are from). It's the same thing but with the yellow middle bit removed. The cables are passed through the mounting screw on either the top or bottom. Back sides: 3/n

Back shells of a pedestrian and a car traffic light

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Tea @teaplusplus.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

While the modules look bulky, the light source is actually pretty dang small. While this particular one is from the late '00s, they're already LED driven! So what was the problem? The integrated power supply takes 40V 50Hz AC, which if you know anything about electrical stuff is pretty weird. 2/n

Assembled yellow light module with all lenses removed. The shroud holding the power supply is unscrewed but still in place

Lighting module PCB with 6 LEDs and load resistors

Module power supply on the back of the removed shroud

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Tea @teaplusplus.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Something I've been working on for a while is a traffic light. I got it off the trash pile of the manufacturer / operator and it's been sitting in my basement for years. 1/n

Green traffic light module removed from the main chassis, lenses still on

Right side, top to bottom: red color lens of a traffic light module, module with diffuser lens still attached, pedestrian pictogram mask.

Left side: traffic light module with pictogram mask attached, green color lens on its left

Top left: blank pictogram mask

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Tea @teaplusplus.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

First day of work today. This is gonna be exciting

Screengrab from That Mitchell & Webb Look, Brain Surgeon sketch. Jeff stating that he's a rocket scientist

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Tea @teaplusplus.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Can I perhaps humbly ask for Chee in a Star Wars-y outfit?

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Tea @teaplusplus.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

The last panel on the new elf comic by @merrivius.bsky.social has some strong album cover vibes...

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Tea @teaplusplus.bsky.social · 16/06/2024

@jjbbllkk.bsky.social is this supposed to be some kind of sign or something? I'm at least ruling out coincidence

Screenshot of the "Red Means Recording" video "Sound Design with the Oberheim TEO-5" sitting at 621 views

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Tea @teaplusplus.bsky.social · 24/05/2024

Hop on the cheetah train Post your fursona and their species!

Am anthropomorphic cheetah on skis jumping. He is wearing an open blue sweatshirt, a grey T-shirt, and anthracite pants.

A cheetah, holding its head upside down against a window, making a somewhat confused face.

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Tea @teaplusplus.bsky.social · 09/03/2024

The Supreme Court of the United States of America. And some protesters @lastweektonight.bsky.social

The Supreme Court of the USA, in front of it two people holding signs saying "Your love Clarence! -John Oliver; 12 days to take the deal; watch on YouTube; one hour protest day 209" and "Justices shouldn't have suggar daddies" standing on protest against Supreme Court Judge Clarence Thomas

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Tea @teaplusplus.bsky.social · 09/03/2024

The name "Kamehameha" actually stems from the first king of Hawaii. TIL Here's his statue in the US Capitol. Was more than surprised when I saw that name plaque today. Rest in peace, Akira Toriyama

Bronze statue of King Kamehameha on a red marble plinth. His drapes are gilden and he is holding a spear in his left, while grasping the sky with his right hand. He's also wearing a sick golden hat.

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Tea @teaplusplus.bsky.social · 05/03/2024

#Crew8 blasting off into space! The jellyfish (exhaust) and the big Dipper in the back really make this image for me. First rocket launch in person, what an amazing experience! Shot done together with @enblynx.net

A falcon 9 rocket blasting off into space in a long exposure shot, with a trail of light behind it. In the background is the big Dipper

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Tea @teaplusplus.bsky.social · 02/03/2024

The Dragon is still in its lair

The Dragon capsule "Endeavour" atop its Falcon 9 booster on Cape Canaveral Space Force Base pad 39-A

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Tea @teaplusplus.bsky.social · 12/02/2024

This is River. She lives at the New York Central Park Zoo. And these are her beans. Picture taken by my @enblynx.net

Snow leopard River cleaning her hind legs, holding her paw beans into frame

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Tea @teaplusplus.bsky.social · 27/01/2024

If you thought this one was bad, I got handed a palm tree today

Picture of a bonsai with tiny hands in its leaves

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Tea @teaplusplus.bsky.social · 19/01/2024

I bought tiny hands today. After I came home with them, my partner showed me this. "It's a round of applause!" They're definitely a keeper.

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Tea @teaplusplus.bsky.social · 08/01/2024

Cook-along on a Discord server today. One thing you gotta give to the French, they know how to make a good meal. Thank you @aufurmegan.bsky.social for teaching us how to cook this!

Baked chicken served with mashed, then baked potatoes, caramelized onion, and sauteed asparagus

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Tea @teaplusplus.bsky.social · 06/01/2024

Somewhere near Notre Dame, Paris. 📷 @enblynx.net ✏️ by me

Photograph of a small ally in Paris, lined with restaurants with cuisines of diverse origins; their illuminated neon signs lighting up the street under a cloudy sky

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Tea @teaplusplus.bsky.social · 03/01/2024

Grabbed this shot on the way out today. Day in the air, night on the ground

Picture of a from a plane window of a city at the break of dawn, the sky is already illuminated by the young day's sunlight but the city lights are still on.

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Tea @teaplusplus.bsky.social · 23/12/2023

If this isn't brought up at @furfest.org 2024, I dunno what. Fits the theme

Image of the board game "Raccoon Robbers" created by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede

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Tea @teaplusplus.bsky.social · 04/12/2023

Also, look at these absolutely amazing sketchbook swaps I got from @kiit0s.bsky.social, @mewmus.bsky.social, and @w0lfmare.bsky.social! It was an absolute blast hanging with you guys!! I really hope I can make it to another US con at some point!

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Tea @teaplusplus.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

Finally found a place in New Haven, quick trip to Ikea with bf to get the essentials to stay in the new place

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Tea @teaplusplus.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

Speaking of film scanning, here's a very rough edit of an image from my first B&W roll. Construction zone in Vienna, Shot on Agfa APX 400.

Dark construction underpass at night with neon lighting.

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