iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

A friend is dragging me into exalted and found the mouse of the sun for me and now I'm in love with my linawan eclipse solar exalted and his little pet sun mouse

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Man... remember when I used to draw? Still want to finish Prince Zelda someday #zelda #genderbend

A line drawing of a masculine version of princess zelda

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I think I'm going maximalist with the finishing of this piece. One test fringe piece and a spiral selvedge binding. I still have 13/17 motifs to finish. And for the top edge, I'm planning a 7 strand flat braid couched down

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I think I might be a little unhinged but... I'm not happy with how bright the blue and green are. I'm seriously considering ripping them out and stitching in a different color. I'm using weeks dye works floss because I want the variation, but I have to order online so color matching can be tough

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

In other cross stitch/weaving news, I wove a band to test this linen and now I'm stitching on it! Strip is about 30x4 inches and I'll hang it on the wall when I'm done.

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I finished this cross stitch for a friend today! I love finishing them like they're little pillows. May have gone a bit overboard on this one but I love it

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Behold my idiot daughter, her hobbies include chewing on toes and sticking her face into desk fans #cat #tortieshell

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Thar he blows! Laid out the fleece I bought which I should have done first. The bit I ripped off came from the upper right, I think. I laid it on my deck cut side up and portioned into six one-gallon zip bags for washing. (I only have a foot bath for this process, so I gotta go in pieces)

A ram's fleece laid out on an old deck, cut side up

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

@woollydespotweaver.bsky.social You know, I think this fleece might not be white! Two washes with dish soap and two rinses with water running clear and this Shetland is looking light tan!

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I did not intend to buy fleece at the state fair. I do not have fleece money. This gentleman, however came into my hands for a song. I'm sorry you got 4th place (out of 4), but I will treasure working with you

Open bag of raw Shetland fleece. The wool is naturally white, but currently discolored from lanolin and dirt.

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Okay, the 30dpi reed is working pretty well! I'm using 22/2 bockens nialin at 24 epi (sleying 0-1-1-1-1). Test weave will be a belt and coaster blanks for myself and cross stitch friends! #weaving #handwoven

Close up of a strip of white linen in the process of being woven.

Floor loom with a small strip of linen plain weave in the middle.

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I don't want to, but I think I'm going to have to return this reed. 30 dpi sounds wonderful for making fine fabrics, but I can't afford the yarn right now and it's too fine for my current project, which I bought it for. Also I could use the money T_T

A 30 dpi reed halfway through being sleyed by bockens cotton 22/2

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Art is so hecking weird. Mentally, I groused and groaned and whined with every feather. But the final version of the first pass turned out better than I could have even hoped??? How does this happen? (PS: prep for so many texturing posts. So. Many.)

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

My brain doesn't want to paint feathers for more than five minutes at a time. But five minutes at a time I will overcome. #gamedev #indiedev #yonderskies #gryphongame

A top down 3d view of a gryphon with half-painted wings

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Super pleased with how I've managed to set up the texture process for my gryphons. Substance Painter and Pixel8r. Need to rotate the UVs on the bottom beak though. Those diagonal pixels make me itch #indiegame #indiedev #yonderskies #gryphongame

A grey 3d model of a gryphon with pixel art texture on its face

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Actually, here, let me show off one of my current projects! A pair of socks knit top down two at a time. Started while my husband was in the hospital, finishing now that he's learning to walk again! Yarn is a stardew valley color way from must stash yarn

A half finished pair of hand knitted socks in colorful stripes

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Behold, Zelda, my not-so-helpful weaving assistant

A tortishell cat sitting on a stool between spools of white thread, not helping at all.

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Thanks @kellyknowles.art for the recommendation! Just got my Art glove from @bibiblossoms.bsky.social and I love it! I was worried about sizing because I'm so overweight. I went with the l/xl and it fits great. It's a touch long in the fingers but not uncomfortably so, and comfortable on the wrist!

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Turned part of my band into a key fob and... And it's got big "you tried" energy xD

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

More weaving! A finished tablet band and setup for a second in CMYK that's earmarked to be trim for hemmed jnco dupes #weaving #inkle #tabletweaving

A tablet woven band in dark purple, cream, and light teal

An inkle loom in the process of being warped with CMYK and cream threads. It sits on a messy computer desk with a notebook displaying the pattern behind it.

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Hokay. It's going painfully slow, but I AM actually making tiny, incremental progress on the UI. It's a big step and one I'm eager to lock in. For now, have a vid of a test run. #indiedev #gamedev #unreal #gryphongame

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Tried to be crab, became gryphon instead!

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

She complemented my tiny hovel and I said oh thank you do you like it and before I know it I have the most horrifying roommate

Screenshot from Pokopia showing the player sleeping in a house with Vespiqueen as their roommate

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

GUYS!!! Lookit my RIIIIIIINGS! (I did NOT like working on this system but goddamnit, it's going to make level design SCADS easier) #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #UnrealEngine #GryphonGame

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Finally found a texture workflow that I like! I want a pixel art look, but I'm bad at it and hate doing it, so it's not a matter of 'just practice'. I made this using Substance Painter along with a filter called Pixel8r and I LOVE this. #Indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #substance3d #GryphonGame

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

I estimated a month to port my project into Unreal from Unity. I completed it in 11 days! aka, the shelf life of a kobold. #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #unreal #GryphonGame

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

LIFTOFF! This represents two solid weeks of work re-making what I already had in Unity inside Unreal. I have custom ground and flight movement systems featuring tank controls and auto-follow camera with anticipation pan. I'm SO happy! #indiegame #indiedev #unreal #GryphonGame

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

oh god, oh geez, oh heck. Nope NOPE I am NOT making a motion sickness simulator. #indiedev #indiegame #unreal #gryphongame

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Oh no. I've already written a bunch of blueprints like this. I've just realized this is all a bunch of if/then statements and in Unity, I'd favor using a switch statement so I don't have to run through all the options and.. and... oh NO do I already need to refactor my blueprints?!?

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Believe it or not, this is great progress! Got a weird mathematical hitch when pitch input tries to move from positive to negative or visa'versa, but that's just one more thing to work on :) #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #Unreal

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

The gryphon is in Unreal! (also I finished the pace animation, run is still just keyframes) #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #Unreal #GryphonGame

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I know I only bought one roll, but this nearly $300 box feels like it should be both larger and much more heavy 😬

An open cardboard box containing a single roll of wallpaper and a container of glue.

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

It's my codebase and if I wanna fill it with references to the comedic genius of Suzy Eddie Izzard nobody can stop me!

A snippet of C# code describing variables used to control a gryphon in flight. It contains a commented joke to one of Suzy Eddie Izzard's stand up shows

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

We got flying, we got flapping, we got a better-behaved camera controller, let's gooooo! #gamedev #indiedev #unity #blender #gryphongame

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Okay, that's it. I have a POWERFUL NEED for this wallpaper. It shimmers amazingly in the light. Since the current wall is black, the dark green and gold will be way brighter too!

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I'm naming my game-making entity Tiny Tiger, after an incident in the first grade when a horrible teacher tried to squash my creativity. I will NOT be squashed, though I may be small and weird!

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

There's a LOT of work to be done. Much more damping. Fix the dang camera. Make some real animations, etc etc. BUT!!! She flyin'! #gamedev #indiedev #Unity #GryphonGame

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I assembled a heated house for the outdoor kitties and Zelda kept jumping inside. Eventually my husband grabbed her and gave her a lecture about it being for less fortunate kitties and reminding her she gets to sleep on top of US for warmth. I don't think she was very impressed.

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I love living in the upper Midwest, I do, I swear (send help)

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Oh shit I never showed this, but she's running around! I have her flying too, but it feels REAL BAD at the moment. Animations are just key frames and some procedural stuff for now, until I get sick of tweaking flight params and go back to blender. #gamedev #indiedev #unity #gryphongame

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers

The cover art for the video game "The Dark Eye". First-person view of someone in what appears to be a grave with an ominous figure standing over the top holding a shovel.

A claymation figure of a woman in a victorian-era sitting room. She has blood coming out of her mouth and is holding out her hand with blood-stained fingertips.

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Wheeeee! Look at 'er go! After deleting the walk, I've now finished rough keys for walk, run-walk, and run. Along with a one frame jump and flying pose. I'm ready to jump back in engine!

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

This is my strategy for copying global positions when relative bones need to rotate to make it happen I am NOT kidding. (Also I accidentally deleted my walk cycle unrecoverably send matcha and chocolate plz)

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

🎶 well you can tell by the way I use my walk, no time to talk 🎶 #indiedev #gamedev #blender #gryphongame

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Alexis - Available for hire! @tigerlight.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Nearly finished with the rig! I'm very excited and very pleased with how it's going. I have a hand-full of bugs to fix up, but I think I could be animating walk, run, and jump cycles within the week! #gamedev #indiedev #blender #gryphongame

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