Game Dev Journal: Son of a Glitch

A closeup of a SNES-type console sitting between two monitors and a keyboard; the whole scene is aberrated and glitched.

Just seconds after writing that title for this post, I realized that should have been the game title. Oh, well. Look at what took me all of 4-6 hours to create. At least I think it was that long. I have time blindness, so certain activities feel like they take only a few minutes while…

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Animatic: Twinny for Gas

A YouTube header image, but it says YerTerb.

What, you don’t mentally paste players’ faces onto characters when they use their regular speaking voices? That’s just me? As a fellow Southerner, I can verify that CaseOh is pronouncing “twenty” correctly. Don’t let the Yankees tell you otherwise.

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Living Worlds Rediscovered

Digital art of a mountain overlooking a pine forest and clear lake.

Many, many years ago, I came across gorgeous animated GIFs and the website they were inspired by: Canvas Cycle: True 8-bit Color Cycling with HTML5. (Sound warning: may be loud!) For years, I wondered how this internet magic was done, but viewing the source of the HTML provided no solution. I couldn’t make heads or…

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Thoughts, More or Less: Episode 1

A stylized version of Ellie sits with a cup of coffee in the middle of a purple background.

This shit better show up, I’m sick of copying and pasting the link over and over. An audiovisual experiment I’ve thought about doing for a while now. I think I prefer this to live streaming, even if it was a pain to figure out what codec wouldn’t make YouTube gripe about “incorrect formats”, even if…

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Animatic in Progress: Twinny for Gas

Header: A desk covered in zine supplies: washi tape rolls, scissors, printer paper, markers, and tape. On the zine is a line drawing of a mushroom. In the lower right corner is the title, I See You.

I’m maybe halfway done with this. This animatic was a surprise even for myself, considering I’ve never watched this streamer before. On a whim, I checked out a VOD of his, found a moment after clicking through the video, and started imagining a slightly different set of circumstances. I’m having fun, and I hope future…

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Comic PSA: Don’t Poke

Header: A desk covered in zine supplies: washi tape rolls, scissors, printer paper, markers, and tape. On the zine is a line drawing of a mushroom. In the lower right corner is the title, I See You.

Here’s a bit of incomprehensible horror for your day. Ah, don’t worry, New Jerseyians are a tough lot. They’ll probably give the creature its own reality show in the hopes of boosting tourism. The last comic looked rather smooth and clean. Nothing wrong with that, but I want a slightly grungy feel to these, just…

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In Progress: Animatic

Header: A desk covered in zine supplies: washi tape rolls, scissors, printer paper, markers, and tape. On the zine is a line drawing of a mushroom. In the lower right corner is the title, I See You.

In an effort to get into the habit of updating on projects, here is a screenshot with no context. Maybe this project will be better received than a short story.

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Writing and Coding and Planning

Soft clouds of pink alcohol inks with some golden lines for effects. Some text in the lower right corner reads, I couldn't think of a better image, so enjoy some alcohol inks.

Or My Brain Has Somehow Survived an Onslaught of Words These have been a busy past couple of weeks. I’ll spare you the gory details and just provide the text below: I’m working on three different websites: one for my tarot practice, another for my story projects, and the last one for research (you’ll see).…

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Inklenook: Shoestring Budget

A YouTube header image, but it says YerTerb.

From the description on the Inklenook channel: Maybe the ones with glitter threads woven in yield a higher return on investment. It’s funny because it’s literal. (Yes, I know the short is blown up on this blog, but there’s nothing I can do about it. I’m sure it looks better on a personal doomscrolling device…

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