i'm Birdie or Erin (they/she/he, 28), i have a lot of emotions over fictional characters and tabletop games.
my twitter is https://twitter.com/RoboticaBirdie. also, i occasionally write short tabletop games! you can find them here: roboticabirdie.itch.io .
i also have an ACNH sideblog, @ion-cove
Laugh Track is out! I did the character AND background art for this game, it was great working in a cartoony style. 😁 Laugh Track is a perfectly normal game in which nothing weird happens! Become the head writer of a teen sitcom, and keep those ratings up! Or else!
Now available FOR FREE on Win, Mac, and Linux. Donations very appreciated to help with the development of future projects.
You ever see something innocuous, minding its own business on the clearance shelf at Michael’s and before you know it, it takes over your life for a few weeks?
So it was with this desktop greenhouse.
I took it home and after taking an appropriate time to “season” my idea in my mind (read: a month or two) I set to make my vision of a mini botanical garden a reality.
I started by removing the heavy glass panels and building a raised floor above the latch. I wanted to use the base as a foundation on the building.
I wrapped the foundation in plastic stone textured flooring (meant for Christmas villages) and built a pond at one end of the same. I then gave it a more realistic paint job and designed a rough layout for my plants and displays.
I also knew I wanted to make the ironwork significantly more intricate, but I wasn’t sure how just yet…
Up next - PLANTS! I went wild making all kinds of plants. Some were specific species and some were more conceptual.
I made several trees with polymer clay and moss, cacti out of beads and flocking, cattails out of raffia, hot glue and coffee grounds, and giant monstera leaves out of paper and wire.
This part should have taken me a long time, but it really came together fast. I loved finding ways to replicate natural shapes and patterns using bits of this and that.
I did make adjustments to my plans as I went like eliminating benches in favor of a simpler overall design.
Then I needed to fill my pond with water. For this I used resin. Lily pads were added to the top layer, and I wired in simple LED fairy lights. The batteries are kept in the box under the foundation.
In a weekend frenzy I added more plants, metal (paper) steps, new (plexi)glass windows, a roof, wrought-iron vines (paper again), doors that open, and a hose reel disguising the latch. Suddenly, a project I thought would take months was finished…
I love my desktop botanical garden. Right now it sits on a simple lazy Susan in my office. But I’d love to get it a proper display box to protect from dust.
Thank you for coming on this little journey with me. This piece packs a lot of joy into a tiny space. I always love building miniatures, and I’ll be doing more in the future I’m sure.
(If your character doesn’t have one of these spaces, think hypothetically about what it might look like if they did, or describe what they’d like to have, or describe an equivalent space that isn’t theirs but that they spend time in often enough)
Let’s take a peek into your character’s space. Think about their taste in decor, the things they use frequently enough to keep within reach, their tidiness, the size of their home. Describe their…
…bedroom.
…kitchen.
…porch/yard/outdoor area.
…bathroom.
…living room.
…shelves and walls specifically.
…dining room or area.
…car (or bike, or any personal form of vehicle they might have).
…attic.
…basement.
…work space at home.
…work space at work, if applicable.
…closet, of any type.
…shed and/or garage.
…wild card (something not listed here–a fancy foyer? a greenhouse? a guest room?)
(pro tip: name some ocs in the tags when you reblog this so newcomers can ask with ease, and be sure to send an ask to the person you reblog it from!)
all particle accelerators can be fit into the categories of Black Mesa, 50s Scifi, and Be Not Afraid
sometimes multiple!! usually the actual beamline section is Black Mesa and the detectors are Be Not Afraid (these aren’t the same one but work as examples) (not sorted into the categories)
hi guys! discord is doing a survey on how people would like ai to be integrated into discord. take it and say fuck no to every question. when you get to “in general, how do you feel about discord inegrating ai features?”, respond that you would actively get everyone you know off of discord and wouldn’t pay for nitro or other shop items if they added ai features.
watch out for the trap! there’s ONE QUESTION where the last option *isn’t* the max ‘no AI’ option, read each part carefully to be sure
