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Day 1 of my Leavenworth trip!

It was a fun first day!

I took this photo at dinner as a bunch of clouds were straight up zooming overhead.

A photograph of large cumulus clouds in an otherwise blue sky, over trees, some rolling hills, and tall grass.

I got some directions for a cool drive with some nice views from a local, and it got off to a great start with this deer just a few dozen feet off the road.

A photograph of a deer in a green forest, facing away from the camera.

Naturally I was mostly there for cloud pictures, so I was stopping to take photos about every five minutes or so. This one was just before sunset, maybe around 8:00 PM PDT.

A photograph of clouds over some hills in a forest just before sunset. The clouds have taken on a yellowish hue for golden hour.

This area used to be all timber and mines, so there are these old narrow gauge railways criss-crossing the mountains. I'm not sure what this one was for back in the past, but it's definitely defunct now since much of what I didn't photograph of it was buried.

A photograph of some defunct old narrow gauge cart tracks curving away into the forest.

The downside to sunset drives: no time to explore the cool foot paths! This drive was also pretty much at the limit of what I felt comfortable doing with only 8 inches of ground clearance, so I probably won't go back on this trip.

A photograph taken during sunset of a nature trail going away into the distance through some trees. The background is ping clouds on a blue sky above mountainous hills.

And finally, at the top of the mountain. I wish I could say where, but I had to swear an oath of secrecy to a local to get this tip (not even kidding, although he could have been fucking with me). Either way, a wonderful cap to a really incredible drive.

A post-sunset, pre-nightfall photo of a blue-gray Subaru Solterra on a dirt road, flanked by two trees and greenery, with clouds and mountainous hills in the background. The sky is yellow near the horizon and gray towards the zenith, and the clouds are gray and yellow from the sunlight.

Today I think I'll swing into town to grab lunch and walk the waterfront trail, then head back to the cabin to rest and relax with some music (I brought my portable cassette player and a bunch of my cassettes) and solo RPGs to playtest my new system.

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Saw a review for a funny tabletop wargame today about the Emu War, so I decided to check out the publisher's site to see what else they had on offer.

...yeah, they have a Rhodesian Bush War game with multiple Rhodesian units that all have detailed descriptions about how cool they are, while the anti-racist faction has a single, descriptionless unit type simply named "communist terrorists."

I think I'll pass on the silly emu game.

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Here is a short process video for one of my favorite commissions. The client asked me to illustrate a sentient system of vegetation that has latched itself on a human skeleton so it can walk. It is supposed to be a gentle creature despite it’s scary appearance. #mastoart #art #fediart #commissionsopen #commissions #dndart #ttrpg #dnd #fantasyart #characterdesign #イラスト
#ttrpg #dndart #dnd #art #fantasyart #commissions #commissionsopen #mastoart #fediart #イラスト #characterdesign

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