The Noto Emoji Color squid character, recolored green.

Hi, I'm Squid!

I'm offering five raffle prizes to Triple Crown 2023 winners and pinch hitters: two Steam purchases, one digital painting, and two voxel environments. Email me with questions.

Steam Purchase

Two Steam purchases, one for winners and one for pinch hitters, each of up to US$45. This can be an item that ordinarily costs more but is discounted. Item will be purchased and delivered through the Steam gift feature (I will need to add you as a friend).

Digital Painting

One digital painting for winners, of 1-2 fictional humanoid characters who look 16+. The character(s) can be doing anything that you'd tag "General Audiences" or "Teen and Up" on AO3—including interactions that are shippy, platonic, violent, or some combination of the above—that doesn't involve a complex background. My paintings have more or less anatomically realistic human figures, chunky brushwork, and usually some flat or cel-shaded stylized elements.

  • You must provide me with either visual references of the character(s) or a description, which can be an excerpt from canon or your own words.
  • Original characters, tabletop characters, customizable video game protagonists, etc, are all welcome.
  • Non-humanoids and higher ratings, including explicit art of couples of the same gender, may be available on a case-by-case basis. I recommend having a backup request in mind.
Examples (click to view in full)
 Close up on the face of a man lit purple from below, with his gesticulating hand partly in frame. Iterations on a superhero costume design for a woman with silver skin. One man kisses another on the cheek amidst swirls of gold. Part of a man's smiling face in black and white; he has the fingers of his golden left hand in his mouth. A fleshtone blur with the text "NSFW human man/glitchwave toothmonster" over it.
DNWs
  • First cousins or closer, or people who consider themselves related to that degree via adoption, in romantic/sexual situations.
  • Pregnant characters.
  • Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, The Magnus Archives, or male DC characters (Wildstorm characters excepted).

Voxel Environment

Two voxel art environments of medium complexity, one for winners and one for pinch hitters. These are like dioramas made out of many little cubes; medium complexity might be one room from a house, the exterior of one building or spacecraft, or a landscape with one focal feature or important structure on it. I will most likely build and render your prize entirely in MagicaVoxel.

  • You must provide me with visual reference of the environment in question.
  • The reference doesn't have to be canonical or comprehensive; I can work from fanart (with permission from the artist) or put the couch from photo A into the room from photo B.
  • You may supplement your references with description, including to request changes like "night instead of day" or "but without the broken chair".
Examples (click to view in full)
 The entryway of a voxel stepwell, overgrown with moss. A purple blur with the text "... NSFW? It"s Tetris blocks fucking" over it. A voxel kitchen with an oil fire raging in the pan on the stove. Two hand-drawn figures confront each other through a doorway at left.