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shoutingcrow.bsky.social
CAWWW! I'm Justin Vandermeer, an indie game designer producing TTRPGs, solo journaling games, and art. I also publish guides on formatting print-friendly projects. https://shoutingcrow.itch.io/ Land Back & Trans Rights supporter. 🏳️‍⚧️ He/They 🏳️‍⚧️
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You can draw with shape tools in any layout program. Or sunlight and stencils and vegetable juice. Collage is a legitimate art form. You can paint with coffee. You can burn a stick to make charcoal. You don’t have to be “good at art” to make art. There is no gatekeeper. The process is the point.

submitted 18 hours ago • 2 comments

I did my best to compile as many protest safety notes as possible into a one page foldout zine! Coincidentally…it seems the file has breached containment…like it’s available for anyone to print or hand out 👀⚖️ toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf

submitted 1 day ago • 100 comments

Hey TTRPG crew. If you can't afford to hire a great artist like Evlyn (she's worth it, though) and you use Affinity Publisher to lay out your games, I can teach you how to draw this little bird using nothing but shape tools. You don't need fancy equipment to make half-decent art and I'll prove it: 🧵

submitted 231 days ago • 5 comments

HELLWHALERS: The Book of Leviathan is live Based on our best selling #ttrpg of dammed sailors on the seas of hell hunting demon whales, this zine expands play with content by the original team! @mossdaggar.bsky.social @boguscheesecake.bsky.social & crew have made something amazing! ttrpg.link/bol

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

1/ Pues no había leído todavía 24XX de Jason Tocci, pero la excusa de un artículo sobre tablas para crear acervo, me ha empujado a ello, con más razón teniendo traducción pagaloquequieras de @laesquinadelrol.com y ocupando lo básico un folio por las dos caras... #lodelrol

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Making a poster for your TTRPG Actual Play or cast announcment? Can I please recommend using a colour contrast checker? I see so many graphics which don't pass accessibity checks. colourcontrast.cc

submitted 6 days ago • 6 comments

New review up! A double feature this time: Wands & Laserguns, and This Frog is Ruining my Dungeon Crawl by @no-name-games.com and @shoutingcrow.bsky.social Two short and silly little solo zines that helped me enjoy RPGs even when I didn't feel up to my usual games. youtu.be/c8zIN0GGmpM

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Genuinely worth checking out, folks. Very much something I’m looking for the right group to play with me.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Nobody will make you do worldbuilding faster than a new player. What books are on the shelf? Can I read them? Can I find a book about the origins of magic? Why does spell crafting work like that? How does one go about making custom spells, anyway?

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

The Bonsai Diary is now live on Kickstarter. Grow a tree with pen and ink and play to find out: What does it mean to leave a legacy? đź’š It's a meditative and tranquil drawing and journaling experience. Please consider backing it: www.kickstarter.com/projects/sti...

submitted 9 days ago • 4 comments

New journal INTERLACE devoted to mathematics & fiber arts: interlace-journal.org 🧮 #mathart

submitted 13 days ago • 3 comments

New mosses, from my father’s garden. My desk collection is slowly growing…

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Yes, it's long. Yes, it's complex. Yes, it's detailed. And yes, it will make you sad unto nihilistic depression. But it's also necessary to read because AI is going to fuck the planet beyond expression. www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...

submitted 13 days ago • 14 comments

Zungeon #5! Thanks to everyone who's been loyally supporting this zine series. Five months in, no signs of slowing down! katt-kirsch.itch.io/a-simple-req...

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

If you see this tired old backpack at #UKGE, ask me for a free copy of my solo murder mystery investigative game Sworn by Ghostlight.

submitted 14 days ago • 2 comments

In the UK? Want a physical copy of one of my games? Compose Dream is carrying Hedge Witch, This Frog is Ruining My Dungeon Crawl, Fallow Ground, and Wands & Laserguns.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

My DMs alternate wildly between people saying: “I didn’t know you were the guy who made HedgeWitch!” and “Oh my god, you’re the Print It Yourself guy!” So, uh, yeah. This is just a post to say I am both of those people, and I make other things, too: shoutingcrow.itch.io

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment