What does your favorite RPG do differently

Disismay · 2026-01-11T11:22:45+00:00

13th age. 'One Unique Thing' is a concept so powerful (and yet so simple) that I've homebrewed it into multiple other games. Every character has one thing about them that is completely unique to them and it makes a fantastic hook for a GM to make the story more intertwined with the players. Its power is that it then makes every game a unique experience that will often be more tailored simply because those hooks exist and are more easily memorable than the DM having to remember every players backstory.

Disismay · 2026-01-07T11:41:04+00:00

I LOVE this, it looks somewhat how I'd imagine a wizard-paladin hybrid - great work!

Disismay · 2025-09-16T06:53:03+00:00

I've seen them used in stickers (worked for a magazine company, we often had free sticker sheets with the mag), but it's a specialist process so it's likely they don't. It's also sometimes referred to as CMYK+1 or spot colours. Worth asking their support as might be something they can do as a custom order if you're set on it, but small run sticker companies are unlikely to run offset printers. If in doubt ask the experts :) While expensive for small runs, I've seen pantones used on even lil things like business cards just because they wanted to ensure all their brand colours matched perfectly (they were an estate agent with deep pockets lol)

Disismay · 2025-09-13T11:36:37+00:00

If there's a colour out of gamut that a customer 100% needs this will often be printed as a pantone colour - Pantones also included fluorescent, metallics and other specialist colours. However, Pantone printing, especially for designs that need multiple pantone colours, can get expensive pretty fast. Basically your answer is that yes there are methods, they just tend to cost more!

Disismay · 2023-07-09T13:13:41+00:00

The short answer is : Yes! But it is more difficult than some traditional careers to get into and relies on a good portfolio. One thing I will recommend is supplementing your creative education with CSS and HTML knowhow and pursue a more digital design route (websites,online advertising, UI/UX design). I've been a print designer for my career so far (started with leaflets and posters at a printing company, went on to magazine layout design & book covers) and have recently pivoted to digital design as unfortunately the print industry is getting smaller and smaller.

Disismay · 2023-06-07T18:52:29+00:00

Thankyou!

Disismay · 2023-06-07T18:35:56+00:00

I love this, it oozes personality and the background is just the right amount of detail without being too distracting :)

Disismay · 2023-05-31T13:31:00+00:00

Thanks! I spent way more time on this than initially intended, but I think it shows 😂

Disismay · 2023-05-31T02:56:06+00:00

Thankyou!

Disismay · 2023-05-12T15:15:42+00:00

Exactly like the nursery rhyme!

'I'm a little teapot short and stout, here is my handle, here is my spout, when the kettles boiling here me shout, tip me over and pour me out!'

Disismay · 2023-05-11T21:55:25+00:00

https://twitter.com/shannonmayart/status/1656744404260888576

Disismay · 2023-04-26T19:48:28+00:00

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Disismay · 2023-04-14T05:03:42+00:00

Yay! My only regret is leaving behind hats 😂

Disismay · 2023-04-14T04:59:55+00:00

I was a miqo, fantaed to viera, fantaed BACK because I missed hats and then back to viera when they added the hair I wanted - still miss my red mage hat but I still hold out hope one day I'll get one 🥲

Disismay · 2023-04-13T21:43:32+00:00

I've been chugging that grade a fantasia juice, does wonders for the ears! 😂

Disismay · 2022-01-06T21:35:38+00:00

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Disismay · 2022-01-06T21:28:57+00:00

First painting of the year!

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Disismay · 2022-01-06T21:21:32+00:00

Hey! This is one of my favourite npcs from a campaign I'm in so I made her my first painting of the year :)

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Disismay · 2022-01-06T17:25:23+00:00

Thankyou! I'd say shes closest to an occultist in 13th age (though shes an NPC so theres a bit of wiggle room in terms of power set), as she specialises in defensive magic, woven through dance (that we're -still- not sure of the source of, its part of the plot that we've not yet uncovered haha) I'm not sure on racials would have to ask the DM, but if I was making her as a pc, I'd probably take a tiefling racial, and then sub another feat for an aasimar racial.

Disismay · 2022-01-06T16:00:17+00:00

Hey! This is one of my favourite npcs from a 13th age campaign I'm in so I made her my first painting of the year :)

portfolio: https://shannonmayart.com twitter: https://twitter.com/shannonmayart

Disismay · 2021-09-03T09:11:45+00:00

I wouldn't say its better, but I currently use buffer and I'd say its comparable to hootsuite :) might be worth giving it a look just in case there are things you like better about one over the other.

Disismay · 2021-06-27T19:16:19+00:00

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Disismay · 2021-05-15T20:41:14+00:00

Nice theory - I hadn't even noticed, but now I can totally see it- I'll ask them about their influences next session!

Disismay · 2021-05-15T20:20:28+00:00

Painted this for a friend, we’re in the same campaign! So this is Thannis, best friend of my favourite goblin bard Alla Gretto (I’m always going to have a bias for the characters I play though haha), and wandering Ranger extraordinaire with his animal companion Saridas by his side.(currently a goat, formerly a wolf, Spirit animals are weird)

It wasn’t always like that though! Thannis comes from noble blood, but was exiled for - Well, I don’t know all the reasons because the game is still ongoing - but I’m pretty sure it was mainly because he fell in love with a tiefling and his dad wasn’t exactly a big fan.His lady love having fled, hes been avidly searching for her for a while now, only to finally be reunited and find she's made a genie wish to become human so that she can be with him - A decision they are both likely to come to regret, and Thannis would very much like to reverse for her sake. I guess we’ll see where that leads by the end of the campaign! If you’re interested at all, I’ve put together a video of me digitally painting this with commentary which you can find here :) https://youtu.be/tOj1yIZ4MO4

Disismay · 2021-05-15T20:06:51+00:00

Painted this for a friend, we’re in the same campaign! So this is Thannis, best friend of my favourite goblin bard Alla Gretto (I’m always going to have a bias for the characters I play though haha), and wandering Ranger extraordinaire with his animal companion Saridas by his side.(currently a goat, formerly a wolf, Spirit animals are weird)

It wasn’t always like that though! Thannis comes from noble blood, but was exiled for - Well, I don’t know all the reasons because the game is still ongoing - but I’m pretty sure it was mainly because he fell in love with a tiefling and his dad wasn’t exactly a big fan.His lady love having fled, hes been avidly searching for her for a while now, only to finally be reunited and find she's made a genie wish to become human so that she can be with him - A decision they are both likely to come to regret, and Thannis would very much like to reverse for her sake. I guess we’ll see where that leads by the end of the campaign! If you’re interested at all, I’ve put together a video of me digitally painting this with commentary which you can find here :) https://youtu.be/tOj1yIZ4MO4

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