Art Pile!

Cae or Ace | They/Them Not doing commisions atm

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Heyyo!

Im Cae or Ace and I used to be over at @stainedglasshoard but wanted a more generalized art blog

This is a placeholder pinned til I actually write a commissions post

Until then you can find me

Redbubble: OctopodArts.redbubble.com

TeePublic: http://tee.pub/lic/sFQ3Qqm50kY

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Swirlimal Hedgehog

[Image ID: A digital design of a n orange hedgehog on a light brown background. It’s body is made of a single large spiral and two smaller spirals for the feet. The body is covered in points mimic quilt and a small tail.]

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In celebration of this finally being done and in the hope of generating some hype before it starts im releasing my pet project into the wild a few days before its set to start!

Here is a full month long challenge to get people into my favorite hobby with me! Feel free to share this post and tag me in your creations or use the tag Neography November

Under the cut is each of the daily and weekly challenges in an easy to copy list!

Week Zero: Make your own script!

Create an initial key

Figure out your numbers

Determine what punctuation you need

Write out the date in full

Week One: Iteration and Design

Choose or make a pangram

Oops no vowels (Abjad day)

Fill an entire page with characters

Write all your characters in different colors

Write out your script upside-down

Use a fun tool to write with

Week Two: Tools and Form

Write out a palindrome

Illustrate a comic action word

Switch up the direction you write in

Illustrate your favorite onomatopoeia

Draw curse words in your script in the dirt or sand

Connect your characters in cursive

Week Three: Elaboration and Embellishment

Illuminate a character like the start of a manuscript

Combine several characters to make a glyph or sigil

Write out your favorite quote

Fill a page with a single sentence

Add a new character or combine two original ones

Create an updated and decorative key

Week Four: Transcription and Adjustment

Use your script to write out your grocery list

Transcribe your favorite poem

Write out a fake letter written entirely in script

Create a page out of your own Voynich Manuscript

Week One: Iteration and Design All characters made of variations of the same shape [Circle, Triangle, Curves, Hexagons, Cubes]

Week Two: Tools and Form Design around an unusual writing implement [Toothpicks, Yarn scraps, Golf ball, CD/DVD, Traffic light]

Week Three: Elaboration and Embellishment Its the Stroke Maximalist challenge! [4+ strokes, Compound characters, 6+ strokes, Contains punctuation, Logography]

Week Four: Transcription and adjustment Writing on complicated surfaces [Cardboard, Fabric, A curved surface, a wet surface, Something moving]

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Day One! Make an initial key that you can look back to for ease of translating moving forward!

The one on the left is an older script and the one on the right is one for this challenge.

The rest of the days will be on their own posts but Im putting this one here for visibility! This blog is now open to submissions and I would love to see any of the challenges you choose to do!

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Swirlimal Alleycat

[Image ID: A digital design of a magenta cat seen from the back sitting on a lavender brick wall. The background is a flat light purple. There are 3 large floating whiskers on each side of the cats face. It’s made of loosely connected lines that mimic a thick fur and then curl into spirals on the head and back of the cat.]

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In celebration of this finally being done and in the hope of generating some hype before it starts im releasing my pet project into the wild a few days before its set to start!

Here is a full month long challenge to get people into my favorite hobby with me! Feel free to share this post and tag me in your creations or use the tag Neography November

Under the cut is each of the daily and weekly challenges in an easy to copy list!

Week Zero: Make your own script!

Create an initial key

Figure out your numbers

Determine what punctuation you need

Write out the date in full

Week One: Iteration and Design

Choose or make a pangram

Oops no vowels (Abjad day)

Fill an entire page with characters

Write all your characters in different colors

Write out your script upside-down

Use a fun tool to write with

Week Two: Tools and Form

Write out a palindrome

Illustrate a comic action word

Switch up the direction you write in

Illustrate your favorite onomatopoeia

Draw curse words in your script in the dirt or sand

Connect your characters in cursive

Week Three: Elaboration and Embellishment

Illuminate a character like the start of a manuscript

Combine several characters to make a glyph or sigil

Write out your favorite quote

Fill a page with a single sentence

Add a new character or combine two original ones

Create an updated and decorative key

Week Four: Transcription and Adjustment

Use your script to write out your grocery list

Transcribe your favorite poem

Write out a fake letter written entirely in script

Create a page out of your own Voynich Manuscript

Week One: Iteration and Design All characters made of variations of the same shape [Circle, Triangle, Curves, Hexagons, Cubes]

Week Two: Tools and Form Design around an unusual writing implement [Toothpicks, Yarn scraps, Golf ball, CD/DVD, Traffic light]

Week Three: Elaboration and Embellishment Its the Stroke Maximalist challenge! [4+ strokes, Compound characters, 6+ strokes, Contains punctuation, Logography]

Week Four: Transcription and adjustment Writing on complicated surfaces [Cardboard, Fabric, A curved surface, a wet surface, Something moving]

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Swirlimal Dragon

[Image ID: A digital design of red dragon from the head to shoulder breathing orange flames on a flat faded brown background. The dragon is made of loosely connected wavy lines in the shape of scales and is emerging from the upper left corner. The flame takes up the lower portion of the page and is centered around two swirls.]

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Swirlimal Otter

[Image ID: A digital design of a pale blue otter floating on a simple sky blue background. It is made of loosely connected lines that curl into spirals on the middle of the chest and each paw which have three claws.]

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GODFALL

[Image ID: A digital design of a pale yellow text in a custom script on a background of an indistinct alley with shadowed figures by the edges. Along the top of the image is full sentence written in the cipher. The first word is written in gold and the 8th and 11th word are written in red.]

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Shamshrooms Set 1

[Image ID: A digital design of five different types of fictional mushrooms in a row on a dark grey background. The first mushroom has a tall bright white cap covered in raised red rings that seem to glow the same color red as the stem. The second mushroom has a wide lavender cap with pale yellow spots and an off white stems. The third set is a miniature set of 5 purple blue interwoven caps with a spattering of tiny white spots. The second to last mushroom has a thin winding stem and has a gray lace like cap that seems to drip a bright blue liquid. The last mushrooms are two dark purple mushrooms twined together. They have inverted caps that are a bright contrasting golden yellow gills.]

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Swirlimal Wolf

[Image ID: A digital design of howling wolf on over a slate blue background with a pale yellow moon in the upper right corner. The wolf is made of loosely connected lines that mimic fluffy fur and has a spiral where the eye should be.]

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Swirlimal Fox

[Image ID: A digital design of seated orange fox on a flat forest green background. It is made of loosely connected lines that curl into spirals on the tail and the lower leg.]

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Are you hearing voices again? Are they with you, and are they giving you commands? I know you’ve had choices to make But I’m with you You’re never facing them alone today

[Image ID: A stained glass design of Gerard Way dressed as Joan of Arc singing while walking through a burning pyre. Behind their head is a golden disk contrasted against the dark purple background speckled with stars and small flames. Gerard’s cape is a muted red but darker than the flames at his feet and their vambraces are colored in pastel versions of the trans flag.]

This look has has been living rent free since I saw it and the piece is finally done!

Quick WIP gif of 8 months of off and on