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basil // they/them // 24 // art and video game guy // i just go wherever the fixation takes me and right now that's silksong

[thatcatbasil]

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Blog Info

Howdy, i'm Basil! I'm a cat that really likes video games and also makes art sometimes. Medias I post about include Hollow Knight + Silksong, vanilla Rain World, UTDR, and more

I tend to be pretty busy in my day-to-day life and I don't always have the energy to make things, so if you're here for my art, expect there to occasionally be some long stretches of time between posts :>

Art Tag: #my art ||| Talk Tag: #basil speaks Art Reblogs: #others' art ||| Non-Art Reblogs: #reblog

My webbed site on Neocities (currently on hiatus)

Watch me arbitrarily rate and rank media on Letterboxd & Backloggd

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re: reblogs & art usage

This is currently the only social that I actively post my work to.

Feel free to reblog any art you see here! Sharing my older work is always fine too. If i don't want something circulated anymore, I'll just disable the reblogs for it.

I would greatly prefer that my stuff does not get reposted to Pinterest or any other platforms/websites, even with credit. Please avoid doing that if possible.

Personal usage of my work as icons, etc. is perfectly fine as long as I'm credited or linked back to if it's on a public profile.

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re: asks

Anons are off because I Get Scared™. I have no plans to enable them. I promise I don't bite though, please talk to me about games or art stuff if you want :)

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re: tagging & content notes

Prepare thyself because I reblog a TON of stuff.

I generally tag by media or art subject. I don't usually tag individual characters or ships in my reblogs unless it's something I'm really invested in (if a character/pairing becomes enough of a Special Little Booboo Bear for me I will start tagging them). Older posts won't reflect that since I used to obsessively tag every character (I've since stopped doing that since it's just a lot of upkeep)

I don't tag spoilers for media unless it's something that's been very recently released/is actively being released or it's a special case like Outer Wilds.

As of March 2026, spoilers are actively being tagged for

Outer Wilds and its DLC (tagged as "outer wilds spoilers" and "echoes of the eye spoilers" respectively)

Dungeon Meshi / Delicious in Dungeon manga (tagged as "dungeon meshi spoilers". I'm no longer tagging stuff that's been shown in the first season of the anime adaptation)

Hollow Knight Silksong (tagged as "silksong spoilers". I'll be tagging major story spoilers indefinitely until my friend gets around to playing it but smaller things won't be tagged)

Sometimes I post or reblog art that has blood or gore in it. Usually it's light or mild stuff, but any extreme exceptions will get tagged accordingly to the best of my ability. Warnings are tagged as #thing and usually #tw thing as well. I apologize for any inconsistencies. I do my best to tag common triggers.

I'm not religious or spiritual in any way but I enjoy angels/demons/hell/etc. as concepts in art/media/worldbuilding. I don't tag for general religious imagery. Browse/follow at your own risk if that's any sort of discomfort for you

Specifically pertaining to Silksong: I really like Lacenet, so if you're dead set on interpreting Lace as a child you probably won't have a good time here unless you make the effort to filter it out

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Thanks for visiting! Enjoy your stay!

(this post was last updated March 22nd, 2026)

[molabuddy]

remembered my yuckybugs

[thatcatbasil]

so did anyone else know that the cardinalfish (at least in endless ocean 2) have little tiny baby fish particles that actually swim out of their mouths or was i just supposed to suddenly find this out outta nowhere while replaying this game on an emulator ~16 years after it originally released

i guess it makes sense that i never noticed when i was playing it on actual hardware on a tv screen cause they look a lot like the regular dust particles. but this is so crazy to me

[the-valiant-valkyrie]

thought abt them for too long and my stomach started hurting so i assembled a bath kit for them. please drag the silk soap and various accoutrements and gently wash them with me. if you feel so inclined.

[kochereg]

I`m slowly forgetting my own face

[pomb-o]

Is it obvious that Kris is my favorite character?

+ waterfall fanart because it's my favorite area

[rybieradio]

Early internet access princess

This one is based on my growing up in 2000-2010 and playing games on my sister's computer. Kinda inaccurate inclusion of Warrior Cats because they came to Poland waaay later, but I had to include them + I used to watch animations and play clan simulator games with them on Scratch so it counts

[breach-of-conduct]

I've been meaning to do a @creatingblackcharacters dtiys for a while now!! Design notes under cut:

I found this cool locs style with honeycomb patterns while looking for inspo, and it really fits hornet and represents her training with the hive! The big sleeves create a nice silhouette that matches her in game cloak but still gives her mobility! I added rosary beads in her hair and a bell on the collar for silksong. This is pulled mostly from my humanoid hornet design, but with a human face instead of a bug. The scar on her forehead is from when she falls at the beginning of silksong.

[its-jooby]

i like to think lace carries their pin by sticking it through the seams on her back

[crimsonrain-spirits]

verdania 🍀

[slumberwithtea]

🤍🧵

[birdsmybeloved]

Iterators

[theviridianbeyond]

hi dude

[its-jooby]

don't worry it's just yarn

[caezavio]

swagger

[caezavio]

wwwww,,,zcc₱)))₱₱;&₱

[brodartrokihousuke]

Endless Ocean Blue World loading screen redraw....

Original, zoom in, and other notes under the cut.

i had to try a few times to get a screenshot before the little map pages flew up, lmao.

you can tell my specialty is animals, not boats, lmao...

If the island looks good, it's because I essentially loaded up the model of the island and just kind of... drew over it.

(the black is misloaded transparency that I didn't bother to fix)

I also thought to add the blue bird, partially because, despite the fact that i got Blue World in March of 2010, I only recently actually finished that quest... thank you full moon for happening randomly when I happened to be in the Zahhab Region! The ending is kind of cute, I enjoyed it.