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THE CRYSTAL CITY FALLS
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THE GHOSTS ARE ANGRY AND YOU HAVE THE MOST POTENT BLOOD

indie 2D animation pilot project 🌱
magicpunk/horror
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THE CRYSTAL CITY FALLS @crystalcityfalls.bsky.social · Jan 8
THE CRYSTAL CITY FALLS is a 2D animation pilot project!

Elevator pitch for normies: Two elves are drawn into a deadly conspiracy that will unravel the ancient secret behind their immortality.

Elevator pitch for leftists: it is anarchist propaganda. 😊

Read the pilot at thecrystalcityfalls.carrd.co
Lineup of six elves with blue skin. Moving backwards, right to left: LIIREM, our protagonist, who is at least a full head taller than the next tallest elf and wearing the most boring robe you have ever seen. He has a total of seven halo-like blue "bands" on: three around the head, two around the throat, and one at each wrist. He has long hair down nearly to his ankles, and looks upset to be here. Next, MIA, Liirem's sister. She has short, pointy, dyed-red hair and a single red band worn halo-like around her head. She has a short yellow skirt, a shirt with a lion on it, and a uniform black and blue jacket that marks her as an "adventurer." Beside Mia, RHEM. He is a similar height to Mia and has a broad, stocky built. He has slicked-back dark hair, a red tunic, and notably a staff. He wears a red band and a jacket matching Mia's, but with wide sleeves. Next, RIENI, a slightly taller fem who is always up on her toes. She has curly hair and bright lipstick. Her jacket has a silly cape on it, which marks her as higher rank. She wears black bands on her wrists to keep her from flying. Next to Rieni, ARAAN. They are a third-gender "harmon" and the commander of the group in matching jackets. They should probably get a cool cape but I didn't draw it here. :( They are holding a little sewing needle, don't worry about it I'm sure it means nothing. Finally, OMERA is here, though she's not in the pilot episode. She's wearing a short skirt and round glasses, and a blue band around her throat like a choker. This character isn't introduced until the second episode, she is a necromancer who works for the government. Cleaned-up storyboard panel style test! "The magic that pulses through the crowd is not illusory. The protestors ROAR, intoxicated with Draagrin's Influence." Liirem stands at the center of a screaming protest crowd behind Mia and Rhem. He is wondering what he's gotten himself into. Read the whole pilot at thecrystalcityfalls.carrd.co! 49 hand-drawn pencil and paper storyboard panels covering scene 13 and 14, the Council House scenes, from pilot episode "THE LAST LEGAL MAGIC" I would past the whole section but it is too long for alt text :( Read it in full at thecrystalcityfalls.carrd.co! Cleaned-up storyboard panel style test! "As the crowd watches, Vontaas pulls the needle out, drawing with it a thin thread of blue blood from the wound." Councilor Vontaas, a pale elf in a deep red cloak, pulls a small metal needle or dart from their hand, drawing a line of blue blood from the wound like a thread.
crystalcityfalls.bsky.social
#sketchbook #oc
Rieni hovering with her fingertips on Araan's shoulder but Araan was poorly-drawn so only Rieni got photographed sorry A fast sketch of Liirem in the little uniform with three inhibitors on and someone let him hold a staff. Omera opens a door and bluescreens, slams the door to "compose" herself, then reopens the door, totally composed. Expression tests for this character. 🤷
September 19, 2026 at 3:35 AM
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caelan.bsky.social
We have to kill the ocean.
July 22, 2026 at 3:52 AM
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chlorinesea.bsky.social
First year last minute art fight!! #artfight2026

artfight.net/~chlorinesea...
Team Tragedy artfight trading card for Chlorinesea (OP) it's my first year and i do not know what i'm doing!!!!! I attack ??? elves/drow, merfolk, androids, friends probably? Team Tragedy lineup for this year: - Siira (and her brother Sen, a ghost possessing a mask) - Liirem, whiny blood magic elf - Omera, confident blood magic elf - Zeb, a cool robot - Lueali, D&D elf added to fill in the 5th slot.
June 30, 2026 at 11:57 PM
crystalcityfalls.bsky.social
A little progress on this one.

#art #CSP #HumanArtist #WIP #digitalpainting #blue #elves
WIP of quoted painting in CSP with five default named layers which is how you know it's not really coming together yet.
July 14, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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crystalcityfalls.bsky.social
Omera

#OC #elf #CSP #bloodmagic #thecrystalcityfalls
elf with white hair and grey skin slices her own thigh with a dagger, spraying blue blood in an arc. This is "Omera" she's a blood magic necromancer and mentor to my boring protagonist Liirem. idk if this outfit is final but it was a good time. close-up at 100% zoom. :)
May 8, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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crystalcityfalls.bsky.social
little test using #CSP and WonderUnit Storyboarder
June 6, 2026 at 4:46 AM
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meansofdestruction.bsky.social
The Darkest One promised us much. World domination. Two square meals a week.

But his promises are emptier than our bellies! He may control the Citadel itself, but our minds remain our own. Do not let him deceive you, no matter how many delicious maggots he offers.

I just made myself hungry again.
July 13, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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meansofdestruction.bsky.social
Gobins, Trolls, Undead, Demons.
Some of you may think we are very different.
But Undead, weren't you like us long ago? Demons, aren't you too tired of chasing your lord's approval? Trolls, don't we all enjoy smashing skulls?

Then let us unite under one banner, and conquer the realm TOGETHER!
July 13, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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meansofdestruction.bsky.social
Cronies and peons!
As our warbands return from the front, we hear of their pillaged spoils... Sacks of gold, fine silks, salted meats, even kingly foods like "soap".
But did we see any treasures? Did a morsel fall off the tables atop the citadel?!
I SAY, FAIR PILLAGE DEMANDS FAIR PLUNDER!
July 13, 2026 at 9:01 PM
crystalcityfalls.bsky.social
Serak breaks one of his horns but I can't decide which one. #orc #oc

Which is better: right horn only, or left horn only?
Left horn Serak in profile laughing against a spidery sketch of Liirem's head. Left horn Serak with downturned eyes looking serious.
June 24, 2026 at 11:37 PM
crystalcityfalls.bsky.social
I don't want to do social media, I want to make up stories with my friends about weird little guys. :(
June 24, 2026 at 11:28 PM
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kilobytten.bsky.social
A little #pixelart of Mia of @crystalcityfalls.bsky.social :>

Featuring the banded and unbanded version! Maybe one day I'll learn to animate in pixels...
Two copies of the same pixel art illustration side by side. It is of a young woman with a black and blue jacket, light shirt, and yellow skirt. She has short red hair and grinning at the viewer, hands outstretched. In one version she has a red band around her head, and in the other the band is missing but has fire coming out of her hands.
May 20, 2026 at 7:02 AM
crystalcityfalls.bsky.social
little test using #CSP and WonderUnit Storyboarder
June 6, 2026 at 4:46 AM
crystalcityfalls.bsky.social
excitedly printing this out to put on the fridge !!!
kilobytten.bsky.social Kilobytten [Comms Open] @kilobytten.bsky.social · May 20
A little #pixelart of Mia of @crystalcityfalls.bsky.social :>

Featuring the banded and unbanded version! Maybe one day I'll learn to animate in pixels...
Two copies of the same pixel art illustration side by side. It is of a young woman with a black and blue jacket, light shirt, and yellow skirt. She has short red hair and grinning at the viewer, hands outstretched. In one version she has a red band around her head, and in the other the band is missing but has fire coming out of her hands.
May 20, 2026 at 12:33 PM
crystalcityfalls.bsky.social
Harmonic, masculine/feminine, dissonant, shapeshifter, and "orc."
oldenoughtosay.com 👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · May 15
what are the Six Genders? wrong answers only
May 15, 2026 at 7:16 PM
crystalcityfalls.bsky.social
I personally did more than the US government to respond to January 6, and all I did was write a story about blood magic elves.
ndrew.bsky.social Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · May 14
i was just thinking that there isnt a single person involved in this in any way who is currently in jail
A picture of the Capitol on January 6 with smoke and Trump flags and his supporters all over the building. Looks like a war zone A picture of the Capitol from January 6 of Trump supporter’s climbing the building like the zombies in World War Z A picture of the Capitol from January 6, close up with a mic at a door presumably trying to bash it down
May 14, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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crystalcityfalls.bsky.social
I forgot to flip it, she's left handed.

Maybe one more pass on this later.
May 8, 2026 at 9:12 PM
crystalcityfalls.bsky.social
Omera

#OC #elf #CSP #bloodmagic #thecrystalcityfalls
elf with white hair and grey skin slices her own thigh with a dagger, spraying blue blood in an arc. This is "Omera" she's a blood magic necromancer and mentor to my boring protagonist Liirem. idk if this outfit is final but it was a good time. close-up at 100% zoom. :)
May 8, 2026 at 7:33 PM
crystalcityfalls.bsky.social
Omera

#WIP #CSP #art #OC #elf #humanartist
CSP screenshot of a drow-looking elf cutting her own thigh but the blood is blue. Trying out a funny little outfit on her.
May 8, 2026 at 5:59 AM
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anthonybecker.bsky.social
Orb falls on wizard’s face in bed, like a phone
April 25, 2026 at 7:21 PM
crystalcityfalls.bsky.social
what if I flipped him upside down
CSP screenshot with two canvases. One is an overpainted photograph of a traditional pencil/paper sketch, the other is a digital sketch. Both show elf character Liirem lying in a pool of blue blood with his hair floating around him, and weird little made-up flowers floating on top.
April 22, 2026 at 4:13 AM
crystalcityfalls.bsky.social
I am trying to sketch digitally so I can try out colors more easily!

Some rough thoughts on Araan's outfit and "Adventurer" uniforms.

#art #oc #elf
Clip studio paint screenshot with a blue-toned elf in black and blue tunic and cloak. They have knee-high boots and asymmetrical gloves. They hold a wand in the dominant hand and a staff in the off hand. I feel silly signing little sketches like this but we live in hell so there's also a signature and a little disclaimer that I am not a fucking LLM and I drew this with my hands (and one single CSP brush)
April 21, 2026 at 3:48 AM
crystalcityfalls.bsky.social
Hi i have been busy with work and an art show!

I'm trying to refine the character designs for the main cast. I know them better now, if that makes sense, and need to do another pass on them.

Here's some tiny sketches of Rhem and Araan, whose body shapes felt too similar. #sketch #humanartist
Tiny little doodles of two elf characters beside a finger, for scale. Nail looks like shit in this photo sorry. Rhem is nearer the nail and he's doing some kind of move with his staff. Araan beside him is just standing there. Rough sketches trying to differentiate two characters whose body types were both "rectangle" also there's like a wiener dog in the upper corner? I don't know what's going on with that.
April 19, 2026 at 5:54 PM
crystalcityfalls.bsky.social
Hello to my 12 followers

I am working on this story about the end of capitalism when I have time but until someone kindly eats my real life landlord, i have to have another job.

And in the unlikely hypothetical where this ever takes off, please don't let me turn it into a "Brand"
rj-palmer.com RJ Palmer 🔜 LBX 637 @rj-palmer.com · Apr 19
The way profit maxxing corpo culture has invaded every form of art through algorithms pushing people into daily posting is really weighing on me lately. Efficiency and regularity of making "content" being prized above all else feels so grim, man.
April 19, 2026 at 5:44 PM
crystalcityfalls.bsky.social
When I first started writing, I planned to give Mia 2-3 throwaway shitty friends who we wouldn't see past the first episode.

But then I liked them so now they get whole character arcs.

Here's Rieni, gravity magic specialist.
Pencil and paper sketch of an elf lady floating around. She has a skinny upper body and big legs, curly hair and lipstick smirk. She's wearing a scarf-like cape and thigh-high elf boots (for elfs) Her hand intersects Omera's boob on the side of the page here but that's just unfortunate sketch placement. If that actually happened, Rieni would Die. Because Omera would kill her.
April 11, 2026 at 2:44 PM