The Alleywitch: Spellcraft as a Service

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Divination nerd, spirit worker, energy worker, and art witch. AuDHD spoonie. Demi/bi and polyamorous. Suburban cryptid. LLM hater, antifascist. Perpetually tired.

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The Alleywitch: Spellcraft as a Service@alleywitch· Jul 9

Julyan Manderville from Final Fantasy XIV holding a frying pan aloft as dark power surges through her body.

The Alleywitch: Spellcraft as a Service@alleywitch· Jul 8

I need to practice so that the spirals are uniform on both sides of the line, but I'm liking this.

A long, narrow notebook page with four upward diagonal grey sketch lines that end in spirals at both ends. Each line is punctuated with diamonds and a circle that are partially colored in with a different color per line.

The Alleywitch: Spellcraft as a Service@alleywitch· Jul 6

But what if diagonal

Page in a long, thin sketchbook with grey doodles starting and ending in spirals, crossing the page diagonally with diamond shaped accents filled in with different colors and little circles between them.

The Alleywitch: Spellcraft as a Service@alleywitch· Jul 5

I can't decide if I want to shade the yellowy color of the skulls with a darker color and I can't decide if I want to preserve the runoff of the yellowy color onto the black. But I have at least until next weekend to decide.

Close up of yellowed-white skulls on a matte black background with typed text snippets attached to some of their foreheads.

At the top right, a partially cut off text reads, DEMONS.

At the top center, When we set out to turn the monster into an Englishman we succeeded too well.

A little further down to the right, "They're calling," he whispers.

Near the center, I can't see the future. All I can see is gray.

The Alleywitch: Spellcraft as a Service@alleywitch· Jul 4

Finally, for now, number five

A skeet from djp1974.bsky.social with a quote:

The symbols of the divine show up in our world initially at the trash stratum ... The divine intrudes where you least expect it.

Philip K Dick, Valid, Chapter 14

Underneath is a photo of a haloed statue.

The Alleywitch: Spellcraft as a Service@alleywitch· Jul 4

Number four

A Gadsden Flag parody with a sandworm from Dune instead of a snake. It says Don't tread rhythmically.

The Alleywitch: Spellcraft as a Service@alleywitch· Jul 4

Number three

Wuk Lamat, a lion lady from Final Fantasy XIV, with a caption saying, "I didn't come here to make friends [big dumb smile] I came here to make best friends".

The Alleywitch: Spellcraft as a Service@alleywitch· Jul 4

Number two

A graphic in a very 1990s style saying "I'm too Autistic for this shit"

The Alleywitch: Spellcraft as a Service@alleywitch· Jul 4

Rules for my Bluesky account Number one

If you don't love me at my "fuck your entire life" (left Tarot card mashing up every bad thing from the entire deck) you don't deserve me at my "everything is awesome" (right Tarot card mashing up everything good in the entire deck).

The Alleywitch: Spellcraft as a Service@alleywitch· Jul 3

Light codes from today's studio time for class. I won't be able to go to Friday studio time most weeks, but it's a holiday.

A thin, tall notebook whose cover has been painted with black gesso, on a grey blanket. The design on the cover is a vertical grey line starting and ending in spirals, with multicolor beads intersecting it.

The Alleywitch: Spellcraft as a Service@alleywitch· Jun 30

Post your fictional mentor.

The Alleywitch: Spellcraft as a Service@alleywitch· Jun 28

WIP, inspired by the Pride point of the Iron Pentacle. The white areas are going to be filled with pride flags representing my friends and me, and the mirror marker will probably get touched up more. I don't know if I'll add to the outside areas.

A painting in progress on aquabord on a cluttered desk. The main shape is shield like and has dark red borders, with a center filled in with silver mirror marker. The outer layer of the shield is painted matte white. There are smaller, dark red lines extending from the shield to the edges. The background is red watercolor with smudged watercolor pencil text and a couple of greyish star shapes are visible.

The Alleywitch: Spellcraft as a Service@alleywitch· Jun 26

I'm building a team (I didn't say for what)

Chimera from City of Heroes: Going Rogue.

The Alleywitch: Spellcraft as a Service@alleywitch· Jun 26

britmonkey.com/2020s-politi... I'm ok with this.

Test results: 86% woke, 14% chud, 39% techbro, 61% neo luddite, 50% hopepilled, 50% doomer, 97% Davos, 3% Dubai.

My closest match is Zohran Mamdani, current mayor of NYC.

The Alleywitch: Spellcraft as a Service@alleywitch· Jun 26

I always preferred this version...

In this house we stand for the Pride flag and kneel for Animal Crossing. Two old white guys, one saluting a six stripe Pride flag and the other kneeling in the direction of a Nintendo Switch with Tom Nook, Timmy, and Tommy on it.

The Alleywitch: Spellcraft as a Service@alleywitch· Jun 26

Anyway the one thing I *do* have right now is pictures of my son, who is totally not a gremlin, he promises he isn't! (Offer valid until 2:30am on the dot.)

A grey and white tuxedo cat gazing cherubically from a blue cat bed.

The Alleywitch: Spellcraft as a Service@alleywitch· Jun 25

If you see this, post an archer. (Like there was any choice to make.)

A comic book style drawing of Manticore from City of Heroes, an archer in a red costume.

The Alleywitch: Spellcraft as a Service@alleywitch· Jun 23

Government name: Paw Revere Also known as: Smol, Baby, Big Trillin' One half of the Braincell Brothers

A grey and white tuxedo cat lying on his back with his head upside down.

The Alleywitch: Spellcraft as a Service@alleywitch· Jun 21

And done! More info in the previous post.

A mixed media painting on aquabord with abstract shapes as described in the previous post's alt text. Dots and parallel lines have been added over the brown lines that are still visible and there is a white and copper pentagram in the large peach area in the center.

The Alleywitch: Spellcraft as a Service@alleywitch· Jun 18

Post the best picture you have ever taken of your pet.

A fluffy grey cat lying on an Omaha Steaks box, sulking.

The Alleywitch: Spellcraft as a Service@alleywitch· Jun 14

Sink goblin.

A fluffy grey cat lying in a sink with one front leg stretching out in front of him.

The Alleywitch: Spellcraft as a Service@alleywitch· Jun 13

Second color magic painting of the year.

A square painting on aquabord with a black background dotted with smudged silver watercolor and illegible writing in grey watercolor pencil. There are several moons in a circle, with a moon glyph in the center and drawn around the perimeter of the circle.

The Alleywitch: Spellcraft as a Service@alleywitch· Jun 11

By the way, on the topic of my cats not being "professional", please enjoy this meme based on Steel's gabapentin adventure last week.

A fluffy grey cat lying in a light blue cat bed looking totally zooted, with text to the lower right: "What am I even doing?"

The Alleywitch: Spellcraft as a Service@alleywitch· Jun 8

Without downloading new pics, what is it like to date or be married to you?

Photo of an orange cat sitting on a chair at a kitchen table. They're turned backwards toward a counter behind them with mouth wide open. The caption says, "Ma! They're posting weird shit again!"

The Alleywitch: Spellcraft as a Service@alleywitch· Jun 8

WIP, but close to finished.

A square painting on aquabord with a smudged background of writing and small moon shapes atop black watercolor grounds. There are multiple silver moon shapes inside a dark grey circle with a silver border.

The Alleywitch: Spellcraft as a Service@alleywitch· Jun 7

What's your sign?

Therapist: Your body knows what it wants. Follow the signs your body is giving you.

The signs my body is giving me: seven photos of absolutely unhinged traffic signs including a pair of contradictory One Way signs, "Right lane must right left", "Please try to walk without walking", "Work zone begins" with "End work zone immediately behind it, "Entrance only do not enter", a stop sign with four smaller signs below it forbidding left turns, right turns, going forward, or going back, and a sign showing which lane can go which way designating that the leftmost lane must U-turn, the next lane may U-turn or turn left, the third lane must turn left, the fourth lane can turn left or go straight, and the rightmost lane can go straight or turn right.

The Alleywitch: Spellcraft as a Service@alleywitch· Jun 4

Could not resist Duneposting.

A photo of a rack full of large water jugs, with one vacant slot being inhabited by a cat. Text says: "We have thousands of such caches and only a few of us know them all."

The Alleywitch: Spellcraft as a Service@alleywitch· May 25

I forgot to add my space cat crate project! This one is still in progress and is for Steel. I'm also making one for Paw Revere, and one in black for my FIL's cats. Hoping to get back to work on this soon.

A wooden crate with a scalloped top that has been painted in a mix of black and white gesso to get a grey background. There is a stenciled design of a cat in an astronaut suit, floating through space, in metallic light green, metallic emerald green, metallic sapphire blue, and metallic royal purple.

Another side of the same crate. Three planets and a galaxy are painted in the same colors. The planet on the right looks similar to Jupiter and has cat eyes instead of sunspots. The planet at the bottom looks similar to Saturn. The planet toward the top center is bumpy, and the galaxy on the left is made up of ovals and dots.

The Alleywitch: Spellcraft as a Service@alleywitch· May 25

I had these all on my board after a little bit of merging, so behold: the moon's butt plug, the clitoris clam, and...baby shark.

A sort of butt plug shaped teardrop thing with a crescent moon inside.

The Alleywitch: Spellcraft as a Service@alleywitch· May 24

Finished today.