This month’s design newsletter might have the most jams of any Explorateur in the last two years. October is always a busy month.
@golden-achiever.bsky.socialReposted by @explorersdesign.bsky.socialMy jam is mentioned! Yay!
Clayton
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Pronunciation: "Klay-tun Note-Styne" Designer. Writer. Educator. Tabletop games. Explorers Design. Pro-union and cooperatives. He/Him.
@golden-achiever.bsky.socialReposted by @explorersdesign.bsky.social@explorersdesign.bsky.socialYeah, ironically I’m on a work trip and unable to update that link about working as a freelance designer. I’ll have to update it tomorrow. It’s found on the Explorers website though
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@jellyfishlines.itch.ioReposted by @explorersdesign.bsky.social#Noir-vemberJam MENTIONED!! Thank you @explorersdesign.bsky.social
@explorersdesign.bsky.socialI’ll get started on part 2. Luna, your work should be expensive!
@explorersdesign.bsky.socialHe’s yours. Thanks for reading that section, it was obviously the most fun to write.
@explorersdesign.bsky.socialI’ve been thinking a lot more about freelance design and how mystifying it is to most people, especially if you came through the proverbial back door with rpgs.
Today, I’m thinking about the three most popular pricing models and my thoughts on them.
@explorersdesign.bsky.socialNice! I'll add it to the next issue and see about updating the current one. Thanks for letting me know.
@explorersdesign.bsky.socialEarnest Hemingway would have loved Steely Dan.
@explorersdesign.bsky.socialHere are 5 covers I liked this month. One of them doesn't even look like an rpg cover. It looks like junk mail.
@explorersdesign.bsky.socialFeel free to DM me, but any credit is fine. I like it when people call out the template because it points people to it and demystifies the layout process!
@sandroad.moeReposted by @explorersdesign.bsky.social[ ~ Where grief stirs, spirits linger ~ ]
Dive into the kaleidoscopic fantasy of Beneath the Floating World, a Carved from Brindlewood game of psychedelic zenpunk exorcism ~ Uncover twisted truths, face supernatural horrors and navigate your mortal woes . . .
@explorersdesign.bsky.socialThis bonus episode is how I found out my psychic attacks are working. I don't even know why I'm doing them. Boredom? A clumsy attempt at building rapport?
@explorersdesign.bsky.socialI met a really cool printmaker this morning at the Maine Book and Print Fest. James Sylvester. Someone should commission him for their Mörk Borg, Shadowdark, or Dolmenwood book cover or art.
@explorersdesign.bsky.socialAbout 2 meters. A little over 7 feet.
@explorersdesign.bsky.socialI'm going to build what is essentially a children's book cubby, only with Carcass Crawlers, Mothership aliens, and other assorted freak fictions.
@explorersdesign.bsky.socialSome Bostonian back in the 60s! I saved it from an office gut. What you can't see are all the holes in the back where a radiator used to snake through it.
@explorersdesign.bsky.socialIf I had the space and funds, my rpg bookshelf would be a two-story library with multiple rolling ladders. Instead, it's this. I really need to figure out how to display my zines. That's where all the weird stuff is.
@the-soloist.itch.ioReposted by @explorersdesign.bsky.socialThe Soloist is back from Summer break!
#soloRPG
@explorersdesign.bsky.socialMusings about the industry. Talks about the town. Caning my shins. Playing the bagpipes.
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