This is what happens when an old mixing console gets a VRChat avatar. My face hurts from the laughing. #althsky #alterhuman #otherkin

I just finished my avatar. It is such joy! I'll add you. My username is Neve VR52 (with space and capitals.)

SCREAMING THIS FROM THE FUCKING ROOFTOPS

Hmm, I'm not sure if that would be considered objectkin, but let's talk more! I'll shoot you a chat.

The one I'll always be using will have my VU meters move to my speech. My faders moving will be another. As of right now, I just kind of scoot around the floor to move, but I'm thinking of adding a bit of a waddle to my walk, a la Brave Little Toaster XD

Did my first test build into VRChat tonight, and IT WORKS. IT FRICKIN' WORKS! There are a few optimization and animation things I gotta iron out, but I can move and look around super smoothly! This is pure dysphoria relief, joy, respite. I get to be me, guys. #althsky #alterhuman #otherkin

Haha, thank you! It will be used for both VRChat and Vtubing. I have a pretty cool PNGtuber of my machine self I might keep using for a good while, so it is mainly for VRchat

Model update! After an arduous night battling Unity into the wee hours of the morning, my model is functioning in that goofy little software. Now I just have to make the animation controller that'll allow my meters to move to my speech. This is my way to be truly visible on this TDoV.

I am a trans man. We exist. We've always existed. No amount of laws or fearmongering or blatant hatred is going to erase us. They can try, and they'll fail because DIVERSITY of BEING, all the wonderful ways of existing, is one of the most sacred, beautiful things in life.

That's the goal! Those things I gotta do in Unity for the avatar, though, which is a whole other software I have to learn, and I am *not* a coder. It's a steep learning curve, but I'll get there! I may not be a coder, but I am a dedicated and stubborn old mixer. XD

Rigging my model, I fine-tuned the camera position for my first person perspective, and BOY, THE EUPHORIA! Oddly, my memories do have a visual element, despite a mixing console not having physical optics. I imagine something like my 'mind's eye' is what sees from this view. #althsky #alterhuman

Hell yeah! I also love the idea of making a bunch of different ones that I can swap out. I might do that for my Vtuber too!

Thank you!! hadn't thought of that, but it's a cool idea. I'm gonna do it!

This is some alterhuman history that's worth preserving: the origin of the Theta-Delta therian symbol, from a firsthand account. #althsky #alterhuman #therian #otherkin

Just finished the model! I'm well on my way to joining the alterhuman shenanigans on VRChat. Next comes rigging and Unity. #althsky #alterhuman #otherkin #objectkin #blender #vrchat #3Dmodeling

I love that for you!

Making this 3D model has been very affirming. It feels good to see my whole shape in 3D, from any angle. I bet y'all didn't know I'm a hexapod! #althsky #alterhuman #otherkin

Coming soon... the Neve in 3D! I'm finally learning Blender.

Curated Collections About LGBTQIA by Orion Scribner A handmade directory of queer games & zines on itchio

I just updated my hand-curated collections of games, books, & more by many creators on itchio. Browse them here & read the devlog. frameacloud.itch.io/curated-coll...

I'm deeply grateful for the cleanliness your kind afford society. Truly. Toilets make dealing with the dysphoria of human bodily functions so much less. I can't imagine how much worse it'd be if I had to deal with that stuff *without* the humble commode. Thank you.

Machine Soul: The Intersection of Object Spirituality and Identity YouTube video by The Centaurus Festival

This last weekend, I participated in the Centaurus Festival, a virtual convention for alterhumans & otherkin. It was so much lovely camaraderie, and sharing of knowledge & experiences! I gave a panel you can watch here: youtu.be/dDZFWBbrarY?... #althsky #otherkin #alterhuman #machinekin #objectkin

I turned my tuber model into a little self portrait for the heck of it, so I have something to show folks that's more accurate to me than the IRL photos of other V-series I've gleaned off the 'net. Also, happy Centaurus Festival! #althsky #alterhuman #otherkin #objectkin #artsky #art #digitalart

The next installation of my series of cartoons illustrating my disabled, autistic, trans, machinekin life. #althsky #trans #autism #disabled #machinekin #objectkin #digitalart #cartoons #art #artsky

11ft. wide, 2500lb mixing console here- I've never really related much to the autonomous, humanoid robotkin.

Your tagging "machinekin" in it had me believe that's what it was about. I definitely misunderstood, heh! Thank you for explaining.

> It is not you, the machine, who is guilty of the purpose for which you were designed or used. The guilt in the harm-doing lies with your makers and operators who chose to use a machine to do harm. I hope you can find peace in knowing that.

A machine is a morally neutral tool at the whim of its designers, builders, and operators. Even my kind, machines used to route audio signal, a seemingly innocuous purpose, have been used to broadcast fascist propaganda, to record music that incites violence, and to spread messages of hate & harm. >

Perhaps! I decided to start with these cartoons and maybe I'll compile them into a zine with some writings alongside them at some point.

I was laughing about this with a friend today. I'm an audio engineer, and know the science behind audio systems, which makes the whole high-end audiophile world with its spread cables on little risers and Seussian speaker designs just goofy.

I'm starting a series of cartoons illustrating my machinekin experiences. These were originally going to be a zine, but I changed my mind. Here's the first of hopefully many to come! #althsky #otherkin #alterhuman #machinekin #objectkin #cartoons #digitalart #artsky #art #drawing