A SOURCE OF COMFORT, ENERGY, AND CREATIVE DIRECTION.
“She simply brightens my day and serves as an inspiration.”
Shiori has become the connecting thread behind many of my recent creative projects. What began with watching her has grown into fanart, game mods, desktop companions, and new ways to reinterpret her archive-themed identity through things I already enjoy making.
ORIGIN
I have been watching for a long time—if you know, you know.
PRACTICE
I recently started making fanart alongside the different mods, models, and themed creations inspired by her.
CURRENT SIGNAL
Creating Shiori-themed Magic: The Gathering alters that connect illustration, character themes, and deckbuilding.
Engineering gives me a process for turning an idea into something real. I especially enjoy looking at an existing object, understanding how it works, and designing my own version around the way I want to use it.
ORIGIN
A high-school engineering class introduced me to the design process and showed me how satisfying it is to build a solution from the ground up.
PRACTICE
I move from the problem to concepts, CAD, prototypes, testing, and refinement until the design becomes something physical.
CURRENT SIGNAL
Designing custom deckboxes that combine fabrication with my interest in Magic: The Gathering.
“Who doesn’t love gaming? I like adding my own stuff to give the games I play a personal touch.”
Games are already a favorite way to relax and spend time, but modding adds another layer. A custom character, mechanic, build, or world makes the experience feel connected to the things I care about outside the game too.
ORIGIN
I first became interested in games by watching my brother play when I was little.
PRACTICE
I play, experiment with systems, configure modded experiences, and add custom content when a game gives me the opportunity.
CURRENT SIGNAL
More League of Legends. The signal appears to be permanent.
“I get to spend time with my friends, and especially my brother.”
Commander gives me a social reason to sit down with people I care about and a creative system to think about between games. I enjoy finding the point where a commander’s mechanics, character, and theme all support the same deck.
ORIGIN
My brother introduced me to Magic in high school. I only became deeply invested more recently, again with a lot of help from him.
PRACTICE
I love building Commander decks, testing interactions, and theorycrafting new lists even when they have not reached the table yet.
CURRENT SIGNAL
A Nahiri equipment deck built around a Voltron subtheme and the full collection of Sword of X and Y cards.
FAVORITE COMMANDERS
LIGHT-PAWS, EMPEROR'S VOICE
FIRE LORD AZULA
ZENOS YAE GALVUS
ACTIVE DECK
DECKBUILDING / IN PROGRESSNAHIRI EQUIPMENT
CROSS-SIGNAL WHY IT MATTERS
THE BEST PROJECTS LIVE BETWEEN CATEGORIES.
A custom deckbox connects engineering to tabletop play. A Shiori character mod connects gaming to creative inspiration. The most interesting work usually begins where two signals overlap.