Carlos @ BLUE VERTIGO

@cardboardmarty.bluevertigo.org

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Mushy brain behind BLUE VERTIGO (https://www.bluevertigo.org), Brightly Burning Ether (https://www.brightlyburningether.com), The Space Pirate, and Trees III: The Treelogy | He/Him/d00d | Avatar by @pajarona.bsky.social

It's Chloe Savaria from Brightly Burning Ether, wearing a sailor fuku with a mesh undershirt and wielding a baseball bat. She's a freckled redhead with a shoulder-length hairstyle gesturing in a vaguely taunting manner. How deliquentish!
BURGER TRAIN BETTY(S)! Featuring two cheerful, red-headed ladies dressed in matching blue pinstriped overall shorts, red neckerchiefs, and conductor-style caps adorned with a burger emblem. The Betty on the right is giving a thumbs-up while holding a burger, while the Betty on the left poses with her hand to her cap in a much skimpier version of the outfit. Where is your shirt lady?!
The boobacious lady version of my avatar returns! She is wearing a blue cropped hoodie and shorts, floatsing playfully against a heart-speckled background. She wears a cardboard box with a hand-drawn smiley face over her head, lifting it slightly to reveal her face as she strikes a pose. Where is she? What's she doing? I don't know!
It's a hot bustacious lady version of my avatar, who is known as the "Cardboard Goodboy". This iteration is known as the "Cardboard Goodboy Girl". Very clever name! She has a cropped hoodie, short cargo shorts, and a cardboard box with a smiley face on her head, lifted up slightly to show her making a kissy face to...somebody? Maybe you!
The Cardboard Goodboy introduces NILA, a fusion of the Brightly Burning Ether characters Hilda and Nichol! CARDBOARD GOODBOY: Hey guys! Meet Nila! NILA: Sup! CARDBOARD GOODBOY: She's like a mashup between you two! Cool, right?
It's Nila! A little diagram at the top shows Hilda + Nichol = Nila, which is really the formula for the perfect girlfriend. Nila looks kind of bewildered, wearing a burnt orange jacket, looking at her hand like "What the heck is going on?".
It's Pvt. Stone again, but less vampire-y! That's good for you, right?
It's Skelegant's character, Pvt. Charlotte Stone! She's a burly, possibly vampiric woman who kicks ass, takes names, and then kicks those names' asses. I don't know. She's wearing a torn-up red crop top, a spiky leather jacket, cool gloves, tight blue jeans and stylish boots. Not to mention her dope as fuck Union Jack belt buckle. She's got fangs and red eyes, but she's not a vampire! Right? Right??
It's Ana Grol's character, Eos! She's playing a beautiful blue guitar on a grungy background that has her name in ALL CAPS.
Shadow the Hedgehog, from the hit 2005 video game "Shadow the Hedgehog", leaping into action while holding an MP5 in his right hand, a Desert Eagle in his left, with an RPG-7 strapped to his back. If I could control time, I probably wouldn't need to shoot real and/or laser bullets at my opponents. The MP5 firing select has two modes: [EDGE] and [PUMP]. I also wrote "radicalhighway.jpeg" at the top left corner because my inability to make backgrounds will always be my downfall, so a colored square is all you get!
A pretty lady in a long coat with a glowing (holstered) sword holds some kind of fireball in her hand. She's opening her coat to show off that she has a glowing sword. What could it mean?!
A picture of me where I am wearing a white suit that has been ruined by a sticky black ink-like substance. Gross!
A voice actor announcement for Tomb Fetus, where I play the BURGLAR and Kuckles, Calibus, Jaret Hujo, and Deibu Haburei! Play Tomb Fetus! Do it!
A drawing of the character Tasha, designed by peach_pxl! Tasha has bright neon green dreadlocks and is posed dynamically with one arm outstretched, like she's stopping bullets like Neo in The Matrix. She is wearing a futuristic, fancy outfit primarily in black and white with neon green accents that match her hair, a flowing white cloth skirt, thigh-high stockings, and matching boots. She's stylish!
It's Nichol from Brightly Burning Ether! She has long dark hair, is wearing a red turtleneck, light blue jeans, and black ankle boots. She’s leaning slightly forward with one arm resting on an invisible surface that I didn't bother to draw, posed against a purple square background with my signature “Cardboard Marty” in the corner.
A fancy showcase image, showing off edited sprites for the Doomguy and Zombieman from id Software's classic Doom, released in 1993! Wow!
A video showcasing Monster Sounds EX, a resource and light gameplay mod for Doom that replaces all duplicated monster sound effects with brand-new ones.
Everyone needs a break every once in a while! Come back strong!
Art of the character Señora Fuega from Blue Vertigo's The Space Pirate.
A picture showcasing an alternate design of Ada Wong from the Resident Evil series. Ada poses while holding some kind of Glock-like pistol. The design takes cues from her appearance in the Resident Evil 4 mini-game Assignment Ada and Resident Evil 6.
A design sheet of the space pirate Ryoko from the Tenchi Muyo! anime series. The design is inspired by her appearance in Tenchi in Tokyo (Shin Tenchi Muyo), with elements from her battle suit in the OVA series. The design sheet includes a flat color and an all-white version that showcases the linework. The art was drawn by Ana Grol, the most powerful artist in the multiverse.
Sonic the Hedgehog confronts Shadow the Hedgehog in the middle of the forest, where Shadow accuses Sonic of being a fake gamer and is promptly booted into oblivion.
Short demonstration video of Super Wolfenstein 3D, a GZDoom mod by DrPyspy and Cardboard Marty (me). The video opens with our hero BJ Blazkowicz saying some odd shit about azure concrete, followed by a weapon demonstration.
Before I knew I wanted to tell stories, Akira Toriyama's work hit me like a sparking meteor. I vividly remember watching the first episode of Dragon Ball Z as a child. I had no idea what was happening or who these characters were, but I was mesmerized. Every weekday, I'd come home after school, rush to the TV, mash the remote to get to channel 52, and get lost in this incredible world for a half hour or so. Dragon Ball was my gateway into martial arts, epic storytelling, and so much more. I don't know where or who I would be today without that. Thank you so much for the joy you spread across the world; so much of what I love and enjoy now is thanks to you.