OzzFoxx
Hardcore gaming poser.
I traced the pixel-map through pix-code, and rendered it into a lattice-matrix. Because of the 4, I applied 4-base hexagonal decoding to the binary sum of TAL+KO (via two's complement). The result was incomprehensible... UNTIL I considered the drillcap hint. So many people are focused on the DLC portion, but its the nature of the drill that is important here. A drillcap rotates COUNTER-clockwise to reverse the position of a screw or in this case riddle. By adjusting the tweet's natural viscosity COUNTER-clockwise (this is the part most of you are messing up), it then allows the (obvious, I know) SHA hash output that leads to the answer. The answer is fujin. I will be posting the steps so you can reproduce to prove this shortly.