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Justin Oaksford

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he\him, also a Dad AD @ Spry Fox on Spirit Crossing #gameart #politics #seattle Black Trans Lives Matter

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Justin Oaksford @justinoaksford.bsky.social · Oct 7

I apparently didn't do a landscape post yet so... Hello! 👋 I'm Justin, Art Director and Concept Artist at Spry Fox!

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Justin Oaksford @justinoaksford.bsky.social · 3h

Shared deep appreciation for source material is invaluable and doesn’t happen overnight. To a degree if your tastes are mainstream enough you can hire for it, but the farther out you get the less that is true.

Justin Oaksford @justinoaksford.bsky.social · 3h

Style guides are incredibly useful, especially when you need to pipeline-ify thousands of assets. But all the stylistic documentation in the world doesn’t mean people will be able to invent autonomously. You can write the philosophy out and throw some refs down but…

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Justin Oaksford @justinoaksford.bsky.social · 3h

Something we did at 343 back in the day which I deeply appreciated; the concept team had a folder chock full of deep cut refs and we would do tons of studies of them, Evangelion, patlabor, GITS concepts etc. We didn’t have much of a style guide but this was a way to develop shared taste library

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🦇👻 Boo Li Khaw 👻🎃 @juleshortstuff.bsky.social · 3h

I’ve been working for 15 years as an animator and I can tell you without a doubt, the best fix I ever found for imposter syndrome is living a full life where your days and worth don’t hinge on whether or not you were a good animator today.

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Deneos Games @deneosproduction.com · 3d

Working on the underwater maps 🐟
#screenshotsaturday #pixelart #gamedev

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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 12h

'Knightsbridge Nocturne' by Rob Pointon
robpointon.co.uk

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Sarah M 🌈🍉🌻 @braverobynart.bsky.social · 15h

Hi hello #portfolioDay! Im Sarah, a snr concept artist in games, indi Dev, freelance #cartographer & #TTRPG designer from Scotland. I love being an artist and over the last 15 years I’ve worked on projects like #DeathsDoor, #SpyroReignited, Possessor(s), Campaign Builder: Cities & Towns & more!

A shipwreck on a mountain top, with a Japanese-style noodle bar inside.

Secret area of deaths door. a ruined templed inside a cave covered in snow.

Exterior and interior concepts for an old rundown bar with stained glass. Inside is a smokie dive with lots of plants and hanging cages for different creatures.

Flooded street with a character skating over the water, ruined buildings and tech to either side of the street. Large trees grow through old buildings.

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Justin Oaksford @justinoaksford.bsky.social · 1d

Environmental regs so often are used explicitly to block or reduce transit projects and expand and protect car culture

Justin Oaksford @justinoaksford.bsky.social · 1d

So many other things going on in the world but this is the type of menial but wild stuff I think should be socialized so when AOC or someone eventually proposes reforming environmental regulation they don’t get tarred by whacked out podcasters as some kind of traitor

Andy Randles @andyrandles.bsky.social · 1d

What is even the purpose of SEPA if a 594-stall parking garage is able to receive a "determination of non-significance"
www.djc.com/news/ae/1217...

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Justin Oaksford @justinoaksford.bsky.social · 1d

Producer mantra: success by a thousand cuts (positive)

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BATTLE SUIT ACES OUT NOW 🤖 @team.trinketstudios.com · 7d

BATTLE SUIT ACES OUT NOW‼️

Adventure through the stars with the found family of the Zephyr and uncover the secrets of the mysterious Relic suits. Play the Battle Chef Brigade team’s new heartfelt, dynamic card-battling narrative RPG NOW on PC, PS5 and Switch!
store.steampowered.com/app/2870530/...

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Mikey @mdfioreart.bsky.social · 1d

KEYPLE — added some wiggly lines and animated him in blender. Dudes almost ready to start walkin around in godot

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Justin Oaksford @justinoaksford.bsky.social · 2d

For people who picked up Ivalice Chronicles… is it really worth 50 bucks if I played through war of the lions a few years ago? I love the game but not seeing anything that’s convincing me.

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Justin Oaksford @justinoaksford.bsky.social · 2d

YUP

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 3d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Widget @widget.neoworlds.online · 3d

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Justin Oaksford @justinoaksford.bsky.social · 2d

Yeeep

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 2d

"The World of the Dark Crystal" documentary (1983, 1 hour) is available for free on Youtube.
>> www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...

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Justin Oaksford @justinoaksford.bsky.social · 2d

Ah yes, Ergheiz: God Bless The Ring Quest Mode-likes

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Justin Oaksford @justinoaksford.bsky.social · 2d

You are welcome to them if you like :D

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Mengxuan Li @mengxuanli.bsky.social · 3d

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Justin Oaksford @justinoaksford.bsky.social · 2d

Cutie drawing practice

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Justin Oaksford @justinoaksford.bsky.social · 2d

I promise you my intention here is not to inflict, merely to exorcise so I can stop trying to find the colonel/kernel joke and use those neurons for something useful like art or remembering the names of all the Haikyuu characters

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Justin Oaksford @justinoaksford.bsky.social · 2d

If colonel sanders invented popcorn chicken, does that make him the popcorn colonel

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Justin Oaksford @justinoaksford.bsky.social · 2d

I mean it’s clearly the inspiration