Chris Vasquez
@3xchris.bsky.social
🇪🇨🇲🇽 Just a dad & artist drifting through time & space.
Chicago Game Dev // Photography // Films 🫶🏽
Senior Material Artist @ Thats No Moon
https://www.artstation.com/chrisnvasquez
Chicago Game Dev // Photography // Films 🫶🏽
Senior Material Artist @ Thats No Moon
https://www.artstation.com/chrisnvasquez
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Chris Vasquez
@3xchris.bsky.social
· Jan 13
Hey #portfolioday
I’m a environment artist specializing in materials. I’ve done everything from props, vehicles, environments, photogrammetry, & shaders during my time in games:
🎨: www.artstation.com/chrisnvasquez
Some material & sculpts I had fun doing on my personal time!
#zbrush
I’m a environment artist specializing in materials. I’ve done everything from props, vehicles, environments, photogrammetry, & shaders during my time in games:
🎨: www.artstation.com/chrisnvasquez
Some material & sculpts I had fun doing on my personal time!
#zbrush
Swaddles are just mini straight jackets
February 17, 2026 at 6:18 AM
Swaddles are just mini straight jackets
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Sick to see this on the TL, they’re rooted in Chicago. Grew up w/ them cause they’re posted in museums/zoos.
My kids lil collection :)
My kids lil collection :)
February 16, 2026 at 6:14 AM
Sick to see this on the TL, they’re rooted in Chicago. Grew up w/ them cause they’re posted in museums/zoos.
My kids lil collection :)
My kids lil collection :)
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The amount of times I sit in a call with a dreamer and their dream game is basically "everything from my favorite six games smashed together into perfect harmony and there was endless flawless content and it has graphics everyone likes" and I have to explain that making feet go on stairs is hard
i think what a lot of people never seem to realize is that a lot of people's vision of an "epic dream game" isn't actually very deep and comes down to scale and/or having a lot of features, whereas by embracing limitations you can be pushed in a far more radical direction.
rpgmaker definitely isn't the right tool for everyone, but I think using opinionated pre-baked tools to make some games would be very instructive to a lot of folks setting out to make their epic custom dream game. they're a much lower-stakes way to learn important lessons like "how to tell a story"
February 14, 2026 at 11:48 PM
The amount of times I sit in a call with a dreamer and their dream game is basically "everything from my favorite six games smashed together into perfect harmony and there was endless flawless content and it has graphics everyone likes" and I have to explain that making feet go on stairs is hard
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some street photography stuff
February 14, 2026 at 6:07 AM
some street photography stuff
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February 14, 2026 at 6:12 AM
LETS GOOO
Get ready to blast off. PROJECT HAIL MARY on 70mm👨🚀
Tickets on sale today for our Early Access screening on Friday March 13th!
General 70mm screenings start at the Music Box on March 20th.
Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
Tickets on sale today for our Early Access screening on Friday March 13th!
General 70mm screenings start at the Music Box on March 20th.
Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
February 13, 2026 at 5:36 PM
LETS GOOO
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Invaluable resource during these times, if y’all have the means to donate please do so:
gracklehq.com
#gamedev
gracklehq.com
#gamedev
February 12, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Invaluable resource during these times, if y’all have the means to donate please do so:
gracklehq.com
#gamedev
gracklehq.com
#gamedev
Invaluable resource during these times, if y’all have the means to donate please do so:
gracklehq.com
#gamedev
gracklehq.com
#gamedev
February 12, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Invaluable resource during these times, if y’all have the means to donate please do so:
gracklehq.com
#gamedev
gracklehq.com
#gamedev
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Highguard debuted in the top 10 in weekly active users on US Steam, was top 20 on both US PlayStation and Xbox (Circana Player Engagement Tracker week ending 1.31.26) and yet...
Highguard developer Wildlight Entertainment has seemingly laid off most of its staff:
"Unfortunately, along with most of the team at Wildlight, I was laid off today"
➡️ www.linkedin.com/posts/alex-g...
#Highguard
"Unfortunately, along with most of the team at Wildlight, I was laid off today"
➡️ www.linkedin.com/posts/alex-g...
#Highguard
February 11, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Highguard debuted in the top 10 in weekly active users on US Steam, was top 20 on both US PlayStation and Xbox (Circana Player Engagement Tracker week ending 1.31.26) and yet...
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Early into BIG HOPS, this angsty spirit Diss kidnaps you from your forest home. He says he wants help collecting Dark Drips, but you'll have to play to find out why...
Diss is voiced by Ben Diskin.
don't froget to wishlist:
store.steampowered.com/app/1221480/...
Diss is voiced by Ben Diskin.
don't froget to wishlist:
store.steampowered.com/app/1221480/...
December 23, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Early into BIG HOPS, this angsty spirit Diss kidnaps you from your forest home. He says he wants help collecting Dark Drips, but you'll have to play to find out why...
Diss is voiced by Ben Diskin.
don't froget to wishlist:
store.steampowered.com/app/1221480/...
Diss is voiced by Ben Diskin.
don't froget to wishlist:
store.steampowered.com/app/1221480/...
Copped a film strip the first night jah bless
February 10, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Copped a film strip the first night jah bless
Reading that bad bunny had to wear a bullet proof vest to the Grammys cause of the amount of death threats he’s been getting for playing the Super Bowl, and denouncing ice makes me so fucking angry.
This country hates to see a brown man winning, idiots still can’t comprehend he’s American too smfh.
This country hates to see a brown man winning, idiots still can’t comprehend he’s American too smfh.
February 8, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Reading that bad bunny had to wear a bullet proof vest to the Grammys cause of the amount of death threats he’s been getting for playing the Super Bowl, and denouncing ice makes me so fucking angry.
This country hates to see a brown man winning, idiots still can’t comprehend he’s American too smfh.
This country hates to see a brown man winning, idiots still can’t comprehend he’s American too smfh.
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Job offer!!
I’m helping a PBS series look for a social media manager/content creator for an upcoming promotional campaign. The start date is ASAP, and a project timeline that currently goes to July.
This is for a series on American Muslim history, so candidates with cultural familiarity preferred!
I’m helping a PBS series look for a social media manager/content creator for an upcoming promotional campaign. The start date is ASAP, and a project timeline that currently goes to July.
This is for a series on American Muslim history, so candidates with cultural familiarity preferred!
February 7, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Job offer!!
I’m helping a PBS series look for a social media manager/content creator for an upcoming promotional campaign. The start date is ASAP, and a project timeline that currently goes to July.
This is for a series on American Muslim history, so candidates with cultural familiarity preferred!
I’m helping a PBS series look for a social media manager/content creator for an upcoming promotional campaign. The start date is ASAP, and a project timeline that currently goes to July.
This is for a series on American Muslim history, so candidates with cultural familiarity preferred!
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Marimar Martinez, shot 5 times by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Renee Good, Alex Pretti deaths
'I am their voice'
NEW w/ @adrianacardmag.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
'I am their voice'
NEW w/ @adrianacardmag.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Marimar Martinez, shot by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Good, Pretti deaths: 'I am their voice'
In a wide-ranging interview with the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ, Martinez discusses her shooting, the federal government’s failed attempt to prosecute her and the role she now sees for herself in a fi...
chicago.suntimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Marimar Martinez, shot 5 times by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Renee Good, Alex Pretti deaths
'I am their voice'
NEW w/ @adrianacardmag.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
'I am their voice'
NEW w/ @adrianacardmag.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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NEW! This week we’re breaking on through to the other side as we take an up close look at THE DOORS OF THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK! Listen as we discuss well known Empire doors and discover new mind blowing doors that will light your fire! Hear it anywhere podcasts are! Links ⬇️
February 3, 2026 at 2:20 PM
NEW! This week we’re breaking on through to the other side as we take an up close look at THE DOORS OF THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK! Listen as we discuss well known Empire doors and discover new mind blowing doors that will light your fire! Hear it anywhere podcasts are! Links ⬇️
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Some additional Diablo IV materials I hadn’t posted before — foliage from Vessel of Hatred.
February 2, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Some additional Diablo IV materials I hadn’t posted before — foliage from Vessel of Hatred.
My 3 bibles lol. I picked up Tekkonkinkreet & the Shuichi art book while in Japan last yr, pure gold mines of inspiration.
These are the absolute masters you should be studying, especially if you’re a texture artist for environment art!
These are the absolute masters you should be studying, especially if you’re a texture artist for environment art!
February 2, 2026 at 1:14 AM
My 3 bibles lol. I picked up Tekkonkinkreet & the Shuichi art book while in Japan last yr, pure gold mines of inspiration.
These are the absolute masters you should be studying, especially if you’re a texture artist for environment art!
These are the absolute masters you should be studying, especially if you’re a texture artist for environment art!
Feel like this year I just want to put more of my WIPs out there, even if I don’t finish them.
In the age of AI, I think that’s my way of resisting, to just put my shit out there, the good, bad, and ugly.
In the age of AI, I think that’s my way of resisting, to just put my shit out there, the good, bad, and ugly.
February 1, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Feel like this year I just want to put more of my WIPs out there, even if I don’t finish them.
In the age of AI, I think that’s my way of resisting, to just put my shit out there, the good, bad, and ugly.
In the age of AI, I think that’s my way of resisting, to just put my shit out there, the good, bad, and ugly.
February 1, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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February 1, 2026 at 4:32 AM
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Went to the opening of the Ghost in The Shell exhibit in Tokyo, on now until April.
January 31, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Went to the opening of the Ghost in The Shell exhibit in Tokyo, on now until April.
February 1, 2026 at 4:32 AM
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Art by Lar DeSouza…
January 28, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Art by Lar DeSouza…