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Dan Thomas @heydanthomas.bsky.social · 28d

Got an awesome #IndieDev game you wanna pitch but not sure how it all works?

📢Pitch Up!
🗺️4th November, Bristol, UK
💜Organised by indies for indies
(me, @ashleygwinnell.bsky.social & @lyndyb.bsky.social )
🙏Enabled by @silverliningint.bsky.social

👉 forms.gle/6ya2g78kARVv... 👈

Pitch Up! Consequence-free indie game pitching!
Guy Richards, ID@Xbox
Eben Cunningham, Silver Lining
Meg Clarke, Team17
Reese Wright, Devolver Digital
Joshua Garrity, Secret Mode
Kerryn Frean, Fireshine Games
4th November, Bristol UK
Enabled By Silver Lining

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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 4d

Authors - need a cover artist? This pack has you covered (lol) and is a great starting point for getting human made arts for your writing!

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Hologram Ghost @hologramghost.bsky.social · 5d

@codecoven.bsky.social Aurora Accelerator just updated their website to let everyone know they’re working with Hologram Ghost (and other brilliant studios) — what a lovely bunch of logos! 🧙‍♀️✨

You can find out more about Aurora over at lnkd.in/e8zWiRvB

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Claudie C.Bergeron @claudiecb.com · 7d

Things have been super busy and so of course I participated in a game jam and made a silly little game with some great people limeyotoko.itch.io/dream-diver-...

Skremplets IX: Dream Diver - Almost Finished RPG by Vince Pavey, YokaiBlotch, Claudiecb, ocotillo island, EtherPenguin, PixelCod, mattb1

The last 25 minutes of a JRPG!

limeyotoko.itch.io

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Debug Magazine @debugmag.com · 12d

The folks at @galaxiesshow.com spill the beans on their upcoming showcase, Silver Script Games discuss recording at Abbey Road, and MCV/Develop editor @limeyotoko.bsky.social tells us about his foray into gamedev.

Yes, all of that and more in Debug++ 25.10 - Out now!

Subscribe for free: debug.plus

An image taken from above, featuring Debug++ 25.10 - Including a cover image with Galaxies Showcase, and an internal spread featuring Hologram Ghost

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Claudie C.Bergeron @claudiecb.com · 20d

Incredibly proud to be part of @codecoven.bsky.social 's Aurora Accelerator, helping marginalised-led studios navigate the funding process in the games industry!

✨Code Coven✨ @codecoven.bsky.social · 20d

Meet team @hologramghost.bsky.social, part of the Aurora 2025 Pilot! This UK studio is fearless in blending bold ideas with thoughtful narrative design. Through Aurora, they’re developing Nothing’s Ever Really Dead — a story of identity, choice & transformation. Proud to be on this journey with them

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Claudie C.Bergeron @claudiecb.com · 20d

Incredibly proud to be part of @codecoven.bsky.social 's Aurora Accelerator, helping marginalised-led studios navigate the funding process in the games industry!

✨Code Coven✨ @codecoven.bsky.social · 20d

Meet team @hologramghost.bsky.social, part of the Aurora 2025 Pilot! This UK studio is fearless in blending bold ideas with thoughtful narrative design. Through Aurora, they’re developing Nothing’s Ever Really Dead — a story of identity, choice & transformation. Proud to be on this journey with them

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 21d

Authors & publishers posting abt illustrated books or using an illustrator's work to promote a book, pls credit ILLUSTRATOR.

Not only are you helping boost artist but it shows people that you or your publisher hired a HUMAN artist.
#PicturesMeanBusiness art @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social
#KidLit

Large blue text reads, “Why do so many book people keep forgetting to credit illustrators?” Beside the text, a roundish blue winged horse contains the text “#Pictures Mean Business.” At the bottom is the credit: “Illustration: Sarah McIntyre along with a website link.

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Claudie C.Bergeron @claudiecb.com · 24d

I'd suggest to add @limeyotoko.bsky.social in there!

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Sean Simmons (Vimes Art) @vimesart.bsky.social · Sep 6

A longer study from Alien, had fun with the portrait :D

#portrait #painting #alien #illustration #scifi

Painting of ripley sigourney weaver from alien. She is standing in a dramatically lit spaceship. She looks scared inside her sci fi space suit

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Claudie C.Bergeron @claudiecb.com · Sep 4

It's time

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Claudie C.Bergeron @claudiecb.com · Sep 4

the Nintendo eShop is a mess too lol

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Dr Artyom Trakhanov - THERE COMES FOR YOU A DAY is out now! @vor-bokor.bsky.social · Sep 4

Silksong Day!

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Claudie C.Bergeron @claudiecb.com · Aug 21

Reposting because omg it's finally coming out on September 4th! #silksong

Claudie C.Bergeron @claudiecb.com · May 19

Maybe if I keep posting my Silksong fan art it will come out sooner 👀 #silksong #hollowknight #illustration #fanart

An illustration of Hornet, a character from Hollow Knight by Team Cherry

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Claudie C.Bergeron @claudiecb.com · Sep 4

Happy National Silksong Day to those who celebrate #silksong

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Babe&Oak @babeandoak.bsky.social · Sep 3

For the Canadian artists on Bluesky

go.bsky.app/5Qisn5N

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WOLFSKULLJACK @wolfskulljack.bsky.social · Sep 3

If you actually have a reasonable budget to hire an artist for your project, TELL THEM IN YOUR INITIAL EMAIL TO THEM. Right off the bat. Here is the project, this is what I can pay, this is the deadline. We get so many time wasters it’s remarkably refreshing when a potential client is upfront

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Claudie C.Bergeron @claudiecb.com · Aug 28

Recent cover for Lionborn #kidlitart #bookcovers #coverart #coverartist #middlegrade

An illustration of a boy with magic powers raising his arm. Behind him, a magical lion cub and an ominous castle.

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AdorkaStock - Pose Reference for Artists @adorkastock.com · Aug 26

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Claudie C.Bergeron @claudiecb.com · Aug 21

Reposting because omg it's finally coming out on September 4th! #silksong

Claudie C.Bergeron @claudiecb.com · May 19

Maybe if I keep posting my Silksong fan art it will come out sooner 👀 #silksong #hollowknight #illustration #fanart

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🔞Good Girl Elliotte🔞 @elliotte-draws.bsky.social · Aug 21

I feel like it can't be understated how impactful even a relatively small percentage of people's audience supporting them can be.

Like, if 5% of the people who love the work an artist does subbed to them on Patreon, that would probably be close to a livable wage for most of them.

ashley | nyc artist @artbysmashley.bsky.social · Aug 13

✨ HOW TO support artists for a lil money ✨

- ko-fi tip jar - buy a coffee!
- patreon - a lot of artists have $1-5 tier ranges!
- become a twitch sub (payout min)
- sticker shops can have a lower price point!

a couple bucks can go a LONG way for artists! u don't have to drop hundreds to support ✨💫

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Claudie C.Bergeron @claudiecb.com · Aug 18

Recent cover for Sybilla and the Clockmaker's Secret #kidlitart #bookcovers #coverart #coverartist #middlegrade

An illustration of a foggy cobblestone street with 2 kids and a black cat looking at a glowing grandfather's clock. At the top, a mysterious dark silhouette of a man with a top hat from behind. The title "Sybilla and the Clockmaker's Secret" can be read at the bottom.

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · Aug 14

I'm not sure how visible these are without digging, so if you're looking for indies to follow and support, check below 🙌🏻

Indie Studios: go.bsky.app/EbnyA2d

Solo Indies: go.bsky.app/46HSs4C

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Claudie C.Bergeron @claudiecb.com · Aug 1

It has been a busy few weeks and not much that I can share at the moment, but I finally wrapped up this book cover recently! #kidlit #kidlitart #middlegrade #bookcovers #coverart #coverartist

A book cover illustration of a young determined elephant prince. Behind him, a magical compass with gemstones. At the top, we see a stripeless white tiger, a young gorilla in armor and an older sloth with magic potions in his bag. Two ominous snake eyes are peaking through the jungle behind their heads.

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Claudie C.Bergeron @claudiecb.com · Aug 1

It has been a busy few weeks and not much that I can share at the moment, but I finally wrapped up this book cover recently! #kidlit #kidlitart #middlegrade #bookcovers #coverart #coverartist

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