Inky
@dragxnsfire.bsky.social
She/Her || Aro/Ace 🖤🤍💜 || Environment Artist [Looking for work!!!] || Peanut Butter Cup Aficionado || The Elder Scrolls, Dragon Age, Baldur's Gate and LOTR fan || No 🚫 A//I
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Inky
@dragxnsfire.bsky.social
· Oct 21
I guess I should introduce myself here-- hello! I'm Meredith (or Inky) and I do 3d art! Also play video games, and love animation 💖
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Everything about making video games is harder than you think.
November 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Everything about making video games is harder than you think.
in something better, I finally got around to replaying the #eso main quest on eu, now with a fully realized Seldo 🥹just look at my precious little guy go....
October 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
in something better, I finally got around to replaying the #eso main quest on eu, now with a fully realized Seldo 🥹just look at my precious little guy go....
me when I have no media literacy and my brain hasn't had an original thought since 2011—
October 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
me when I have no media literacy and my brain hasn't had an original thought since 2011—
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October 23, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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"why are games so expensive"
"why are mass layoffs happening"
"why are games getting cancelled"
"why did that popular studio close"
it's capitalism. capitalism is why all of this is happening. the rampant prioritizing of profit over the all else, from price and quality to dev health and well being.
"why are mass layoffs happening"
"why are games getting cancelled"
"why did that popular studio close"
it's capitalism. capitalism is why all of this is happening. the rampant prioritizing of profit over the all else, from price and quality to dev health and well being.
SCOOP: For the last two years, Microsoft has pushed Xbox to hit profit margins of 30%, an ambitious target that's far higher than the industry average.
This chase for profit has led Xbox to raise prices, cut thousands of jobs, and rethink everything.
Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This chase for profit has led Xbox to raise prices, cut thousands of jobs, and rethink everything.
Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Microsoft Pushes Xbox Division to Hit Higher Profit Margins
Management’s goal of 30% profit margins for gaming has led to job losses, canceled projects
www.bloomberg.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"why are games so expensive"
"why are mass layoffs happening"
"why are games getting cancelled"
"why did that popular studio close"
it's capitalism. capitalism is why all of this is happening. the rampant prioritizing of profit over the all else, from price and quality to dev health and well being.
"why are mass layoffs happening"
"why are games getting cancelled"
"why did that popular studio close"
it's capitalism. capitalism is why all of this is happening. the rampant prioritizing of profit over the all else, from price and quality to dev health and well being.
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Zenithar and Dibella weep every time AI art is generated
October 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Zenithar and Dibella weep every time AI art is generated
oh my god yall... it's otgw season....
October 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
oh my god yall... it's otgw season....
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The language of non-consent around AI is really telling. "It's too late to be scared." "It's here whether we want it or not." "You'll have to learn to work with it." "You can't fight the inevitable."
All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.
All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.
‘It’s too late to be scared’: readers on the controversial rise of AI ‘actors’
‘It’s too late to be scared’: readers on the controversial rise of AI ‘actors’
The birth of AI ‘actor’ Tilly Norwood has caused a backlash in Hollywood and has sparked conversation from Guardian readers
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The language of non-consent around AI is really telling. "It's too late to be scared." "It's here whether we want it or not." "You'll have to learn to work with it." "You can't fight the inevitable."
All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.
All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.
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This is Cleo. She has a unique way of sitting. In fact, she has several. 14/10 (IG: cleolonglegs)
September 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This is Cleo. She has a unique way of sitting. In fact, she has several. 14/10 (IG: cleolonglegs)
September 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Still workin on art, through the horrors. I found a super fun weapon concept from fallout 76, so I made it! og concept by Art Bully, made with blender and substance painter
September 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Still workin on art, through the horrors. I found a super fun weapon concept from fallout 76, so I made it! og concept by Art Bully, made with blender and substance painter
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Listen to me. You have to watch The Dark Crystal Age of Resistance. You have to see these fucking puppets dude. There's a puppet show within the show where the puppets are using puppets and it fuckin rips shit. The skeksis are so shitty and I love them and they are all my friends.
September 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Listen to me. You have to watch The Dark Crystal Age of Resistance. You have to see these fucking puppets dude. There's a puppet show within the show where the puppets are using puppets and it fuckin rips shit. The skeksis are so shitty and I love them and they are all my friends.
there's no sort of hopelessness quite like being a month into this unemployment thing and getting your nth rejection 🫠 i know it doesn't make me unique or special but it does feel so bad and hard right now. all i want to do is make games.
September 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
there's no sort of hopelessness quite like being a month into this unemployment thing and getting your nth rejection 🫠 i know it doesn't make me unique or special but it does feel so bad and hard right now. all i want to do is make games.
ngl I think being on linkedin is bad for my mental health. but how else am I supposed to find a job 😩
September 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
ngl I think being on linkedin is bad for my mental health. but how else am I supposed to find a job 😩
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Do not disturb: Otterly exhausted
September 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Do not disturb: Otterly exhausted
getting emotional on main about my vestige, seldo. dude survives getting sent to coldharbour, multiple crises, the invasion of summerset, the oblivion crisis, narrowly missed the night of green fire, and his reward for allllll of that is meeting an utter catastrophe of a dragonborn. I love him sm
August 15, 2025 at 2:39 AM
getting emotional on main about my vestige, seldo. dude survives getting sent to coldharbour, multiple crises, the invasion of summerset, the oblivion crisis, narrowly missed the night of green fire, and his reward for allllll of that is meeting an utter catastrophe of a dragonborn. I love him sm
is is psychotic to model every single brick in this material? maybe. is it satisfying like chewing brain bubblegum? absolutely.
August 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
is is psychotic to model every single brick in this material? maybe. is it satisfying like chewing brain bubblegum? absolutely.
dragged guildies through depths of malatar just so my ayleid grandpa could see his prince's realm 💔
August 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
dragged guildies through depths of malatar just so my ayleid grandpa could see his prince's realm 💔
sorry to all the KotN fans out there but it is a STRUGGLE to get into this dlc as an altmer/ayleid main. been dragging my feet every step of this "get the murderrobot's armor" quest.
August 8, 2025 at 1:29 AM
sorry to all the KotN fans out there but it is a STRUGGLE to get into this dlc as an altmer/ayleid main. been dragging my feet every step of this "get the murderrobot's armor" quest.
I'm slowly picking away at oblivion so pls look at my hero of kvatch Rurelion. he's very good and kind of a disaster, but trust he would've tried really hard to save eldamil... also ngl mankar should've been more present in the story.
August 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I'm slowly picking away at oblivion so pls look at my hero of kvatch Rurelion. he's very good and kind of a disaster, but trust he would've tried really hard to save eldamil... also ngl mankar should've been more present in the story.
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Deskilling is real.
This is the world generative AI peddlers long for, one where people are incompetent without their service.
Don't outsource your brain to this shit. You'll regret it.
This is the world generative AI peddlers long for, one where people are incompetent without their service.
Don't outsource your brain to this shit. You'll regret it.
help my job says i have to do my job what do i do help
August 1, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Deskilling is real.
This is the world generative AI peddlers long for, one where people are incompetent without their service.
Don't outsource your brain to this shit. You'll regret it.
This is the world generative AI peddlers long for, one where people are incompetent without their service.
Don't outsource your brain to this shit. You'll regret it.
oh! now that I've been laid off I suppose I can show this neat #3dmaterial I made for the game. sculpting the height map in zbrush is my new best friend
July 31, 2025 at 7:46 PM
oh! now that I've been laid off I suppose I can show this neat #3dmaterial I made for the game. sculpting the height map in zbrush is my new best friend