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Izzie Kirkpatrick

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Co-founder & Concept/2D/UI Artist @ liquidstaticstudio.com | Aotearoa | they/she | 🍉

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Izzie Kirkpatrick @enkirkpatrick.bsky.social · Oct 21

New platform, old art! Gonna do my best to actually be *social* on the media this time around 😅

So hi, I'm Izzie! Artist, game dev & UI designer based in Aotearoa. I like walking around and looking at things (+ drawing when I can).

I'm also 1/3rd of @liquidstatic.bsky.social making cool things! 💖

Digital illustration of a pair of D&D characters styled in contemporary fashion

Digital illustration showing a person wearing a spacesuit holding a bouquet of flowers, done in the style of a space race/recruitment poster. Text reads "We Need You! Cosmofloristry For Our Future"

Digital illustration/original character design of a magic potion that gained consciousness, depicted as a weightless orb of red liquid "wearing" a floating hat, jacket and gloves

Acrylic painting inspired by the Jeff VanderMeer novel Annihilation & its 2018 film adaptation

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NZ CODE @nz-code.nz · 5d

It's already an exciting week in the regional game industry but we couldn't resist making it more exciting. 🥝🕹️🎮

www.nz-code.nz/post/960-000...

$960,000 boost for game developers in CODE’s third national funding round

13 studios from across Aotearoa received prototype and production funding in the third NZ CODE national funding round.

www.nz-code.nz

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Izzie Kirkpatrick @enkirkpatrick.bsky.social · 5d

Congrats!!! 👏🎉

Izzie Kirkpatrick @enkirkpatrick.bsky.social · 7d

Slightly embarrassed to admit that I am well and truly in the throes of a “novelty supermarket products” phase. Funny flavours abound and I am acting under the influence of no one but myself (and a ton of work stress). Turns out who I am when I am not my best self is a Grape Powerade fan

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deeg 🤍 @deegoo.bsky.social · 7d

Pyaari is so decent 🥺

Two drawings and two small photos of the cat, Pyaari. The drawing on the left is wearing a blue dupatta. The drawing on the right is in a gold sari with a dupatta on the head.

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Jevon Wright 💙💛 @soundasleep.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12d

I'm ashamed to be a New Zealander today, it's embarrassing to be on the wrong side of history :( https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/574427/kiwis-can-be-proud-nz-isn-t-recognising-palestine-yet-pm-christopher-luxon #nzpol

Kiwis 'can be proud' NZ isn't recognising Palestine yet - PM Christopher Luxon

New Zealand was among only a handful of countries - including the US, Japan and South Korea - which had not formally recognised Palestinian statehood.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Izzie Kirkpatrick @enkirkpatrick.bsky.social · 12d

The best time to post this was about 96 hours ago. The second best time is… now? (Probably not, but I’m too late to change that as well lmao)

For real tho - HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who came by and said hi and played the game and listened to my dumb joke about my NORMAL SIZED HAT 🧑‍✈️🫶

Making NIGHT PLANE 😱✈️ 🔜 SXSW SYD @liquidstatic.bsky.social · 12d

Can't wait to see everyone at #NZGDC!

The LSS team about to begin pack-in for the Games Showcase at NZGDC (and definitely NOT actually leaving our booth at the END of the event with our hearts very full and our brains VERY tired)

Izzie Kirkpatrick @enkirkpatrick.bsky.social · 14d

i wish i could throw my body in the washing machine

Izzie Kirkpatrick @enkirkpatrick.bsky.social · 20d

Obvi it’s a big F.U. to sp*tify since aaaages ago, but sometimes I’m reminded just how dogshit their app/UX/general usability is. Like - wdym you CAN’T send a song to a friend directly in-app? I have to go into a menu, then a submenu, copy a link, open a COMPLETELY SEPARATE APP and send it there????

Izzie Kirkpatrick @enkirkpatrick.bsky.social · 22d

Best thing I did today was eat a really good sandwich for lunch. Second best thing was recording this blood curdling scream for Night Plane

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · Sep 5

Join us and our comrades @ponekeantifa.bsky.social, International Socialist Organisation Aotearoa, @peacewellington.bsky.social and Te Tai Tētēkura on Saturday 6 September at Midland Park from 1PM as we march in opposition to the new FBI base and US troops here. www.facebook.com/events/65778...

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“NO FBI COPS. NO USA TROOPS.
Stand against militarism and authoritarianism. Join the march against the increased presence of the USA military and law enforcement in Aotearoa. Date and time: 1pm, Saturday the 6th of September. Location: MIDLAND PARK. MARCHING TO USA EMBASSY.”

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“The FBI in Aotearoa?
The Trump-appointed Director of the USA Federal Bureau of Investigation recently visited Aotearoa, welcomed by New Zealand’s far-right government, with plans to establish an FBI office here.”

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“USA TROOPS ON KIWI SOIL
At the same time, the New Zealand Army is talking with its United States counterparts about having American troops train regularly in Aotearoa. This disturbing news means strengthening of authoritarianism of both governments, and a threat to safety and community for all of us.”

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“Why protest?
The director of the FBI has stated that opening an office in Aotearoa will “counter China’s influence in the Pacific”.
Law enforcement agencies in the USA are repressing the American people, cracking down on protest and resistance at the command of Trump’s authoritarian government.
By welcoming the USA military and the FBI into Aotearoa, the New Zealand government is siding with the USA in an imperialist rivalry that threatens the sovereignty and safety of peoples in the Pacific and beyond.”

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Making NIGHT PLANE 😱✈️ 🔜 SXSW SYD @liquidstatic.bsky.social · Sep 3

🍿Tonight’s entertainment on Plane Airlines™ is a thriller movie so iconic, you’ll know it before the seatbelt sign turns off. First to guess gets an in-flight upgrade. 📈

#indiegame #indie #horrormovies #horrorgame #gamedev #gaming

Retro-style horror parody poster titled “Night Plane.” The poster shows a man with a pixelated face staring out of an airplane window

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Nathalie Lawhead @alienmelon.bsky.social · Aug 25

“Between 2009 and 2012, iPhones had a built-in "Send to YouTube" button in the Photos app. Many of these uploads kept their default IMG_XXXX filenames, creating a time capsule of raw, unedited moments from random lives.”
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this is beautiful 🥲

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Izzie Kirkpatrick @enkirkpatrick.bsky.social · Aug 16

Öoo I wanna play this

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🌙Evil Sonny Ross🌞 @sonnyross.bsky.social · Aug 15

I drew this on my lunch break your excuses are fucking pathetic

A decorative illustration of flowers with the caption “I don’t use ai I’m not a fucking loser” with a severed hand with too many fingers

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Izzie Kirkpatrick @enkirkpatrick.bsky.social · Aug 10

Ernst Haeckel and Audubon (it’s also notable that there’s pretty obvious themes shared by the two… it’d be so nice to have bigass posters of their work but 😫)

William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · Aug 9

Here’s a question: who is the artist with politics you disagree strongly with, whose politics *do* (in your view) influence their art, that you still think is talented and whose work you enjoy?

Izzie Kirkpatrick @enkirkpatrick.bsky.social · Aug 3

template for any brave souls who wish to risk the chamber (don't make me regret this lmao)

Izzie Kirkpatrick @enkirkpatrick.bsky.social · Aug 3

babe wake up new homebrew meme format just dropped

Francis Kirkpatrick @frakirk.bsky.social · Aug 3

Full art/design credit goes to @enkirkpatrick.bsky.social
Genuinely-held-dogshit-opinion credit all goes to me 😎

Hand-crafted meme image of Trunks from Dragonball Z emerging from the hyperbolic time chamber, captioned:
"me, emerging from the hyperbolic take chamber:
PINEAPPLE IS ONLY
GOOD ON PIZZA"

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Izzie Kirkpatrick @enkirkpatrick.bsky.social · Jul 16

hashtag morning plane

Izzie Kirkpatrick @enkirkpatrick.bsky.social · Jul 16

Why do I always crave granola at the airport when it is probably THE most overpriced thing you can buy here AND really hard to eat in a rush??

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Making NIGHT PLANE 😱✈️ 🔜 SXSW SYD @liquidstatic.bsky.social · Jul 16

Check 'em outtt! 👀

We'll have a bunch of these to give away at Wireframe too! Choose your favourite character (we won't be offended - we know it's Acerola 🐱)

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Izzie Kirkpatrick @enkirkpatrick.bsky.social · Jul 15

Genuinely love when Photoshop starts responding again immediately after I open Task Manager up to kill it. Just needed someone to put the fear of god in ya, huh buddy?

Izzie Kirkpatrick @enkirkpatrick.bsky.social · Jul 15

HEY AUCKLAND FRIENDS! See ya on Saturday at Wireframe for the first run of this idea we’ve been cooking up 🪪

Come for the trinkets and stay for the talks! Find out how fast I can mash people’s faces into our NPC texture! Watch my carpal tunnel flare up in real time! There’s something for everyone!!

Making NIGHT PLANE 😱✈️ 🔜 SXSW SYD @liquidstatic.bsky.social · Jul 15

We are making ✨ PERSONALISED 📝 NIGHT PLANE ✈️ PASSPORT PHOTOS 📸🛂 this Saturday at Wireframe Conference!

Come play the demo and get 🫵 YOUR 🫵 one-of-a-kind passenger card to take home. Get in early (there’s only so many we can make 😅) and stick around for great talks and cool games!

Izzie Kirkpatrick @enkirkpatrick.bsky.social · Jul 11

idgaf about genre tags BUT I will take any chance I can get to hate on source control

A character from the game R.E.P.O pointing at a Github repository saying "There's only one repo I wanna know about, and it ain't this one"

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Dr Artyom Trakhanov - SHARP EYE IS LIVE ON KICKSTARTER NOW @vor-bokor.bsky.social · Jul 10

*me in Belgrade* ho ho ho matcha pilates in paliluja before a labubu rave

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Making NIGHT PLANE 😱✈️ 🔜 SXSW SYD @liquidstatic.bsky.social · Jul 10

Unreal Engine can produce mind-boggling effects.

"They're the same picture" meme with two pictures of Acerola (a small calico tabby cat) as she appears in real life and as she appears in Night Plane. They do look very similar.

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