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Esther 🌸

@etkyart.bsky.social

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3D Environment game artist at Spectarium 💙 In love with handpainted and stylized art ✉️ esthermartinez3d@gmail 🌸 She/her 🌸 https://www.artstation.com/etkyart

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Esther 🌸 @etkyart.bsky.social · Jul 5

Cant pin posts yet but I'll make one just in case :3 Hi, I'm Esther, a 3d environment artist currently working in the games industry! I'm specialised in handpainting but I do also love stylised PBR art 🌸 this is some of my work!

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Esther 🌸 @etkyart.bsky.social · Aug 3

Took part in the GMTK jam this year as a team of three! It was very fun to design UI and get more comfortable with Aseprite and animations :) I think the game turned out quite fun! Let me know your thoughts if you try it out
batelbi.itch.io/choopchoop

Choop Choop! by Batelbi

Survive your work day as a train conductor while chaos reigns around you, the loop must go on!

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Unapologetically Horny [VICE] @vicekillx.bsky.social · Jul 14

Support the creatives in your life as much as possible right now. Every single one I know is struggling *exceptionally* hard lately, myself included

Possible Worlds Games @possibleworlds.bsky.social · Jul 13

Burnout is clinically understood as a combo of 6 factors—work overload, lack of control, insufficient rewards, breakdown in community, absence of fairness, & value conflicts—and only a fraction of it is under your control. Burnout is a systemic problem, so be kind to yourself and hard on the system.

Superdillin (Mirror your pronouns) @superdillin.bsky.social · Jul 13

Hey gang I've had to learn recently that the whole "burning out" thing is real so if you find yourself being panicked every waking second that you're not working on something, despite those seconds being very rare, you should maybe listen to the signals and take an intentional break before you crash

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D. Shire 3D @1wantedpumpkin.bsky.social · Jul 8

Hey #PortfolioDay !
I'm D. Shire, a 3D Environment Artist that specializes in stylized art! I do props, materials, textures, environments and anything I can get my hands on!
Check out my work!
Artstation: www.artstation.com/dshiredoodles
Cara: cara.app/thewantedpum...

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bella💛 @theartofbella.bsky.social · Jul 8

hi #PortfolioDay! i'm bella, a character artist creating stylized designs based in LA! 🌱✨🤸‍♀️ with 4+ years exp. in games, animation & indie projects!

🎨open for full-time, contract, or comms!
🌎also open to relocating worldwide!

👩‍🎨let's work together!

💌 [email protected]
bellacgart.artstation.com

art gallery from my personal/professional work

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Esther 🌸 @etkyart.bsky.social · Jul 18

Long time no see, I've been practicing gouache portraits in my free time for fun :)

Gouache portrait, the three images are the same, portraits of different women

Gouache portrait of a woman, with a warm palette

This one uses a very warm palette, with pinks and purples

Esther 🌸 @etkyart.bsky.social · Dec 9

Painted some time ago, night time car trip vibes :3

A digital painting of a night time car trip, from the POV of the person next to the driver

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Liz Edwards @lizaledwards.bsky.social · Nov 17

every paper i read about generative AI mentions the limited available data of 3D models as a problem for them

yep

i'm never going to share another 3d model to a model viewer that could be scraped or bought until AI is dead and buried

Excerpt from a paper on generative 3d: "A significant challenge, however, is the limited availability of 3D assets suitable for model
training. Creating 3D content requires specialized skills and expertise, making such assets much
scarcer than other visual media like images and videos. This scarcity raises a key research question of
how to design scalable models to generate high-quality 3D assets from such data efficiently."

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Esther 🌸 @etkyart.bsky.social · Nov 17

Thanks<3 I was experimenting with some watercolour brush in Clips studio

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Hanner @gangsthannah.bsky.social · Oct 27

Even after asymptomatic infections. Or "mild" (which doesn't exist with Covid) infections.

Health Canada updated their Covid/Long Covid information this summer and it never made it to mainstream media. If you know odds, you'll know these odds are bad.

1 in 5 infections results in LC

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Hanner @gangsthannah.bsky.social · Oct 27

Covid informed folks are often branded as annoying.

If you also stayed informed on Covid and knew that it is a mass disabling virus that’s made everyone high risk for strokes, cancer, vascular issues, and that causes brain damage and immune system dysfunction, you'd probably want to warn people too

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Esther 🌸 @etkyart.bsky.social · Jul 5

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Esther 🌸 @etkyart.bsky.social · Oct 25

Painted my cat Neko :) 💙

Digital painting of my cat neko, who is gray, chilling on a porch chair

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Sylessae @sylessae.bsky.social · Oct 25

Give yourself 3 months of dedicated art practice AND:

- Draw 30-60 min a day minimum
- Draw what you love
- Surround yourself with creative people
- Analyze what is working/not working in your practice
- Regularly ask for feedback from peers

I guarantee you'll see results. 💪

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Ian @citizenull.bsky.social · Oct 25

Reminder that your art doesn’t have to get you anything or have monetary value. You can just make it because you enjoy it and never post it online for engagement dopamine. It can be something that’s yours, for you. Even if you’re the only person who likes it, It can be just as important if others do

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Esther 🌸 @etkyart.bsky.social · Oct 25

Painted my cat Neko :) 💙

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Esther 🌸 @etkyart.bsky.social · Oct 24

Thank you!!

Esther 🌸 @etkyart.bsky.social · Oct 24

:3 yay

Esther 🌸 @etkyart.bsky.social · Oct 24

A few weeks ago I started this very WIP handpainted project :3 concept by @kairuiz.bsky.social

3d handpainted model of a sword with gothic thematic

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Jasmin Habezai-Fekri @lowpolycurls.bsky.social · Oct 18

I uploaded more of my work for Wayfinder! I had to make a set of Farm houses for our area called "Frostmarch", both intact and destroyed. With that came some R&D for chunky hay roofs.
You can see more variations of these houses in my breakdown:

www.artstation.com/artwork/Gvv56B

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Esther 🌸 @etkyart.bsky.social · Oct 22

Thank you for all the follows! I am quite busy right now but I'll check them at some point to follow back :3

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Esther 🌸 @etkyart.bsky.social · Oct 18

Btw I found a job right after this so I'm doing well! But I'll keep posting art 🫶

Esther 🌸 @etkyart.bsky.social · Mar 19

Hey everyone! I'd like to announce that I am looking for work! I am open to freelance and full time opportunities, any leads regarding stylised PBR or handpainted 3D environment positions would be appreciated 💙
Portfolio: artstation.com/etkyart
Email: [email protected]