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Jake Benbow

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3D Artist @ Futurlab Prev • Bithell Games on Tron Catalyst • Artstation: https://artstation.com/jakebenbow Gumroad: https://jakebenbow.gumroad.com/

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Jake Benbow @jakebenbow.bsky.social · Oct 22

Let's give away some free textures!

These sketchy tiling textures are a great base for stylized materials in Substance Painter + Designer, Blender, Unreal Engine, all sorts really!

I hope you enjoy using them, and please share the love! 🙌

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Tiling Painterly Textures Vol. 2

Another collection of 8 painterly tiling textures. I've included a colour and a grayscale version of the four different textures so they're flexible in how they can be applied, but either way they'll ...

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Jake Benbow @jakebenbow.bsky.social · 8d

How doable is woodworking at home? I've never done it before but there's no workshops around or places to learn but I'm not sure how achievable it is to buy stuff yourself and self teach online?

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Lindeh. @lindahoogendam.bsky.social · 20d

Inching my way closer and closer to finishing this piece! I'm actually pleased with how it's turning out.

Also wanted to thank @jakebenbow.bsky.social! I've been using his painterly texture maps and they work so incredibly well! It's been an absolute joy to use.

#3d #gameart #gamedev

A screen capture of a food truck in the late stages of texturing. It's an old Citroen H van, colored in an ocean blue. The image displays two perspectives of the truck, both the front/left and the front/right.

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Rich @rich-stubbs.bsky.social · Aug 18

Take a look at some of the work I got to do on TRON: Catalyst!

(Check out the rest of the art teams posts too)

www.artstation.com/artwork/K3o9QX

Tron: Catalyst - Gameplay Animations, Rich Stubbs

Tron: Catalyst has officially been released, and it’s been an incredible ride being part of the team that brought this Disney project to life. From the very start of development I had the chance to h...

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Bea 🍃 @beagamero.bsky.social · Aug 18

Hello Hello 🍃
I am excited to share some art from my former Bithell team and me for TRON: Catalyst! ✨

We poured a lot of love into our version of The Grid -- check out our work ⬇️⬇️⬇️

#GameArt #EnvironmentArt #TRON #3DArt

www.artstation.com/artwork/EzWQzq

TRON: Catalyst - Arena 4A, Beatriz A. Gamero Rodríguez

As part of the Environment Art team on TRON: Catalyst, I had the opportunity to contribute to Arena 4A level. My responsibilities included set dressing, creating modular and unique props which I inte...

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Jen Pattison - commissions open @estirdalin.bsky.social · Aug 18

Here is a little selection of my work on Tron: Catalyst. You can see more in replies, in-game, and also work from previous titles linked below

Exo character lineart holding identity disc ready to fight

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Jake Benbow @jakebenbow.bsky.social · Aug 18

Myself and the rest of the old Bithell art team have put together our own art blast for TRON: Catalyst!

A lot of love went into crafting our version of The Grid, so please go and show some love to all the very talented folks that made it happen.

www.artstation.com/artwork/oJeWGw

TRON: Catalyst - Vertical Slice, Jake Benbow

Environment renders of the City level in Tron Catalyst. I was responsible for a range of responsibilities in this area of the game, including making modular kits, modelling and texturing props, mater...

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Jake Benbow @jakebenbow.bsky.social · Aug 12

Yes Darbs! 😁

Jake Benbow @jakebenbow.bsky.social · Aug 12

Thanks Emma! 🙌

Jake Benbow @jakebenbow.bsky.social · Aug 12

Thanks Farleigh ❤️

Jake Benbow @jakebenbow.bsky.social · Aug 12

I’m incredibly excited to be starting a new position as a 3D Artist at @futurlab.co.uk this week! 🥳

It's another step in my journey and one I'm really looking forward to, with some fun projects on the horizon and a super friendly and welcoming team!

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John Hannon @johnhannon.bsky.social · Aug 8

Its been an absolute pleasure to work with Mike and the team at Bithell Games for 3 fantastic years. Cant speak highly enough of the team, truly some of the best folks ive had the honour to work with! 🙌🙌👏👏

Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · Aug 8

Sad news today. Bithell Games, having been unable to secure a new larger scale project, is reducing in size. This means that eleven jobs are being made redundant. This constitutes the majority of our full-time staff.

It became clear leading up to the release of our most recent game that we were not immune to the challenges faced by many game development teams seeking funding partners in 2024 and 2025. We’ve fortunately been able to communicate these challenges ahead of time, and work with affected staff to ease departures as much as possible via severance packages.

It’s important to state that this was an incredible team of exceptionally talented people. If you’re a developer reading this, and you’re hiring; anyone among those affected would be a great addition to your studio, please reach out if we can help to put you in touch.

This news will not impact the availability of our existing self published games and ongoing support for them. We are incredibly grateful for our audience, and hope that your interest in our work follows individual team members as they head into other roles.

Bithell Games was always defined and elevated by our people. Today we
are less.

- Mike Bithell

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Victoria Torres @victorres.bsky.social · Aug 8

Another certified Games Industry™ moment 🙃🫠

Gutted for the team, and everyone else involved. I've spent the last 3-and-a-bit years surrounded by the funniest, friendliest, and most talented people I've ever worked with.

Here's hoping everyone lands on their feet (they should, they're amazing)

Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · Aug 8

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emma k park @emmakpark.bsky.social · Aug 8

✋ hiiii. i was affected by this

this is sad, and i'm sad, because this team was utterly stellar. i've learned SO much from these wonderful people, and i've never felt more able to be myself than at Bithell Games

because i'm me, i blogged about why Bithell Games means so much to me. see below!

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Farleigh Langridge @farleigh.bsky.social · Aug 8

In the wake of the announcement regarding redundancies at Bithell Games please go and follow these wonderful, talented people go.bsky.app/U1R3UmV

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Jake Benbow @jakebenbow.bsky.social · Aug 8

My time at Bithell Games has been fantastic, but today it unfortunately comes to a close.

I've been fortunate enough to work alongside some great people. If you're hiring then I can't recommend them enough, they're awesome.

I'll have personal news to share next week.

Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · Aug 8

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Tristan Meere 💙 @tristanmeere.bsky.social · Aug 7

My partner finished her first CGMA class and has started to post some of the work. Its super awesome seeing her progress and how far she has come. www.artstation.com/artwork/5WgkPP

Bunny Forge | Game Environment + Breakdown, Marissa Fortman

This environment was created as part of my course work for the CGMA Creating Stylized Game Assets course with Ashleigh Warner (https://www.artstation.com/ashdoodles). I wanted to create a cozy, whimsi...

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Jake Benbow @jakebenbow.bsky.social · Jul 24

Thank you mate, glad you're enjoying it!

Jake Benbow @jakebenbow.bsky.social · Jul 24

👋

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Farleigh Langridge @farleigh.bsky.social · Jun 26

Ok I need to sort my schedule out, this is my first in-person event in years so be kind. If you are:
- Going to Develop
- Want to talk state of the industry
- Want to talk production
- Want to scream into the void

Lets do a thing please, HMU 🖤

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Jake Benbow @jakebenbow.bsky.social · Jun 17

🟠 TRON: Catalyst is finally out in the wild! 🔵

Been a great ride making this, and a memorable first credit. I hope everyone enjoys exploring the Grid as much as we enjoyed putting it together!

Big Fan Games @bigfangames.com · Jun 17

>RUN
>TRON_CATALYST

Collapse is imminent. Harness the Glitch. Fight for the Grid.
From Disney and Pixar Games / Bithell Games, Big Fan is proud to present TRON: Catalyst.

TRON: Catalyst is OUT NOW on PC/Mac, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch.

www.bigfangames.com/games/tron-c...

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · Jun 16

Back on environment art, lemme tell you about @jakebenbow.bsky.social . This is Jake’s FIRST GAME, and yet he arrived guns blazing, and delivered so many of the most beautiful environments and vehicles in the game. He’s a superstar, and is respected across the team for being just..that..damn..good

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Jake Benbow @jakebenbow.bsky.social · Jun 3

Process breakdown for the rocks in my current personal project. Sculpted in ZBrush, processed in Houdini, rendered in Unreal.

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Jake Benbow @jakebenbow.bsky.social · May 16

Been learning a bit of speedtree for a personal project I'm working up. Very out of my wheelhouse but happy with the results, might revisit them again later to make a few tweaks.

Shoutout to @artofdape.bsky.social, would recommend his excellent vegetation course to anyone starting out with trees.

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Jake Benbow @jakebenbow.bsky.social · May 5

I cranked up the subdivision from 6 to 7 on one of my material spheres in Marmoset, took it to about 80m triangles and was using over 2gb of vram 😂 I always think those sorts of input fields should have a warning that asks "are you sure you wanna do this?" if you're about to put in a silly number

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Jake Benbow @jakebenbow.bsky.social · May 4

#01 - Overgrown

Would it even be a monthly challenge if I didn't immediately fall behind schedule...

Definitely need to improve my speed and try to not get bogged down in the weeds, but I do think this turned out really nice!

#Mayterials2025 #Mayterials @theclubdiscord.bsky.social

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