Makkon
@makkon.bsky.social
Ben Hale. He/They. Senior Environment artist at UnknownWorlds, working on Subnautica 2. prev ILMxLab. 2d/3d artist. Rock enthusiast. Music composition hobbyist.
https://makkon.itch.io/
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Makkon
@makkon.bsky.social
· Jun 28
hey I'm Ben. I'm a 2d and 3d artist who sculpts rocks for a living. happy to be here, hope it goes okay
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my second successful print! from @teccotoys.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 4:30 AM
my second successful print! from @teccotoys.bsky.social
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Anyway here’s wonderwall
Update: I can take work and I want work
Job: story artist/lead/directing
Currently: Spudgun prod.
Former clients: Netflix, Feed Me Light
Preference: teen/adult action comedy
Focus: budget-friendly, quick
Stuff: here, Cara.app/chancesecond, insta chance_second
#lookingforworkanimation
Job: story artist/lead/directing
Currently: Spudgun prod.
Former clients: Netflix, Feed Me Light
Preference: teen/adult action comedy
Focus: budget-friendly, quick
Stuff: here, Cara.app/chancesecond, insta chance_second
#lookingforworkanimation
December 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Anyway here’s wonderwall
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Did you know: I am extremely open for work caitlinroseboyle.com
September 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Did you know: I am extremely open for work caitlinroseboyle.com
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New extortion scam email going round (this was received via a writer's website contact form). I've seen a number of these recently but without the money demand; the translation angle is also a new one
December 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
New extortion scam email going round (this was received via a writer's website contact form). I've seen a number of these recently but without the money demand; the translation angle is also a new one
my second successful print! from @teccotoys.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 4:30 AM
my second successful print! from @teccotoys.bsky.social
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All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI.
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
December 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI.
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
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Chris Person takes a look at Horses, "the indie game that is too scandalous for either Valve or Epic, is only beyond the pale if you're not familiar with any other art form" (quoted from the article blurb).
aftermath.site/horses-indie...
At least read this paragraph:
aftermath.site/horses-indie...
At least read this paragraph:
December 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Chris Person takes a look at Horses, "the indie game that is too scandalous for either Valve or Epic, is only beyond the pale if you're not familiar with any other art form" (quoted from the article blurb).
aftermath.site/horses-indie...
At least read this paragraph:
aftermath.site/horses-indie...
At least read this paragraph:
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Okay y'all we killed the Metaverse now it's time to kill AI wearables. We got this.
Meta Platforms is planning cuts to the metaverse—an arena Mark Zuckerberg once called the future of the company—and will shift spending to AI wearables.
Meta Plans to Shift Spending Away From the Metaverse
Zuckerberg’s bet on immersive online worlds has lost the company more than $77 billion since 2020.
on.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Okay y'all we killed the Metaverse now it's time to kill AI wearables. We got this.
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like, you can't write this off as a hypothetical anymore than you can write this off as some bohemian irresponsibility chicken coming home to roost-- people with a lot of power believe AI can replace labor, and it does not matter if it actually can or not!
December 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
like, you can't write this off as a hypothetical anymore than you can write this off as some bohemian irresponsibility chicken coming home to roost-- people with a lot of power believe AI can replace labor, and it does not matter if it actually can or not!
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For those not in those circles, I just need to remind you that losing a job to AI is not a vibes based idea. We are being told explicitly by art directors that we are being weighed against AI for jobs, people on teams fighting against the AD and you. It sucks. It’s demoralizing.
December 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
For those not in those circles, I just need to remind you that losing a job to AI is not a vibes based idea. We are being told explicitly by art directors that we are being weighed against AI for jobs, people on teams fighting against the AD and you. It sucks. It’s demoralizing.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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Our indicative industrial action ballot on the issue of AI protections for performers OPENS TODAY 🗳️
Film and TV performers: Vote YES to protect your AI rights.
www.equity.org.uk/campaigns-policy/indicative-ballot-for-ai-protections
Film and TV performers: Vote YES to protect your AI rights.
www.equity.org.uk/campaigns-policy/indicative-ballot-for-ai-protections
Indicative ballot for AI protections | Equity
Film and TV performers to vote on support for industrial action over artificial intelligence.
www.equity.org.uk
December 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Our indicative industrial action ballot on the issue of AI protections for performers OPENS TODAY 🗳️
Film and TV performers: Vote YES to protect your AI rights.
www.equity.org.uk/campaigns-policy/indicative-ballot-for-ai-protections
Film and TV performers: Vote YES to protect your AI rights.
www.equity.org.uk/campaigns-policy/indicative-ballot-for-ai-protections
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SO... I'm pretty much done with Fortnite. There were statements made by Tim Sweeney saying that AI usage doesn't need to be disclosed, and then AI usage was found all over this current season- from art to sprays to in-game songs. Between that, and the upcoming shitty wizard collab... Yeah, I'm done.
November 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
SO... I'm pretty much done with Fortnite. There were statements made by Tim Sweeney saying that AI usage doesn't need to be disclosed, and then AI usage was found all over this current season- from art to sprays to in-game songs. Between that, and the upcoming shitty wizard collab... Yeah, I'm done.
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See the reason no one’s getting any funding or publishing deals is you have to be a real upstart scrappy up and comer like (checks watch) JJ Abrams
Sony Interactive Entertainment Partners with Bad Robot Games to Produce and Publish the Studio’s First Internally Developed Game (4-player co-op shooter directed by Left 4 Dead's Mike Booth for PS5/PC) sonyinteractive.com/en/press-rel...
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
See the reason no one’s getting any funding or publishing deals is you have to be a real upstart scrappy up and comer like (checks watch) JJ Abrams
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Shoutout to @phobia.bsky.social for concepting this incredible werewolf transformation scene for bunlith show 👩🩸🐺 😱
Support the show's future episodes here! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bun...
Support the show's future episodes here! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bun...
November 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Shoutout to @phobia.bsky.social for concepting this incredible werewolf transformation scene for bunlith show 👩🩸🐺 😱
Support the show's future episodes here! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bun...
Support the show's future episodes here! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bun...
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Herdling is on sale btw if you've been waiting 👀
December 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Herdling is on sale btw if you've been waiting 👀
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I'm begging any artists still using Twitter claiming it's integral to their work to just leave. It's been revealed the site works off a made up "credit score" from hell and punishes you for posting like a normal human being.
Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.
Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.
December 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I'm begging any artists still using Twitter claiming it's integral to their work to just leave. It's been revealed the site works off a made up "credit score" from hell and punishes you for posting like a normal human being.
Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.
Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.
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These people want legal clearance for murder at scale, and they can just say it out loud, in public. Meanwhile, in here, if we get a little colorful expressing our derision for these monsters, the ban-hammer finds us with a pointed quickness.
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:34 AM
These people want legal clearance for murder at scale, and they can just say it out loud, in public. Meanwhile, in here, if we get a little colorful expressing our derision for these monsters, the ban-hammer finds us with a pointed quickness.
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creatures at the waterfall
September 3, 2025 at 8:51 AM
creatures at the waterfall
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LOOKING FOR WORK!! i’m merlin and i’ve worked in animation, games and comics as a visual developer and illustrator 🫶🎨 past clients: netflix, d&d, magic the gathering, volta
🎨 www.artstation.com/merlin-gg
📧 [email protected]
🎨 www.artstation.com/merlin-gg
📧 [email protected]
December 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
LOOKING FOR WORK!! i’m merlin and i’ve worked in animation, games and comics as a visual developer and illustrator 🫶🎨 past clients: netflix, d&d, magic the gathering, volta
🎨 www.artstation.com/merlin-gg
📧 [email protected]
🎨 www.artstation.com/merlin-gg
📧 [email protected]
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still looking for level design work!
I can work in Unreal, Unity, and probably whatever in-house engine you'll throw at me. I have worked on DLC for Sniper Elite 5, various community mod projects, and custom maps for TF2 and Half-Life 2.
portfolio ➡️ iibo.games
I can work in Unreal, Unity, and probably whatever in-house engine you'll throw at me. I have worked on DLC for Sniper Elite 5, various community mod projects, and custom maps for TF2 and Half-Life 2.
portfolio ➡️ iibo.games
November 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
still looking for level design work!
I can work in Unreal, Unity, and probably whatever in-house engine you'll throw at me. I have worked on DLC for Sniper Elite 5, various community mod projects, and custom maps for TF2 and Half-Life 2.
portfolio ➡️ iibo.games
I can work in Unreal, Unity, and probably whatever in-house engine you'll throw at me. I have worked on DLC for Sniper Elite 5, various community mod projects, and custom maps for TF2 and Half-Life 2.
portfolio ➡️ iibo.games
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