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Mike Kennedy

@mikekennedyart.bsky.social

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Game Artist 🎨 | Indie game dev 🎮 | D&D and TTRPG enthusiast 🎲 | Propmaker 🗡️ | Bearded 3D Wizard 🧙‍♂️

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Mike Kennedy @mikekennedyart.bsky.social · Oct 8

Hey #PortfolioDay I'm Mike! I'm a #3dartist and #IndieGameDev from Arizona 🌵

#gameart #3dart #solodev #UnrealEngine

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Mike Kennedy @mikekennedyart.bsky.social · Aug 19

Just wrapped up my most recent personal 3d project - a custom Bushcraft Knife 🔪

#gameart #3dart #3dmodeling #3dartist #gameartist

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Mike Kennedy @mikekennedyart.bsky.social · Aug 17

WIP - 95% of the way there! Just need to do a bit of texture polish and clean final renders!

#gameart #3dart #3dmodeling

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Mike Kennedy @mikekennedyart.bsky.social · Aug 1

Thanks!! It’s a blend of shapes and features from about 10 different existing knives I had as reference images.

Mike Kennedy @mikekennedyart.bsky.social · Jul 31

WIP - Been looking to add some fresh personal work to my portfolio started a quick new project! Working on a realistic knife and kydex sheath.

#gameart #3dart #3dmodeling

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Mike Kennedy @mikekennedyart.bsky.social · Jul 9

WIP - Wanted to share a bit of progress I made on my helipad scene in #UE5 🚁

#gameart #3dart #indiegame #indiedev #solodev #UnrealEngine5

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Mike Kennedy @mikekennedyart.bsky.social · Jul 8

Doing a few environment blockouts in #ue5 for my #indiegame project and experimenting with the UltraDynamicSky plugin. It's all coming together! Mixing unfiltered textures with realistic lighting seems to work great!

#gameart #3dart #pixelart #indiedev #solodev #UnrealEngine

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Mike Kennedy @mikekennedyart.bsky.social · Jul 6

Picked up an artbook that’s been on my list for a while! 🎨

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Mike Kennedy @mikekennedyart.bsky.social · Jun 26

Finished up the farm windmill for my current #indiegame project! Continuing in the same same retro unfiltered #pixelart texture style as my previous assets for the project 🍃

#gameart #3dart #indiedev #solodev #wastelandvibes

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Mike Kennedy @mikekennedyart.bsky.social · Jun 15

WIP - Have slowly but surely been grinding away at this semi-stylized M4 model! Trying to go through and finish this and a few of my other backburner projects over the next few months.

#gameart #3dart

Mike Kennedy @mikekennedyart.bsky.social · Jun 8

Slight texture variation on my jersey barriers - will primarily be adding decals in Unreal to add character to these but having a ready made striped variant will make things a bit easier.

#gameart #3dart #indiedev #solodev #pixelart

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Mike Kennedy @mikekennedyart.bsky.social · Jun 7

Working on a set of Jersey Barriers with unfiltered #pixelart textures for my #indiegame project. Something really satisfying about making simple assets like this 😄

#gameart #3dart #indiedev #solodev

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Mike Kennedy @mikekennedyart.bsky.social · Jun 1

Quick still render! - seems like video compression is muddying this one up a bit

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Mike Kennedy @mikekennedyart.bsky.social · Jun 1

Finished up the wasteland windmill for my current #indiegame project! First asset I've finished up in a quite a while with retro style unfiltered #pixelart textures 🌪️

#gameart #3dart #indiedev #solodev #wastelandvibes

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Mike Kennedy @mikekennedyart.bsky.social · May 25

WIP - Working on a pair of windmill assets for one of my #indiegame projects.

#gameart #3dart #indiedev #solodev

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Mike Kennedy @mikekennedyart.bsky.social · Apr 25

Thanks!! 🍻

Mike Kennedy @mikekennedyart.bsky.social · Apr 25

Started a small new project a few days ago - working on a fan art sculpt of the India Pale Flail from Heroes of Barcadia! On to retypo and texturing next 🍻

#gameart #3dart #zbrush #heroesofbarcadia

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Mike Kennedy @mikekennedyart.bsky.social · Apr 5

So, an idea I've been throwing around for years is attempting to make all the Link to the Past inventory items in stylized 3D as a daily or weekly self challenge. Maybe its time... 🤔

#3Dartist #3dart #gameart

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Mike Kennedy @mikekennedyart.bsky.social · Mar 22

Okay! So *knocks on wood* after swapping out hardware and seriously considering throwing it out a window a few times... I *think* my new build PC is finally ready to make art 🥳 Here is a WIP of a semi-stylized AR I've been slowly working on with my laptop 🤣

#gameart #3dart

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Mike Kennedy @mikekennedyart.bsky.social · Feb 22

I’m still around y’all!! 😅 About a month ago I built a new PC to get started on some stuff and… out of the 15 or so PCs I’ve built in my life this one 🤬 hates me for some reason 😭 Hoping to get it resolved soon and get back to art and indie dev stuff!

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Kayleigh Danieli @ka-leidos.bsky.social · Jan 14

Hi #PortfolioDay !! I’m Kayleigh, a 3D Environment & World Artist with a passion for stylized art 💚

Open for work opportunities, contract or full time!! Previously at Blizzard, Red Chop Games, & Sea Glass 🌱

✉️ - [email protected]
🎨- artstation.com/ka_leidos

#3Dartist #gameart #stylized #3Dart

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Normal Neighbor @pixelneighbor.bsky.social · Jan 14

Kingdom Hearts 2 #lowpoly #pixelart

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Mike Kennedy @mikekennedyart.bsky.social · Jan 12

Built my first new PC in 8-9 years… couldn’t resist customizing a bit 🤣💀

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Mike Kennedy @mikekennedyart.bsky.social · Jan 11

Since the video compression is a bit excessive on this for some reason... here's a still!

Mike Kennedy @mikekennedyart.bsky.social · Jan 11

Got my low poly shipping crates into #unrealengine. Used some of my old procreate doodles to make graffiti decals. love how they ended up looking with the unfiltered #pixelart style textures!

#gameart #3dart #indiedev #solodev #ue5 #screenshotsaturday

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Mike Kennedy @mikekennedyart.bsky.social · Jan 8

WIP - Been a 3D artist a long time now… I’ve surprisingly never modeled any kind of AR pattern rifle… 🔫🤔😅 Still blocking things out mostly! Gonna more than likely make it semi-stylized in texture and proportion.

#gameart #3dart #3dartist #wip