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Megan Varde 🐴
@mvardeparty.bsky.social
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3D environment artist @YoungHorses.com on Bugsnax and something else 👁️👁️
I have approximate knowledge of many things
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📍Chicago
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mvardeparty.bsky.social
Some Valentines for the Zbrush girlies
Screenshot of the Zbrush brush menu with the standard brush selected. There is green text that says "You're more than a standard brush". There is also a box in the corner that says "To" and "From". Screenshot of a Zbrush window with a human head red wax mesh. The mesh has been smoothed to the point where you can tell it is quite high poly. There is green text that says "You're always on my mind, along with a billion other triangles". There is a box in the corner that says "To" and "From".
February 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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mvardeparty.bsky.social
The 3d artist Valentine puns never end <3
Screenshot of a Maya viewport showing a cylinder and the lattice tool selected. There is green text that says "Lattice be friends". There is a box in the corner that says "To" and "From". Screenshot of a Maya viewport with a window over it that says "Maya application file has stopped working. Windows is checking for a solution to the problem". There is green text below it that says "I have a crash on you". And a box in the corner that says "To" and "From".
February 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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mvardeparty.bsky.social
Valentines to make your 3d artist sweetie's skin crawl, with love!
Screenshot of a Maya viewport showing a close up of a rectangular mesh with a green edge loop being added to the center. There is green text that says "I'm edge loop over heels for you, Valentine". There is a box in the corner that says "To" and "From". Screenshot of a Maya viewport with a vert selected on a close up of a non descript model. The context menu is open and merge vertices is selected. There is green text that says "Let's merge vertices". There is a box in the corner that says "To" and "From". Screenshot of the hypergraph window in Maya with random poly surface nodes and a skeleton that starts with "main root" and has bones for tires and axles. There is green text at the top that says "You're number one in my hypergraph hierarchy". There is also a box in the corner that says "To" and "From". Screenshot of a Maya viewport showing a jumbled looking mesh that has verts pulled in different directions and overlapping faces. There is green text that says "My geometry is crazy for you". There is also a box in the corner that says "To" and "From".
February 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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mvardeparty.bsky.social
Going to repost all my 3d artist Valentines this week <333
Screenshot of a Maya viewport showing some elongated piece of geometry, perhaps an arm, with evenly spaced quads. There is green text that says "Your topology is perfect!" and a box in the corner that says "To" and "From". Screenshot of the Maya UV editor window with green text that says "You can unfold my UVs anytime". There is a box in the corner that says "To" and "From". Screenshot of a Maya viewport with a rectangular mesh and a single highlighted triangle face selected. There is green text that says "Give me a tri?" with a classic emoticon smiley face. There is a box in the corner that says "To" and "From". Screenshot of a Maya viewport showing a sphere with a section of its faces selected and using the extrude action to make it longer. There is large green text in all caps that says "Extrude dong". There is still a box in the corner that says "To" and "From".
February 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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talidev3d.bsky.social
Explaining my job to any stranger:

"I'm a video game Environment Artist"

"...environment.?"

"yeah like the uhh. world of the game? that everything....exists in..?"

"...??"

"Uhhh like...trees and rocks and stuff?"

"games need those?"

"Characters. I make the characters I created Super Mario"
February 10, 2026 at 8:20 AM
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mvardeparty.bsky.social
I didn’t forget im just slow #hourlycomicsday
Black and white comics page that says 9am to 12pm at the top. It shows me laying in bed playing Mario Kart on my phone, then me and Ryan walking our corgi outside in the snow, then a small montage of my hands washing dishes, folding clothes, and emptying a container of dust into a trash can. The last panel shows me sneezing and says “I emptied Sherlock’s diaper and now I can’t stop sneezing.”. There is a little drawing underneath of a robot vacuum wearing a diaper and saying “uwu”.
February 8, 2026 at 11:41 PM
mvardeparty.bsky.social
I didn’t forget im just slow #hourlycomicsday
Black and white comics page that says 9am to 12pm at the top. It shows me laying in bed playing Mario Kart on my phone, then me and Ryan walking our corgi outside in the snow, then a small montage of my hands washing dishes, folding clothes, and emptying a container of dust into a trash can. The last panel shows me sneezing and says “I emptied Sherlock’s diaper and now I can’t stop sneezing.”. There is a little drawing underneath of a robot vacuum wearing a diaper and saying “uwu”.
February 8, 2026 at 11:41 PM
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lauradilloway.bsky.social
I need a freelance environment artist/generalist who is proficient with Blender and Unity and available to work! Preferably who can work mostly aligned with GMT. No graduates please (sorry), I need someone with professional experience 🙏 #gamedev #gamedevjobs #environmentart
February 3, 2026 at 11:31 AM
mvardeparty.bsky.social
This is all part of the process
Screenshot of a Discord conversation starting with a screenshot of a wheel of names of Young Horses devs in primary colors surrounding a close up photo of a Furby's face. My comment underneath says "the wheel of suffering". Bria replies "all hail the wheel" and Seth replies "Therapist: don't worry, the wheel of eternal pain and suffering can't hurt you".
February 4, 2026 at 5:30 PM
mvardeparty.bsky.social
If you see this post your green art! 💚
Colorful digital drawing of Camie from One Piece. She is a mermaid with short green hair and a pink tail surrounded by shiny bubbles. Digital drawing of Monet from One Piece. She is a harpy woman with long green hair, large green wings and a bird tail. She is mid flight with her talon legs out and snow flying around her.
February 1, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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fiveoutofkevin.bsky.social
nothing at GDC is worth risking your life over
aftermath.site Aftermath @aftermath.site · 19d
"I do not feel safe in the country": international developers are skipping GDC because of Trump's border chaos:

aftermath.site/i-do-not-feel-...
January 27, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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workwithindies.com
Funktronic Labs is hiring a Junior 3D Artist to help craft an unannounced console title with their creative Pasadena team!

📍On-site, Contract (Pasadena, CA)
🎨 3D modeling in Maya
🕹️ Made in Unity (bonus skill)

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Funktronic Labs is hiring a Junior 3D Artist
Funktronic Labs is seeking a Junior 3D Artist to join our team onsite at our Pasadena, CA studio for an exciting, unannounced console title.
workwithindies.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
mvardeparty.bsky.social
Im glad my one and only Octodad fan art can still come in handy 9 years later
younghorses.com Young Horses @younghorses.com · Nov 13
🐙🥰💋👨‍🍳
A screenshot of bowser holding up a piece of artwork enthusiastically from the new Mario movie trailer. The original art has been replaced with a simple line drawing of octodad and chef kissing tenderly
November 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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younghorses.com Young Horses @younghorses.com · Nov 12
Bugsnax released 5 years ago today, and the world was forever changed!

Happy Birthday, Bunger, and thanks for all the snax. 🥳🍰🐛
A postcard-style birthday card featuring Bunger the burger beetle with a party hat. The text reads "5 years! Happy Birthday Bugsnax" in wiggly text.
November 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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keefry.bsky.social
Fangamer is hiring a Graphic Designer! (remote work OK) 🙌
Rare opportunity for a creative position at the kindest, coolest company there is 💚
www.fangamer.com/pages/job-li...
Graphic Designer
Fangamer is looking for a full time experienced designer with strong product and layout design skills to join our creative team. This position will be responsible for conceptualizing, speccing and pro...
www.fangamer.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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sagecoffey.bsky.social
People always ask about what brushes I used for the journal drawings on BUGSNAX and I always proudly beam that they're done traditionally, just pencil and paper. Here is one from the Isle of BIGsnax DLC for @younghorses.com!
One of the journal drawings I made for the game BUGSNAX by Young Horses Games. The pencil drawing depicts the character Chandlo Funkbun proudly gesturing to the Isle of BIGsnax.
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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sagecoffey.bsky.social
Abortion is vital healthcare regardless of gender! A digital version of Abortion Pill Zine by myself, @marniegalloway.bsky.social & @isabellarotman.bsky.social is FREE on the @silversprocket.bsky.social website. Physical copies are available for 5 USD too!💚 store.silversprocket.net/products/abo...
October 4, 2024 at 10:12 PM
mvardeparty.bsky.social
Arhaus
In the middle of the street
Photo of a delivery truck at an intersection with the word “arhaus” pronounced “our house” on the side in big letters. Underneath in smaller letters it says “your home” but that is not relevant to the joke.
October 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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bradysoglin.bsky.social
unfortunately, i had to add kernel-level anticheat to Tall Trails... #gamedev #indiegame
September 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
mvardeparty.bsky.social
You’re welcome 😇
younghorses.com Young Horses @younghorses.com · Sep 18
How to Draw Filbo: Explained!
a tutorial with 4 steps on how to draw filbo from bugsnax. Step 1: start with a picture of Dr. House. Very important we will use this as a baseline. A photorealistic image of Hugh Laurie grimacing appears above step 1. Step 2: make him blue. Step 3: Remove some of the edges until you get a nice round shape. Step 4: Add filbo's eyes, nose, and mouth until you're done!
September 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
mvardeparty.bsky.social
Just now finding out how many ppl had Disney+ subscriptions
Have yall heard of pirating?
September 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
mvardeparty.bsky.social
ok CIGS was great and all but they really deserve more likes for the setup vids leading up to the event 🚬 and now I know what I can do with my CIGS matches! 🥰
indiecitygames.org Indie City Games @indiecitygames.org · Aug 15
If you have any feedback on the song I DONT want to hear it it’s already perfect #chicago #indie #game #showcase #cigs2025
September 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
mvardeparty.bsky.social
@jaysid.bsky.social wow just finished PHOGS and saw your name in the credits! ^-^
September 6, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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malicedafirenze.bsky.social
I have a VERY interesting job opportunity for a horse-savvy 3D artist/animator. Please consider applying if you want to join me in an ultra promising horse game project 🙏

drive.google.com/file/d/1O1pz... #gamedevjobs #gameartjobs #gamedev #gameartist
Custom 3D Horse Game Assets.pdf
drive.google.com
September 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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wurmfud.itch.io
Reminder if you're in/near Chicago, CIGS is this Saturday! We've got 30+ fresh hot indie games, plus live music and flash tattoo artists!

#indiedev #indiegame

www.tickettailor.com/events/indie...
A poster showing the lineup of games for CIGS 2025
September 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM