Nick Carver
@nickcarver.bsky.social
Artist & developer making a cool thing with cool people. Prev: Riot, Blizzard, Epic, Heart Machine, Phoenix Labs, Wildlife, FRD.
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Nick Carver
@nickcarver.bsky.social
· Jul 8
Hey #PortfolioDay
I do concepts, assets, art direction and real-time look dev for games &animation.
I do concepts, assets, art direction and real-time look dev for games &animation.
The fan in my laptop is dying and it's making just the best noise!
a group of men are sitting in a car with the words " wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world " above them
ALT: a group of men are sitting in a car with the words " wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world " above them
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:06 AM
The fan in my laptop is dying and it's making just the best noise!
Doing a degree in Japanese and en route to becoming a translator/interpreter, but realised while studying in Kyoto that I had to have a creative job (also was v wary of salaryman/trad Japanese company culture). Spent the next year learning the basics of game art instead of writing my dissertation.
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Doing a degree in Japanese and en route to becoming a translator/interpreter, but realised while studying in Kyoto that I had to have a creative job (also was v wary of salaryman/trad Japanese company culture). Spent the next year learning the basics of game art instead of writing my dissertation.
Hang it in the Louvre.
tearing into the mod files for the mysummerdog addon and finding the funniest UV unwrap ive ever seen in my life
November 23, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Hang it in the Louvre.
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We have six new prints by the brilliant Kento Iida in the shop:
www.blackdragonpress.co.uk/products/ken...
www.blackdragonpress.co.uk/products/ken...
November 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
We have six new prints by the brilliant Kento Iida in the shop:
www.blackdragonpress.co.uk/products/ken...
www.blackdragonpress.co.uk/products/ken...
It's a bit like if a food manufacturer had a giant surplus of an ingredient that 99% of their customers hated and that could cause a deadly allergic reaction in an unknown number of people, but they decided to put it in every recipe anyway.
"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
November 19, 2025 at 9:57 AM
It's a bit like if a food manufacturer had a giant surplus of an ingredient that 99% of their customers hated and that could cause a deadly allergic reaction in an unknown number of people, but they decided to put it in every recipe anyway.
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If you see this post your getaway vehicle.
November 19, 2025 at 7:28 AM
If you see this post your getaway vehicle.
DO judge a book by its cover.
"In a statement, Smither said the designers spent hours working on the cover of her book, which features a steam train and an angel 'half-obscured in the smoke', inspired by artist Marc Chagall’s figures."
HOURS!!! this is such actually and insane read lmao
HOURS!!! this is such actually and insane read lmao
Authors dumped from New Zealand’s top book prize after AI used in cover designs
Ockham Book Awards dropped two titles from contention after new guidelines introduced on artificial intelligence use
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
DO judge a book by its cover.
So... Cloudflare gets taken down just as I was about to write my searing 2 star review of Top Gun Maverick* on Letterboxd... Coincidence?
*I like to stay relevant.
*I like to stay relevant.
November 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
So... Cloudflare gets taken down just as I was about to write my searing 2 star review of Top Gun Maverick* on Letterboxd... Coincidence?
*I like to stay relevant.
*I like to stay relevant.
What fictional creature/villain traumatised you as a kid?
November 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
What fictional creature/villain traumatised you as a kid?
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Vous reprendrez bien quelques planches de TERRE OU LUNE de Jade Khoo, en librairie le 4 février ! 🌍 🌙
November 15, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Vous reprendrez bien quelques planches de TERRE OU LUNE de Jade Khoo, en librairie le 4 février ! 🌍 🌙
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P L A S T I C G O D S (unfinished)
November 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
P L A S T I C G O D S (unfinished)
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Gordon Cullen (1914-1994)
November 14, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Gordon Cullen (1914-1994)
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Georgiy Nisskiy (1903-1987)
November 12, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Georgiy Nisskiy (1903-1987)
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POSSESSOR(S) is launching today.
I have been the producer on this project for three years, & the last few weeks have been difficult. Most of the team isn't around anymore to celebrate the launch, so I wrote many words about these incredible people to celebrate them.
🖤 shorturl.at/MpMra
I have been the producer on this project for three years, & the last few weeks have been difficult. Most of the team isn't around anymore to celebrate the launch, so I wrote many words about these incredible people to celebrate them.
🖤 shorturl.at/MpMra
Celebrating the Possessor(s) team 🖤 | Notion
I am not one to post like this usually, but as things have developed recently, I want to take a minute and get some stuff off my chest.
shorturl.at
November 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
POSSESSOR(S) is launching today.
I have been the producer on this project for three years, & the last few weeks have been difficult. Most of the team isn't around anymore to celebrate the launch, so I wrote many words about these incredible people to celebrate them.
🖤 shorturl.at/MpMra
I have been the producer on this project for three years, & the last few weeks have been difficult. Most of the team isn't around anymore to celebrate the launch, so I wrote many words about these incredible people to celebrate them.
🖤 shorturl.at/MpMra
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October 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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HEART DRIVE is a fast spin on the cozy fishing game genre! #pitchyagame
Catch giant fish from the top of your car, upgrade your equipment and help three friends uncover the mystery of an ancient machine god 🚗🎣
Wishlist ❤️ -> store.steampowered.com/app/4026760/...
#gamedev #indiegame
Catch giant fish from the top of your car, upgrade your equipment and help three friends uncover the mystery of an ancient machine god 🚗🎣
Wishlist ❤️ -> store.steampowered.com/app/4026760/...
#gamedev #indiegame
November 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
HEART DRIVE is a fast spin on the cozy fishing game genre! #pitchyagame
Catch giant fish from the top of your car, upgrade your equipment and help three friends uncover the mystery of an ancient machine god 🚗🎣
Wishlist ❤️ -> store.steampowered.com/app/4026760/...
#gamedev #indiegame
Catch giant fish from the top of your car, upgrade your equipment and help three friends uncover the mystery of an ancient machine god 🚗🎣
Wishlist ❤️ -> store.steampowered.com/app/4026760/...
#gamedev #indiegame
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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The long-running ideological war on libraries, education, and government workers is not separate from AI boosterism. It is the same ideological war on human knowledge and expertise. In some cases AI is being used to directly supercharge this effort:
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The long-running ideological war on libraries, education, and government workers is not separate from AI boosterism. It is the same ideological war on human knowledge and expertise. In some cases AI is being used to directly supercharge this effort:
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
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Train platform 18_C....Collab with my partner @ekellystudio.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Train platform 18_C....Collab with my partner @ekellystudio.bsky.social
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the mainstream taking betting and gambling companies as seriously as journalism is one of the greatest evils of modern society
November 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
the mainstream taking betting and gambling companies as seriously as journalism is one of the greatest evils of modern society
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big mech turn around of sorts!
Oil painting on panel 16"x20"
Oil painting on panel 16"x20"
November 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
big mech turn around of sorts!
Oil painting on panel 16"x20"
Oil painting on panel 16"x20"
'Fear The Old Blood.'
November 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
'Fear The Old Blood.'
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Here's an update on my small-voxel renderer, inspired by the look of games like Doom and Quake. The work I shared last year focused on handling simpler environment geometry. Since then, I've greatly expanded the scope of what I can depict in this art style. More info in thread.
August 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Here's an update on my small-voxel renderer, inspired by the look of games like Doom and Quake. The work I shared last year focused on handling simpler environment geometry. Since then, I've greatly expanded the scope of what I can depict in this art style. More info in thread.