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Robert Rose
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3d artist working in games, and also on paleoart and scifi animation personal project stuff in my free time, he/him

https://www.artstation.com/xiaorobear
formerly https://twitter.com/RgroseA
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Robert Rose @robear.bsky.social · Oct 21
Hey, I've still got this account on here- hope it becomes a proper twitter replacement, now that it allows video I think it should be a lot more appealing to animators. I'm gonna try to post the same mix of oscillating between mainly dino and scifi content and my own 3D art that I post elsewhere.
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npcliam.bsky.social
What’s up #portfolioday My name is Liam and I’m a prop and visualization artist who loves fantasy, architecture and worldbuilding.

I’m on the hunt for my next gig so if you’re hiring for a 3D artist I’d love to chat! #3DArt

www.artstation.com/colonel_fant...
January 14, 2026 at 3:16 AM
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mikerose.bsky.social
Earth Must Die🌍💀launches January 27 on Steam!

- Brand new game from THE @danthat.bsky.social
- 8+ hour adventure, designed to feel like a playable cartoon
- Fully voiced, with cast including Alex Horne, Joel Fry, Martha Howe-Douglas, Ben Starr, Sally Beaumont

store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
January 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM
robear.bsky.social
Looking back at some random older photos... here was some beautiful sidewalk #art at the entrance to a pedestrian highway overpass from 2019 in Boston depicting an American Robin as a postal employee, surrounded by flowers and insects and things. Amazingly, it is still there as of 2024 street view.
A photo I took in 2019 of some colorful street/sidewalk art featuring an American Robin on a pastel blue background with a USPS hat and an envelope in its beak, with a seal shaped like a heart. It is perched on a tree stump with a small nest with an egg that is also wearing a hat. On either side of the stump are a large cute bee holding a balloon, and a large beetle holding a pennant flag. Both are standing on large purple flowers, more flowers of the same kind are behind the robin as well. Google street view screenshot showing the location of the street art, a ramp between a sidewalk and a pedestrian highway overpass. There is a bit more graffiti on the sidewalk than there was on the day I took the photo, but the art piece is 90% untouched.
January 14, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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romainrevert.bsky.social
Hey #PortfolioDay !

Here it's robots, creatures and Minions !

I'm senior character effect artist at Illumination Studio and I love making 3D projects and short movies as personnal projects.

Youtube : youtube.com/c/RomainRevert

Cara : cara.app/romainrevert
3DCG illustration of a red and yellow robot based on a truck crane, the Sany 40000T. 3DCG illustration of a robotic red panda in a forest. Green glowing eyes. Orange, white and black colors on the body. Four posters from my short movies. Top Left: The Ultimate Weapon, with the title and a eel/dinosaur like black Kaiju on the right. Top Right: Endless War, a Transformers fan film. Title of the movie and Optimus Prime on the left and Megatron on the right. Bottom Left: Splat ! Title of the movie and a truck like alien spaceship behind it. Bottom Righ : Huge Appointment. Title of the movie and a purple dinosaur like kaiju with his mouth open. Picture of costumes I modeled at Illumination Studio. Left: A Minion french maid. Center: A Minion airplane pilot. Right: The Villain group, the Vicious Six. Two yellow arrows show those costumes I modeled. First one is Belle Bottom, A lady with a purple coat and pink fur. The second one is Stronghold. He wear jeans and a blue sleeveless top.
January 13, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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robear.bsky.social
It's #portfolioday! I am a 3D artist mainly in games with a bunch of current work NDAd, but in my spare time I also do a lot of sci-fi game art and animation, and a bit of creature and paleoart sprinkled in. Here are some of my realtime ready works in varying degrees of lowpoly:
A sampling of units and buildings made for the StarCraft 2 mod "Evolution Complete," using that game's 15-year-old pre-PBR engine limitations and art style Front and rear views of 2 different realistic realtime ready AT-ST models from Star Wars- a taller, thinner one accurately recreating the design from the Empire Strikes Back, and a shorter, more robust one accurately representing the design from Return of the Jedi A shallow underwater scene featuring several ichthyosaurs showing interest in a group of squid. The scene including the ocean surface and light rays is 3D, but some compositing has improved it a bit A screenshot of a low poly pair of off-brand Converse-style shoes, with one turned on its side to show the sole pattern.
January 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
robear.bsky.social
A few years ago a build of the cancelled game StarCraft Ghost leaked, a gold mine for fans. But that was the version that Blizzard axed and rebooted with a new dev team. The new one had more Halo/Battlefield influence, with vehicles and multiplayer. Here's some screenshots of driving/piloting in it:
A screenshot of Nova piloting a vulture hover bike from a 3rd person perspective, with presumably a vehicle health bar on screen and a targeting reticle for the bike's grenade launcher. There is also an odd border around the image from the site that originally hosted it. A screenshot of controlling an Arclite siege tank from a 3rd person perspective, with presumably a vehicle health bar on screen and a an arcing trajectory HUD for the tank's main cannon. There is also an odd border around the image from the site that originally hosted it. A screenshot of piloting a "Grizzly," a small armed VTOL transport ship, from a 3rd person perspective, with presumably a vehicle health bar on screen. The ship is flying towards the open door of a hovering "mobile factory" building, presumably to land inside. There is also an odd border around the image from the site that originally hosted it. A screenshot of playing as a Zerg mutalisk from a 3rd person perspective, a flying dragon-centipede like creature that shoots fiery green acidic projectiles from an underslung ovipositor. In the screenshot it is in the moment of firing, so there is a big green glow. It is flying over a canyon with a Terran armory building in it. As far as I know it was only playable in certain multiplayer modes, but, not sure.
January 14, 2026 at 4:49 AM
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locus7.bsky.social
Hi #portfolioday !

I'm Arrow, a senior generalist with over a decade of experience. I'm currently available for freelance or full-time work in 3D game art, as well as concept art & illustration. I love scifi, painterly, and retro 3D game art!

💼: www.locus7.com
📧: [email protected]
A Blender EEVEE render of a human floating in microgravity. They are wearing a partial vacuum suit. A collection of sword illustrations. A Blender EEVEE render of a small, very low-poly house, which uses a single 256x256 pixel trim sheet. Two Blender EEVEE renders of a low-poly Gasser M1870 and old lantern.
January 14, 2026 at 12:00 AM
robear.bsky.social
It's #portfolioday! I am a 3D artist mainly in games with a bunch of current work NDAd, but in my spare time I also do a lot of sci-fi game art and animation, and a bit of creature and paleoart sprinkled in. Here are some of my realtime ready works in varying degrees of lowpoly:
A sampling of units and buildings made for the StarCraft 2 mod "Evolution Complete," using that game's 15-year-old pre-PBR engine limitations and art style Front and rear views of 2 different realistic realtime ready AT-ST models from Star Wars- a taller, thinner one accurately recreating the design from the Empire Strikes Back, and a shorter, more robust one accurately representing the design from Return of the Jedi A shallow underwater scene featuring several ichthyosaurs showing interest in a group of squid. The scene including the ocean surface and light rays is 3D, but some compositing has improved it a bit A screenshot of a low poly pair of off-brand Converse-style shoes, with one turned on its side to show the sole pattern.
January 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
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abdoubouam.bsky.social
Hello #portfolioday!

I'm Abdou, a 3d artist and gamedev.

I'm focusing on prop and hard surface modelling, but I also enjoy lighting, shaders and programming. I'm currently looking for a job.

Portfolio : www.artstation.com/abdoubouam
January 13, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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andrieristefano.bsky.social
Happy #PortfolioDay !
Hi! I'm a Concept Artist focused on environment and prop design. Open for opportunities!
January 13, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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viridianth.bsky.social
Hello #PortfolioDay!

I'm a Hard Surface/Prop Artist, formerly in VR medical sims and freelance. ✨Looking for work.✨

Portfolio: aqpham.artstation.com

#GameArt #GameDev
3D model of a submachine gun with a large pie plate style magazine on top, and a sight sticking up over behind it. The gun is mostly an off white plastic with gold/brass looking metal bars front and on the fold out stock. 3D model of a scifi handheld device with a stylus and a touchbad covered by a plastic cover. At the top and bottom are small screens showing orange status readouts. A black and green plastic cassette player in a slightly retro cyberpunk style, labeled as the Potify brand. 3D model of a scifi fictional military radio, mostly green with a handset laying on top, and a yellow plug in the top right corner.
January 9, 2024 at 11:33 AM
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ironspike.bsky.social
BROTHER

DO NOT PERMIT THE BLASPHEMY OF THE OMNISSIAH TO TAKE ROOT IN THE HEART OF THE IMPERIUM

SMASH THE IMPIOUS, THE CLANKING WORSHIPPERS OF THE MACHINE GOD
January 13, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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dlalonders.bsky.social
I am looking for a Generalist 2D Game Artist/Animator for an upcoming game!
- Create 2D art and animations
- Has experience working in Unity
- Ideally 2+ shipped game(s)
- Would be ideal to have Shader / VFX experience

FULL-TIME CONTRACT
Interested? Email contact (at) veritablejoystudios (dot) com
January 12, 2026 at 5:15 PM
robear.bsky.social
A couple more comparisons of StarCraft 1 concept art with the final cinematic 3D model versions, showing Zeratul and a scene with Hydralisks vs a Protoss Zealot. Such a faceoff was implied in one of the game's cinematics but sadly happened offscreen- this drawing could be possibly a concept for it.
A very low-res concept art of Zeratul the Protoss Dark Templar, by Chris Metzen. He is in a dynamic, leaping pose, with his arms spread wide. He is wearing a poncho with some decorative pointy things in a ring around the neck, and it extends up to wrap the lower half of his face. He still has full-length nerve cords in this version. A screenshot of the final version of Zeratul from the Brood War Protoss cinematic,wearing a similar brown poncho/face wrap to the concept art, also including some angular geometric decorative items in ringing his neck. He is being lit by bright glowing green light. Black and white 1997 Metzen concept art of a Zealot surrounded by 3 Hydralisks looming out of the darkness. The Zealot's armor is a little more low-tech and human-like than the finals, and the Hydralisks look almost a tiny bit biomechanical, with tubes connected to the backs of their jaws. Otherwise the hydralisks are close to the final design. A scanned page from a 1997 magazine ad showing a Zealot battling a hydralisk on an alien landscape, with a few screenshots of the game below. At the top a tagline is cut off that would have continued on the next page.
January 12, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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joshcaratelli.bsky.social
We're #hiring a bunch of roles in 2026, including Engineers! Come work with the lovely legends at @gravitywell.games

We are:
🔥Making rad new IP
❤️An empathetic AAA Team
💸Have profit sharing and focused on being sustainable long term

Interested? Please apply!
gravitywell.games

#gamedev #gamedevjobs
January 12, 2026 at 1:07 AM
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robear.bsky.social
Here's also some good early StarCraft 1 Metzen concept art, from between '95 and '97.
Chris Metzen concept art for a Protoss 'archer,' but labelled as a Xel'Naga. In some respects it is similar to the final protoss, in others it looks more oddly grotesque, with odd protrusions. Also wearing pants. Early-ish Metzen concept art of Aldaris and Zeratul, with pretty much their final looks, but still early names: Aldaren and Zeranat. low res photo of 1997 Metzen concept art showing a naked Protoss, labelled as 'Purity of Form,' with a short description below on how they guard and protect lesser races, and a Zerg larva-like Zerg creature, labelled as 'The Nemesis' and 'Purity of Essence' - the Zerg name probably wasn't there yet. Their description is hard to read but talks about them targeting humanity as their next race to use to evolve. 1997 Metzen concept art for Infested Kerrigan and her portrait/icon. This design is pretty close to her final SC1 look, but with a sort of spiky webbed collar extending up from her neck to fan out around the sides of her face. Also she has one giant mutated spiky claw hand.
January 12, 2026 at 2:10 AM
robear.bsky.social
A little behind the scenes comparison of this character from StarCraft 1 with how he appears in the game's intro cinematic- the left image is a scan from a 1996 magazine, showing half the assets rendered as wireframes. Made in the 1st version of 3DS Max (1996). These visuals were A+++ at the time!
A cropped scan of an image from a magazine with the text PC ИГРЫ in the top right corner. The image is a 3D render where 1/3rd of the assets are rendered with all the surfaces and shading and textures, and the other 2/3rds are rendered as colored wireframes, showing a black background behind. The parts that are rendered are shown in a bright, unflattering light, and show a bald man wearing a military style cap, thick-rimmed black glasses, a dark 5 o'clock shadow, bad teeth, and a cigarette perched between them. The background features metallic industrial set decoration like crates, oil drums with caution stripes, and pipes. A screenshot of the same character in the intro cinematic- with dramatic lighting and motion blur and more detailed props, the overall image is much more cinematic, even if the fidelity of the character and textures are still not photorealistic. (25 years ago on a small CRT screen I thought they were just about there!)
January 12, 2026 at 12:04 AM
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deswalsh.bsky.social
Care about the space you work in and don’t just put up with bad chairs and tables if you can. You don’t need to spend a lot but you’re going to be putting hundreds if not thousands of hours into work space over the years. Care about your posture and get up and walk around mutable times a day.
galileogb.bsky.social 🦎Galileo 🍉 @galileogb.bsky.social · 4d
ARTISTS: quote with some random art advice!!
January 11, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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alsares.bsky.social
I know I'm super late, but I really wanted to start the year with a drawing of a horse
January 11, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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robear.bsky.social
We also collabed a bit to put together this guy at the focal point of the same image. I posed and lit this guy (Battlefront body and blaster combined with my head), and he comped in fx and an open mouth. High res crops and the full image over on Angelos' artstation:
www.artstation.com/artwork/5WLzVJ
An extremely dramatic and dynamic crop of the larger image featuring a mammalian alien rebel trooper in a braced pose firing a DLT-19 heavy blaster downwards into a tank droid, resulting in a spray of painfully bright sparks. The alien is wearing red goggles, which are reflecting the bright yellow light, and his mouth is open in a furry snarl.
January 9, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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jhemiptera.bsky.social
I have been looking for a specific paleoart for a decade. I don't remember the title or the artist, but I definitely remember that it was a paleoart depicting prehistoric Colorado. I recall 3 different backgrounds were present (Trillobites/Stegosaurus/Brontothere).
January 10, 2026 at 5:18 AM
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sophiesaurus98.bsky.social
Posting this again because it didn’t get much traction last time, and a little extra money would really help after missing a couple of weeks of work due to an illness.

$5 for a creature sketch! I also offer $25 fully coloured creature drawings if you’d prefer something in colour.
Creature Sketch Super Sale!
Commission available on Ko-fi.com
ko-fi.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:47 PM
robear.bsky.social
Did get to use the Aqualish in the background of something after all - that earlier post was foreshadowing this cameo appearance of it in an Angelos Karderinis render for this little EC Henry video on Star Wars Legends tank droids:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sky1...
(his body is from Battlefront)
A cropped excerpt of an action scene featuring tank droids being ambushed by rebel troops. In the background a rebel Aqualish alien sprints to flank or stay behind, illuminated by pale blue foggy light.
January 9, 2026 at 10:23 PM
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robear.bsky.social
Since you have put it in A-tier, please enjoy some selected reprinted 1902 art nouveau references from a random book I got on clearance years ago.
A photo of two pages of art nouveau window decorative stone border illustrations A photo of a book page featuring several wrought iron railings/fence/window grille designs A photo of a book page featuring several curvy geometric art nouveau wrought iron and sheet metal balcony railings
January 9, 2026 at 6:55 PM
robear.bsky.social
Misc local news b-roll screenshots from 1990, featuring buildings that were demolished over 25 years ago. (The wood-paneled 'monitors' in the first image are microfiche readers)
An image from 1990 featuring an older individual in the background and a younger individual in the foreground using wood-paneled microfiche readers A view from a parking lot driveway of an unusual hat-shaped building I liked that was demolished over 25 years ago, with a row of young saplings in front of it. The colors and image quality are a bit degraded - the 'old VHS' look. An image of municipal workers discussing something in a meeting room, some seated, some standing, some looking out of frame at others. They have a wall covered in whiteboards, as well as large paper maps and diagrams. A low-height view from the parking lot of some low buildings with unusually-shaped red rooves, with now-vintage cars filling the lot.
January 9, 2026 at 4:35 PM