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Stephen Stone @stephenstone.bsky.social · Jan 7

Calling this one done for now! Definitely think I am going to continue refining my toon shader for my next project. High res videos and images here www.artstation.com/artwork/QKRRG3

Hope you all enjoy!

Concept by @panelperday.bsky.social

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Nicholas Kole @nicholaskole.bsky.social · 14d

SHAW!!

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🦇🩸Hexavier🩸🦇 @xavierck.com · 17d

Hey!

Need 3D character art for your project? I'm opening up for freelance and commissions in October!

With almost 15 years of experience across over a dozen games, I'm comfortable in both stylized and realistic work, as well as mobile and VR

Drop me a line!

🎨 xavierck.com
💌 [email protected]

A highly detailed corduroy jacket in Unreal 5 on the Quinn model

A stylized knight in red armor with his helmet off, showing rough textural and painterly detail

The Spider-Punk suit from Marvel's Spider-Man (2018)

Over 30 individual avatars I created for Creature Crew

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Léo Chérel @cherelleo.bsky.social · Aug 29

A bunch of nasty foes you might encounter along your way :

Sketchbook pages depicting a few fantasy inspired ennemies. from top left to bottom right : a tiny wizard, a great harpy covered in gold jewelry, a fly-guy thief, a bullfroag in armor with an axe, a regular harpy, a barbarian toad, a frog assassin with a scar on his face and a classic goblin bandit.

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Alex Strook 🐭⚡️SQUEAKROSS @alexstrook.bsky.social · Aug 26

oldie - magical energy vine effect in unity

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🌺 Alexandra 🌺 @aminues.com · Aug 2

Check out more high res breakdowns in my portfolio. www.aminues.com/MindOverMagi...

I'm almost done updating all my work from Mind Over Magic!

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Harry 💬 @halisavakis.com · Aug 4

Alright, due to popular demand, let's start talking about the

🎶 Beasts with the fur (with the fur) 🎶

in ✨HERDLING ✨

Here's a 🧵 with the process and tech behind the fur on our fluffy Calicorns:

Screenshot from a test scene in HERDLING showing 3 fluffy beasts of different sizes (one big, one small and one medium-sized)

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🌺 Alexandra 🌺 @aminues.com · Jul 8

Hey #PortfolioDay! 😄 I'm Alexandra, Stylized 3D Artist for games.🌺

I'm still looking for a full time position in indie gamedev!

Here's some of the work I did for Mind Over Magic, Released on February this year 🧙‍♀️✨

💼: www.aminues.com
📧: [email protected]
#PortfolioDay #IndieDev #3DArtist #GameDev

Apprentice Teaching Stations

Apprentice Teaching Stations - Earth, Water, Lightning and Air for the Game Mind Over Magic. 3D Models and Textures by me Shaders and FX: Stephen Stone Animations:…

vimeo.com

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Panel Per Day @panelperday.bsky.social · Jul 11

The catch of the day, again.

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SULLY 💣 Wishlist BOMBSHELL BLITZ @artofsully.bsky.social · Jul 9

🧵 breakdown thread of the Halo energy shield vfx!

(there's a couple approaches you could take for this, and a lot of optimisations possible for each part, so take this more as a general 'approach' than a specific step-by-step!)

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Varric’s Bianca 🏹 @varricsbianca.bsky.social · Jul 2

With how many layoffs we’ve had over the past several years, remote work should be the default. Requiring relocation at this point is unreasonable for the risk that we’re just going to get laid off two months, six months, a year in.

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sasha e head @sievish.bsky.social · Jul 2

One cool way to save 30mil is to fire the guy at the top making 30mil

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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · Jun 19

was an honor to be included in this devlog, you get to see a bit of my pipeline for making rocks on this project!

Subnautica @subnautica.bsky.social · Jun 19

We’re back with our second Subnautica 2 Dev Vlog, featuring several of our world designers! 🌍

Check it out to get some incredible insight into how our new planet is shaping up ahead of Early Access ⬇️

🎞️: youtu.be/xyG963F4q-8

Subnautica 2 Dev Vlog - Building Unknown Worlds

YouTube video by Subnautica

youtu.be

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Stephen Stone @stephenstone.bsky.social · Jun 20

Whoa what a cool rock workflow! Nice work!!

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Wave (Slime 64) @waveparadigm.com · May 21

I've spent *years* researching 3D Platformer Cameras in hopes of making Slime 64's camera "not terrible."

In this thread, the White Cylinder is the Camera Target (slightly above the player!), and the Orange Cones represent the "vertical dead zone" where the camera won't follow player movement.

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🌺 Alexandra 🌺 @aminues.com · May 16

Mages just wanna have fun! ✨ 🧝‍♀️ 💃 🕺 👯 🧝‍♀️ ✨

Check out the Recreation rooms of Mind Over Magic! 🏫

#3DArt #3DArtist #MindOverMagic #GameDev #IndieDev #GameArt #Sparkypants #KleiPublishing #ColonySim #MagicSchool

Staff Lounge from the game Mind Over Magic

Chair Asset for the game Mind Over Magic

3D Art by me
Concept Art by Andrew Collins

Couch Asset for the game Mind Over Magic

3D Art by me
Concept Art by Andrew Collins

Enchantophone Asset for the game Mind Over Magic

3D Art by me
Concept Art by Andrew Collins

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Lenja 🪨 Findling Games @lenjamakesgames.bsky.social · May 14

Hey bsky! 👋
I'm Lenja, a solo indie dev based in Berlin, Germany.

Here's what I'm currently working on:
My 6 month old prototype for a game about spreading water in the desert and watching things grow. 🌱✨

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🌺 Alexandra 🌺 @aminues.com · May 3

Check out more high res breakdowns in my portfolio. www.aminues.com/MindOverMagi...

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🌺 Alexandra 🌺 @aminues.com · May 3

It's now time to show off the gorgeous rooms of Mind Over Magic! 😄 Starting with the Bedrooms!

The beds were some of the first assets I worked on during my time at Sparkypants. ☺️

#3DArt #3DArtist #MindOverMagic #GameDev #IndieDev #GameArt #Sparkypants #KleiPublishing #ColonySim #MagicSchool

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🌺 Alexandra 🌺 @aminues.com · Apr 24

I'm still updating my work in of Mind Over Magic. This time for the outdoors! Working on plants and foliage is one of the things that I enjoy the most when working in 3D ☺️

#3DArt #3DArtist #MindOverMagic #GameDev #IndieDev #GameArt #Sparkypants #KleiPublishing #ColonySim #MagicSchool

Bramble Spawn creature from the game Mind Over Magic.

3D Art: Myself, Andy Pradilla and Marcelo Vamosi
Concept Art: Andrew Collins

Plants from the game Mind Over Magic.

3D Art by me, Concept Art: Andrew Collins

Plants and Scarecroa from the game Mind Over Magic.

3D Art by me, Concept Art: Andrew Collins

Jade dragon plant from game Mind Over Magic.

3D Art by me, Concept Art: Andrew Collins

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🌺 Alexandra 🌺 @aminues.com · Apr 8

Hey #PorfolioDay! I'm Alexandra 😊 3D Stylized Artist in games. I recently worked on Mind Over Magic, super proud of that project and our team! 🧝✨

I'm open to talk about remote opportunities for indie games!

💼: www.aminues.com
📧: [email protected]

#3DArt #StylizedArt #GameArt #GameDev #IndieDev

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🌺 Alexandra 🌺 @aminues.com · Mar 27

More of my work on the dungeons of Mind Over Magic! Featuring Ted Terranova's favourite asset of mine: the dungeon roots 🌳

#3DArt #3DArtist #MindOverMagic #GameDev #IndieDev #GameArt #Sparkypants #KleiPublishing #ColonySim #MagicSchool

Roots and mushrooms for Mind Over Magic. 3D Art by me. Concept Art by Andrew Collins.

Ceiling roots for Mind Over Magic. 3D Art by me. Concept Art by Andrew Collins.

Nature Ultimate Spell for Mind Over Magic. 3D Art by me. Concept Art by Andrew Collins.

Root breakdowns for sculpt and wireframe. 3D Art by me. Concept Art by Andrew Collins.

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Justin Oaksford @justinoaksford.bsky.social · Mar 19

Spirit Crossing, the game I've been AD'ing at Spry Fox since 2019 just got announced!

A prosocial MMO where you connect with others to build and maintain a community while helping wayward Spirits in need;

I've been very lucky to work with this team on this game

youtu.be/RNGs3tLPaF0?...

Spirit Crossing | Official Game Announcement | Netflix

YouTube video by Netflix Games

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Andrew Collins @andrewcollins27.bsky.social · Feb 24

A Magic School's gotta have students! In classic prep school fashion they adhear to a uniform dress code, but also have to stand out amongst their peers. We also needed to signify different levels of student education.

#conceptart #characterdesign #gameart #stylized #indie #klei #mindovermagic

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Andy FPS @andyfps.bsky.social · Feb 20

The Creatures of Mind over Magic!! (Vol 1)

#klei #steam #gameart #3dart #indie #mindovermagic #colonysim

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🌺 Alexandra 🌺 @aminues.com · Feb 20

In Mind Over Magic you can capture and tame wild rats and croas and feed them your excess of crops to keep them happy! 😄

I worked on the croa and rat coop. The beautiful babies were modeled and textured by @andyfps.bsky.social and the concepts are by @andrewcollins27.bsky.social

#MindOverMagic

Wild angry rat >:( from Mind Over Magic, a videogame developed by Sparkypants and published by Klei

Rat Coop 3D Art: Alexandra Minués
Baby Rat Model: Andy Pradilla
Concept Art: Andrew Collins

Tamed baby rat :3 from Mind Over Magic, a videogame developed by Sparkypants and published by Klei

Rat Coop 3D Art: Alexandra Minués
Baby Rat Model: Andy Pradilla
Concept Art: Andrew Collins

Tamed baby croa :3 from Mind Over Magic, a videogame developed by Sparkypants and published by Klei

Croa Coop 3D Art: Alexandra Minués
Baby Croa Model: Andy Pradilla
Concept Art: Andrew Collins

Wild angry croa >:( from Mind Over Magic, a videogame developed by Sparkypants and published by Klei

Croa Coop 3D Art: Alexandra Minués
Baby Croa Model: Andy Pradilla
Concept Art: Andrew Collins

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