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Artist - gamedev - freelancer with a biology degree. 💛🖤💛 #ZniwAdventure & #ZidJourney dev. Worked with: Colors Live | Beastieball. Dinosaurs & v-pet enthusiast. I paint on Nintendo consoles sometimes. Portfolio: https://twarda-arts.carrd.co/

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twarda.bsky.social @twarda.bsky.social · Jan 14

Hej #portfolioday!👋
I'm a freelancing artist with a biology degree working in games.
I do #paleoart, #gameart, #conceptart, and I specialize in creature design.

My stylized illustration is shown below while you can contact me & see more of my work here: twarda-arts.carrd.co

Thanks for looking!

Stylized Styracosaurus painting with a forest background

Stylized Microraptor painting. The dinosaur is sitting on a prehistoric Ginkgo.

Left part of an underwater scene portraying mosasaurs. This part features a squid, crabs, and ammonites.

Righ part of an underwater scene portraying mosasaurs. This part features a plesiosaur, fish, Hespeornis, and a turtle.

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twarda.bsky.social @twarda.bsky.social · 16m

holy heck holy heck holy heck holy heck is that yokai themed tamagotchi???

A promo picture featuring various Tamagotchi characters, including sparrow, fox, tanuki, red panda, raddish, deer etc

twarda.bsky.social @twarda.bsky.social · 20h

Yeah, I agree.

But whenever I'm vocal about it people either downplay it, ignore me, or think I lost my mind.

What's worse, I can't possibly publictly challenge the guy when he has press behind his back and very likely hired expensive lawyers.

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twarda.bsky.social @twarda.bsky.social · 20h

The wealthy game developers seem to become more and more disconnected from the realities of being a normie game developer, huh?

Who is this for exactly? Investors and tech- & crypto- bros?

twarda.bsky.social @twarda.bsky.social · 20h

Like, yeah, "thanks" for reminding me that I have an expiration date. But I got into the academia with a specific purpose, not to be reprimanded for wanting to learn.

twarda.bsky.social @twarda.bsky.social · 20h

I hate this mentality and that it ingrained a shame for daring to make a choice to NOT having kids

To this day I recall one professor's words, where on his lecture questioned our presence & said we should be giving births, not studying: this is our best time to have kids and We Will Regret It Later

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twarda.bsky.social @twarda.bsky.social · 1d

How much more will we be allowing lowering the audience's expectations? How much more will we be allowing them silently tricking their users? At which point we finally say stop, that's enough of dumbing down our collective... content?

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twarda.bsky.social @twarda.bsky.social · 1d

If that info's hidden (and when uncovered, obsfucated), how can the reader be sure the text wasn't written by AI as well?

How is it ethical/moral to cheat ur readers into thinking they r viewing beautiful watercolors, when in fact it's an AI base with a photomanip on top to hide the hallucinations?

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twarda.bsky.social @twarda.bsky.social · 1d

Recently been into a rabbit hole of one author who does popular science but the illustrations are AI and it boils my blood that nowhere in the book nor in the social media AI is mentioned.

Except for one or two replies if you dig deep enough in the comments. And yes, mental gymnastics is strong.

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twarda.bsky.social @twarda.bsky.social · 1d

This is a valuable skill to learn

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Character Design References @characterdesign.bsky.social · 1d

Art of Ice Age → buff.ly/m1frYUO (WIP Area)

#animation #conceptart #modelsheet #characterdesign #visdev

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twarda.bsky.social @twarda.bsky.social · 1d

📌 to check later

twarda.bsky.social @twarda.bsky.social · 1d

Me when Windows Update creeps in

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Zid & Zniw Chronicles @zidandzniw.bsky.social · 2d

Zniw Adventure, but it's 1997, and you just got home from school and decided to check that tape with cartoon dinosaurs.

(a small VCR test, just in time for #TrailerTuesday!)

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 1d

Altering archive photos is a falsification of history. It's extremely important not to do that.

It's bad enough that I have to put up with retouched behind-the-scenes images (green screen replaced by gray...), but if on top of that they modify details from the past...

VGDensetsu @vgdensetsu.bsky.social · 2d

I thought something seemed off about the the image posted below: it's a photo that's been edited and colorized by AI. Please don't do that.

Black and white photo showing people around a Darius cabinet at the October 1986 AM Show.

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twarda.bsky.social @twarda.bsky.social · 1d

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twarda.bsky.social @twarda.bsky.social · 3d

I remember researching and trying to calculate the estimated day length for my games (taking time in Campanian age) so I could start figuring out how the dinosaurian calendar would look like, and how many days their year could have

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twarda.bsky.social @twarda.bsky.social · 3d

Me, when I watch a paleodoc or play a paleogame but the stars are in the modern earth position.

(Also that mirrored Orion's belt hurts my eyes rip)

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twarda.bsky.social @twarda.bsky.social · 8d

My first #Tamagotchi Paradise thoughts:

This vpet is quite deep, a fascinating fresh take from the brand. The core's the same but the stuff around it was reworked & redesigned in a way it sustains longterm play

Bandai returned to animalistic designs, abandoning overly human-princess pets. Very fun

Promo art showcasing the three devices with different shell colors and the related Tamagotchi character representing it

A minor spoiler perhaps: a page from the promo comic book showcasing the new cool secret characters, a mermaid-like, a unicorn-like, and a supercool dragon-like

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twarda.bsky.social @twarda.bsky.social · 3d

Note to self: never let myself become so angry at the AI bullcrap that I forget about my Tamagotchi

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 4d

Delighted that Cory is having a moment with "Enshittification," because it's an accurate word for what's happening in tech and he's the right person to describe it.

(Gift link)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/b...

A Powerhouse Writer Found One Word to Change the Debate About Tech

www.nytimes.com

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twarda.bsky.social @twarda.bsky.social · 4d

The core problem within the modern IT business is that (regardless if it's a new tech, platform, application, or a learning tool) - is that the main goal to - sell it to a bigger entity as soon as it brings sustainable profit/ or alternatively turn it into a money laundering scheme.
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twarda.bsky.social @twarda.bsky.social · 3d

Same, this would be my 4th major (and ca. 11th minor) migration.

It's tiring. Business guys don't want us. They don't want genuine humans. They want numbers, stats, and profits.

Nowhere to go until the internet entirely implodes and goes back to blogging, forums, and personal HTML websites, ig.

Jon DOOMEDvies 🦖 @sovanjedi.bsky.social · 4d

I’m staying, fuck it. Can’t be bothered migrating to yet another platform where we go through the same shit over and over again until we crumble to dust. At least here I can very easily avoid the junk and make my space a positive, helpful and encouraging one for likeminded people.

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twarda.bsky.social @twarda.bsky.social · 4d

No one wants to own anything, no one wants a long term solution, only quick profit which ruins any sustainable foundation.

Except for the biggest companies. They benefit from buying the new tech cheap; they shield it with their grasp, and grow parasitic monopolies on them.

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twarda.bsky.social @twarda.bsky.social · 4d

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twarda.bsky.social @twarda.bsky.social · 4d

I DID ITTTT!!!!!!!
Thx everyone who helped!!⭐🌈✨

Level 50 achievement screen from Pokemon GO

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