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Eric Kozlowsky

@vonkoz.bsky.social

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Art Director, Sculptor, Veteran of the games industry for 20+ years. Cat & Dog enthusiast. Total nerd. Literal Zombie. Opinions are mine, and mine alone. 🫀 www.landofkoz.com www.playlynked.com

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Eric Kozlowsky @vonkoz.bsky.social · 7d

Last thing I worked on at FB was this game concept; Dusk Guard, based on a concept that I came up w/ alongside Max Spielberg. Together we worked with Half Giant Studios on this animation to help pitch the game.

Bummed we couldn't get it signed.
See more on my website
www.landofkoz.com#/dusk-guard/

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Eric Kozlowsky @vonkoz.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 2d

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Eric Kozlowsky @vonkoz.bsky.social · 2d

Oh I’m so sorry, Cindy!!!

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Eric Kozlowsky @vonkoz.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t think there has been a trailer before or since that has made me cry.

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A Monster Calls Official Trailer 1 (2016) - Felicity Jones Movie

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Eric Kozlowsky @vonkoz.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you, thank you for taking a chance on such an “Odd” game idea and bringing me so much joy and inspiration.

Eric Kozlowsky @vonkoz.bsky.social · 3d

This has to be one of the cleanest and most concise Art Director portfolios I've ever seen!

Charles Boury @charlesboury.fr · 3d

Hi, I'm an Art Director & 3D Game Artist
Available for hire 👐

I worked on award-winning stylized games
Looking for the next project I can contribute to 👀

Please reach out!
💌 [email protected]

RT appreciated ✨

Screenshot of Caravan SandWitch - an openworld narrative exploration game made with a team of ~10 people

Characters Concept Art - the nomads of Caravan SandWitch

Storyboard for a key scene in the game "The Wanderer - Frankenstein's Creature"

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 4d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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Eric Kozlowsky @vonkoz.bsky.social · 4d

This piece for Dusk Guard was created by Lise Elsoght www.artstation.com/naleesh

We wanted a traditional splash image that focused on our characters which are based on monster Archetypes.

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Eric Kozlowsky @vonkoz.bsky.social · 4d

That’s awesome man!

Eric Kozlowsky @vonkoz.bsky.social · 5d

I would love to see @grubb.wtf @danryckert.com or @tolkoto.com play this for Blight Club youtu.be/WrgDVaSBVOY?...

PSX Longplay [401] Fade To Black

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Eric Kozlowsky @vonkoz.bsky.social · 5d

A few more pieces from Dusk Guard by @art-utur.bsky.social
We really wanted to nail the mixture of "gothic" and "modern" Something I was calling "Moody Modern" as we went on, we definitely started moving more towards the gothic to give us an identity but we always wanted some tech present.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 5d

New Study Shows That Bones Are Incredibly Cool

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Eric Kozlowsky @vonkoz.bsky.social · 5d

If you see this QTP with your top 4 Final Fantasies

Eric Kozlowsky @vonkoz.bsky.social · 5d

Any updates?

Eric Kozlowsky @vonkoz.bsky.social · 6d

Now that I’m back in the job market I was thinking about the IP I’d love to work on:

Oddworld
Legacy of Kain
Panzer Dragoon
Vampire Hunter D
Berserk
Mega Man (Legends)
Jumping Flash

This is total fantasy of course but these days it’s nice to dream.

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Eric Kozlowsky @vonkoz.bsky.social · 6d

I'm going to be sharing out some art that we did on the now defunct Dusk Guard. First up is this "game in a frame" shot by @art-utur.bsky.social and www.artstation.com/naleesh

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Eric Kozlowsky @vonkoz.bsky.social · 7d

Just finished reading Doom Guy @johnromero.bsky.social what a comprehensive, insightful, and inspiring book! Highly recommend it!

Eric Kozlowsky @vonkoz.bsky.social · 7d

Hey! Check it out! The other game that was being developed at Fuzzy Bot alongside my project (Dusk Guard) was this cool little co-op game called "We Gotta Go!" give it a wishlist! store.steampowered.com/app/3967470/...

We Gotta Go on Steam

We Gotta Go is a co-op horror-ish game where you have to find the bathroom before you S#!T your pants! Desperately search a haunted mansion, grabbing items, battling ghosts, and managing your gut on a...

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Eric Kozlowsky @vonkoz.bsky.social · 7d

Ha! Doubtful, but it would be cool!

Eric Kozlowsky @vonkoz.bsky.social · 7d

Little known story about my time at Retro Studios. A very large portion of the Prime series concept art was done traditionally, and most of it was unceremoniously shoved into a flat file. I got permission and a small budget to organize, frame and hang select images (from DKC as well) in the studio.

Shinesparkers @shinesparkers.net · 7d

62 days until #MetroidPrime4Beyond!

Are you getting Metroid Prime 1-3: A Visual Retrospective, the art book?

#OperationMetroidPrime4

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Eric Kozlowsky @vonkoz.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you!😊

Eric Kozlowsky @vonkoz.bsky.social · 7d

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Eric Kozlowsky @vonkoz.bsky.social · 7d

Didn't expect my Raziel bust WIP to garner the attention it did! 😅 Here is another sculpture I recently finished of his counterpart Kain

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Eric Kozlowsky @vonkoz.bsky.social · 7d

Making some steady progress with my Raziel bust.

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Eric Kozlowsky @vonkoz.bsky.social · 8d

Unfortunately my team and I were let go from Fuzzy Bot. We were working on some very cool stuff but we couldn’t secure funding before our financial runway ran out.

If you have any AD openings please let me know.

If you need artists also LMK and I’ll connect you with amazing people.

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