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@christapaolucci.com

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✏️ illustrator + community & marketing in games 🎮 assoc. producer @ spry fox (netflix games) & inside the marketing walls @ strange scaffold 🌲 past: winter burrow, potionomics, ooblets 🌻 rep'd by tobias literary agency 🦊 linktr.ee/itsachrista

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christa 🌻 @christapaolucci.com · Oct 25

hey thanks for visiting !! I'm a bag of trail mix you just found full of drawings, game dev posts, thoughts on community-building and other stray banter.

here's some links:
🌻 portfolio: christapaolucci.com
🌿 community discord: discord.gg/E6JKWjkb
🍄 contact & more: linktr.ee/itsachrista

it's a picture of me wearing a wholesome games t-shirt! plants are kinda there

a big & small mushroom friend sit together in the moss

a red fox wearing a postal cap & backpack is delivering roses

a group of bugs gather around an upturned rock in the woods to play music as a band

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Adam @adamgryu.bsky.social · 1d

Super jazzed we got to do this collaboration with the Yetee and @kduffles.bsky.social! $6 from each tee goes to the Canadian charity Water First!

The Yetee 🌈 🕊️ @theyetee.com · 2d

Gather your friends, then gather some pumpkins; it's time for The Annual Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival, and we've got an exclusive tee created just for the event in collab with @adamgryu.bsky.social! This official tee is available now only for a limited time: theyetee.com/ghosttownpumpki...

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christa 🌻 @christapaolucci.com · 1d

this is my favorite annual fall tradition !! <3 nabbed this so quickly

christa 🌻 @christapaolucci.com · 1d

got some pumpkins

a digital illustration of an anthropomorphic puppy-cat creature holding a giant pumpkin. they're wearing a green sweater, blue scarf, blue hat, and grey jeans. they're white with brown spots. the background is orange with plants and autumn leaves floating around.

a photograph showing a bunch of pumpkins in varying colors & sizes in a small green wheelbarrow. behind them is an even larger pile of pumpkins on the ground.

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christa 🌻 @christapaolucci.com · 1d

i want to eat the moss

Spry Fox @spryfox.bsky.social · 1d

✍️ our newest developer blog comes from Justin, one of our Art Leads at Spry Fox.

Justin sat down to walk us through the inspirations & thoughts that went into concepting the visuals for the Shrineworks in Spirit Crossing.

let's have a read!
→ spryfox.com/2025/10/07/developer-blog-shrineworks/

A digital illustration showcasing concept art for "Shrineworks", living stone structures in the world of Spirit Crossing (a game being developed by Spry Fox.) The structures are beige-grey and covered with moss. An assortment of tubes is sticking out of them in a life-like manner.

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christa 🌻 @christapaolucci.com · Sep 17

"let me see what you have"
"a knife >:)"

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christa 🌻 @christapaolucci.com · Oct 17

bat wizard

a little blue bat dressed in a scarf and wizard hat with a wand

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Spry Fox @spryfox.bsky.social · 5d

fondly remembering the time one of our community members dressed up as Nandor the Relentless and took him on a day of adventures in Spirit Crossing .. 🧛

(screenshots taken by a member of our Discord, thanks BossyRoad! 🧡)
→ discord.gg/spirit-crossing ←

a screenshot from the game Spirit Crossing. the screenshot showcases a vibrant green background full of grass and foliage on rocky outcroppings. there are 4 player-characters in central view, playing music and greeting each other as friends. in the center, a character is dressed up as a popular vampire character.

a screenshot from the game Spirit Crossing. the screenshot showcases a greenery on a cliffside, with two player-characters riding "fluffalo" or llama-like creatures that float in the air. the characters are below a cliff but about to come out to the other side to a bright blue sky, where other fluffalo are flying in the distance.

a screenshot from the game Spirit Crossing. the screenshot showcases a rocky background with various shapes and sizes of cliffs. in the foreground is a grassy area where four player-characters in various outfits are playing musical instruments together. to the right, another player-character is riding away on a "fluffalo", or a llama-like creature that floats in the air.

a screenshot from the game Spirit Crossing. the screenshot showcases a wooden dock in the clouds with a bright blue sky beyond. centrally focused is a character dressed up as a popular vampire character (in a brown jacket and fluffy beige hood.) he is catching a large fish and reaching up to show it off. the fish is made of paper: large, thin, and long, colored in green stripes with a white belly.

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christa 🌻 @christapaolucci.com · 6d

anyway I'll never forget her remorse/attempt at apology after seeing me cry because it helped form my deep-rooted "I don't think people inherently want to be mean" belief that I've been desperately trying to cling to

christa 🌻 @christapaolucci.com · 6d

it's also a fascinating memory for me because it involves an adult yelling and swearing at me, who was by all accounts technically a child in charge of supervising other children operating heavy machinery for $9/hr, trying to keep her children safe

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christa 🌻 @christapaolucci.com · 6d

every once in a while I think about how the first time I ever cried at work is immortalized in a Patrick Klepek article

www.crossplay.news/p/how-are-he...

Inside the Fascinating World of Amusement Park Rides, Regulations, and Height Requirements

A recent encounter with the same ride having different height requirements at two different parks had me asking a basic question: why?

www.crossplay.news

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Spry Fox @spryfox.bsky.social · 8d

remember to make time for your own little moments!

you don't need to earn your rest. 🧡

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Justin Oaksford @justinoaksford.bsky.social · 13d

Low key one of my favorite little tricks we do is, we designed our fog with a gradient on top to push tall skybox geo darker to make sure it would pop against the sky properly- and I realized we could use it to fake alpenglow during twilight making it brighter instead of darker.

Spry Fox @spryfox.bsky.social · 13d

While designing all the nooks and crannies of Spirit Crossing, we're embracing what one of our players has lovingly referred to as "aimless spaces."

Thank you all for loving these spaces as much as we do. 🧡

⛅ playspiritcrossing.com

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christa 🌻 @christapaolucci.com · 9d

i love them

christa 🌻 @christapaolucci.com · 13d

yea !!

christa 🌻 @christapaolucci.com · 13d

CRDM3 was my first project undertaking with strange scaffold. very near and dear to me. I drew a dinosona. I encouraged game developers to roleplay. I photoshopped a clown map that someone at The Guardian laughed at. and the wit, heart, and chaos is alive & well in CRDM1. super proud of y'all.

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christa 🌻 @christapaolucci.com · 13d

I know this is some of you ! go work with some of my favorite beans

Innersloth @innersloth.com · 13d

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We're looking for a Senior 2D Animator for something new!
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