Jan Pospíšil
@janpospisil.bsky.social
Illustrator, Concept Artist, Art Director at Perun Creative.
https://www.deviantart.com/merlkir
He/Him 🏳️🌈
https://www.deviantart.com/merlkir
He/Him 🏳️🌈
Flagged for malware. (by both FF and my net provider)
November 5, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Flagged for malware. (by both FF and my net provider)
Looked at our discord after some months.
It amazes me how some gamers have this idea that they know exactly what goes on in companies, somehow.
The devs who came up with Hobo are still at Perun, Kromlech was their idea.
It amazes me how some gamers have this idea that they know exactly what goes on in companies, somehow.
The devs who came up with Hobo are still at Perun, Kromlech was their idea.
July 27, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Looked at our discord after some months.
It amazes me how some gamers have this idea that they know exactly what goes on in companies, somehow.
The devs who came up with Hobo are still at Perun, Kromlech was their idea.
It amazes me how some gamers have this idea that they know exactly what goes on in companies, somehow.
The devs who came up with Hobo are still at Perun, Kromlech was their idea.
Was reminded of these "magic mushrooms" I did for a TTRPG book in...oh, god, 2018.
I was super exhausted and sleep-deprived at the time, but I remember the process itself being unusually easy and fun.
I was super exhausted and sleep-deprived at the time, but I remember the process itself being unusually easy and fun.
July 16, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Was reminded of these "magic mushrooms" I did for a TTRPG book in...oh, god, 2018.
I was super exhausted and sleep-deprived at the time, but I remember the process itself being unusually easy and fun.
I was super exhausted and sleep-deprived at the time, but I remember the process itself being unusually easy and fun.
It's not always just iterations, you also need high numbers/volume of things. (but also iterations)
But generally, yes, 3D artists ideally need the concept to be clear and possible in 3D, otherwise the burden falls to them to basically redesign it on top of their own work.
But generally, yes, 3D artists ideally need the concept to be clear and possible in 3D, otherwise the burden falls to them to basically redesign it on top of their own work.
July 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
It's not always just iterations, you also need high numbers/volume of things. (but also iterations)
But generally, yes, 3D artists ideally need the concept to be clear and possible in 3D, otherwise the burden falls to them to basically redesign it on top of their own work.
But generally, yes, 3D artists ideally need the concept to be clear and possible in 3D, otherwise the burden falls to them to basically redesign it on top of their own work.
In the 1948 film "Portrait of Jennie" a starving artist is trying to sell some paintings to a gallery.
And he's told no, they don't want his landscapes and sketches and flowers.
Because while technically competent, he didn't "care" about them. It's the result of pure desperation and hunger.
And he's told no, they don't want his landscapes and sketches and flowers.
Because while technically competent, he didn't "care" about them. It's the result of pure desperation and hunger.
July 7, 2025 at 6:42 AM
In the 1948 film "Portrait of Jennie" a starving artist is trying to sell some paintings to a gallery.
And he's told no, they don't want his landscapes and sketches and flowers.
Because while technically competent, he didn't "care" about them. It's the result of pure desperation and hunger.
And he's told no, they don't want his landscapes and sketches and flowers.
Because while technically competent, he didn't "care" about them. It's the result of pure desperation and hunger.
Many games and other media do cloaks and capes wrong, because it's easier to make them work that way.
I made this diagram/explanation of how they function in real life, for our 3D artists. (in Czech only, sorry!)
I made this diagram/explanation of how they function in real life, for our 3D artists. (in Czech only, sorry!)
July 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Many games and other media do cloaks and capes wrong, because it's easier to make them work that way.
I made this diagram/explanation of how they function in real life, for our 3D artists. (in Czech only, sorry!)
I made this diagram/explanation of how they function in real life, for our 3D artists. (in Czech only, sorry!)
Here's my review from the time I played it btw:
June 30, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Here's my review from the time I played it btw:
It is a great shame that only a handful of episodes survive from the Peter Cushing Sherlock Holmes series.
(and apparently he had a bad time making it, as they ran over budget and out of time)
He's amazing in the role though!
As the youths say - he could definitely get it.
(and apparently he had a bad time making it, as they ran over budget and out of time)
He's amazing in the role though!
As the youths say - he could definitely get it.
June 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
It is a great shame that only a handful of episodes survive from the Peter Cushing Sherlock Holmes series.
(and apparently he had a bad time making it, as they ran over budget and out of time)
He's amazing in the role though!
As the youths say - he could definitely get it.
(and apparently he had a bad time making it, as they ran over budget and out of time)
He's amazing in the role though!
As the youths say - he could definitely get it.
I was surprised to learn of a recent (2020) edition of Beowulf, a new Czech translation. Since i didn't own a Cz version, I bought it and didn't expect much.
Turns out - it's absolutely lovely! Nice paper, clothbound hardback, two colour printing, heavily annotated + cool art - for 33 (!) USD.
Turns out - it's absolutely lovely! Nice paper, clothbound hardback, two colour printing, heavily annotated + cool art - for 33 (!) USD.
June 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I was surprised to learn of a recent (2020) edition of Beowulf, a new Czech translation. Since i didn't own a Cz version, I bought it and didn't expect much.
Turns out - it's absolutely lovely! Nice paper, clothbound hardback, two colour printing, heavily annotated + cool art - for 33 (!) USD.
Turns out - it's absolutely lovely! Nice paper, clothbound hardback, two colour printing, heavily annotated + cool art - for 33 (!) USD.
Oh hey, looks like they were reused in Hundra a year later!
Recycling, very nice.
Recycling, very nice.
June 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Oh hey, looks like they were reused in Hundra a year later!
Recycling, very nice.
Recycling, very nice.
LMAO, what was that about big companies shamelessly taking fan creations? :D (and usually doing it worse)
June 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
LMAO, what was that about big companies shamelessly taking fan creations? :D (and usually doing it worse)
Pinterest just threw this photo of a prop at me and my brain immediately went: "That's the armour of king Osric's guard from the 1982 Conan movie."
(screencap as proof)
Maybe I should worry, this much sords and sorc on the brain might not be healthy.
(screencap as proof)
Maybe I should worry, this much sords and sorc on the brain might not be healthy.
June 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Pinterest just threw this photo of a prop at me and my brain immediately went: "That's the armour of king Osric's guard from the 1982 Conan movie."
(screencap as proof)
Maybe I should worry, this much sords and sorc on the brain might not be healthy.
(screencap as proof)
Maybe I should worry, this much sords and sorc on the brain might not be healthy.
Hah, fun thing I just noticed. Nick Brimble (excellent name btw) who was later Little John in the Prince of Thieves movie, also played a knight in Robin of Sherwood. (the "Swords of Wayland" two-parter.)
What a great face!
What a great face!
June 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Hah, fun thing I just noticed. Nick Brimble (excellent name btw) who was later Little John in the Prince of Thieves movie, also played a knight in Robin of Sherwood. (the "Swords of Wayland" two-parter.)
What a great face!
What a great face!
And here's the (rather quickly made) painting I did for the trailer's thumbnail:
June 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM
And here's the (rather quickly made) painting I did for the trailer's thumbnail:
It. Keeps. Getting. Worse.
HOW?!! Could we just...I don't know, shoot a quick vlog telling players what the game will be like?
Like...I have other shit to do.
(jk, jk, it'll work somehow. Don't do trailers, kids.)
HOW?!! Could we just...I don't know, shoot a quick vlog telling players what the game will be like?
Like...I have other shit to do.
(jk, jk, it'll work somehow. Don't do trailers, kids.)
June 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
It. Keeps. Getting. Worse.
HOW?!! Could we just...I don't know, shoot a quick vlog telling players what the game will be like?
Like...I have other shit to do.
(jk, jk, it'll work somehow. Don't do trailers, kids.)
HOW?!! Could we just...I don't know, shoot a quick vlog telling players what the game will be like?
Like...I have other shit to do.
(jk, jk, it'll work somehow. Don't do trailers, kids.)
Hounds of Lucifer
(from a Robin of Sherwood episode called "The Swords of Wayland")
(just watched that yesterday - evil silhouetted riders always work.)
(from a Robin of Sherwood episode called "The Swords of Wayland")
(just watched that yesterday - evil silhouetted riders always work.)
June 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Hounds of Lucifer
(from a Robin of Sherwood episode called "The Swords of Wayland")
(just watched that yesterday - evil silhouetted riders always work.)
(from a Robin of Sherwood episode called "The Swords of Wayland")
(just watched that yesterday - evil silhouetted riders always work.)
Saw it on the NESS discord - Immediately recognizable style, very good cover.
May 31, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Saw it on the NESS discord - Immediately recognizable style, very good cover.
Devil heads! Still there, btw.
May 24, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Devil heads! Still there, btw.
Might as well post it again, because it's so dumb. In 2016 Fatshark stole a design I drew for an elven sword. (for the first Vermintide)
When i emailed them about it, all I got back was some PR bullshit about great minds thinking alike or whatever.
When i emailed them about it, all I got back was some PR bullshit about great minds thinking alike or whatever.
May 18, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Might as well post it again, because it's so dumb. In 2016 Fatshark stole a design I drew for an elven sword. (for the first Vermintide)
When i emailed them about it, all I got back was some PR bullshit about great minds thinking alike or whatever.
When i emailed them about it, all I got back was some PR bullshit about great minds thinking alike or whatever.
It's slightly surreal to see the poster I painted for Kvark plastered all over these YT thumbnails.
(we just released in on consoles, btw)
I had to giggle a bit, because of the inexplicable dill bushes in the foreground.
(I still don't get why there's dill featured in the game, it just is.)
(we just released in on consoles, btw)
I had to giggle a bit, because of the inexplicable dill bushes in the foreground.
(I still don't get why there's dill featured in the game, it just is.)
May 17, 2025 at 8:32 AM
It's slightly surreal to see the poster I painted for Kvark plastered all over these YT thumbnails.
(we just released in on consoles, btw)
I had to giggle a bit, because of the inexplicable dill bushes in the foreground.
(I still don't get why there's dill featured in the game, it just is.)
(we just released in on consoles, btw)
I had to giggle a bit, because of the inexplicable dill bushes in the foreground.
(I still don't get why there's dill featured in the game, it just is.)
The model has hundreds of thousands of polygons (incredibly fine hair cards, so it's properly fluffy), but the wolf just looks like a big soft puppy - not threatening at all. There's 0 stylization you'd want - look at almost any RPG and their wolves will not be realistic at all.
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May 17, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The model has hundreds of thousands of polygons (incredibly fine hair cards, so it's properly fluffy), but the wolf just looks like a big soft puppy - not threatening at all. There's 0 stylization you'd want - look at almost any RPG and their wolves will not be realistic at all.
(...)
(...)