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phd brain, pixel hands.
✧⋆ gamedev
✧⋆ digital art
✧⋆ overanalyzing
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vindows2000.bsky.social
Combat clip
December 1, 2025 at 3:26 AM
vindows2000.bsky.social
it is i, the illustrious ~vinbert~ *cough*

=> solo gamedev making an action JRPG
=> programmer learning art
=> also writing music somehow

currently: doing too much, probably overthinking it
#introduction #gamedev #artist #chiptune

🎵 Newest song: youtu.be/mIn6xvwSIPY
Game clips below ⤵️
Art I did of Xilonen from Genshin Impact! She's midway skating towards the camera and looking at you Screenshot of my test character hitting my test dummy for 45 damage Art I did of Aponia from Honkai Impact 3, looking like she's flying upwards in a cathedral with dramatic lighting down on her face. Screenshot of test character standing in their room. Just blank walls, a blank bed, a desk, a laptop, and a ball.
December 1, 2025 at 3:26 AM
vindows2000.bsky.social
Well I, uh...

I partitioned my game's overworld into tiles, to create a mediating interaction layer. I don't like labeled interactive world objects cuz it gives players too much info about the world.

Then I hooked up interaction events to make my test ball work again

#indie #gamedev
November 30, 2025 at 5:00 AM
vindows2000.bsky.social
Timelapse
November 29, 2025 at 3:05 AM
vindows2000.bsky.social
just make it exist first
make it good later

I was working on this between gamedev sessions this past week lol. My main goal here was to practice quickly rendering an anime face, and to skip linearting or refining anything else.

I'm happy with my capacity for restraint!

#genshin #hutao #animeart
Quick sketch of Hu Tao that I had posted a few days ago. Just Hu Tao looking at the camera cupping her hands in front of her Refined version of the art I had posted. Face, hair, and eyes are much more rendered. Now she's holding a butterfly!
November 29, 2025 at 3:05 AM
vindows2000.bsky.social
Enemies now occlude players. Now it feels way more physical to walk up to enemies

Player attacks now have hitlag+hitbounce. The movement directive system is still jank

New⤵️
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
vindows2000.bsky.social
The past few days, I did more invisible than visible #gamedev

Added occlusion, hitlag, hitbounce, basic targeting...which required fixing object org, movement directives, etc

tbh the thing keeping me going is seeing each new thing get easier to add. Otherwise this would be so discouraging

old⤵️
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
vindows2000.bsky.social
Anyone else a painfully slow artist?

I spend too long on my #art, so I'm learning to draw faster. Here's two 1.5-hour sketches I threw together. I don't know how to feel.

It's hard letting go of fixing things just to meet a fake deadline. Learning that emotional skill feels invisible. #sketch #wip
Sketchy/WIP art of Hu Tao cupping her hands together. I don't know why this pose, it's just what worked with the time I had Sketch/WIP of...some kind of mermaid girl sitting and looking wistfully? slight alfons mucha vibe. I definitely didn't have the time for that
November 20, 2025 at 6:20 AM
vindows2000.bsky.social
Hot take: I think most people still draw the #Frieren head wrong.

I've mostly seen tilted up 3/4ths perspective. The thing is, no version of that perspective would show so much underside of the jaw.

Here's my attempt at drawing an ACTUAL full tilt Frieren head.
Viral Frieren art challenge - drawing the anime character Frieren but looking up and to the side. On the left is the original work by u/SpaceDev1, and on the right is my attempt to draw this in a realistic style. Not much to say here, it's a less-than-perfect drawing of Frieren (elf girl) looking directly upward
November 18, 2025 at 2:57 AM
vindows2000.bsky.social
A little #gamedev #animation this weekend

The rough part was standardizing the size+time units of...everything, so that the animation is a viable test for a mid-range, mid-timed attack char
November 17, 2025 at 4:28 AM
vindows2000.bsky.social
#Flins #WIP

Painting lighting is one thing, though I think I kinda get it. But deciding where the light comes from is SUCH a decision

still spending way too much time on a single piece🤓but...I'm telling myself that I'm training to draw pull art for my game🤏

#genshin #fanart #digitalart
work in progress digital art of Flins from Genshin Impact standing with his spear and lamp
November 17, 2025 at 4:03 AM
vindows2000.bsky.social
I wasted my time detailing something no one will see.

I'm happy with her face details, but no one's gonna notice with the framing of the full painting! Augh! I'm just trying to remind myself that this is how you learn.

#honkai #digitalart #art #animeart
Close up view of Aponia's face in my art. I think the main things that aren't visible from a distance are the really subtle eye reflection and the color of her irises. I'm also happy with the reflection colors in her hair Full view of my art of Aponia mid-flight, flying towards the camera, with blue butterflies trailing behind her
November 16, 2025 at 3:50 AM
vindows2000.bsky.social
Okay so

I tested my methods by refining a bluebiscuits-style rough head sketch. It's decent for something I threw together quickly, besides the wonky anatomy and hair

But I lost some of the character of the original? Is this just how it is?

#sketch #artoftheday #headstudy #artpractice
November 15, 2025 at 4:01 AM
vindows2000.bsky.social
The past few days I've been practicing drawing heads from any angle quickly, based on a bluebiscuits tutorial.

Today, I pushed the method a bit and had some fun with it.

#sketchoftheday #art #digitalart #gesturedrawing #drawdaily
Four quick sketches of heads in exaggerated expressions. Unlike the past few posts, I actually wanna describe the vibe cuz I think it's funny. Top left: It's like someone mid-sneeze, or like they're being lurched forward quickly, 3/4ths view. Top right: Someone being dragged backwards suddenly, with a look of surprise and concern. 3/4ths view. Bottom left: It's like a dad getting very angry, like a smear frame where he's about to shift upward and yell. 3/4ths view Bottom right: Someone falling toward quickly by the head. At this point there's no neck so the head just looks like an egg falling fast. The face is about to faceplant at the bottom, squinting out of fear. Near side profile.
November 14, 2025 at 4:03 AM
vindows2000.bsky.social
Help?

I've seen other (much better) anime artists use the fill tool pretty effectively. But whenever I use it, I spend a lot of time manually filling in space.

What am I doing wrong?

#arthelp #drawinghelp #animeart #artprocess
A section of light grey on a black canvas. The shapes indicate that this is an attempt to use the fill tool to fill in the hair section, but there's a lot of jagged lines where the fill tool has failed to fill in. Headshot of the art showing lineart of Flins from Genshin Impact. Hair is filled in with grey but there's clearly artifacting with the fill tool.
November 13, 2025 at 5:05 AM
vindows2000.bsky.social
More quick head studies

This method (from bluebiscuits) feels really good and intuitive, but I'm not sure how it connects to my existing workflow...

Tomorrow I might try drawing just one head to test it out.

#art #sketch #digitalart #artstudy #artoftheday #artpractice #drawing
6 quick sketches of heads looking at different angles, most looking at the viewer. These ones are a bit more concerned and angry today.
November 12, 2025 at 3:21 AM
vindows2000.bsky.social
Not making eye contact
(STILL trying to learn how to draw heads ugh)
#artpractice #digitalart
Quick sketches of 8 heads, each one looking off in a different direction and expressing some level of embarrassment or anguish
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 AM
vindows2000.bsky.social
I've been feeling more confident with anime faces and color, so I tried to redraw the head+hair of an older work. Did I improve?

#honkaiimpact3 #digitalart #fanart #honkaiimpact3rd #hoyoverse #animeart
Overhead shot of Aponia, the oddly dressed nun from Honkai Impact 3rd, mid flight. She looks directly at the camera with her hands open by her sides. A few blue butterflies are seen behind her. This art is the newer version, after I learned a bit more about how to draw heads and hair. Older version of the same artwork. Here her hairstyle covers a lot of her face, she has a older looking face that seems to be facing forward (relative to herself) instead of up toward the camera. She also has two glowing yellow arms, which I chose to omit for clarity of reading her pose.
October 31, 2025 at 3:54 AM
vindows2000.bsky.social
Tonight's drawing session: #genshinimpact #flins #digitalart
Work in progress art of Flins from genshin impact standing looking seriously at the camera holding pole arm upright. Taken from my phone
October 28, 2025 at 3:59 AM
vindows2000.bsky.social
a little bean enjoying some bean juice under the fall leaves☕

#coffee #wholesome
Cartoon of a little black blob smiling and looking cozy, holding a cup that says "bean juice", with a simple background of fall leaves
October 22, 2025 at 3:57 AM
vindows2000.bsky.social
The guy she told you not to worry about

#genshinimpact #flins
Fanart of Flins, except he's doing an exaggerated raised eyebrow and has some kind of duck upper lip going on I was trying so hard to draw a hot Flins but he kept getting duck mouth so I made this
October 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
vindows2000.bsky.social
This literally took months >__< I've hit a point where I don't know how to fix the issues I see, which means I've spent way too long on it

#genshinimpact #xilonen #fanart #art #digitalart
Digital art of Xilonen, from Genshin Impact, mid-skate. No background, just white, because I already burned myself out just trying to draw her haha
September 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
vindows2000.bsky.social
No cheating, post the last pic of your pet.

I took Panini out of her tank to see if she wanted to see stairs. She snuggled into a corner and gave me a look, which I deserved. #beardeddragon
Overhead shot of Panini, my bearded dragon, snuggled head first into the corner of a single stair, looking up.
August 21, 2025 at 1:33 AM
vindows2000.bsky.social
"Join me, and together we shall sculpt our bodies into monuments of strength worthy of the Armstrong name!"

#fanart #fma #animeart #AlexLouisArmstrong
Fanart of Alex Louis Armstrong from FMA. He's basically just looking at and gesturing toward the camera, no background
August 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
vindows2000.bsky.social
Doe anyone have suggestions for how I can improve the forms and basic colors, before I render and fix details?

#WIP #digitalart #genshin #raidenshogun
My digital art of Raiden Ei, from Genshin Impact. She is depicted looking upwards at the sky while standing on top of Tenshukaku (her castle...?), and it's an aerial view downwards. She is in a power stance and lightning surges around her
August 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM