Happy #PortfolioDay! I'm John DeRiggi, Senior Character Artist driving stylized art and pipelines on 20+ shipped titles across indie, AAA, and location-based entertainment. Always happy to learn about fun character opportunities! Portfolio johnderiggi.com Email [email protected] #gameart

hi #portfolioday i'm an always-curious concept artist, art director, 3d artist, pixel artist, game dev w 15yrs in the industry. always on the lookout for projects that need versatile artists focused on "making the game". helped ship 2.5d search-action game Possessor(s) last year artbydannymoll.com

Gravenheart base player skin and weapon for Hyper Light Breaker by Heart Machine. Concept: @iramos.bsky.social. Rig: @wuffles.bsky.social. #gameart #characterart #gamedev #hyperlightbreaker #stylized #toonshaded #3dart #digitalart #warrior

Commander, a brutish, minigun wielding enemy in Hyper Light Breaker from Heart Machine. Concept: @iramos.bsky.social. Rig: @wuffles.bsky.social. Pose: @virum.bsky.social and myself. #hyperlightbreaker #gameart #characterart #ogre #minigun #gamedev #3dart

Versus! Personal project based on art by Greg Baldwin from Creaturebox www.creaturebox.com. More of Greg's work at lostbearstudios.com. Thx Greg! #characterart #stylized #creature #fantasy #sculpture #digitalart #3dart #digitalsculpting #zbrush #marmosettoolbag #creaturebox #versus

Versus! More sketching based on art by Greg Baldwin from Creaturebox www.creaturebox.com. More of Greg's work at lostbearstudios.com. Thx again Greg! #characterart #stylized #creature #fantasy #sculpture #digitalart #3dart #digitalsculpting #zbrush #marmosettoolbag #creaturebox #versus

The Pirate. Based on an illustration and comic panel by Oscar Martin. www.artstation.com/oscar_martin More here as well! www.artstation.com/artwork/x365AO #sculpture #characterart #3dart #digitalart #zbrush #marmosettoolbag #substance3Dpainter #maya #stylized #rat #fantasy #pirate #clay #rizomuv

Smile! Another study based on art from Creaturebox by Greg Baldwin. www.creaturebox.com. More of Greg's work at lostbearstudios.com. #characterart #stylized #creature #sculpture #digitalart #3dart #digitalsculpting #zbrush #marmosettoolbag #creaturebox #smile

Hugs. A sketch based on more lovely work from Greg Baldwin in Creaturebox: The Monster Volume. www.creaturebox.com. Check out more of Greg's work at lostbearstudios.com. #characterart #stylized #creature #sculpture #digitalart #3dart #digitalsculpting #zbrush #marmosettoolbag #creaturebox #hugs

The Pirate. Based on a beautiful illustration by Oscar Martin. www.artstation.com/oscar_martin. This is the refined sculpt from my previous blockout post. Lookdev next! #sculpture #characterart #3dart #digitalart #zbrush #marmosettoolbag #stylized #rat #fantasy #pirate #clay

More sketching fun based on art from Creaturebox: The Monster Volume by @daveguertin.com and Greg Baldwin www.creaturebox.com #characterart #stylized #fantasy #sculpture #digitalart #3dart #digitalsculpting #zbrush #marmosettoolbag #creature #gator

Mouth! Study based on art from Creaturebox: The Monster Volume by @daveguertin.com and Greg Baldwin www.creaturebox.com #characterart #stylized #fantasy #sculpture #digitalart #3dart #digitalsculpting #zbrush #marmosettoolbag

Blockout based on the beautiful art of Oscar Martin. www.artstation.com/oscar_martin. Kudos to @pablander.bsky.social for the clay texture pack:) #characterart #stylized #fantasy #sculpture #digitalart #3dart #digitalsculpting #zbrush #marmosettoolbag

A little of my character style exploration shown in the Kickstarter for Hawthorn @playhawthorn.bsky.social by Near Studios! Thanks Nicholas Kole @nicholaskole.bsky.social for the fun concept! #stylized #characterart #sculpture #gameart #3dart #zbrush #gamedev #digitalsculpting

Check out @playhawthorn.bsky.social on #Kickstarter from Near Studios! I've been exploring character stylization with the team. See a little of that here! www.kickstarter.com/projects/nea... #gamedev #gameart #characterart #fantasy #3dart

Rondo, crow base player skin for #HyperLightBreaker by @heartmachine.bsky.social. Art direction Alx Preston, concept @iramos.bsky.social, weapon Cameron Hughes, rig @wuffles.bsky.social, environment by Tech Art & Environment Art teams. #gameart #characterart #gamedev #stylized #toonshaded #3d

Blockout sculpt in progress:) Concept by the incredible Oscar Martin in the comments www.instagram.com/_oscar_marti... #toon #stylized #characterart #dystopia #oscarmartin #cannibalworld #solo #sculpt #zbrush

Ravona, crow base player skin for Hyper Light Breaker by @heartmachine.bsky.social. Art direction Alx Preston, concept @iramos.bsky.social, weapon Cameron Hughes, rig @wuffles.bsky.social, environment by Tech Art & Environment Art teams. #gameart #characterart #gamedev #stylized #toonshaded #3d

Oz, another fun avatar prototype from my Oculus #VR Research days. Concept/art direction Chris Ocampo, rig Chad Vernon, groom & blendshapes myself, #lookdev myself & Patrick Peluse. #characterart #creature #cute #arnold #vray #xgen #3d #3dart #zbrush #maya

A fun Star Wars R & D avatar prototype in #UnrealEngine from my time at Oculus #VR Research, now Meta Reality Labs. Concept by Lucasfilm. #gameart #characterart #gamedev #creature #starwars #3d #3dart #lookdev

Meet Adept, the fiery miniboss for #HyperLightBreaker by @heartmachine.bsky.social! Art Direction Alx Preston, Concept @iramos.bsky.social, Rig @wuffles.bsky.social, Pose @bananamation.bsky.social & myself, Enviro Tech/Environment Art teams. #gameart #characterart #gamedev #stylized #toonshaded #3d

Loved creating this grouch! Cobra Balta, rail mechanic NPC for #HyperLightBreaker by @heartmachine.bsky.social! Art Direction Alx Preston, Concept @iramos.bsky.social, Rig @wuffles.bsky.social, Environment by Tech Art & Environment Art teams. #gameart #characterart #gamedev #stylized #toonshaded #3d

Hyper Light Breaker from @heartmachine.bsky.social is out now in early access! #gamdedev #gameart #characterart #stylized #hyperlightbreaker store.steampowered.com/app/1534840/...

The Last Master miniboss for #HyperLightBreaker by @heartmachine.bsky.social! Concept @iramos.bsky.social, Art Direction Alx Preston, sword Jack Covell, Rig @wuffles.bsky.social, Action Pose @afraux.bsky.social and myself #characterart #gameart #gamedev #stylized #3D #toonshaded

If you're looking for work in gamedev, here's a thread of guides I've written about everything from setting freelance rates to writing a good cover letter I've been in gamedev for over 13 years and been on both sides of the interview table a lot, so these are all the things I wish I'd known 🧵 1/6

Just before things started to nosedive on twitter, I posted a thread that walked through the massive body of work I did over the last three years (on an inspiring team) on the cancelled Project Dragon aka Everhaven. For posterity I reckon I'll repost that thread, piece by piece, over here ✨

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I was laid off yesterday. Big thx to Alx Preston @heartmachine.bsky.social for the chance to create fun characters for #HyperLightBreaker! Wishing my team lots of luck finishing it! Thx for any leads, referrals, or recruiter connections:) My info tinyurl.com/5y4yynut #gamejobs #gamedevjobs

Character art style development for #HyperLightBreaker by @heartmachine.bsky.social! Initially shown in Creative Bloq and ImagineFX articles, here it is in one thread if anyone finds it useful! #characterart #stylized #gameart #gamedev #toonshader #shapelanguage

Here's the Crocbrute beastie for #HyperLightBreaker by @heartmachine.bsky.social! Concept @iramos.bsky.social, Art Direction Alx Preston, Rig @wuffles.bsky.social, Action Pose @virum.bsky.social and myself #characterart #gameart #gamedev #stylized #3D #toonshaded

Exus Boss for #HyperLightBreaker by @heartmachine.bsky.social! Concept @iramos.bsky.social, Art Direction by Alx Preston, Rig @wuffles.bsky.social, VFX by Nadir Khabibullin, Action Pose @afraux.bsky.social #characterart #gameart #gamedev #stylized #3d #toonshaded

Hi everyone! 🐸 I'm Hanna and I'm a 3D Character Artist for games! I've worked for Airship Syndicate, Riot Games, Blizzard and more. 🌻 www.artstation.com/quickhanna

Thanks very much to Ian Dean of Creative Bloq for this great article on character style development for #HyperLightBreaker by @heartmachine.bsky.social! www.creativebloq.com/3d/video-gam... #gamedev #stylized #retro #gameart #characterart #toonshading

For a full breakdown of our environment art process and workflow on Hyper Light Breaker, check out our latest dev blog post store.steampowered.com/news/app/153...

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Base Player Skin, Tanu Species for #HyperLightBreaker by @heartmachine.bsky.social! Concept @iramos.bsky.social, Art Direction by Alx Preston, Rig @wuffles.bsky.social, Action Pose @fazwaz.bsky.social & myself #characterart #gameart #gamedev #stylized

Base Player Skin, Blu Species for Hyper Light Breaker by @heartmachine.bsky.social! Concept @iramos.bsky.social, Art Direction by Alx Preston, Rig @wuffles.bsky.social & @blakboks.bsky.social, Action Pose @afraux.bsky.social & myself #characterart #gameart #gamedev #stylized #hyperlightbreaker

Hey all! This is me if you're interested! johnderiggi.com