Got some actual painting done recently 🐻 nice to work with paint again, it's been a while. For various reasons it hasn't been very possible lately. When I did finally get a chance I decided to keep it simple with one colour and no reference, and I was just trying to have fun 😊 #painting #fineart

More art for How Was Your Day 🐕 @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social Classic kiwi whares. My fav part to draw here was the windows, took a bit of trial and error but I love the final result! This scene really comes alive in the game, just watch out for things hiding in the bushes.. #indiegame #nz #gameart

A few close ups of the bedroom I drew for How Was Your Day 🐕🌳 @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social Morning, afternoon, afternoon and evening. The lil origami cats above the bed were drawn from the real life version my niece made me 😺 #gameart #nzgaming #digitalart #environments #backgroundart #gamedev

My favorite lunch break this week 💧✨ the weather has cooled off a lot suddenly, but this day was so calm and lovely so I headed down the road for a swim. Later on there was a sea lion in this bay, hiding from the Orca in the harbour 😅 no biggie! #nz #aotearoa #openwaterswimming

The demo for How Was Your Day? is live as part of the Women's Day Sale event by @wingsfund.me on Steam! Please go have a play and let us know what you think! #GameDemo #IndieGame #GameDev #TimeLoop #MysteryGame #NarrativeAdventure #PointandClick

Hey mum! I'm in the news! It's a funny feeling seeing drawings that used to just live on my computer screen (as a sketchy work in progress) out in the world. An actual dream come true! Thanks Sam, @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social for the lovely words about my art & thanks @gamesnight.bsky.social! ♥️

#1 reason to wishlist our game How Was Your Day? You can pet Beans, the dog! 🐾 💔 😱 Wishlist here: shorturl.at/hAq8E #PettheDog #IndieGames #GameDev #WhosaGoodDog #GoodDog #NarrativeGames #CozyGames #ScreenshotSaturday

Some highlights from my week drawing for How was your Day! Tbh, pre Y2K book design was so good, can we bring it back?! 😭 #digitalart #digitaldrawing #gameart #illustration #books

A digital painting of my old neighborhood in Ōtautahi Christchurch 🍂 From a photo I took during a quiet covid lockdown bike ride. #digitalart #art #nzartist #environmentpainting #landscapepainting #aotearoa

Some of my favorite props I've drawn so far for How was your Day! 📻 I'm just old enough to have a vague memory of riffling through a pile of tapes to find the one I wanted. I still have some somewhere.. Stoked about how good the music is in our game thanks to @akauaudio.bsky.social ! #gameart #art

We've lived in this neighborhood for 4 months now but I only just plucked up the courage to swim here! Thanks to a couple of lovely local ladies I met here who encouraged me, one who even swam with me yesterday. Can't believe this is on my doorstep 🤍🏊‍♀️ I'll be back!! 🏊‍♀️🏊‍♀️🏊‍♀️ #swimming #nz #aotearoa

A quick Sunday morning reno (yesterday) finally been getting a little time to set up my new painting studio. Took apart my wobbly old easel and bolted it to the wall so I can actually use it properly! It's perfect.. And free 😄 can't wait to show more of my progress on this space! 🥰 #artist #painter

🎄 #Devmas Day 5: Trust the process📝✨ Here’s how our living room developed from Concept Art through to the Final result - day and night. A ‘stylish’ 80s open plan kitchen and living. 👌🏽 Thanks @laudav-art.bsky.social #Devmas2024 #HowWasYourDay #IndieDev #RetroVibes #AdventureGame #gameart #gamedev

New game art drop... Also took @laudav-art.bsky.social and I on an interesting rabbit hole on what side hot and cold water taps should go! We're expert plumbers now btw. 💪🏽 #gameart #gamedev #illustration

One of my old digital illustrations from 2022 - and the wee pond at our new house! 🐸 There's two koi fish in there and sometimes we get visits from frogs 💞 #digitalart #digitalillustration #digitalpainting #pond #garden #home

Well - the call out for the Woman's Game Dev Starter Pack went great and we only have 22 spots left! 😱 I'm hoping this will go as far and wide as well. Please do your thing Bluesky Hive Mind. Sorry if I'm delayed in responses, it's a busy week! #poc #black #bipoc #indigenous #gamedev #indiedev

I loved drawing Diya's room! Growing up I always paid so much attention to the main character's bedroom in video games and animation. I always get a kick out of the little details that tell us who someone is, and it really scratched an itch to get to make something like this 😙 #digitalart

A couple of months ago we moved to the little town where I grew up, Port Chalmers. It's amazing to be back, but even more amazing that we got a house with THIS view, it still feels so surreal. And now all I wanna paint is fishing boats and sea birds 🪶 #home #aotearoa #newzealand

Earlier this week I had "bird poop" on my to-draw list and that's why I love my job 💞 five minutes drawing poop, one minute mix and matching from previously made expressions, and we've ruined Diya's day 💢🐦‍⬛ #digitalart #gameart

QRT with your workspace 🌟 Here's mine - a work in progress because we just moved in... Come back to me in a couple years 😄 Ps blue mountain painting was done by my late Grandmother, who unknowingly inspired my whole career 🩵

Finally feeling summery here in #Ōtepoti so I wanted to share a few of my digital paintings that feel like a hot day 🌞 I love art that captures the feeling of a season, or time of day, I always feel like I can hear it 🌾🐦🌬️ #nzart #digitalart #environmentart #summer #illustration #art #painting

Created my 2nd #starterpack Had trouble finding women game designers, developers, and teams on here so thought I'd start my own. 😀 Please let me know if you want to join or tag someone who would like to. Would love to follow more women in this industry. go.bsky.app/Bn9UUz2 #gamedev #indiegames

One of my favorite painting exercises - picking reference pics from Google street view! I have process vids for these digital paintings on my ig and TikTok. One of these locations is in Japan, the other is in France ⛩️🏡 #digitalart #digitalpainting #realism #illustration #drawing #japan #france

A little look at some of the environment and character art I did for How was your Day! I took inspiration from real streets and houses you can find in small Southland towns here in Aotearoa 🏡⛅ #digitalart #environmentart #characterdesign #nz

Car.... Or boat?? Or spaceship 🚀 a more technical digital illustration, don't normally draw stuff like this but losing my mind with all the details was a real joy 💫🌟✨ #illustration #digitalart #digitalpainting #cars

If you see this, post a bird! An oil painting of a black backed gull 🕊️ painted last year, hangs on my wall next to the window where we see all the gulls flying 😸 #painting #oilpainting #birds #nz #nzartist

Introduce yourself with four games 🎮 Not sure what this means for me and my personality but these are the games I've played the most in my life... From adventurous lil kid, to anxious teen, to a grown up nerd in covid lockdown 😸

I've had so much fun working on How was your Day over the last year, so stoked to share more about it very soon!! Thanks Sam creating such a dream project to work on 🥰 @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social #howwasyourdaygame #indiegames #gameart #digitalart

I didn't really use Twitter but if I did, it probably would've been this (which hit it off on reddit)

Hello! I'm Laura, I live in a lil house by the sea in south NZ, I do digital art professionally but also draw and paint for fun. I like to share my art as I go and love following other artists too 💞 here's some of my stuff! #art #digitalart #nzartist #digitalpainting

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