My favorite unused alternate thumbnails of 2025:

2025 was a rollercoaster, but I want 2026 to be about HUMAN connection - meeting more friends, talking to artists and game devs, and exploring new places. Oh, and I need to draw more. Happy New Year! 🌟 Cheers and see you soon - Riloe

Over the last couple weeks, I've had the insane privelege of speaking with Lunar Software about the development and design of ROUTINE - from 13 years ago to today. Playing the game was an amazing experience, and learning what went into it even more so. Stay tuned!! 🌙🌙🌙

ROUTINE will stick with me for a long time. There's much more to say, but Lunar Software should be very proud of this beautiful little work. It's something special🌺

I would do anything for him

The 26th Century... It is an age of augmented infantry and existential war...

💥NEW VIDEO TODAY💥 A year later, let's take a look at how this trendy genre has developed. Sit back, enjoy, and see if you agree with my (hot?) takes one of my favorite subjects.

Video tomorrow.

I love seeing style sheets like this from artists and I wish people did it more Drawing by me, from a recent video

Battlefield 6 combat journalism Inspired by the Kodak Tri-X photography of Daido Moriyama

Old riloe graphic

For all my art homies, especially people into concept art and character design, this one is for you. DEEP dive into the character art of the Forever Winter and it's lineage going back decades.

Looks nice there I think 🐛 #Marathon

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind by Hayao Miyazaki. 1982.

John Carpenter's The Thing (1982): Iconic poster art by Drew Struzan Just to send a little more love to Drew. 🥰

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looking to link up with a concept artist who might wanna join my little indie film (we need a couple of character pieces)

Stairway Gate #ForeverWinter

Stairway Gate #ForeverWinter

The duality of youtube

⚠ NEW VIDEO today! ⚠ Shooter games are gonna change forever in the next 10 years... in some unprecidented ways. Check it out and enjoy! 👇 Here's an alternate thumbnail Youtube didn't let me use for some reason.

Oh wait yeah I can

Aaron Beck, Avatar Concept art 2006 cannot explain what an influence this single image had on me

2022

New videos very soonly 😎

Rest in Peace to Victor Antonov, the brilliant artist behind the iconic architecture of Half Life and Dishonored

Rael is one of the most under-appreciated concept artists on earth. Follow him

My Time In ONI: S-Type 'MJOLNIR/SPI Variations'

Forever Winter “Water Thief” concept art by Rael Lyra

Monks

Euruskan Medium Mech is peak enemy design

Alien: Desolation concept art. Colonial Marshal in compression riot gear.

Notes

bluesky is absolutely the place to be

Some characters that I made for the game Beautiful Light. These three will be playable characters during "Merc Contracts" – think of them as mini-bosses with unique, powerful weapons. From left to right: Famine, Pestilence, and War. Helmet from War wand pouches were not made by me.

Webbing-maxing

Fun fact: If someone quotes a post of yours in a way that is unwelcome (as is commonplace on Twitter/X) there is a tool to combat the unwanted attention. Simply click the three dot menu on the quote post & click "Detach quote". This removes your post from their quote post. Useful to know, do share!

Marathon Key Art with *Improved* slogan

Toothy Fanart from Forever Winter! Really loved this design by Kai Lim #foreverwinter

Forever Winter’s “‘R’ Cultist” next to my original sketch the mask was based on 😷

Happy 20th anniversary to “Peril”, the best OST track ever www.youtube.com/embed/7D5EPx...

Game Informer cover for Halo: ODST #halo #scifi #conceptart #illustration #art

You ever just find some art and go jesus christ, this is the most brilliant thing I’ve seen in a long time?

The first time I tried to draw digitally on photoshop, with a mouse at the time, lol

Here's the full thing. I'm such an amateur digital "artist", even the highest quality version of this is blurry, because I drew it at that canvas size without knowing any better. And yes, I stippled the shading dots by hand, lol, didn't know any other way of doing it.

What the sketch under one of my drawings looks like 😅

Little header graphic featuring Forever Winter "'R' Cultist", designed by me and modeled by Rodrige Pralier

Unused graphic