Keep. Fucking. QUIET about attending a protest. DO NOT sign up for it. Leave your phone OFF, buy things with CASH if you need to, use PUBLIC TRANSIT. BE SMART ABOUT THIS. The last thing you want is the government hunting you down because you got caught.

Reminder that I'm looking for work after being affected by layoffs at Giant Squid. 3D Environment Artist, or 3D Artist/Props; ideally a full time position. If your studio or somewhere you know has an opening, please let me know. Thank you ❤️ Portfolio: nataliespitzel.myportfolio.com

Hey guys, don't go to national parks during government shutdowns. This isn't your chance to score a deal getting into the horribly underfunded parks for free. It's hugely damaging to the parks when the staff aren't there to maintain them

If anyone knows of any animation jobs open, I'd love to hear about it as I'm looking for my next adventure. Thanks!

It is time 🧡

Me going back over animations from three years earlier in a project, and wondering if I even knew how to animate back then

TODAY is the deadline to submit public comment on Trump’s proposal to rescind the Roadless Rule, which would expose 45 million acres of national forest to permanent roads and their attendant environmental ills. Register your disapproval here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20... #roadecology

Rollin up to the home depot with a dead tree that I bought eleven months ago, and grabbing the last equivalent exchange tree that they had in stock 😎🌲

If you're in the U.S. and haven't gotten the 2025-2026 COVID vaccine yet, experts are recommending you schedule it NOW before Friday. If you live in a Republican-controlled state, I STRONGLY recommend you get it before Friday if you can, before the ACIP restricts access. #COVID19

Wondrous details can be found lurking wistfully in the skies of Spirit Crossing... and sometimes those details are *really* happy to see you! #playspiritcrossing #netflixgames #mobilemmo #mobilegames #cozygames

Been obsessing about the aesthetics of these Kodak blindbox mini digital cameras (that are unfortunately sold out everywhere)

Went out to get covid/flu vaccines, and came home with a handful of the home depot halloween buckets. Ah fall, I've missed you

Samwise for Mayor!

A few of my favorite of our environment shots from Sword of the Sea Reminder that I'm looking for work as an Environment Artist or 3D Artist 🙂

Crunch KILLS people, I'm not sure how many times we need to tell companies this. Companies need to be held accountable for these kind of things. www.kiro7.com/news/trendin...

Some good news: *everyone* is eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine in Washington State, and it *will* be covered by your insurance!

We took the paywall down on this one. defector.com/how-the-fuck...

80% of BlueSky right now

Just a heads up. I was able to schedule my COVID vaccine appointment. Online it will ask “do you have a condition that puts you at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus.” Click yes and it will allow you to schedule an appointment. No questions asked. No proof required. Pass it on.

Natalie is such an incredibly hard worker, who just worked her ass off shipping an amazing game; and doesn't deserve this Anyone would be lucky to have her on their team. Hire her before someone else beats you to it!

Seattle Gamedevs! Let's do a COVID-safe (outdoors, masks encouraged) meetup next Tuesday, Aug 26th at 6pm at Tailwind Cafe in Capitol Hill! Tailwind closes at 7 but there are nearby places to grab food\drinks and bring to the courtyard. Public transit encouraged!

Listening Party with Austin Wintory!

Definitely agree! Photo mode is so much fun to use. Here's a few cool snaps I took last night with it! If you have some favorites you've taken, feel free to share with me! #SwordOfTheSea

🥰🥰🥰🥰 Also I love Japanese Breakfast!

Congrats Squid fam on the release! 💙🐬🏄‍♂️🧡 For anyone sleeping on this one, wake up! This team worked so incredibly hard on this; play their game!

From the visionary artist behind #ABZÛ, #ThePathless, and #Journey comes a new adventure: Sword of the Sea - OUT NOW 🌊

Holy shit

Spent the last week at a work retreat that my remote studio does once a year. We had an art table set up, and, while I have drawn nothing all year, the energy of artists coming together is powerful; art block destroyed

Explore a mysterious and visually stunning world. Sword of the Sea launches NEXT WEEK on PS5 & PC!

Over the last week or so I've had 3-4 days where I just KO after work for a solid two hours and then suffer nap groggyness afterwards Meanwhile I keep waking up halfway through the night and can't go back to sleep. Might be time break out the sleeping pills to force fix these circadian rhythms

Fuck Israel btw

So the new DK game is just a Lego game: all destruction and no real platforming skills needed. Which means I'm completely addicted to it

Great Egret

Hi everyone! We're Spry Fox. 🦊 As some of you may have heard, we've been working on our newest project: Spirit Crossing, a cooperative life-sim focused on friendship & community. Let's take a look at the world we've been crafting: 🌲 www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEKb... ☀️ playspiritcrossing.com

can't say how happy I am to finally get to work on a game with sunsets. we are trying to make them as vibey as possible!! (you can sign up to play the open alpha that is currently running and enjoy the sunsets with me! playspiritcrossing.com)

We've lost too many lookout towers and historic park buildings over the past few years to fires 🙁 This one particularly hurts, since it was such a great showcase of parkitecture www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

I have yet to be able to go to either Yellowstone or Grand Tetons NP, but I seriously lucked out today when my flight passed right over these beauts right at sunset. My first time seeing them in person

Home sweet Tahoma

All airport TSA lines should be as good as the one at Raleigh. Everything else feels like trash in comparison

The right-wing backlash against #Superman this week got me thinking: Has this happened before? That led to the discovery of these headline — from April 1940, when the official newspaper of the SS took umbrage at the comic book hero and ridiculed its creators. My how times change ...

For those wondering how I slept last night, they are still shooting off fireworks a block away from me... At 7am

If anyone is curious what we’ve been up to, here’s a great video covering some of the new stuff :) I believe you can still sign up if you want to help test a pro social community sim (aka nonviolent MMO)

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

They're building concentration camps with money they stole from medicare.

Ok, so Republicans just introduced a 900 page bill none of them have read. But my team is going through it line by line and on this 🧵you can see the hidden provisions we found. Will update all day. 1/ NEW Medicaid cuts, so now 17 million - instead of 16M - lose health care.

Now is a good time to do it. They’re not moving in lockstep in this: there’s significant internal discord and twitchiness. Let’s get the pressure up

Been practicing sewing again, and spent a good chunk of the weekend mending things and also taking things in so that they fit better; being able to fix and alter clothes is rad Like seriously, not having to throw pants out over one ill-placed hole is so great

PLEASE SHARE 🧪‼️ Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. Scientific American has published a guide to the EVIDENCE-BASED vaccine recommendations in place BEFORE ACIP members were removed by the administration. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...

CEO compensation graphed next to employee compensation. 🙃