Aging another year this week

It’s Friday

Our gdc panel about the importance of hiring juniors (and some data that might convince your leadership teams of the business case) is now free on the gdc vault! gdcvault.com/play/1035965... @alexaray.bsky.social @annacwebs.bsky.social @jordandevries.com @kevinjohnson25.bsky.social

Last month in The Onion:

Nobody talks enough about how much of game dev is just... not quitting. Just showing up again after the build breaks, the pitch is rejected, or the playtest doesn't go as planned. if you're still here, that counts for something! #gamedev

Art by Brian Froud (b. 1947). Best known for his 1970s book Faeries (with Alan Lee) and his concept work on Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal (1982) and Labyrinth (1986).

Kaneda commission from awhile back

Akira capsule graphics inspired by some old hardcore records/flyers :) #substance3d #akira #3dart #otomo

I realize I never posted the rest of my pics from Louisville so here’s the Rookwood tile-clad Rathskeller (1907) in the basement of the Seelbach Hotel.

According to EDGE magazine, minecarts have never been so versatile as they are in BIG HOPS... sorry, we still love you Donkey Kong.

Akira capsule graphics inspired by some old hardcore records/flyers :) #substance3d #akira #3dart #otomo

Today we're releasing a huge free content update: Cappler's Conspiracy! It's a whole 2+ hour photography game hidden inside BIG HOPS: store.steampowered.com/app/1221480/... Enjoy this little thread about it:

These have been pretty fun to jam on, started as a lil houdini project, I maybe got one more idea in my head than calling it done.

Akira capsules #akira #otomo #marmosettoolbag #substance3d

The US bombed a primary school in Iran, killing 168 girls. Why is nobody talking about this anymore? These abominable war crimes should not be forgotten — and nor should the lives, hopes and dreams of human beings who were slaughtered with impunity.

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Akira inspired material jam #materialArt #substance3d #houdini #Otomo #Akira

These are what I like to call babs (big ass boulders) 🙏🏽

Heads up narrative game devs! Turtle Rock has a remote possible role in the California PST time zone Please share with your narrative game dev friends turtlerockstudios.com/careers/4678...

I don't think people understand how hard it is to work in the video-game industry right now. If you've been laid off, it can take months if not years to find new work. If you haven't been laid off, you're anxious that you will be laid off. This week's column: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Lil #houdini thing I put together to make some leaf piles, still a laundry list of things to learn/iron out but its going :) #gameart

Not shared this in a while and many may not know that this the art I make for my self and will be back at making things and do dads again hopefully soon.

Sad day for me. My role at DICE as Studio Art Director has been eliminated and I’ve been impacted by the layoffs on Battlefield. I’m very proud of our work on BF6, my team at DICE, and my own impact since joining 3 years ago. I learned a ton, and got to work with amazingly talented people 🙏

Shout out to parents working in games man, every week is like a existential crisis on top of a panic attack on top of hopelessness, how can anyone think long term in this dumb ass industry

Lil #houdini thing I put together to make some leaf piles, still a laundry list of things to learn/iron out but its going :) #gameart

Remember NFTS 🫣

One of the hardest lessons I learned early on in my career is professional loyalties mean nothing to companies. It doesn't matter how much of yourself you give to a project, they care about their bottom line and what else that gets them. Having firm boundaries with work is a healthy work ethic.

Akira on the psp as Otomo intended 😂

Robert is one of the most hands-down brilliant designers I have ever worked with -- if you need an actual genius on your team (who also is one of the kindnest souls you'll know) pick Robert up!!

Epic laying off 1000 is just another example of how we desperately need labor protections in every industry being profitable is not a bulwark against anything when billionaires only have a 3 minute attention span

Cool to see ILM using a layer material LAMA) system for their shows, rederman link also in the article www.ilm.com/lama-sci-tec...

🤍 the 9.

Material studies w/ substance designer #gameart #substance3d #bootgoofin

The Met Introduces High-Definition 3D Scans of Dozens of Art Historical Objects www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/03/metr...

ID4 model kit

FIRST WOMAN TO EVER WIN BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY. FIRST BLACK PERSON TO WIN BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY. FIRST FILIPINA TO WIN BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY. ACADEMY AWARD WINNER AUTUMN DURALD ARKAPAW.

My 9 games! my9games.com , need to go back soon and replay a few of these 🥲

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Hi! #PortfolioDay ❤️ I'm Sergio from Spain and i love to paint Fan-arts from games,comics and i also love to paint dark fantasy art👻 I'm open to private commissions on Vgen and looking for my first gig for book/comic covers! 📧: [email protected] 🎨: sergeight.artstation.com

The Natural History Museum London SW7 Stone columns based off patterns found on fossilised tree trunks. #reference #materialreference #buildingreference

Thanks to my friend with that coveted platinum trophy on Ghost of Yotei, I was able to update my portfolio. Admire my fish, show your friends, come back tomorrow when my upload limit resets & I can post more, tell your studios to hire me, smooch me on the forehead idk www.artstation.com/drewparadise

But wait…there are more al fresca spaces, out early before the day begins

Yall ever like "ill get it next week" than this happens ahrlasklasdkljklad

Absolutely incredible visual effects work this year in five extremely different films. This short video has some behind the scenes footage not shown publicly before. Damn good stuff. 98th Oscars: Visual Effects | Meet The Nominees youtu.be/5bosnX8hsho

jammed on the weekly challenge from the future material artist discord, tried to match the the reference 1:1 www.artstation.com/artwork/kNqgJK #materialart #gameart

Cumming Street, London N1 Herring bone brick road shifting and drifting. #reference #materialreference

WIP on some zbrush modules for a material #ZBrush #materials #gameart #screenshotsaturday

The Natural History Museum, London SW7 Staircase stone plinth with carved hares and birds. #reference #materialreference #buildingreference

Finished up The Unknown Island environment! the feedback I received while working on this environment was incredible helpful and I really appreciated it!

Lighting doodle tonight to get something more interesting than the ref I'm going off of #materialart #surfacing #lookdev #gameart