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Claire @clairemon.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #PortfolioDay! I'm a technical artist currently looking for work.

I am experienced with:

✨Shaders (Unreal / HLSL)
💥 VFX (Niagara)
💾 Optimisation
🛠️ Tooling (Blueprints and a little Python 🐍)

Currently learning Houdini and aiming to update my portfolio, but here's some of my current work 🌟

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Claire @clairemon.bsky.social · Sep 3

hehe thank you (sorry I never seen this comment before!)

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Claire @clairemon.bsky.social · Sep 3

Yes just one shader. Thank you :)

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · Aug 12

If only there was an unnecessary technology of highly dubious ethics, that requires vasts about of water, that could be banned instead 🤔

The Journal @thejournal.ie · Aug 12

The UK government has urged people to delete old pictures and emails as 'data centres require vast amounts of water to cool their systems'.
http://jrnl.ie/6788643

UK government advises people to delete old photos and emails as England faces water shortfall

The UK government has urged people to delete old pictures and emails as ‘data centres require cast amounts of water to cool their systems’.

jrnl.ie

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Claire @clairemon.bsky.social · Jul 9

🔮Finished up this 'Crystal Ball' shader project yesterday. ✨

What started off as a quick weekend project quickly expanded (as usual), but I'm very happy with it!

More vids are on my art station here:
www.artstation.com/artwork/kN3GPK 😊

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Claire @clairemon.bsky.social · Jul 9

🔮Finished up this 'Crystal Ball' shader project yesterday. ✨

What started off as a quick weekend project quickly expanded (as usual), but I'm very happy with it!

More vids are on my art station here:
www.artstation.com/artwork/kN3GPK 😊

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WildSheepStudio @wildsheepstudio.bsky.social · Jul 5

🚀 Watch our first gameplay trailer now! We can’t wait for you to enjoy Boris' cozy Adorable Adventures where following your nose leads to new discoveries, new friends, in a world worth exploring.

We appreciate your wishlist ! steampowered.com/app/3840230/

#indiegame #cozy #screenshotsaturday

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Claire @clairemon.bsky.social · Jun 3

I do each exercise in a set for 40 seconds each, and then the next round it'a for 30, and then the final round 20. I repeat for each set.

I just looked around on YouTube till I found a workout I liked, so there may be other formats 😊

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Claire @clairemon.bsky.social · Jun 2

Shouting about time drop workouts as they've made working out soooo much easier for me!!!

I always struggled with the next set (can I do this again?!?!?), but knowing the time has dropped makes it so much easier. ✨

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Ash @cordiallycontigo.bsky.social · Apr 22

As of a week ago I was unfortunately affected by restructuring efforts at BLE.
I am now actively looking for freelance/remote fulltime and contract work!
If you need a stylized 3D environment artist who's excited to make cool things please send me a DM 🙂
Please Share 💖

www.artstation.com/ashleyw

Ashley Wade

3D Environment Artist @ Brass Lion Entertainment

www.artstation.com

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Claire @clairemon.bsky.social · Apr 13

✨Manifesting✨ 🔮

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · Mar 31

Oh my fucking god.

It looks like Israel murdered eight Palestine Red Crescent Society workers, a UN employee, and five civil defense staff.

They crushed up and buried entire ambulances and civil defense vehicles in the fucking mass grave.

www.cnn.com/2025/03/31/m...

Bodies of missing aid workers found in Gaza ‘mass grave’ following Israeli attacks | CNN

The bodies of more than a dozen aid workers have been recovered in southern Gaza from what a United Nations agency described as a “mass grave,” a week after they went missing following attacks by Isra...

www.cnn.com

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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · Mar 31

jupiter wishes you a very happy trans day of visibility 🏳️‍⚧️

The planet Jupiter with its cloud bands seen in shades of pink, rusty red, blue, and purple. The Great Red Spot is a deep navy blue, surrounded by bands and swirls of pink, and light blue.

Hubble's ultraviolet view of Jupiter shows the planet in hues of pink and blue.

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Claire @clairemon.bsky.social · Mar 24

thanks :D

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Claire @clairemon.bsky.social · Mar 24

thank you! :)

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Claire @clairemon.bsky.social · Feb 22

I finally finished this little project a few days ago! ✨ I was inspired by the early watercolour pokemon art by Ken Sugimori. It's a combination of a standard and post-process material.

I have a whole post up now too: www.artstation.com/artwork/wr93Zg 😊

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Claire @clairemon.bsky.social · Mar 23

Thanks! Yeah it makes for a fun effect 😄

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Claire @clairemon.bsky.social · Mar 23

Little WIP shader sketch, feat. my fav default UE texture. 🔮

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Charlotte Moore-Lambert @charlottereads.com · Mar 22

being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:

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Victoria Tran ✨ @victoriatran.bsky.social · Feb 19

currently

Adam Driver meme.
First panel: Adam pointing finger angrily. Text is “Everyday I wake up and hear terrible industry news.”
Second panel: Adam slamming his fist against a wall.
Third panel: Adam with head in hands. Text is “crying”

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Claire @clairemon.bsky.social · Feb 22

The vfx were the hardest as I wanted them to match the 'flatter' look. I tried to lean into the more exaggerated proportions in the older art. 😄

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Claire @clairemon.bsky.social · Feb 22

I finally finished this little project a few days ago! ✨ I was inspired by the early watercolour pokemon art by Ken Sugimori. It's a combination of a standard and post-process material.

I have a whole post up now too: www.artstation.com/artwork/wr93Zg 😊

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Techpriest @techpriest.bsky.social · Feb 21

Genuinely couldn't believe this figure until I saw the Financial Times confirm it using Meta's own financial reporting data

For THIS

$100 billion is genuinely the kind of money you could "do the impossible" with. Crack nuclear fusion. HIV vaccine. Universal flu vaccine

And they spent it on this

Aftermath @aftermath.site · Feb 16

Meta has spent over $100 billion on VR.

aftermath.site/meta-horizons-...

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Nicholas Kole @nicholaskole.bsky.social · Feb 21

wanna see some Project Dragon pets animated? www.funkeyzanimation.com/portfolio-co...

Dragon Project Pets

Phoenix Labs

www.funkeyzanimation.com

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Claire @clairemon.bsky.social · Feb 21

aaand also a nice still render. ✨

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