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🇵🇭 2D artist @nodninstudios.bsky.social horror | gore | vndev https://paulinereinacher.artstation.com/ https://pollyrein.itch.io/

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polly 🦈🩸 @deathbyulan.bsky.social · Feb 8

hi hi 🦈🩸 i'm polly (she/hers). i'm a digital artist specializing in horror and gore.

you can find my work in visual novels and various zine publications.

my personal work will almost always explore the reclamation and transformation of medical and body trauma, if it's not otherwise self indulgent

fanart of the batter from OFF a game by mortis ghost. man with white skin in a baseball uniform covered in blood

monochromatic young woman wearing white dress and having nosebleed

young girl with black hair and pale skin with wrist emerging in skin bubbles shaped like rabbits with open pill bottle

young woman with pink hair in pigtails with chest cut open revealing intestines and lung

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polly 🦈🩸 @deathbyulan.bsky.social · 2h

BOOOOOOOOO! 🦖
my biggest thank u again to @novaswarm.bsky.social for playing Onigashima :3 it was so much fun getting to tag along in your adventure with boo 🥹💚

if you haven't already pls also play #BooWantsFriends aaaa one of my faves this spooktober jam!
🎮 novaswarm-vt3.itch.io/boo-wants-fr...

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choco 🍫 @chocolain.bsky.social · 8h

my first 3D sculpt ever!! done with Nomad sculpt 💛 hello pompompurin

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てんみやきよ @tenmiyakiyo.bsky.social · 11d

ポムポムプリン

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てんみやきよ @tenmiyakiyo.bsky.social · 15h

ポムポムプリン

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ENDYSIS ♞❄️ The Last Winter Knight ❄️ @endysis.bsky.social · 1d

Happy 👻 spooky month 🕯️ portfolio day! My name is Eli and I make art and visual novels with Gothic themes. 🖤

🕯️ endysis.itch.io
🕯️ store.steampowered.com/developer/en...

A black and white portrait of a woman in a fancy dress. The portrait is in a fancy frame. The top corner is covered in shadow and blood stains.

A young woman holds a candle while looking up at a multi-eyed, toothy creature. She gently pets it.

Screenshot from The Last Winter Knight. A knight is slumped forward in front of a stone wall. Light shines on their back.

Illustration of The Ghost from Draculesti lifting the helmet off of the Nameless Knight from The Last Winter Knight. Red flower petals swirl around them and fall out of the knight's helmet.

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Quill Yuri 百合 @ Double Date (Toronto Yuri) @quill-yuri.bsky.social · 22h

hi, we're Quill Yuri and we make yuri games! Looking for stories with women loving women? Look no further!

All titles on Steam: store.steampowered.com/curator/4303...

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toffl @toffl.bsky.social · 22h

#portfolioday

Hey everyone, I'm a generalist 2D artist open for freelance opportunities as:

– Background Artist
– GUI Artist
– Character Designer

I mostly work in games, but would be open to other opportunities!

📩 [email protected]
(DMs are also open)

cara.app/toffl
toffljpg.itch.io

#art

artwork of a woman with horns holding a white goat

background art for "If One Goes Astray" of a cabin in the woods

collage showing both character concept art and final assets for Shadow Corruption Unit

background art of the protagonist's room for The Velveteen Girl

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AAPI in Gaming @aapiingaming.bsky.social · 23h

We're still on the lookout for games to feature for #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth! Submit to our form below! 🎮

AAPI in Gaming @aapiingaming.bsky.social · 15d

✨ CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth X AAPI In Gaming ✨
We're looking to spotlight Filipino-American game developers and their work for #FAHM!

To be considered, please submit to our form for our Games Made By AAPI series here: forms.gle/idnZvuBYTtpB...

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Wyatt "Anaqa" White @wy477.bsky.social · 1d

Local and state coverage from KYUK and other statewide sources.

www.kyuk.org/public-safet...

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polly 🦈🩸 @deathbyulan.bsky.social · 1d

hi hi #PortfolioDay, i'm polly. i'm a 2d illustrator in indie game dev, zines & animation.

i work full-time in games/tech marketing but i'm always on the lookout for projects that cater to my affinity with horror, gore, and monster (girl).

artstation: www.artstation.com/paulinereina...

woman with red hair and horns, wearing a black top, smoke wisping around her body, crescent moon background

young girl with wrist morphing into rabbits and "chibi" versions of her face, medication laying around, rabbit plushie on her chest, shirt has text "no fish no life" obstructed

elf girl with pink hair that transforms into slime, crying, has stitches across the mouth, wearing an outfit resembling a straight jacket

young girl crying with hands going through her hair, text in background is obstructed using a split RGB and motion effect

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Wyatt "Anaqa" White @wy477.bsky.social · 1d

Folks my hometown and the surrounding area got hit with a wild storm that's caused floods, deaths, and widespread damage.

If you've got some spare cash people are in dire need of support.

alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...

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Amy | animator and illustrator @artbyamyoc.bsky.social · 2d

Sillies
#hellokitty #kuromi #mymelody #kerropi #tuxedosam #pompompurin #cinnamoroll

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Kate Gray @hownottodraw.bsky.social · 2d

Some new lines in Hello Kitty Island Adventure that I wrote! Writerly insight in the alt text (along with actual descriptive alt text)

A screenshot of Hello Kitty Island Adventure. Cinnamoroll is saying "Or think about things..." and the character can reply with one of the following:
1. The meaning of life?
2. Quantum mechanics?
3. World peace?
4. Fermat's Last Theorem?

Writerly insight: I love to write jokes that imply that Cinnamoroll is actually incredibly smart and just never gets the opportunity to use it, because he's usually cast as a very childlike puppy who loves making friends and being cute. Secretly, at least in my head, he's winning Nobel Prizes for physics.

A screenshot of Hello Kitty Island Adventure. TOPHAT, a glitchy character with a big purple tophat, says "I don't feel like my performance has really... changed in any way." You can reply "gotta boost that FPS" or "do we have a VSync setting?"

Writerly insight: TOPHAT is the character with the most potential for self-aware "oh my god we're in a video game" jokes, I think, especially as he isn't an actual Sanrio character, so we can have more fun with him. This quest, called Bug Report, is an inside joke from the developers to the players, in which TOPHAT tries to figure out what a "bug report" is, by catching bugs, because he's heard that "getting rid of bugs" improves your performance and speed, which he likes the sound of. You, the player, obviously know what it means, so you suggest things that might ACTUALLY improve performance. Get it?

A screenshot of Hello Kitty Island Adventure. Chococat is saying "A combination of reverse-wise concave extrusion and shrinking meshes."

Writerly insight: I love when characters spout sciencey jargon. Chococat is the "smart guy", so I usually give it to him. This particular sciencey jargon is pulled from 3D modelling, combined with nonsense. What is "reverse-wise"? Who knows, but it sounds smart, and that's what's important.

A screenshot of Hello Kitty Island Adventure. Pompompurin says (about pizza) "Do you fold yours? I like to roll mine up and eat it like a tube."

The player can respond:
1. I fold
2. I roll
3. I start with the crust
4. I just eat it normally?

Writerly insight: It's always fun to offer the player a chance to go along with the wacky nonsense that happens in the game, where everyone is just a little bit silly. I wanted to come up with several ways to eat pizza like a maniac, including at least one that I have seen someone do in real life (the crust one). I think it's also fun to have the player play the Straight Man role in their responses, where everyone else is being completely chaotic, and you can be the one to gently point out that they've all gone mad. Hence the last response.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 2d

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 2d

🚨The absence of media coverage of this natural disaster in Alaska, the lost/missing people, and the destruction of the aftermath is up to us to share. Please help if you can - even if it is just spreading awareness. There is no FEMA going to help them. 1/2

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ENDYSIS ♞❄️ The Last Winter Knight ❄️ @endysis.bsky.social · 2d

look at how pretty the game is though seriously ;;v;; 🌟🖤

"They trotted along behind the main party, she on a chestnut stallion, he on a white mare." Screenshot of two figures on horseback silhouetted in a forest.

"She leant her head against the crook of his neck and closed her eyes, the way she had when they were children. His soft hair fell over her cheek and trailed down the collar of her blood-red riding habit."

Two figures in a storybook illustrated art style against a starry background. One a long-haired boy in grey, the other a girl in red leaning against him.

"The magic of the woods had run dry; the boughs no longer sheltered them with their sanctuary." Screenshot of a starry background with a half moon in the sky.

"He held her head against his chest. Strands of his hair fell once more over her cheek." Close up shot of a figure's arm holding another figure in a hug.

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ENDYSIS ♞❄️ The Last Winter Knight ❄️ @endysis.bsky.social · 2d

A big thank you to everyone who donated to the game on itch or joined my patreon -- you're the only reason I could get the game on here 🥹

To see more work by the lovely artists, check out:
bsky.app/profile/endy...

ENDYSIS ♞❄️ The Last Winter Knight ❄️ @endysis.bsky.social · Jan 31

Sprite art @deathbyulan.bsky.social
BG art @thesparrowling.bsky.social
CG art @akuakourin.bsky.social
🌟

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polly 🦈🩸 @deathbyulan.bsky.social · 2d

congrats to eli and our lil team on our upcoming steam release for #TrailofStars 😭💛

this is still one of my favorite VNs i have helped to make this year! it is an incredibly memorable experience. please play if you haven't yet!

ENDYSIS ♞❄️ The Last Winter Knight ❄️ @endysis.bsky.social · 2d

A noble lord brings two squires along on a hunt. One is a gentle boy who should not exist. The other is a girl who dreams of plunging a dagger into her master’s heart.

Trail of Stars, our short and bittersweet fairy tale visual novel, is coming to Steam! 🌟

store.steampowered.com/app/4006140/... 🌟

Cover art for Trail of Stars. Two squires, one with long white hair and one with short reddish hair sit back to back, looking up at the stars.

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Clara @thatclarafied.bsky.social · 2d

A severe typhoon hit Alaska and has destroyed Alaskan Native villages. Homes are floating down the river. FEMA cuts and the use of the National guard to terrorize cities means they are not receiving critical rescue support and aid. And of course the media is NOT reporting on it.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 2d

These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.

The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!

Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.

FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.

Flooding seen with water up to the crash barriers of local roads

Sheds and debris lie scattered in the storm

A small blue house has been blown onto its roof

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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polly 🦈🩸 @deathbyulan.bsky.social · 2d

if you want to make a positive impact towards our indigenous communities in the US today, please donate or share the Western Alaska Disaster Relief fund. every single dollar goes to helping the displaced families following the devastating impacts of typhoon halong.

CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 2d

Donate to Western Alaska Disaster Relief here:

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Justinn @CuteShadow // VNs @cuteshadow.itch.io · 2d

This is truly a "fine, I'll do it myself" moment".

Here's an easy audio mixing guide for Ren'Py dummies (me).

cuteshadow.itch.io/tokidoki-tac...

Audio Mixing For Ren'Py Dummies (a.k.a. me)

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CyborgNekoSica || Commission Open @cyborgnekosica.neocities.org · 3d

One of the background art for #SpooktoberVNJam

The game is out! You can play it here:
akua-kourin.itch.io/onigashima

#vndev #visualnovel #background #art #artidn

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mistershins @mistershins.bsky.social · 3d

On Wednesday, 10/15 @10pm I'm going to be streaming @butterfly-rocket.bsky.social's #SpooktoberVNJam entry If One Goes Astray and talking with their team afterward! I hope you will join me!

#twitch

mistershins @mistershins.bsky.social · 7d

Please check out the #SpooktoberVNJam entry by @butterfly-rocket.bsky.social, If One Goes Astray at itch.io/jam/spooktob... . It's an eerie sapphic reimagining of Christina Rossetti's poem, Goblin Market. I have a small role in this one! If you play, please rate!

Rate If One Goes Astray by Butterfly Rocket Studios, Kayel, EeeCee, toffl, Wind Chimes Games for Spooktober 7th Annual Visual Novel Jam

Trust nothin' you hear in the woods. Even if it knows your name.

itch.io

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