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Mike McCain

@mikemccainart.bsky.social

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EP @ Harebrained (https://graft-game.com) Director: Shadowrun: Dragonfall, BATTLETECH Visdev: Across the Spider-Verse, Blue Eye Samurai AD: Academy Award-winner The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Art + Store: https://mikemccain.art/

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Mike McCain @mikemccainart.bsky.social · Nov 16

A few of the #nationalparks paintings I've done over the years. How many can you identify? (Note, one of these isn't in the US...)

A digital plein air painting of the Towers of the Virgin view at Zion National Park

A digital plein air painting of Joshua Tree National Park.

A digital plein air painting of Dante's View in Death Valley National Park.

A digital painting of Torres del Paine National Park in Chile.

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Dana (Dakonta) 💙🇰🇿🇺🇦💙 @dakonta.bsky.social · Oct 25

Hello! My name is Dana and I am a character artist in the games industry 🎮 I love working in all styles and here are some of my professional and personal works ✨

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Harebrained @webeharebrained.bsky.social · Sep 18

TFW you realize you've been having so much fun making the game that you forgot to post anything for months 😬

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Mike McCain @mikemccainart.bsky.social · Jun 8

Amazing, congrats Lee!!

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Sweet Daniel @dansheehan.bsky.social · Apr 22

Okay so imagine this, you have no opinions, you have no skills, you have no wants or desires, you are a smooth orb of nothing and our subscription service helps make sure you still cast a shadow that resembles a human being. Sounds sick right?

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Mike McCain @mikemccainart.bsky.social · Apr 22

Sunrise at Mono Lake. From a road trip back in 2021. These limestone tufa towers formed centuries ago, underwater, when the lake was much higher. (What happened? Los Angeles happened, more or less... the early 1900's water wars that drained Mono Lake directly inspired the movie Chinatown.)

Mike McCain @mikemccainart.bsky.social · Apr 16

Aw, shucks! We’ll have to do more of those.

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Ben Nicholas ⚪️ Looking for work! @belgianboolean.bsky.social · Apr 14

Hey folks, I’m on the hunt for a concept art gig! I’ve got over 10 years of experience and have worked on Marathon, Halo, Watchdogs, and more. I love working with teams of all sizes and collaborating with good folks! artstation.com/belgianboolean

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Mike McCain @mikemccainart.bsky.social · Apr 14

... *slinks on by*

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Harebrained @webeharebrained.bsky.social · Mar 11

The whole Arc is trying, but failing, to graft itself back together.

#violentropy #survivalhorror #indiedev

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Mike McCain @mikemccainart.bsky.social · Mar 11

I had a blast talking to @lubwub.bsky.social last week about art, life, and GRAFT. Thanks for having me on, Caleb!

NerdyBits @nerdybits.com · Mar 11

A new episode of The NerdyBits Show is up! Come hang @lubwub.bsky.social as he interviews @mikemccainart.bsky.social EP over at @webeharebrained.bsky.social, hard at work on the studios next game GRAFT.

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Episode 073: Amor Fati and Evolution w/ Mike McCain

EP of Harebrained Schemes' upcoming title GRAFT stops in to chat about rolling with the punches, creativity, and making time to recenter.

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Mike McCain @mikemccainart.bsky.social · Feb 20

New year, new screenshots! Having a ton of fun working in @unrealengine.bsky.social for this one.

Harebrained @webeharebrained.bsky.social · Feb 20

Vertical slice work continues, check out some new screens from our prototype!

#unreal5 #indiedev #survivalhorror

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Harebrained @webeharebrained.bsky.social · Feb 20

Here's a quick look at what goes into designing an environment for GRAFT, from ideation to concept art to an in-engine prototype.

#indiedev #indiegame #Unreal5 #survivalhorror

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Mike McCain @mikemccainart.bsky.social · Feb 17

RIP to a legend, he showed us what game worlds could be.

Aftermath @aftermath.site · Feb 16

RIP Viktor Antonov.

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Harebrained @webeharebrained.bsky.social · Feb 5

You won't survive without grafts, but that doesn't mean grafts are safe.

#indiegame #survivalhorror

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Harebrained @webeharebrained.bsky.social · Jan 31

What goes into getting your game announced during The Game Awards? Money's a key ingredient, but there's a big payoff in building awareness for your game if you can swing the ante.

#indiedev #TheGameAwards

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Kellan jett @kellanjett.bsky.social · Jan 30

I was the Principle illustrator and concept artist on a little game called Where the Water Tastes like Wine. here are some of my character illustrations done on that project. All of the character line art was done with ink on paper.

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Daniel Cook @danctheduck.bsky.social · Jan 25

Developing a game: 1000s of inspirations and life experiences fused into a unique and multi-faceted gem via an epic soul breaking journey.

Selling a game: List the one game you copied and how your clone is better.

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Josh Sawyer @jesawyer.bsky.social · Jan 29

Saw a gaming hot take that said blank slate protags are “lazy and boring”. They may be boring but they are about as far from lazy as a development choice can get.

Every aspect of the protag is significantly more complicated/expensive when there’s a wide range of options.

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Harebrained @webeharebrained.bsky.social · Jan 24

It's 2025. Keep moving, check your corners.

#survivalhorror #indiegame

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Mike McCain @mikemccainart.bsky.social · Jan 23

how it started / how it's going. whee

viral painting I did in 2017 to protest the then-immigration ban

painting I did the day after the election because, y'know, fuck.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · Jan 18

The US has been conquered by people who understand nothing but money, machines & power.
The coalition of broligarchs & MAGA, the AI & crypto dudes w/the know-nothings: they oppose everything good & beautiful about being human. The art we make, our bonds of sympathy & solidarity...to them, worthless.

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Mike McCain @mikemccainart.bsky.social · Nov 29

My National Parks prints are available from Nucleus there too.

Mike McCain @mikemccainart.bsky.social · Nov 29

Still very fond of these paintings I did for the NASA 60th Anniversary Tribute show at @gallerynucleus.bsky.social back in 2019. (And hey, prints are 20% off this weekend with code THANKS20 — gallerynucleus.com/artists/mike...)

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Kellan jett @kellanjett.bsky.social · Nov 25

Pleinair Paintings from Taipei, Los Angeles, Berkeley and Bukhara

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Mike McCain @mikemccainart.bsky.social · Nov 17

I don’t sorry!