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Niles (he/they)

@nilesmcdonald.bsky.social

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Animator & Vis Dev Artist | Producer of COSMOS

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Niles (he/they) @nilesmcdonald.bsky.social · Jun 4

Hiya! I have a ko-fi now open! Currently I have my commissions open and 5 stickers (2 Transformers, 1 Cookie Run Kingdom, & 2 birds) available to purchase!
I’m hoping to do more stickers in the future and maybe posters/postcards, so we’ll see!

ko-fi.com/nilesmcdonald
#cookierun #transformers

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Niles (he/they) @nilesmcdonald.bsky.social · 5d

Hi all! I can finally post my part for the HoneyDripper Playlist zine!

You can see the full zine here: scadhoneydripper.com/honeydripper...

And if you want more of my thoughts about this piece you can check out my tumblr post about it here: www.tumblr.com/dabbingintoa...

#digitalart #zine

Niles (he/they) @nilesmcdonald.bsky.social · Sep 12

doodle of the Archivist while i’m at a football game lol

#themagnusarchives #themagnusprotocall #thearchivist

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Niles (he/they) @nilesmcdonald.bsky.social · Jun 22

It’s that time of year again! Happy Art Fight! This year I’m on team Fossils!
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#artfight #artfight2025 #teamfossils

Niles (he/they) @nilesmcdonald.bsky.social · Jun 4

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Niles (he/they) @nilesmcdonald.bsky.social · May 27

meet the artist update for graduation!
#meettheartist #digitalart

Niles (he/they) @nilesmcdonald.bsky.social · May 27

Capstone is done and i’m graduating soon! Which. is wild and weird to think that after 16 years of schooling, i won’t be going back to school in the fall.
anyways!
i’m heading to The Morgan Library & Museum over the summer and i am very excited (i asked to look at one of their items from 1485 :>)

Niles (he/they) @nilesmcdonald.bsky.social · Feb 28

cheeky sneak peak at my capstone film i’m on 👁️👁️

Niles (he/they) @nilesmcdonald.bsky.social · Jan 19

fernando in the corner <3

Niles (he/they) @nilesmcdonald.bsky.social · Jan 13

A work in progress of my roughs for a puppeting/compositing assignment! More snippets of it to come!!!
(Audio from Snapcube’s Shadow the Hedgehog Fan Dub)

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Wren Yates @corvisking.bsky.social · Dec 19

Spent most of my winter break sewing rather than drawing, whoops! Anyways I wanted to make the 2024 McLaren racesuit into a bomber jacket and three weeks later here we are!
#formula1 #mclarenf1 @mclarenf1team.bsky.social

And congrats again on the championship win! Papaya on top!

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Niles (he/they) @nilesmcdonald.bsky.social · Dec 8

maybe they were right about being sent to the countryside (beach edition)

Niles (he/they) @nilesmcdonald.bsky.social · Dec 1

oh pikmin, never change for being able to choose random photos, it’s so funny jdvdjhdkb
#pikmin #ezioauditore #assassinscreed

Niles (he/they) @nilesmcdonald.bsky.social · Nov 23

friendship over with box fan 10 hours, F1 2006 Nürbergring Grand Prix FX audio track is my friend now

Niles (he/they) @nilesmcdonald.bsky.social · Nov 18

forget me nots, plus they’re fun to grow too!

Niles (he/they) @nilesmcdonald.bsky.social · Nov 17

nothing like swimming across a sea because i forgot my boat
#acodyssey #assassinscreedodyssey

Niles (he/they) @nilesmcdonald.bsky.social · Nov 15

repurposing my old laptop so i can literally just use it to write
but man. creative cloud is a nightmare to uninstall

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Fish 🐟 @iownfish.bsky.social · Nov 15

Hellooo! Aussie illustrator with a lot of interests and blorbos to draw

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Niles (he/they) @nilesmcdonald.bsky.social · Nov 14

i don’t???? think that’s supposed to happen????
#assassinscreed #assassinscreedodyssey

Niles (he/they) @nilesmcdonald.bsky.social · Nov 14

Celestine doing HOT TO GO!!!
#animation #2danimation #celestine #ernestandcelestine #roughanimation #HOTTOGO

Niles (he/they) @nilesmcdonald.bsky.social · Nov 13

let me innnnnnnnnn (i always forgot how much of a nightmare it is to download games on college wifi)

Niles (he/they) @nilesmcdonald.bsky.social · Nov 12

another sketch from my sketchbook

#sketchbook #formula1 #f1 #redbull #maxverstappen

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Niles (he/they) @nilesmcdonald.bsky.social · Nov 12

stealing this but also an excuse to draw my guys

link 🏳️‍⚧️ @macabremadness.bsky.social · Nov 12

stolen from @vokelie.bsky.social! i do need to draw my ocs more and wanna show my blorbos off :]

#promosky

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Wren Yates @corvisking.bsky.social · Nov 12

Ok maybe it’s a cook 😎

#spaceart #illustration

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Tea with Tolkien @teawithtolkien.com · Nov 10

DEVASTATING: this woman turned on The Lord of the Rings movie to play in the background while she cleans the house but is now glued to the TV and narrating the prologue alongside Cate Blanchett

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Niles (he/they) @nilesmcdonald.bsky.social · Nov 11

it’s finals week so you know what that means! animating every day.
anyways! working on breakdowns for Celestine from Ernest & Celestine doing the HOT TO GO dance!
she’s so darling to me <3

#animationwip #animation #celestine #ernestandcelestine #HOTTOGO #toonboomharmony #roughanimation

A photo of a drawing tablet screen with multiple windows open, the main one having the drawings of Celestine (a young mouse with a dress, cloak, and socks), while the window to the right has a reference video.