Alex Bertram-Powell
@alexbpart.bsky.social
Videogames Artperson. Roman Sands RE:Build, Sonalethe, Dreamsettler. Current doings: @dunderbeckgame.com character art🌭🦄
Organ in ANTA, technical drawings for Forgotten Futures by Gotye.
He/Him
Organ in ANTA, technical drawings for Forgotten Futures by Gotye.
He/Him
Pinned
Hey newcomers :) I'm Alex, a videogames artist from Bristol, based in Hamburg, specialising in 3D environment work and 2D illustration.
Current and recent work includes Roman Sands RE:Build and Dreamsettler.
I also play synths in my band ANTA.
I'm always up for talking to new folks!
Current and recent work includes Roman Sands RE:Build and Dreamsettler.
I also play synths in my band ANTA.
I'm always up for talking to new folks!
Ape gone, ape gone
All my apes gone
Memory resets and then I buy another one
Ape gone, ape gone
All my apes gone
You could sell me phlogiston
All my apes gone
Memory resets and then I buy another one
Ape gone, ape gone
All my apes gone
You could sell me phlogiston
December 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Ape gone, ape gone
All my apes gone
Memory resets and then I buy another one
Ape gone, ape gone
All my apes gone
You could sell me phlogiston
All my apes gone
Memory resets and then I buy another one
Ape gone, ape gone
All my apes gone
You could sell me phlogiston
Look who went outside
December 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Look who went outside
I, a reasonably unserious person, have raised a newborn.
It's not for everyone, but if you have time, money, health, agency, and access to services - which is a lot, but clearly this monumental prick does - and you can't muddle through, you probably can't be trusted to wipe your own arse
It's not for everyone, but if you have time, money, health, agency, and access to services - which is a lot, but clearly this monumental prick does - and you can't muddle through, you probably can't be trusted to wipe your own arse
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I, a reasonably unserious person, have raised a newborn.
It's not for everyone, but if you have time, money, health, agency, and access to services - which is a lot, but clearly this monumental prick does - and you can't muddle through, you probably can't be trusted to wipe your own arse
It's not for everyone, but if you have time, money, health, agency, and access to services - which is a lot, but clearly this monumental prick does - and you can't muddle through, you probably can't be trusted to wipe your own arse
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Tribunal: *finds that Sandie Peggie harassed Dr Beth Upton*
British Press: Hahaha no, that's not the story we already decided we like, they must have said it wrong, we'll just say the opposite thing happened ☺️
British Press: Hahaha no, that's not the story we already decided we like, they must have said it wrong, we'll just say the opposite thing happened ☺️
#C4News went above & beyond, reporting:
"a nurse has won a harassment claim against Dr Beth Upton."
No she didn't. NHS FIFE harassed her, not Upton.
This is almost defamatory, & they mentioned none of the dismissed parts or the implications for trans women in SS spaces. I complained to Ofcom.
"a nurse has won a harassment claim against Dr Beth Upton."
No she didn't. NHS FIFE harassed her, not Upton.
This is almost defamatory, & they mentioned none of the dismissed parts or the implications for trans women in SS spaces. I complained to Ofcom.
December 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Tribunal: *finds that Sandie Peggie harassed Dr Beth Upton*
British Press: Hahaha no, that's not the story we already decided we like, they must have said it wrong, we'll just say the opposite thing happened ☺️
British Press: Hahaha no, that's not the story we already decided we like, they must have said it wrong, we'll just say the opposite thing happened ☺️
Rachel Reeves is not who I look to for moral instruction but cheers anyway
December 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Rachel Reeves is not who I look to for moral instruction but cheers anyway
Merz saying people need to be deported to restore the "stadtbild" is... a very direct way to court neo-nazis, I suppose
December 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Merz saying people need to be deported to restore the "stadtbild" is... a very direct way to court neo-nazis, I suppose
This morning Toddler brought me a satsuma in bed.
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 AM
This morning Toddler brought me a satsuma in bed.
Can anyone explain why German tailoring decided blazers should never ever have vents. This is so weird.
December 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Can anyone explain why German tailoring decided blazers should never ever have vents. This is so weird.
Cool that Penn Jillette realises libertarianism is a Trojan horse for racism - better late than never - but that whole interview is full of crap equivocations and I wish people who've had that kind of reckoning would just go "ah, perhaps I do not possess leading judgement" and sit down for a while
December 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Cool that Penn Jillette realises libertarianism is a Trojan horse for racism - better late than never - but that whole interview is full of crap equivocations and I wish people who've had that kind of reckoning would just go "ah, perhaps I do not possess leading judgement" and sit down for a while
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You'd better watch out
And polish your hood
He's driving his Trans Am into the woods
Santa Claus is dogging in style
And polish your hood
He's driving his Trans Am into the woods
Santa Claus is dogging in style
November 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
You'd better watch out
And polish your hood
He's driving his Trans Am into the woods
Santa Claus is dogging in style
And polish your hood
He's driving his Trans Am into the woods
Santa Claus is dogging in style
I learned the accordion for one tour to fill in for a couple of missing instruments using the bass keys. I don't enjoy it on a physical level so I probably won't return to it.
Archival illustration had me reconstructing instruments where only 1 grainy image existed so I could then draw them.
Archival illustration had me reconstructing instruments where only 1 grainy image existed so I could then draw them.
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
Archival research feels like it’s full of these, but then there’s always one throwback archive with a microfiche machine or a paper catalogue (or, indeed: NARA)
Archival research feels like it’s full of these, but then there’s always one throwback archive with a microfiche machine or a paper catalogue (or, indeed: NARA)
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
Summer of '95 I had a job assembling single-use film cameras, which I did enough that I can still perform the actions. I don't think they even sell them anymore, but even if they do I'm certainly never going to be making them again!
Summer of '95 I had a job assembling single-use film cameras, which I did enough that I can still perform the actions. I don't think they even sell them anymore, but even if they do I'm certainly never going to be making them again!
December 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I learned the accordion for one tour to fill in for a couple of missing instruments using the bass keys. I don't enjoy it on a physical level so I probably won't return to it.
Archival illustration had me reconstructing instruments where only 1 grainy image existed so I could then draw them.
Archival illustration had me reconstructing instruments where only 1 grainy image existed so I could then draw them.
OK this has been up for a long time with no effort to address or comment or mitigate or god forbid apologise. What the fuck is going on at Bluesky castle
December 8, 2025 at 11:11 AM
OK this has been up for a long time with no effort to address or comment or mitigate or god forbid apologise. What the fuck is going on at Bluesky castle
Reposted by Alex Bertram-Powell
jealousy psychiatrist
December 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
jealousy psychiatrist
I wonder if there's a solitary software exec out there who's managed to connect the dots between stuffing AI into their products, AI forcing the cost of personal computing to skyrocket, and people no longer being able to pay for their software because they can't afford the computer it runs on
December 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I wonder if there's a solitary software exec out there who's managed to connect the dots between stuffing AI into their products, AI forcing the cost of personal computing to skyrocket, and people no longer being able to pay for their software because they can't afford the computer it runs on
This is still alarming to me. I think if I stop actively hating it I might risk it becoming acceptable in some way
December 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
This is still alarming to me. I think if I stop actively hating it I might risk it becoming acceptable in some way
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Let it be known that @bitocrosszer.bsky.social was kidnapped by ICE after attending a mandatory appointment, and taken to a jail out in Las Vegas because he has immigration lawyers out here in Boise. He has a severe seizure disorder, ADHD and autism and I fear that they knew this.
December 7, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Let it be known that @bitocrosszer.bsky.social was kidnapped by ICE after attending a mandatory appointment, and taken to a jail out in Las Vegas because he has immigration lawyers out here in Boise. He has a severe seizure disorder, ADHD and autism and I fear that they knew this.
They say he has the backbone of a snail, the mind of a snail, the fists of a snail, the moral constitution of a Bluesky moderator, and he makes love like a snail
December 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
They say he has the backbone of a snail, the mind of a snail, the fists of a snail, the moral constitution of a Bluesky moderator, and he makes love like a snail
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Two weeks ago I said that there were likely millions of uninstalled Blackwell GPUs sitting in warehouses as there is neither the data center capacity nor the power to turn them on. Michael Burry is looking into it and it looks like he’s got evidence I’m right.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...
December 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Two weeks ago I said that there were likely millions of uninstalled Blackwell GPUs sitting in warehouses as there is neither the data center capacity nor the power to turn them on. Michael Burry is looking into it and it looks like he’s got evidence I’m right.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...
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big cyberpunk themes, shadowrun adjacent world (2nd edition cromch bb). i need good a good facial rig and characters. probably some hard surface stuff.
December 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
big cyberpunk themes, shadowrun adjacent world (2nd edition cromch bb). i need good a good facial rig and characters. probably some hard surface stuff.
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any game artists out there interested in doing some theme / UI design work? I can't pay a ton, but i've got a lil bit of budget over the next few months.... looking for someone with houdini experience, too...
December 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
any game artists out there interested in doing some theme / UI design work? I can't pay a ton, but i've got a lil bit of budget over the next few months.... looking for someone with houdini experience, too...
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Reminder that I'm still looking fulltime or contract work as a senior writer or narrative designer. If you need someone who can write sharp characters, poetic prose, and emotional stories, I'm available! You can find my portfolio here: www.hazelmonforton.com
It's #portfolioday! I'm presently a senior narrative designer at Blizzard, but before that I was at Bungie and Arkane. I wrote for the Writer's Guild award-nominated Dishonored: Death of the Outsider, and a bunch of critically acclaimed seasons and expansions in Destiny 2.
December 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Reminder that I'm still looking fulltime or contract work as a senior writer or narrative designer. If you need someone who can write sharp characters, poetic prose, and emotional stories, I'm available! You can find my portfolio here: www.hazelmonforton.com
Shames Shirkshop to Fames Perkshop
it's so funny that Games Workshop went in twenty years from a company that made games you got beaten up in middle school for enjoying to now being the 67th most valuable company in the United Kingdom
incredible victory for kids who spent ages 11+ with a crust of super glue on their fingertips
incredible victory for kids who spent ages 11+ with a crust of super glue on their fingertips
December 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Shames Shirkshop to Fames Perkshop
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ME PRE TRANSITION: lava is so cool
THE LADS: hehe yeah bro
ME POST TRANSITION: lava is so cool
THE LADS: aha easy mistake to make but actually it's very hot
THE LADS: hehe yeah bro
ME POST TRANSITION: lava is so cool
THE LADS: aha easy mistake to make but actually it's very hot
December 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
ME PRE TRANSITION: lava is so cool
THE LADS: hehe yeah bro
ME POST TRANSITION: lava is so cool
THE LADS: aha easy mistake to make but actually it's very hot
THE LADS: hehe yeah bro
ME POST TRANSITION: lava is so cool
THE LADS: aha easy mistake to make but actually it's very hot
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These anti-vaxxers will kill babies.
It feels awful to be that blunt, but the stakes here are *babies dying of preventable diseases*.
It feels awful to be that blunt, but the stakes here are *babies dying of preventable diseases*.
To be very clear: Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the children who get it.
RFK’s Anti-Vax Team Readies Its Next Moves
“Their game is, let’s really destabilize trust in the vaccine, and make people really anxious about it.”
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
These anti-vaxxers will kill babies.
It feels awful to be that blunt, but the stakes here are *babies dying of preventable diseases*.
It feels awful to be that blunt, but the stakes here are *babies dying of preventable diseases*.
I always forget about the Alexander Skarsgård cameo on Atlanta until the second it happens
December 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I always forget about the Alexander Skarsgård cameo on Atlanta until the second it happens