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HaikuHello @haikuhello.bsky.social · 45m

a close up of a cat laying on a blue blanket

Alt: a close up of a cat laying on a blue blanket

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HaikuHello @haikuhello.bsky.social · 1d

👋 #portfolioday

I’m Haiku and I primarily do character art such as character design and sprite work

The third and fourth image are from two Spooktober games I worked on which are out now (The Wishing Book and Nova’s Ship)

Sillies in the fourth image concepted by @/huurreprinssi.bsky.social

A cinematic drawing featuring three of my characters:
Eacla, a tween robot girl in a purple dress with a star shaped necklace. Melpomene, a robot woman in blue with spiral shaped ginger hair, who dons the tragedy mask. And Thalia, the sister of Melpomene. Who shares similarities, but with the key differences in her appearance being her curly hair, red clothing, and donning the comedy mask

Eacla is on the palm of Thalia’s hand, chasing a bright star just out of reach. While Melpomene reaches for Eacla from the side

Content warning: gory

A grayscale drawing where two office workers are looking up at the camera, mortified by what they’re seeing.

With the pov of the camera being from a body hanging above an open door, held up by plants that have over taken the room surrounding them.

Light shines through the door below. The shadow of a person whose head is covered with the same plants around the room is casted onto the ground. Along with the shadow of the body’s hand hanging above, with blood dripping down from it

Sprites for The Wishing Book.

With the two sprites on the left being of Beatrice, a young overworked woman with long messy hair. First one is of her in her neutral pose, hands together and smiling, the second is of her hunched over in distress and crying ✨

The second two sprites on the right being of Tristan, an anxiety ridden teen boy who’s trying his best to keep it together. The first one is of him terrified and taken aback, the second is him in his neutral pose, smiling with one hand holding his other arm

Sprites for Nova’s Ship

Top row of sprites is of an octopus monster named Charybdis. First sprite from the left is of her opening her mouth, about to eat something. Second sprite is of her smiling. Third sprite is of her frowning

Bottom row of sprites is of a stinky monkey cat thing with a hand at the end of their tail. First sprite from the left is of them being offended. Second sprite is of them evilly smiling. Third is them somewhat sad

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polly 🦈🩸 @deathbyulan.bsky.social · 3d

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 · 3d

Donate to Western Alaska Disaster Relief here:

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Jett Barker @jettbarker.bsky.social · 2d

It's October!

If you've never played "Undergrowth" and are in the mood for some mystery/found family/psychological horror goodness... The demo's free, runs 4-5 hours, and is slated to be save-data-compatible with the 3.0 version launching next year!

azufx.itch.io/undergrowth

Jett Barker @jettbarker.bsky.social · Jun 30

✨ 2.1 UPDATE! 🍄

Extremely pleased to announce that v2.1 of "Undergrowth" is OUT NOW! It massively optimizes content added in its 1.0 demo and implements some deceptively major back-end QoL fixes! We've also got a trailer… 👀

As before, the game demo is available for FREE @ azufx.itch.io/undergrowth

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Aaron Dylan Kearns @eyeodyssey.bsky.social · 2d

Quick reminder for those in Georgia that the Buried Alive Film Festival Intravenus tickets are currently being sold on the Plaza Theatre''s site! Seating will sell out so get your spot before it's too late.
www.plazaatlanta.com/movie/baff-2...

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HaikuHello @haikuhello.bsky.social · 2d

Mmm yummy lighting

A person floats over a glowing patch of grass in a dark void

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Prince Rosalium, Parfum Nostalgique Dev🌹✨️ @princerosalium.bsky.social · 4d

Well! There we are! Me and Val! The handsomest men to ever grace the Indie game scene!

It's an absolute honor to say Parfum Nostalgique has been featured on @polygon.com . I'm gonna go scream now.

www.polygon.com/steam-adult-...

As Steam cracks down on adult games, one dev urges taking back control

Game developers fear for the future of games with LGBTQ themes, which is leading some to pursue alternate (and way cooler) forms of distribution

www.polygon.com

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Vesper Lark @angeliusdemonis.bsky.social · 3d

Here are the backgrounds I did for the The Wishing Book! Please check it out on itch! taylorsconfused.itch.io/the-wishing-...

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Nate Fernandez @natefernandez.bsky.social · Sep 11

Got a new profile picture from @haikuhello.bsky.social! >:)

A cat-like mage resting their hand against their cheek, and playfully sticking their tongue out. The background is blue with a starry pattern.

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Taylor Fernandez @taylorsconfused.bsky.social · 17d

Hello, all! The Wishing Book is OUT NOW! Contents include...

- A Medieval/Fantasy Setting
- A Loveable Sibling Duo
- Magic
- ~12k Words
- 3 Endings
- Horrors!

The game can be downloaded from the link below! 📘✨

taylorsconfused.itch.io/the-wishing-...

#indiedev #visualnovel #vndev

Beatrice, a young woman with long, frazzled purple hair in a blacksmith's outfit stands to the left of the frame. Text on the right of the frame reads...

"THE WISHING BOOK
- 12k Words
- 3 Endings
Out NOW!"

Text below that links to https://taylorsconfused.itch.io/the-wishing-book.

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Kylie Siaw - NOVA'S SHIP 🐳🏴‍☠️ OUT NOW!! @azufx.bsky.social · 15d

HEAR YE HEAR YE‼️
All Aboard Nova's Ship! 🐳🏴‍☠️

Nova's Ship 🐳🏴‍☠️ is a #visualnovel made for a #SpooktoberVNJam!

🏴‍☠️ Eldritch Horror-comedy with Pirate fun!
✨ Over 1000 lines of fully voiced dialogue!
🐳 23 Characters!
🎵 2 Original Sea Shanties!
💥 3 Endings!

Come say hi to Nova!
azufx.itch.io/novas-ship

Nova's Ship by AzuFx, HenkkaStorm, Jett, TaylorsConfused, huurreprinssi, Ruminio

WHALE FACTS: Did you know that Nova's a whale?

azufx.itch.io

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Taylor Fernandez @taylorsconfused.bsky.social · 11d

The Wishing Book concept art incoming! All drawn by the incredible @haikuhello.bsky.social!

Here’s some of the Beatrice concepts! She was designed first, so we were feeling out the game’s aesthetic as well as her design with these.

#indiedev #vndev #visualnovel

Beatrice holding up a sword. She has shoulder-length, unkempt hair and no visible mouth. In her right hand, she holds a miniature hammer.

A sheet displaying various facial expressions of Beatrice’s. They are as follows…

- Smiling, eyes closed
- Shocked
- Enraged
- Crying

To the left of the frame, Beatrice is drawn from the shoulders up. She has big, unkempt hair and bangs. A thought bubble with a burger containing only lettuce is drawn above her head. The right of the frame, a bare bones sketch of Beatrice is drawn to lay out her proportions.

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Taylor Fernandez @taylorsconfused.bsky.social · 9d

More The Wishing Book concept art courtesy of @haikuhello.bsky.social!

Haiku's design for Tristan helped define his character loads, and we actually locked him in very fast. Love this guy!

You can play (and rate, mayhaps!) the game here! itch.io/jam/spooktob...

#vndev #indiedev #visualnovel

The first sketch of Tristan. He is a small kid with zig-zagging hair in a short ponytail. He wears overalls.

A full-body sketch of Tristan. He has been made older, and his ponytail is longer. In addition, his hair is smoother.

A sketch of Tristan. He learns to the side and holds The Wishing Book in his arms, looking to the camera.

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HaikuHello @haikuhello.bsky.social · Aug 16

#theamazingdigitalcircus #tadc

Top of the image is a screenshot of a scene from the new ep where Pomni looks weirdly low to the ground, bottom of the image is a sketch of her clipping through the ground

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HaikuHello @haikuhello.bsky.social · Jul 10

Warning: dead cockroach

I found a dead cockroach in the garage a few days ago and I’ve been keeping it around for when I make a mini coffin for it, which I started doing today. Here’s the wip of it so far

Dead cockroach lays on one piece of it’s tiny cardboard cut out coffin. The other yet to be assembled pieces of the coffin lay near by

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HaikuHello @haikuhello.bsky.social · Jul 9

Felt like making something that moves so I spent around an hour making something that moves

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HaikuHello @haikuhello.bsky.social · Jul 1

He’s a deaf little kitty so it can take a bit to wake him up for feeding time

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HaikuHello @haikuhello.bsky.social · Jul 1

Proof that he sleeps in a bush

Real life pic of Timmy sleeping in his sleeping bush

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HaikuHello @haikuhello.bsky.social · Jun 30

I’ve been feeding a cat while his owner is out on vacation. His name is Timmy, he’s old and can be found sleeping under the front yard bush

Artistic depiction of Timmy the cat. There’s text under him calling him a crinkly cat

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HaikuHello @haikuhello.bsky.social · Jun 29

Sketch commission for @myaturii.bsky.social btw Nate have you met Oscar he’s a fast talking little fish who finds himself in hot water when everyone thinks he’s a