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Jonty @fairless.xyz · 6d

Windows 10 goes out of support today. My fave useless fact about w10 is that the iconic blue desktop background is a *photograph* - not CGI.

Tiny 'making of' vid here - youtu.be/_2RacX9DgWM...

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Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social · 7d

Just sharing this again for #portfolioDay but really should be sharing my woodworking as that’s clearly why people follow me now not the fact I’m an experienced environmental artist with decades and half of experience.

Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social · Jul 8

Hi #PortfolioDay I'm Des been working as a environment art for the past 14 years and available for work better look at some of the 14 titles iv been a part of so far and personal art can be found on my portfolio www.artstation.com/pikminman

Jurassic world evolution high poly helicopter

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Ian Fay @ianfay.bsky.social · 6d

WA!

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Mark @marknormington.bsky.social · 6d

a bald man with glasses and a tie is sitting in front of a computer and says this better not awaken anything in me

ALT: a bald man with glasses and a tie is sitting in front of a computer and says this better not awaken anything in me

media.tenor.com

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Phil Szostak @philszostak.bsky.social · 10d

Pre-order your copy of @ABRAMSbooks’ The Art of Star Wars: Andor (The Complete Series) today! Featuring artwork from all 24 episodes, plus extensive interviews with creator Tony Gilroy, star Diego Luna, Emmy-winning production designer Luke Hull, and many more! (May 19, 2026)

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Mark @marknormington.bsky.social · 10d

New Battlefield is still naff, save your money for now

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No More Robots @nomorerobots.io · 12d

Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:

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Mark @marknormington.bsky.social · 15d

Come play the game I've been working so hard on. Set hours this week and then 24/7 next week during NextFest!

#gaming #gameart #gamedevelopment #coldwar #games

'83 Game - Cold War Gone Hot @83thegame.bsky.social · 15d

’83 will be taking part in next week's Steam NextFest, get an early sneak peek on our upcoming Cold War tactical shooter!

Ahead of the festival, we’re opening up the demo for a series of limited-time play sessions this week.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=t72z...

'83 – NextFest Trailer

YouTube video by Blue Dot Games

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onion person @junlper.beer · 16d

look ai is completely destroying the world with massive pollution and is using up water at a concerning rate but at least you get to use technology that lies to you and is the primary propaganda mechanism by fascists

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Paperback Paradise @paperbackparadise.bsky.social · 17d

Halloween postcards are now available 🎃 9 haunted titles, 2 freaky bookmarks - only 10 possessed dollars 💀 mail this one to your dad!

paperbackparadise.bigcartel.com/product/pape...

Photo of a postcard featuring the paperback paradise book ‘The Room Where Dracula Sucks His Own Dick’

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Howie Day @howieeday.bsky.social · 17d

I've officially been staring at this too long. I have no idea if it's good or not anymore. 🙁 The blend from Cloaking to Not Cloaked is still too abrupt, more work needed. These shots were chosen to sort of showcase the "worst case" scenarios of the technique I'm using. 4K in 🧵!

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Mark @marknormington.bsky.social · 18d

Amen, it's like Facebook for corpos

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Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social · 18d

You know you can block people on LinkedIn and I recommend you do, if people piss you off cut them from your feed like any platform. Good chance they are nobodies with zero relevance to your industry anyway and more then likely cosplaying at being what they think a CEO is.

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Howie Day @howieeday.bsky.social · 21d

Heyo! Further Romulan Cloak tests - multiple angles, with textures this time!

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Mark @marknormington.bsky.social · 21d

What if we used his blood unless he opts out? His organs? He hasn't opted out yet?

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 21d

Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.

OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out

Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.

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adelle k. @ MCM K-09 @klimtsonian.bsky.social · 21d

playing around with the new procreate charcoals!!

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Mark @marknormington.bsky.social · 23d

Wish someone would take him and his ilk and just drown them in the sea.

Mark @marknormington.bsky.social · 25d

Seeing lots of people at TGS getting excited over PVKK, really great to see so many people hyped about a game you've worked on, it's a novelty

#TGS #tokyogameshow #gameart #gamedev #PVKK #gaming

Rocketengine @rocketengine.bsky.social · 25d

「PVKK: 惑星防衛砲指揮官」
ダミーのボタンの一切ない、砲撃コントローラー
重量300㎏
鉄騎よりすごい
コントローラーは東京ゲームショウのイベント用で販売予定ないそうで残念
game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20...

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Rob Shaer @robshaer.bsky.social · 25d

I've signed this - it is completely pointless, open to abuse, an unnecessary expense, and probably more importantly another attempt to move us in a more authoritarian direction.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards

We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.

petition.parliament.uk

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Mark @marknormington.bsky.social · 26d

My mate Carl has just dropped a lovely NMM piece:

www.artstation.com/artwork/dywX...

He's also currently out of work thanks to the industry being the industry.

#gamedev #gameart #gamedevelopment #art #gaming

Obitus Shield, Carl Packer

I found this asset while scrolling thorough Insta reels as you do. I thought I would give myself a challenge of applying similar techniques used in mini painting for Non metallic metals (NMM) and also...

www.artstation.com

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 26d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

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