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D. V. Rico

@mrnohbdy.bsky.social

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Some foolish human, artist, and character rigger/TD. I've long since given up on a normal sleep schedule. Fuck ai / fuck ai slop / support human artists artTag: #noharc whu dis? https://ko-fi.com/mr_nohbdy

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D. V. Rico @mrnohbdy.bsky.social · Jan 16

Updated reel means new pinned post time.

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Rico 2025 Reel

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D. V. Rico @mrnohbdy.bsky.social · 22h

Oh hey, #portfolioday . I focus a lot of 3d rigging and rigging repair, but I can do scratch build stuff, too!

Stills of Mega Hawlucha and Hawlucha that I rigged up for the Hawlucha vs Machamp short film. mGear was used to make the main rig, while I scratch built the wings, feather flutter systems, correctives, and other systems to reduce clipping issues

Still image from the short film "La Noria" showing the demon dubbed 'Lost'. I was tasked to update the rigs of all the demons and the little boy in the film, ranging from adding controls and auto animation systems to correcting blendshapes and pre-existing systems and deformations

Still render displaying all the characters I rigged for the Final Fantasy 9 tribute "Memoria Project". I was responsible for building and refining the rigs for their particular uses, from the simplistic inn keeper to the complex city guard.

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Jordan Maples @maples-astro.bsky.social · 50m

Here's the Garlic (aka Medulla) nebula in all of its glory. This is a very dim target. I collected about 53 hours of data with 38 of that being spent on the hydrogen. I don't normally post the starless versions of my images but it was just too good not to include.

#astrophotography #photography

An astrophotography image of a nebula. It features a supernova remnant that resembles a bulb of garlic in the center. The image is primarily red, due to the high amount of hydrogen in the region, though there are some blue aspects (the representation of oxygen) to the left side of the garlic bulb. This image also contains a very dense star field in it due to the long exposures needed to get sufficient data.

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AJB @berardbro.bsky.social · 1d

I don't usually bother, but I'll make a #portfolioday post just to kinda re-share some of my stuff 😋

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AJ Jefferies @moonjam.com · 13h

So, I stumbled across this animation (left) that a professional studio made for a commercial client last year and a lot of it seems VERY familiar to my 2023 'PEAS' animation (right)...

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Istrandar @istrandar.bsky.social · Apr 8

Hey #PortfolioDay !

I'm Maxime a french freelance illustrator. I love painting creatures and animals.

I'm open for work ! Feel free to contact me

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Populus Ursus @populus89.bsky.social · Feb 5

Shoutout to that one time I modded in egg in Half-Life: Alyx.

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✨🔹🦋⟣ NEO ⟢🦋🔹✨ @TIRED @tokyozilla.bsky.social · 14h

I got so mad trying to watch the HTTYD remake I had to draw Toothless to sate my mind 😤

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Marco González - Fantasy artist @mgonzalezart.bsky.social · 17h

Hey #Portfolioday! I'm Marco González, freelance artist and art instructor working on TCG, TTRPG, videogames and book publishing, among others. I love creating worlds and bringing fantasy to life.

marcogonzalezart.com
animadeprived.carrd.co

A ghostly white head with long hair and a circlet is trapped in a glass jar with a metal, spiky lid tied with chains. The head is screaming with its mouth open wide, while a purple ooze flows from it. The jar is on top of an altar of sorts with runic inscriptions on the steps leading to it. Behind it, a huge, dark creature with long extremities looms over the scene, with its hands surrounding the jar.

A red-haired dwarf with an eye patch, a mohawk and a manica and a Huge, muscular, long-haired character at a bar share a table, some drinks while playing and/or gambling. The dwarf has just leapt onto the table holding a massive axe and threatening to severe his opponent's hand, while the other begs him not to. In the background, a lively crowd cheers and laughs while watching the scene.

The focus of the illustration is massive cocoon-like formation made of gnarled branching shapes with a warm, eye-shaped light in the centre. In the foreground, a thick “branch” where a character is standing goes towards the background. The atmosphere is mostly blue and hazy, with some warm light particles floating around.

A horned and almost entirely covered creature stands in the middle of the picture. Frayed layers flow around its body, kind of disintegrating as they move. A dark face with bright eyes is barely visible. Behind it, we see a stony and almost organic setting in mostly cool colours. In the bottom of the frame, we see a small character looking at the giant creature, standing on an organic-looking pathway.

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D. V. Rico @mrnohbdy.bsky.social · 16h

sulley from monsters inc is saying you go to sleep

ALT: sulley from monsters inc is saying you go to sleep

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Godot Engine @godotengine.org · 1d

Have you ever heard about Material Maker? We interviewed the author of this open-source application made with Godot:
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Godot Showcase - Material Maker – Godot Engine

RodZilla talks about his experience developing Material Maker, a procedural PBR material creation tool made with Godot.

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Chris Battle @chrisbattleart.bsky.social · 18h

Hey, #PortfolioDay!

I'm Chris & I do #CharacterDesign for animation.

Still #LookingForWork, so DM me if your UNION show is staffing up or needs freelance vis dev!

Instagram@ instagram.com/chrisbattleart
ArtStation@ artstation.com/chrisbattleart
LinkTree @ linktr.ee/chrisbattleart

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Malky @themalky.bsky.social · 1d

Kumiho 🦊 oc

Colored sketch of a 4 tailed kumiho with orange and white fur, bald spots on legs and belly uncover black skin

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 21h

Pay people you like on the internet folks, it’s going to be rough out there

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 21h

Over half of all articles on the Internet are now written by AI

(via Axios)

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D. V. Rico @mrnohbdy.bsky.social · 20h

Behold the sooty fluff butt, destroyer of pots

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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 22h

I’ve not personally had a chance to get out from the city light pollution to try for comet sightings, but you should!

I’ve heard it’s visible with binoculars/cameras now, may be naked-eye visible in dark skies this evening or within days (peak: 21 October)

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How to find Comet Lemmon in the night sky as it brightens this October

Here's how to find Comet Lemmon in October's night sky.

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Mason Rhoades - Comms Open, Looking for Work! @mediarhoades.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #portfolioday !
I'm Mason, a freelance 3D character artist currently open for work and taking commissions for printable designs, game and vtuber models!
For anybody interested, feel free to reach out. Info in bio/pinned post.

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D. V. Rico @mrnohbdy.bsky.social · 21h

a man with red hair and a beard is standing in the woods

ALT: a man with red hair and a beard is standing in the woods

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D. V. Rico @mrnohbdy.bsky.social · 21h

Oh hey! Crumble is some good stuff! A fair trade right there

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D. V. Rico @mrnohbdy.bsky.social · 22h

Oh hey, #portfolioday . I focus a lot of 3d rigging and rigging repair, but I can do scratch build stuff, too!

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Character Design References @characterdesign.bsky.social · 23h

The Art of Takeshi Oga → bit.ly/2zGHCbt

#artist #portfolio #illustration #art

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VeenanNorvius (Low Poly VRC Avatar Commissions Open) @veenannorvius.bsky.social · 23h

Happy #PortfolioDay Everyone! I'm Vee, I'm a Lowpoly 3d Avatar creator for Vtubers and VRChat.

#VRChat #Furry #3d #lowpoly

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reywolfe.art 🕸️☎️🔪 @kr00bs.com · Nov 27

HI 🔥‼️⭐️ I’m Rey and I’m a fulltime, freelance creature artist! I love what I do and I hope you can tell. :0)

INFO: kr00bs.com
KoFi: ko-fi.com/kr00bs
♥️ @sapphicspots.bsky.social

We’re struggling but trying to hang in there. Shares are great! I’ll explain why ⬇️

Traditional art scan! Features a flushed rough collie wearing a black, leather muzzle. They’re holding a joint in between their toes and blowing its smoke through the small holes in the muzzle.

Smoke, starbursts, dots, checkers, smiley face stamps, and stamped letters that say “that’s rough,” decorate the negative space around the collie.

A personal fav of mine that’s now out in the world somewhere! I used illustrative markers, line pens, stamps, and sketched with a soft blue sketch pencil.

Big thanks to erasers, much love to all my erasers in the chat tonight. ♥️

Digital illustration! Features a snarling lion running a barbed tongue under its claws to groom them and keep them sharp/gleaming.

The mane billows around its face and paws, I love drawing manes so this piece was a blast. Big cats are a soft spot.

This piece has a halftone texture on it! Which textures the work to have a slight tv static to it.

Digital illustration of an armored, snarling, battle worn Kobold directly after receiving a strike that would scar him for years to come. Blood, tears, and dirt fly around him as what I could only imagine as a cyclone of pain and anger overcomes him.

This was a super fun icon! I love learning about the characters people bring to me and bringing certain parts of their story to life. In this case, I asked about the scar the character had! We went from there!

Experimental digital reference sheet! Billy the angelic dragon (he/they). Features an illustrated story of Billy, a scruffy blue-horned angelic dragon with wings for ears (there’s also a set of wings on their tail and feet)!

Features a scene of him sitting on the shore of a beach wearing a hoodie, shorts, and converses holding a little toy fish as he looks to the sky, whispering his new pronouns out loud for the first time: “He.. They. That… that feels.. good?” The grass around and behind him is full of stars, flowers, and swirls. A ufo floats casually in between the shore and the power lines in the distance. Pink clouds full of golden stars float up to the name text.

The middle features a symmetrical pelt version so the artists can see the characters stripes and dots. Also has the shark from ikea bc it’s a fav of his.
Other scenes are him in a car, looking away from a text conversation confused and flushed. The trans flag and pan flag swirl from behind their seat.

Last scene is a time skip to him out and proud at a pool party showing off his top surgery scars for the first time, so he’s all flustered and nervous when someone cute throws interest his way and is totally chill with his identity. He’s sitting on the edge of the yellow titled pool, dipping his feet in. A beach ball, a pink float, and an umbrella surround them. His speech bubble has the trans flag and then text that reads: “..that cool with you? Y-yeah? ♥️”

SUCH a fun piece. I love telling a story

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Shira @shirahedgie.bsky.social · 1d

happy #portfolioday !
I do mostly fanarts but also oc stuff!

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Bonnie Branson @artbonnie.bsky.social · 1d

Hi, #PortfolioDay I'm Bonnie and I'm a BG artist working in animation. Clients include Nickelodeon, WB, Cartoon Network, Netflix and more! I’ll be available for full-time or freelance work in the spring of 2026. I’m interested in BG design/paint/vis dev work! 🌺

Web: artbonnie.com
Insta@artbonnie

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