Claire Hummel
@shoomlah.bsky.social
Lead Visual Designer at Cyan. Previously did stuff for Half-Life: Alyx, Westworld VR, Mondo. Draws a lot of rocks and historical fashion | ClaireHummel.com | linktr.ee/shoomlah
@gilespink.bsky.social and I spent probably way too much time designing an old school-style Riven calendar for Cyan complete with new tidbits of lore, very proud of this thing ♥️
(also some blankets with my PS classic trophy art that we're making solely because I PERSONALLY WANT THEM)
(also some blankets with my PS classic trophy art that we're making solely because I PERSONALLY WANT THEM)
Winter snow has arrived at Cyan HQ, so to celebrate we're adding several cozy new blankets to the store!
Grab them today, along with our brand-new 2026 Riven calendar featuring 12 gorgeous scene captures and never-before-seen journal entries!
https://store.cyan.com/s/holiday25soc
Grab them today, along with our brand-new 2026 Riven calendar featuring 12 gorgeous scene captures and never-before-seen journal entries!
https://store.cyan.com/s/holiday25soc
December 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
@gilespink.bsky.social and I spent probably way too much time designing an old school-style Riven calendar for Cyan complete with new tidbits of lore, very proud of this thing ♥️
(also some blankets with my PS classic trophy art that we're making solely because I PERSONALLY WANT THEM)
(also some blankets with my PS classic trophy art that we're making solely because I PERSONALLY WANT THEM)
one of my favourite goofs—if there was one thing we did at campo it was Commit to the Bit
October 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
one of my favourite goofs—if there was one thing we did at campo it was Commit to the Bit
was psyched to be on a panel at @lightboxexpo.com and thennnnnn I partially paralyzed my right vocal cord! Hoo-ray
I'm on the mend (and I now have some rad videos of my vocal cords trying their darndest to make an E sound), but it does mean holding off on public speaking for the time being 😭💔
I'm on the mend (and I now have some rad videos of my vocal cords trying their darndest to make an E sound), but it does mean holding off on public speaking for the time being 😭💔
September 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
was psyched to be on a panel at @lightboxexpo.com and thennnnnn I partially paralyzed my right vocal cord! Hoo-ray
I'm on the mend (and I now have some rad videos of my vocal cords trying their darndest to make an E sound), but it does mean holding off on public speaking for the time being 😭💔
I'm on the mend (and I now have some rad videos of my vocal cords trying their darndest to make an E sound), but it does mean holding off on public speaking for the time being 😭💔
Carved out some time to hit up the Brett Allen Johnson show on its last day at the Maxwell Alexander Gallery, hands down one of my favourite working artists:
September 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Carved out some time to hit up the Brett Allen Johnson show on its last day at the Maxwell Alexander Gallery, hands down one of my favourite working artists:
sometimes you gotta design and model a Linking Book-style e-reader, just for The Bit™
@gilespink.bsky.social kept insisting that we should make the panel match the tiiiiny proportions of the original Myst linking books, and he was correct:
@gilespink.bsky.social kept insisting that we should make the panel match the tiiiiny proportions of the original Myst linking books, and he was correct:
September 19, 2025 at 3:08 AM
sometimes you gotta design and model a Linking Book-style e-reader, just for The Bit™
@gilespink.bsky.social kept insisting that we should make the panel match the tiiiiny proportions of the original Myst linking books, and he was correct:
@gilespink.bsky.social kept insisting that we should make the panel match the tiiiiny proportions of the original Myst linking books, and he was correct:
Amazingly, my dad just found our original save files for Myst—I love that you can tell I didn’t get to endgame until I was prepping to play Riven in 1997, and that dad named his endgame file “Syztem Reset” to keep @hummeline.bsky.social and I from accidentally opening it:
September 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Amazingly, my dad just found our original save files for Myst—I love that you can tell I didn’t get to endgame until I was prepping to play Riven in 1997, and that dad named his endgame file “Syztem Reset” to keep @hummeline.bsky.social and I from accidentally opening it:
love this Christmas card I made in the late nineties, exhibiting the brief (but intense) phase when I hated Chibi Usa
September 1, 2025 at 6:12 AM
love this Christmas card I made in the late nineties, exhibiting the brief (but intense) phase when I hated Chibi Usa
I haven't watched Episode 1 in a hot minute but I'm pretty sure this is about how it went down between Watto and Qui-Gon
August 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I haven't watched Episode 1 in a hot minute but I'm pretty sure this is about how it went down between Watto and Qui-Gon
Exactly the reaction @gilespink.bsky.social and I were going for 😌🙏
August 22, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Exactly the reaction @gilespink.bsky.social and I were going for 😌🙏
if someone reposts my art on TikTok I will ask politely for credit, one single time, but if they refuse me I will immediately hit them with a DMCA takedown like a witch disguised as a humble beggar in the wood
August 17, 2025 at 11:09 PM
if someone reposts my art on TikTok I will ask politely for credit, one single time, but if they refuse me I will immediately hit them with a DMCA takedown like a witch disguised as a humble beggar in the wood
I had next to no time to draw anything new for the furry convention but I DID draw a sexy Minerva Mink at the eleventh hour, fulfilling my childhood hopes and dreams
August 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I had next to no time to draw anything new for the furry convention but I DID draw a sexy Minerva Mink at the eleventh hour, fulfilling my childhood hopes and dreams
LOOK I may be biased, but Em has been absolutely knocking it out of the park with social strategy for games like Unpacking, Dredge, and Go-Go Town—she was also a constant resource I could tap into for advice while working on stuff for Cyan's socials & community. ♥️ Can't recommend her enough!!
Also what a good time to say that ✨ I've got some some space for new clients & studios ✨ for the rest of the year! If you are looking for social strategy work in games, discord support, writing, newsletters, and things of that nature, please reach out!
Website/portfolio can be found ⤵️
Website/portfolio can be found ⤵️
Emily Hummel
Digital strategist, public historian, and collector of strange things on the internet.
www.emilyhummel.com
July 30, 2025 at 9:55 PM
LOOK I may be biased, but Em has been absolutely knocking it out of the park with social strategy for games like Unpacking, Dredge, and Go-Go Town—she was also a constant resource I could tap into for advice while working on stuff for Cyan's socials & community. ♥️ Can't recommend her enough!!
thought I should update the ol' fursona ahead of @anthroweekendutah.org
July 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
thought I should update the ol' fursona ahead of @anthroweekendutah.org
Aaaaand my stage backdrop for this year's @anthroweekendutah.org as well! Had a ton more I wanted to fit into this one given more time, but I'm glad I managed to get a fat little sealmaid in there at least ♥️
#AWU #AWU2025
#AWU #AWU2025
July 30, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Aaaaand my stage backdrop for this year's @anthroweekendutah.org as well! Had a ton more I wanted to fit into this one given more time, but I'm glad I managed to get a fat little sealmaid in there at least ♥️
#AWU #AWU2025
#AWU #AWU2025
SUPER excited to share the swashbuckling poster I designed for @anthroweekendutah.org, where I'll be a Guest of Honor this coming weekend!
I haven't been to a proper furry convention since high school so I'm hyped—might still be a little delirious from SDCC. but HEY we'll figure it out 😎
I haven't been to a proper furry convention since high school so I'm hyped—might still be a little delirious from SDCC. but HEY we'll figure it out 😎
July 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
SUPER excited to share the swashbuckling poster I designed for @anthroweekendutah.org, where I'll be a Guest of Honor this coming weekend!
I haven't been to a proper furry convention since high school so I'm hyped—might still be a little delirious from SDCC. but HEY we'll figure it out 😎
I haven't been to a proper furry convention since high school so I'm hyped—might still be a little delirious from SDCC. but HEY we'll figure it out 😎
I tend to fly under the radar at SDCC nowadays, but that also means I am TERRIBLE about posting about my side gig @theconrangers.com that consumes my life every summer.
I’m now, wildly, nine years into this venture with @hummeline.bsky.social, @azimedes.bsky.social, and @aidanrae.bsky.social:
I’m now, wildly, nine years into this venture with @hummeline.bsky.social, @azimedes.bsky.social, and @aidanrae.bsky.social:
July 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I tend to fly under the radar at SDCC nowadays, but that also means I am TERRIBLE about posting about my side gig @theconrangers.com that consumes my life every summer.
I’m now, wildly, nine years into this venture with @hummeline.bsky.social, @azimedes.bsky.social, and @aidanrae.bsky.social:
I’m now, wildly, nine years into this venture with @hummeline.bsky.social, @azimedes.bsky.social, and @aidanrae.bsky.social:
Reposted by Claire Hummel
Reposted by Claire Hummel
I *like* looking stuff up. I like pulling at a thread, asking if the source is reliable, looking for more context. It’s like a scavenger hunt and I learn something new at the end. Or when I’m lucky say “Ah, ok, that was right” pretty quick.
The point is, I don’t want to be told.
I want to find out
The point is, I don’t want to be told.
I want to find out
July 16, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I *like* looking stuff up. I like pulling at a thread, asking if the source is reliable, looking for more context. It’s like a scavenger hunt and I learn something new at the end. Or when I’m lucky say “Ah, ok, that was right” pretty quick.
The point is, I don’t want to be told.
I want to find out
The point is, I don’t want to be told.
I want to find out
One of the last things @gilespink.bsky.social and I helped to get out the door! cyan.com/the-myst-tri...
Such a joy to get these suckers cleaned up and ready for prime time—this is definitely the best the eBooks have ever looked. ♥️📖
Such a joy to get these suckers cleaned up and ready for prime time—this is definitely the best the eBooks have ever looked. ♥️📖
July 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
One of the last things @gilespink.bsky.social and I helped to get out the door! cyan.com/the-myst-tri...
Such a joy to get these suckers cleaned up and ready for prime time—this is definitely the best the eBooks have ever looked. ♥️📖
Such a joy to get these suckers cleaned up and ready for prime time—this is definitely the best the eBooks have ever looked. ♥️📖
extremely therapeutic just putting on a podcast and drawing a bunch of rocks 😌🙏
July 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
extremely therapeutic just putting on a podcast and drawing a bunch of rocks 😌🙏
“To be loved is to be known” based solely on my sister @hummeline.bsky.social’s gifts for my birthday:
- Fisher Price Design-A-Saur kit that we had as kids
-Old Morris Cave solo rpg (you get to map out your own stratigraphic column ‼️)
- Japanese eraser specifically designed to remove sticker gunk
- Fisher Price Design-A-Saur kit that we had as kids
-Old Morris Cave solo rpg (you get to map out your own stratigraphic column ‼️)
- Japanese eraser specifically designed to remove sticker gunk
July 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
“To be loved is to be known” based solely on my sister @hummeline.bsky.social’s gifts for my birthday:
- Fisher Price Design-A-Saur kit that we had as kids
-Old Morris Cave solo rpg (you get to map out your own stratigraphic column ‼️)
- Japanese eraser specifically designed to remove sticker gunk
- Fisher Price Design-A-Saur kit that we had as kids
-Old Morris Cave solo rpg (you get to map out your own stratigraphic column ‼️)
- Japanese eraser specifically designed to remove sticker gunk
HEY so I'm gonna be a Guest of Honor at @anthroweekendutah.org next month, which I'm very delighted about, BUT I also haven't been to an in-person furry convention since Confurence in 2002 😬
Folks who attend and/or vend at furry cons: what sort of merch I should expect to make/bring?
Folks who attend and/or vend at furry cons: what sort of merch I should expect to make/bring?
July 7, 2025 at 4:26 AM
HEY so I'm gonna be a Guest of Honor at @anthroweekendutah.org next month, which I'm very delighted about, BUT I also haven't been to an in-person furry convention since Confurence in 2002 😬
Folks who attend and/or vend at furry cons: what sort of merch I should expect to make/bring?
Folks who attend and/or vend at furry cons: what sort of merch I should expect to make/bring?