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Artist Ryker

@snipe.bsky.social

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Painting images from digital space and game culture. Exhibiting IRL / online. Visit the archive ⊹ Commissions available. https://linktr.ee/rykerwoodward

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Artist Ryker @snipe.bsky.social · Sep 6

Afternoon at the Route 117 Pond.
Oil on wood panel.

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Artist Ryker @snipe.bsky.social · Aug 24

Light Slowbro (heavily played)
Oil on wood panel.

Oil painting of the Pokémon card Light Slowbro from the expansion Neo Destiny. There is heavy blending and sgraffitto technique applied to create the feeling of a worn trading card. Original illustration created by Tomokazu Komiya.

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Artist Ryker @snipe.bsky.social · Aug 21

Dialga (near mint)
Oil on wood panel.

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Artist Ryker @snipe.bsky.social · Aug 21

WIPs from today

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Artist Ryker @snipe.bsky.social · Aug 19

Palkia (near mint)
Oil on wood panel.

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Artist Ryker @snipe.bsky.social · Aug 19

Diamond and pearl

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Artist Ryker @snipe.bsky.social · Aug 11

Get a checkpoint at this spot as the bombs are falling. Let the kill streaks build up and then reload the checkpoint to gain massive XP

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Artist Ryker @snipe.bsky.social · Aug 11

Credit Farming - Halo Reach
Oil on canvas.

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Artist Ryker @snipe.bsky.social · Aug 4

I’m working on a game called BIO-FORM. It is an FPS action game set in an industrial future. You are contracted to clean up any loose ends after a techno-extraterrestrial incident.

Artist Ryker @snipe.bsky.social · Aug 3

Mew (Heavily played)
Oil on wood panel.

An oil painting of the artwork for the original promo Mew pokemon trading card. The painting is painted in a way so that the image appears dreamy and it is physically etched to recreate the effect of wear to the surface of the card.

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Artist Ryker @snipe.bsky.social · Jul 28

Modeled a small clay maquette for this gun head character.

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Artist Ryker @snipe.bsky.social · Jul 27

GTA Lego City
Gouache on paper.

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Artist Ryker @snipe.bsky.social · Jul 26

Self-portrait while gaming.
Gouache in sketchbook.

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Artist Ryker @snipe.bsky.social · Jul 24

Arbiter sketchbook page in oil.

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Artist Ryker @snipe.bsky.social · Jul 19

Good-bye Chao.
Oil painting on wood panel.

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Artist Ryker @snipe.bsky.social · Jul 15

Goodnight Chao.

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Artist Ryker @snipe.bsky.social · Jul 10

Standoff (Halo 4 confirmed)
Oil painting on wood panel.

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Artist Ryker @snipe.bsky.social · Jul 9

Complete paintings from my Game
Store series.

I'm interested in how we preserve and repurpose gaming products, not just limited to the games themselves but the controllers, consoles, and various accessories that are sort of lost to time.

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Artist Ryker @snipe.bsky.social · Jul 7

Rotate the Chief.

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Artist Ryker @snipe.bsky.social · Jul 2

Underpaintings are ready.

Artist Ryker @snipe.bsky.social · Jul 1

Gears of war sketchbook study in gouache.

Abstracted gouache painting of a close-range battle from Gears of War 2. Two armored figures collide in a blur of motion, with a burst of red suggesting the player is taking damage. Bold brushstrokes and muted green tones emphasize impact over detail.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · Jun 30

A 2004 internal Nintendo DS diagnostic cartridge contained various graphical tests, among them this "Rotating Mario Cube". A faulty unit would not be able to properly rotate the cube.

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Artist Ryker @snipe.bsky.social · Jun 25

Largely my thesis

Artist Ryker @snipe.bsky.social · Jun 24

Gameboy Display Case.
Gouache on cotton, 9”x 12”

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Artist Ryker @snipe.bsky.social · Jun 20

Recon Armor.
Oil on wood panel, 11”x 14”

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