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Jan Pospíšil
@janpospisil.bsky.social
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Illustrator, Concept Artist, Art Director at Perun Creative.
https://www.deviantart.com/merlkir
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Jan Pospíšil @janpospisil.bsky.social · Jan 4
Been a freelance illustrator for 12 years, now part time.
Full time art director on a bronze/iron age inspired sword&sorcery UE5 game. More info coming soon.
store.steampowered.com/app/2406680/...
(I took my website down recently to save on money and also F squarespace, so deviantart has to do.)
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benoit-blary.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 7:30 AM
janpospisil.bsky.social
This is so lovely! Great polished style and satisfying looking movement animations.
ravinestudios.ca North Shore - Ravine Studios @ravinestudios.ca · 7d
❄️⛸️❄️It was amazing to show the first peek of the game to people at @mivsmagfest.bsky.social ❄️⛸️❄️
January 19, 2026 at 5:56 PM
janpospisil.bsky.social
@handiworkgames.bsky.social , you're a Beowulf guy. Have you heard of this? (brb gonna throw my inaccurate copies of Beowulf out :))
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMIf...
The Most Mistranslated Word in Old English
YouTube video by Graham Scheper
www.youtube.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:23 PM
janpospisil.bsky.social
Very cool.
azuremeraki.bsky.social Saša Đurđević @azuremeraki.bsky.social · 10d
Happy to finally share one of the character illustrations I did for this game!
January 13, 2026 at 9:35 AM
janpospisil.bsky.social
January 1, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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felipepepe.bsky.social
Rebecca Heineman's last message was for people to look up her departed partner, Jennell Jaquays.

Jaquays was so influent to tabletop RPGs that "Jaquaysing" became a verb for designing complex, non-linear dungeons.

@nickoten.bsky.social wrote a great article on her:
pathikablog.com/2025/04/26/h...
How Jennell Jaquays Evolved Dungeon Design, Part 1: Pre-Jaquays Dungeons
(This is a slightly cleaned up version of my two Bluesky threads on Jennell Jaquays, preserved in a hopefully easier to read format. Thank Amanda P for reminding me that having these things stored …
pathikablog.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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dominictarason.com
A reminder that for every billion dollars made on PC gaming, Newell pockets $300m.

He keeps out of the public eye better than some billionaires, but he is still a libertarian billionaire, and billionaires should not exist.
November 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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textfiles.com
Everyone send your love to the great Burger Becky while you can
burgerbecky.bsky.social Rebecca Heineman @burgerbecky.bsky.social · Nov 16
I never thought I’d get this wish. Odd seeing eulogies before I expire
November 17, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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stopskeletons.bsky.social
Burger Becky’s gofundme for cancer treatment is now for a funeral service.

To my knowledge we’ve not yet lost her, but she has announced that her doctors have informed her there is nothing more that can be done
November 17, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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munkao.bsky.social
"Former Child Prodigy, Godboy Latong"
Southeast Asian Fantasy. Man, with long hair, dressed kind of like a monk/ascetic/guru. A string of skills across his torso. He is sort of levitating save for the walking stick in his hand that is in contact with the floor. Text below "Former Child Prodigy, Godboy Latong"
November 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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dosnostalgic.bsky.social
This is what it looked like:
November 12, 2025 at 2:44 AM
janpospisil.bsky.social
I'd be surprised if @simonroy.bsky.social hasn't seen these before, but just in case.
sardonicus.eu Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · Nov 11
Chechen insurgents at the battle of Grozny by Romano Cagnoni, 1995

www.fondazioneromanocagnoni.com/en/about/
soldier with a 12 string guitar over one shoulder sniper in artic wear a smiling soldier, his teeth are gold soldier with lots of bullets
November 11, 2025 at 9:48 PM
janpospisil.bsky.social
Intense king.
priscillapage.bsky.social priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · Nov 11
hearing reports out of Japan that Tatsuya Nakadai has passed away at 92. RIP to a legit legend.
a bearded Tatsuya Nakadai in Harakiri on the left side of the frame, seen through the ribs of a parasol closeup on an older Tatsuya Nakadai in Heat Wave, face slightly turned (almost in profile but not quite) with a colorful stained glass window behind him young evilly grinning Tatsuya Nakadai in Yojimbo, to the left of a window belching flames into the top of the frame gorgeous closeup on Tatsuya Nakadai in Sword of Doom wearing a ronin hat, a wide-brimmed hat made of bamboo with a chin strap, the light filtering through it onto his face.
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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tomkilianart.bsky.social
I've got an open illustration schedule at the moment, and I'd love to work on some book projects.

Are you/do you know an art director? Let's get in touch!
October 30, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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kitfoxgames.com
Lead your clan in the challenging storybook strategy game series, set in the land of old gods and magic also seen in King of Dragon Pass.

Six Ages 1 and 2 are on sale until November 10th 🏹🦆
Cover art for Six Ages 1 and 2
November 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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simonroy.bsky.social
The man you talk to when your uncle inconveniently dies before the big harvest: The village necromancer. Face always hidden, to protect him from wayward spirits; arms bound in protective amulets; skulls of the village’s previous necromancers, kept on hand for troubleshooting…
November 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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cimerians.bsky.social
HEROQUEST box art Les Edwards
#HEROQUEST
November 4, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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barbarianlord.bsky.social
local ale troll
November 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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wesblk.bsky.social
It’s Brigitte Lin’s birthday, which means everyone should be watching Peking Opera Blues (aka the greatest movie ever made). Now easier than ever.
Peking Opera Blues - The Criterion Channel
Directed by Tsui Hark • 1986 • Hong Kong Starring Brigitte Lin, Sally Yeh, Cherie Chung In the aftermath of China’s first democratic revolution, three high-spirited young women (Brigitte Lin, Cherie ...
www.criterionchannel.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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jitspoe.bsky.social
How do games ever ship? Like, have you tried making a game?!
November 3, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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mechabarbarian.bsky.social
40% off on my prints! End in jjust 17 hours
www.inprnt.com/gallery/mech...
November 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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felipepepe.bsky.social
So, today I'm announcing a new book project... and doing a call for papers: crpgbook.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t...

It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.

Please share :)
The Video Game History Expansion Pack – Pitch your story
Today I’m putting my money where my mouth is and launching a new project — a book focused on game history outside of the usual North American perspectives.
crpgbook.wordpress.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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simonroy.bsky.social
In time for Halloween, the golems (and necromancers) of Karazad. Woven from the flesh of human sacrifice, seeing through painted eyes, commanded by written amulets… (drawn last year, and not yet featured in a comic… but perhaps one day)
October 31, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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partyinthefront.bsky.social
Somebody grabbed a few of these recently from my shop, thank you! 🙏
At the moment they are 34% off! And so is everything else in the shop!
partyinthefront.bsky.social Party In The Front - Comms Closed @partyinthefront.bsky.social · Mar 18
Just released these as prints!
They are an alternate take on my Super Metroid OST work from last year.

And they're now 30% off!

Shares are much appreciated, sales are still hurt from my Twitter deletion...
Collage illustration in a square format and muted colors, where Samus (the hero of the game Super Metroid) is seen in a save room through a round hatch on the wall of a cave. In the cave, outside this hatch, insect-like aliens fly and scuttle about. A game-type interface, with a mini-map, radar and other info frames the piece Another illustration in the same style showing another cave scene, this time centered on the entrance of the cave, through which we can see Samus's spaceship floating near the ground. Some more insects move around the walls of the cave. The frame is similar to the first image. One more picture from this set of 4. The scene in this one, also from Super Metroid, is a lab room with computers around a big broken vertical glass vat in the middle. The computer screens are flashing DANGER in red, and 4 scientists lay dead in the floor around the vat. The frame is similar to the other images. The last Illustration in the set. Here we see what happens in the game after Samus moves on from the room with the dead scientists. Through her eyes, on the other side of a round hatch up a short set of stairs, the alien monster Ridley, on of the main bosses in the game, holds a Metroid embryo which he stole from the vat in the previous scene. Red lights flash, coloring Ridley and making him/it look even more threatening. The frame is similar to the other images.
October 29, 2025 at 10:13 AM