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Makkon
@makkon.bsky.social
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Ben Hale. He/They. Senior Environment artist at UnknownWorlds, working on Subnautica 2. prev ILMxLab. 2d/3d artist. Rock enthusiast. Music composition hobbyist.
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more qbj3 start map
image of a brutalist or modernist office or hotel lobby, made in Quake 1. there is a strong rose-colored natural light pouring in from the left, illuminating the whole scene. a large green vine plant hangs from a planter higher up the wall, giving the scene some color. a large rug in the pattern of The Shining hotel carpet is on the floor.
November 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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I don't have any ween art, but here's a sketch I need to finish
sketch of a demon climbing down a rockface. her back faces us
November 1, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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startmap preview for qbj3
October 30, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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also a handy texture for when a texture reference is broken in trenchbroom
a blue and red checker pattern with text over top reading: "oh shit, oh fuck, oh god"
October 25, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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yup, substance designer with some custom nodes from others and some I made myself. ones I made myself are a bricks generator that takes a simple pattern and turns it into bricks, and this huge-ass quake colorizer that outputs 25ish color variations compatible with the quake palette
screenshot of a node network in substance designer to show what this texture's construction looks like. it's a spaghetti mess and is completely incomprehensible
October 25, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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taking a small break from concrete to make a texture that I'm surprised I haven't already made. some stone wall arches.
screenshot of a low resolution texture of stone blocks forming 4 tall simple arches. there's a moulding at the top and bottom, with a panel motif at the base of each pilaster. same but brownish black stone and in red stone
October 25, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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would something like this do the trick? 64pixels high is 4 bricks tall on this, or each brick is 16 pixels tall
screenshot from the Substance Designer editor, showing a retro brick texture
October 24, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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and the very last, the Golem. it's a person-shaped cluster of concrete and rebar and meat. it throws rebar stakes at the player and can only be killed by explosives
a concrete and rebar mass made in the shape of a person. there's blood and meat mixed in, and rebar stakes sticking out of it's torso 3/4 view back view, with substantially more meat from this angle, implying the concrete wall or column this thing broke off of was filled with meat and only concrete on the surface
October 22, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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the undead, starting with the amalgam. a concrete column bursting with hungry mouths and lashing teeth. he's a floating area denial monster that spits out caltrops the player has to look out for while fighting
a concrete pillar with the center broken and filled with teeth and gums covered in blood. there is rebar poking through some of the mouths another angle and another angle. there's no discernable front or back closeup of some of the mouths and flesh
October 22, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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and lastly the player. her name is Rover (a bit of a play on Ranger from the original Quake). these whacky armor colors are what Quake uses to denote swappable player colors.
a woman in sci-fi armor, it has short sleeves and a tube attaching to the stomach 3/4 view back view. there's a disc on the back that's seemingly magnetic, likely for holstering longarms or other weapons closeup of her face
October 22, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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everyone's favorite (and mine) The Champion, or Deathknight. she stands at 7 feet tall with a sword as tall as some other units. the voice actor interpreted her as completely feral, so we didn't give her a radio. she just has handlers that point her in a direction to kill.
a tall woman entirely covered in plate armor. there are spikes on the head, shoulders, and knees. her sword is 3/4 of her height tall. from a 3/4 view back view closeup of her helmet. she doesn't know who she is, all she knows is she must kill.
October 22, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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the Knight is a fully melee unit. he's more armored than the standard trenchknights. his mace is based on the kind of trench maces used in WWI. the helmet isn't really based on anything, I made it up mostly
a man in full plate and chainmail armor with a mace. his armor has a reddish accent painted in a few places same from the back view closeup of the helmet
October 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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the Grenadier is an asshole.
a mostly armored man in a full gas mask and helmet, tall flak collar, and a long hose going from his face over his shoulder to his back. he has a line of explosives on a belt around his stomach seen from the side we see the hose connect to some kind of chamber. his weapon is a grenade launcher with a cattle prod attached to it, which surprisingly looks to be standard issue and not something he rigged himself seen from the back we see the chamber the hose attaches to a closeup of his gas mask and helmet
October 22, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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the Plasma Trenchknight. he's an asshole and thinks he's in charge (he is).
a man in full plate armor and gambeson with a full visor bascinet helmet. his visor slit is glowing red like there's some tech to help him on the battlefield. same from the side, we get a better look at his plasma rifle. the coils glow blue from plasma radiation, it has a foregrip and a wooden stock same from the back view, we see his backpack with several pockets and a bedroll a closeup of his helmet
October 22, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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okay not a human, but a human ally. the Trenchhound, based on the german shepherd.
a doggo seen from the side. his face is covered in strawberry jam, and he's wearing a big armored vest to keep him safe from stray tennis balls same doggo but from a bit of the back closeup on the good boy's face. he's very happy to see you
October 22, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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humans thread, starting with the 3 amigos: Shotgun Trenchknight, Pistol Trenchknight, and Rocket Trenchknight
3 dieselpunk soldiers in teal, blue, and orange painted armor. left has a shotgun (a trenchbroom), middle a pistol (makarov), and right a rocket launcher (commando) same but from the back side view to see their weapons a bit better closeups of their helmets from the side
October 22, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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shambler and shalrath tar color variations
shambler and shalrath with shiny pitch skin, front view back view
October 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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shambler guts
various gorey body parts of the shambler, including head, torso, and asscheeks. front view back left view back right view
October 22, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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spawn
black tar blob with teeth and rebar sticking out of it, side view front view back view, showcasing the rebar underside showing what looks to be guts or a brain
October 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Fleshworm, aka rotfish
a short tentacle with 3 fingers and sharp teeth, side view front view top view
October 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Servitor, aka scrag
flying squid man in a hood from front 3/4 view back view upper body closeup, showcasing a curious octahedron necklace
October 22, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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FIEND
quadrupedal fiend creature with horns and bladed arms from 3/4 view front underside view upper back view, showcasing his bony structure side ribs view
October 22, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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shalkin swarmer and blister, both new enemies to quake
characters seen from front. one's whole upper body has been replaced by a spikey brain bomb looking thing characters from the back
October 22, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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shalrath
shalrath from the front shalrath from the side shalrath from the back shalrath face closeup. she has folded up mandibles in addition to bare teeth
October 22, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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shambler
shambler from the front shambler from 3/4 back shambler back, showing some impressive cake shambler head from side
October 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM