Nicholas Kole
@nicholaskole.bsky.social
Character Designer & Illustrator, Jesus-follower, married to Erkshnrt
🎨: Spyro, Crash Bandicoot 4, Disney Lorcana, Sonic Prime, Wingfeather Saga
https://www.domestika.org/en/courses/3952-fantasy-character-design-in-procreate/nkole
www.nicholaskole.art
🎨: Spyro, Crash Bandicoot 4, Disney Lorcana, Sonic Prime, Wingfeather Saga
https://www.domestika.org/en/courses/3952-fantasy-character-design-in-procreate/nkole
www.nicholaskole.art
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Nicholas Kole
@nicholaskole.bsky.social
· Jan 22
Something to pin, I think- a sampling of some of my favorite recent(ish) work!
I'm a character designer, except for when I'm an illustrator, which is all the times I'm not a teacher, and the rest of the time I'm...asleep ✨
I'm a character designer, except for when I'm an illustrator, which is all the times I'm not a teacher, and the rest of the time I'm...asleep ✨
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I think even for people who aren't artists, there are many who enjoy art as a human feat of skill and expression even if they are doing no art creation themselves. Even if AI art was better then human art, and it's not, no one gives a shit that a forklift can carry more then a weightlifter.
November 7, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I think even for people who aren't artists, there are many who enjoy art as a human feat of skill and expression even if they are doing no art creation themselves. Even if AI art was better then human art, and it's not, no one gives a shit that a forklift can carry more then a weightlifter.
Via context clues alone I figured out they mean Marjorie Taylor Greene but lmao sorry this acronym IS taken
Please stop falling for the MTG is a new person con.
Please.
Please.
November 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Via context clues alone I figured out they mean Marjorie Taylor Greene but lmao sorry this acronym IS taken
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The Lunicorn species was set as a "down the line" plan for #Everhaven. There were ideas for an eclipse variant that were gold, white, and black. #BringBackProjectDragon #ProjectDragon #cancelledgames #cozygames #2Dart #characterart #conceptart #gameart
2D art by @nicholaskole.bsky.social
2D art by @nicholaskole.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The Lunicorn species was set as a "down the line" plan for #Everhaven. There were ideas for an eclipse variant that were gold, white, and black. #BringBackProjectDragon #ProjectDragon #cancelledgames #cozygames #2Dart #characterart #conceptart #gameart
2D art by @nicholaskole.bsky.social
2D art by @nicholaskole.bsky.social
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Reminder that this is a winning position, and people support it
New York assemblyman Zohran Mamdani confronts Border Czar Tom Homan today in Albany 👇🏻
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Reminder that this is a winning position, and people support it
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What I really want everyone, not just folks in New York, but EVERYONE to come away with from this, is that ANY of these motherfuckers can be challenged. Their stance in the status quo is THAT flimsy, and their grip is fucking FRAGILE. We CAN change this shit, dude
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 AM
What I really want everyone, not just folks in New York, but EVERYONE to come away with from this, is that ANY of these motherfuckers can be challenged. Their stance in the status quo is THAT flimsy, and their grip is fucking FRAGILE. We CAN change this shit, dude
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Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
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Bluesky rn
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Bluesky rn
HELL yeah New York
November 5, 2025 at 5:51 AM
HELL yeah New York
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8 Days Left to back Essence on Kickstarter! 🔥
#kickstarter #kickstarterproject #essence #projectwelove
Link: www.kickstarter.com/projects/170...
#kickstarter #kickstarterproject #essence #projectwelove
Link: www.kickstarter.com/projects/170...
Essence
Art book and commentary on Alex Dos Diaz’ creative journey from 2001 to today
www.kickstarter.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:41 PM
8 Days Left to back Essence on Kickstarter! 🔥
#kickstarter #kickstarterproject #essence #projectwelove
Link: www.kickstarter.com/projects/170...
#kickstarter #kickstarterproject #essence #projectwelove
Link: www.kickstarter.com/projects/170...
genuine question for any game designers lurking out there: why would you roll credits before the actual game is over? Why have a sort of false final boss, full credits, and then...just loads more campaign?
I feel like...weirdly betrayed by the design when it happens, and annoyed, not excited
I feel like...weirdly betrayed by the design when it happens, and annoyed, not excited
November 3, 2025 at 11:07 PM
genuine question for any game designers lurking out there: why would you roll credits before the actual game is over? Why have a sort of false final boss, full credits, and then...just loads more campaign?
I feel like...weirdly betrayed by the design when it happens, and annoyed, not excited
I feel like...weirdly betrayed by the design when it happens, and annoyed, not excited
One of the main reasons I ever hope to own a freestanding home is to give out candy and deck out the porch, hearing small voices of joy from the street below in an apartment far away from it all is a (small) sadness
November 1, 2025 at 7:29 AM
One of the main reasons I ever hope to own a freestanding home is to give out candy and deck out the porch, hearing small voices of joy from the street below in an apartment far away from it all is a (small) sadness
THE RING OR THE BIRDS HELP US DECIDE NOW
November 1, 2025 at 2:48 AM
THE RING OR THE BIRDS HELP US DECIDE NOW
It is VERY Pacific Northwest™️ here tonight
November 1, 2025 at 12:52 AM
It is VERY Pacific Northwest™️ here tonight
HELL YEAH get em George
Judge rules George R.R. Martin and other authors can sue OpenAI for copyright infringement
• Said ChatGPT generated 'Game of Thrones' content similar enough to infringe copyright
• OpenAI’s motion to dismiss was denied
• Said ChatGPT generated 'Game of Thrones' content similar enough to infringe copyright
• OpenAI’s motion to dismiss was denied
October 30, 2025 at 7:08 AM
HELL YEAH get em George
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Saw Frankenstein today.
What an utterly beautiful work of art, every bit of it. Definitely in my top 5 of his films. I hope there will be physical copies.
Our theatre clapped, bravo to the whole team!
What an utterly beautiful work of art, every bit of it. Definitely in my top 5 of his films. I hope there will be physical copies.
Our theatre clapped, bravo to the whole team!
October 29, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Saw Frankenstein today.
What an utterly beautiful work of art, every bit of it. Definitely in my top 5 of his films. I hope there will be physical copies.
Our theatre clapped, bravo to the whole team!
What an utterly beautiful work of art, every bit of it. Definitely in my top 5 of his films. I hope there will be physical copies.
Our theatre clapped, bravo to the whole team!
Wow, @realgdt.bsky.social 's Frankenstein is *definitive* 😮
I think in terms of sincerity, scope, costume, composition, grandiosity, and faithfulness to the spirit of the source material it succeeds in accomplishing for Frankenstein what Bram Stoker's Dracula hoped to do for Dracula
I think in terms of sincerity, scope, costume, composition, grandiosity, and faithfulness to the spirit of the source material it succeeds in accomplishing for Frankenstein what Bram Stoker's Dracula hoped to do for Dracula
October 29, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Wow, @realgdt.bsky.social 's Frankenstein is *definitive* 😮
I think in terms of sincerity, scope, costume, composition, grandiosity, and faithfulness to the spirit of the source material it succeeds in accomplishing for Frankenstein what Bram Stoker's Dracula hoped to do for Dracula
I think in terms of sincerity, scope, costume, composition, grandiosity, and faithfulness to the spirit of the source material it succeeds in accomplishing for Frankenstein what Bram Stoker's Dracula hoped to do for Dracula
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The book fairy eats paper and remembers but also believes everything written on it (cont.)
November 7, 2024 at 6:48 PM
The book fairy eats paper and remembers but also believes everything written on it (cont.)
ahhhh yes here comes the lightbox fomo, right on time
October 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
ahhhh yes here comes the lightbox fomo, right on time
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How do you say "Gyatt" in Huttese?? 🫠 Loved @nicholaskole.bsky.social's handsome Watto and wanted to sculpt him out. WIP
October 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
How do you say "Gyatt" in Huttese?? 🫠 Loved @nicholaskole.bsky.social's handsome Watto and wanted to sculpt him out. WIP
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i like that bluesky is the unc twitter cuz it means i'm extremely unlikely to ever fall victim to reading a teenager's opinon
October 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
i like that bluesky is the unc twitter cuz it means i'm extremely unlikely to ever fall victim to reading a teenager's opinon
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“So you’re saying we should bully companies that use AI?”
“Yes absolutely.”
“Yes absolutely.”
October 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“So you’re saying we should bully companies that use AI?”
“Yes absolutely.”
“Yes absolutely.”
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Keep shaming every company you see using AI “art” to market themselves. Tell them it looks bad, shows they lack integrity, and tell them you don’t support stolen labor. Be relentless about it, remind them it’s unacceptable, get yourself blocked.
Why? IT WORKS. Shame em & take your money elsewhere.
Why? IT WORKS. Shame em & take your money elsewhere.
October 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Keep shaming every company you see using AI “art” to market themselves. Tell them it looks bad, shows they lack integrity, and tell them you don’t support stolen labor. Be relentless about it, remind them it’s unacceptable, get yourself blocked.
Why? IT WORKS. Shame em & take your money elsewhere.
Why? IT WORKS. Shame em & take your money elsewhere.
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folks can complain about the effectiveness of scheduled orderly mass protest but to think about it another way its the closest thing we have to the opening scene of A Muppet Christmas Carol where all the muppets sing "there goes Mr. Dipshit, there goes Mr. Ass" to Scrooge and it clearly bothered him
October 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
folks can complain about the effectiveness of scheduled orderly mass protest but to think about it another way its the closest thing we have to the opening scene of A Muppet Christmas Carol where all the muppets sing "there goes Mr. Dipshit, there goes Mr. Ass" to Scrooge and it clearly bothered him