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James Wakeham - Hiring an Artist! @videojamesdev.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

We're hiring an exceptional artist to define the look of our game! (also paid!) Rogue City is a roguelike city builder about roads and the bastards that love them. Funded by Screen Canberra. Steam is crowded so we need YOUR unique style. I'm talking weird mediums, unique palettes, a third thing!

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Abdou Bouam @abdoubouam.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Thank you! And same, I love old art and seeing how far an artist has come!

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Abdou Bouam @abdoubouam.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Sorry to hear this Milena. Wishing the best for you

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Abdou Bouam @abdoubouam.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Thank you! It's good to see that my art preference/style/interests hasn't changed that much, only evolved!

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Abdou Bouam @abdoubouam.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I found some OLD screenshots and renders from ~2014

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Javier Lazaro - scientific illustration @lazaroillustration.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Unfinished piece for a current commission. The client has requested a modification that will take this illustration to a different direction, but I wanted to shred this one before moving to the new version. #birds

Illustration of blackbirds catching berries in a snowy landscape

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emma @emmagamedev.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

mushroom season #3d #blender3d

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Abdou Bouam @abdoubouam.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Screenshots from the engine (not used properly, just applied to a flat plane and thrown in the scene)

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Abdou Bouam @abdoubouam.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Yet another wood material for my scene

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Abdou Bouam @abdoubouam.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Oh yeah I did realize that right after posting it. I darkened it, and honestly it's not that distracting in normal "gameplay" angles. I'm hoping that since it's everywhere it will become basically invisible. I'll see about that when I add more details Thanks for pointing it out!

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Abdou Bouam @abdoubouam.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Same. I switched to Obsidian + local syncing with SyncThing and never looked back.

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Abdou Bouam @abdoubouam.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Yep! I'm finally happy with how it's going so far

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Abdou Bouam @abdoubouam.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I added the gold trim to more objects

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passivestar @passivestar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

working on procedural rock formations

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Abdou Bouam @abdoubouam.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I'm feeling more confident with the new changes. No more marble, it had to go. I'm bummed about that lol Obviously very much WIP. I temporarily lost the moody lighting, but it feels less uncanny. The gold and wood trimsheets are used in tandem and work really well together!

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Darien @darien.ink · 03/10/2026

Frogger learns some new techniques #gamedev #indiedev #gaming #indiegames #godot #parody

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Kosh @kosh3d.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Blockout is almost done. Going live soon, might do a quick pose for the mech and see what else is missing. If you have any questions regarding 3d modeling in general, always happy to help - come say hi in chat 😀 www.twitch.tv/elden_owl [ #twitch #livestream #3dmodeling #3d #hardsurface ]

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Kieran 🦘🇨🇦 @hellbendermuseum.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Proud to present my lifesize T. rex head, affectionately named Hannibal. I created this myself from start to finish- digital sculpture, resin 3D printing, painting, etc. Huge thanks to my friend @rj-palmer.com for instrumental crits and redlines during the sculpting process.

Life-size t rex head model from front 3/4 view. I am also in frame

Life size t-rex model, from front and staring directly down the barrel of the camera

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Abdou Bouam @abdoubouam.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In-engine test. Looks good enough!

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Abdou Bouam @abdoubouam.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The gold trim is done. I used some some free/public domain 2D vector images (circled in red), those are not my designs. there's a little bit of free space just in case I need to add something. I'll definitely make minor adjustments, but this is ready to be used in my scene

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Abdou Bouam @abdoubouam.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The good thing is that it's turned off by default now. The pop up appeared even in a virtual machine with the fresh blender install I tested it with

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Abdou Bouam @abdoubouam.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yep! Even with people I know honestly, their account could be compromised, or maybe they forwarded something they didn't notice and so on. Using the sandbox for every downloaded file is honestly a reflex at this point

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Abdou Bouam @abdoubouam.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Anyway what I'm saying is, don't trust .blend files from random people, ESPECIALLY if they try to auto execute python code on startup

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Abdou Bouam @abdoubouam.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I will not investigate further even if I can, because I have no doubt it's malicious (why obfuscate autorun code otherwise. And why go out of your way to make it a multi-layered obfuscation).

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Abdou Bouam @abdoubouam.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I was cautious from the beginning, so I opened it in an airgapped virtual machine to investigate. It tried to autorun a script. I looked and the code and it was obfuscated (left), so I ran a print() instead of exec() to dump the code (right), which turns out is *still* obfuscated.

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Abdou Bouam @abdoubouam.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Just a heads up I got a DM on ArtStation, where I was asked to download a .blend file and give a quote. It's a virus, even if it's just a .blend file! **Blender files can run custom python code!**

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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm immensely proud to announce that my texture library that's been in the making for nearly a decade is now available on my itchio store for indie devs to purchase commercial licenses. makkon.itch.io

screenshot of my itchio store, showing several texture packs available for purchse

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Abdou Bouam @abdoubouam.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Oh I meant if you know of already existing resources online, but if you decide to make it yourself then that would be nice of you! I know a decent amount about tech art too, so if you're unsure about something I *might* be able to help too

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Abdou Bouam @abdoubouam.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I never played Enshrouded but that sounds interesting! Do you have an article or video about it?

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Abdou Bouam @abdoubouam.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

working on a trimsheet for gold ornaments

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Swapped out the placeholder fire VFX I had on the radar dome for a VBD volume that @jangafx.bsky.social was very kindly giving away on their website! Still needs some tweaking (Ive never touched vbd stuff before so idk what im doing😅) but I think it looks a lot less "gamey" #gamedev #GameArt #ue5

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Abdou Bouam @abdoubouam.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Most Ryzens do NOT have an iGPU. You should get the ryzen with the G (eg Ryzen 3 3200G, but newer/better). Or pair it with a super cheap 2nd hand GPU, or go the intel route

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Abdou Bouam @abdoubouam.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Are you planning on running it headless? or do you have a spare GPU to use with it?

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Abdou Bouam @abdoubouam.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

single channel DDR4-2400 is so cursed. But looking at that price,yeah...

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Abdou Bouam @abdoubouam.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Bookmarked, thanks! And yeah I'm just doing this for fun and to learn as a side hobby. I'll be happy if I make a spinny cube with a proper perspective transform matrix lol

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Abdou Bouam @abdoubouam.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Funny you mention it, I was just looking at Vulkan tutorials (my new years resolution was to draw The Triangle™). But looking at the code example I decided it's better to pick OpenGL instead. Too many things I don't know about yet, and complexities I'm not interested in dealing with

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Abdou Bouam @abdoubouam.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Why animate it when you can just hide what you don't need lol

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Jón Kristinsson @jonkk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

seems like there's a couple of vibecoded painting apps being announced lately.. ..so I just wanted to mention that there's also a new NOT vibecoded painting app being developed, that's awesome already, called @kalapaint.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/kala...

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Abdou Bouam @abdoubouam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I do call those homeless snails but as a joke lol I guess I just like biology and creatures more than the average person then?

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Moth 4/12 - Brenthia #Art #SciArt

Illustration of a black and white moth in front view, legs spread out, wings open like a peacock. The far end tips of the wings, which are on top of the image, have little dots resembling eye spots lining the edges. The side wings are striped in black and white in L-shaped repeating pattern like the legs of a bigger bug.

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Rune Hrafnagaldur @lunegrimm.bsky.social · 18/08/2024

"Faeyte" Final render shots of a custom 3D model, I had an absolute blast working on her! Character by JenesisArt (twitter) thank you very much once again, such a cool character!

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Abdou Bouam @abdoubouam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I mean, yeah, that's a character nickname. But why would someone think it's that, and not the animal newt? lol

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