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Amanda Rau | Artist + Animator @amandarauart.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Mordecai, Zev, and Odette have arrived! Here’s my take on what the characters would look like if #DungeonCrawlerCarl was an animated show! #characterdesign #dcc #litrpg #mattdinniman

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Amanda Rau | Artist + Animator @amandarauart.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Mongo joins the squad! My take on what I think the characters might look like on an animated #DCC show #DungeonCrawlerCarl #fanart #characterdesign #mattdinniman

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Amanda Rau | Artist + Animator @amandarauart.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

[Week 3 of 52 Drawing Challenge] Practiced drawing Jester from the Mighty Nein in the show’s art style! I plan to make my monthly animation of Jester as close as possible to the show, so I needed to get the hang of how they drew her! #mightynein #jesterlavorre #fanart #criticalrole

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Amanda Rau | Artist + Animator @amandarauart.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Planning on making a series of drawings where I draw my favorite moments from the Throne of Glass books. Starting with Assassin’s Blade, with my 3 favorite of the novellas. #ThroneOfGlass #TOG #Sarahjmaas #fanart #AssassinsBlade #CelaenaSardothien

Illustration of 3 portraits of Celaena Sardothien from the Throne of Glass series. The first drawing is Celaena smiling as the wind blows through her hair. She wears a white shirt and red head scarf. The text next to it reads The Assassin and the Desert. The right is Celaena pointing a dagger at the camera, smirking. The text reads The Assassin and the Pirate Lord. The bottom drawing is Celaena hunched over crying, with her saying “…Sam?”. The text reads The Assassin and the Empire.

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I said abolish and I fucking meant it @astridoverthere.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default. Here's how to turn it off. First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner

Screenshot of the top of a Bsky feed, with a red circle around the hamburger menu in the top left.

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Amanda Rau | Artist + Animator @amandarauart.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Episode 2 of the adult swim show I worked on is out! This is my fav out the 3 episodes. Next week is my favorite animations I made, but this is my fav plotline. Check it out!🙏🏼 #indieanimation #independentanimation #2Danimation #adultswim #adultswimsmalls #floor999 youtu.be/L4I5Ngun_kY?...

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Floor 999: The Big Delivery | adult swim smalls

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Amanda Rau | Artist + Animator @amandarauart.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

GUYS the #AdultSwimSMALLS episode that I helped work on is finally out- check it🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yJu...

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Floor 999: The Big Promotion | adult swim smalls

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Genric @dataecto.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

i may be non-binary but im a game dev and i got game mechanics to prototype so i cant think about that right now

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Kenn @ Pinebox Games @pineboxgames.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Mild early-game spoilers, but how else am I going to show you the #QoL feature I just added in response to player feedback at #TheGameExpo ? Dialogue options are now greyed out after the first time you access them. Will be added to all such multi-option persistent dialogue trees. #indiegamedev

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Amanda Rau | Artist + Animator @amandarauart.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Silver put together a little trailer for our capstone game Perfect Soup🌟🥣 Expect more updates soon :) Coding by @eggfullofbees.bsky.social Art by me Level Design + sfx by Emmayra Baez PM, Writer, + Game Design by Silver MacAuley Music by @juiceybox.bsky.social #studentgame #gamedev #indiedev

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Amanda Rau | Artist + Animator @amandarauart.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Showing off my business cards that I passed around at #GDC2025💪🏼 The QR Code did go to my portfolio but I now have an Art Station! Which is much more organized www.artstation.com/amandarau If you know anyone hiring an entry-level artist or animator do lmk and pass on my info! 🫶🏻

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Amanda Rau | Artist + Animator @amandarauart.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Finally arrived at GDC! Got here pretty late so I only had an hour to explore the expo but the highlight was this dev who said “Hello Ladies… uh I mean theys” upon seeing my badge😆

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IGDA LGBTQ+ SIG @lgbtsig.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Thank you to everyone who stopped by our table at the mixer, our INCREDIBLE team for their hard work, and shoutout to @qweertygamers.org for hosting and having us! We have one more event! ⭐ 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲! 𝘍𝘳𝘪, March 21st 11:30𝘢𝘮 𝘙𝘰𝘰𝘮 301 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘭. ➡️ lnkd.in/e92EpAZq

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

me: "everything is going to shit. Ecological collapse continues across the planet, in your country there is no opposition party. weeping and gnashing of teeth to intensify." also me: "bro you ever softboiled an egg? put that on some toast? it's magnificent"

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Amanda Rau | Artist + Animator @amandarauart.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

#GDC WEEK IS HERE 🔥 So, let’s make new friends with some online marketing? - Heyo! I’m Amanda💜 I’m graduating in the spring and looking for entry or internship level role! I’ve made art and assets for tabletop and virtual games. 🫶🏻 I don’t know how to take selfies so take my new business card!

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Amanda Rau | Artist + Animator @amandarauart.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Anyone attending GDC this year? It’ll be my first time going. What are some mistakes you made that you recommend avoiding? Any food recs? #GDC #GDC2025 #GameDevelopersConference

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Amanda Rau | Artist + Animator @amandarauart.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

*splash art acquired!* 🥣🌟Really happy with how this piece turned out, will be the splash art for our main menu :D #gamedev #PerfectSoupGame #GameArt #GameAssets #Indiedev #conceptart

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Amanda Rau | Artist + Animator @amandarauart.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

My fav shots I drew from our opening cutscene from our game (aka Bonnette looking adorable) 🫶🏻🐰 #PerfectSoupGame #IndieDev #GameArt #GameAssets #SudentGame #GameDevelopment

Bonnette, a rabbit girl is sick in bed and stares at a bowl of soup. Pictured above it is her gagging over the soup saying Yuck! She is curled up in bed with a thermometer sticking out of her mouth. She has Blonde ringlets and bows in her hair

Bonnette, a young rabbit girl with Blonde ringlets and bows in her hair stares up at the night sky.

Bonnette, a young rabbit girl with Blonde ringlets and bows in her hair, stares out the window at the nightsky, this time from the back looking out.

Bonnette, a young rabbit girl with Blonde ringlets and bows in her hair leans out of the window excitedly as she spots a fallen star in her yard. The curtains swish in the breeze and the star has faceplanted on to the ground

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Tabbeigh Cat 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @tabbeigh.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Steam: "Do you recommend this game?" Me: "I recommend most games. Even games I don't like are fun to someone. Unless the devs are awful people or it's got exploitative monetization or is a shitty asset flip then it's probably worth at least trying." Steam: "... so is that a Thumbs Up, orrrrr....?"

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Amanda Rau | Artist + Animator @amandarauart.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Went to an AI in Filmmaking panel: Some Thoughts🧵 currently mourning all of talented filmmakers, artists, game devs, musicians, writers, poets, and singers who have an deep itch in their soul that can only be scratched by creation- to have to give up the dream for sake of survival under capitalism

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Amanda Rau | Artist + Animator @amandarauart.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Just attended an AI conference at my university... Kind of disappointed about the direction we’re headed. No one seems to care about the environmental impact or ethical concerns. They instead talk about “empowering creatives” (reality: it’s more about being cheaper than artists)

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Amanda Rau | Artist + Animator @amandarauart.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

More screenshots! Village, NPCS, A recipe book that updates, parallax backgrounds, and platform art! Still work in progress but we’re getting closer to that final look! #PerfectSoupGamw #IndieDev #StudentGame #Gameart #wip

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Amanda Rau | Artist + Animator @amandarauart.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Long time no update! (1/2) I’ve made a whole bunch of art and assets that my team has implemented in. Some cutscene stuff, new dialogue portraits, Bonnette’s room, and so many trees!! 🌲 #PerfectSoupGame #IndieDev #Gameart #GameAssets #StudentGame

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Amanda Rau | Artist + Animator @amandarauart.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Having some people playtest our game and they’re already making memes and I’m SO HERE FOR IT #perfectsoupgame #playtesting #indiegamedev #studentgame

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 22/01/2025

SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one. (1/3)

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Amanda Rau | Artist + Animator @amandarauart.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

A brief introduction of #PerfectSoupGame 🌟🥣 It’s VERY early in development but I wanted to share because I think there will be opportunities for collaboration and community input as time goes on🫶🏻 #indiegame #Gamedev #wip #devlog #indiegamedev #cozygame #gameart #gameassets

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Amanda Rau | Artist + Animator @amandarauart.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

I would love to be added to this! I am a student but I do independent game development and art on my page!

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Amanda Rau | Artist + Animator @amandarauart.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

New rig who this? Old Juno meets the New Juno (who needs to be mapped to the controller still lol) 😅🌟 #gamedevelopment #indiegamedev #PerfectSoupGame #gameart #wip

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Amanda Rau | Artist + Animator @amandarauart.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Introducing Bonnette! Our NPC who is the reason we are on a quest around the world. While sick in bed she wishes upon a star for the perfect bowl of soup, thus bringing Juno (the star) into existence. Plus a character portrait of Juno being excited🌟 #gamedevelopment #IndieGame #PerfectSoupGame

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Kaiju Dan @kaiju-dan.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Here’s a few in-progress shots from my upcoming thesis, Hephaestus and Aphrodite, a retelling of Greek mythology which explores how those who are only appreciated for what they do for others, and the connections between love, and the passion one feels for their craft. #indieanimation #stopmotoin

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Amanda Rau | Artist + Animator @amandarauart.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

As I think about the United Health Care gunman (hope he’s safe🙏🏼❤️) I am reminded of this awesome website by Matt Korostoff, that puts in perspective how DISGUSTINGLY rich 0.001% is. Give it a scroll ➡️ mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-weal...

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Wealth, shown to scale

Wealth inequality in the United States is out of control. Here we visualize the issue in a unique way.

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Amanda Rau | Artist + Animator @amandarauart.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

We have a working prototype if you want to try game play testing it! Let me know your thoughts if you try it! ESC to see controls. Art not final. Updates to come :) This is basically the tutorial level. cranebean.itch.io/soup

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Perfect Soup! Playtest Edition by cranebean

Play in your browser

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Amanda Rau | Artist + Animator @amandarauart.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Little BMO animation I never finished in time for Halloween- Well, better late than never! 🧛 🤖 #Animation #AdventureTime #Animationstudent #BMO

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Amanda Rau | Artist + Animator @amandarauart.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Prototype gameplay of Perfect Soup! Dialogue system is implemented- Art and Animation will be added later, but it’s very fun to zip around with stretchy arms! And fun trail effect!! 🌟 #PerfectSoupGame #GameDev #IndieGameDevelopment

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Adrian Campos @friendadev.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

God I was hilarious. What happened to me

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im rob @bobacupcake.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

video game fruits #art

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Amanda Rau | Artist + Animator @amandarauart.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Updates: -In game UI text now functional -updated Murphy Portrait one of the first NPCs you meet in game -Mock screenshot of what the game will hopefully look like (going to be cranking out art assets over the next few weeks) -Mock cover for our game for funsies Expect gameplay clips soon!

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Amanda Rau | Artist + Animator @amandarauart.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

Update: They have names now, Aurelia and Nora! Also have some UI design~ In game you can open your recipe book to look at NPCs you have yet to interact with and ones that you have met! Keep track of them and their quests all in one place :) #GameAssets #gamedev #gameui #PerfectSoupGame

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Amanda Rau | Artist + Animator @amandarauart.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

Some character designs of the main NPCs for the game I’m creating! It’s called Perfect Soup! They have a complex relationship with another (historians say they were best friends) #characterdesign #gamedevelopment

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