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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I measured the 2.97 meters someone calculated for charr standing upright in my tall-ceiling apartment and it’s silly to imagine 😵 The feeling in VR was upsetting 💦

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

It's CERTAINLY not a VR game to be played for long, as the performance rendering the game *once* is already bad enough. But it's really cool to go sightseeing the world in a new way, and of course get a perspective on how HUMONGOUS the kodan and charr really are.

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/1fexx7o/solving_player_character_heights/ Height analysis www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhwY... Outdated guide but sets up OpenTrack and GW2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJHI... More up to date guide to run 3D www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2... Fix for Reshade to run in GW2

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From the Guildwars2 community on Reddit: Solving Player Character Heights

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Managed to get Guild Wars 2 to run in VR last night, because I was fascinated by the fact that Stoic Alder is like ~3.2 meters tall. Image is taken from a 1.7~ meter eye-height. Charr and Kodan are HUGE in person, they are like walls when you stand in front of them.

An image of a Kodan in Guild Wars 2, the character Stoic Alder. The camera perspective is at pelvis height, looking up at the anthropomorphic brown bear. It wears armor made of leather and bone, with clear turquoise markings.

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

It's being held in Swedish unfortunately, I did ask if they wanted English (the defacto default, usually) but apparently not this time. I also haven't revealed my true identity publicly so, a bit of a barrier there as well. But if you want to talk game design then Telegram is fine 🐻

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Yep, just an introduction to some of the basics of getting started with a project like core pillars, and a bit about how it is to work as a game designer. Nothing super fancy, which is good since it's the first time I'm holding a seminar ^^;

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Also, I swear I'm still an artist, and I have ̶t̶o̶o̶ ̶m̶a̶n̶y̶ plenty of things in the pipeline. Just struggling with motivation to draw, and also got a bit occupied on a small gig to do a guest seminar on game design 😊

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

ArenaNet doing us all a solid on their Discord and giving us 4k Kodan 🐻

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Yesssssssss! Look at them! Their lore is compelling as well, can't waaaait www.guildwars3.com/en/news/play...

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Playable Species Spotlight: Kodan

Answer the call as a kodan in Guild Wars 3.

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I mean fuck my life cause I’m a game designer trying to find a job right now, but I found it kinda hilarious that I did a group interview for a receptionist job at a gym as the only man present with scarcely any service job experience to back it up 😆 Well was interesting at least!

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Yep, was also disappointed by that, but at least we have the bear-visage helm - even if it took 14 years ^^;

Screenshot from Guild Wars 2 of a charr standing with arms crossed wearing a bear-visage helm illusion. Behind the character is a wooden statue of a Kodan from Janthir Wilds.

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Thanks for all the love on this one! 🫶🏻🐻 Can't wait to play one of these guys, in the meantime I'll draw... more bears!

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Tried to match the energy of the recent Kodan concept art

Digital image of a Kodan from Guild Wars 3, a large bear-like species from the upcoming game. It looks directly at the viewer. It wears a green shirt with a thick rope-like collar around the neck where gold jewels hold claws and feathers. It has a brown belt slung around the shoulder with a small pouch on it. The bear has a small amount of braided hair at the top of its head, what resembles a mustache, and a braided goatee.

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Whatever the fourth race is, I'm expecting an elf-like thing. Human, big (Kodan 🫶🏻), small (Asura), graceful (???); it's fantasy tradition. But yeah you're probably right, unless GamesCom that happens in less than 20 days from now has a surprise trailer for us, it feels better saved for later.

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

bsky.app/profile/bear... The trailer Kodan must be very close to the final thing. All concept art released online is (imo) adhering to the trailer, and we're about 1-3 weeks away from a spotlight on them. And with game dev pacing, this marketing is probably ~1 year old already.

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Tried to match the energy of the recent Kodan concept art

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I really, really like drawing TF sketches on my Remarkable Considering doing a commission format for it, just doodling TFs while on a walk, in a park, on a ride, in my bed; it's freeing

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

It's been a forever-wish to play anything bear in an MMO 🙃 Shapeshifters in Diablo and WoW were always the closest but fell out of loving anything by Blizzard ages ago, however ArenaNet kicks ass so it'll be a *long* year waiting for the beta

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The story team will write blog posts about each of them in the coming weeks, but I assume they'll go Human → Asura → Kodan → completely *new* species they have yet to reveal. Hopefully they'll shower us with more concept art for Kodan at that time, but I suspect it'll be a while 🥲

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Kodan concept revealed in new blog post! 🐻 Key points: - They'll add more species post-launch! (I'm firmly locked in to the bearkin though 😆) - Common background for all species as members of Vaelwarden guild - No unique stats/abilities per species www.guildwars3.com/en/news/our-...

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

It’s another long car trip which means bear TF on my Remarkable to pass the time 🐻

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

With twelve jars of handpicked raspberry jam in my luggage and two weeks with friends and family, I’m heading back to my own cave once more

A coffee pot standing on a metal grate over flame.

Sunset as seen from a canoe on a lake in northern Sweden.

Heavy rainfall as seen from beneath an awning near a cottage. The sun is shining through the murky clouds, creating a golden shine.

Sunset in a pine forest, to the right sits a dog looking out over a lake we cannot see framed in the picture. Its silhouette is lit up by the sun.

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Quite well-made honestly, albeit very plastic-looking Would have snagged it immediately if it was a bear 😅

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Suddenly transformation while checking out a second-hand shop

Plastic figure of a woman climbing on all fours beneath some decaying wood and across rocks, partially inside the body of a grey wolf. She’s hunched over, her left arm is transformed as it is within the wolf’s left foreleg.

The other side of the figurine shows nothing of the woman, and just the gray wolf.

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Damn I wasn’t aware! And it’s by the same folks and WETA is involved as well, excellent 👌

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

"BearsInSpace.clip" is a file I may (or may not ever) finish one day 😅

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Transformation scenario: in space, only your crew mates can be affected by the mutating virus that is turning you all into bears, and they are all headed toward patient zero (you) (uneven, zero-gravity bear TF with multiple people, and yes I've dreamt this a few times over the last year)

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The animal hybrid designs that weta puts out are 👌 I was equally fascinated by those Narnia movies for their minotaurs, they are just top of the line

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

It was better than I remembered, filled with well crafted practical effects, some seriously good weresheep designs, and dumb 2000’s movie energy through it all

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

What a treat, laughed and cheered for people to TF all the way through Super campy, dumb, gory, and so much fun Movie is Black Sheep

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Oh that sounds fun honestly, 3.6 on IMDB too

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Oof I wonder how I can stand the smelly-smell of 2000's cheese but good pick, think Being Human sounds more interesting for the moment but thanks for the tips!

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Brother Bear is a classic, I get so heavily nostalgic watching it though that I'd probably just get a different sort of mood attack ^^; But Willow is nice, been ages since I saw it

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Oh man Black Sheep, I remember watching a leaked version of it that didn’t have any mastering and looked/sounded like shit, could be a fun rewatch!

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Is there a TF classic movie or series I should watch? Need to hit the reset-button on my brain right now with some good old escapism, the anxiety pangs are getting to me 🫠

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

It’s gonna be a grizzly any day of the week personally but the community seems most hype for polar bears, not sure how they’d handle the near tropical looking landscapes but choice is good! Still can’t believe there’s going to be a game where I can play as a bear though 🫠 I fear for my wallet

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AwareBear @awarebear.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Page 42 of my “A Were’s First” transformation webcomic. It’s been a long, long time. Streaming censoring process for next page at picarto.tv/AwareBearArt

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Being jobless for so long in a town where I know very few enough to hang out properly is taking its toll on me, I badly need a win soon so I can move on with my life But for now, sitting in a park in beautiful weather is uplifting 🐻

Photo of a Remarkable with a cropped sketch of a bear transformation. It depicts the upper body of man mostly transformed into a bear. The face is unchanged, and he has a large moustache. He looks at the viewer intensely.

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I appreciate it 🤎 The bear appreciates you too 🐻 I'll finish it up after I do some more work on Haize's commission, it's fun to just doodle away from the PC

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

It’s rough 😔 Very well possible that I open up, I’m just in need of a schedule and work ethic, and actually declaring that it’s the route I want to go doing commissions. For now I’m not sure.

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Same! I trust them to make good gameplay, and as for the character models for Kodan they seem to be iterating on them in the best way. In GW2 the Kodan were constricted by a humanoid rig (Norn race), but these Kodan seem to be more in line with the initial concept art and lore for them.

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

These are select arts from GW3, GW2, and from the release trailer. I think there's an overlap of GW3 and Janthir Wilds, as we can see stand-in models in GW2 arts that feel more akin to the GW3 design. Notably the polar variety seems to be confirmed for GW3.

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

The new Kodan is surprisingly rotund from what little we can see of them, so did a short study of how they'd perhaps look without the armor They should be more square/stocky, but couldn't resist falling back into the familiar pear-shape

Simple sketch of an anthropomorphic bear, one from side view and the other in 3/4:th view. The left one is very barrel chested, whereas the right one is more pear-shaped. The right one lifts up one hand paw, while the other rests grasps its belly.

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Yeah 4 seconds of deliberately vague footage is not enough, they're likely going to make a blog post about the races at some point but it could be many months from now :(

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Guild Wars 2 offered a few different body types, so hopefully we can get some ones with a paunch to either select or - even better - drag sliders around for 🤞🏻

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

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BearShaper @bearshaper.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

And now I’m perishing in the heat on my bed and sketching a Kodan on my remarkable This will be the most agonising wait for a game release I have ever endured 🫠

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