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Bleuacide @bleuacide.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I haven't had my style called precious in many years! I could use some of that, thanks :D

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Bleuacide @bleuacide.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

I cleaned this whole mess up, and it took absolutely forever, so I get to make some new renders.

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Bleuacide @bleuacide.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Those pine trees stole my heart.

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Bleuacide @bleuacide.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Very good stuff here. Somehow the coolest projects are always the cancelled ones!

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Bleuacide @bleuacide.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

I wonder is the life cycle you pointed out might be more of a generational thing? At the start of the 2000's social platforms helped created bonds between people who started using them at that time, bonds which now endure. But they no longer help create new bonds for people of the same generation...

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Bleuacide @bleuacide.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

While sculpting, I break down reference into volume and shape, peaks and valleys. While drawing you normally discard such information and analyze the values, dark and light spots, smooth gradients and abrupt changes of color. The two processes may actually engage different hemispheres of your brain.

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Bleuacide @bleuacide.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Let's talk about reference! In my career I have made extensive use of all kinds of reference for sculpting. That formatted my brain to look for certain things in a reference, extract them, and put them to good use. Now the same exact process can not be applied to drawing, how do we fix this?

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Bleuacide @bleuacide.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

It's ironic that even real-life events are mostly organized online and end up being spread through algorithms, or involve the people you got to know through algorithms..

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Bleuacide @bleuacide.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Thank you for bringing this up! The only strategy I have experienced that seems to yield some results is to alternate sketching from imagination and doing quick studies of references, in order to experience the gap between the two types of process, and understand how to close this gap. Good luck!

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Bleuacide @bleuacide.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

This is actually a great point, because these two situations might just be two sides of the exact same coin, and symptomatic of the same issues, that I'm trying to eradicate myself. What strategy do you use to fight stagnation?

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Bleuacide @bleuacide.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

This is an excruciatingly interesting topic! If I may sum this up so far, in order to keep using reference but avoid relying on it: - Make quick gesture-focused studies - Observe first, then draw - Alternate sketching from refs and from imagination - use real life refs What else would you advise?

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Bleuacide @bleuacide.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Things suddenly took a turn for the blue. I guess I should have known! I'm still messing around with this, here's a patched-up render: #legacyofkain #purple #spectralrealm #raziel #videogames #fanart

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Bleuacide @bleuacide.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

That's one sharp-looking dragon!

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Bleuacide @bleuacide.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Same here! Instruments are complex objects, unless you already held one in your own hands and know how to use it, it can be really hard to understand its shape and how it impacts functionality.

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Bleuacide @bleuacide.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Nice brushwork! Love that palette too.

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Bleuacide @bleuacide.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Great balance of spec and painterly feeling you have here.

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Bleuacide @bleuacide.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Looks great, both soft and edgy.

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Bleuacide @bleuacide.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

This feels both haunting and cozy, such a great vibe!

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Bleuacide @bleuacide.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

This looks like so much fun!

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Bleuacide @bleuacide.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Now I gotta know what happened to that team of bounty hunters!

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Bleuacide @bleuacide.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Sneak peek on how this creature is coming together~ Next step is posing! #baroque #artnouveau #creatureart #zbrush #fantasyart

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Bleuacide @bleuacide.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Is this an ornament? Is it a creature? Who knows! It's a lot of clean-up work, I can tell you this much. #zbrush #characterdesign #fantasyart #baroque #rococo #creaturedesign

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Bleuacide @bleuacide.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Who doesn't! Looks great :)

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Bleuacide @bleuacide.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Finally that's out of my system! Got half a thousand shots, check them out here: www.artstation.com/artwork/1NBb08 #characterart #stylizedart #zbrush #blender

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Bleuacide @bleuacide.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Another 2025 resolution: Stop trying to improve things, and try to get them done instead. While aiming for better isn't a bad thing in itself, if it becomes a hindrance to your process, it needs to take a back seat: One imperfect thing is better than 60 possible variations that still don't exist.

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Bleuacide @bleuacide.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

How about a new resolution for 2025: - Never look down on humble beginnings. In life, career or simply in your next artwork, it's okay to start from the wrong foot. It's fine to take a detour. And it's alright to take things slow, change your mind, redefine your goals. Some things just take time.

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Bleuacide @bleuacide.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

As hinted by my screen name, I usually lean towards shades of blue. But green has its charm too, doesn't it?

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Bleuacide @bleuacide.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Come for the flowy hair, stay for the spikes! Stephen King meets Sailor moon kind of design. Slightly more stylized than what I would normally do, and of course it's stil WIP, but I'm rendering it anyway. #zbrush #illustration #shoulderplates

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Bleuacide @bleuacide.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I've been slowly making some progress on this character, a lot of sculpting still TBD. But now that the design pass on the 5 masks is finally done, I get to play around with the hairstyle some more. Don't ask me why I need five, have some swooshy bangs~ #digitalart #wip #fantasyart

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Bleuacide @bleuacide.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Hello butterflywers, I'm Bleuacide - game developer, cake enthusiast and occasional doodler. I make characters for fun and I never finish anything - but I certainly intend to post about it here. #characterart #3Dart #characterdeisgn You can also find me on artstation: www.artstation.com/bleuacide

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