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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'd like to highlight that any and every type of cuisine that reaches Brazilian borders are merely suggestions, we can and WILL alter them to our liking/disliking. Regular Temaki 🥱😴 Brazilian Nacho Temaki 🤤🤤🤤

Brazilian Nacho Temaki (Salmon, Cream cheese and doritos)

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Guys I think I see the connection and if so it's 👂👌 #zelda #oot

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

He actually looks pretty good up close 🥹 replicating a 2D mouth on a 3D model like the modern games do was such a pain 😭

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Since I work with 3D full-time, every now and again I take some time to model something for myself, I finished Sonic X Shadow Generations lately and really enjoyed it! So I modeled Sonic from scratch, now I just have to rig him 🥲 This model taught me more than I expected 🦔 #3d #fanart #sonic

3D Render of modern Sonic the hedgehog in a t-pose

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Don't know where this is going but I'm having fun doing it 😬 #retro #lowpoly #3d

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Tweaked the scene a little, it needed some *zazz* 👐

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Time and time again I get this urge to create a dungeon crawler, but I never get past the concept stage cuz it's the best part 😭 Maybe someday 🤷‍♂️

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Spicing up my demo scene with a little vertex snapping 👾 #gamedev #blender #lowpoly #ps1

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I've started modeling and texturing some assets for a mock-up horror game and with a singular light it's already kind of a vibe and I'm all here for it 👻 #gamedev #retro #ps1 #blender

a low-poly flashlight-lit scene of some wardrobes and a framed painting engulfed in darkness

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I really didn't have a plan when I started modeling her so I literally just grabbed an Icosphere and start pulling vertices around until I ended up with something that resembled a hairstyle, worked out better than I expected! #gamedev #lowpoly #ps1 #blender

An example of a Icosphere primitive mesh used to model a low-poly hair style

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I love how there was no consensus on how detailed a face should be for PS1 games, they really just did what they felt was best. Jill's face in RE1 is never seen at full resolution at any point in the game, meanwhile Kojima fully embraced the low res for MGS faces 🐐

An image texture of Snake's face from Metal Gear Solid for the PS1

An image texture of Jill Valentine's face from Resident Evil for the PS1

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Been playing 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 of PS1 games while revisiting my backlog and I'm having fun playing around with PS1 visuals in my spare time, here's a character I modeled, textured, rigged and animated 👾 p.s. gradient textures are so much easier 🥲 #gamedev #lowpoly #ps1 #pixelart #blender #3d

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Shout out to this neat little dither tool I used to pixelize the textures I used in the scene! Super handy for any devs looking for an easy solution for authentic old-school textures #gamedev captain4lk.itch.io/slk-img2pixel

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Played/finished Metal Gear Solid for the first time recently and I have to say: WHAT. A. GAME. The dialogues, characters, story, locales, art direction, everything is just *chefs kiss* Here's Snake getting himself a soda after his adventure #Blender #lowpoly #gamedev #ps1 #metalgearsolid

A low poly scene in the style of PS1 graphics. Solid Snake in front of a vending machine in a dimly lit back alley next to a backdoor with a red 'Exit' sign above. Some of the scene is reflected off puddles. There's a trash can next to the vending machine and some newspaper scattered on the ground.

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Tomodachi life direct announced for thursday really giving this vibe I want to play it at some point, but it's really not the kind of news I'm expecting from Nintendo for a year that doesn't have much going for it 😕

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Scribbled an idea this morning in ms paint and had fun filling in the blanks conceptually, don't know if I'll do something more with it but I love the design! 🥰 #OC #digitalart

a poorly drawn sketch of a pirate girl with an oversized coat

a colored sketch of a pirate girl with an oversized coat, parrot skull pauldron, wild green hair and a brown pirate hat with a feather of the deceased parrot

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Another practice sculpt to familiarize myself more with high-poly workflows, might retopologize this one for the sake of practice but I also don't want to 😭 #blender #3d #sculpting #OC

a 3D stylized bust of a woman with short hair as shown from 3/4, front and side

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

I rarely do anything remotely High Poly, so I thought I'd do a practice sculpt and this is probably the furthest I've ever gone with anything high poly 🙈 there's plenty of room for improvement, but I'm happy with how it turned out 😬 #blender #3d #sculpt #highpoly

A stylized High-poly bust of a red-headed woman with green eyes and shoulder length hair

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Heard the new Sonic racing game was pretty good

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

8/6 Bonus #2 ➕ - I really enjoyed detailing him 🥰 #OC #Characterart #3D #Blender #lowpoly

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

7/6 Bonus ➕ - These are some references I had in mind while drawing and modelling, just a mash up of things I love 🥰🥰

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

6/6 Polish - After adding a few more accessories and re-texturing some surfaces, he's got a lot more personality! I also remodeled the boots and a added a lot of minor details that make him feel a lot more realized as a character. I don't know what to call him, but I think Zed will do for now 😬

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

5/? Texturing cont. 🎨 - I'll make some punctual changes along the way, like reshaping the pants to balance the proportions better after adding accessories that made him a little top-heavy, but getting closer to where I want him! I still feel like it's missing something 🤔💭

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

4/? Texturing 🎨 - Since it's very low poly, my method of texturing is simply recoloring faces and make strategic cuts to the mesh to some more details out of it. Depending on complexity, this can break a mesh during rigging, but when strategically placed, it's a cheap and fast way to texture models!

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

3/? Blocking 🟥- In line with the broader vision, I focus only on balancing shapes and keeping things simple with a very low-poly mesh, that way I can make big changes with little commitment. I also recycle assets from other models like the hands since I know they can be rigged easily ✋

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

2/? Concept ✏️ - The idea was a brooding no-nonsense metalhead wearing a casual headbanger clothes, still a blank-slate at this stage which gives me a lot of creative freedom in 3D where most of my ideas really start to shape up(literally). I try to focus on the broader vision here 💭

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

I don't normally do this, but yesterday was one those "lightning in a bottle" moments where I had an idea for a character and was able to flesh it out from start to finish(?). 😬 I'll post a short thread of how I took it from concept to model. Let's go! 1/? #OC #characterart #blender #3D

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

We hit a small but important milestone for Lucid Nightmares: Our first 100 wishlists! Thank you to everyone for showing us your support!! 🥳🎉 If you want to help us reach 200, reposting goes a long way!! 💚💜 store.steampowered.com/app/3809810/... #gamedev #indiedev #jogobr #godot #blender

Rose, the main character of Lucid Nightmares, jumping in glee celebrating 100 wishlists on steam

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Drawing in MS paint has a strange flow to it, but it's so straight forward it's hard to get distracted with fine details, great for putting out ideas fast! Here's a ninja-type character I've had on my mind 🥷 #mspaint #2dart #illustration #OC

An MS paint sketch of a ninja-type character with a purple scarf, purple arm wraps, puffy purple pants, knife-shaped skirt, leg wraps, dark purple hair, green bangs and green pony tails staring at the viewer

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Nobody asked, but the scarf is just just a texture scrolling on a distorted plane (and warped uvs), combine them and you get this really neat effect! Little things like this make me love tech art so much 😭🤧 #indiedev #gamedev #jogobr #vfx #godot #blender

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Rose had been missing her scarf from early concepts since I wasn't sure how to approach it in-game, but I think I've figured it out 😬 What do y'all think? #indiedev #gamedev #godot #blender #jogobr #vfx

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

All aboard the hype train! 🚂 Old render I never got around to posting, but no time like the present I guess 😬 #blender #silksong #hollowknight

A stylized 3D render of Hollow Knight standing on a mound of beatle carcasses with a ray of light shining down on him

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

This and Open Source communities are proof that creatives will give you their very best when their most basic needs are met (money = food, shelter, utilities paid for, allowing more to spend with friends and family etc.) Go figure 🤷‍♂️ #gamedev #silksong

"Perhaps the biggest reason Silksong took so long was that Team Cherry never had to worry about the one thing that keeps other independent developoers awake at night: money."

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

After giving her new hair and new kicks, I decided to make the most of her new hairstyle and rigged it, so now we've got moving hair! 😬💇‍♀️ #indiedev #gamedev #godot #blender #jogobr #animation

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

After changing her hair, I realized her proportions were a little unbalanced, so I gave her new shoes and bigger socks 👟🧦 What do y'all think of the new look? #indiedev #gamedev #Godot #Blender #jogobr

a before picture of a low-poly 3D character with messy purple hair, yellow jacket, blue shirt, red scarf and gloves, pink striped socks and red tennis shoes

an after picture of a low-poly 3D character with messy purple hair, yellow jacket, blue shirt, red scarf and gloves, pink puffy striped socks and slightly larger red running shoes

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Morning y'all! Hope everyone had a great weekend, I spent mine doing stuff for Lucid Nightmares by giving our protagonist Rose a new hair style, the old one felt a little flat and didn't really give main character vibes, how do you like it? 💇‍♀️ #indiedev #gamedev #godot #blender #jogobr

A before and after comparison of Rose's hair from Lucid Nightmares. The After picture has a significantly more distinct silhouette while retaining the bangs/rose-shaped hair bun.

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

I was reworking some animation stuff this week and thought the slash VFX in Lucid Nightmares could use a facelift, what do you think? 🤺 #indiedev #gamedev #godot #vfx #blender #jogobr

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Was banging my head against the wall for days trying to figure out why my animations were breaking when exporting from Blender to Godot, turns out one (1) button solved it and boy did I feel stupid 🫠 Shout out to the #Godot discord community for helping me out! Now I can retarget animations in peace

a check box for animation optimization written "Force Keeping Channels for bones" where if all keyframes are identical in a rig, force keeping the minimal animation. When off, all possible channels for the bones will be exported, even if empty (minimal animation, 2 keyframes).

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Don't know when it happened but thank you all for 1.2k followers!! Most people don't realize how crazy numbers like these are until you try to fill a room (or auditorium) with this many people 🥺😭🤧 💚💚💚

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

A silly little Knight I modeled and rigged from scratch. I hated every second of the rigging process 🙃 #blender #3d #lowpoly #rigging #animation

a low poly Knight in greenish blue armor wielding a sword and shield with a pinkish plume on the helmet

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

I've been working on a side project in my free time as another creative outlet, don't know when it'll be ready but it's been fun making assets for it 😬 #Blender #video #animation

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Here's a 3D model I did last year and never posted anywhere, oops 🤷‍♂️ I was trying some baked in cel shading + outlines (kinda like guilty gear's texturing style), I think it turned out pretty nice, I just couldn't be bothered to rig it at the time 🫠 #Blender #3D #NPR #Stylized #Toon #Lowpoly

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 is a game I don't hear people talk about much nowadays, but it's one of those timeless games that is pure eye candy (if you can handle all the explosions and flashing lights), endlessly replayable and super fun multiplayer modes, this deserves modern ports all around 🤌

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Been quiet around here, but here's a sneak peak at one of the revamped Arena's we'll be adding in a not-so-distant future update for Lucid Nightmares! 🕐 #Godot #Indiedev #Gamedev #Blender #Roguelite #Deckbuilder #lowpoly

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Postando alguns assets que fiz esse ano pro #BRArtDay 💚💙💛 #Indiedev #Gamedev #Godot

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

We're currently giving some areas in Lucid Nightmares a much needed makeover, mainly the intro area Lullaby 😴 The game starts in somewhat familiar territory and the areas will become increasingly disfigured and nightmarish as the game progresses 🙈 #Godot #Indiedev #Gamedev #Blender

a dark purple environment portraying a common 90s desktop setup, complete with a CRT monitor, speakers, mouse & keyboard, a chair, stack of cds, a loose cd-rom, a waste backet, dirty laundry on the floor and a floating window in the background with a spiral backdrop. A large floating game card is off the upper left hand corner.

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Don Veech @donveech.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Happy saturday y'all! Took some screen shots of Lucid Nightmares' City levels with fresh visuals 🌆 If you enjoy Hades and/or Slay the spire, you should check out our alpha build at mister-chip.itch.io/lucid-nightm... #ScreenshotSaturday #Indiedev #Godot #Blender #Gamedev

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