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🎃🍁Evie Lyn Devers🍁🎃 @sinebadger.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The biggest barrier of entry for creative spaces beforehand was giving a shit about making stuff. Thank god AI has removed this hurdle so now ppl who don’t care about anything can clutter these spaces up

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

That's why I like pixel art in general; it cuts out the need for fine motor skills and just leaves art theory. I can't draw or write by hand anymore, and I find drawing with tablets unfortunately has the exact same issues. Forever doing art with a mouse, I guess...

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Not being able to traditionally draw as an artist has messed with my brain bad.. I'm constantly thinking "I wish I could make art. Like, good art like that." when scrolling on here, completely forgetting that I do alright in my own way. Cut out the need for fine detail skills (disability), and yeah.

Pixel art self portrait from a couple years ago, using a lot of hand dithering.

Pixel art self portrait from four years ago using only the EGA palette.

Pixel art self portrait from 4 years ago using a previous photoshoot to create glitch work from.

2 Bit pixel art black and white self portrait from 5 years ago of me sitting in front of a red string board with five eyes opening upon my back.

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I reckon Damian McCarthy would be a better choice, though. Same producer as Hokum (and RE) has taken on the SH reboot, so here's hoping.

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Also, Acerola did a great video about why it will all collapse in on itself. It made me angry, but also hopeful, I guess?

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Random internet person here who also had a recent AI existential crisis. Someone helped me by pointing out: posts talking about the "mind blowing" results of each new model are a part of their shady marketing practices. Remember, the one thing AI is good at is lying! Same for tech companies. $$$

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Kaptajnen @kaptajnen.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

"Alone in the Dark" was the first big survival horror game that featured polygonal 3D characters But could a similar game have worked on the #Sega CD? This early tech demo by "Javi Martí Ruiz" would indicate so youtu.be/ei_epN6nACg #retrogaming #MegaDrive #Genesis #gaming #homebrew #indiegame

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

If you need help with workflow stuff and we can line up times (I'm Aus, +10:00), happy to body double via discord or something and give pointers. I've been working with a low poly pixel art textured style for 6 years, and props take me 2-6 hrs from start to fully textured. No need for pay.

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

And the rest... Top quality art. Hire me for portraits if accuracy is not a concern.

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Here's some of my terrible sprites if people want to see them. I needed things like two expressions and characters to swap between, and my scribbling just became more unhinged as I got into enjoying the process of not caring how they looked. Bad art is character building and freeing.

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I needed placeholder art while coding my own visual novel plugin for Godot, so I spent a couple hours scribbling sprites. A few weeks later and these abominations have grown on me. Why do people still make excuses for using slopmachine placeholder art?! I can't draw for shit, but this was fun to do.

A rework of the "just make it exist first" meme, but with only the "exist" image and the text "Just Make It*" and "*like you actually fuckdamn MAKE it" beneath. The screenshot at the bottom is of a scene laid out like a visual novel, but with terribly drawn characters and background art.

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Still thinking about Camp Miasma... Speaking of teenagers, I haven't posted here for so damn long because my country decided it wants everyone to prove they're over 16 to use social media, and fuck uploading my licence to some random site. I hate this future so much... (Photo: me, The Pit 2016)

A photo of a faceless person covered in blood standing in front of a rusted backdrop.

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I sent my novel pdf to the artist I'm working with via gmail, and google thought it would be great to have their ai read it and send me a plot summary/analysis that I never agreed to. Seeming my story is a reaction to the rise of AI psychosis, it felt apt, but also deeply violating and gross...

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Playing Ambrosia Sky at the moment; kinda like a lightly cosmic horror Mario Sunshine/ Power Wash Simulator with emotional impact. Super solid aesthetic, fun so far and a surprisingly engaging story. Weird stuff like this is why I love small teams: store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...

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Alex Ries @alexries.com · 12/12/2025

I think people should be pretty angry that a handful of men unilaterally decided culture, art and civilization should be fed into a woodchipper so they could attract VC funding.

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Scifi Art @scifiart.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Goosebumps book cover art by Tim Jacobus

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Here's a few of the ones I still think about after finishing this decade (that people haven't mentioned): Decarnation Detention Dread Delusion The Forest Grunn IMSCARED Labyrinth of the Demon King MiSide Paratopic The Pony Factory Scorn SKALD Sorry We're Closed Still Wakes the Deep Sucker For Love

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Was coming here to say this! KIRA has been my favourite dev for a while, and everything they do may be super niche, but always interesting. Also see Lunacid, a King's Field-like (Hard 1st Person Fantasy RPG) that is genuinely scary at times.

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

This! Complaints about "style over substance" in movies, especially those that commit to being weird, makes me feel like people have forgotten that film is a varied artform and doesn't need to be engaging only in a conventional story way. If its purpose is just vibes, then watch it for the vibes.

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Only realised it was the Too Many Cooks guy. He was one of the names attached that I was looking forward to, so that makes me extra disappointed, I guess.

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

That candy factory one was an all-time low for the series... I'm still angry at how bad it was.

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Never understood the hate for found footage horror.. Maybe it comes from the intrinsic high bar for realism, but by focusing on that people miss out on how impressively experimental it can be. Also, I'm obsessed with the aesthetics. Anyway, here's a call to watch Fake Documentary Q! #darkart #horror

Heret (2017): grainy photo of a pale man in a mask crawling across the ground in a darkened room.

Parasomnia (2017): distorted footage of a blindfolded person and insect-like legs.

Cub (2021): A grainy photo of a woman covered in mud and wearing a horned mask crouched on a rock. The environment is dark and the photo is lit from the front.

Heret (2017): A pale man in a mask standing in a dark room and lit by a torch.

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

The good thing about having a huge back catalogue of old photo work is that you can cheat when making "new" art. Here's the neon soaked photos (2015) I used to make the artwork on my "MurderBike" arcade machine. I guess it's not really cheating if their my photos tho. #gamedev #blender #newretrowave

A photo of a pink and cyan lit person wearing a black motorcycle helmet. The visor has been replaced by a large mouth with too many teeth and strange black gums.

The same helmet wearing person sat atop a motorcycle.

A low poly model of an arcade machine for a fictitious game called "MurderBike", using the two previous photos for its pixelated artwork.

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Been recovering from moving house recently (0/10, do not recommend) and my work slowed down to crawl... But I've been chipping away at this arcade machine every now and then, and finally finished it today. Only a few more objects left #indiegames #gamedev #psxhorror #blender #aseprite #retrogaming

A low poly model of an arcade machine for a fictional game called "MurderBike". The textures are done in a pixelated style with a limited colour palette.

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

I've seen a surprising number of found footage films (3) about forgotten leech gods whispering to serial killers in the past week, completely by accident. I guess that's a thing. Anyway, here's an unrelated photo of mine, "Co-morbidity" (2017) #horror #darkartist #occult #photography #foundfootage

A photo of a man in his underwear sitting on a rock, his torso and arms covered in circular bite marks. A large leech sits coiled about his shoulders and his face is a twisted mass of flesh.

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

I am aware that some of these are not really survival horror, but I have been including things that feel related to the genre, even if just aesthetically. These are only the ones I don't own yet, so my back catalogue is pretty daunting...

List:
Threshold
Withering Rooms
Blood Typers
1 Bit Survivor
Ad Infernum
The Deadseat
Captured
Airtight City
Cannibal Abduction
The Horror of Salazar House
Among Ashes

List:
Living Cell
The Consuming Shadow
Draft of Darkness
CROWDED. FOLLOWED.
Endoparasitic (1 and 2)
Lady in Tomb
Rewind or Die
Bloody Hallowfest
Saiko no Sutoka
Bloodwash
Manny's

List:
You Will Die Tonight
Decimate Drive
The Fear Business
Choo-Choo Charles
Heaven Dust 1 and 2
House of Velez
Bubbaruka!
Enigma of Fear
Night at the Gates of Hell
Dead of Darkness
Empty Shell

List:
Vivette
Clock Tower: Rewind
The Door in the Basement
Sinister Entity
Evil Tonight
GOHOME
Bughouse
Deathbloom
Seek
THE MUTE HOUSE
The Tower on the Borderland

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

With Tormented Souls reminding me why I love Survival Horror (horror + puzzles + retro aesthetics), I decided to make a list of everything I didn't own yet and start buying and playing through 2 games a month. So far, I have played through the first 3 games. #survivalhorror #psxhorror #horrorgames

Survival Horror shopping list, marked as bought so far:
Heartworm
Sorry, We're Closed
Crow Country
Alisa
Labyrinth of the Demon King
Hollowbody
What is visible of the rest of the list (trust me, there's a loooot on the full list):
Slitterhead
Conscript
White Knuckle
The Tartarus Key
GYLT

Screenshot from the game Sorry, We're Closed, showing the main character Michelle aiming a gun and surrounded by pixel particle effects.

A screenshot from Crow Country, showing the protagonist Mara standing in the Submarine save room.

Screenshot from Heartworm of a lowpoly girl standing in a dimly lit study/library.

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

My weirdo pixel art textured snack products made for a vending machine model. I realised that there were so many details people likely wouldn't see. Unless... I could make them interactable objects that are actually dispensed. Hmm... #lowpoly #blender #aseprite #pixelart #gamedev #indiegames

The front details of 16 different low poly models of vending machine snacks, with their logos clearly displayed.

The back details of those same snacks, showing off the nutritional value info, but pixelated.

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

I'm all about unnecessary details, hence why everything takes me so long, so I get it, hahaha!

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

I just figure at some point I'll have made a big enough catalogue of objects jumping between all my projects that it'll end up being enough to build a shopping mall, but that’s kind of the problem. I have to make things easy for myself, but I'm constantly making design decisions that complicate it!

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

I love the aesthetic too! I've definitely been tempted to make a horror game set in an closed (overnight, rather than abandoned) shopping mall, but I'd need to get way faster at finishing models... Building a single store (a laundromat) is already taking sooo much damn time to finish.

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Aww, that's really lovely to hear, thank you! It's taken me way too long to get to where I'm happy with this style (going on 4 years now?!), so it's great to find out when others like it and it's not just me.

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Why hadn't I heard anything about this?! An all round solid post-apoc thriller, a genre that's pretty well trodden by now, but this does a hell of a lot with a little. Killer lead performance from Deadwyler. I'm just kinda confused why it didn't screen anywhere...

Poster for 40 Acres by R.T. Thorne, a post apocalypse thriller starring Danielle Deadwyler and Michael Greyeyes.

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Thankyou! Hopefully everything will come together in the full scene.

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

This snack vending machine took way too long (10hrs+) due to all those tiny logos, but I think it was worth it. With all the big stuff out of the way, there's a few more smaller props, and then it's onto the full scene. #blender #aseprite #lowpoly #gamedev #retrohorror #indiegames #psxhorror

A low poly model of a snack vending machine with pixelated texturing.

The snack vending machine with the purchase draw open.

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

While looking for something else, I came across some of my old work done with completely hand pixelled texturing. Damn it for being so time-consuming because I still really like how it looks! #blender #aseprite #pixelart #gamedev #indiegames

A low poly model of a tv on a coffee table with hand drawn pixel art texturing.

Another hand pixelled object, but this one is a VHS tape.

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Niknak @nikthenak.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Working on updating the art for my blobber RPG. First playtest is getting very close #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Almost daily, I am amazed by the art still being released despite their respective industries. The world is hostile towards those just wanting to create and it feels like the assholes are winning, but people keep making even after everything. #mouthwashing #scavengersreign #primal #sorrywereclosed

A screenshot from the game Sorry, We're Closed of the character Matilda talking to a ghost.

A screenshot from the animated series Scavengers Reign with a human form growing in a illuminated pod.

A screenshot from Mouthwashing, featuring the bandaged Curly sitting in front of a cake saying "We should have some."

A screenshot from the animated series Primal picturing a man with a spear sitting upon the back of a dinosaur.

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

I wasn't going to post more until the full scene was done, but I need something that’s not people bombarding me, ehhh... My effort yesterday - those tiny labels had me tempted to increase pixel density, but I'm glad I stuck with it (1px per cm) #gamedev #blender #pixelart #retrohorror #indiegaming

A low poly model of an 80s drinks vending machine (412 tris including the 7 drink cans). Texturing is handmade to be pixel perfect with a texel density of 1 pixel per cm.

Another angle of the same vending machine.

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Yeah, was naive of me... Turns out reverse image search is helpful for blocking accounts.

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

I realised that in my rush to get these done I forgot an important step in my texturing style: baking AO shadows and highlights into the base colour pixel art. My other posts probably didn't show off the texturing enough as well, so here's some close-ups #gamedev #blender #indiegames #psxhorror

A low poly model of a laundromat change machine with pixelated texturing.

A low poly model of a laundromat coin operated washing machine with pixelated texturing.

A low poly model of a laundromat coin operated dryer with pixelated texturing.

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Continuing to try to speed up my asset process, this took 2hrs 25min, but a coin machine is a much simpler model than a dryer. I'm curious how long the average object takes other 3D artists from start to finish? Because these speeds are still hard for me. #gamedev #blender #retrogaming #psxhorror

A model of a coin machine for getting change in a laundromat, done in a low poly (100 tris) retro pixelated style.

Another angle of that same coin machine.

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Yeah, my process was definitely sped up by making mistakes early on and taking the time to figure out how to do things better, so I guess the time invested in being slow and methodical at first does pay off eventually!

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Being the only 3D artist at my day job, while also having come from an unrelated field (photography), means I have no idea how long it takes the average artist to do this kind of work. It felt quick, but I noted a bunch of areas for improvement, especially with unwrapping taking me 2.5hrs...

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Bryn DC @feverdreamr.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Thinking about scope and how small tasks blow out into huge time sinks - I started timing myself and how long an asset currently takes me. This was 5.5hrs from start to end. That's a dayish per asset. 900x is just under 3 years. Realistically, I need to get down to 2hrs per asset. #gamedev #blender

A model of a Laundromat coin operated dryer, done in a low poly pixelated style. Modelling, prepping, uv unwrapping, baking pbr maps, and texturing took a total of 5 and a half hours for me to complete.

The same coin operated dryer, this time with it's doors open.

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