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Josh Floyd @iejomaflo.com · 25/09/2026

Big thanks to them, Jon, and the rest of the team. If you want to check out the new episode, you can click the link and head over to @newgrounds www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/...

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RATBASTERDZ: WADE'S SONG

AN ODYSSEY OF WADE

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Josh Floyd @iejomaflo.com · 25/09/2026

Much love to Lukas and Rod! Between the otherworldly designs and architecture of Rod’s work and the energy and character of Lukas’ drawings, their amazing layouts really elevated the ep. I did my best to make sure their personal touches still came through in the final version.

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Josh Floyd @iejomaflo.com · 25/09/2026

And lastly we have the “gross-up” shots of Jay and his tattoos. Jon gave me the tattoo designs and told me to go crazy with it. It was a nice change of pace going from painting dungeons and villages to painting open sores and stretchmarks.

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Josh Floyd @iejomaflo.com · 25/09/2026

This BG is one of my favorites. Mostly from how little I had to actually paint, to bring Lukas’ drawings to life. I feel like I finally figured out how to suggest a lot atmosphere without overcomplicating things or getting bogged down in the small stuff.

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Josh Floyd @iejomaflo.com · 25/09/2026

Fun fact: I’m pretty sure I reused the same sky gradient in like 90% of these lol. Moving the textures around a bit and all the smoke helped keep things from looking too “copy-pasted.”

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Josh Floyd @iejomaflo.com · 25/09/2026

These turned out a lot darker than I expected. All of charred bits of the buildings throughout the village and the black smoke filling the sky meant the majority of the light in these came from the glow of the fires.

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Josh Floyd @iejomaflo.com · 25/09/2026

The final area was the medieval village. Lots reds and oranges since the place was being burned to the ground.

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Josh Floyd @iejomaflo.com · 25/09/2026

I did my best not to lose Rod‘s surreal details from the initial sketches. But man, there were so many bricks on the walls and floors of this place lol. A lot of the lighting and textures here working overtime to hide all of my continuity issues from BG to BG.

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Josh Floyd @iejomaflo.com · 25/09/2026

The dungeon was much more involved. I think we had a little over 20 backgrounds in the dungeon area. There was a lot more to consider since these had the fighting sequences and more dynamic camera effects.

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Josh Floyd @iejomaflo.com · 25/09/2026

The cold mountain tops were pretty straightforward, mostly rocky textures and some overcast clouds to really set the mood. Typical dark fantasy with snowy, windswept mountains. We transition from the cold blues into the otherworldly green pretty quickly.

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Josh Floyd @iejomaflo.com · 25/09/2026

For the fantasy sequence, Jon gave me reference pics from Heavy Metal mags, 70’s fantasy and old metal albums. He really wanted to push the moody colors and dark atmosphere. There were 3 main areas, the cold, blue mountains, the dank, green dungeon and the burning, red village.

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Josh Floyd @iejomaflo.com · 25/09/2026

The new Ratbasterdz episode is now on Newgrounds! Gonna post some of the backgrounds I painted down below in a thread! These are mostly of the fantasy sequence. I’ll post about the basement shots later.

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Josh Floyd @iejomaflo.com · 17/09/2026

Can’t believe I did backgrounds for 3 of these!! Congrats everybody!!

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RyanStorm @ryanstorm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The Kickstarter for "Penguin Midnight" 's Prequel: "Mother is a Stinkbug" is now LIVE!! CHECK IT OUT AND CONSIDER SUPPORTING THIS ENDEAVOR tinyurl.com/MotherisaSti...

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"Mother is a Stinkbug" - "Penguin Midnight" Prequel - Anime

"Whisper of The Heart" vibes short film following a warm hearted girl pushed into extreme circumstances, inspired by real interviews.

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RyanStorm @ryanstorm.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

HAPPY FRIDAY!! Penguin Midnight, my 26 minute short film, is now live on Youtube!! Please give it a watch! youtu.be/PeaJMUc_d_E