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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 24/08/2026

I think I mapped just about everything out, besides complete dialogue and scenarios around key areas. The real fight starts here.

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 21/08/2026

Anybody got about $800?

Epson EcoTank Photo ET-8550 printer, listed on Staples for $749.99.

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 13/08/2026

I'm just realizing they call Godot "gə-DOH" because of this guy. I thought they were just being posh about it.

Godot from Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. His name is pronounced
"GOD-oh, gə-DOH, or go-doh."

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 30/07/2026

I probably posted and talked about this picture on here already; even with its flaws, this picture is the closest to how I want to draw from here on out. I gotta remember what did.

An older Helga Pataki fluffing her hair in the middle of a conversation, possibly. The focus was to get the idea out as quickly as possible, which is why the lines either cross into each other or don't connect at all. There is heavier importance on shape and shading, something I picked up from other artists I followed over the years.

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 18/07/2026

Did you know, if you're quick enough you can actually stop Susie from stealing your drink. #deltarunespoilers #deltarune

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 12/07/2026

Something #deltarune related while I was in the middle of sketching.

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 27/05/2026

Here's a screenshot of the fatal error.

$src\core\actor.c:8:10: fatal error: string.h: No such file or directory 8 | #include <string.h> | ^~~~~~~~~~ compilation terminated. subprocess error 1 src\core\bankdata.c:2:10: fatal error: string.h: No such file or directory 2 | #include <string.h> | ^~~~~~~~~~ compilation terminated. 1 Cancelled Build Warnings: src\core\actor.c:8:10: fatal error: string.h: No such file or directory 8 | #include <string.h> | ^~~~~~~~~~ compilation terminated. subprocess error 1 src\core\bankdata.c:2:10: fatal error: string.h: No such file or directory 2 | #include <string.h> | ^~~~~~~~~~ compilation terminated. 1$

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 30/04/2026

I've recently finished redrawing the scenes of the inside of the bar with only 155 tiles (the limit for tilesets is 192), and the instant scene transitions are clean. You can test out the latest version on my website! newjacksota.neocities.org/asthebelleto... #gamedev #indiedev #gbstudio

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 27/03/2026

DMajorBoss, from my understanding, was a legendary on DeviantArt. I didn't know for a while that he had cancer, and commenting was was just his way of contributing to the community. I was surprised he actually left a comment on my account when he did. Anyway, I've finally deleted my account.

My one and only interaction with DMajorBoss. Someone, who I assumed was a legend only because of how often he commented on popular artist's works and accounts.

DMajorBoss: "Salutations. You've a few good things shared here, and I'm happy to see such goodness from you. Thank you very much for the intriguing shares. May you have good fortune upon all of your creative endeavors."

Me: "Wow, thank you very much!"

DMajorBoss: "You are very welcome!" ^_^

We keep it moving.

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 22/03/2026

#graffiti Does anyone know what this style is? I understand what it's suppose to be historically, but the only time I've seen this outside of that was Gachiakuta and TWEWY.

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 04/02/2026

I'm getting pretty far along with the home page of my site. I wonder if I can apply an exception for if an image's height is larger than its width and vice versa. When I scale the browser, the taller images essentially cover their entire block, but the wider image will end up leaving white space.

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 26/01/2026

You know what I just realized??? I CAN JUST USE GAMEMAKER. I'm a legacy user with the HTML5 exporter. I just tested one of my old projects in neocities, and it JUST WORKS. I think I looked into this years ago and either didn't figure it out, or just gave up. WOW.

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 15/01/2026

Running test. I'm using Animation Paper for these, it's pretty smooth.

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 13/01/2026

Testing out the minimap. I'm not sure if I want to have a "static" map and just use an arrow to indicate direction, or rotate the entire map. This is testing out the second option. I like it, but now I need to see if it's faster with a script or per room. #gbstudio #gamedev

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 10/01/2026

Another rough drawing of this ant-guy. I also made another signature. #art #oc

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 07/01/2026

First drawing of the year. I don't know who this is, but he seems important. #art

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 01/01/2026

"What was your biggest impact on the internet?" Nothing really. I did make this Hey Arnold fanart a while back for a fan comic I've been putting off for around a decade. I did post them separately, and Phoebe's picture was the top search result up until a few years ago.

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 18/12/2025

Here's where I stand with the minimap. There are 16 tiles that need to update on a per-room basis. I need to create either 4 1-dimensional arrays or 1 4-dimensional array and assign values for each array to each room. It sounds easy enough, but there's just one problem. The problem: (see image 2)

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 07/12/2025

Drawing these backgrounds are taking me the longest. #gbstudio #gamedev

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 23/11/2025

A few memes behind, but I got Jyll to show off a bit.

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 19/11/2025

I feel so satisfied with this model, even though I haven't done anything with it since I declared it finished. I'll see if there is anything else I can do now that Blender hit 5.0. #blender #b3d #oc

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 09/11/2025

Look at this sick nasty organ I was commissioned to do. I had to look at real ones to figure this out. It was icky. This is actually the second time I had to do something like this. The first was with fingers for a joke MTG card.

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 21/10/2025

I think I see the problem.

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 05/10/2025

I'll finish my website, but I always wondered why I never left *this* place.

DeviantArt. Feels odd to log in every once in a while.

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 26/09/2025

Jyll's "beast" form? Maybe? Just sort of came out.

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 07/09/2025

Something I've been doing to help move development along was sculpting the scene in blender first. I did something a bit messier for the inside, and it does end up helping. Afterwards, I'll do as many renders as necessary, then reformat and plug them into GBStudio.

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 03/09/2025

How's this? Might make stickers out of it.

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 11/08/2025

I wanted to make a 2d guide and ended up doing a bit of redesign. I'll eventually update her model to reflect it.

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 26/07/2025

#gamedev I'm looking into the tile limit for this screen style I'm working on. If the only repeating tiles are the borders, then this screen has 252 unique tiles (gbstudio's limit is 195). I can reduce the count by only displaying tiles when necessary, but I still need legroom. #gbstudio

In gbstudio, the system recognizes 8x8 tiles. Every tile, besides the borders, is a unique tile to help register how dense a scene can get.

Unique Tile Analyzer by Kevin Foley

There may be some repeaters that I missed, but here's a clearer image.

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 09/07/2025

Try uploading it as a video.

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 07/07/2025

#gamedev A test run of a kind of first-person perspective, like Shin Megami Tensei. I should've just invested my time in a 3d engine. I'm gonna keep doing it this way. I feel like it has more potential for "stuff." #gbstudio #gameboy

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 27/06/2025

#art I made a test render of Jyll yesterday, so here's an after-before. I also rendered her in cycles, cause I thought it'd look cool. #3d #b3d #blender3d #sketch

Before. This was originally to test my painting, which is why only one boot is colored. It's an otherwise a rough pose.

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 13/06/2025

#art An idea I'm having. I can't draw gun poses. Haven't had to. #sketch

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 07/06/2025

I'm late on this. #pitchyagame In "As The Belle Tolls," you play as Inflatabelle, a superhero who's trying to find enough loose change to catch the last bus home. -Talk to the patrons -Scavenge for loose change -Dream about what could have been In development. Screenshots not final.

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 27/05/2025

#art I'm trying to figure out Helga's face if and when I start a model for her. It's literally just a circle, but I can't draw it on model for some reason. #heyarnold #sketch #fanart #helgapataki

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 24/05/2025

#art A more recent sketch that I'm kinda still working on. I feel like I'll have their design locked in as soon as I work on a 3d model of them. #2d #sketch #ann #oc

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Jack Sota @jacksota.art · 23/05/2025

#art an old sketch of Jyll when her chest was bigger. She wasn't supposed to be like that, I just forgot for a while when I was working on her model. #2d #sketch #oc #Jyll

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