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John DeRiggi @johnderiggiart.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Happy #PortfolioDay! I'm John DeRiggi, Senior Character Artist driving stylized art and pipelines on 20+ shipped titles across indie, AAA, and location-based entertainment. Always happy to learn about fun character opportunities! Portfolio johnderiggi.com Email john.e.deriggi@gmail.com #gameart

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danimals @dannymoll.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

hi #portfolioday i'm an always-curious concept artist, art director, 3d artist, pixel artist, game dev w 15yrs in the industry. always on the lookout for projects that need versatile artists focused on "making the game". helped ship 2.5d search-action game Possessor(s) last year artbydannymoll.com

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John DeRiggi @johnderiggiart.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Commander, a brutish, minigun wielding enemy in Hyper Light Breaker from Heart Machine. Concept: @iramos.bsky.social. Rig: @wuffles.bsky.social. Pose: @virum.bsky.social and myself. #hyperlightbreaker #gameart #characterart #ogre #minigun #gamedev #3dart

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John DeRiggi @johnderiggiart.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Versus! Personal project based on art by Greg Baldwin from Creaturebox www.creaturebox.com. More of Greg's work at lostbearstudios.com. Thx Greg! #characterart #stylized #creature #fantasy #sculpture #digitalart #3dart #digitalsculpting #zbrush #marmosettoolbag #creaturebox #versus

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John DeRiggi @johnderiggiart.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Versus! More sketching based on art by Greg Baldwin from Creaturebox www.creaturebox.com. More of Greg's work at lostbearstudios.com. Thx again Greg! #characterart #stylized #creature #fantasy #sculpture #digitalart #3dart #digitalsculpting #zbrush #marmosettoolbag #creaturebox #versus

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John DeRiggi @johnderiggiart.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

The Pirate. Based on an illustration and comic panel by Oscar Martin. www.artstation.com/oscar_martin More here as well! www.artstation.com/artwork/x365AO #sculpture #characterart #3dart #digitalart #zbrush #marmosettoolbag #substance3Dpainter #maya #stylized #rat #fantasy #pirate #clay #rizomuv

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John DeRiggi @johnderiggiart.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Smile! Another study based on art from Creaturebox by Greg Baldwin. www.creaturebox.com. More of Greg's work at lostbearstudios.com. #characterart #stylized #creature #sculpture #digitalart #3dart #digitalsculpting #zbrush #marmosettoolbag #creaturebox #smile

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John DeRiggi @johnderiggiart.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Hugs. A sketch based on more lovely work from Greg Baldwin in Creaturebox: The Monster Volume. www.creaturebox.com. Check out more of Greg's work at lostbearstudios.com. #characterart #stylized #creature #sculpture #digitalart #3dart #digitalsculpting #zbrush #marmosettoolbag #creaturebox #hugs

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John DeRiggi @johnderiggiart.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

The Pirate. Based on a beautiful illustration by Oscar Martin. www.artstation.com/oscar_martin. This is the refined sculpt from my previous blockout post. Lookdev next! #sculpture #characterart #3dart #digitalart #zbrush #marmosettoolbag #stylized #rat #fantasy #pirate #clay

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John DeRiggi @johnderiggiart.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Mouth! Study based on art from Creaturebox: The Monster Volume by @daveguertin.com and Greg Baldwin www.creaturebox.com #characterart #stylized #fantasy #sculpture #digitalart #3dart #digitalsculpting #zbrush #marmosettoolbag

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John DeRiggi @johnderiggiart.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Blockout based on the beautiful art of Oscar Martin. www.artstation.com/oscar_martin. Kudos to @pablander.bsky.social for the clay texture pack:) #characterart #stylized #fantasy #sculpture #digitalart #3dart #digitalsculpting #zbrush #marmosettoolbag

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John DeRiggi @johnderiggiart.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

A little of my character style exploration shown in the Kickstarter for Hawthorn @playhawthorn.bsky.social by Near Studios! Thanks Nicholas Kole @nicholaskole.bsky.social for the fun concept! #stylized #characterart #sculpture #gameart #3dart #zbrush #gamedev #digitalsculpting

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John DeRiggi @johnderiggiart.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Rondo, crow base player skin for #HyperLightBreaker by @heartmachine.bsky.social. Art direction Alx Preston, concept @iramos.bsky.social, weapon Cameron Hughes, rig @wuffles.bsky.social, environment by Tech Art & Environment Art teams. #gameart #characterart #gamedev #stylized #toonshaded #3d

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John DeRiggi @johnderiggiart.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Blockout sculpt in progress:) Concept by the incredible Oscar Martin in the comments www.instagram.com/_oscar_marti... #toon #stylized #characterart #dystopia #oscarmartin #cannibalworld #solo #sculpt #zbrush

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John DeRiggi @johnderiggiart.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Ravona, crow base player skin for Hyper Light Breaker by @heartmachine.bsky.social. Art direction Alx Preston, concept @iramos.bsky.social, weapon Cameron Hughes, rig @wuffles.bsky.social, environment by Tech Art & Environment Art teams. #gameart #characterart #gamedev #stylized #toonshaded #3d

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John DeRiggi @johnderiggiart.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Oz, another fun avatar prototype from my Oculus #VR Research days. Concept/art direction Chris Ocampo, rig Chad Vernon, groom & blendshapes myself, #lookdev myself & Patrick Peluse. #characterart #creature #cute #arnold #vray #xgen #3d #3dart #zbrush #maya

Vray lookdev and Ornatrix fur by Patrick Peluse converted from Arnold lookdev and Xgen fur by myself

Lip Pucker and Funneler blendshape demo. Blendshapes by myself. Rig by Chad Vernon.

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John DeRiggi @johnderiggiart.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

A fun Star Wars R & D avatar prototype in #UnrealEngine from my time at Oculus #VR Research, now Meta Reality Labs. Concept by Lucasfilm. #gameart #characterart #gamedev #creature #starwars #3d #3dart #lookdev

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John DeRiggi @johnderiggiart.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Loved creating this grouch! Cobra Balta, rail mechanic NPC for #HyperLightBreaker by @heartmachine.bsky.social! Art Direction Alx Preston, Concept @iramos.bsky.social, Rig @wuffles.bsky.social, Environment by Tech Art & Environment Art teams. #gameart #characterart #gamedev #stylized #toonshaded #3d

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🦇 Hexavier 🎃 @xavierck.com · 11/10/2024

If you're looking for work in gamedev, here's a thread of guides I've written about everything from setting freelance rates to writing a good cover letter I've been in gamedev for over 13 years and been on both sides of the interview table a lot, so these are all the things I wish I'd known 🧵 1/6

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Nicholas Kole @nicholaskole.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Just before things started to nosedive on twitter, I posted a thread that walked through the massive body of work I did over the last three years (on an inspiring team) on the cancelled Project Dragon aka Everhaven. For posterity I reckon I'll repost that thread, piece by piece, over here ✨

colorful key splash art for Project Dragon- a group of adventurers (a musical ocarina golem, a rider mounted on a wyvern, a dimunutive cat person and a pet pinoceros) crest a hill over a sun-drenched landscape with billowing clouds and distant ruins. In the sky above, a character composed of constellations spreads their 6 arms and welcomes them to the world.

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🦇 Hexavier 🎃 @xavierck.com · 27/11/2024

You can now get a 10 year license for Modo, the best 3D modeling software ever created, for FREE. First make a Foundry account: www.foundry.com/user/register Then download it: www.foundry.com/products/mod... Then go here and get your license file: campaigns.foundry.com/modo-eol-lic...

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John DeRiggi @johnderiggiart.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I was laid off yesterday. Big thx to Alx Preston @heartmachine.bsky.social for the chance to create fun characters for #HyperLightBreaker! Wishing my team lots of luck finishing it! Thx for any leads, referrals, or recruiter connections:) My info tinyurl.com/5y4yynut #gamejobs #gamedevjobs

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John DeRiggi @johnderiggiart.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Character art style development for #HyperLightBreaker by @heartmachine.bsky.social! Initially shown in Creative Bloq and ImagineFX articles, here it is in one thread if anyone finds it useful! #characterart #stylized #gameart #gamedev #toonshader #shapelanguage

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Hanna Kime @quickhanna.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

Hi everyone! 🐸 I'm Hanna and I'm a 3D Character Artist for games! I've worked for Airship Syndicate, Riot Games, Blizzard and more. 🌻 www.artstation.com/quickhanna

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Heart Machine @heartmachine.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

For a full breakdown of our environment art process and workflow on Hyper Light Breaker, check out our latest dev blog post store.steampowered.com/news/app/153...