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Lurid Codex

@luridcodex.bsky.social
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2D and 3D artist specializing in alluring monsters. Also a fox. lnk.bio/LuridCodex

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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 7h
First pass at a new hair for an unspecific halloween costume . I'm sure nobody will recognize this obscure character. I both love and hate making hair. I love when it comes out right, but it is a very tedious and finnicky process that I do mostly by trial and error T T
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 19h
"I need to use generative AI to stay competitive" That premise is flawed. Treat other artists as companions, and you will find a community to help you build skills and share opportunities. Treat other artists as competition, and you will find yourself alone. Be collaborative, not competitive.
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Halloween costume coming along well...
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My friend Gen showed me a fever dream of a movie called "Water Babies" and I'm pretty sure it's the origin story of the killer in "No Country for Old Men" and how he got so insane.
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Hey, to everybody reading this, (yes, even you): I'm glad you made it this far. You make today better just by being here. Give me a high five and let's keep going!
A fennec offers you a high five.
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's always fun when you turn off the wrong layer and manage to jumpscare yourself in substance painter...
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Oh! I forgot to mention: The new toe rig works great. It's now default functionality of the Lurid Shapeshifter and you can expect the option on any model with similar feet moving forward.
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Welcome Pin! Hello! I'm Rae of Lurid Codex! I'm an illustrator and 3D avatar maker specializing in alluring monsters! Find out more about me at my Jinxxy Store, Avatar World, or Linktree! vrchat.com/home/world/w... jinxxy.com/LuridCodex lnk.bio/LuridCodex recursioncomic.com
A VRChat world thumbnail showing a 3D Fennec Fox avatar model inviting you into a world with alien stonework and a mystical arcane tome.A collection of hand drawn stylized characters turned into acrylic standeesA group shot of several Lurid Codex avatars, including a fiery cerberus, werewolf, Anubis-style Jackal statue, party animatronic, and toony critters.A comic page of the webcomic Recursion, showing Jade, Toban and Clip springing a deceptive trap on an imposing enemy in Power Armor.
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I want to make a couple of Halloween themed Party Animal edits, but I don't have any good inspriation. Anybody want to throw out some ideas at me?
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Alright, I got the new toe rig added to the Fenngineer model in blender for a test run. Though I'll still have to do some work bringing it into Unity.
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Guess who just figured out how to make their bluesky homepage better!?
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Also at some point the kneecap bone broke, I had a lot of fun fixing that, and I'm terrified to go check my back catalogue and see how long it's been broken...
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Alright you geeks, The Lurid Shapeshifter how has individual toe bones! You can look forward to toe physbones on all future models.
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🥖Kekeflipnote🥖 @kekeflipnote.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In this period of time filled with AI stupidity, let's celebrate those we are not celebrating enough: Art supporters, Art commissioners THANK YOU! Thanks to YOU, many artists can do what they do the best and keep being productive but most importantly Artists can LIVE!
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☽ Luffy ☾ @lunaroccult.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
My birthday is coming up (the 7th) and I need some warmups so...FREE ART CHANCE! comment your (sfw) ref below Share + like this post Tell me your ocs favorite food or hobby And I just might draw them as my warmup ;3
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Kratos with Hello Kitty Bow and Heart Hands
ALT: Kratos with Hello Kitty Bow and Heart Hands
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Everybody take a moment to thank @kudalyn.bsky.social for snapping the greatest candid vrchat picture ever. It's not new, but it still makes me smile every time I stumble into it.
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
...IT never once occurred to me that I have the tools to make my own typeface.
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I took a break from 3D for a bit, but now it's back to work. I've been fixing up some crunch geometry around the eyelids on my doggo head. Next I'll be adding some new shapekeys (Hyena nose, anybody?) before I bring this into the new Cerberus build.
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I'll do you one better, I'll show the entire process! And yes, this does mean I usually do the shading before the colour picking. (There's a final step as I basically just carefully colour pick all shade and colour layers until I'm happy)
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
What have I been up to lately? Making a secret set of Kobold Sprites for Restoration of Aphrodesia, of course.
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I've convinced myself to do a small detour on the way to the Cerberus base, this gnoll. I can use the gnoll to polish the body weight painting and new head shapekeys before I add the multi-head system. The cerberus will inherit all work put into the Gnoll, so no real delays.
A large bulky fantasy style gnoll
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
...Undertale. There's nothing specific I want to complain about, I just played it for a few hours and was too bored to continue.
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I drew my shadowrun character! I was very creative and made them a fennec.
A fennec in purple combat gear
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The Cookie is a Free VRChat prop available now on Jinxxy and Gumroad! Comes with sounds, particles, and can animate any MMD-enabled avatar it is attached to! luridcodex.gumroad.com/l/Cookie jinxxy.com/LuridCodex/T...
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TidyWire🍿(Commissions Open!) @tidywire.bsky.social · 24/02/2024
Darkstalkers is such a good fighting game and Capcom is lacking not bringing it back/making it playable with online on PC. Anyway here's a Felicia I drew today.
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
A 2D commission. Levitation!
A levitating cat mage
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Filotera @filotera.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Never give up!! Your art can get better!! 23/7/2026 vs. 23/7/2026
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Idea for next Avatar Base after the cerberus: A Toony Bat that that answers "What if Rouge actually looked like a bat?"
A concept sketch of a toon styled female bat character
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
A first pass of giving the new cerberus its Mane. The goal is to have it be a little less overhwelming than the original Pyre Hound's, while still having it large enough to do the heavy lifting of the neck illusion.
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
What makes the Lurid shapeshifter impressive? This was just ten minutes of bone scaling.
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Alright, I'll play. Show me the first ever picture of an OC and the most recent? Here's Rae. 17 years will do a lot to a gal.
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Next up: I cut down the Soul Warden Head Mesh to to 7k tris to use for the cerberus. Having 3 heads adds up tris very quickly, to the point that the Pyre Hound basically had no room left for clothes before hitting the 70k cap. My goal is to get the Body+Heads+Tail+Fur under 50k for PC
a 3D mesh of a dog's head
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I consolidated a new build of the Luird Shapeshifter to work into the new Cerberus. It has the most updated weight painting, and all the shapekeys from the stone seraph and nekomancer, also new optimized UV map that will better allow for texture effects. I'm really proud of this base <3
A torso mesh in a blender window.A UV map of an unwrapped torso mesh.
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Alright, it's time: The next 3D model project will be the true Cerberus Base Goals for this project: -Easy to repaint/customize/import -Single and Multi-user head control -Good Rank PC -Separate Quest Optimized Build (poor rank) This has been a long time coming, but I think I'm ready.
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Animal Photo Reference Repository @animalphotorefs.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references. Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
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Exotic Animal Photo Reference Repository
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I think I captured the perfect clip to demonstrate how stressful Sector Z of Star Fox is. I think you can feel my butt clench through the screen.
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🦎BIRTHDAY SOON @kudalyn.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Some Rulistrix testing in Nero's MMD world! Still lots to do, but I'm happy with how it's coming along. Trying a bunch of new stuff with this one! Please look forward to it :3 #furry #vrchat
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Natalie de Corsair @nataliedecorsair.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
It's hot outside. Remember to water your werewolves
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Hey guys, why is Shadowheart in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7?
Kagan from Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
Shadowheart from Baldur's Gate 3
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I'm paranoid alt-text for images on bluesky is being pushed not in the interest of accessibility but to make it easier for AI data scrapers to tag the images they collect.
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Psst: In case you missed it yesterday, the Stone Seraphs are now live on all revelant platforms! ...And I made a thumbnail too! jinxxy.com/LuridCodex/S... luridcodex.gumroad.com/l/stoneseraph youtu.be/Vz1hRnuyRRU
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The fox stood in the wagon, finding no joy in its recessed bowl. "How is this possible?" She pondered quietly. She found endless joy in this wagon as a kit, but now it offered only solemn melancholy. "Perhaps," She thought, as wisdom dawned on her. "The joy was never in the wagon, but in my heart."
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
After 1000 years of slumber, the Stone Seraphs have finally awakened! This gargoyle inspired avatar base is available now on Jinxxy, Gumroad, and the VRC Marketplace! luridcodex.gumroad.com/l/stoneseraph jinxxy.com/LuridCodex/S...
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Somebody has been putting round purple glasses on fox gifs and the weird thing is IT'S NOT ME. I've found three of these so far and I still don't know who's doing it.
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Zappr Boop
ALT: Zappr Boop
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I just discovered I mis-attributed the music in my main promo video. To correct things, I've re-uploaded the entire thing with the correct credits: The haunting beat that this entire video is set to is "Obsidian", by JMHBM. I apologize for my flub. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESz6...
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Welcome to the Lurid Codex
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Bombird @bombird.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
🍁Happy Canada Goose Day! 🍁
You are not immune to goose propaganda
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
I'll be holding a VRChat meetup/photoshoot event on June 30th at 8PM ET! My goal is to round up a few people to get some promotional pictures/videos for the new Stone Seraph (Gargoyle) launching soon! A full-featured demo avatar will be provided! Come by and say Hi! vrchat.com/home/group/g...
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I got the Quest version of the Gargoyle down to MEDIUM. It was not easy, and I may have had to find a way to attach bones in creative ways so they don't get counted as bones... BUT! She has full wing AND turn-to-stone functionality so I'm calling that a win.
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
"General Pepper comments on his bill" confirmed. (sound on)
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Lurid Codex @luridcodex.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
youtu.be/_aALkfxXQl0 The Gargolyes were Scottish.
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Lurid Gargoyles - Voice Activated Elevator. "Eleven!"
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