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Makkon

@makkon.bsky.social
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Ben Hale. He/They. Senior Environment artist at UnknownWorlds, working on Subnautica 2. prev ILMxLab. 2d/3d artist. Rock enthusiast. Music composition hobbyist. makkon.itch.io - my textures cara.app/makkon 🚫AI/NFT

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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 2h
new Quake map: "Mermaids in the Basement" for Quake Rooftops Jam + my level design notes and inspirations www.blog.radiator.debacle.us/2026/10/new-...
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new Quake map: Mermaids In The Basement
Design notes for my Mediterranean rooftop village themed single player Quake 1 map.
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Hayes Madsen @solfleet.bsky.social · 9h
Men, I promise you, you don't need to, in any way, try and defend someone who literally admitted to sexual assault. Just don't do it. Don't even think about it.
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N a i t e l v e n i @naitelveni.bsky.social · 10h
Quake Rooftops is out now! Download below and go gib some shamblers! www.slipseer.com/index.php?re...
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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 23h
just been speechless and gutted seeing all the people that have been hurt, feeling betrayed, unsafe, retraumatized. I'm sorry all this is happening.
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Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 02/10/2026
I’ve been trying to think of the words to say but I’m not quite sure what I even should say. I guess at this moment I’ll just make it clear that it’s normal and natural to feel hurt or betrayed when you find out someone you trusted and saw as safe is an abuser and I hate how this keeps happening
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Ryan Hollinger @ryanhollinger.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Lads, a reminder:
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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm immensely proud to announce that my texture library that's been in the making for nearly a decade is now available on my itchio store for indie devs to purchase commercial licenses. makkon.itch.io
screenshot of my itchio store, showing several texture packs available for purchse
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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm immensely proud to announce that my texture library that's been in the making for nearly a decade is now available on my itchio store for indie devs to purchase commercial licenses. makkon.itch.io
screenshot of my itchio store, showing several texture packs available for purchse
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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think they're ready. just getting some feedback from folks
a chart listing texture packs, their prices, and all green checkmarks on progress of completion
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Drew Shields (commissions closed) @gnarlyghost.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Artists, quote with Women
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
rip annie dillard
One of the things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now. The impulse to save something good for a better place later is the signal to spend it now. Something more will arise for later, something better. These things fill from behind, from beneath, like well water. Similarly, the impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes.
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Pictoplasma @pictoplasma.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In a bold move we uploaded all pre-pandemic PictoTalk recordings from our conferences (2014-2019) to YouTube – now available for free! Why we did it? To onboard the next generation and celebrate the OGs of characterism, please subscribe ↙ and like ↘ youtube.com/@PictoplasmaTV
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Aerial_Knight @aerialknight.com · 23/09/2026
I'm telling you, y'all need to stop taking shots at game devs. Half the industry is out of work. Devs can clapback now that they're not under those contracts that kept them from telling you how dumb you sound.
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Bosscord Bossfight: Glasses Adjustment
Alt: Bosscord Bossfight: Glasses Adjustment
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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
oh shit
in-game screenshot of a crumbling concrete wall covered in thick red ivy
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mint @mintaii.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
♠️ harley ♦️
an illustration of my take on a harley quinn design, featuring her in an altered version of her original jester costume and wielding a large hammer as her weapon of choice. instead of a domino mask, she wears a white mask that fully covers her face, making her seem as though she's always smiling. she takes center stage, with a backdrop of a split head of her civilian self, the inside of which is filled with a variety of pink items, and an office chair next to a desk with stacks of files and books. framing her are slanted cutouts of gotham buildings, with clown masks and hands plastered to them.
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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I've made too many goddamn textures and now I have to make little pictures to showcase them. this has actually been murder to my mental health. and then I gotta finish writing documentation after this. ffuuuccckk.
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Natasha 🏴🌻 @alterici.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Please stay alive.
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Kronok @kronok.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A few weeks ago I released an update to Scythe, my Unreal Engine level editor, which has a lot of QoL features and cool new stuff. Here's a list of some of the cool stuff starting with "hotspot locking":
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Nathan Fowkes Art @nathanfowkes.com · 23/09/2026
A page from my new book Designing Imaginative Environments! If you'll be at Lightbox Expo next month be sure to stop by my booth #100 to get your personalized copy, otherwise it's available at store.3dtotal.com/products/des...
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Jan Willem Nijman @jwaaaap.com · 23/09/2026
if you’re a games company that wants to survive it has been proven over and over again you need to do whatever it takes to stay away from being publicly traded. you’ll be turned into wood chips the moment it’s convenient.
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Mr. Moo Sky @bricebowl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Disable gambling ads:
Discord Settings. "Sponsored Content" button is pressedSponsored Content settings. "Manage Sponsored Content" button is pressedManage Sponsored Content settings. "Real Money Gambling" radio switch is "off" (disables gambling content)
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GLITCH @glitchprod.com · 23/09/2026
She's missed you. Knights of Guinevere returns October 9. The season will feature 8 episodes.
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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
shareholders are the great filter.
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Juan Vaca @juancow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I am part of this round of layoffs and am seeking new opportunities. If your team needs a narrative director / storyteller, please reach out.
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🩸 morteraphan 🗝️ @morteraphan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Today is my birthday, and I just wanted to share some of my artworks! 💛
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Meg @meganroseruiz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Let me teach you about color theory!
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Count Trashula @trashmobminis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
What you need to understand is nothing we built was “off the shelf.” Store-bought environmental assets for stop-motion features do not exist. We were given concept art and told “make it look like this.” Everything you see here, down to the dirt and moss, was meticulously designed and crafted.
A forest path from Wildwood
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Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Imperial Hall City Road, London EC1V Decretive Red cut stone building #reference #materialreference #buildingreference
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sparth @sparth.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
more of this complex spaceship stuff.
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Lua Garo ~ @somniacrawler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It’s my bday! 💗 Leveled up, another round around the sun, a year older! Can I ask for a lil share? 🥺 ft. @narney.bsky.social Lyuu 💗 #wip #characterart #oc #originalcharacter #3Dart
Lyuu, Narney oc. Jet black haired elf, with very long ears, looking past camera, longing. She has balck dots under her eyes, her iris are a deep green color.Tove, a tanned skinned elf with dusted dark violet colored hair. They are looking slightly past camera towards their right. They have a pained expression.Dee a tanned half oni girl. She seems bubbly and she’s posing to camera with her hands on the sides of her face. She’s slightly smiling. Her hair is tied in two buns, and her bangs cover a lot of her forehead.Nara, a medium olive color skinned orc. They look angry and they seem to be raising their voice.
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spookyraptor 🎃 ➤ wishlist Hypnagogia 壊れた夢 @sodaraptor.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Some shots of the new, absolutely massive update to Hypnagogia for its upcoming Steam launch Demo coming this October 📅 #screenshotsaturday
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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
gonna be working on my itchio store over the next few days. the real challenge is conveying the scale and breadth of these texture packs without just showing every texture
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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
my jester again, trying to draw more dynamic poses to match her energy. she needs a name.
drawing of a purple jester standing on top of a huge mallet, swinging off the handle like it's a pole, one hand and one leg extended in a gester. she has a huge smile on her face.
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Kim Stramat (Looking for work) @kimstramat.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I'm Kim, a fantasy illustrator looking for work/commissions. So if you want a banger mage come to me~! www.kstramat.com kim.stramat@gmail.com Commissions: vgen.co/kstra or www.kstramat.com/commissionin... Support me: patreon.com/kstramat or ko-fi.com/kstramat
An illustration of a mage looking boredly toward the viewerAn illustration of a mage looking nervously behind as they are surrounded by a creature in the mistAn illustration of a gorgon flying through a starry sky while ridding a crystal platformA character bust illustration. Period clothing and the character smirks smugly at the viewer
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spookyraptor 🎃 ➤ wishlist Hypnagogia 壊れた夢 @sodaraptor.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Recently partnered up with 2H Productions for the release of their new backrooms game: Tape 101: Liminal Descent, and bundled Interior Worlds along with it 📸 So go grab two neat liminal space games for 10% off over on Steam while you can~ store.steampowered.com/app/3010380/...
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Save 15% on Tape 101: Liminal Descent on Steam
A psychological horror descending through liminal spaces shaped by the Kübler Ross model - the five stages of grief, where your perception and an RC car are the only tools to grasp what’s real.
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Alex Ries @alexries.com · 18/09/2026
Guide to the Ratbag Democrats. Transphobes are morally inferior and weak, and best avoided.
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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
my jester again, trying to draw more dynamic poses to match her energy. she needs a name.
drawing of a purple jester standing on top of a huge mallet, swinging off the handle like it's a pole, one hand and one leg extended in a gester. she has a huge smile on her face.
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Dan Liimatta @danliimatta.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The trade, old daily + 208 #infinitepainter
RPG mock-up of a woman making a trade with a giant skeleton
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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
what other digital store platforms are there besides itchio or gumroad that I could sell my textures on? been told itchio is a pain to deal with, and obviously gumroad is undergoing AI pychosis.
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 17/09/2026
“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”
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Docs in A.I. copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over ‘astonishing theft’
The admission appeared in a newly unredacted filing in the landmark copyright infringement legal battle playing out between newspapers like the Orlando Sentinel and tech companies Microsoft and OpenAI...
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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I haven't heard back from itchio yet. maybe I did it wrong? I emailed them from my regular gmail account because the "email us" button didn't do anything when I clicked on it. I had all my blockers turned off.
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Casey @brickwork.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#artreference Thorne Miniatures collection
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🌛Caio Santos Art🌜 @blacksalander.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
got inspired to do a study
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𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 (𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟐) @cromsferatu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
sorry to keep doing this, genuinely in a bad place and I need to keep the lights/internet on while I wait for a larger payment 🙏
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Ben Fleuter @benfleuter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Wiccanery - a short comic about a witch and a vampire.
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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I drew depression cat again but got really distracted by the boulder.
drawing of Katia Managan from Prequel Adventure sitting on a rather detailed boulder, with a box of sweet rolls and a bottle of milk next to her on either side. in the background is the wall and gate house of Kvatch. she is wearing her mage robe, and is looking downward toward the ground
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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 17/09/2026
Spiral www.patreon.com/trungles/pos...
A six-armed lady in furry boots brandishes a bunch of swords!
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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I drew depression cat again but got really distracted by the boulder.
drawing of Katia Managan from Prequel Adventure sitting on a rather detailed boulder, with a box of sweet rolls and a bottle of milk next to her on either side. in the background is the wall and gate house of Kvatch. she is wearing her mage robe, and is looking downward toward the ground
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Jenna "the" Yow @jannouna.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
So with the news of the layoffs at KO_OP, I'm officially looking for work later this fall. I'm an experienced narrative designer that's worked on both sprawling open world stories and intimate cinematic narratives, even netting some award wins and noms. More details on my experience below!
key art for Young Suns by KO_OPkey art for Goodbye Volcano High by KO_OPkey art for Spirit Swap by Soft Not Weak
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