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mantidate.bsky.social @mantidate.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Braixen day! Autumn's design is quite Braixen inspired. Have an updated version of her ref sheet, I made this a bit ago because the background bothered me.

A ditto of the ref sheet I posted below, but with many changes.

The background is now varying shades of green. It sports a checkerboard pattern across her nameplate, and dotted halftones on every other panel.

Some lines have been cleaned up, especially the collar because I wanted the metalic loop at its center to look smaller.

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mantidate.bsky.social @mantidate.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Art of @hazelshbbb.bsky.social's VA1 I had drawn for #artfight! :3

Art of VA1, a heroic looking robot, running from gun-fire whilst attempting to reload a chunky revolver.

Two shots are seen flying through their flowing scarf and partially tearing it. Another shot is seen missing their knee.

The art's background is stylized. It is enveloped in a horizontal V shape that goes from a solid orange, to a strip of infinitely scrolling text that repeats "V A" (abbreviated Variable Armor), to a strip of caution lines, and finally a white background with a red colored grid in the center.

Ditto of the left image, but zoomed in on VA1's expression. Oh shit!! exclamation point exclamation point.

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mantidate.bsky.social @mantidate.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Legit replayed Last Wish with some friends the week the update dropped Love paying Riven a visit ;w;

dearest wish dragon Riven staring at me with the icons of a couple friends in the background

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mantidate.bsky.social @mantidate.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Admittedly I kept making adjustments to her sheet after I "finished" it; here is the latest revision.

A version of the above ref sheet with many adjustments such as fixing the proportions of the feet on the back view, coloring the mold lines on the hips, adding lines that segment the glutes from the legs, and correcting colors where I had accidentally used the wrong shade of grey. (Namely the silver bits on the beak.)

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mantidate.bsky.social @mantidate.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Iron Lung (2026) Absolutely adored this movie. Great sound design & set design! Loved the creative liberties took with the film. Amber & mint green screens. 😋 The movie was great at building tension! Not perfect by any means, but I love me some industrial aesthetics & confusing horror. 10/10

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mantidate.bsky.social @mantidate.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I absolutely adore the character designs & love the hammer mechanics. please look at Poppy this instant

a screenshot of a very happy looking Poppy from Beast Breaker; she is an anthropomorphic chipmunk in a reddish pink dress

a screenshot of Beast Breaker where POPPY IS EXCITEDLY BRINGING SNACKS

my favorite Poppy expression, wherein the chipmunk's cheek pouches are puffed up from excitement & the fur on her tail is sticking up

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mantidate.bsky.social @mantidate.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

oh btw i fixed the texture on Metro's art so it looks more consistent ( the antennae now share the same base-pattern as the forehead armor)

a fixed version of the art two posts above, the coarse antennae texture is now a lot less noisy; it now has a pattern consisting of rugged diagonal lines

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mantidate.bsky.social @mantidate.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Path of Exile (2013) Starts off very strong, I love the build-crafting sandbox from what I've seen. Unfortunately the pacing started to feel a bit slow at around Act 2; dunno if that's on me or the EXP scaling. Kinda got a bit bored, might revisit it at a later date. 7.5/10

tiny bug holding a land mine next to a large electrical explosion, implied to be caused by another landmine the it was holding

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mantidate.bsky.social @mantidate.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

I think I should choose a more limited amount of them next time for more coherency. But that's a part of experimenting! Its fun. Also shoutouts to this early use of halftones i did. :3

An anthro fox in a gas mask lounging with her left hand resting its knuckles on her cheek. She looks at the viewer

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mantidate.bsky.social @mantidate.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Metro in Halftones Some manga inspired experiments.

A bust portrait of an anthropomorphic isopod in a space suit. The suit has tertiary lines around it, giving a metallic look to it. Attached to it are respirators and an armored forehead piece. The suit's chest has a metallic breastplate with a seam up the middle that leads to an oval shaped light on the suit.

The entire piece is monochromatic with only the visor being colored pink.
Half tones are seen around the art giving it texture:

The background is dark and filled with spirals
Dots darken the isopod's visor
Their undersuit has a dark fabric
Their antennae bits have coarse pattern across it.

A copy of the left image, but it is completely im black and white. No high contrast pink visor.

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mantidate.bsky.social @mantidate.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

ROOT (2020, digital) A game that can be very frustrating depending on matchup, BUT a very fun boardgame. I made some art based off the an iconic interaction that happened in a 4 player lobby. The Woodland Alliance have really fun flavoring. Game 8/10 Digital Adaptation 6/10

A very nervous mouse, a Woodland Alliance supporter, with a comically large vertical double barrel shotgun.

Text above them says "AMBUSH times 4" and the text below them says "I HAVE ARMED ALL MY MICE WITH SHOTGUNS"

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mantidate.bsky.social @mantidate.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Honorable Mention; Brush Burial Gutter World (2025) This was one of the last games I played in 2025, and I very quickly fell in love with the level design! I've currently completed a mastery run of each lesser contract and am working on Saint Tavol. 9/10 I crave a sequel already

Famous videogame character Fennel, looking very worried at off-screen enemies. it is implied the enemies have red squares, which means they're aggravated and are about to attack Fennel.

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mantidate.bsky.social @mantidate.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

A Media Thead (2026) to keep my mind occupied despite the horrors™.

A mint green and orange fox sitting in front of a TV. The number 2026 can be seen within the TV's glow.

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mantidate.bsky.social @mantidate.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

version where Fennel is at the Chug Mart

Fennel from Brush Burial in a pink desert

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mantidate.bsky.social @mantidate.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Mr. Judge looks very scary under UV lighting #OFF

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mantidate.bsky.social @mantidate.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

shoutouts to this character i randomly designed for my commission sheet, only to never actually finish it

a red anthropomorphic nondescript dinosaur that is also a plushie. they have a padded purple belly with pink flowers on it. there are yellow ridges that go down their back and onto their tail

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mantidate.bsky.social @mantidate.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

this is like the time they announced Bayonetta 3 but for Autumn fans

a very rough, early, wip of Autumn's ref. she is a fox, and is waving so you can see the details for her hands

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mantidate.bsky.social @mantidate.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

just learnt one of the channels covering news on an upcoming MMO I was anticipating was a total chud but I found an extension that lets me actually block channels so I can just do this

cartooon nuclear explosion is added to the previous panel

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mantidate.bsky.social @mantidate.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

he can't keep getting away with this

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mantidate.bsky.social @mantidate.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

And here is the old Space Bugs Halloween art from 2021.

A line-less Halloween drawing featuring various Space Bugs character in a lobby-type area.

A pumpkin-themed orb weaver arriving from a carriage
A mantis dressed as a cowboy sitting with an ant in a vampire costume.
A mothman moth kissing a plaguedoctor moth.
An isopod in the foreground with a mummy costume.

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mantidate.bsky.social @mantidate.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

I think I'm ready for the Beta Amalgam

Guild wars 2 Screenshot of an Asura cosplaying as Solbadguy. She is named "Sol Googuy"

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mantidate.bsky.social @mantidate.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

made some really cute MMO fashion only to realize that my brain cannot comprehend Mesmer's (Chronomancer) playstyle very well

A Guild Wars 2 screenshot featuring an Asura Mesmer named Pukeii the Witch, they have mohawk with purple elegant baggy robes and goggles. With the goggles on their eyes are given a wine red colors.

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mantidate.bsky.social @mantidate.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

wip Tali from right before wplace's servers died

unfinished pixel art of Tali'Zorah Vas Normandy, she wearing a suit that fully masks her appearance; a purple hood and a pink gas mask

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mantidate.bsky.social @mantidate.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

I like drawing Fireman will probably update this thread if I find any more

Fireman on a Dungeons and Dragons Map next to Phandalin

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mantidate.bsky.social @mantidate.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

just saw a sketch from a couple months ago very unfinished, but it looks a bit badasss so im posting here

The head of an "empherma" model Armored Core, glowing with pink embers. It is sandwiched between a quote from the game that says "When something's alive it doesn't die easy."

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mantidate.bsky.social @mantidate.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Resolved the issue I had btw, dw. I hadn't edited heads on the 3.0 version before, so I forgot to check "show hidden vertices" to delete the default visor.

A small kitbash of the phonodroid addons "roo head" and "reindeer head." (Both addons also by Smorbee.bsky.social)

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mantidate.bsky.social @mantidate.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

I was attempting to customize a phonodroid base, but forgot a lot of Blender basics over the last year. The specifics of Blender lead to me getting confused, & I accidentally pressed the G button on the head: Producing this beautiful eldritch monstrosity of a face.

A render of a default ruby red phonodroid with a stretched and crumpled face.

A front view of the same ruby red phonodroid.

An in-editor full frontal view. It looks like a front facing shark without the teeth. Adorable!

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