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matt johns ༘⋆

@mattjohnss.bsky.social
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illustration | concept art | character design | prev. Double Fine & Patattie Games ミ✶ Available for work mattjohns.carrd.co

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Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Murray is making an incredibly charming game with a grate team and well worth checking out.
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Ant-one @ant1draws.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
“-All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us”
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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Look at all these amazing and talented people that worked on Wax Heads 🥹♥️🔥🙌🎵😭 @rothiotome.bsky.social @ginaloughlin.com @mairispaceship.com @yourkyotowife.bsky.social @mattjohnss.bsky.social @balazsronyai.bsky.social and Javi (working on the credits and thought why wait to say how thankful I am♥️)
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Double Fine @doublefine.com · 22/01/2026
🚨🏺Introducing our newest game: KILN!🏺🚨 An online multiplayer, pottery party brawler! Teams of colorful spirits sculpt ceramic battle armor on a pottery wheel, and the size and shape of your pots determine your play-style and abilities. Coming 2026 (yep, THIS year)! youtu.be/mi0iRV0U3VY
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Kiln Announce Trailer - YouTube
An online multiplayer, pottery party brawler! Launching 2026
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matt johns ༘⋆ @mattjohnss.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
rocks
concept drawings of ancient rocks that are found in grasslands - the shapes are amorphous and range from smooth in form to sharp and squared, but all share a common rhythm incorporating smooth markings and holes that channel mystic winds that are carried through this environment #conceptart #environmentart #gameart #indiegame #indiedev #illustration #fantasy #digitalart #visualdevelopment #visdev
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Dan Morison @darkmechanic.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Posting art on LinkedIn
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bergamotik @bergamotik.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
First time on Bluesky Hello!😝 Im 2D artist here some my works
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echerry @echerryart.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
#portfolioday
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Andy Porter @phandy.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
A new painting (by me) I can share for the game we are working on here at Gardens. I still can't say much, but things are moving along smoothly and I'm excited for you all to see it when it's ready. I really appreciate all the enthusiasm everyone has shared with me about the art we've shown so far.
A group of young adventurers approach a mysterious shrine where a sword emerges from a rock shrouded in mist. A key concept art painting by Andy Porter for Gardens Interactive's new game.
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Gardens Interactive @gardens.dev · 09/01/2026
We're kicking off 2026 with a new website, a press kit, and a look back at the year just past which saw us running external playtests, hiking among the redwoods, and sleeping in racecar beds. Here's Gardens Interactive's 2025 Year in Review! 🐸 gardens.dev/blog/gardens...
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Gardens Interactive's 2025 Year in Review
We're kicking off 2026 with a new website, a press kit, and a look back at the year just past which saw us running our first external playtests, hiking among the redwoods, and sleeping in racecar beds...
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KOTO [琴] @kotoyoyos.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Sketchbook page 🎨🖌️
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jane 🐞 @pokopipo.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
my sketchbook ^__^
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Teeg (but spooky) @teeketch.art · 13/01/2026
Hello 👋 #portfolioday I’m Teeg a character artist and illustrator. I am available for projects if you’re looking for an artist or collaborator. More work on my site, or support what I do by checking out the patreon/shop 🌎 teeketch.art ✉️ patreon.com/teeketch 🏷️ teeketch.shop
Character art piece with four example species (shell, human, construct, exogenic) for my ttrpg so long space hunter.Illustration of four animal adventurers looking at a map around a fire in a dark dungeon.Character lineup of designs for a bunch of weird dungeon inhabitants.Illustration for The Cryptid Crew “Danger at the House of Hatred” with Dr. Paul T. Geist, Sergeant Sasquatch and Moth Mistress.
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J. Isaac Gadient (they/them) @jisaacgadient.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
#PortfolioDay i'm isaac, a Game Writer and Narrative Designer ✨ Looking For Work ✨ i'm a proud member of the UVW-CWA, Small Loan Studios, The Game Co-op, and a secret fourth thing. i study theory & craft all day every day. you can find my story and my games at jisaacgadient.com
https://jisaacgadient.itch.io/fairview-slipstreamhttps://jisaacgadient.itch.io/dracoshttps://jisaacgadient.itch.io/mimetic-parchmenthttps://bugvevo.itch.io/illuminational-debt
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anoxicart 🍤 @anoxicart.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
hii #PortfolioDay ! i'm an environment artist working in games! i'm currently on a contract, but i'd like to make sure to promote myself sooner rather than later😌 i love stylized art, *especially* handpainting and props 🫶 ➡️https://www.artstation.com/stobin 💌anoxicart(at)gmail(dot)com
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Chris Vasquez @3xchris.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Hey #portfolioday I’m a environment artist specializing in materials. I’ve done everything from props, vehicles, environments, photogrammetry, & shaders during my time in games: 🎨: www.artstation.com/chrisnvasquez Some material & sculpts I had fun doing on my personal time! #zbrush
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Vaelith @vaelith.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Hi #PortfolioDay ! I'm Vaelith, a french manga artist, trying to draw my own fantasy stuff, and mostly in traditional B&W. And I'm slowly getting back on drawing after a few months of standby !
Black and white drawing of a woman with eyes wide opened. She wears a skirt with black pants, a black shirt with long sleeves and a jacket with short sleeves. She seems to be in a position to run, her hair floating behind her, and a small part of it shapes into 2 long braids, joining in a jewelry.
The backcround is composed of white shapes resembling petals and a moonDrawing of a woman. She has a mark on her forehead, and wears egyptian-inspired clothes. She has a cross as a head jewelry. She seems happy.
The background is composed of 2 lilies, one ungrown peony and one lotusBlack and white art.
Portrait of a hooded woman whose hair is loosen on the front. She has a serious and neutral face, with shadows on the left part.Black and White art. A woman is standing in profile, staring at the camera. She wears a black skirt, and white victorian shirt. Her hair forms 2 braids, one is floating, the other is winding around the base of her ponytail.
She holds a book in her left hand, and her right is directed towards a telescope, beside the window.
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Grayson @wildrumpus.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Hi #portfolioday! I am a 3D illustrator and designer from Canada! I have worked in children's TV, advertising, toy design and video games. I am available and excited to work with everyone! 📧: graysonevans93@gmail.com
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Jon Juarez @harriorrihar.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Looking for a job #artvsartist
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Jon Juarez @harriorrihar.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
#portfolioday, I'm trying my luck again with my very old illustrations ⚡️⚡️⚡️
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Chris Lewis Lee - available for work @chrislewislee.com · 13/01/2026
Hey #PortfolioDay. I'm an illustrator and 2D game artist based in the UK. I'm looking for new opportunities, primarily in video games and board games, but I'm very open to other projects too.
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Drew Shields (commissions closed) @gnarlyghost.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Heard it’s #portfolioday I’m Drew, I do genrefiction cartooning for ttrpg’s and literary clients. I’m open to freelance of all sorts, hit me up!
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Gus 🌱➡️ LBX 422 @friedbaens.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Howdy #PortfolioDay I make art
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Newt 👁️ @eyeofthenewt.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Hi #portfolioday I'm Charlie 'Newt' Borovský and I love folklore & tormenting characters. Got a lot of stuff as NDAs still but I have experience in TTRPGs + Book Covers / Interiors + Concept Art for animation & games. Booking for Spring Portfolio: eyeofthenewt.com Socials: linktr.ee/EyeOfTheNewt
a digifal illustration depicting a sunlit forest clearing on which a ruined fort stands. its built of white stone with ivy slowly overtaking it a d through out the image, there are a few goblins scattered, patrolling the grounds. the one we see most clearly, on the foreground carries a spear and a grin on his face. three painted portraits side by side:
1- portrait of a brown haired pale man done in the style of an old looking oil painting. it is contained on a thin oval frame a d lit by a single point above. it shows a man wringing out his hands on a dirty rag. he is dressed in a worn white shirt, daek waiscoat and a pale yellow necktie. his hair is falling loosely around his face in a messy ponytail and gis face bears marks of decay. his eyes are glazed over like eyes of a corpse and he has the look of tightly concealed anguish on his face. 
2- Digital painting of a pale, thin looking dark haired young man with a sad, contemplative expression, staring somewhere into space to the side. He's wearing early late georgian attire- white shirt, yellow cravate and a dark coat. His hair is chin-lenght and wind -toussled. His eyes are a very pale blue and he has small, dark lips with a prominent cupids bow. His nose is larghe, hooked at the end and thin and his eyes are big and downturned with heavy lids.
The painting is done in a loose painterly style, the background is a pale yellow and the portrait rests inside an ovel shape, with a dark grey colour being around it. 
At the bottom there are a few inscriptions reading: "Andrei Croft", "England 1835", and in cursive in the middle there is a Like 12:2 quote in latin.
3-portrait painting of a dark skinned older woman with white hair and pearl earrings. she is wearing a victorian style green blouse embridered with flowers and is smirking slightly while staring at the viewer head on.two illustrations next to eachother:
1- digital illustration on black background depicting a few different scenes.
The character shown are a soft-faced nun (Catherine) and a larger, more androgynous figure with straw colored hair (Nikola). The top image shows them standing in front a of a small church, with autumn coloured nature around and a pile of debris burning to the side, smoke rising from it.
Below that, there is a drawing of Nikky with blood ont heir face, and a second one showing it being cleaned off by Catherine. On the left there id a drawing that shows Nikky kneeling, hunched on the ground, blood splatter clothing, with Catherine standing tall above her, watching. And ont he right side there is a drawing of the two in profile. Catherine is golding up Niklky's chin with two delicate fingers and Nikky is kneeling on their heels and is lookign up with a set jaw.

2- a digital illustration of a hunched-over figure ont heir hands and knees with a dark background. The figure has blonde hair and a long tan trenchcoat. their face is fully obscured as they bend over a splatter of blood ont he floor, pushing themselves up on clawed pale hands. 
Above the figure, there is a drawing of a clawed red hand holding a the same pale figure curled up in its palm. Viscous liquid dripping down from it.
At the top of the page, there are two beige-coloured hounds curling in on themselves in agonised positions. One is curling forward with its tongue curling out and the other is biting at its own side.
There are three small paragraphs of text in red ink and a typewriter style font reading:
"A Thing, touched by the hand of the beast", "Something rotting, marked, wretched, coiling and writhing behind each of their ribs", "Planted there by the ichor-slick-black-dripping hand of the Devil"four illustrations side by side:
1-digital illustration of a witchy woman under a full moon holding a skull. she is wearing a loose dress, trinket jewelery, her skin is dark, reflecting the blue hues of the sky and her hair is in dreadlocks. 
2- a painting showing a crazed village woman mid-transformation into a corvid demon. the light from the moon is red and she is levitating in a corn field, her body contorting and a crazed smile adorning her face. 
3-a digital painting of a young girl in viking-style dress, sorrounded by a fluttering group of crows. The background is a foggy, cold, branble area of sorts with dried grass at her feet and her dress is a muted jean-blue. She has a woven belt, a pouch hanging off it and a fur cloak around her shoulders. there is some viking style brass jewelery around her neck. Her hair is blonde , tied back and she has short bangs. There is a determined exúression on her face and her fists are clenched as if getting ready to stand her ground.
At the bottom of the page, there is a copyright bar reading: © Studio Agate 2025, Shadows of Esteren: Dearg 2, Charlie "Newt" Borovský 2023 @EyeOfTheNewt 
4-A thin vertical illustration in an Art Nouveau poster style depicting a small man in a paired dance with a dark horned figure. The devil is clad in flowing fabrics and furs, his skin dark grey. He is tipping the smaller man back, one hand supporting at the small of his back and the other intertwined with the other's fingers. Andrei is wearing a short with billowy sleeves, a green west and tightly fitting pants with white socks and fancy shoes. He has a shocked expression on his face as he's being tipped back and his medium lenght dark brown hair falls freely.
The background is made of intricate decorative designs and the text on top says: Saltiato Cum Diabolo.
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matt johns ༘⋆ @mattjohnss.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
physically, emotionally and mentally can't bring myself to share work for #PortfolioDay and that is okay! so I'm sharing a communal poster, made back in 2023 begging neighbors for help when I moved to Edinburgh - because the landlord wouldn't give me the code to the bin store.
a poster, begging and pleading for the bin store code to my apartment buildingphoto evidence that I love graphic design
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Roya Shahidi | Looking for work @rsdream12.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
I think now is a good time to remind you all that I have a starter pack filled with many amazing Iranian/Perisan artists and creatives! Please support them all!! go.bsky.app/LHbyaKp
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Stefscribbles @stefscribbles.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
got my car serviced today 🚗💨
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Chris “Chance!” Brown @chancesecond.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
The king
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Wax Heads @waxheadsgame.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
When the graffiti is too good to clean off... Come join us on our Discord! The team is sharing behind the scenes dev content and answering your questions :) discord.gg/vdK8uuyRyq
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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
There's some tasty graffiti artists at work on those store shutters... (By which I mean, @mattjohnss.bsky.social who designed nearly all of them ❤️) (AND @balazsronyai.bsky.social created a lovely bunch of vehicles and characters to pass by) (AAAAND @ginaloughlin.com made another killer song)
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Chris “Chance!” Brown @chancesecond.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Update: I can take work and I want work Job: story artist/lead/directing Currently: Spudgun prod. Former clients: Netflix, Feed Me Light Preference: teen/adult action comedy Focus: budget-friendly, quick Stuff: here, Cara.app/chancesecond, insta chance_second #lookingforworkanimation
Castlevania!Conan!Hey it’s a board from that official borderlands 4 project I did that got approval by gearbox boy howdyHey remember when I was the main boarder on a health series pitch for the World Cup, that was a part of my career
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Chris “Chance!” Brown @chancesecond.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
I don’t know if I need to remind you that I’m still looking for work, I probably should include that I’ve got some big ass clients coming up and have already worked for major studios, it doesn’t matter because we’re all passing around the same 20 dollar bill, essentially
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matt johns ༘⋆ @mattjohnss.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
it's -1°C in Edinburgh right now, starting off the year knowing my computer will not overheat is a blessing
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Jade ✰ @seasonings.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Remembering I can still do stylised photo studies when I want to after years of pixel art.
A digital painting of a sandy beach coast with a blue cloudy sky and waves hitting low red rock.
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Teeg (but spooky) @teeketch.art · 03/01/2026
I was getting too frustrated trying to work out the animation so took a break and did a silly little sculpt of the old fella.
3D sculpt of a simple old man with a shovel.3D sculpt of a simple old man with a shovel.3D sculpt of a simple old man with a shovel.
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Chris Quay!! ✨☁️ @chrisquay.com · 17/11/2025
quri_os 🌱
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Ann Fry 🍀 @annfryillu.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Coming back to bsky and finding out that I've been included among so many terrific illustrators is hands down the best way to start the year. I cannot thank you enough Matt! 🙇🌟
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カヤマタイガ @taiga080521.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Evolution Design🎍
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matt johns ༘⋆ @mattjohnss.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
me coming back to dundee tonight to watch ice hockey with ripped trousers, ready for hypothermia to get my ass tonight (quite literally)
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a woman in a frozen ii costume poses on a blue background
ALT: a woman in a frozen ii costume poses on a blue background
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alyssa illikainen @lyssascribbles.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
oh hello #blender #b3d #blenderanimation #blenderartist #3danimation
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Irene Centelles @irenecentelles.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Hello, I'm a freelancer now. You can DM for rates/budget. Here's my art station and Demo Reel: #freelance #portfolio #VFX Portfolio: www.artstation.com/irenecentell...
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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Creating the illusion of complexity by layering up a few simple elements, is one of my favourite things to tackle.
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Will Koehler @willk3d.com · 29/12/2025
photos do take a piece of your soul and videos take 24-60 millisouls per second (framerate dependent) that's why long time youtubers end up like that
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matt johns ༘⋆ @mattjohnss.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Artist Starter Packs!! (still adding to these) Illustrators: go.bsky.app/FWnuvjs 3D Artists: go.bsky.app/CfZzaw9 Concept Artists: go.bsky.app/TpngRxK VisDev Artists: go.bsky.app/TR8xWz3
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matt johns ༘⋆ @mattjohnss.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
reminder that you can follow @listifications.app to get privately notified when you've been added to other users starter packs and lists
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Ben McKenna @benmckenna.com · 09/12/2025
i shouldn't have to scan my face to verify that i'm an adult!!! they should be able to tell from all the sanrio plushies i repost (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
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~Tanisha Cherislin~ @tani269.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Fine~ #artvsartist2025
Artvsartist collage of art with selfie in the middle
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matt johns ༘⋆ @mattjohnss.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
reminder that you can follow @listifications.app to get privately notified when you've been added to other users starter packs and lists
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matt johns ༘⋆ @mattjohnss.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
travelling to the highlands for New Year with my partner and his family - cut finger on my solo travel and gushed blood all over everyone's belated gifts without noticing for 20 minutes 🙃
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