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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

One of my favorite parts about working on a new scene, is seeing it go from blockout to final. I take screenshots along the way at small milestones to document this. it fun to look back on the progress. Check out more of this scene, and a breakdown coming shortly! www.artstation.com/artwork/L4dEEr

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Wrapped up this personal project just in time to enter the new year. I had a blast exploring some new techniques and workflows on this one. and was very refreshing to concentrate more effort into atmosphere and tone of the scene. www.artstation.com/maxbainbridge #Gameart #GameDev #UnrealEngine

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Mountain Pass, Max Bainbridge

A personal project I've been working on and off again for a while. I had a blast exploring a few new workflows and techniques. I mainly wanted to work on something that explored a few different aspect...

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Worked on a small water erosion decal set for my upcoming environment. Just using POM from a tiling sculpt of water channel. Let me know if anyone is interested in how to do this! I might do a breakdown. #gamedev #UnrealEngine5 #gameart #techart @polycount.bsky.social

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Here's some assets i made a while back, contributing to Dekogon season 7. It's always fun getting to create some assets like this, getting to learn new workflows and such. Check them out here on my portfolio :) www.artstation.com/artwork/QK3Ygd #gameart #Props #Blender #GameDev

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Still chipping away at this scene. Just been working on the landscape for the past few weeks, Still a lot missing. But I feel its coming together pretty well! going to focus on some foliage/scatter meshes next. #UnrealEngine #Gamedev #EnvironmentArt #WIP

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Had a blast visiting the Melbourne museum to see a project I worked on. My producer Nathan was in town so we decided to go check it out. Very different from working on video games, but a great challenge! Plus it’s fun to say my work has been in a museum.

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Still chipping away at my scene. Been focusing on lighting and some rock layout in the time that I've had over the holiday period. I rekon ill start to get this landscape shader in place then some foliage. #UnrealEngine #GameDev #Gameart #ScreenshotSaturday

WIP Ue5 scene. an old ruin on a mountain overlook. A rouge knight caught off guard by a dark rider who ash been hunting him.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 15/12/2024

There's no "controversy" over The Witcher 4, it's just gotten picked up in what is now a cottage industry of YouTube-based outrage content farming by people who have zero actual investment in or understanding of the things they cover multiple times a day, every day

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BenLee3D @benlee3d.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

This was a fun textile to create on the Exile outfit in Survivor. I ended up making a tileable height map by sculpting the pattern on a plane, baking it out and offsetting the image in photoshop to clone stamp out the seams. #starwars #jedisurvivor #3dart #zbrush #characterart #gameart #gamedev

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philtacular @philtacular.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

-shows up wearing ceasefire pin -talks about how the art and magic of games comes from the creatives and devs -denounces the games made for quotas and in boardrooms -takes a shot at TGA about giving proper airtime to creatives -doesnt name drop any celebs forget the awards, this guy wins hearts man

Swen Vincke, director of larian games, at The Game Awards, giving a speech before handing out the game of the year award

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Overall it feels like an improvement over previous years. the reveals were all super fun, so were the awards. But the Game changer award and Amir's speech was the highlight for me. Need to see more of that kinda positivity in the industry these days.

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

super hyped to hear about this. I know the team must be feeling great right about now. gonna be a blast to give this a play in the future, im sure.

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

I was not expecting this at all, was trying to guess the whole time. with such a high standard set in the past, this should be sick

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Joshua Boggs @jboggsie.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

After a year that felt like shuffling a bad hand, we finally revealed gameplay for @sleightofhand.game at @dayofthedevs.org ! It’s Metal Gear Solid meets Dishonored, but with a twist: your deck of cards is your set of powers. 🃏 Wishlist here! 👇 store.steampowered.com/app/2857810/...

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Sleight of Hand on Steam

Infiltrate a hardboiled, rain-slicked city of taboo, where ritual magic and cursed artefacts set apart those with power from those without. Sleight of Hand is a 3rd-person Stealth Action Card-Sim abou...

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

I know a few of the folks at this studio. A real good group of devs, small studio, very much worth supporting

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Jane Ng @janeng.com · 05/12/2024

This is kind of the crux of why none of these huge tech companies could figure out how to make games. They see it as a technology problem, but when a lot of what makes a great game great is an Arts and Humanities journey

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Had a blast working on Kyoryu, a super talented team whipped up this build in a few months in order to get funding from investors. It’s a super unique IP from a small team. Projects like this may be the future of the industry. Worth wish-listing on steam! youtu.be/iAxMa9CVv9U?...

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Kyoryu - Official Gameplay Trailer

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

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Kyoryu - Official Gameplay Trailer

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Decided to push one of my rock tilers a bit further and make it its own asset. Sculpted the height in Zbrush and finished the albedo and roughness in substance designer. My goal was to push the albedo and learn a few new techniques #GameDev #VideoGameArt #Textures www.artstation.com/artwork/BkvzP9

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I've been working on some rocks recently. SO hard to nail down, but feeling confident with where they are sitting at the moment, to move on. These rocks were sculpted in Zbrush, along with their tiling textures. could be fun to render out the sculpts? #GameArt #Art #GameDev #UnrealEngine

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Ikr! I find it’s also mentally the coolest. It’s like meditation when shooting, you have to practice mindfulness and looking inward in order to make a good shot, I find it very relaxing.

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Not art related, but seeing as the end of the year is nearing I’d thought I’d share. One of my goals this year was to place in an archery competition, and a few weeks ago I surpassed my own expectations by placing 1st It was just a club competition, but always share your wins, no matter how small

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I'm cooking up a new #unreal Scene. Trying to get a good composition down and lay the storytelling foundations. Loving doing rock sculpting again. Will be refining all that as I go. I think ill post more of this as I go, and show progress. #unrealengine #gameart #Gamedev #EnvironmnetArt

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I had the exact same train of thought hahaha only way I managed to get my self into it was literally not having a choice. Did an art test for a freelancing gig with it, having not ever given it a good go. either that or pay for software making freelancing for me redundant hahah

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

A huge amount of respect for the rest of the team, those that were let go and those still there. Especially those not given full credit and put under "special thanks" Its not how I would have imagined my first game launch, watching from the sidelines, but I gained alot along the way :)

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I never really got to celebrate my first game credit I had just shy of 5 years of development time on flintlock. It was all wrapped up ready to go. And a few months before launch 2/3 of the studio was laid off... A sad way to end such a hard journey, but I've come to celebrate it in my own way.

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

This was the final in game result. alot of iteration and small adjustments, but I think it came out really well in the end, and something I'm proud of, looking back on it. The team and my directors were very helpful and supportive in finding this look, so endless credit to them as well. #GameDev

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

The images above are from some of the earliest exploration, just trying to see what would work. but I think it came close to the final product. conveying the story and design of the game, showing the destruction of the war and the toll its had on the landscape.

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

The challenge was leveraging a lot of existing assets, while creating a unique looking environment. Alot of this was a combination of assets made by other artists, re-mixing textures and focusing on composition logic. taking ideas from real life reference and some great concept art made by the team.

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

One of the things I'm most proud of while working on Flintlock was being given the opportunity to explore and help steer the art direction of the trenches. I spent some time exploring ideas that would reinforce the existing art direction. #Gamedev #Unreal #Gameart #UnrealEngine

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

I'd say keeping material/texture count down to a reasonable level, while still trying to push them further looks wise. also making sure that they look cool without standing out too much or looks like the same tree used 100 times. I 100% could have done things better, given the chance

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

Thanks! These are just a small part of the general foliage kit. But each “biome/pallet” of foliage would take a few weeks. Overall I was doing foliage on and off again for years, redoing certain assets if my skills got better or if I saw room for performance improvements

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

Some snippets of my foliage asset room while working on Flintlock. Majority of the games foliage was created by me. With some foundational work being done in the months prior by others. Interesting challenge working on foliage for an open world game. #gameart #gamedev #unrealengine #unreal #art

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

Thankyou! Was a blast to work on 😀

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

I was inspired by the foliage/biome artist from Diablo, I forget their name but if you look Diablo up on ArtStation you will see their work. A very easy way to present work that has some critical detail!

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

Some interactive foliage I worked on a while ago when first experimenting with this sort of thing. I'm eager to learn some other methods for this and see if it can work on a range of assets. but I do love me some interaction, even in a basic form. #unreal #unrealengine #Gamedev #Gameart #3dart

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

It’s actually seperate. Treating them like mesh decals in this example. Only works well for a static environment. But I was using substance designer to get interesting shapes and patterns

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

Thought I may as well re-post this here. Some experimentation I did a while back with water based foliage for a potential scene. Was fun to work on the water shader and some funky stuff for the surface algae. could be cool to take this further. #gamedev #unrealengine #gameart #3dArt #environmentart

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

Most of the assets here I made from scratch. Mainly the foliage assets, things like rocks, stumps, grass etc may have been a combination of other peoples works and some scans. The rest was upto me to make something as a guide.I became the defacto foliage person, so anything regarding that fell to me

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

There was lots of input from past and current colleagues at a44. Some ground work was laid and I came in to pull some things together. I’d highly recommend searching flintlock on ArtStation and check out work from the rest of the team

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

One of my roles on flintlock was creating foliage kits and “biome pallets” to act as a guideline for the level artists. There are some from one of the zones. Figuring out the art direction and general species composition was a blast. #gamedev #gameart #environmentart

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

I’m glad you liked it! It was a very talented team on that project. I worked on that vista in the second image a bit! Three peaks was a challenge to make, but a fun zone nonetheless!

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

Here’s some work from my last released game, Flintlock. It kinda flew under the radar, but there is a ton of passion from a lot of people that worked on this for 5 years or so. I’d recommend checking everyone’s posts on ArtStation! www.artstation.com/maxbainbridge #gamedev #gameart #rpg

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

Thankyou! Textures across the board are something I’ve always kinda struggled with and strive to improve! Constant journey for sure 😀

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Max @maxmakesgames.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

What’s up people! I’m Max, an environment artist based in Melbourne Australia. I’d love to connect with more game devs and have a nice community for our industry! Fee free to reach out! 😁 www.artstation.com/maxbainbridge #gameart #gamedev #environmentart

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