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James Kevich

@mrthigs.bsky.social
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Visual Designer at Riot Games. Pixel artist. Probably some other things as well.

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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
No way wtf 🫪 incredible
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Lovvvee the lighting effect. Any chance you used crocotile to make this?
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
This goes so hard
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Omg you didn’t just push him down you stepped on him
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Ooh can’t wait to try this! Been looking forward to it
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
really impressed by how organic the shapes are and how dynamic the lighting while still being able to clearly communicate the playable space and interactive elements. I want to play this version. Beautiful!!
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LaumeB @laumeb.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
I am an animator and I like the pain
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Wow I love this design I hope you feel the urge to revisit it in pixels someday
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Update: the batteries in both cartridges are dead it’s so over
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Bought this bad boy to play some games I got in Japan… lord does this sound activate something in me
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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Have you explored VGHF's digital archive of E3 Show Directories? You too can discover who exactly exhibited at E3 1996, while admiring the 'none more '90s' cover art: archive.gamehistory.org/folder/53778...
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
I literally just started replaying this a few days ago absolutely one of the greatest RPGs of all time
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 24/04/2025
We're approaching the end of all of this nonsense. Pieces like these are the kind of bullshit you saw at the end of the metaverse and crypto bubbles - Roose wrote them then, too. Humouring the most empty, cynical, nihilistic people in tech and pretending it means you're curious is ugly stuff.
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Been trying to read more books on the industry lately and this sounds very relevant to my interests 📌
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Aria @thatartisan.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Lyuda says trans rights are human rights
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Omg this is unreal
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Now you’re just flexing
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Impulse purchased one of my fav games yesterday 🥰
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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
From: Grimm's Fairy Tales - The Golden Bird (1987), dir. Toshio Hirata, Toei Doga/Madhouse
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Little animation I made for practice a couple years ago. There was never really a goal with this so I can't really say if it's finished or not. Used my own hand for reference. #pixelart
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
The Zelda mockup (3rd image) is part of a project I’m working on to recreate the first dungeon from the original NES game with my own graphics and updated mechanics. I’m going to be posting updates as I create new assets.
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
New intro post since I'm at GDC (!!) -- my name is James and I'm a UI designer by day and a pixel artist by night. I have a particular love of 8- and 16-bit art, Zelda, and dark/medieval fantasy. #pixelart #pixelartist #aseprite #gamedev #gameart #indiedev
A mockup of a 16-bit top-down action RPG. The player character is brandishing his sword at a small mushroom-looking critter, and a treasure chest sits on top of a nearby hill, just out of reach. I worked on this project with a couple of other devs (who have long since disappeared into the depths of the internet) circa 2012. Golden Sun and Secret of Mana were the principle inspirations for this one.A sprite of a samurai warrior in a bright turquoise and purple robe. Inspired by classic fighting games like Street Fighter II and Marvel Vs. Capcom.A recreation of a dungeon antechamber from the original Legend of Zelda in a higher resolution (16-bit) style.A mockup of a GameBoy Color-style top-down RPG. One character with bright purple hair has just spotted the player character and is about to rush over to say hello. A steampunk-looking house sits on top of a hill with a large pipe protruding from it.
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Trying to find just the right level of L’Oréal physics for my boy #pixelart #zelda #gamedev
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Oooh this is such a gorgeous silhouette
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Thank you for the dopamine 🙏
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InnerSpiral (the scary version) @innerspiral.lol · 10/03/2025
Scrolling the web is like pacing a hallway built by algorithms. But the web once felt like an attic filled with ornaments, spaces built by people, not predictive engines. Maybe real joy isn’t in the scroll, but the hyperlinks we stopped clicking. #blog #web #nostalgia
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404: The Internet You Tried to Remember Still Exists
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I looove the nose. Awesome design. Something about the style reminds me of the OG Rayman!
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
This is what it’s all about
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
The crease in the eyelid where the iris slips behind it 🤌🤌🤌
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carl // Isle of Reveries OUT NOW! @desertcucco.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
The Kickstarter campaign for Isle of Reveries launches tomorrow, March 1, at 8 AM PSt / 4 PM GMT! Some reward tiers will have early bird discounts, and the ADVENTURER tier will include a special playtest for the forest-themed dungeon. Link below ⬇️ #gamedev #indiegame
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Also it sucks so bad that nothing comes with a CD drive anymore. That’s like, the only good plastic
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Everything should have more dials and knobs. We want to fidget! We want to twiddle! Let us not forget the lessons learned by the Bop-It and fidget spinner phenomena.
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
@neonfungi.bsky.social look at this beautiful Zeldalike omg
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Loveee the subtle hue shifting all over this, so pretty.
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Still slightly WIP but wanted to let y’all know that I am back on my bullshit
A 16-but pixel art remake of a dungeon antechamber from the original Legend of Zelda game for the NES. Monstrous statues surround Link and a fairy companion as eerie blue torch lights illuminate the scene.
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
He truly never got over PayPal…
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
New trailer? 👀 my dry rubber band of a brain needs the stimulation, brb
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
This captures soo much about how I feel about the modern technological landscape. I used to enjoy logging on and actually engaging with people online, but nowadays it feels like I’m wading through an endless sea of ads and gotchas and things that may or may not be real. It’s become so joyless.
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
FWIW I’m pretty sure screenshots are calculated as a significant form of engagement but I’m assuming you know that
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Beautiful hue shifting and texture on the blade 🤌
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
I never posted much on Twitter but the Hyrule Redrawn project was how I found a lot of great artists on there - these were the screens I worked on. Now I’m gonna work on finding y’all again
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Gets better with every loop
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Sick
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James Kevich @mrthigs.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Millennials* are still saying
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Adam @adamfergusonart.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Elden Ring but make it pixel art #pixelart
a pixel art piece showcasing a scene from Elden Ring - bright yellows for the Erdtree, greens for the sky and ground, melancholy vibe
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 05/10/2023
Every year around the rice harvest, art students in Japan’s Niigata prefecture, repurpose the crop’s leftover straw, or wara, into mammoth characters for the Wara Art Festival. www.thisiscolossal.com/2023/10/wara...
A straw octopusA straw bird; pelican, maybe?A straw catA straw horse, maybe dragon?
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james hennessy @jrhennessy.com · 27/09/2023
it’s sad reading like 14th century Christian theologians who spent an inordinate amount of time writing “OK there are exactly 3,892 demons and these are their names and these are their powers”… man, you would have loved Dragonball Z
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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 27/09/2023
hey sorry I missed your text, I am processing a non-stop 24/7 onslaught of information with a brain designed to eat berries in a cave
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