iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Nina K 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Quick practice shader in unreal engine from the other day, growing grass based on camera distance

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Nina K 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

the full set! turning these into free stickers that I will pass out at develop

3 digitally painted fish stamps, clown fish, gold fish and koi fish

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Nina K 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

So fun story, last month I didn't even know if I would have anywhere to live 🥲 I had the option to either - go with family to live in the middle of nowhere, or find a place to live asap. After a very stressful 2 months, I am settling into my new house!

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Nina K 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

more silly horse art to bless your feed #umamusume

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Nina K 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I feel very split as an artist and I'm not sure what to do On one side I do 3D tech art On the other I do Gouache landscapes One the third, I just like painting silly digital stuff Anytime I do one, I feel like I'm neglecting the other, and I can't post all three on one account due to algorithms

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Nina K 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Last week I joined @radicalforge.bsky.social as a technical artist! :D Been busy but super fun

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Nina K 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Guess I should update here too... I have finished 3.5 years at Sumo Digital, and will be starting a new role at the beginning of January :)

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Anya Jo Elvidge @anyatheartist.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Lil project turntable, we like those. It's available on Gumroad to download for £3, share it with your friends, I don't care 😁

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im rob @bobacupcake.bsky.social · 25/09/2024

im rob!!! im a gamedev & tech artist!! i can make images move now people are calling it .mp4

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Nina K 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Hi, I'm Nina! #PortfolioDay I am a Technical Artist, lover of fish, and also a gouache painter 🐟🦈🏖️ www.artstation.com/ninaklos

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Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Hi #PortfolioDay I'm Des been working as a environment art for the past 14 years and available for work better look at some of the 14 titles iv been a part of so far and personal art can be found on my portfolio www.artstation.com/pikminman

Jurassic world evolution high poly helicopter

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Nina K 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

AAAAAA This is super cool!! Thank you unreal engine for highlighting my tropical beach project in their community spotlight! 💙✨ www.youtube.com/watch?v=dabu...

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News and Community Spotlight | September 19th, 2025

YouTube video by Unreal Engine

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Dmaw⛅ @dmawdev.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

SUSHI BEN IS OUT NOW! 🎉🎉🎉 I've been working on this since 2016 yay! My team has been working on this since 2021 yay! Plz try it out, its cheaper than toro nigiri tysm im so sleepy going to bed now.

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Nina K 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

After a long time working on this personal piece, super excited to share it! A blend of technical art techniques with artistic principles all done from scratch 🏖️ ArtStation link: www.artstation.com/artwork/XJ88k0 #houdini #unreal #unrealengine #gameart #technicalart

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Nina K 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Getting ready to upload this project 👀 Here's a final few gifs: Glowly sea glass - randomised colour based on a texture (with more and less rare colours) and object position, plus a fake glowy shader #techart #unrealengine #gamedev #gameart

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Nina K 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Another sparkle gif for bluesky because I like them :) #techart #unrealengine #gamedev #gameart

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Nina K 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Cloud shader - hand painted cloud textures, gradients and some simple panners #techart #unrealengine #gamedev #gameart

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Nina K 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Little bit of stylised RVT blending on a hand painted rock 🪨 #techart #unrealengine #gamedev #gameart

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Nina K 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

anyone else finding they get a lot of engagement from people that are not even following on this site? Just, either bots or random people?

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Nina K 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Turns out I wasn't making it up that I have less energy than most people... I was iron deficient, thought I fixed it but I didn't follow up, turns out I can't absorb even high doses of iron. Just waiting for doctors to tell me what to test next 🥲 Hopefully nothing scary!

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Nina K 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

I'm sure every tech artist has experienced this

> technical artist position
> looks inside
> tools programmer

Image of a cat staring into camera

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Nina K 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Back to the personal project grind, I re did my bird animations after a year. My mentee requested a bird shader so how I could I say no! #techart #unreal

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Nina K 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

With a few monitor changes, I have finally finished upgrading my whole set up 🩵

Picture of a wooden desk in a teal room, with two monitors, one vertical, and a fluffy orange cat loafing on the left

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✨ 𝕷𝖎𝖆 𝕯𝖗𝖆𝖜𝖘 ✨ @lia-draws.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Eh you know what? Why not. A bit different approach to #PortfolioDay this time Did you guys know I draw pet portraits? Want your fluffy friend immortalized in art form? Know someone who wants a portrait of their pet? Send them my way.

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Nina K 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Really great week away, lots of family food and trips, but good to be home 🌾 Lots of things to think about lately, hopefully more positive things are on the horizon.

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Nina K 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Most of this vacation has been spending time with my dad and helping him build a new pc, he was running a 2011 win 7 build. Everything worked first try and he's delighted with the new one (after he gets used to win11!) It runs pretty well for a £600 no gpu build :)

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Nina K 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

And that's it, I'm on holiday for a week. Time to tune out and be just a person, not a game dev. Might post some paintings at some point!

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Nina K 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

WIP shore shader I was hoping to work on this a little more before my holiday but my pc decided to break 😅 I fixed it but it took a while. #techart #unreal

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Nina K 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

I hosted a technical art meetup at develop brighton and 50 people showed up. I miss it already!

A bunch of technical artists with the back in the background

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Nina K 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Hi #PortfolioDay ! 🐟 I'm Nina, a Technical Artist currently at Sumo Digital, and I love fishes. Here's some previous personal work, and a few of my favourite gouache paintings 🖌️ 🎨Portfolio: www.artstation.com/ninaklos 📨Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/ninaklos #gameart #unreal #techart #gamedev

Game project of a Japanese store front selling holographic fish

Japanese temple with floating jelly fish

Koi pond with lots of foliage and sparkly water

Image of 4 green gouache paintings, three of trees and one of grass

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Nina K 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Hope everyone is going to be okay. Awful things just continue to happen for no good reason. Remember to take breaks if you find yourself doomscrolling constantly. Here's a little bumble bee I found the other day:

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Nina K 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Going to develop brighton? adopt a little fish, they need new homes! come find me for a sticker, I only have a 100 or so. #developbrighton

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Nina K 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Prepping for Develop Brighton, hand painted, scanned, printed homemade stickers. Quality came out great, now holographic laminate & individually cutting out 112 of them 😅

Original painted fish sheet in a sketchbook, next to the printer printing the painted stickers

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Nina K 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

"maybe if I work hard enough someone will let me work on a fish game" me saying this to myself, year 1, 2, 3, and 4 in the industry:

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Nina K 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

this is what you could have in your AAA games, but the higher ups are not letting me add silly trees. #unreal #techart (personal work)

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Nina K 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Everything combined together with PCG: Sand shader, houdini shells, houdini sea glass & shader #techart #unreal

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Nina K 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Another shader I added a couple of weeks ago but never shared, some simple sand sparkles with some post processing kernels #unreal #techart

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Nina K 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

So, how many of us game devs are burnt out? ✋

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Chaabs @chaabs.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

If anyone's looking for me, I'll be here. Happy. Staring at a big bunch of water shaders, courtesy of all you lovely lovely techartists. THREAD OF LOVELY WATER SHADERS--->

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