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Concept team approached regions in this way as well! Here's an early Bio-Research concept by Patrick Bloom: #MarathonTheGame #Marathon #TheArtofMarathon

Early concept of Bio-Research in Dire Marsh from Marathon. It shows a high level aerial view of the entire region, flattening the entire structure down to its simplest shapes, colors, and forms.

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Joe Cross had a ton of aerial photography reference for Marathon. He liked how it flattened all the structures down to their functional forms so I figured for developing region-scale graphics, if it was all designed from the above macro view, it would feel good to run around on the human scale too.

Aerial view of the Field Maintenance region from Dire Marsh in Marathon

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Field Maintenance! I worked mostly on each of the large building exteriors, platforms, and all outlying areas. I spent a long time understanding our art style here and applied an "aerial photography" approach to making all the lines and large form graphics and color blocking. #MarathonTheGame

View of the Field Maintenance region of Dire Marsh from Marathon

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I spent quite a lot of time going through each region of the game and applied large, bespoke, graphical branding created by Patrick Bloom to every region in Dire Marsh. I would find key postcards of different approaches to each area and apply large color blocking and graphics. #MarathonTheGame

Large scale graphics on structures in the Dire Marsh map of Marathon. Featured: Algae Ponds

Large scale graphics on structures in the Dire Marsh map of Marathon. Featured: Uplink and Complex

Large scale graphics on structures in the Dire Marsh map of Marathon. Featured: Uplink

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COMPLEX! This area was so fun to work on and where I really started understanding our art style and translating the graphic realism to a 3D game environment. I spent lots of time applying Patrick Bloom's amazing graphics to all the walls and figuring out layouts and color blocking. #MarathonTheGame

The massive Complex structure in the Dire Marsh map of Marathon

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MORE cryo-archive <3 Dima once again provided this insane cable bag concept connected to the panopticon that I got to bring to life in-game! I ended up spending an equal amount of time on them as the panopticon itself. it was a really fun part of development, they turned out cool :3 #MarathonTheGame

Cryo-Archive map from Marathon showcasing very large plastic bag walls full of cables connected to the central panopticon.

Cryo-Archive map from Marathon showcasing very large plastic bag walls full of cables connected to the central panopticon. This one is broken open and spilling it's cables out like guts.

Original concept by Dima Goryainov: very large plastic bag walls full of cables connected to the central panopticon in the Cryo-Archive map from Marathon.

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I am SO happy that I worked with Dima Goryainov many times on this project and helped bring his concepts to life in the game. Here's the panopticon at the center of Cryo-Archive and the original concept Dima developed for it. I hand modeled all of the in-game cables in Blender haha #MarathonTheGame

The Panopticon at the center of the Cryo-Archive map from Marathon

Dima Goryainov's incredible concept of the Panopticon at the center of the Cryo-Archive map from Marathon

Interior shot of the Panopticon at the center of the Cryo-Archive map from Marathon

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This might look like any other mundane hallway in the game, but this area I was responsible for implementing a "vertical slice" finished interior environment based off Patrick Bloom's concept. I worked with all the departments, inching our in-game implementation of the artstyle to the final look <3

Interior hallway shot of Bio-Research from Marathon the game

Concept by Patrick Bloom of an interior hallway shot of Bio-Research from Marathon the game

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Going to start a thread of all the areas I worked on for Marathon <3 <3 first up: bioresearch #MarathonTheGame #Marathon

Screenshot from Bungie's Marathon, showing the Bioresearch region of Dire Marsh

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[eve] @ninehydras.dev · 17/06/2026

YES! That was such a good time <3

Screenshot from Destiny 2's Duality Dungeon

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my warlock <3 (she poisons you and then feeds your soul into her gun)

my all black warlock with black feather motifs throughout, holding the weapon Thorn with a weapon skin making it pale bone material.

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[eve] @ninehydras.dev · 13/06/2026

i made music again tonight

gravel road with one small completely paved and painted piece of road with the text reading as follows: Nothing, Random Inspiration, Nothing

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[eve] @ninehydras.dev · 07/06/2026

Some metal logos i've worked on over the years:

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[eve] @ninehydras.dev · 02/06/2026

We tried to make the environment very reactive as well. Have you noticed the communication room open up when you have a contract? The pads also glow different colors depending on ready status and Elimination/Success

Marathon Season 2 lobby screen with Gaius peeking in from the communication room

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[eve] @ninehydras.dev · 02/06/2026

I got to work on the new lobby screen and run preparation environments for Marathon season 2 !! <3 Never done anything like this before so it was a really fun challenge <3

New menu screen in Marathon Season 2, featuring a biomechanical bonsai tree and a synthetic zen garden

New run prep screen in Marathon Season 2

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[eve] @ninehydras.dev · 02/06/2026

it's june 2026 and i'm not dead yet so happy pride. shout out to women fr 🏳️‍🌈

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[eve] @ninehydras.dev · 01/06/2026

don't talk to me i'm red mage maxxing rn #ffxiv

my final fantasy 14 goth bunny in a very extravagant red outfit wielding a red mage weapon pointed at the camera

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[eve] @ninehydras.dev · 30/05/2026

this is the type of vibe I'd like to bring to the pictomancer role #ffxiv

FFXIV player in Pictomancer job attire but it's the heavy armored Cryptlurker's set

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[eve] @ninehydras.dev · 26/05/2026

hold on i forgot some really important witch bunny lore, if you could please consult the graph 📊 #ffxiv #oc

my final fantasy 14 goth bunny mage showing an x-ray doodle of her ears fitting neatly into her witch hat

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[eve] @ninehydras.dev · 25/05/2026

chat, do you fw my goth bunny 🖤🐦‍⬛ #ffxiv #oc

my goth bunny from final fantasy 14, she's got a big witch hat and nerdy glasses

my goth bunny from final fantasy 14, she's got a big witch hat and nerdy glasses and a crow on her shoulder

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[eve] @ninehydras.dev · 25/05/2026

YES! I talked about it a while back but these two books work incredible as a step one, step two in complexity for getting around the editor and learning GDscript: Learning GDScript: www.amazon.com/dp/180461698... Game Development Patterns: www.amazon.com/dp/B0DCZG1V5...

learning GDScript by Developing a Game with Godot 4

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[eve] @ninehydras.dev · 24/05/2026

all you need, right here

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A detail I wonder if people ever recognized, but the Loom actually has a sewing mannequin-like figure incorporated into the design and I was really excited about doing some cool retro-inspired translucent plastic material for it hehe

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probably my favorite vendor stage I worked on for Destiny 2 <3 I was given a ridiculous amount of time for this area so I got to go deep with shader tech to make the Loom reels process the synthweave thread ambiently and really make the space come alive <3

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Vendor Stages also became a theme, I was able to work on sooo many across so many different releases <3 I was often brought on to do so because of my time working on the Farm and the Tower

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I've been very fortunate to be able to build so many different Timelost Graves in Destiny 2 haha it started to become a theme for me

End of the Presage mission in Destiny 2 showcasing a strung up guardian hanging from some terrible spores

Grave pod at the end of the Grasp of Avarice dungeon in Destiny 2

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one of my favorite areas i built in the tower was this hangout room between the Hangar and the Courtyard that could only be accessed through an elaborate platforming puzzle and vent routes c: I made sure to utilize the space for multiple activities we added the tower so people had reasons to visit

Secret Daito hangout room in the Tower in Destiny 2

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MORE tower stuff i worked on. Did you know you can actually sit in the cockpit of the disassembled ship in the hangar? c:

in game screenshot of the Hangar district of the Tower from Destiny 2

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