iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

had it aaaaalllll figured out back then

Photo of my Myst journal from 1993 with a page titled "Claire's Part of Journal"

Close-upn photo of my childhood Myst journal highlighting "Sirrus ⬅️ Evil?"

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

JP never misses, feelin' every single sentence of this in my BONES

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

An EXTREMELY selfish Kickstarter in that I'm just making the editions of these books that I've always wanted—cannot put into words how much love and care we've poured into every aspect this project!📚🩵 ...and it's no accident that @gilespink.bsky.social now has a writing credit on the Book of D'ni 👀

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

people watching at the Cinespia Josie and the Pussycats screening and using it as an excuse to explain the difference between jaguar/leopard/cheetah prints

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Louie Zong @everydaylouie.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

nirvanna the band the show the fanart

a stylized (semi-cubist) render of the main characters matt and jay of nirvanna the band the show

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

nothing quite so emotionally draining as drawing character expression sheets and realizing you've been subconsciously contorting your face for eight hours 🫡

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Adam Morgan @adamm0rgan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

With @cyan.com's permission, I spilled some secrets about the recently shelved MYST game codenamed ANGLERFISH after seeing the demo during my reporting for @wired.com. www.thefrontlist.org/p/anglerfish...

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I've seen the lost 'Myst' game—and we're all losers (for now)

During a demo, the creators revealed new secrets about 'Anglerfish' (now on ice) and 'Mudfish' (now in development).

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Zoë drew this for me when my dog Sparky passed away and I have cherished it for OVER A DECADE, I cannot recommend her services enough:

illustration by Zoe Moss of my Boston Terrier Sparky, now passed, a dog so wall-eyed she was put in a medical journal. She is holding a moiety dagger because she's a huge fan of Riven.

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Plus a couple pieces of DRAMATIC MYST ART which, let's be honest, was the whole reason I joined @cyan.com in the first place. Gotta draw me some spooky Linking Books:

Concept art of Guildmaster Damreus for Project Anglerfish, in the shadows but for his arm outstretched over an open Linking Book on the table in front of you.

Painting of a hand wielding a pen like a dagger, ink dripping off the end like blood.

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

A couple more of my Project: Anglerfish concepts from @cyan.com's presentation at Mysterium last week:

Concept art of Damreus' library for Project Anglerfish, a circular room with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, large portraits, and a central desk, pleasantly lit.

Concept art of Damreus' library for Project Anglerfish, a circular room with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, large portraits, and a central desk, more ominously lit. Damreus stands in the central spotlight, his hand on the desk.

Concept Art of an Age for Project Anglerfish.

Concept Art of an Age for Project Anglerfish, a little worse for the wear.

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Getting to design characters for a murder mystery visual novel set in the Myst/D'ni universe was such a blast, I hope this also sees the light of day someday:

Sprite sheet of Ishek in the Who'Dnit game prototype from Cyan, set in the Myst universe.

Sprite sheet of Kadish in the Who'Dnit game prototype from Cyan, set in the Myst universe.

Sprite sheet of Tvesh in the Who'Dnit game prototype from Cyan, set in the Myst universe.

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

SUCH a lifelong dream to get to work on a new game set in the Myst universe. ♥️📖 Still hope we’ll get to see it through someday, but I’m thrilled we can share the trailer:

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

unironically how I feel getting all the order forms and signage prepped for SDCC

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Birthday dinner at Sugarfish and an absolutely LOVELY present haul from @hummeline.bsky.social and Dad, the brand is strong ♥️

Photo of my birthday gift haul: the Documentary Now! Photobook, Custom Lettering of the 20’s and 30’s, and Criteron blu-rays of Stagecoach and My Darling Clementine

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

LOOK the contacts in IWTV absolutely make sense from a production standpoint—I'm sure its prohibitively expensive to do vfx for the vampire eyes throughout the entire series—but sometimes I just GOTTA do a quick repaint to see the proper eyelines on my sweet baby bug-eyed boy

paintover of a screenshot of Armand from The Vampire Lestat, painting out his colored contacts

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Surprise surprise: I'm starting up at Netflix Animation as a character designer this week!

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

@ngoziu.com I'm finally catching up on John Rich (SO GOOD) and upon seeing the ch. 4 header I felt compelled to share with you one of my favorite videos that my buddy Olly shared with me years ago, I am probably a not insignificant percentage of its 29K views: youtu.be/xHV5GX0Fxqk?...

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How to Sell a Garfield Collection

YouTube video by Robert Kothe

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

one curse of working on properties you love is losing the ability to participate freely in fan spaces—there'll be some lore discourse in the Myst discord and, best case scenario, I just gotta sit there VIBRATING with information I cannot possibly share

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Film Noir life drawing last night at Ready Sketch Go! God help me I do love to draw a sensible heel

Life drawing studies of a woman dressed in 1940’s clothing with a trenchcoat and voluminous hat. Ballpoint pen.

Life drawing studies of a woman dressed in 1940’s clothing with a newspaper and umbrella hiding most of her upper half. Ballpoint pen and blue pencil.

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I'm not sure if folks know that all the art for Neopets Magazine was still done by the in-house Neopets art team! Very little was outsourced back then when it came to merch/tie-ins, which was kinda unheard of at the time. A couple of my spreads, from my last summer working at Neopets:

Spread from The Official Neopets Magazine, issue 25 (full alt text available here: https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/704a4c52-09f7-40c2-a3e1-1d5b34468642)

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caitlin rose boyle @caitlinroseboyle.com · 31/05/2026

if i seem laid back and relaxed to you, it’s an elaborate ruse - i actually carry the kind of tension that makes massage therapists and other health professionals say “wow” and “oh no”

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

@cyan.com's rerelease of the Classic PS1 versions of Myst and Riven last year meant new trophies, which meant new trophy icons, which gave me an excuse to get all weird and illustrative with it! Always fun getting to revisit these worlds:

trophy icons for the Classic PS1 version of Myst, drawn in a graphic, Mignola-esque style.

trophy icons for the Classic PS1 version of Riven, drawn in a graphic, Mignola-esque style.

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Excited to say I'm gonna be back at @lightboxexpo.com this year with a table, woo! Honestly it's always such a good excuse to make some new prints, new art books, new friends—gotta figure out what the heck I wanna make over the next few months 👀

Come see me at Lightbox Expo 2026

October 23-25 | www.lightboxexpo.com

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Also @bzaiken.bsky.social and I found time time to sneak out to Mesa Verde at sunset to catch Cliff Palace riiiight as the light matched the poster I did for Fifty-Nine Parks a couple years back:

A photo of the Cliff Palace ruins at Mesa Verde National Park, while I holding my drawing of the same location on my phone in the foreground.

Mesa Verde National Park poster for the 59 Parks Series. &-color screenprint of sunset hitting the Cliff Palace ruins.

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Just got back from a week-long art intensive studying horse anatomy with Terry Whitlatch out at New Masters Village in Mancos, CO! I've followed Terryl's work for over 20 years, and her passion and expertise is unmatched—feeling challenged, refreshed, and like I want to draw a bajillion horses. ♥️🐎

sketchbook page of anatomical studies & life drawings of horses, drawn in 2mm blue lead. This page features Tucker, the Austrian Halflinger, Preacher, the Thoroughbred, and Walker, the cowboy.

sketchbook page of anatomical studies & life drawings of horses, drawn in ballpoint pen. This page features Tucker, the Austrian Halflinger, and Johanna.

sketchbook page of anatomical studies & life drawings of horses, drawn in 2mm blue lead. The photo shows said horses out in their field on a sunny morning, the peaks of the Las Platas mountains in the background.

horse musculature diagrams, drawn on vellum in 2mm red/blue lead.

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I have like 17 hours logged in Thirsty Suitors because I was enjoying cooking so much that I kept putting off endgame.♥️ SUCH a stylish game, and one where the specificity of the narrative and the setting is exactly what makes it so good:

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emily hummel ✨🔜 MIGW @hummeline.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

let a mention of George Ralphs not pass without me mentioning he died crushed under a boulder

News article of George Ralphs’s death - CRUSHED UNDER GREAT BOULDER. George A Ralphs dead as result of accident. Wealthy grocer’s outing has terrible finale. Fifty years an Angeleno and merchant for forty

June 21, 1914: Ralphs Grocery Co. founder George A. Ralphs was at Lake Arrowhead with his wife and children when the boulder on which he was perched "gave way and rolled 20 feet down into the canyon, carrying Mr. Ralphs with it," The Times said.
Ralphs, 64, was taken to San Bernardino, where his leg was amputated.
The shock "was too great, however, and death followed within an hour,"

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emily hummel ✨🔜 MIGW @hummeline.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

teaching my phone that the eponymous grocer’s last name was Ralphs

iPhone text replacement that means Ralphs the grocery store will be spelled correctly and without a possessive apostrophe

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

havin' a real Old Man Yells at Cloud moment here, but I do chuckle watching someone brute force their way through Riven in a couple hours by crowd-sourcing hints when I played that game over the course of, like, an entire month back in 1997

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

it was a pleasure getting to work alongside Robyn to capture these hi-res renders of Riven and Age 233 for the vinyl, so nice to see it in the wild! #rivenremake

Photo of the Riven soundtrack vinyl, featuring a screenshot of the bottom of Gehn's linking cage on Age 233.

Photo of the Riven soundtrack vinyl, featuring a screenshot looking up from within the Great Dome.

Photo of the Riven soundtrack vinyl, featuring a screenshot of the door to the outside on Age 233.

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

dumb little Apollo Justice idea I've had in the back of my head for forever, based off of that one scene at the end of School of Rock 😌🙏 #apollojustice #klapollo

Klavier Gavin and Apollo Justice talking after a Gavinners show-Apollo is out of his element, diligently holding on to Phoenix's coat, and Klavier is wearing the lowest-cut leather pants known to man and a matching... shrug? Bolero?
Set of sleeves. Thing. Klavier is eyeing Apollo, Apollo is oblivious.
Based off of the scene at the end of the film School of Rock.
Klavier: Hey, you in a band?
Apollo: No. No, l'm a defense attorney.
At a law firm.
K: Yeah? Wow, that's cool. That's cool.
A: Yes, yes it is. It's very ... It's very cool.

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Tristan Elwell @tristanelwell.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

I don't want to shoot videos I don't want to post tutorials I don't want to show my process I don't want to pour varnish I don't want to turn my canvas I don't want to record my screen I don't want to cultivate parasocial relationships I just want to make pictures and shitpost

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Made a fake Decker vs. Dracula VHS cover to bring to the @oncinema.bsky.social show this week! Started as a goofy little screenshot paintover and then I got VERY carried away:

Decker vs. Dracula VHS cover, featuring an illustration of Gregg carrying a crucifix and a candelabra in a castle. Dracula’s portrait looms in the background.

1OTH ANNIVERSARY VFA COLLECTION
GREGG TURKINGTON PRESENTS:
Decker vs. Dracula
He could crack any code... time to crack open the casket.
STARRING: GREGG TURKINGTON
JAMES DEAN JOE ESTEVEZ TIM HEIDECKER MARC PROKSCH

VHS clamshell, back cover, featuring screenshots from the movie

Decker vs. Dracula
Despite its controversial production, DECKER VS. DRACULA remains a universally acclaimed classic ten years later. This 10th Anniversary Edition has been newly restored by the experts at the Victorville Film Archive, and is brought to your home theatre using state-of-the-art, industry standard VHS technology.

Featuring an All-Star cast, including James Dean (East of Eden, 3rd Annual On Cinema Oscar Special), Gregg Turkington (Deck of Cards, Ant-Men 1 & 2), Joe Estevez
(Werewolf), Tim Heidecker (The Fantastic Four, Decker: Classified, Decker: Port of Call Hawail, Decker: Unclassified, Decker: Unsealed, Decker: Mindwipe), and Marc Proksch (celebrity impressionist), DECKER VS. DRACULA is a timeless masterpiece where horror meets action in a blood-curdling VFX showcase.

Follow along as Special Agent Jonathan
Kington thwarts Dracula's plan to destroy the world, alongside his colleagues Special Agent Jack Decker & President Jason Davidson.

2015, 52 minutes, Hi-Fi Stereo, Unrated

SPECIAL FEATURES:
• Theatrical Trailer
• The "Lost Episodes"
• Never before seen Behind-The-Scenes footage
• Director's commentary from VFA Movie
Buff Gregg Turkington

[credits block and FBI warning]

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Matt Johnson Plays Himself: a piece dedicated to Matt Johnson, director, and his troika of fictional Matt Johnsons from The Dirties (2013), Operation Avalanche (2016), and Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie. #ntbts

Matt Johnson Plays Himself: a poster design featuring Matt Johnson, director, in the foreground, as he looks on at his three fictional movie roles: Matt Johnson in The Dirties, Matt Johnson in Operation Avalanche, and Matt Johnson in Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie. Each one is backed by their respective movie credit. The cord from NTBTSTM winds through the entire composition, tying them all together.

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

absolutely VIBRATING with excitement to pick this up, just a bunch of my favourite working artists all in one place:

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Day 3 doodles at Wondercon! I used to draw towering piles of food on the backs of my composition books in 5th grade so this feels like a pretty natural evolution

chipboard covered in dense sketches of centaurs and food

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Kel’s funding the print edition of the next book in their City Between series! 👀

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

stream of consciousness sketching to stay sane while the table across from us at Wondercon plays one single Marvel Rivals song on repeat for seven hours straight learned the lyrics against my will five hours in

stream of consciousness sketching at Wondercon to stay sane featuring a lot of sexy ladies and weird Egyptian stuff someone save me

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

sometimes the spirit compels you to make a beat-for-beat remake of the theatrical My Dinner With Andre poster and you just gotta run with it #ntbts

a poster for Nirvanna the Band the Show in the style of the My Dinner With Andre theatrical release poster.

" BEFORE MONEY AND FAME,
FRIENDSHIP IS THE GREATEST TREASURE."
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CHAPTER 7
THE BUFFET
Jay reads Matt a letter...

directed by MATT JOHNSON
edited by ROBERT HYLAND & CURT LOBB
created by, and starring JAY McCARROL and MATT JOHNSON
cinematography by ANDREW APPELLE & JARED RAAB

NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW
A Zapruder Films Release c 2017
Available from Viceland

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

finally learning to draw the Nirvanna the Band boys after fifteen-odd years of staring at their faces #ntbts

likeness studies of Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol from Nirvanna the Band (the Show (the Movie))

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Joe Quinones @joequinones.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Here's a look at the original inks! Pen and ink, brush and dry brush with some screen tones laid in.

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

our internet has been out at the house since Wednesday morning and so submitting freelance files has been: a harrowing experience

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Con Rangers is up at ECCC this weekend! I’m not up there since I’ve got GDC next week, but @azimedes.bsky.social and @aidanrae.bsky.social holdin’ down the ranger station:

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Harrison G. Pink @gilespink.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Looking forward to giving hundreds of my fellow game devs anxiety at GDC. Find me around if you want one for yourself!

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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

made some very important badge ribbons for GDC next week

off-white badge ribbons with black lettering that say “HEY let’s talk about MYST”

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