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Vidar Rapp @vidarrapp.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I’ve been missing the game art forums of old, so I made a Discord to fill that niche. Students and more senior artists post work in progress and get an honest read on it. Feedback, references, resources, and the occasional opinions. Free and open to anyone. discord.gg/8gjGzc8rE9

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Join the Character Talk Discord Server!

Character art feedback, craft talk, and resources. For students, juniors or just anyone trying to get better at this. | 54 members

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

It is vital you buy your small child (or the small child you know) that cheap, shitty watercolor set and that cheap, shitty colored pencil set and that cheap, shitty sketchbook Don't even wait for a reason, just bring it home one night That stuff is transformative in ways you've totally forgotten

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Vidar Rapp @vidarrapp.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Been working on a web based 3D-viewer, with support for playing back sculpt timelapses. Using the awesome three.js library it gets HDR's, DoF, GTAO and soft shadows. Will be releasing this soon on github or you can use the tool hosted on my server to render out mp4/gifs or a self-contained html.

3D-model viewer, showcasing a bust with HDR-environment, GTAO, Soft shadows and Depth of Field.

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Vidar Rapp @vidarrapp.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I've started a small Discord for character art feedback, craft talk, and sharing resources. Mostly aimed at students and junior artists trying to level up. 20+ years in AAA games and happy to give honest, studio-level notes on your work. Low key and no pressure vibes. Want in? DM me.

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Vidar Rapp @vidarrapp.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Keep adding to my artbook and reference library. Will need a bigger bookcase soon.

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Vidar Rapp @vidarrapp.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Just hit 1000 followers on Instagram and very nearly at 100 on YouTube. Hope to get better reach as I produce more content, just need to find the time😀

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Vidar Rapp @vidarrapp.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Twenty years in and sculpting in front of an audience still gets the adrenaline going. Did it today anyway at The Game Assembly Stockholm, talking character art and craft with the first-year students. Live ZBrush demo, sharp Q&A, hopeful about the next wave. Thanks for having me!

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Tina Nawrocki @tinanawrockiart.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

4 DAYS LEFT! We're at 70%! SO CLOSE! Please help us get to that finish line! Share and donate to @syrenkafilm.bsky.social! #2danimation #mermay www.kickstarter.com/projects/tin...

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Vidar Rapp @vidarrapp.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Love PICO-8 projects, going to have to try this one out. liquidream.itch.io/undune2

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UnDUNE II by Paul Nicholas (Liquidream)

A demake of

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

The skill of knowing when something is 'good enough' and moving on to another area is a *vital* skill/sense to develop.

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Vidar Rapp @vidarrapp.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

ryelang.org/blog/posts/c... Found this interesting. The thesis that AI companies needed human openness to build their models, but will also kill the openness because the relationship is one-sided, is quite apt and really a bit scary.

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The Cognitive Dark Forest

The open web with AIs is turning into a dark forest.

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Del @del.art · 26/03/2026

DEATH OF THE MIDDLE.

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Vidar Rapp @vidarrapp.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Keep adding study material to my reference library. Another classic

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Vidar Rapp @vidarrapp.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Spent the weekend learning Resolve and figuring out editing video, that part was pretty fun! I haven't cut video since back in school, many decades ago.. however the tools now are really great and so accessible!

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Vidar Rapp @vidarrapp.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Holy shit, this is nerve wracking. I just uploaded my first ever youtube blog/video: youtu.be/_oZEYTJJRJg

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My 20-Year Career in Character Art - Introduction

YouTube video by Vidar Rapp - Character Art Expert

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Vidar Rapp @vidarrapp.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

I'm convinced that a large amount of our current issues stem from a general lack of taste and imagination. There are so many awesome projects and ideas out there that could be funded instead of this soulless corpo bs.

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Vidar Rapp @vidarrapp.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

This is the current state of my art/retro games cave. Having the games I've worked on hung on the wall helps me focus on what matters. 🙂

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Vidar Rapp @vidarrapp.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Been wanting to get my hands on this one for quite some time.

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Vidar Rapp @vidarrapp.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Look what just arrived in the mail

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Vidar Rapp @vidarrapp.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Really good video essay on the production of the Big Chap from Alien. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGWw...

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The Impossible Build: How They Made the Alien Suit

YouTube video by CinemaTyler

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Vidar Rapp @vidarrapp.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

One of the more interesting talks I've watched in quite some time from Scott Jenson. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fZT...

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Are we stuck with the same Desktop UX forever? | Ubuntu Summit 25.10

YouTube video by Canonical Ubuntu

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Vidar Rapp @vidarrapp.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Post your favorite “Lord of the Rings” character. Wrong answers only.

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Rebecca Heineman @burgerbecky.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

The last toast by the legend herself: I leave it up to you to go to lindken.com and look up Jennell Jacques, now look at her job description, goddess of technology… and fuck cancer, fuck it in the ass - Becky

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Vidar Rapp @vidarrapp.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Mojuuls series of retrospectives on Ultima games are a real gem: youtu.be/KegyZSGhVMg?...

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Ultima Underworld Retrospective | Forging a New Era

YouTube video by Majuular

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Vidar Rapp @vidarrapp.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

This finally arrived in the mail yesterday! Such great designs by Emerson, would love to play an RTS in this world.

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Vidar Rapp @vidarrapp.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

3D-printed some mounts for attaching proper speaker terminals on my Sonab OA-12 speakers. No more DIN connectors 😊

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Vidar Rapp @vidarrapp.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Home workshop got an upgrade today, classic Ender 3 printer.

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Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

This workshop will initiate with people from Mexico, Latin America and Europe to strengthen the ties of stop motion and collaboration and, in exchange, education will be provided for free for one Mexican / Latinamerican student for the first ten years also.

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Adam. Pottery Beard. @thatbeardoadam.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Just found the manual on how to make a JRPG.

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

feels like yet again time to mention that the *videogames* industry (that's a creative industry, which people do creative degrees in) brings in more than twice the amount to the British economy as the fishing and steel industries *combined*

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Vidar Rapp @vidarrapp.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Character Artist at Experiment 101! Excited to be working with my new team as well as my old boss and mentor Stefan Ljungqvist!

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Vidar Rapp @vidarrapp.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Finally pulled the trigger on Ghost of Yotei, looking forward to playing it as I really enjoyed Tsushima and it looks like an incremental upgrade in every sense.

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Nick Calandra @nickjcal.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

We're really living in one of those parody movies from the early 2000s at this point.

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Vidar Rapp @vidarrapp.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

These mini consoles are just too cute not to buy..

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Vidar Rapp @vidarrapp.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Look what arrived in the mail this morning ♥️

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Vidar Rapp @vidarrapp.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

youtu.be/bJYawnlOvgE Check this out, really excited about this one man production from my old colleague Mattias.

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Solbrand — Announce Trailer

YouTube video by Dead People Dreaming

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Madeleine Fjäll @madeleinefjall.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

✨🎉IT'S MY BIRTHDAY TODAY!!! 🎉✨ And I've heard that's the day to ask for reposts of my art 👀❤️ I appreciate every one of you who follow me, comment, like and share what I do.❤️

La belle dame sans merci by Frank Bernard Dicksee version of Hans and Henry from Kingdom Come Deliverance

Illustration showing the characters from my book Niketas and Ulvar, but mermaid AU where Niketas is a merman. They are both underwater and Ulvar is dying.

A pale changeling sitting in water in the deep dark green forest

An easter witch flying on a broom towards Blåkulla, a cat is standing on it as well. Both have glowing yellow eyes, staring into the camera. Birds are flying around them.

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Vidar Rapp @vidarrapp.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Gossip girl themed party for my friend who's turning 40, with my better half 😊

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Vidar Rapp @vidarrapp.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Now this feels way better than it looks!

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