iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 12/08/2026

Creating landscapes in @quadspinner.bsky.social is soothing... prepping everything for rendering @blender.org as a base for illustration.

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 02/04/2026

Building modular tangled pipes is actually fun with geometry nodes in Blender... #blender #gamedev #3dDesign #geometryNodes

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 26/02/2026

Testing a new polygon2D based spawner in Godot. Destruction again? #MetalVector #godotengine #indiedev

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 23/02/2026

I am destroying my screen. Willingly. And for good purpose. #MetalVector #indedev #godotengine

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 05/12/2025

Fire VFX in @unity.com Stacked 8 fire sim flipbooks from EmberGen to an atlas with Substance Designer. Shuriken with random row flipbook animation. Resolution is still a bit low but the map is 4096x1024. Still need to balance the quality. #vfx #gamedev #indiedev

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 02/12/2025

Really happy to share that I have been invited by SAE Institute Germany to give a masterclass in February. Sharing a bit of my personal journey, my methods and inspirations. Also talking about the current state of our industry. bit.ly/4it9Ozi #masterclass #art #digitalart #gamedev #indiedev

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 29/11/2025

The best season of the year is right around the corner! If you are looking for game or pixelart themed holiday cards... look no further! You can get all the prints I made over the years on Redbubble bit.ly/4rqtBDN #christmas #printables #greetingcard #pixelart #retrogaming #gaming #holidayseason

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Skyward Assembly @skywardassembly.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Sometimes we tend to forget what makes gemedevelopment a real passion. But when the things we painfully craft start to click together... oh that feeling! Also we can go ahead with full confidence and say: switch to @godotengine.org complete. #gamedev #indiedev #madewithgodot

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 11/10/2025

Thanks! Maybe for a complete game a color more wouldn't hurt ^^ Although back then in retro gaming days there were really good monochrome games. That's still some kind of aspiration for me

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 11/10/2025

Right? Cute pixel skeletons are t3h best ^^

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 11/10/2025

Since it's ~Spooky Season~ I might as well share some of my spooky artwork! Doing art with a low palette color count is always a challenge, but it's kinda soothing as well. Also >>> pink rules #spooky #halloween #horror #darkart #pixelart #skeleton

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 10/10/2025

Just rediscovered this 1Bit top-down Zelda like RPG mockup I did a while ago. It's called "Morguetown" and thought to be a weird mashup of a post death western where you play a skeleton undertaker that has to save the city from... idk yet.. #1bit #pixelart #mockup #gamedev #indiedev

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 09/10/2025

"A solemn gate adorned with signs of foreign tone and light. Drawn to it, slowly made my way, felt glass and iron cut my skin, my spilling blood a sacrifice to all the horrors kept within." Full art and process vid > www.artstation.com/artwork/qJmnXn #illustration #environmentart #horror #occult

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 04/09/2025

I sometimes loose track of what it was that brought me into #gamedev. For me it was building games from scratch, with #pen #paper and #imagination. Brought some stuff to family vacation. Designing a dungeon deck with my kids. :D #gamedesign #gameart #analog

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 02/06/2025

I am a big fan of horror movies and especially the pulp horror movies of yore. The movie posters of those hold a special place in my heart. This is a faux movie poster as a little fun hommage to the genre! >>> Artstation bit.ly/4kJ5XxU #horror #pulp #popculture #fiction #movieposter #design

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 01/05/2025

Doing my best, thank you :D

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 01/05/2025

Death Crusader ---+ A relentless carcass bound to armor by heretic ecclesiarchy. A creature like this usually heralds worse thinkgs that follow in the wake. #pixelart #fantasy #creature #creaturedesign

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 28/04/2025

Awesome! Definitely should feel like this ^^ I'm still doing demoscene stuff nowadays. Mostly C64 stuff though. But not as much as I'd like to.

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 28/04/2025

Trying to push PixelComposer 3D features as far as I can. Worked on 3D style lowres pixelart radar displays for -/%$$$%.df. Not sure why my PC responded so strangely today. Something felt off ... #pixelart #3D #procgen #indiedev #gamedev

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 10/04/2025

Kinda true ^^ Although I will save you time once you get the hang of it. The time investment is super frontloaded. Just "dabbling" in it will only cost you. But if you stick with it you'll get to a point where you have your tools ready and things go really quick.

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 10/04/2025

Inner Oculus is finished. There is a second layer for the outer bulge. It was quite the challenge to create a fully procedural eye texture Textures done in Substance3D Designer, Modeling in Blender. #procgen #gamedev #3DDesign #Blender #Substance #SubstanceDesigner #gamedev #indiedev

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 02/04/2025

Scatter Splines on Splines is opening up a ton of possibilities in Substance Designer I have long been waiting for. Designing proper ocular blood vessel patterns for example XD Also debuging these is strangely calming. #substance #substanceDesigner #procgen #texturing #3D #gamedev

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 02/04/2025

Important additions (for my purposes at least) Offset UV, Tiling UV and H/V tiling switch compatibility.

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 02/04/2025

Just made a more useful Cartesian to Polar node for Substance Designer. I kinda got frustrated by the built in mode and I really wanted to make circular pattens better without using scatter circular (as it has it's own problems). #substance #substancedesigner #procgen #tools

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 18/03/2025

I love pixelart explosions. Always did. Really glad that I can do a bunch of them now for m ewr32tg2rt ------,,,,,,,n..'*ÖÄ [branch03]|added feature 0901394189217377731982415 #pixelart #indiedev #gamedev #metalVector

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 21/01/2025

Eldritch cat... like one from Innsmouth XD

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 21/01/2025

I'm a big Minecraft fan myself... so I decided to make a creeper themed vintage style poster for my kids ^^ #minecraft #creeper #poster #vintage

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 21/01/2025

What is this creature!?! *frozen in horror*

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 18/01/2025

Starting the year off with a three part series about my thought on AI (LLMs) and the entertainment industry. It's a critical take on the matter but hopefully worth the read! Let me know your thoughts. visionvortex.de?blog%2F20250...

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 15/01/2025

Hey! I'm Richard Schmidbauer, Freelance Artist and Art Director from Germany. I do lot's of stuff including illustration, pixelart, 3D and tech-art. Let me know if I can help ^^ #pixelart #illustration #gameart #art-direction #3D #gamedev #indiedev

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 08/01/2025

Missing so many birthdays cause I'm abstaining from socials as much as possible. So this year for my birthday, to everyone whose birthday I missed Happy Birthday! To celebrate I made an artwork for us all. With all skull and occultstuff y'all like ^^' #pixelart #occult #birthday #skull #neon

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 24/12/2024

Happy Holidays and a happy new year to you all! here's a favourite pixelart piece of mine. I love christmas and I wish everyone the best! #pixelart #christmas #occult #illustration #darkart #xmas

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 03/12/2024

This was actually the first one I did. looks kinda cute with the big head XD

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 03/12/2024

You can't slide through the week without some pixelart, can you. I know I can't myself! Here's some of my creature ideas with some minimalist UI on top. #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev #1bit #gameart #conceptart #retro #gaming

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 02/12/2024

Store plug before Christmas. If you want to enjoy Christmas in stylish Cyberpunk/Techwear style, look no further. I've got a new shirt up on my stores AND it's proper christmas themed. linktr.ee/visionvortex0 #christmas #apparel #christmassweater #techwear #cyberpunk #fashion

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 01/12/2024

“Folks were calling her witch. Couldn’t be further. She’s been bound to the aspect of lower void long ago. No magic involved, just will.“ #pixelart #1bit #characterart #characterdesign #pixel-art #blackandwhite #monochrome #digitalart #visionvortex #TheHaze #monochrome #retrostyle

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 30/11/2024

@gameengines.bsky.social I would like Unity, Godot, Construct please!

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 29/11/2024

It's part of what I do professionally. And since art is also my passion I am extending that even outside of my business responsibilities ^^

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 29/11/2024

I'm doing a new one every year ^^

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 28/11/2024

If you are looking for some alternative greeting cards for christmas... some with a lot of pixelart actually... I just updated my store on redbubble and will probably add another card these days :D www.redbubble.com/people/visio... #pixelart #christmas #xmas #greetingcards #gamedev #indiedev

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 22/11/2024

Here's the link. It's a PPRPG book published by Chaosium in 1986. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu...

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Cthulhu by Gaslight - Wikipedia

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 22/11/2024

Gorgeous portraits! Instantly reminds me at 1890s "Cthulhu at Gaslight". Well done. I tip my hat ^^

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 22/11/2024

At some point I need to make this an actual game ^^ But first things first... got some work to do on our current projects. But I still love the style and the ideas the mockup is giving me. #pixelart #gamedev #mockup #gamemockup #adventure #action

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 20/11/2024

This is so important. I have explained it multiple times to clients over the years ^^

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 19/11/2024

I know that I'm postiing a lot of pixelart but that's really just a small part of what I do. So, If you are an enjoyer of undead rampage like myself, have fun ^^' #undead #illustration #fantasy #combat #gore #stylized #redart

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visionvortex @visionvortex.de · 18/11/2024

Gorgeous. Really love the shading and the depth on this one!

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