iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 16h

Can't believe it's been 8 years. Sadly the company, Pixelated People, closed up shop only a couple months ago.

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 16h

Art I made for a marketing group 8 years ago called Pixelated People. Also made an animation (below)

Santa getting his reindeer ready for the trip

Santa petting rudolph "it's ok mate, that red nose is a special one"

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 26/09/2026

Got voxel expressions working flawlessly now. Just don't tell Cuscuz about the mould issue otherwise she'll remain traumatised

A view of Cuscuz when interrogating. Pixel says "Well, that explains why it smells like mould!"

Cuscuz with a shocked reaction "WHAT?!?!?"

Cuscuz remaining in her shocked reaction after you finish speaking with her

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 24/09/2026

honestly? this one. It was a quick art test so it's pretty slapdash and not at all what i wanted to fully do, but it really did numbers. I can *see* why, but i just think it's half-baked for what i can do and what i wanted to do

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 23/09/2026

yup news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...

Activision will expand its remit to World’s Edge, as well as Rare. Activision will also be developing the next Halo title, led by a new, purpose-built team that is separate from ongoing development and plans for Call of Duty. A small team at Halo Studios will continue supporting the Halo community and games in-market.

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 19/09/2026

Doing audiobooks now, do you like my setup? 😆

The inside of a “sound booth” made of cardboard boxes, duvet lining and some clothes pins

View from outside the “booth”
A duvet cover over the while arrangement, looks like a messy bachelor pad.

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 17/09/2026

🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 You're a cutie 😘

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 11/09/2026

Enjoy what you see? Head on over to my site for more @ voxels.ca

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 11/09/2026

Small illustrations to tell a story on your website?

Cubzh marketing art for their website. Character exchange items for currency.

Cubzh marketing art for their website. Character cultivating fruits from their orchard.

Cubzh marketing art for their website. Characters interacting with laptops while sunbathing on the beach

Cubzh marketing art for their website. A mechanics tool chest and a painters brush and palette. Illustrating the tools provided for creative expression.

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 11/09/2026

One-off dioramas if you want to make a marketing splash or something personal.

A small kei car drifting down a sharp hairpin

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 11/09/2026

Got a quirky space/sci-fi idea? We can get weird with it.

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 11/09/2026

I very much enjoy rigging and animating, from humanoid and animal, to less conventional designs. Working in Unity and Godot to get extra features like associated VFX through frame animation is a plus that I'd love to do more.

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 11/09/2026

I'm available for work! - Characters - Rigging and Animations - Environments Art I've worked on Teardown, Vampire Crawlers, Moonglow Bay and many more! Feel free to DM me or email zachary.soares@zsinked.com

Teardown Marketing screenshot showcasing the second level of the Relics of Barkuna DLC.

Vampire Crawlers screenshot from within the library. Environment art can be seen with the array of bookshelves and props

Moonglow Bay selfies screenshot from the main character. Soft and light art style

A screenshot from On The Nose, interrogating our first suspect Mr. Deerest.

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 10/09/2026

sorting out mesh key'ing in godot was a surprising pain vs my old unity process, but i finally shortened the pipeline enough that it doesn't feel like a chore

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 02/09/2026

had to spend 5 minutes animating the crotch cloth because seeing it static in the above post was driving me nuts

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 31/08/2026

The 2 moods of gamedev joy and pain

Cuscuz the dog, voxel head models. On the left is her face of joy, on the right is her face of pain

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 31/08/2026

hire me to make you cool characters and animations

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 27/08/2026

How we all feel about AI

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 27/08/2026

A man who's world is just falling apart

deerhound character absolutely devastated

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 26/08/2026

"huh, nevermind, i got it"

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 25/08/2026

Making expressions and i do love a big grin

Kiki the cat with a default expression, crying and a BIG grin

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 17/08/2026

Anyways, I'll talk about our game more. We completed the core of the demo and now we're polishing up with an intro and outro Cutscene to properly sell the tone. Lu made this lovely storyboard.

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 17/08/2026

Auto-LOD is so fun to play with after you've completed a model hahahahaha

LOD 0 of a bouquet of flowers and a set of tombstones

LOD 1 of the same bouquet of flowers and a set of tombstones. Everything getting lower res and colors beginning to blur

LOD 2 of the bouquet of flowers and a set of tombstones. EVERYTHING IS SO CHUNKY

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 14/08/2026

Thank god it was the middle that came off. Still usable while away from my tools 😅

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 08/08/2026

Went skating with my dogs today. They each had a stint with me. Here’s Cuscuz

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 02/08/2026

Updating my hobby space

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 29/07/2026

I've got room for Commissions! - A bust = £30 - Full body (posed) = £50 Dm (open) or email me @ zachary.soares@zsinked.com

Bunnyhug Bunny wearing bright yellow rollerblades with red wheels.

A kid fishing using a sci-fi fishing rod, pulling a fish out of water. Dynamic pose with curved elements

Model of Pixel the dog, a britanny wearing a leaf crown, smiling.

My model of KenneyNL. Little alien character wearing a space helmet floating in space next to stars. Moon seen at the distance.
Rendered by KenneyNL

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 20/07/2026

you did it! congrats! :D Mystery Solved!

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 20/07/2026

He's struggling! help him!

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 19/07/2026

Also this only happened because they were curious about my hair (and thought it was cool). Extra glad i’m happy to be vibrant

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 16/07/2026

the equivalent of Cuno in our game 😂

Lewis, a ferret wearing a classic english puffer and sweat combo. Posed in a sneaking stance to test the rig setup

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 14/07/2026

The only special thing i got in paris were these rollerblade wheels. Got to visit Nomadskates, a proper inline skate shop 😍 i gotta plan to bring my skates next time

Glittery and luminous 125mm rollerblade wheels

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 09/07/2026

peak design is making sure your companion dog is also communicates direction

a top view of a dog model. All together his features make him look like an arrow pointing in the direction he faces

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 05/07/2026

British GP was all kinds of stressful to watch 🥵 good thing I could make art to relieve that stress

Ferrari SF-26 driving through the bends at Silverstone

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 21/06/2026

not done yet, but adding 1 extra set of voxels for detail is such a huge jump in work, for that tiiiiiiny extra bit. this isn't even double the dimension but it feels like it

front end of the SF-26 in a low-res voxel style

same front of the SF-26 but at a slightly higher resolution of voxels. Just 1 extra voxel of added depth

work in progress comparison. The smaller F1 car is complete, still working on the larger one, but the difference is quite staggering considering we're only working with 1 extra set of voxels to the form. This isn't a "doubling" in scale at all, but feels like it

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 17/06/2026

Says a lot when the word Trillionaires isn't even considered valid

the word trillionaires gets a red underline because it's not deemed a valid word (tries to get autocorrected to millionaire or billionaire)

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 12/06/2026

Had to swing by london for a moment today, and for the first time after all the years i actually got to enjoy my Bafta perks 😂 Was good catching up with @supernorn.bsky.social

Me standing by the BAFTA entrance at piccadily square

Me and Adam Riches smiling in the sun, blinded by the light, having a goodbye selfie

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 10/06/2026

Teardown: Relics of Barkuna is out! I spent all of last year working on it and now you can jump in and destroy all my art :D Have a look at one of the levels the designers built using my models 💖 store.steampowered.com/app/2657090/...

Teardown: Relics of Barkuna screenshot. The second level in the game, viewed from a distance in 3rd person. A lava ridden village, established to mold metal using the core of a volcano.

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 10/06/2026

The teardown DLC i made the art for comes out today 🥰

Teardown Relics of Barkuna launch art. A screenshot from the game with the character placed in front with a cheering pose. Game releases June 10th

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