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@neilsmithart.bsky.social

Supervising Artist at NSC Creative; the immersive story telling team at the National Space Centre. Views are my own. πŸ’« Find out more at http://linktr.ee/neilsmithart.

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Reboot

30.04.2025 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 125    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

Belatedly sharing this interview with Sachi Schmidt-Hori, the Ivy League professor who teaches about the kind of backlash she then faced working on Assassin's Creed Shadows, and who reasoned with trolls with some surprising results

11.05.2025 10:24 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Robert De Niro is expressing his love and support for his daughter Airyn De Niro, after she recently shared publicly for the first time that she is transgender. cnn.it/3EY1msu

01.05.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 30196    πŸ” 5344    πŸ’¬ 717    πŸ“Œ 976
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Following on from our voice actor spotlight, we also need to give some love to the mo-cap performers 🎬!

Rina Hicks & Nettie Burke - Tamaira Hesson
Charles Weaver & Dougan - Jami Reid-Quarrel
Angela Abbot - Sorcha Brooks

Thank you for an amazing job physically bringing our characters to life πŸ‘!

01.05.2025 10:43 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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After 4 years of development it’s been quite surreal to finally introduce Edith and her supernatural story to the world and we’re delighted to see so many positive reviews and player ratings, so a BIG thanks to everyone who’s rated the game🀩

Buy Ghost Town on Meta Quest bit.ly/GhostTown_Me...

29.04.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
screenshot of a closeup on high heels from the game Infinity Nikki and on top is a text "the high heel problem".

screenshot of a closeup on high heels from the game Infinity Nikki and on top is a text "the high heel problem".

My new article is about how different types of shoes can affect game development and how games deal with this in practice: simonschreibt.de/gat/the-high...
#gamedev #techart #animation #highheels

17.03.2025 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Cis people: you need to understand that your politician's stance on trans rights is the easiest way to tell whether they will defend YOUR rights.

If your politician won't defend trans rights, they don't actually have any principles. When your rights are under threat, they won't defend them either.

07.03.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1707    πŸ” 667    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 16

We’re looking forward to showing more GHOST TOWN very soon, stay tuned πŸ‘»!

04.03.2025 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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I just released the Museum of All Things version 1.0!!! You can find it at mayeclair.itch.io/museum-of-al...

25.02.2025 00:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3360    πŸ” 1308    πŸ’¬ 128    πŸ“Œ 162
Random digital painting of a girl walking her two big and dark dogs on a rocky and sandy beach. She is watching at the sea where a castle appears behind a foggy horizon.

Random digital painting of a girl walking her two big and dark dogs on a rocky and sandy beach. She is watching at the sea where a castle appears behind a foggy horizon.

Random soft colors, kinda impressionist, digital painting. In the foreground, in a high grass field, a mother plays with her child's ruban. In the background the sun is setting giving the sky its classic pink/orange colors.

Random soft colors, kinda impressionist, digital painting. In the foreground, in a high grass field, a mother plays with her child's ruban. In the background the sun is setting giving the sky its classic pink/orange colors.

Digital painting of a castle up a rocky hill. In the foreground, a shepherdess is watching after her tiny flock.

Digital painting of a castle up a rocky hill. In the foreground, a shepherdess is watching after her tiny flock.

Rough digital painting of some snowy hills. A person is standing in the foreground alongside their undefined animal companion. A small cabin is emerging from a pinewood.

Rough digital painting of some snowy hills. A person is standing in the foreground alongside their undefined animal companion. A small cabin is emerging from a pinewood.

It's my birthday \(' . ')/
May I ask for a few RPs?

06.02.2025 09:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1391    πŸ” 579    πŸ’¬ 64    πŸ“Œ 7
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New VFX/Tech Art Newsletter is out!
πŸ“ƒRead online: simonschreibt.de?na=view&id=19
βœ‹Subscribe: simonschreibt.de/newsletter/

#techart #vfx #realtimevfx

10.02.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fun fact: if you're buying from a creator on etsy, you can reduce their etsy selling fees from 6.5% to 2.5% by ordering via 'shopname.etsy.com' instead of 'etsy.com/shopname' or searching from the main site. It costs you the same but the creator makes more

22.01.2025 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 21919    πŸ” 11364    πŸ’¬ 254    πŸ“Œ 278

Gonna keep reupping this post until people stop replying saying they didn’t even know the sequel existed πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’«

02.02.2025 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 363    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 2
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what im doing w WLFD plotwise really changes the meaning to this lyric

05.02.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Save The Prince Charles Cinema The iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat! We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital...

#SaveThePCC

Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.

For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;

you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...

28.01.2025 10:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2170    πŸ” 2111    πŸ’¬ 81    πŸ“Œ 545
Sniper Elite: Resistance | Official Gameplay Overview Trailer
YouTube video by Rebellion Sniper Elite: Resistance | Official Gameplay Overview Trailer

The game I've been working on at Rebellion is out in 3 days, and we have a new trailer for lots of its features. Check it out below. www.youtube.com/watch?v=34d5...
#gaming #gamedev

27.01.2025 10:22 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Graphic reading: β€œAttention illustrators! We need your help filling and sharing out most crucial AI survey yet”

Graphic reading: β€œAttention illustrators! We need your help filling and sharing out most crucial AI survey yet”

Graphic reading: β€œThe UK government wants to let AI companies use your creative works to train their models.

No license, no fee. Only a vague promise that you can opt-out. With no indication of how this option would work.

Think this sounds fair? Neither do we.”

Graphic reading: β€œThe UK government wants to let AI companies use your creative works to train their models. No license, no fee. Only a vague promise that you can opt-out. With no indication of how this option would work. Think this sounds fair? Neither do we.”

Graphic that reads: β€œWe are currently responding to the government’s current AI consultation, where data is king.

We need to provide solid numbers in order to present a compelling argument to achieve change.

Real data = better policy. 

This is where you come in.”

Graphic that reads: β€œWe are currently responding to the government’s current AI consultation, where data is king. We need to provide solid numbers in order to present a compelling argument to achieve change. Real data = better policy. This is where you come in.”

Graphic that reads: β€œYour voice counts.

Take 5-10 minutes ti complete our AI consultation survey today (link in bio)

Share this post with your peers to help spread the word!

The survey is for all illustrators”

Graphic that reads: β€œYour voice counts. Take 5-10 minutes ti complete our AI consultation survey today (link in bio) Share this post with your peers to help spread the word! The survey is for all illustrators”

UK based illustrators, please fill out this survey from AOI by January 31st. The UK government is proposing a new AI policy that would let AI companies freely use copyright protected work without permission β€” unless you explicitly opt-out.

www.surveymonkey.com/r/ai_consult...

18.01.2025 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 315    πŸ” 308    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 4
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#portfolioday
Fred Gambino, concept artist, illustrator. Been doing it for decades. First novel published this year, Dark Shepherd - Amazon and NewCon press. Book 2 in the works, so not many new images at the moment, but coming soon.
Art book - Amazon and Titan books.

15.01.2025 09:30 β€” πŸ‘ 82    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I know I don't have much reach here, but I need to try.
I'm urgently looking for a job as an Environment Artist, Prop Artist, or 3D Generalist.

I'm open to roles in the UK or the Netherlands. My visa in the UK is about to expire, so I may need to move back to the Netherlands soon.

08.01.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 135    πŸ” 68    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

Here's a Mute/blocklist of all those recent clonePuppet bots. wow, almost 70k of them.

bsky.app/profile/did:...

07.01.2025 03:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1296    πŸ” 806    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 64

The AI movies are embedded in the article for you to watch and they are all without exception terrible, by any measure.

As inhuman as they are, I cannot stop thinking about the people so devoid of humanity that they think they've made something watchable.

11.12.2024 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We love #b3d ❀️

05.12.2024 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Affinity Photo is the software I have used to create just about every single piece of art I've made since 2018. It would suck real fucking bad for them to integrate AI and force me to find something new to use. Hoping and praying they actually listen to their consumers and keep the software AI-free.

10.12.2024 08:37 β€” πŸ‘ 136    πŸ” 57    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Canva Designer Advisory Board Feedback Help the designer advisory board address your concerns and make your design software dreams come true by answering this brief survey!

Hey artists/designers! Are you using Affinity as an alternative to Adobe? Worried that Affinity might add GenAI garbage to the apps? TAKE THIS SURVEY. Tell them NO AI TRASH IN THESE APPS. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

09.12.2024 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 375    πŸ” 344    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 25

Well... PSA to all the fantasy artists out there, don't work for ImagineFX anymore. They've signed a deal to let OpenAI train on their content.

05.12.2024 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1621    πŸ” 1301    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 20
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Repost from the place-which-shall-not-be-named

Here’s how to use hold keyframes with 3D animation to make it look more like 2D animation!

Our process is a little different now, but more or less the same. :)

#indiegames #gamedev #indiedev #videogames #2d #3d #animation #jrpg #gravastar

03.12.2024 04:45 β€” πŸ‘ 248    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 3
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Procedural Spider Bot (From 2023) #b3d #geometrynodes

01.12.2024 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 96    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nicolas Cage Urges Young Actors To Protect Themselves From AI: β€œThis Technology Wants To Take Your Instrument” Nicolas Cage spoke at the 25th Newport Beach Film Festival on Sunday to caution young actors about artificial intelligence usage in Hollywood.

"Film performance, to me, is very much a handmade, organic, from-scratch process. It’s from the heart, it’s from the imagination, it’s from thoughts and detail and thinking and honing and preparing.” deadline.com/2024/10/nico...

20.10.2024 23:13 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 7

Get your Eurogamer and Digital Foundry Starter Pack right here: go.bsky.app/2AAsw6F

14.11.2024 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 197    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

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