Anthony O'Donnell

@mooneysart.bsky.social is cooking up something cool and most importantly a passion project. We need to see more of them in this world.

This article highlights a lot of the reasons that cause games to have a prolonged development cycle and inevitably go over budget and thus miss profit targets creating an unsustainable industry.

Developers need to read this, self reflect on it and see what you can do better.

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If you, like me, are a fiend for deductive narrative games (Obra Dinn, Golden Idol, etc) then you must check out the tremendous The Seance of Blake Manor (out today), which has become one of my favorite games of 2025. Only caveat is that I ran into a few nasty bugs www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATH_...

Some ongoing WIP texturing.

Trying a different visual style with this one.

#GameArt #gamedev

I've written an article which discusses the responsibility of art teams towards performance in game development. Have a read !

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My reading backlog has increased …. A lot ☠️

It’s always great to talk to Alex. The conversations are thought provoking and not the usual comics podcast. Alex asks questions that have never been put to me before and has a wonderfully friendly approach that makes you feel like you’re just chatting over a good cup of tea/coffee.

Been a while since I've sat down to do UV's. Happy with this layout and UV space usage, the circular UV shapes are always a challenge to pack. The decisions here were to balance texel density from 20.48 - 30.00 texels per cm on a 2048 X 2048 texture map.

#GameDev #GameArt

I’m only just reading these Swamp Thing Volumes this week. The art is stand out 👌 The story is good too OFC

The holiday season is a time I reflect on a lot of things. One thing comes up often, this is the best piece of advice for aspiring artists IMO.

Put in the work.

That’s it , as 2025 eases in and folks begin to make plans.Don’t forget the above advice.Make the most of 2025!

#art #artist #gameart

Finally getting around to modelling a lantern prop I designed.
A little Blender / 3D time over the Holidays is always welcomed. Been a while.

#GameArt #Prop #3dart #wipart

Good question. I’ll need to try it 🤣

For the #GameDev Environment / Level Art folks. An odd example of unexpected contextual wear via ivy and wind to a fence.

#GameArt

The first ever US comic I read. That began a lifetime passion.

Bought in my home town at the newsagents in 1992.

Beside it a much better condition copy I picked up last year.

Welcome !

Some art I've produced in any spare minutes I've had and haven't shared over the last few months. #ComicArt #ConceptArt #GameArt

Given current #GameDev discourse I've put together a blog post covering many of the topics. Have a read and see how you can help improve the industry! #gameart #gamedevelopment

Thoughts on Game Development and the Games Industry

antodonnell.com/blog

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I’ve got round to working up this #Spawn piece. It was good fun getting back to care free art. #ComicArt

Started as a sketch, it just keeps going. Guess it'll be worked up more 😂 #Spawn #ComicArt #Comics

I’ve also been doodling , #Spawn #ComicArt #Pencils

Closing in on 40 has meant an odd taste for nostalgia (likely expected) this coupled with eBay has made the last couple of weeks interesting 👀

I'm super happy to announce that I'm joining Grads in Games as an industry advocate! It means the world to me that the next generation of creatives in our industry get the opportunity and support to help develop and start their careers on the right path ^_^

A friend Dom Wright has published his first issue of his #indiecomics called Sicko go check it out. For sale / to read in many places here are links.

#ComicArt #comicbooks

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comichaus.com/comics/sicko/2…

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@anthonyodonnell.bsky.social A big hello from me joining Bsky. I’m here to talk and share art in many forms covering #GameArt #ComicArt