Mike McCain

Hello! My name is Dana and I am a character artist in the games industry 🎮 I love working in all styles and here are some of my professional and personal works ✨

TFW you realize you've been having so much fun making the game that you forgot to post anything for months 😬

Amazing, congrats Lee!!

Okay so imagine this, you have no opinions, you have no skills, you have no wants or desires, you are a smooth orb of nothing and our subscription service helps make sure you still cast a shadow that resembles a human being. Sounds sick right?

Sunrise at Mono Lake. From a road trip back in 2021. These limestone tufa towers formed centuries ago, underwater, when the lake was much higher. (What happened? Los Angeles happened, more or less... the early 1900's water wars that drained Mono Lake directly inspired the movie Chinatown.)

Aw, shucks! We’ll have to do more of those.

Hey folks, I’m on the hunt for a concept art gig! I’ve got over 10 years of experience and have worked on Marathon, Halo, Watchdogs, and more. I love working with teams of all sizes and collaborating with good folks! artstation.com/belgianboolean

... *slinks on by*

The whole Arc is trying, but failing, to graft itself back together.

#violentropy #survivalhorror #indiedev

I had a blast talking to @lubwub.bsky.social last week about art, life, and GRAFT. Thanks for having me on, Caleb!

New year, new screenshots! Having a ton of fun working in @unrealengine.bsky.social for this one.

Here's a quick look at what goes into designing an environment for GRAFT, from ideation to concept art to an in-engine prototype.

#indiedev #indiegame #Unreal5 #survivalhorror

RIP to a legend, he showed us what game worlds could be.

You won't survive without grafts, but that doesn't mean grafts are safe.

#indiegame #survivalhorror

What goes into getting your game announced during The Game Awards? Money's a key ingredient, but there's a big payoff in building awareness for your game if you can swing the ante.

#indiedev #TheGameAwards

I was the Principle illustrator and concept artist on a little game called Where the Water Tastes like Wine. here are some of my character illustrations done on that project. All of the character line art was done with ink on paper.

Developing a game: 1000s of inspirations and life experiences fused into a unique and multi-faceted gem via an epic soul breaking journey.

Selling a game: List the one game you copied and how your clone is better.

Saw a gaming hot take that said blank slate protags are “lazy and boring”. They may be boring but they are about as far from lazy as a development choice can get.

Every aspect of the protag is significantly more complicated/expensive when there’s a wide range of options.

It's 2025. Keep moving, check your corners.

#survivalhorror #indiegame

viral painting I did in 2017 to protest the then-immigration ban

painting I did the day after the election because, y'know, fuck.

how it started / how it's going. whee

The US has been conquered by people who understand nothing but money, machines & power.
The coalition of broligarchs & MAGA, the AI & crypto dudes w/the know-nothings: they oppose everything good & beautiful about being human. The art we make, our bonds of sympathy & solidarity...to them, worthless.

My National Parks prints are available from Nucleus there too.

Still very fond of these paintings I did for the NASA 60th Anniversary Tribute show at @gallerynucleus.bsky.social back in 2019. (And hey, prints are 20% off this weekend with code THANKS20 — gallerynucleus.com/artists/mike...)

Pleinair Paintings from Taipei, Los Angeles, Berkeley and Bukhara

I don’t sorry!

Thank you! Believe it or not the first image is a street in Atwater

Hey thanks Ryan, hope you’re well!!

Here’s a few more. How many can you name? (All in the US this time.) Answers in alt text

Exactly!

Thanks so much!!