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matt johns เผ˜โ‹†

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shape enthusiast | ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ | 2D Artist on Wax Heads | prev. concept artist at Double Fine Productions ใƒŸโœถ Available for work July onwards based in Glasgow, Scotland https://mattjohns.carrd.co

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Die or Die on Steam Roll the dice and choose how you will die. Die or Die is a top-down shooter roguelite where you run, shoot and dodge enemies to get dice with which to disable threats or unlock abilities. Roll. Die. R...

Check out our new game ๐Ÿ’€DIE OR DIE ๐ŸŽฒ - Shoot, dodge, and die all while managing your dice rolls to change the threats and layouts of each level!๐Ÿ”ซ๐Ÿ”ช๐Ÿ˜ต๐Ÿค 

You can (and should) wishlist on Steam now!

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14.07.2025 13:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 28    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

thank you for being super invested in me looking for work, I will keep you updated if I get work

17.07.2025 01:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

jeez, I sure hopes sos

17.07.2025 01:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

this (wonderful) image has made me think about a line of ties for cats that are shaped like lil fishies, lil hungry babiesss

17.07.2025 01:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

honestly a perfect summary!! if there's no play, there's no fun or soul and every project needs a mascot that I can theoretically birth into existence for occasional team moral boosting .แŸ.แŸ.แŸ

17.07.2025 00:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

*runs fingers around brim of my fedora*
hewwo pwincess, if you know anyone that is looking for an artist who draws siwwy wittle guys, pwease wreckomend me

17.07.2025 00:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

so many artists are quick to give everything to the viewer and leave no mystery in their work, but you always hit such an intense momentary glimpse of isolation in your paintings - I feel you set the premise that I am the viewer held at a distance from soft melancholy and it's captivating as HELL!!

17.07.2025 00:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
prompt asking "what's my art trademark??!? as in what makes you go "oh hey, this is_____'s art!11!!" or what's the msot remarkable thin about my artstyle in general?"

prompt asking "what's my art trademark??!? as in what makes you go "oh hey, this is_____'s art!11!!" or what's the msot remarkable thin about my artstyle in general?"

I'm curiousss

17.07.2025 00:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 23

of course!! someone in 2019 told me my work reminds them of warm soup - I guess we the artists have little control over how our work is perceived, but I'm glad it at least hits deep haha

17.07.2025 00:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

honestly, I feel like you draw in such an expressive way!! - your characters feel like the most accurate visual representations of an intrusive thought that makes 0 sense - all of this said in the most admirable way possible หš เผ˜ เณ€โ‹†๏ฝกหš

17.07.2025 00:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No One Should Starve for Being Born Here

My family is fighting hunger every day โ€” not because of bad choices, but because of where we were born.
Please stand with me. Even the smallest support can feed someone we love.

chuffed.org/project/1282...

17.07.2025 00:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 111    ๐Ÿ” 123    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
A whitewashed pub wall, with mortar standing proud of the stones.

A whitewashed pub wall, with mortar standing proud of the stones.

When I found a pub with an inverted normal map. (If you understand what this means, you have to repost.)

09.07.2025 22:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1864    ๐Ÿ” 905    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 54    ๐Ÿ“Œ 23
rough black and white scene block out in blender, consisting of soft rocky pillars and geometric fungal growths to add contrast to the shapes within the composition

rough black and white scene block out in blender, consisting of soft rocky pillars and geometric fungal growths to add contrast to the shapes within the composition

rough black and white scene block out in blender, consisting of soft rocky pillars and geometric fungal growths to add contrast to the shapes within the composition - similar to the last but sightly panned out, so the scene feels more busy and populated with framing elements and depth

rough black and white scene block out in blender, consisting of soft rocky pillars and geometric fungal growths to add contrast to the shapes within the composition - similar to the last but sightly panned out, so the scene feels more busy and populated with framing elements and depth

blocked out a pretty basic/abstract scene in blender - thank you displace modifiers - a fungal lands card to start things off, I'm going to draw over and test some basic art styles and add card info and graphics over these #conceptart #gameart

16.07.2025 17:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

you and me both Malindy!! was a shock to my system haha, I'm currently recovering, will take around another week before I'm back to full health thank you ๐Ÿ’›

16.07.2025 17:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
an almost alien landscape, green pillars of rock breaking through a field of lavender coloured flora - drawn loose and rugged with a wobbly brush in procreate

an almost alien landscape, green pillars of rock breaking through a field of lavender coloured flora - drawn loose and rugged with a wobbly brush in procreate

wind down sketch from last night, feel this card game will be in a vastly different style to my normal soft n' squishy characters I often post - I adore comic landscapes and feel I'll possibly use this project as an opportunity to jump back into the art I used to make around 2015 haha

16.07.2025 12:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
simple graphic diagram of how a tcg idea of mine would be played

simple graphic diagram of how a tcg idea of mine would be played

made a rough visual mock of how this trading card game would be played

15.07.2025 23:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

this comparisons has me in a chokehold, graphic designers are the real wizards

15.07.2025 17:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

not like a gross harry potter wizard like a cool ancient eldritch fantasy wizard who understands CMYK/RGB conversions

15.07.2025 17:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

very that haha!! very nice to meet you Nicholas!

15.07.2025 17:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

this card game centers around building landscapes and enriching them before a cataclysm - as opposed to beefing up characters to fight *เฉˆโœฉโ€งโ‚Šหš

15.07.2025 17:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
collection of reference materials from pinterest, landscape photographs, concept art for environments, objects and historical relics from the real world

collection of reference materials from pinterest, landscape photographs, concept art for environments, objects and historical relics from the real world

last week, in a daze from all the morphine I created a Pinterest board of inspo for a card game I hope to draft up within the next year - not sayin too much about it, but this is the visual mood

15.07.2025 16:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot of some new characters polished for Wax Heads inside the game's interface inside a record store behind the workng counter and cash register. The characters left to right: "Rita Butterfly" a drag queen in a sequin dress with a butterfly hairpin and cloak, "Rod", old school punk rocker in ripped denim jacket and punk tshirt with orange beard, "Kelsey" a socialite, in a boojee turquoise shirt and "Mike", post-rock lover in big army camo jacket with band patches all over it and big tustled, long flowing hair and beard.

Screenshot of some new characters polished for Wax Heads inside the game's interface inside a record store behind the workng counter and cash register. The characters left to right: "Rita Butterfly" a drag queen in a sequin dress with a butterfly hairpin and cloak, "Rod", old school punk rocker in ripped denim jacket and punk tshirt with orange beard, "Kelsey" a socialite, in a boojee turquoise shirt and "Mike", post-rock lover in big army camo jacket with band patches all over it and big tustled, long flowing hair and beard.

Past few weeks I've been polishing all the characters in Wax Heads... AND there's um, a lot of them ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…

BUT - I gotta say, finishing this menagerie of music loving fanatics has been very endearing and I love them all (even the ones you're supposed to love to hate :P)

08.07.2025 19:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 71    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I still canโ€™t believe a block of feta almost killed me, like excuse me???

13.07.2025 22:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a close up of two people shaking hands . Alt: a close up of two people shaking hands .

last Tuesday I ate a block of feta - my body repaid me, giving me unwavering abdominal cramps for 7 days and jaundice for 3 days, after a week in hospital and many days high on morphine I am now ready to acclimate back into the real world as a man without his gallbladder, itโ€™s nice to meet you folks

13.07.2025 18:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

thank you Jessica ๐Ÿฅบ๐Ÿฅบ is much appreciated

07.07.2025 10:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

noooooo, I literally am back in hospital today (round 2) and just found out that I also have jaundice, what the hell lmaooo ๐Ÿ™ƒ but big ty's Mousie ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’›

06.07.2025 20:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm trying ๐Ÿซ  baby needs his gallbladder removed

06.07.2025 11:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Cat Fish! by brysonmcbee a simple game about fishing that I made in 1 month for my sticker club!

brysonmcbee.itch.io/cat-fish

Windows only for now, will do my best to get some other machines to test on soon : )

04.07.2025 01:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 41    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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day 2 of this little animal well 3D project! I refined the bubble behavior a bit to have them push off of each other a bit, and they now have a little vaccuum that helps the player stick to them when falling a bit better now, feels nice! also tuned the steering on the disk!

#godot #gamedev

05.07.2025 18:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 204    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

adore this so much bryson!! I grew up playing bust a bubble in the 90's - so this is a very big nostalgia hit from the past!! best of luck with this dev n' excited to see more ๐Ÿฅฒ

06.07.2025 01:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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