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An area that looked particularly like a rainforest, with a lot of moss (and what I think are rhododendrons, which were all over the place)

A rock face in the forest

Nice zigzagging shadows between a rock face and trees in sunlight

A heap of wonderfully blocky boulders

Spectacular trees, rocks and textures from hikes last weekend

CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs on Steam A mute little thing with borrowed magic. A house that murmurs back. Ask wrong, and you might wake something that remembers your name.

If you’re looking for the perfect game to play on Halloween night, I recommend CARIMARA!

An enchanting mystery story with a great balance of spook and sweetness. Also the coolest art/animation/environment styles I’ve seen in a long while.

store.steampowered.com/app/3570370/...

A scene made in Bitsy with a human and dog looking at a tractor in a flooded field

A scene made in Bitsy with a human and dog wandering through an abandoned town with power lines and clouds above

The last two weekends I've finally had time to build some new scenes for Scavenger Suite.

A bunch of stuff growing in the woods that is maybe snakeroot

Some dramatically lit tree trunks

Just a nice path

Trees about to turn different colors against a very blue sky

Seems kind of dumb that my thoughts always go to “I wonder how to make this in a video game”

Another view of the lakeside cliff with a few prickly pears enjoying the view from a boulder

Lichen on a stone

A nice variety of trees on the cliff with striated(?) rocks below

A log that was a mood

Very suitable lighting for rocks, lichen and other formations

A path through some trees

Mossy rocks and leaves on a wooded path

Trees and shadows on a lakeside hill

View of a lake through trees on a hillside, with a small golden butterfly visible against the far shore

Warm and dry early fall day, the lake looked unreasonably blue and deep

CARIMARA: BENEATH THE FORLORN LIMBS IS OUT NOW ON STEAM

a short horror story about ghosts, goblins and polite anxiety of asking too much.

untangle the mysteries of a "ghost problem" haunting this unwelcoming, desolate house. even if it means digging up uncomfortable truths.

Set up at NCAF for the dayyy

Thur. Oct. 2: Free screening of “No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics” with discussion to follow: Sarratt Cinema, 7:30 pm. Sat. Oct. 4: Nashville Comic Arts Festival: Vanderbilt Central Library, 11 am - 6 pm.

My exhibitor announcement from the NCAF official website

What I will have for sale: WE’RE ALL IN THIS ALONE (hardcover comic book), RUFUS Issue #1 (comic book) and “every last day”: a sketchbook of my dog in the last months of her life

Last announcement post for NCAF! I made a drawing about it. “No Straight Lines” film showing this Thursday at 7:30pm Sarratt Cinema, then Nashville Comic Arts Festival on Saturday 11am-6pm at Vanderbilt Central Library.

Nashville Comic Arts Festival returns to Vanderbilt’s Central Library Oct. 4 Local and regional makers of comics, zines, and more will be at the 2025 Nashville Comic Arts Festival hosted by Vanderbilt University on Saturday, Oct. 4. This free event, which is open to the public...

Nashville Comic Arts Festival is next weekend on Saturday October 4th! I will also be participating(???) in a discussion following a screening of the film “No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics” on Thursday October 2nd at 7:30pm.

newsonline.library.vanderbilt.edu/2025/09/nash...

I'm incredibly ecstatic that we reached $100,000 for the Play for Peace: Games for Palestine charity bundle. With just 2 days left to go, please RT and support the bundle, and let's push it as high as we can go!!!

Thank you for the support!!

Link: itch.io/b/2979/play-...

You have to go to NCAF because the real Ben Sears will be there

Exhibitor Announcement – Ansel Bard Website “Ansel Bard (he/him) is a self-published comic artist and longtime Nashville resident, whose work explores themes of queerness and isolation within eerie and humorous worlds. His firs…

My official exhibitor announcement is up now: nashcomicsfest.wordpress.com/2025/09/16/e...

Sturdy copy of RUFUS #1 with an original page in the background

Cover of “every last day” which is a sketchbook of my late dog Parker

WE’RE ALL IN THIS ALONE & other stories, being a hardcover book of sketchbook comics drawn between 2020 and 2021

Poster for NCAF 2025 by Anika Orrock. Saturday Oct 4, 11am-6pm, free at Vanderbilt Central Library

I will be at Nashville Comic Arts Festival on Saturday Oct. 4th! I have brand new full-length issues of RUFUS #1 (with sturdy cardstock covers), and will have limited copies of a ~60-page sketchbook zine in memory of my beloved deceased dog. Also the last copies of WE’RE ALL IN THIS ALONE goin cheap

Sturdy copy of RUFUS #1 with an original page in the background

Cover of “every last day” which is a sketchbook of my late dog Parker

WE’RE ALL IN THIS ALONE & other stories, being a hardcover book of sketchbook comics drawn between 2020 and 2021

Poster for NCAF 2025 by Anika Orrock. Saturday Oct 4, 11am-6pm, free at Vanderbilt Central Library

I will be at Nashville Comic Arts Festival on Saturday Oct. 4th! I have brand new full-length issues of RUFUS #1 (with sturdy cardstock covers), and will have limited copies of a ~60-page sketchbook zine in memory of my beloved deceased dog. Also the last copies of WE’RE ALL IN THIS ALONE goin cheap

After two years of development, Heroes of the Seven Islands is OUT ON STEAM 🎉
#gamedev #indiegames

28 hours left to get Queer Games Bundle 2025.

itch.io/b/3062/

“Workflow” has claimed top rank in Buzzwords I Wish Would Die

Trying to simplify my painting in order to understand light and values and stuff better.

Just here to alert you that the DOSbox version runs much smoother….

Save 85% on Titanic: Adventure Out Of Time on Steam Intrigue and adventure await you on board the Titanic, the most famous ocean liner in history. As a British secret agent on a vital mission, it is up to you to change the course of history as you expl...

Just here to alert you that the Greatest Game of All Time is on sale for 89 cents on Steam right now: store.steampowered.com/app/785480/T...

Things we lost in the LOTRO character transfer

Played @radiatoryang.bsky.social ‘s gay cowboy game two days ago and I’m still thinking about it

Little known fact that I have a Bandcamp with some homemade songs and albums on it and if you choose to pay money for them in the next 8 hours it all goes to me anselbard.bandcamp.com

RUFUS (pg 19) | Ansel Bard Get more from Ansel Bard on Patreon

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I’ve been working on this comic since 2022 and just finished the first chapter. RUFUS is a small town saga with an all-canine cast, it’s free to read on Patreon!

need to move the bridge supports out of the road, oops

Low poly render of car on a road under an overpass at night

Started to build a scene around my car and tried to add head and taillights (and moonlight!). Really don't know what I'm doing but it's more interesting than watching tutorials

I know it doesn’t look good but it’s actually really good

Low poly render of a car with gold paint and black stripe

Low poly render of the same car but with better lighting and a blue reflective floor

Built a car(!) in Blender and it only took ~3 hours of trial and error

RUFUS (pg 18) | Ansel Bard Get more from Ansel Bard on Patreon

New RUFUS comic page (free to read) on Patreon!

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