Anya Jo Elvidge
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Anya Jo Elvidge
@anyatheartist.bsky.social
Freelance Environment Artist in game dev who loves making ruined places!! #gamedev #gameart #illustration

https://anyatheartist.com/
Abandoned place + overgrowth + sun = joy.

Download my latest UE5 project; https://anyatheartist.gumroad.com/l/xahqa
Lil project turntable, we like those. It's available on Gumroad to download for £3, share it with your friends, I don't care 😁
October 14, 2025 at 11:46 AM
This project is now FINISHED! You can download the whole thing and see more images here; www.artstation.com/artwork/x3900E
October 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Sculpted, unwrapped, baked.
August 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The finish line is in sight. This project will soon be available for download on Gumroad. Just gotta sculpt this statue and make a few final touches. #UE5
February 9, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Blockout finished. Time to finish it off with a bit of sculpting! I always take my blockouts as far as I can in Blender and only do the fial touch ups in Zbrush.
February 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Statue work continues in Blender before I will take it to Zbrush to finalise. #blender #gamedev #environmentart #3d #UE5
February 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Character artists avert your eyes. Haven't made anything remotely close to a character in 10 years! Yikes! Having fun though!
February 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Love making water <3
February 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
One of my favourite things about 3D Coat is the Projection feature. I can take a screenshot of my mesh in 3D, and then overpaint it with my brushes in Photoshop and reproject it to my model. It's an awesome way of handpainting a complex unwrap with awkward seams. Highly recommend!
February 1, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Final albedo touchups in 3D Coat. I really love this program.
February 1, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Working on your personal project today? Me too! Keep trucking!
#gamedev #gameart #3dart #ue5
February 1, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Fill this in, and take it seriously.
£126bn and 2.4 million people.

That’s the size of the creative industries in the UK and every DCMS Minister has had to fight HMT and Number 10 over support.

That’s about 10x the size of the motor industry and 4 x more productive.

Fishing? Less than £500 million.
December 18, 2024 at 8:06 PM
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📢 EEEP!!! MYTHWRECKED is OUT NOW

After *3 years* my next indie game (following Röki) is OUT NOW on Steam, Xbox and Nintendo Switch...

🏝️ Explore a secret island
⚡️ Meet the gods of legend
🔎 Uncover the truth, behind the myth
December 5, 2024 at 3:01 PM
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Look at the high poly expedition helicopter I made for Jurassic World Evolution. I was tasked with all stages with designing, concepting, modelling, texturing and getting it game ready.

#3dart #vehicleart #hardsurface #gamedev
November 21, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Is making tiny adorable plants the best part of being an environment artist? Possibly.
December 10, 2024 at 12:11 PM
Hello friends! I wanted to share this 9 year old project I re-discovered. I thought this breakdown I did might be interesting to those making their own portfolio breakdowns to this day. I'm having a really fun time looking through old work. #gamedev
#gameart
December 10, 2024 at 10:26 AM
Replying to emails makes me feel like I'm achieving things but then the absolute lunatics all reply back and suddenly I am back to square 1 again, send help 😐
November 28, 2024 at 4:31 PM
An ode to my experimental Photoshop colour vomit days. Low expectations, loads of fun. Now-a-days I'm much more self critical and miss relaxing into making stuff like this. I really struggle to share work. #gamedev #conceptart #illustration
November 27, 2024 at 7:56 PM
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Thank you so much @whitethorngames.bsky.social for the buzz kit celebrating @polygontreehouse.bsky.social's upcoming release for Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island 💜

I can't wait to play it, it seeks so cute and the art is beautiful!! Y'all should check it out and add it to your steam wishlists 👀
November 27, 2024 at 5:51 AM
While I am here, just thought I would show a bit of my latest WIP project in UE5, Zbrush, Blender, and Photoshop. Almost finished. Will keep sharing more, and I would like to share some tips and tricks for how I make my 3D environments in the future. Anything you would like to know?
November 25, 2024 at 1:13 PM
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Here's a Mythwrecked #ConceptArt time lapse that Anya (not on Bluesky just yet) did for us early on in the project.

She painted on top of our greybox geometry which was super handy.
November 22, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Hi BSky! I'm Anya, a freelance 2D/3D environment game artist based in the UK. I have been quiet as I am travelling and getting inspired this year! I've seen a bit of Morocco, Spain, Portugal, France, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, and Italy, in my van. New art soon?
November 25, 2024 at 12:41 PM