mae ✨ looking for work!!
@bluebendypencil.bsky.social
she/her 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 | tech/vfx artist
looking for work in the EU
particle princess ✨
https://www.bluebendypencil.com/
looking for work in the EU
particle princess ✨
https://www.bluebendypencil.com/
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happy #portfolioday!!
i'm mae, a tech & vfx artist from the netherlands!!
i love making sparkly stylized effects and solving procedural problems in my beloved houdini ^-^
i'm currently looking for work in the EU, feel free to check out my portfolio!!
www.bluebendypencil.com
#realtimevfx #techart
i'm mae, a tech & vfx artist from the netherlands!!
i love making sparkly stylized effects and solving procedural problems in my beloved houdini ^-^
i'm currently looking for work in the EU, feel free to check out my portfolio!!
www.bluebendypencil.com
#realtimevfx #techart
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After many years of NDA.... I'm proud to announce I FINALLY HAVE A PUBLIC PORTFOLIO!! I'm still looking for work, so please check it out, share, throw it at your studio leadership etc. Thanks for the support ❤️
nataliespitzel.myportfolio.com
nataliespitzel.myportfolio.com
Natalie Spitzel
nataliespitzel.myportfolio.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
After many years of NDA.... I'm proud to announce I FINALLY HAVE A PUBLIC PORTFOLIO!! I'm still looking for work, so please check it out, share, throw it at your studio leadership etc. Thanks for the support ❤️
nataliespitzel.myportfolio.com
nataliespitzel.myportfolio.com
it's #vfxfriday!! here's my latest wip ^-^
some barrels might have been harmed in the making of this effect O-O
#rtvfx #realtimevfx #vfx #ue5 #niagara #houdini
some barrels might have been harmed in the making of this effect O-O
#rtvfx #realtimevfx #vfx #ue5 #niagara #houdini
September 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
it's #vfxfriday!! here's my latest wip ^-^
some barrels might have been harmed in the making of this effect O-O
#rtvfx #realtimevfx #vfx #ue5 #niagara #houdini
some barrels might have been harmed in the making of this effect O-O
#rtvfx #realtimevfx #vfx #ue5 #niagara #houdini
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🧵 breakdown thread of the Halo energy shield vfx!
(there's a couple approaches you could take for this, and a lot of optimisations possible for each part, so take this more as a general 'approach' than a specific step-by-step!)
1/5
(there's a couple approaches you could take for this, and a lot of optimisations possible for each part, so take this more as a general 'approach' than a specific step-by-step!)
1/5
July 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🧵 breakdown thread of the Halo energy shield vfx!
(there's a couple approaches you could take for this, and a lot of optimisations possible for each part, so take this more as a general 'approach' than a specific step-by-step!)
1/5
(there's a couple approaches you could take for this, and a lot of optimisations possible for each part, so take this more as a general 'approach' than a specific step-by-step!)
1/5
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New free Houdini tutorial series!
Learn to build a playful, adaptive Wooden Bridge Tool. This series teaches newcomers how to chain together instancing systems to create complex, procedural structures.
Link: www.sidefx.com/tutorials/pr...
#houdini #procedural #gamedev #techart #tools #unreal
Learn to build a playful, adaptive Wooden Bridge Tool. This series teaches newcomers how to chain together instancing systems to create complex, procedural structures.
Link: www.sidefx.com/tutorials/pr...
#houdini #procedural #gamedev #techart #tools #unreal
June 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM
New free Houdini tutorial series!
Learn to build a playful, adaptive Wooden Bridge Tool. This series teaches newcomers how to chain together instancing systems to create complex, procedural structures.
Link: www.sidefx.com/tutorials/pr...
#houdini #procedural #gamedev #techart #tools #unreal
Learn to build a playful, adaptive Wooden Bridge Tool. This series teaches newcomers how to chain together instancing systems to create complex, procedural structures.
Link: www.sidefx.com/tutorials/pr...
#houdini #procedural #gamedev #techart #tools #unreal
afflicted by the curse™ right now
(obsessed with a d&d character i dont get to play for 3 months)
(obsessed with a d&d character i dont get to play for 3 months)
June 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM
afflicted by the curse™ right now
(obsessed with a d&d character i dont get to play for 3 months)
(obsessed with a d&d character i dont get to play for 3 months)
Reposted by mae ✨ looking for work!!
🏡⚽ Footsy is now live on #SteamNextFest!
A chaotic party game where two kids turn their grandparents’ house into a soccer battlefield
Play couch co-op or online with Steam Remote Play!✨
Try the demo now! 👇
store.steampowered.com/app/3028560/
#indiegame #indiedev #NextFest
A chaotic party game where two kids turn their grandparents’ house into a soccer battlefield
Play couch co-op or online with Steam Remote Play!✨
Try the demo now! 👇
store.steampowered.com/app/3028560/
#indiegame #indiedev #NextFest
June 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
🏡⚽ Footsy is now live on #SteamNextFest!
A chaotic party game where two kids turn their grandparents’ house into a soccer battlefield
Play couch co-op or online with Steam Remote Play!✨
Try the demo now! 👇
store.steampowered.com/app/3028560/
#indiegame #indiedev #NextFest
A chaotic party game where two kids turn their grandparents’ house into a soccer battlefield
Play couch co-op or online with Steam Remote Play!✨
Try the demo now! 👇
store.steampowered.com/app/3028560/
#indiegame #indiedev #NextFest
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happy #vfxfriday!!
here's a sword slash effect i finished recently, inspired by nightblood from warbreaker & stormlight fame xD
did some neat stuff to make it work i think, wrote about it on my webbed site ^-^
www.bluebendypencil.com/my-work/dark-sword-slash-vfx
#realtimevfx #rtvfx #ue5 #niagara
here's a sword slash effect i finished recently, inspired by nightblood from warbreaker & stormlight fame xD
did some neat stuff to make it work i think, wrote about it on my webbed site ^-^
www.bluebendypencil.com/my-work/dark-sword-slash-vfx
#realtimevfx #rtvfx #ue5 #niagara
June 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
happy #vfxfriday!!
here's a sword slash effect i finished recently, inspired by nightblood from warbreaker & stormlight fame xD
did some neat stuff to make it work i think, wrote about it on my webbed site ^-^
www.bluebendypencil.com/my-work/dark-sword-slash-vfx
#realtimevfx #rtvfx #ue5 #niagara
here's a sword slash effect i finished recently, inspired by nightblood from warbreaker & stormlight fame xD
did some neat stuff to make it work i think, wrote about it on my webbed site ^-^
www.bluebendypencil.com/my-work/dark-sword-slash-vfx
#realtimevfx #rtvfx #ue5 #niagara
happy #vfxfriday!!
here's a sword slash effect i finished recently, inspired by nightblood from warbreaker & stormlight fame xD
did some neat stuff to make it work i think, wrote about it on my webbed site ^-^
www.bluebendypencil.com/my-work/dark-sword-slash-vfx
#realtimevfx #rtvfx #ue5 #niagara
here's a sword slash effect i finished recently, inspired by nightblood from warbreaker & stormlight fame xD
did some neat stuff to make it work i think, wrote about it on my webbed site ^-^
www.bluebendypencil.com/my-work/dark-sword-slash-vfx
#realtimevfx #rtvfx #ue5 #niagara
June 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
happy #vfxfriday!!
here's a sword slash effect i finished recently, inspired by nightblood from warbreaker & stormlight fame xD
did some neat stuff to make it work i think, wrote about it on my webbed site ^-^
www.bluebendypencil.com/my-work/dark-sword-slash-vfx
#realtimevfx #rtvfx #ue5 #niagara
here's a sword slash effect i finished recently, inspired by nightblood from warbreaker & stormlight fame xD
did some neat stuff to make it work i think, wrote about it on my webbed site ^-^
www.bluebendypencil.com/my-work/dark-sword-slash-vfx
#realtimevfx #rtvfx #ue5 #niagara
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Its #VFXFriday!
I've been experimenting more with weapon based effects. This time with a mace.
#VFX #Realtimevfx #UE5
I've been experimenting more with weapon based effects. This time with a mace.
#VFX #Realtimevfx #UE5
May 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Its #VFXFriday!
I've been experimenting more with weapon based effects. This time with a mace.
#VFX #Realtimevfx #UE5
I've been experimenting more with weapon based effects. This time with a mace.
#VFX #Realtimevfx #UE5
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May 23, 2025 at 7:22 AM
workin on some slash fx as a break from a bigger project 💜
#rtvfx #realtimevfx #vfxfriday #ue5 #niagara
#rtvfx #realtimevfx #vfxfriday #ue5 #niagara
May 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
workin on some slash fx as a break from a bigger project 💜
#rtvfx #realtimevfx #vfxfriday #ue5 #niagara
#rtvfx #realtimevfx #vfxfriday #ue5 #niagara
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New personal VFX | Eye Soup
Made with Houdini and Unreal
www.artstation.com/artwork/0lrk3K
#realtimeVFX #gamedev #unrealengine #VFX
Made with Houdini and Unreal
www.artstation.com/artwork/0lrk3K
#realtimeVFX #gamedev #unrealengine #VFX
May 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
New personal VFX | Eye Soup
Made with Houdini and Unreal
www.artstation.com/artwork/0lrk3K
#realtimeVFX #gamedev #unrealengine #VFX
Made with Houdini and Unreal
www.artstation.com/artwork/0lrk3K
#realtimeVFX #gamedev #unrealengine #VFX
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Rift Riff is OUT NOW!!
Jump a rift, fight off monsters, plunder their world.
store.steampowered.com/app/2800900/...
Buy it
Try it
Review it
Repost the heck outa’ this!!1!
… and here's a feature trailer explaining what I think is noteworthy about our tower defense game!
youtu.be/ePCOuvXU-t0
Jump a rift, fight off monsters, plunder their world.
store.steampowered.com/app/2800900/...
Buy it
Try it
Review it
Repost the heck outa’ this!!1!
… and here's a feature trailer explaining what I think is noteworthy about our tower defense game!
youtu.be/ePCOuvXU-t0
Rift Riff - Feature Trailer
YouTube video by Adriaan de Jongh
youtu.be
May 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Rift Riff is OUT NOW!!
Jump a rift, fight off monsters, plunder their world.
store.steampowered.com/app/2800900/...
Buy it
Try it
Review it
Repost the heck outa’ this!!1!
… and here's a feature trailer explaining what I think is noteworthy about our tower defense game!
youtu.be/ePCOuvXU-t0
Jump a rift, fight off monsters, plunder their world.
store.steampowered.com/app/2800900/...
Buy it
Try it
Review it
Repost the heck outa’ this!!1!
… and here's a feature trailer explaining what I think is noteworthy about our tower defense game!
youtu.be/ePCOuvXU-t0
Reposted by mae ✨ looking for work!!
We’re feeling particularly brave today and we’ve mustered the courage to share another piece of information with you all: Our launch date! Truly, this is sacred knowledge, but we trust you with it.
The Crescent County Kickstarter campaign will officially launch on: TUESDAY 20TH MAY 2025!
The Crescent County Kickstarter campaign will officially launch on: TUESDAY 20TH MAY 2025!
May 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
We’re feeling particularly brave today and we’ve mustered the courage to share another piece of information with you all: Our launch date! Truly, this is sacred knowledge, but we trust you with it.
The Crescent County Kickstarter campaign will officially launch on: TUESDAY 20TH MAY 2025!
The Crescent County Kickstarter campaign will officially launch on: TUESDAY 20TH MAY 2025!
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⚡ CRESCENT COUNTY IS DOING A KICKSTARTER!! ⚡
💫 A painterly, witch-tech island to explore
🎁 Make deliveries by day, street race by night
😘 Drama! Motorbrooms! Kissing!!!
⌚ Launching in MAY
👇 SUPPORT INDIE GAMES! FOLLOW OUR KICKSTARTER!! 👇
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ann...
#gamedev #indiedev
💫 A painterly, witch-tech island to explore
🎁 Make deliveries by day, street race by night
😘 Drama! Motorbrooms! Kissing!!!
⌚ Launching in MAY
👇 SUPPORT INDIE GAMES! FOLLOW OUR KICKSTARTER!! 👇
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ann...
#gamedev #indiedev
April 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
⚡ CRESCENT COUNTY IS DOING A KICKSTARTER!! ⚡
💫 A painterly, witch-tech island to explore
🎁 Make deliveries by day, street race by night
😘 Drama! Motorbrooms! Kissing!!!
⌚ Launching in MAY
👇 SUPPORT INDIE GAMES! FOLLOW OUR KICKSTARTER!! 👇
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ann...
#gamedev #indiedev
💫 A painterly, witch-tech island to explore
🎁 Make deliveries by day, street race by night
😘 Drama! Motorbrooms! Kissing!!!
⌚ Launching in MAY
👇 SUPPORT INDIE GAMES! FOLLOW OUR KICKSTARTER!! 👇
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ann...
#gamedev #indiedev
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April 4, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Reposted by mae ✨ looking for work!!
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October 17, 2024 at 7:27 PM
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Reposted by mae ✨ looking for work!!
Happy #vfxfriday ! I haven't posted one in a while but I've recently had more time to pick up personal project work. Here's some shader work I did for a small indie project I'm working on, really enjoyed making the TV static effect especially! #vfx #gamedev #indiedev
April 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Happy #vfxfriday ! I haven't posted one in a while but I've recently had more time to pick up personal project work. Here's some shader work I did for a small indie project I'm working on, really enjoyed making the TV static effect especially! #vfx #gamedev #indiedev
April 4, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Years ago we pitched a "toxic-yuri ace-attorney-like about a psychopathic gambling lawyer" and a bunch of guys in top hats laughed us out of their building😢😢😢
Today, of the Devil is rated Overwhelmingly Positive with over 750 user reviews on Steam😏
Have we proved them wrong?🤔
Today, of the Devil is rated Overwhelmingly Positive with over 750 user reviews on Steam😏
Have we proved them wrong?🤔
April 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Years ago we pitched a "toxic-yuri ace-attorney-like about a psychopathic gambling lawyer" and a bunch of guys in top hats laughed us out of their building😢😢😢
Today, of the Devil is rated Overwhelmingly Positive with over 750 user reviews on Steam😏
Have we proved them wrong?🤔
Today, of the Devil is rated Overwhelmingly Positive with over 750 user reviews on Steam😏
Have we proved them wrong?🤔
Reposted by mae ✨ looking for work!!
March 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Reposted by mae ✨ looking for work!!
A sharp wave of frost. ❄️ #realtimevfx #vfx
April 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
A sharp wave of frost. ❄️ #realtimevfx #vfx