Herk Lapaduza - Commissions open
@lapaduza.bsky.social
Artist-Game Dev / 35 / he-they / French / lapaduza@gmail.com
G&PaF (project on hold) : https://bsky.app/profile/gloireetpotaufeu.bsky.social
Games : http://lapaduza.itch.io
Streams : http://twitch.tv/thefrenchbatletsplay
G&PaF (project on hold) : https://bsky.app/profile/gloireetpotaufeu.bsky.social
Games : http://lapaduza.itch.io
Streams : http://twitch.tv/thefrenchbatletsplay
Tried something a little different !
Now that I use CSP I can time-lapse, including showing you my chaotic sketch process !
Sooo here little idea that is turning in my mind about a goblin spa and the people who go there~
#illustration #digitalart #originalcharacter #goblinweek #sketch #goblin
Now that I use CSP I can time-lapse, including showing you my chaotic sketch process !
Sooo here little idea that is turning in my mind about a goblin spa and the people who go there~
#illustration #digitalart #originalcharacter #goblinweek #sketch #goblin
February 1, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Tried something a little different !
Now that I use CSP I can time-lapse, including showing you my chaotic sketch process !
Sooo here little idea that is turning in my mind about a goblin spa and the people who go there~
#illustration #digitalart #originalcharacter #goblinweek #sketch #goblin
Now that I use CSP I can time-lapse, including showing you my chaotic sketch process !
Sooo here little idea that is turning in my mind about a goblin spa and the people who go there~
#illustration #digitalart #originalcharacter #goblinweek #sketch #goblin
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A new batch of game thumbnails!
I'm honestly really pleased with these, maybe something to do with the light effects
#videogame #amenti #TormentedSouls #GoriCuddlyCarnage #digimon #DigimonStoryTimeStranger
I'm honestly really pleased with these, maybe something to do with the light effects
#videogame #amenti #TormentedSouls #GoriCuddlyCarnage #digimon #DigimonStoryTimeStranger
January 27, 2026 at 3:46 PM
A new batch of game thumbnails!
I'm honestly really pleased with these, maybe something to do with the light effects
#videogame #amenti #TormentedSouls #GoriCuddlyCarnage #digimon #DigimonStoryTimeStranger
I'm honestly really pleased with these, maybe something to do with the light effects
#videogame #amenti #TormentedSouls #GoriCuddlyCarnage #digimon #DigimonStoryTimeStranger
Bats of 2025 retrospective (part3)
Nearly there for all the bats that have been done for games played in 2025 ;D Including a lot of complete discovery (like Habromania or Echo for exemple !)
#illustration #originalcharacter #thefrenchbat #sheepy#gettingoverit #superdark #manualsamuel #habromania
Nearly there for all the bats that have been done for games played in 2025 ;D Including a lot of complete discovery (like Habromania or Echo for exemple !)
#illustration #originalcharacter #thefrenchbat #sheepy#gettingoverit #superdark #manualsamuel #habromania
January 24, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Bats of 2025 retrospective (part3)
Nearly there for all the bats that have been done for games played in 2025 ;D Including a lot of complete discovery (like Habromania or Echo for exemple !)
#illustration #originalcharacter #thefrenchbat #sheepy#gettingoverit #superdark #manualsamuel #habromania
Nearly there for all the bats that have been done for games played in 2025 ;D Including a lot of complete discovery (like Habromania or Echo for exemple !)
#illustration #originalcharacter #thefrenchbat #sheepy#gettingoverit #superdark #manualsamuel #habromania
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An old series of drawings (from 2018!) that I'm still fond of
January 19, 2026 at 9:38 PM
An old series of drawings (from 2018!) that I'm still fond of
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Fix Your Hearts Or Die
2025
One year ago, we lost a link to the lodge.
2025
One year ago, we lost a link to the lodge.
January 16, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Fix Your Hearts Or Die
2025
One year ago, we lost a link to the lodge.
2025
One year ago, we lost a link to the lodge.
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Hear that Quilava, that's how you pronounce it!
January 14, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Hear that Quilava, that's how you pronounce it!
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Hello #portfolioday !!!
I'm a French queer cartoonist/concept artist with experience as a BG artist and Illustrator and I'm absolutely looking for work 😄
Don't hesitate to contact me !
Thank you~
drive.google.com/file/d/1roA4...
I'm a French queer cartoonist/concept artist with experience as a BG artist and Illustrator and I'm absolutely looking for work 😄
Don't hesitate to contact me !
Thank you~
drive.google.com/file/d/1roA4...
January 14, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Hello #portfolioday !!!
I'm a French queer cartoonist/concept artist with experience as a BG artist and Illustrator and I'm absolutely looking for work 😄
Don't hesitate to contact me !
Thank you~
drive.google.com/file/d/1roA4...
I'm a French queer cartoonist/concept artist with experience as a BG artist and Illustrator and I'm absolutely looking for work 😄
Don't hesitate to contact me !
Thank you~
drive.google.com/file/d/1roA4...
Bats of 2025 retrospective (part2)
You can tell without too much doubt that i was deep in clair obscur at the time xD (still am hehe) so lots of thumbnails to do for that serie~
You can tell without too much doubt that i was deep in clair obscur at the time xD (still am hehe) so lots of thumbnails to do for that serie~
January 6, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Bats of 2025 retrospective (part2)
You can tell without too much doubt that i was deep in clair obscur at the time xD (still am hehe) so lots of thumbnails to do for that serie~
You can tell without too much doubt that i was deep in clair obscur at the time xD (still am hehe) so lots of thumbnails to do for that serie~
Little bats of 2025 retrospective (part1) to start the new year !!!
it was not a very productive year but it helped me recover from the burnout of 2024 and honestly that's all i asked xD
But i did make a lot of little thefrenchbat for my twitch/youtube soooo get ready for a few squeaky posts xD
it was not a very productive year but it helped me recover from the burnout of 2024 and honestly that's all i asked xD
But i did make a lot of little thefrenchbat for my twitch/youtube soooo get ready for a few squeaky posts xD
January 3, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Little bats of 2025 retrospective (part1) to start the new year !!!
it was not a very productive year but it helped me recover from the burnout of 2024 and honestly that's all i asked xD
But i did make a lot of little thefrenchbat for my twitch/youtube soooo get ready for a few squeaky posts xD
it was not a very productive year but it helped me recover from the burnout of 2024 and honestly that's all i asked xD
But i did make a lot of little thefrenchbat for my twitch/youtube soooo get ready for a few squeaky posts xD
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The clan's shaman goes into the woods to gather some ingredients for future rituals...
How fast do you think it will get out of hand? :3
#orc #shaman #onewithnature #comic
How fast do you think it will get out of hand? :3
#orc #shaman #onewithnature #comic
January 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM
The clan's shaman goes into the woods to gather some ingredients for future rituals...
How fast do you think it will get out of hand? :3
#orc #shaman #onewithnature #comic
How fast do you think it will get out of hand? :3
#orc #shaman #onewithnature #comic
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I've made it a personal goal to stop using the term "content" when referring to media made by artists. The word implies mass-produced filler and calling someone's hard work their "content" has started to feel kinda like an insult. Like human art made strictly for quick consumption
the enthusiasm for generative AI would not have been possible without prior decades of capitalist conditioning to view works of art as products, rather than acts of culture and shared human life
I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.
December 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I've made it a personal goal to stop using the term "content" when referring to media made by artists. The word implies mass-produced filler and calling someone's hard work their "content" has started to feel kinda like an insult. Like human art made strictly for quick consumption
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[Upcoming VN]
"RETURN Machine.Love()" is an upcoming Visual Novel made for the Robotic Romance Jam!
3 Short stories of mechanical beings finding love in a dreadful world!
Each story made by humans, for humans.
Stay tuned for when it releases on itch!!
#ROROJAM
"RETURN Machine.Love()" is an upcoming Visual Novel made for the Robotic Romance Jam!
3 Short stories of mechanical beings finding love in a dreadful world!
Each story made by humans, for humans.
Stay tuned for when it releases on itch!!
#ROROJAM
December 9, 2025 at 2:21 AM
[Upcoming VN]
"RETURN Machine.Love()" is an upcoming Visual Novel made for the Robotic Romance Jam!
3 Short stories of mechanical beings finding love in a dreadful world!
Each story made by humans, for humans.
Stay tuned for when it releases on itch!!
#ROROJAM
"RETURN Machine.Love()" is an upcoming Visual Novel made for the Robotic Romance Jam!
3 Short stories of mechanical beings finding love in a dreadful world!
Each story made by humans, for humans.
Stay tuned for when it releases on itch!!
#ROROJAM
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It drives me nuts when people label my work as the "respectable" kind of queer art just because it's basically PG-13.
Bitch don't pull that nonsense, we stand up for porn in this house. Always defend the weird, ugly, uncomfortable, and cringe, because if we don't push boundaries we don't exist.
Bitch don't pull that nonsense, we stand up for porn in this house. Always defend the weird, ugly, uncomfortable, and cringe, because if we don't push boundaries we don't exist.
The fascists are counting on you finding erotica and porn too distasteful to support. Because they always start here. And even if they ended here, sexuality and erotism are integral components of queer expression. You can't support queer creators without supporting 'nsfw' content.
December 4, 2025 at 6:36 AM
It drives me nuts when people label my work as the "respectable" kind of queer art just because it's basically PG-13.
Bitch don't pull that nonsense, we stand up for porn in this house. Always defend the weird, ugly, uncomfortable, and cringe, because if we don't push boundaries we don't exist.
Bitch don't pull that nonsense, we stand up for porn in this house. Always defend the weird, ugly, uncomfortable, and cringe, because if we don't push boundaries we don't exist.
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En réponse à cette chronique méprisante de Michel Guerrin parue dans le Monde, je lui ai écrit une réponse ci-dessous (pour rappel : www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...)
« Dans la bataille autour du Festival de la BD d’Angoulême, ce sont des autrices, souvent jeunes, qui portent la colère »
CHRONIQUE. Pourquoi les auteurs se sacrifient-ils en appelant au boycott de la manifestation en janvier ? En toile de fond figurent la paupérisation du métier (dont les autrices sont les premières vic...
www.lemonde.fr
November 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
En réponse à cette chronique méprisante de Michel Guerrin parue dans le Monde, je lui ai écrit une réponse ci-dessous (pour rappel : www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...)
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If you like Studio Ghibli, Knives Out, The Owl House, or Frankenstein, here’s what the creators are saying about A/I.
🚫 SAY NO TO GEN A/I 🚫
🚫 SAY NO TO GEN A/I 🚫
!["Whoever creates this stuff has no idea what pain is. [...] I never wish to incorporate this technology into my work at all. I strongly feel that this is an insult
to life itself.
- Hayao Miyazaki, co-founder of Studio Ghibli
was "utterly disgusted" when he was shown an A/I demo in 2016](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hfvsgl2mxreaxanwto4j2myn/bafkreiamrrdrevqg6t6mxqpmcn5q4foku3ko6obnhuxzuxql32creufjbe@jpeg)
November 22, 2025 at 3:14 AM
If you like Studio Ghibli, Knives Out, The Owl House, or Frankenstein, here’s what the creators are saying about A/I.
🚫 SAY NO TO GEN A/I 🚫
🚫 SAY NO TO GEN A/I 🚫
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As posted in a few servers and was alerted to this picture earlier today: What they said. DO NOT FILL IT OUT, it is there to fuck with your artist peers and yourself, they (paypal) can and will abuse this and steal your money by banning your account
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 AM
As posted in a few servers and was alerted to this picture earlier today: What they said. DO NOT FILL IT OUT, it is there to fuck with your artist peers and yourself, they (paypal) can and will abuse this and steal your money by banning your account
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Apparently P*ypal now asks for customer opinions on accounts sending invoices.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
November 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Apparently P*ypal now asks for customer opinions on accounts sending invoices.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
Petit message pour les gens qui suivent mes streams :
Reprise le samedi 23 ! Sans doute aux environs de 20h ;D
Bonne suite de semaine à tous•tes et à samedi !!! 🦇
Reprise le samedi 23 ! Sans doute aux environs de 20h ;D
Bonne suite de semaine à tous•tes et à samedi !!! 🦇
November 20, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Petit message pour les gens qui suivent mes streams :
Reprise le samedi 23 ! Sans doute aux environs de 20h ;D
Bonne suite de semaine à tous•tes et à samedi !!! 🦇
Reprise le samedi 23 ! Sans doute aux environs de 20h ;D
Bonne suite de semaine à tous•tes et à samedi !!! 🦇
Started Silksong and met the Fleas !!!
So, here comes ALL THE FLOOF !!
#silksong #illustration #digitalart #hornet #silksongfleas
So, here comes ALL THE FLOOF !!
#silksong #illustration #digitalart #hornet #silksongfleas
November 17, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Started Silksong and met the Fleas !!!
So, here comes ALL THE FLOOF !!
#silksong #illustration #digitalart #hornet #silksongfleas
So, here comes ALL THE FLOOF !!
#silksong #illustration #digitalart #hornet #silksongfleas
TheFrenchBat arrive sur une petite île charmante dans son écrin de verdure et... non tout le monde est mort et notre protagoniste cherche sa soeur alors qu'une brume semble vouloir nous engloutir tout cru ! Heureusement nous avons une arme, LE FEU !
youtu.be/CuooLJll6j0
#nocturnal #illustration
youtu.be/CuooLJll6j0
#nocturnal #illustration
November 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
TheFrenchBat arrive sur une petite île charmante dans son écrin de verdure et... non tout le monde est mort et notre protagoniste cherche sa soeur alors qu'une brume semble vouloir nous engloutir tout cru ! Heureusement nous avons une arme, LE FEU !
youtu.be/CuooLJll6j0
#nocturnal #illustration
youtu.be/CuooLJll6j0
#nocturnal #illustration
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Cover art for the upcoming Armello novella, featuring the Bandit Clan, which kept me busy in the past few months. It's part of an omnibus called "Armello: The Founding and The Fall" on Kickstarter. It was a pleasure working on this one!
November 6, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Cover art for the upcoming Armello novella, featuring the Bandit Clan, which kept me busy in the past few months. It's part of an omnibus called "Armello: The Founding and The Fall" on Kickstarter. It was a pleasure working on this one!
Small stream announcement !
This weekend from 1pm to 7pm France (both saturday and sunday) I will be streaming for the MS Society Big Retro Charity Event !!!
www.twitch.tv/thefrenchbat...
We're gonna fight zombies to help raise funds ! :D
This weekend from 1pm to 7pm France (both saturday and sunday) I will be streaming for the MS Society Big Retro Charity Event !!!
www.twitch.tv/thefrenchbat...
We're gonna fight zombies to help raise funds ! :D
November 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Small stream announcement !
This weekend from 1pm to 7pm France (both saturday and sunday) I will be streaming for the MS Society Big Retro Charity Event !!!
www.twitch.tv/thefrenchbat...
We're gonna fight zombies to help raise funds ! :D
This weekend from 1pm to 7pm France (both saturday and sunday) I will be streaming for the MS Society Big Retro Charity Event !!!
www.twitch.tv/thefrenchbat...
We're gonna fight zombies to help raise funds ! :D