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Shawn Witt

@shawnwitt.bsky.social

I will probably never stop reconsidering how to stylize Earthbound characters.

#earthbound #ness #pencil #sketch

October 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM

Shawn Witt

@shawnwitt.bsky.social

I liked it.

#silksong #hollowknight #hornet

September 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM

Shawn Witt

@shawnwitt.bsky.social

A quick doodle for Earthbound’s 30th!

I guess launching a new console the same day as the anniversary is one way to avoid fielding questions about Mother 3! 😅

#earthbound #nintendo #switch2 #ness #mother3 #snes #psi #ipadart

June 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM

Shawn Witt

@shawnwitt.bsky.social

I was shuffling some stuff around and found a Final Fantasy art piece that @stuffbykristin.bsky.social made back in 2013 and still love it as much as ever!

#finalfantasy #famicom #nes #fanart #8-bit #nintendo #squaresoft #mywifecandraw

May 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM

Shawn Witt

@shawnwitt.bsky.social

This is a PSA to check your old electronics and make sure any batteries are removed!

Bonus points if anyone can identify the battery pack in the photo.

Just pulled some AAs with an expiration date of 2012!

#classicgaming #nintendo #retrogames #cartridge #vintagegames #backinmyday #sega #90s

March 6, 2025 at 4:19 AM

Shawn Witt

@shawnwitt.bsky.social

Maruyama Park, April 2022

Incredibly beautiful night among the cherry blossoms.

Have any games utilized an extreme zoomed out 360 camera perspective?

#gamedev #360video #kyoto #art #sakura

February 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM

Shawn Witt

@shawnwitt.bsky.social

When you can finally reach the pedals!

#parenting #arcade #adorable #gamingfamily #driving #racer #coinop #player2 #videogames #saturdaymorning

February 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM

Shawn Witt

@shawnwitt.bsky.social

Our Global Game Jam game Bubblenauts has a free demo up on Steam! Give it a shot and send along a video of a hilarious game-breaking bug!

…and maybe a wishlist, too ;)

store.steampowered.com/app/3494330/...

#indiedev #globalgamejam #steamfest #couchcoop #multiplayer #unity #greenbay #dadjam

Bubblenauts on Steam

This is a 4-player same-screen competitive battler, attempting to bubble your opponents before they bubble you. Use a dash to cut through smaller bubbles but watch out for the large ones.

store.steampowered.com

February 13, 2025 at 2:15 AM

Shawn Witt

@shawnwitt.bsky.social

Jimmy Page warm up ink sketch from this morning!

#ledzeppelin #jimmypage #robertplant #johnpauljones #johnbonham #bonzo #ink #illustration #portrait #sketch #trampledunderfoot

February 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM

Shawn Witt

@shawnwitt.bsky.social

This is an oldie but I still like it! Maybe it’s time to round out the crew!

#earthbound #mother2 #ness #smashbros #nintendo #supernes #illustration #characterdesign #digitalart #giygas #clumsyrobot

February 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM

Shawn Witt

@shawnwitt.bsky.social

Proud of my kid for having the courage to participate in his first Pokemon TCG event over the weekend. It inspired me to make him a Pokemon style portrait.

#pokemontcg #pokemon #illustration #portraitdrawing #nintendo #procreateipad #digitalart #anime #ipadart #applepencil #pokerap

February 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM

Shawn Witt

@shawnwitt.bsky.social

Ok, just hear me out -

(from the back of my civics notebook circa 1997-ish)

#nintendo #gameboy #doodle #nintendo64 #portable #nintendoswitch #mario #n64 #90s #gamedev

February 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM

Shawn Witt

@shawnwitt.bsky.social

Excited to see one of my housing illustrations out in the wild! Thanks to my colleagues for the invaluable feedback during the process!

#warcraft #housing #illustration #visualdevelopment #gamedev #conceptart

World of Warcraft @worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com · Feb 5

Player Housing is coming to Azeroth.

Get an early look: https://blizz.ly/42Dt33r

An illustration of a cozy house somewhere on the outskirts of Stormwind. The house features white walls with wooden beams and warm glowing windows, all under a blue shingled roof. A human stands in the doorway waving; his silhouette is lit from behind by a warm glow inside the home. Grass and colorful plants surround the house, with cobblestone walkways and a small stable attached to the side where a gryphon is nesting comfortably. Other houses and the entrance to Stormwind fill the distant background.

February 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM

Shawn Witt

@shawnwitt.bsky.social

Does anyone else doodle fake video game consoles?

#sketchbook #gamedev #floppydisk #vintagetech #classicgaming #penandink #noeraser #illustration #indiedev

February 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM

Shawn Witt

@shawnwitt.bsky.social

My youngest made me a Pokémon card yesterday. A chip off the old block!

#parenting #pokemon #pokemontcg #pikachu #gamedev #tradingcards #illustration #gameart #nintendo #kensugimori

February 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM

Shawn Witt

@shawnwitt.bsky.social

Game design whiteboard scribbles. Working out how to mash up Bubble Bobble and Quake 3 Arena… We actually managed to implement most of the features in the 48 hour game jam!

#globalgamejam #gamedev #gamedesign #gameart #whiteboarddesign #bubblenauts #greenbay #gamejam

February 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM

Shawn Witt

@shawnwitt.bsky.social

Live portrait painting in Gouache! A bit worrisome in the middle but kept working at it!

#gouache #lifedrawing #trusttheprocess #portraitpainting #artprocess #art #paintingtimelapse #howtopaint #paintingpractice

youtube.com/shorts/S7Etm...

GOUACHE Live Painting Timelapse #gouachepainting #lifedrawing #art #illustration #artprocess #chill

YouTube video by Shawn Witt

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February 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM

Shawn Witt

@shawnwitt.bsky.social

I participated in the Global Game Jam this year! We made a 4-player competitive Bubble ‘em up called Bubblenauts!

Really proud of what we accomplished in just two days!

#globalgamejam #gamedev #bubble

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