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Arcturox
@arcturox.bsky.social
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Pixel artist, Illustrator, animator. I also sometimes do VA work and make Deadlock videos. I am still learning how Bluesky works!
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"Send thy prayers to the dregs of the gutter, for there also layeth the divine."
#Cyberpunk #TTRPG #Eratoh
It is dusk within an empty lot in the depths of a city. Four silhouetted figures stand highlighted by streetlights in the vacant lot, clearly having some kind of clandestine meeting. One holds a briefcase while the others speak to one another. In the foreground, slinking around the corner of an old brick building, there is a woman holding a firearm, a hand-rolled cigarette pressed to her lips. She has dark medium length hair and is wearing a short cropped jacket and a sports bra. She has a multitude of tattoos and piercings. Above her head, there is a ring of white fire hovering in the shape of a halo. On her gun hand, her strange arcane tattoos are glowing white as well. Her gaze is clearly turned towards the distant meeting. They have not yet noticed her approach. Her gun is glowing with energy, and steam is pouring out of a vent in its side. She seems about to make her move.
August 31, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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This Metalmark was a beta design initially shopped to the Second Committee before it collapsed. It was squirreled out of a SecCom military base by its test pilot when the government fell, and was then passed down to his children. It's current pilot is Alder Bradley, a grandson of the original pilot.
A pixel art image of a man on a small screen. He is shooting the viewer a confident look. He has short silken black hair and tan skin. He is wearing a breathing apparatus around his neck and is sporting a large padded green pilot's jacket.
August 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Here are some closeups of it as well.
A closeup of the above image. This closeup clearly shows a logo emblazoned on it's left shoulder. It is the sign of the Second Committee, painted over with a red "X". A golden crown has been painted above it. This is a closeup of the above image. It shows more clearly the single red eye, as well as the numbers "03" on its chestplate.
August 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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I made another #Lancer #LancerRPG guy. This one's an SSC Metalmark. The four arms are so it can hold more guns at once.
This is a drawing of an SSC Metalmark from the Lancer TTRPG. It has four arms and is standing on two digitigrade legs that end in talons. In two of its arms it's holding an extremely long railgun rifle, and in its other two arms it's holding two pistols, one of them is actively firing at an unseen target offscreen. Smoke billows from the other pistol and the rails of the railgun. The mech is plated in military green armor plates, and beneath them is a tangle of organ-like reddish tubes. It's head is black, with a single red eye flashing within, staring away at its target somewhere nearby. The mech is named "Tigranes".
August 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Finally got around to building an actual character sheet on COMP/CON for #Lancer #LancerTTRPG. This is my lady, Margot and her mech, One Thousand Grasping Hands. She can definitely be trusted with Gandiva missiles.
A mech stands at ease with a thermal rifle held in both hands. It is an SSC Monarch with a custom paint job - blue with white trim. Its twin shoulder missile pods are closed, and it has a large over-the-shoulder missile launcher slung over its left hand side. The mech's head is fixed with a large white ring mimicking a halo. Its right shoulder is emblazoned with a logo of three white hands in a triangle formation with 1-K written across them. Also on its right shoulder, its pilot is sitting on a lawn chair raising a glass to the viewer. She is tanning in a black bathing suit and there is an open bottle of wine beside her. She is labeled as "Margot 'Polecat' Wojciech" and the mech is labeled "SSC MONARCH: One Thousand Grasping Hands"
August 5, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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What's poppin' #PortfolioDay? I'm Arc. I make a variety of arts and love doing work on TTRPG's and indie games. I'm open for work and for personal commissions at the moment and I would love to do some peoples' TTRPG characters. Also feel free to check out my website at jayknoxart.com.
A man in immense sci-fi power armor stands at attention, a rifle slung across his front. His armor is a dark greyish purple trimmed in gold. He has a red shoulder-cape draped from his right arm, and a giant rosary tangled around his left. His helmet has three red pinprick eyes arranged in a triangle. In the top of the image he is labeled "Chaplain 0030: Caramai". An image styled to look like a PC-98 era VN depicting a young woman in a city street looking directly into the camera. The image is surrounded by a UI which identifies her as "Maiko". She is saying "I don't know if I can trust you with this.". Just beside her dialogue box there is a small meter which seems to indicate her trust level is low. Two women sit beside a large red shipping container. They're both wearing uniform letterman jackets. The one on the left is lazily holding a cigarette at her side in one hand and has the other on her hip. She has short cropped blonde hair and is looking down at the one on the right, who is sitting on some kind of sci-fi looking container. The one on the right has longer dark hair tied up into a ponytail, and seems angry about whatever the left one is saying. This image is fashioned to look like a fake screenshot from an animated show. A young woman in a letterman jacket hunches in an old, barely-cushioned sci-fi pilot's seat. She is leaning forward, sweat dripping from her face, staring blankly ahead. She has short cropped blond hair hanging down just above her eyes. Some kind of plug device juts unnaturally from the base of her neck, sprouting a cable which disappears behind the chair. Another woman, mostly off-screen and wearing a matching letterman jacket is poised with one hand on the cable and another on the back of the first woman's head, seemingly ready to unplug it. Subtitles, implied to be from the first woman read: "Just pull it already."
July 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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I won a small blue woman out of a claw machine.
June 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Here's some closeup shots of the armor also.
A closeup of the helmet of the Knight pictured above. There is illegible golden filigreed text which follows the lines of the helm and the cowl which surrounds it. There is a single golden symbol at the top of the helm. Strapped to his back are two red and gold pressurized tanks. A closeup of the left arm of the knight pictured above. Hanging from the rosary that is tangled around the arm there is a stone orb fashioned to look like the planet Erat. There is a golden piece of metal in the shape of a shooting star that is piercing the planet. A Closeup of the knee armor of the Knight pictured above. There is a shield-shaped crest pictured here. The field within the shield is divided into four quadrants and the image of a sword lies in their center, pointed downwards. On either side of the shield there are small golden banners hanging. Above the shield there are four golden symbols in an alien language.
June 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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The Kuvito Knighthood are a small religious military sect which worship the planet-god Erat.

"Peace to the Motherworld! Glory to her faithful!"
A man in immense sci-fi power armor stands at attention, a rifle slung across his front. His armor is a dark greyish purple trimmed in gold. He has a red shoulder-cape draped from his right arm, and a giant rosary tangled around his left. His helmet has three red pinprick eyes arranged in a triangle. In the top of the image he is labeled "Chaplain 0030: Caramai".
June 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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"Sorry. I don't mean to worry you. I'm sure it's just a hiccup in the firmware or something."
This is a closeup of a man in a jacket with rolled up sleeves. His hand gestures vaguely with a cigarette between its fingers. Behind him are shelves filled with boxes of military rations. Subtitles styles as though this is an animated show read: "When you get the implant, you get these... feelings. Like an itch at the base of your skull." This is a closeup of a man's face in profile. He is rubbing at the back of his neck, staring into the middle distance. There are deep bags under his eyes as though he hasn't been sleeping well. He has sparse facial hair as though he hasn't been keeping up with shaving, and pallid skin. Behind him there are shelves stocked with boxes of military rations. Subtitles styles as though they are from an animated show read: "On my old ship it was comforting... but here, I dunno. Something just feels... wrong."
May 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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"Settle down, child, or I may not tell the tale you hope to hear."
Under the light of a full moon, a young woman in a loose cloth tunic with a blue vest stands atop a wooden stage. She has a purple cloth draped over one arm, and clasps a hanging piece of jewelry in both hands in front of her. She stares down directly at the viewer scoldingly. She is flanked on both sides by lanterns which light her from beneath.
May 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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My #pixelart webcomic just finished it's first chapter! Capping it off with a few animated pages.

Read it for free over on Tapas:
tapas.io/series/A-Let...
March 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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"Are you sure about this?"
This image is fashioned to look like a fake screenshot from an animated show. A young woman in a letterman jacket hunches in an old, barely-cushioned sci-fi pilot's seat. She is leaning forward, sweat dripping from her face, staring blankly ahead. She has short cropped blond hair hanging down just above her eyes. Some kind of plug device juts unnaturally from the base of her neck, sprouting a cable which disappears behind the chair. Another woman, mostly off-screen and wearing a matching letterman jacket is poised with one hand on the cable and another on the back of the first woman's head, seemingly ready to unplug it. Subtitles, implied to be from the first woman read: "Just pull it already."
March 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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"To be honest, it sounds like it was 100% your fault."
March 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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New double update over on my #pixelart #webcomic: A Letter for Eko!

tapas.io/series/A-Let...
A giant worm looms on the horizon behind a large city. Smaller worms cover its back, falling off into the building below. A flock of warrior birds fly towards it. A bird in the foreground wearing a metal helm points a spear with a red tassel towards it. In the top left corner, a text box reads: "I was young when it started." A city burns, black smoke and glowing flame choke the distant sky. Far away, we see the silhouette of a worm surrounded by a small flock of birds, locked in battle. In the foreground, the same bird with the red-tasseled spear kneels over the corpse of a different bird. The dead bird lays motionless, with a sword discarded just beside his hand. In the top left corner, a textbox reads "Old by the end.". In the bottom right corner, a speech bubble comes from someone off screen, saying "My Lady?".
March 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Here's some of the oldest #pixelart I've done that I'm still happy with.
February 16, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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An old #pixelart photograph of an equally old Ranger woman.
(made in 2021)
February 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Battle Damaged
February 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Two new pages on my #pixelart #webcomic today! And one of them is (slightly) animated! You can read it over on Tapas.

tapas.io/series/A-Let...
January 31, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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New page up for my #pixelart #webcomic, A Letter for Eko!

Freshies up every monday, wednesday, and friday!

tapas.io/series/A-Let...
January 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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The first 10 pages of my #pixelart #webcomic are up over on Tapas!

Eko is a mutant Blackwing, trapped in the last bastion of their civilization. But despite the seemingly dire circumstances of their people, Eko still wants to make sure their mail arrives on time.

tapas.io/series/A-Let...
January 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Hello #PortfolioDay. I'm Jay AKA Arc!
I make comics, #pixelart, and sprites for games. I have 7 years experience working for indie game studios both as artist and art director. I'm looking for work and I'd love to get back to the indie scene to work with other passionate people!

Site jayknoxart.com
January 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Workin' on my dang #pixelart bird guy comic again.
A wingless bird person in simple garb is chasing after a letter which is floating away from them via the wind. Another bird person, this one with wings, flies a distance behind them, wielding a spear. The background is a vast desert covered in plateaus. The closest plateau has a town built on top, and you can barely make out other bird people in the distance flying around the town.
January 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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December 23, 2024 at 5:03 PM
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The girls are fighting.
Two women in suits are on the ground. The older one is straddling the younger, pulling her up by her lapels, and shouting. Her hands are bloodied. The younger has a calm expression on her face, a spatter of blood across her face, and a bloodied hammer held loosely in her hand. Beside the two there is an empty pistol surrounded by bullet casings.
December 13, 2024 at 5:07 PM