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Atlas 🦋 | Working on Comms!
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Atlas | Illustrator & Concept Artist. | Full-time space moth 🦋🌌 | 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ NB (she/they) | 🇧🇷 | Art Lead @mothfriedgames.bsky.social
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I've been slowly getting more confident in working with pixels. Making the key art for the game was really fun c:

#gamejam #gamedev #indiedev #godotdev #spritesheet
A spritesheet showing a pixel art drawing of two moths playing dodgeball, the logo for the game "Mothball", and some square button templates. Bottom text reads: "Mothball: Key Art & Menu UI"
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Would love to see your take on my bug :3 Also congrats on the follows!
A reference sheet of a purple anthro moth. Text reads (top to bottom/left to right): "MUSEUM DATABASE"; "ACCESSING FILE 1/5 "; "ATLAS_THE_EXPLORER"; "LOADING BIOGRAPHIC DATA >"; "ENTITY NAME... ATLAS; DESIGNATION... EXPLORER; SPECIES... MOTH (ATTACUS_REDACTED); GENDER... NON BINARY (SHE/THEY); OCCUPATION... ARCHAEOLOGIST"; "LOADING BIOMETRIC DATA"; "AGE... UNKNOWN; HEIGHT 1.98MT (CURRENT); WEIGHT... 120KG (CURRENT)"; "LOADING VISUAL DATA"; "INNER"; "OUTER"; "WINGSPAN... 4MT (CURRENT)"; "GALACTIC MUSEUM DATABASE ACCESS > PUBLIC". An illustrated reference sheet featuring detail shots and information about the character, who is an anthro moth. Text reads: "MUSEUM DATABASE"; "ACCESSING FILE 2/5 "; "ATLAS_THE_EXPLORER"; "LOADING RESEARCH DATA >"; "STARBOUND ENTITY: AN ENTITY WHICH HAS ITS EXISTENCE TIED TO THE NATURAL LIFECYCLE OF ASTRONOMICAL OBJECTS, SUCH AS STARS, PLANETS, AND OTHERS."; "OLYMPIAN: DESIGNATION GIVEN TO A STARBOUND ENTITY'S FIRST LIFECYCLE STAGE. ABLE TO HARNESS 'COSMIC ENERGIES' TO A LIMITED DEGREE AND RECALL INFORMATION FROM PREVIOUS ITERATIONS."; "LOADING VISUAL DATA"; "ENERGY_FOCUSING: WINGS AND FLESH WILL GLOW WHEN THE ENTITY IS FOCUSING 'COSMIC ENERGY' OR UNDER INTENSE EMOTIONS. THE FOCUSED ENERGY WILL MANIFEST ABOVE THE ENTITY'S HEAD. ANTENNAE MIGHT HELP CONTAIN IT."; "LYMPH_CONTROL: WINGS CAN BE DEFLATED AT WILL BY PUSHING LYMPH BACK INTO THE BODY. USEFUL FOR WEARING CLOTHING."; ENTITY_COMMUNICATION: THE ENTITY MOSTLY USES THEIR ANTENNAE AND EYES TO COMMUNICATE. WHEN IDLE/CONTENT, THE ANTENNAE RESEMBLE A PAIR OF CURVED HORNS."; "GALACTIC MUSEUM DATABASE ACCESS > PUBLIC". An illustrated reference sheet featuring outfits for an anthro moth. Text reads: "MUSEUM DATABASE"; "ACCESSING FILE 3/5 "; "ATLAS_THE_EXPLORER"; "LOADING LEGAL DATA >"; "RESEARCH CONTRACT EXERPT"; "THE ENTITY AGREES TO A SHARED-INFORMATION RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GALACTIC MUSEUM. THE MUSEUM SHALL FUND THE ENTITYS EXPEDITIONS INTO THE FRINGE SYSTEMS. UPON STARTING THEIR METAMORPHOSIS THE ENTITY WILL BE MONITORED BY THE MUSEUM AT THEIR FACILITIES AT [REDACTED]. THE ENTITY IS FREE TO EXPLORE"; "LOADING VISUAL DATA >"; "MUSEUM UDA"; "STANDARD ISSUE UNIVERSAL DATA ANALYZER. USED FOR COLLECTING, ANALYZING AND BROADCASTING MULTIPLE FORMS OF DATA."; "CIVILIAN ATTIRE"; "SPACESUIT"; "GALACTIC MUSEUM DATABASE ACCESS > PUBLIC".
November 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Art Train 🚅 nyoom

@jojuticaba.bsky.social
@oddthesungod.bsky.social
@lavenderskies.bsky.social
@cuddlebutt.bsky.social
A drawing of an anthro two headed bird wielding guns and swords. A drawing of an anthro moth in a dark industrial corridor A drawing of a merdragon finding treasure A sketch of a resting anthro heron
November 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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We tried to keep it pretty simple with the sprites for this game! Most are static, only animated sprite is the background actually, with the portal ripples.

#gamejam #indiedev #godotdev #spritesheet #gamedev
A spritesheet featuring moths and a ball court. Text reads "Mothball: Game Sprites"
November 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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If you see this, post your bird art

Two for the price of one ;) My crow lads Kam 🐦‍⬛💜
A drawing of a two headed anthro crow wirlding guns and swords in front of a purple machine arch A painting of a floating two headed anthro crow. Half of their body has the skeleton and muscles exposed
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Making a game is tricky, no matter how silly it is. Here's some ideas for when we were figuring out Mothball, for the GMTK Jam a while back! Deciding the game loop early on was the most important part considering the short amount of dev time we had x3

#gamedev #godotdev
A sketch page featuring sketches of a ball court and pillbugs. Notes read: "portal"; "Stage 1: XY movement, Court zone, Shooting (up/down), shooting (4 directions), solid vs portal, ball counter, score/life counter, match timer). Bottom reads: "Moth Ball: Early Concepts 1" A sketch page featuring sketches of a ball court with a moth and different ways of showing points and scores. Bottom reads: "Moth Ball: Early Concepts 2"
November 11, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Wanted to share the cute new moths from the Moth Planet update we made a few months ago c: Rest of the production art is in my portfolio if anyone wants to check out! https://portfolio.explorermoo.com/

#gamedev #godotdev
A spritesheet showing different moths wearing hats. Text reads "Anniversary Update NPC Spritesheet"
November 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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More Qud sprites! I made these to help out in a mod jam this halloween c: I'll share the mod when it's up on the steam workshop!

#cavesofqud #fanart #coq #pixelart #alien #illithid #xenomorph
An ornate pixel frame with sprites of 5 different characters. Text reads "Qud Tiles Series 4", characters from left to right: "Xeno 1", "Xeno 2", "Empy', "Us", "Hunter"
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Silly doodle for my buddy @myrthemoth.bsky.social 's bday c:
If you get the reference you are entitled to a greymuzzle card.
A drawing of a moth eating a sun mimicking the classic meme "Krystal can't enjoy her sandwich"
November 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Excuse me this is the gayest thing I've read in a long time. And this was written 4000 years ago
October 31, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Another sneak peek of an upcoming commission... FURRIES IN SPACE ONCE AGAIN 💜
A sketch of a squirrel floating upside down in a space station
October 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Fuck it, have a doodle of Atlas TFing into a scolipede

#tftuesday #transfur #doodle
A doodle of an anthro moth transforming into a scolipede
October 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Ordered camera film, got candy
October 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Sneak peek of one of the commissions I'm working on c: I love drawing bugs in space!!!

#furryart #sketch #wip #moth
October 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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I HAVE SILKED THE SONG #silksong
A picture of the game completion screen for Hollow Knight Silksong, showing 100% game completion at a total time of 51h27m22s
October 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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SUBJECT ESCAPED CONTAINMENT
At 2700 hours, the Entity [REDACTED] was recorded loose in the containment facility at Tarantula Station. It is advised to not come in contact with it or its fluids. If you do, report to the nearest research personnel available.
- Management

~ Happy spooky month c; ~
A close up drawing of a moth monster in the dark. It is full of teeth where fur should’ve been, from which a greenish saliva drips. Its eyes are light blue and grow where the flesh seeps from the chitin. It is shown thru the lens of a glitchy camera, with an alert banner reading “WARNING SUBJECT ESCAPED CONTAINMENT” A close up drawing of a moth monster in the dark. It is full of teeth where fur should’ve been, from which a greenish saliva drips. Its eyes are light blue and grow where the flesh seeps from the chitin.
October 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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that said
October 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Trying to get back into sculpting again! Here's a warmup Atlas c:

#furryart #moth #3d #sculpt #3dart
A 3/4 front view of a 3D sculpt of a purple anthro moth head A 3/4 back view of a 3D sculpt of a purple anthro moth head A 3/4 closeup of a 3D sculpt of a purple anthro moth head A front closeup of a 3D sculpt of a purple anthro moth head
October 2, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Sketch for Rufran! Just a regular day in utopia c:

#sketch #furryart #macro #scifi
A sketch of a mountain valley with a city in the distance. A bird lady is sitting on the edge of a cliff on the foreground, nonchalantly looking at the landscape. In the sky, a creature can be faintly seen lookind down as if they were pressing their face against the glass of an aquarium."
September 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Got 5 commission slots open! Updated my prices and am offering some new options.
I draw sci-fi, fantasy, and absolutely love doing BGs!

Interested? Order at http://www.explorermoo.com !
DM if you have any questions!
A promotional card that reads "Commissions Open - Limited Slots". It is showcasing many different artwork, sketches, illustration, ref sheets, portraits, and more. Text at the bottom reads: "Examples, Prices and TOS at EXPLORERMOO.COM"
September 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Without people, there's a surplus of oxygen in space stations. So the plants in the greenhouses and gardens grow and creep inside the machinery. While that could create accidents, in most cases it's as if they know exactly how to plug any holes in the hull.

#scifi #moth
A drawing of an anthro moth floatinf down a metal tube overgrown with plants. She is wiping a window, showing the void of space outside.
September 28, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Pew pew! Featuring me and my buddy @altertine.bsky.social 's Caves of Qud OCs!
(they're boyfriends)

#sketch #furryart #cavesofqud #fanart #scifi #beetle #bird
A sketch of an anthro beetle and an anthro two-headed crow flying while brandishing laser guns
September 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Careful if a mad scientist gives you a potion! You never know what might happen u.u
Sketch for @featheredsnek.bsky.social and @realinnosense.bsky.social !

#kaiju #furryart #snake #ant #sketch
A sketch of a kaiju sized anthro snake flustered at the destruction surrounding them, while an ant celebrates on their shoulder.
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Like I mentioned a while back, things have been really hectic! I've been trying out some sketch styles so I can keep doing commissions while things are chaotic ^^ This one is for the wonderful @complexbezier.bsky.social !

#sketch #furryart #commissionart #bird #heron
A sketch of an anthro heron preening their feathers while sitting on a cushion.
September 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Overgrown maintenance tunnels
A rough sketch of an anthro moth floating down a glass tunnel in space
September 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM