Joshua Sammy
@pixelvistas.bsky.social
Artist 🎨, character designer 👥 and ecologist 🍃 !
It's the six of hearts! Vespula vulgaris - the common wasp. #carddesign #entomology #nature #gamedesign #playingcards #wasp #wasplove
May 2, 2025 at 11:04 AM
It's the six of hearts! Vespula vulgaris - the common wasp. #carddesign #entomology #nature #gamedesign #playingcards #wasp #wasplove
Now a Pixelart/Pokémon-y ladybird pupa!
#ladybird #entomology #nature #pokemon #ecology #pixelart #digitalart
#ladybird #entomology #nature #pokemon #ecology #pixelart #digitalart
April 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Now a Pixelart/Pokémon-y ladybird pupa!
#ladybird #entomology #nature #pokemon #ecology #pixelart #digitalart
#ladybird #entomology #nature #pokemon #ecology #pixelart #digitalart
Ladybird larva as a Pokémon concept. Which, yes, Blipbug exists, but that’s a Pokémon.
Trying to figure out what the types are - for now I’ve made it ‘carnivore’ type although maybe it could be ‘beetle’ type??
#pokemon #fanart #bugs #insects #invertebrates #nature #wildlife #pixelart #digitalart
Trying to figure out what the types are - for now I’ve made it ‘carnivore’ type although maybe it could be ‘beetle’ type??
#pokemon #fanart #bugs #insects #invertebrates #nature #wildlife #pixelart #digitalart
April 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Ladybird larva as a Pokémon concept. Which, yes, Blipbug exists, but that’s a Pokémon.
Trying to figure out what the types are - for now I’ve made it ‘carnivore’ type although maybe it could be ‘beetle’ type??
#pokemon #fanart #bugs #insects #invertebrates #nature #wildlife #pixelart #digitalart
Trying to figure out what the types are - for now I’ve made it ‘carnivore’ type although maybe it could be ‘beetle’ type??
#pokemon #fanart #bugs #insects #invertebrates #nature #wildlife #pixelart #digitalart
Been a while since I did work on the playing cards, so here's some old concept maps of video game regions set at a microscopic scale, for the game concept 'Micromania!'
#gameart #map #gamdesign #microbiology #microscopic #gamemap #microbes #lab #petridish #eppindorf
#gameart #map #gamdesign #microbiology #microscopic #gamemap #microbes #lab #petridish #eppindorf
March 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Been a while since I did work on the playing cards, so here's some old concept maps of video game regions set at a microscopic scale, for the game concept 'Micromania!'
#gameart #map #gamdesign #microbiology #microscopic #gamemap #microbes #lab #petridish #eppindorf
#gameart #map #gamdesign #microbiology #microscopic #gamemap #microbes #lab #petridish #eppindorf
Two of spades, the housefly! Two is the key card for spades, as true flies have two wings.
I didn't realise how difficult this one would be to draw! Flies are generally a lot harder than I expected.
#entomology #fly #sciart #illustration #gamedesign #carddesign #natureart #digitalart
I didn't realise how difficult this one would be to draw! Flies are generally a lot harder than I expected.
#entomology #fly #sciart #illustration #gamedesign #carddesign #natureart #digitalart
March 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Two of spades, the housefly! Two is the key card for spades, as true flies have two wings.
I didn't realise how difficult this one would be to draw! Flies are generally a lot harder than I expected.
#entomology #fly #sciart #illustration #gamedesign #carddesign #natureart #digitalart
I didn't realise how difficult this one would be to draw! Flies are generally a lot harder than I expected.
#entomology #fly #sciart #illustration #gamedesign #carddesign #natureart #digitalart
The Ace of Clubs - garden snail! This style of design will only be used for the ace in clubs - in spades (flies), it will be the two, in hearts (wasps) it will be the six, and in diamonds (spiders) it will be the eight. #malacology #entomology #gamedesign #carddesign #playingcards #illustration
March 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The Ace of Clubs - garden snail! This style of design will only be used for the ace in clubs - in spades (flies), it will be the two, in hearts (wasps) it will be the six, and in diamonds (spiders) it will be the eight. #malacology #entomology #gamedesign #carddesign #playingcards #illustration
To be fair, a lot of these for me are nothing to do with art and entirely to do with academia (forgetting to eat, the hunch, having too many ideas...)
March 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM
To be fair, a lot of these for me are nothing to do with art and entirely to do with academia (forgetting to eat, the hunch, having too many ideas...)
The King of Spades - Tanyptera atrata, or the Giant Sabre Comb-horn. Dramatic common name! This was a lot of fun to draw. #entomology #illustration #diptera #fly #nature #carddesign #gamedesign
March 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The King of Spades - Tanyptera atrata, or the Giant Sabre Comb-horn. Dramatic common name! This was a lot of fun to draw. #entomology #illustration #diptera #fly #nature #carddesign #gamedesign
King of clubs - the Leopard Slug! Making the club icon was surprisingly difficult, but I'm pretty happy with what I have now. Next up is spades, which I've swapped from moths to flies because moths are too mainstream.
#entomology #limacology #gamedesign #carddesign #art #illustration #playingcards
#entomology #limacology #gamedesign #carddesign #art #illustration #playingcards
March 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
King of clubs - the Leopard Slug! Making the club icon was surprisingly difficult, but I'm pretty happy with what I have now. Next up is spades, which I've swapped from moths to flies because moths are too mainstream.
#entomology #limacology #gamedesign #carddesign #art #illustration #playingcards
#entomology #limacology #gamedesign #carddesign #art #illustration #playingcards
March 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Here's the king of hearts (wasps), Mutilla europaea. Trying to decide on colours for the suit here... thoughts? #entomology #illustration #playingcards #carddesign #wasps #bugs
March 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Here's the king of hearts (wasps), Mutilla europaea. Trying to decide on colours for the suit here... thoughts? #entomology #illustration #playingcards #carddesign #wasps #bugs
Design concept for playing cards with diamonds as spiders. Wasps would be hearts, moths as spades and land molluscs as clubs. Probably just British species for this project! Would you be interested in this? #arachnology #illustration #playingcards #carddesign #entomology
March 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Design concept for playing cards with diamonds as spiders. Wasps would be hearts, moths as spades and land molluscs as clubs. Probably just British species for this project! Would you be interested in this? #arachnology #illustration #playingcards #carddesign #entomology
A creature design of a mammalioform mixed with a comb jelly! #creaturedesign #drawing #nature #artist
January 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
A creature design of a mammalioform mixed with a comb jelly! #creaturedesign #drawing #nature #artist
Some inverts from Tobago
November 19, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Some inverts from Tobago
Bit of a sadder one (??) Drew a part of myself I explored a few weeks ago in Internal Family Systems therapy. Generally feelings of abandonment and isolation.
#therapy #selfportrait #comic #digitalart #ifs #artist
#therapy #selfportrait #comic #digitalart #ifs #artist
September 9, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Bit of a sadder one (??) Drew a part of myself I explored a few weeks ago in Internal Family Systems therapy. Generally feelings of abandonment and isolation.
#therapy #selfportrait #comic #digitalart #ifs #artist
#therapy #selfportrait #comic #digitalart #ifs #artist
I’m working on a #deckbuilding #cardgame focussed on animals and plants in #freshwater ecosystems. I’ve done all the #art and design for the game myself, and am now going through playtesting before I try to figure out how the heck one publishes games! #gamedesign #gameart #digitalart
May 24, 2024 at 2:20 PM
I’m working on a #deckbuilding #cardgame focussed on animals and plants in #freshwater ecosystems. I’ve done all the #art and design for the game myself, and am now going through playtesting before I try to figure out how the heck one publishes games! #gamedesign #gameart #digitalart
Just joined Bluesky, we’ll see if it goes the way of me actually using it or not 😅 I’m an artist and ecologist, currently working on a card game and also finishing my PhD!
May 2, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Just joined Bluesky, we’ll see if it goes the way of me actually using it or not 😅 I’m an artist and ecologist, currently working on a card game and also finishing my PhD!