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Paul R

@rupparart.bsky.social

Been doing a bunch of texturing practice to level up those realistic texturing skills! Model by Handy Chevrin, textures by me.

3D render of vintage television with yellowed plastic and a dusty screen.

3D render of vintage television with yellowed plastic and a dusty screen from the right.

3D render of vintage television with yellowed plastic and a dusty screen, with a close-up view of the dials.

3D render of the back of a vintage television with yellowed plastic and a dusty screen.

November 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM

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Oculus Imperia

@oculusimperia.bsky.social

November 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM

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Jenny Haines

@snarkylamassu.bsky.social

I'm afraid I'm too ill to participate this time, so have a lil repost 🤧 I'll try to browse n' boost others when I'm up to it!

Have a fun Portfolio Day, hope you find some new art to admire or rediscover some older art you loved!❤️

Jenny Haines @snarkylamassu.bsky.social · Jul 8

Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Jenny, a UK-based freelance artist who loves painting colorful, dreamy environments, often inspired by my love of retro games.

I'm available for 2D games concept art and fantasy illustration!

🖌️ www.jennyhainesart.com
✉️ jennyhainesart@gmail.com
🎨 cara.app/snarkylamassu

Crono, Marle and Frog stand on a colossal chain across the Mountain of Woe, looking to the Kingdom of Zeal in the distance (inspired by Chrono Trigger).

A small caravan on a long journey along a well-trodden dirt road towards a massive crystalline tree in the distance (inspired by Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles)

Painting of the bottom of a grand waterfall in daylight. A small island with a large rock settled on it emerges above the water; the legendary Mana Sword is embedded in the rock, glowing softly with a magical blue light. (Inspired by Secret of Mana)

Painting of an underwater themed temple, heavy on blues and sea-greens. Water curtains line the sides, supported by aged, twisted stone columns. Stained glass windows flank the focal point in the center; a pedestal with the magical Mana Seed floating above it. (Inspired by Secret of Mana)

October 14, 2025 at 9:51 AM

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Gremlin!

@smolgremlin.bsky.social

I blinked and it's suddenly #Portfolioday ! Hi hello I'm Victor, a concept artist and illustrator with a passion for fantasy, mythology, history, and FIDDLY DETAIL WORK. I am open for commissions and contract work!
🎨https://victorlong.carrd.co
📩longvictorart@gmail.com

October 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM

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Max Dunbar

@maxdunbar.bsky.social

Hi #PortfolioDay! my name is Max, I am a concept & comic book artist- Super keen to help design miniatures and/or toys!
You can contact me here: www.maxdunbar.com/contact
or max@max-dunbar.com #dnd #fantasyart

October 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM

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Bella Bergolts

@bellabergolts.bsky.social

Hello #PortfolioDay ✨

I am Bella! I love creating atmospheric and gothic artworks ❤️

October 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM

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eshpur

@eshpur.bsky.social

Hi again #PortfolioDay ! 👁️💙

I`m Eshpur, a freelance artist who's in love with stained glass style and fond of medieval studies and symbolism!

TOS: eshpur.carrd.co
Portfolio: artstation.com/eshpur
Contact: eshpur0@gmail.com

October 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM

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Toby Fox

@tobyfoxart.bsky.social

It’s #PortfolioDay 💖🎨

Hi I’m Toby, I work mainly in the TTRPG and CCG space. I love world building and fantasy, and I’m particularly interested in projects with diverse characters and cultures

🌐 www.tobyfoxart.com
✉️ tobyfoxartist@gmail.com

October 14, 2025 at 9:31 AM

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Ian Carter

@magnacarter.bsky.social

Whattup #portfolioday
I'm Ian, an illustrator from the UK.

Open for work in TTRPGs, Games and private/commercial commissions.

October 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM

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Nadinne Neira (commissions open!)

@nadneira.bsky.social

🎨 #PortfolioDay Hi! I'm Nadinne Neira, Illustrator and Concept Artist available for work. I've worked in Animation as background and concept artist and as TCG illustrator. I'm open to TTRPG, TCG, games, indie projects, cover art and personal commissions.

• Portfolio: nadinneneira.wordpress.com

October 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM

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Neil Anderson

@rmmbr.bsky.social

Hello #PortfolioDay
I'm Neil - a Scottish artist who loves stories about people and places written on things and faces.

I’m building an illustration portfolio so hmu if you are looking to collab. I want to bring worlds to life!

I am also a Rebelle Featured Artist!

link: neiljganderson.com

A wandering adventurer, grasping a chipped knife, and their giant corgi wade through a lush, warm swamp. Behind them, a giant snake uncurls and stalks them. Will they survive?

An oil painting on linen. A man leans back looking off right. His eyes and forehead are cast in light. His young child leans, half asleep, against him.

A digital portrait of a woman with a mass of curled hair is spotlit by a harsh light from above. Tight brushes around the face, give way to loose and abstract brushstrokes around the perimeter of the subject.

A portrait of a man interrupted while playing guitar in a living room. He looks at the viewer. Day light from behind diffuses into the room while a lamp lights the figure from the left.

October 14, 2025 at 8:12 AM

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Zoe Badini

@zoebadini.bsky.social

Hello #PortfolioDay !

I'm Zoe, a fantasy illustrator from Italy, looking for more work on book illustrations, as well as TTRPGs and games!

I'm available for both commercial and private commissions.

Find me here:

🎨 cara.app/zoebadini
📩zoe.badini@gmail.com

We’re in a pleasant forest setting, with lots of greenery and the sun peeking through the canopy. We see tree houses made of natural materials on the trees.
A young, dark skinned elf is running madly towards the camera, laughing. He’s holding a chicken under one arm and a rope strung with strange berries in the other hand. A whole flock of chickens is following him, apparently crazy about the berries.
The chaotic scene is being watched by two shocked bystanders.

A ladybug clad in an armor made of leaves and flower petals stands on a large white flower. They’re wielding magic wands, a spellbook and a shield made out of a seed husk. White war paint adorns their face and shield. They are casting fire spells against a horde of wasps.

Evithorir, painted for Critical Role by Zoe Badini.

Evithorir is described as an elven figure perpetually shrouded in shadows. Its face is pale gray, its skin is pulled tight against bone. Its teeth are crooked and elongated and its eyes glow.

In this scene it stands in front of a large glowing green crystal pillar, surrounded by black and greenish flames. Its body flows and disappears into the shadows. Its hands are lifted at its sides, casting more dark shadows.
Hidden and trapped inside its chest we can glimpse a reddish emaciated figure.

Scream, painted for the 2024 Upper Deck Fleer Ultra Matriarchs of Marvel set.
A monstrous, tentacled figure emerges from the mist. She has large milky eyes, a wide mouth full of sharp teeth and a long extended tongue.

October 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM

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Theo 🏳️‍🌈🌙 Comms Open

@theotimegm.bsky.social

#PortfolioDay

Hey, I'm Theo, french artist working in TTRPG and character design. I love mechs and knights, scifi and fantasy.

Open for comms.

cara.app/theogm
theotime.galmiche@gmail.com

October 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM

Paul R

@rupparart.bsky.social

Happy #portfolioday everyone!
I'm Paul, US-based environment artist and instructor with a love for cyberpunk and sci-fi/fantasy design. Currently looking for more full-time/contract work.

✉️RupparArt@gmail.com
Portfolio: www.artstation.com/paulruppar

October 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM

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Nathan Birchall

@nathanbirchall.art

Hello #PortfolioDay! I'm Nathan and I'm a freelance artist based in the UK. I love to paint epic fantasy scenes and characters for games, book covers and TTRPGs.

Enquiries 📩 nbirchall.art@gmail.com

More of my work can be found here 🌐 www.nathanbirchall.art

<3

October 14, 2025 at 9:12 AM

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sophie_exhausted_finalFINAL_03.psd

@netizenses.bsky.social

Hello again #portfolioday!

I'm Sophie, an artist working in games & illustration. I love creating vibrant & beautifully rendered artworks 🌈✨

I'm open to illustration, concept, and cover work

sesmithfreelance.wixsite.com/illustration
www.artstation.com/sophiellensm...
s.e.smith.freelance@gmail.com

Head study of a black woman, painted in krita

Concept design for mini explorable planets, each exploiting a different game mechanic or mission objective

An illustration for Neurocracy 3.0, of the Young Volcanoes, rocking out

A painted fantasy portrait of a lightforged draenei; an adaptation of Bernini's Apollo and Daphne for Classics but Make it Gay volume 1; a fantasy portrait of a sinister, powerful woman

October 14, 2025 at 8:42 AM

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Kittie

@kittiepeters.com

delete chatgpt and stop using generative AI 🖤🤍

Sam Altman’s AI empire will devour as much power as New York City and San Diego combined. Experts say it’s ‘scary’ | Fortune

Andrew Chien told Fortune he’s been a computer scientist for 40 years but we’re close to “some seminal moments for how we think about AI and its impact on society.”

fortune.com

October 7, 2025 at 1:26 AM

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Nadinne Neira (commissions open!)

@nadneira.bsky.social

The Athrathrao Myth - Concept Art. Finally done with these, some lore, from the myth itself, and some hints to my own project below. I redacted some stuff because I don't have names for places yet and other stuff.

October 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM

Paul R

@rupparart.bsky.social

Spent the last two weeks making this cyberpunk environment!
www.artstation.com/artwork/qJz9mn (Sorry for the repost had to make some quick changes)

September 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM

Paul R

@rupparart.bsky.social

Woke up to the news that I was selected as a finalist for the Rookies 2025! www.therookies.co/entries/40815

The Rookies - Paul Ruppar - Environments Portfolio 2025, by RupparArt

During my graduate program at the University of Utah, I found that I loved creating environments and props as a means of visual storytelling. I pivoted, delving into a deep love of cyberpunk media and...

www.therookies.co

July 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM

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Natalie Spitzel

@nat-the-dev.bsky.social

Stop using AI for placeholder assets.
Use sketches. Use lorem ipsum. Use bright pink materials. Use programmer art for fucks sake, literally anything else.
If your studio is using AI even for temp, even if they think they've covered their tracks, SPEAK UP because people WILL FIND IT

June 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM

Paul R

@rupparart.bsky.social

My love of Cyberpunk 2077's art style and aesthetic design continues! I spent some time recently creating my own take on the Netrunning chair, based on concepts by Bogna Gawrońska and the in-game models by the CD Projekt Red team. Check it out on ArtStation for further breakdowns and renders

June 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM

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Paul Scott Canavan

@paulscottcanavan.com

Hey friends! My band is now on Spotify!!!

It would mean the world if you'd have a listen to our first EP, save it to a playlist and share it around a bit!!! Anything to get some eyes and ears on this passion project 🖤🖤🖤

open.spotify.com/album/2QnzlA...

Our First Record

SORE GUMS · EP · 2024 · 4 songs

open.spotify.com

June 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM

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Mike Bithell

@mikebithell.bsky.social

It’s incredibly noticeable how often ‘and an army of outsourcers outside America and Western Europe’ is left out of these team sizes. That’s the part I find real uncomfortable.

Gary J Kings 🧭 AdventureX @garyjkings.bsky.social · Jun 7

This year's Summer Games Fest presentation was really concerned with how few people made a lot of those games, huh?

It feels kinda fucked up. Not just because they're often misrepresntating the real size of these teams, but because I think it's playing directly into a new(ish) flavour of dev hate.

June 7, 2025 at 7:36 AM