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Solomai
@solomai.bsky.social
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VFX Artist who used to animate characters and stuff.
Chronic problem solver
I sometimes make things that look and sound cool
Also dogs are cute.
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Solomai @solomai.bsky.social · Apr 8
Hello #PortfolioDay! I'm Sébastien, and I'm an animator turning VFX Artist 🪄

You can find me over on Artstation:
www.artstation.com/solomai
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xavierck.com
I am proud to be a knobhead
Meme I stole from Tumblr: A closeup image of a Sony point and shoot camera with lots of buttons and knobs and whatnot. Text says "The tactile interface fandom is dying. Repost if you're a true knobhead."
October 29, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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madvfx.bsky.social
Our brand-new course drops in 3 weeks!

This is the stuff. The real stuff. The knowledge we wish we had when we started. No more guessing, no more common mistakes. We will cover 4 types of VFX pipelines .

Taught by: Björn Riemann
September 18, 2025 at 9:29 AM
solomai.bsky.social
Witch Hat Atelier 14 is out! 🪱🖌️
Fluffy friends hanging together. From left to right: - Tropius, the best friend one could have, - Teto the cute splooting fox-thing, - An inconspicuous brushbuddy, - Toast the toast.
August 20, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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laraongis.bsky.social
Hi I'm Lara, an italian illustrator and concept artist ❤︎ I'm new here and I would love to share with you some of my works!✨
August 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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solomai.bsky.social
EGG
August 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
solomai.bsky.social
EGG
August 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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toebeanclub.bsky.social
We’re officially releasing the first trailer of our game Mirage : Miracle Quest ! 🐾
Discover this modern take on the classic turn-based RPG adventure, mixing deck-building with magical girl flair !

Wishlist it on steam now so you don’t miss it ! ✨
urls.fr/06dvkl

#IndieGameDev #ToeBeanClub
Mirage Miracle Quest on Steam
Mirage: Miracle Quest is a modernized turn-based RPG, where strategy meets magical girl flair. Join Mirage on a thrilling journey to master her powers ! Customize your playstyle, travel with a memorab...
urls.fr
August 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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ael-in.bsky.social
She just opened the project, she might be able to start working in an hour or two
A cute Finnish lapphund wearing a unity hat
August 4, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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solomai.bsky.social
🏹💥 Collab with the awesome, one and only, @nilnavaei.bsky.social !! Did some explosive stuff on an explosive animation.
And @clo-sch.bsky.social added some wicked sound on top. What a team, go give them some love :D
Very proud of what we made!
July 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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solomai.bsky.social
Little felted Cogimyun 🍞
A needle felted rendition of the Sanrio character Cogimyun :3 A needle felted rendition of the Sanrio character Cogimyun :3
July 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
solomai.bsky.social
🏹💥 Collab with the awesome, one and only, @nilnavaei.bsky.social !! Did some explosive stuff on an explosive animation.
And @clo-sch.bsky.social added some wicked sound on top. What a team, go give them some love :D
Very proud of what we made!
July 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
solomai.bsky.social
Felting is so soothing. Here's a little Pompompurin also longing for something soothing.
Felted Pompompurin enjoying his pudding snacc. Felted Pompompurin enjoying his pudding snacc. But closer.
July 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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xavierck.com
Here are 543 images (1.5GB) of items at the Philadelphia Museum of Art arms and armor exhibit

You're free to use them for anything, even commercially. I tried to focus on details not usually represented in available reference material

drive.google.com/file/d/1NRzg...

Here's a small sampling:
A closeup view of an ornate cuirass and tasset, showing heart-shaped designs along the edges of the metal panels. An extremely ornate ceremonial halberd head showing etched and blackened designs with various plants, mythical creatures, and heraldic designs. A closeup of the shoulder intersection of the cuirass, pauldron, and bevor of a piece of 1500s field armor. Some ornate etching of the crucifixion is visible in the lower right corner on the cuirass.
September 16, 2024 at 2:07 PM
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xavierck.com
Time for another reference dump!

This zip file contains 2,566 photos (6.58 GB) from the Metropolitan Museum of Art arms and armor collection. I tried to focus on the types of details you don't see in most available reference, like hinges and fasteners.

Enjoy!

drive.google.com/file/d/1emF3...
A shot of an eggplant-shaped samurai helmet sitting on a wooden stand in a museum display case. It's made of darkened metal and has gold trim and accents. A closeup shot of some buttons, fasteners, and ties on a small section of a samurai armor set's front chest plate. There are various ornate patterns, complex knots, and overlapping pieces. A closeup shot of the thumb and forefinger of a European steel gauntlet inlaid with gold. It has bronze rivets and a white leather glove under the overlapping finger armor pieces. A closeup shot of an extremely ornate double barreled shotgun's firing mechanism and trigger. The hammers are shaped like squirrels holding nuts and there is floral filigree everywhere.
October 28, 2024 at 2:40 PM
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solomai.bsky.social
New VFX drop, now with more stylized stuff 💥
May 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
solomai.bsky.social
Little felted Cogimyun 🍞
A needle felted rendition of the Sanrio character Cogimyun :3 A needle felted rendition of the Sanrio character Cogimyun :3
July 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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mollytanzer.bsky.social
Taken from Sam Landman on FB but not sure if he is the artist. Graphic saying AI is for losers, reject fascism think for yourself. I can make Art that’s ugly and bad all by myself thank you very much
May 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
solomai.bsky.social
Spot the difference.
A very fast train also known as Shinkansen, or bullet train, developed and maintained by JR. It boasts impressive speeds and can reliably get you through Japan's biggest cities in a matter of hours. One rare version is said to be fluffy and bark for food. A very fast train also known as Shinkansen, or bullet train, developed and maintained by JR. It boasts impressive speeds and can reliably get you through Japan's biggest cities in a matter of hours. One rare version is said to be fluffy and bark for food.
July 16, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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ramiismail.com
Bye forever, WeTransfer.
WeTransfer TOS says they can use all your uploaded content for genAI
July 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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theglazeproject.bsky.social
Update thread #2. Hemlock
One thing we worked on is a different tool to complement Nightshade. We discovered a new attack on diffusion models that is more generalizable than Nightshade. It targets an entirely different part of AI training pipeline, basically making AI models poison themselves.
July 12, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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metr.org
We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.

The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
July 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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toyo-illust.bsky.social
Hi #PortfolioDay! 👋👽
I'm Toyo, a freelance illustrator from Germany who's always looking for remote work on anything video game and book cover related! Mystical & magical things are my big passion ✨️

🌐 toyo-illustration.crd.co
📧 toyo.illustration@web.de
July 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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skirtsan.bsky.social
Another brand new Portfolio Day!
I am busy with NDA, but here are some things I've done. I work in animation and games and I would love to land a more permanent role in Poland! I am available to work remote too.

💌 kidofrillyskirt@/gmail.com
🎨 skirtsan.portfoliobox.net

#portfolio #portfolioday
July 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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vivtanner.bsky.social
Hi #PortfolioDay 🌷
Looking for freelance book cover work, interior illustrations & more.

vivtanner.com
Contact: tanner.viv.iane@gmail.com
July 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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sunniemunch.com
Hi #Portfolioday!!
Im a digital illustrator looking for work in indie games and kidlit, always lovely to meet you 😊
🌻sunniemunch.com
☘️sunniemunch@gmail.com
A retired teacher caterpillar sits in his apple home on a twinkly night with his caterpillar dog, filled with his personal library of favorites books and trinkets from his old classroom Link set in Tears of the kingdom, sat in the half trunk of a hollow tree stump by a cooking pot filled with meat, hyrule herb, and hateno milk in a golden yellow broth. Around Link are koroks, one offering a pink rock salt into his off hand Illustration of the backyard from howl's moving castle (movie) ending scene redrawn from a lower angeled perspective at sunset An illustration of two little bears sitting side by side in a small valley with a flowing creek waterfall, with two bowls of soup and mugs of hot chocolate on the woodnplank across the bears laps. its a vibrant green grassy day with their swimwearing drying on a nearby clothes line
July 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM