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Spex130
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Hobbyist game dev. Unity/Godot Programmer who specializes in 3D Art/Animation and big into VFX/Tech Art. Dabbles in Sprite Art and Music and 3D Printing on occasion. Too many hobbies. Former Project M Dev Team.
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Hmm. Has anyone actually been able to view this video? I haven't been able to actually watch it at all.

Here, try a repost
October 6, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Because I simply can't stop, I also did a game jam this weekend.

(More like I signed up for suff and forgot they were all close lol)

The theme was "mundane" so we made a game about cleaning up leaf piles. But also if those piles fought back.

spex130.itch.io/garden-guard...

#gamejam #gamedev
October 6, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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I also just finished Swordtember, an art challenge where you make 1 sword-related artpiece a day!

This year I made a brand new FULLY RIGGED 3d character every day for 30 days!

These are the kinds of shenanigans I like to get up to.
A winter-themed character in ice skates and a thick fluffy parka poses with an ice-tipped spear. She has blue hair and skin, and a long braid. On her head is an indigo crown, and her hair braid ends in ice and a pearlescent crystal. A Ring-themed character poses with her 3 chakram. One in hand, one spinning on a finger, and the third floating behind her. Her torso seems to be some kind of gas giant with planetary rings. The rest of her body that isn't covered by clothing glows bright blue. She seems to have goggles built into her suit that cover her eyes. A Carved-themed golem lumbers forward. It's gorilla-like face is embedded in a carved cylinder of dark granite, along with the rest of its body. Emebedded in various points are power lines, power crystals, and a blue diamond in its chest. It carries a mysterious blue greatsword on its shoulder. A Harpy-themed character design flaps her wings. She is pink and birdlike, with yellow accents in some of her feathers. She has a mohawk of feathers on her head and is strategically covered in bronze/steel armor. As she has no hands, she carries a heavy double-ended greatsword in both of her talons.
October 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Thanks for hosting Davis!

I'm Spex, 3d generalist/tech artist and hobby gamedev who likes to branch out into whatever seems interesting.

I have a few games I'm working on, and I post about game jams a lot - but you'll mostly see me posting bright low/midpoly 3d art and the occasional 3d print!
A high-res version of Hoodie Girl, the main character from the game Super Perspective. A young girl in a cat-eared knitted hoodie-dress with green tassels at the end, gray shorts, and leather high-tops. Magical Girl Dinogun, from the Game Jam game Hyper Cannoneer Dinogun. A vicious toothy green dinosaur in a bronze crown and dull pink dress (with yellow shouldercoat) wields a dinsoaur skull with 6 blue eyes containing an undersling gatling cannon. The skull seems just as excited to be here as the dinogirl is. Ice Warrior, from the game Project Ukemi. A 7 foot ABSOLUTELY JACKED leopardess lady stands in a military camo winter parka with *the sleeves ripped off*. She is covered in ice armor, and her bare arms can be seen through the ice itself. On her left arm is an ice shield. On her back is a heat sink device of some sort. Her boots have spiked steel toes. And her hood covers her face in a void darkness except for her red eyes and cheshire grin. A tree frog wizard who was converted his staff into a hoverboard does a sick kickflip. He has green skin and yellow eyes, and his outfit is a sleeveless blue vest, yellow shorts, a blue wizard hat, and yellow/blue high tops. His "staff" has a green crystal at the end.
October 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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And of course, I've got stills for detail.

I really really like this one. As the seasons got colder it got much easier to do the designs.

This one is absolutely wrapped up - I think it's a cute look.

#Swordtember2025 #b3d
The Winter Swordnik looks forward. Her boots are metal, but her skates are ice. She has a metal stomach belt with a very fancy buckle. At the end of her long braid is an icy hair tie and a pearl. The Winter Swordnik as seen from the back. Part of her wraps seem to be a scarf. Her crown interweaves with her braid. And the ice tip of her spear seems to interact interestingly with the rest of the shaft.
October 1, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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#Swordtember2025

Swordnik 30: Winter

I DID IT

30 fully rigged animated characters in 30 days

Incredibly proud. But also. Next year I am going to do ✨less✨

This was a lot. 😂

Looking forward doing gamedev again instead of Blender every day.

#Swordtember #b3d
October 1, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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These seasons get easier when they're ones I like. I don't have much to say about Spring or Summer other than they make me appreciate Autumn and Winter even more lol

Also shoutouts to my backyard for providing leaf piles to take pictures of. Gotta get those scrolling textures from somewhere.

#b3d
The Autumn Swordnik points to the sky and screeches while hovering above a strange green-purple portal in a pile of leaves. The Autumn Swordnik as seen from the back. It points its scythe backhanded at the screen menacingly.
September 30, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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#Swordtember2025

Swordnik 29: Autumn

Closing in on the end! One more!

This guy is stereotypical Autumn - and by Autumn I just straight up mean Halloween.

He's got some kind of leaf-powered portal. You probably don't wanna go in there.

#Swordtember #b3d
September 30, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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And the stills. Really really wanted to stick with something simpler today.

#Swordtember2025
The Summer Swordnik points forward with a pool noodle blade, assured that this summer indeed is going to be rad. The Summer Swordnik as seen from the back. It wears blue and red-orange swimming trunks and blue flip flops. Its body is bright yellow fading to pink.
September 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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#Swordtember2025

Swordnik 28: Summer

Today's was super simple. Just a summer sun going for a stroll.

#b3d #Swordtember
September 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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I'm super happy with how the end result ended up but all the concepts I started with sure didn't make it 😂

#Swordtember2025
The Spring Swordnik hangs from a branch. She is a monkey made of nature, and she even has feet thumbs. Her wrists, ankles, and hips and surrounded by flower petals. The Spring Swordnik as seen from behind. Seems to be wearing a bomber jacket and skirt made of leaves and protected by iron bark.
September 28, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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#Swordtember2025:

Swordnik 27: Spring

This design absolutely fought me every step of the process. Sometimes you gotta just grit through with discipline when the art block hits haha.

#b3d #Swordtember
September 28, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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And speaking of detaching and posing, here are some poses for detail. I really love how detailed everything ended up.

#b3d #Swordtember2025
The Harpy Swordnik as seen from the front. She holds a blue diamond in her navel and greaves on her legs. Her double sided sword also has some shielding. The Harpy Swordnik as seen from the back. Her wings are light pink with speckles. A closeup of the Harpy swordnik, showing off her steel and bronze paneled armor pieces
September 27, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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#Swordtember2025

Swordnik 26: Harpy

Really REALLY happy with this design! Even rigged the sword with a toggle so it can be detached and posed with.

#b3d #Swordtember
September 27, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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I think my favorite bits are the sailfins on the tail and the hair.

And the bubbles too, of course. Those were fun.

And the coral on the sword?

Actually, I'm just gonna count the whole thing.

#b3d #Swordtember2025
The Bubble Swordnik holds her yellow coral blade towards the surface. Around her, various bubbles can be seen. Her scales are a dull grayish-blue, and her skin varies between dull plum and navy blue. Her hair is ginger red though. The Bubble Swordnik as seen from the back. Her hair is held in a low ponytail, and her scales follow the top of her arms to her hand. There is a bright pearlescent pair of bangles on each wrist.
September 26, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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#Swordtember2025

Swordnik 25: Bubble

A mermaid. Did less with more and simplified the animations to focus in on making an array of looping bubbles.

#b3d #Swordtember
September 26, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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This guy's design also makes more sense when it's not moving. His arms aren't real, they're some kind of artifact.

#Swordtember2025
The Venom Swordnik sits coiled on its tail and points its sword towards the horizon. Its arms are visibly tied together using cabling across its chest, and other metal bits can be seen grafted to it. A mechanical pattern can be seen etched into its scales and it has a blue diamond embedded in its forehead. The Venom Swordnik shows off its venom blade. There's so much gas that the details of the blade are hard to make out.
September 25, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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#Swordtember2025

Swordnik 24: Venom

I sure did think that animating a snake would be easier than animating legs for some reason 😅

I do love how this Snake man's arms are pretty much magic bundles of coil instead of anything real though, that part was fun.

#b3d #Swordtember
September 25, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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And I've got some stills here as well. Got to really upgrade the feathers with some pepper spackle and better coloration along with some painted overlay on the repeated texture for the face for a more accurate Barn Owl.

Really just channeling Nathan Drake here.

#Swordtember
The Owl Swordnik wanders through the desert. He is a barn owl - tan and brown with shining dark orbs for eyes and a downward pointed beak. His feathers are sprinkled with pepper spots. What little cloth he has has been fashioned into a hood. His pants and shoes are clamped together with bronze accessories. He wears rolled up gloves and has a bright blue machete. He's walking with his hand up to block the sun. The Owl Swordnik wanders through the desert among various pieces of machinery. What are they? How did they get there? Even I have no idea.
September 24, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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#Swordtember2025

Swordnik 23: Owl

Even more wings! Since I had the wing setup already in place, I went for a longer animation and some set dressing.

This owlman is based on my favorite: a Barn Owl! Just him and a machete against the, uh, desert. And whatever's buried there.

#b3d #swordtember
September 24, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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I feel like today's #Swordtember2025 design looks better in stills since it's very busy in motion. So here's a post to show that off some.

The only way I could get feathers at all was using repeating textures, so I'm glad that gambit paid off.

She seems pretty regal tbh. Wonder what her deal is?
The Swan Swordnik stands at parade rest. She is a white feathered swan humanoid with a black face and orange beak. Her bangs are tied up into a front ponytail above her head using a pearlescent hair tie, and her clothing consists of a black tube leotard, black arm gloves, and bronze accented black greaves. Her longsword shares her same color scheme. She has two large angel wings on her back. The Swan Swordnik as seen from the back. Plenty of texture in regards to her feathers can be seen, along with how her angel wings connect to her back.
September 23, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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#Swordtember2025

Swordnik 22: Swan

This prompt involves wings and feathers and therefore is THE WORST. On the other hand tho I managed to make something that works so I'm pretty proud. Made that feather texture today too.

Lots of texture displacement carrying the design today.

#b3d #Swordtember
September 23, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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And some stills to show off her outfit and the other details about her.
This design evolved a bunch as I finished it. Originally some kind of belly dancer before I decided that SPACE was way cooler, which is where the gas giant as her torso came from. The wind on her legs reference harem pants.
The Ring Swordnik takes a leap and shows off her chakrams. Her head is surrounded in some kind of astronaut bubble, and her head is covered in Buzz Lighyear-esque spandex. I can't tell if she has bug eyes or goggles, you decide. The Ring Swordnik shows off all three of her space chakrams at the same time. Each one's edge is an ethereal blue glow.
September 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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#Swordtember2025

Swordnik 21: Ring

Two particular rings I like are Orbital Rings and Chakrams, so this design combines ✨BOTH✨

Also, figuring out how to rig a chakram to be animated was fun.

#b3d #Swordtember
September 22, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Thanks!!

Yeah surprisingly the head stuff is ✨also✨ just scrolling textures! I took a cylinder and twisted the whole thing to make the scrolling also twist, then rigged it to some jiggle bones to make some "fake" cloth sim.

It's scrolling textures all the way down haha
Wireframe view of the Vapor Swordnik's head showing how the smoke flows out of the helmet.
September 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM