Got some actual painting done recently ๐ป nice to work with paint again, it's been a while. For various reasons it hasn't been very possible lately. When I did finally get a chance I decided to keep it simple with one colour and no reference, and I was just trying to have fun ๐
#painting #fineart
More art for How Was Your Day ๐ @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social Classic kiwi whares. My fav part to draw here was the windows, took a bit of trial and error but I love the final result! This scene really comes alive in the game, just watch out for things hiding in the bushes..
#indiegame #nz #gameart
A few close ups of the bedroom I drew for How Was Your Day ๐๐ณ @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social
Morning, afternoon, afternoon and evening. The lil origami cats above the bed were drawn from the real life version my niece made me ๐บ
#gameart #nzgaming #digitalart #environments #backgroundart #gamedev
My favorite lunch break this week ๐งโจ the weather has cooled off a lot suddenly, but this day was so calm and lovely so I headed down the road for a swim. Later on there was a sea lion in this bay, hiding from the Orca in the harbour ๐
no biggie!
#nz #aotearoa #openwaterswimming
The demo for How Was Your Day? is live as part of the Women's Day Sale event by @wingsfund.me on Steam!
Please go have a play and let us know what you think!
#GameDemo #IndieGame #GameDev #TimeLoop #MysteryGame #NarrativeAdventure #PointandClick
Hey mum! I'm in the news!
It's a funny feeling seeing drawings that used to just live on my computer screen (as a sketchy work in progress) out in the world. An actual dream come true!
Thanks Sam, @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social for the lovely words about my art & thanks @gamesnight.bsky.social! โฅ๏ธ
#1 reason to wishlist our game How Was Your Day?
You can pet Beans, the dog! ๐พ ๐ ๐ฑ
Wishlist here: shorturl.at/hAq8E
#PettheDog #IndieGames #GameDev #WhosaGoodDog #GoodDog #NarrativeGames #CozyGames #ScreenshotSaturday
Some highlights from my week drawing for How was your Day! Tbh, pre Y2K book design was so good, can we bring it back?! ๐ญ
#digitalart #digitaldrawing #gameart #illustration #books
A digital painting of my old neighborhood in ลtautahi Christchurch ๐ From a photo I took during a quiet covid lockdown bike ride.
#digitalart #art #nzartist #environmentpainting #landscapepainting #aotearoa
Some of my favorite props I've drawn so far for How was your Day! ๐ป I'm just old enough to have a vague memory of riffling through a pile of tapes to find the one I wanted. I still have some somewhere.. Stoked about how good the music is in our game thanks to @akauaudio.bsky.social !
#gameart #art
A cloudy early morning photo of two small sailboats anchored in a bay, sun barely starting to peek out behind soft misty clouds, calm water reflects the light grey tones of the sky, in the bottom of the frame is a rocky shore with a concrete boat ramp leading into the water.
A photo of Otago Harbor taken from higher up on a hill, overlooking green and yellow treetops and bushes. The sky is a hazy cloudy grey, with the sun burning through, reflecting off the calm water. An island and a peninsula can be seen in the distance, to the left is land with a large shed from the Port, surrounded by water with an anchored sailboat seen off to the right.
We've lived in this neighborhood for 4 months now but I only just plucked up the courage to swim here! Thanks to a couple of lovely local ladies I met here who encouraged me, one who even swam with me yesterday. Can't believe this is on my doorstep ๐ค๐โโ๏ธ I'll be back!! ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ
#swimming #nz #aotearoa
The front part of an old wooden easel mounted on the wall of a painting studio, holding up a primed canvas ready to paint, a cordless drill and spirit level can be seen on a wooden trolley next to the easel
A quick Sunday morning reno (yesterday) finally been getting a little time to set up my new painting studio. Took apart my wobbly old easel and bolted it to the wall so I can actually use it properly! It's perfect.. And free ๐ can't wait to show more of my progress on this space! ๐ฅฐ #artist #painter
๐ #Devmas Day 5: Trust the process๐โจ
Hereโs how our living room developed from Concept Art through to the Final result - day and night.
A โstylishโ 80s open plan kitchen and living. ๐๐ฝ
Thanks @laudav-art.bsky.social
#Devmas2024 #HowWasYourDay #IndieDev #RetroVibes #AdventureGame #gameart #gamedev
New game art drop...
Also took @laudav-art.bsky.social and I on an interesting rabbit hole on what side hot and cold water taps should go!
We're expert plumbers now btw. ๐ช๐ฝ
#gameart #gamedev #illustration
One of my old digital illustrations from 2022 - and the wee pond at our new house! ๐ธ There's two koi fish in there and sometimes we get visits from frogs ๐
#digitalart #digitalillustration #digitalpainting #pond #garden #home
Well - the call out for the Woman's Game Dev Starter Pack went great and we only have 22 spots left! ๐ฑ
I'm hoping this will go as far and wide as well. Please do your thing Bluesky Hive Mind.
Sorry if I'm delayed in responses, it's a busy week!
#poc #black #bipoc #indigenous #gamedev #indiedev
I loved drawing Diya's room!
Growing up I always paid so much attention to the main character's bedroom in video games and animation.
I always get a kick out of the little details that tell us who someone is, and it really scratched an itch to get to make something like this ๐
#digitalart
A couple of months ago we moved to the little town where I grew up, Port Chalmers. It's amazing to be back, but even more amazing that we got a house with THIS view, it still feels so surreal. And now all I wanna paint is fishing boats and sea birds ๐ชถ
#home #aotearoa #newzealand
๐ maybe just extra extra good luck???
Earlier this week I had "bird poop" on my to-draw list and that's why I love my job ๐ five minutes drawing poop, one minute mix and matching from previously made expressions, and we've ruined Diya's day ๐ข๐ฆโโฌ
#digitalart #gameart
QRT with your workspace ๐
Here's mine - a work in progress because we just moved in... Come back to me in a couple years ๐
Ps blue mountain painting was done by my late Grandmother, who unknowingly inspired my whole career ๐ฉต
Finally feeling summery here in #ลtepoti so I wanted to share a few of my digital paintings that feel like a hot day ๐ I love art that captures the feeling of a season, or time of day, I always feel like I can hear it ๐พ๐ฆ๐ฌ๏ธ
#nzart #digitalart #environmentart #summer #illustration #art #painting
Created my 2nd #starterpack
Had trouble finding women game designers, developers, and teams on here so thought I'd start my own. ๐
Please let me know if you want to join or tag someone who would like to. Would love to follow more women in this industry. go.bsky.app/Bn9UUz2
#gamedev #indiegames
One of my favorite painting exercises - picking reference pics from Google street view! I have process vids for these digital paintings on my ig and TikTok. One of these locations is in Japan, the other is in France โฉ๏ธ๐ก
#digitalart #digitalpainting #realism #illustration #drawing #japan #france
A little look at some of the environment and character art I did for How was your Day! I took inspiration from real streets and houses you can find in small Southland towns here in Aotearoa ๐กโ
#digitalart #environmentart #characterdesign #nz
Car.... Or boat?? Or spaceship ๐ a more technical digital illustration, don't normally draw stuff like this but losing my mind with all the details was a real joy ๐ซ๐โจ
#illustration #digitalart #digitalpainting #cars
If you see this, post a bird!
An oil painting of a black backed gull ๐๏ธ painted last year, hangs on my wall next to the window where we see all the gulls flying ๐ธ
#painting #oilpainting #birds #nz #nzartist
Love the translucency, so delightful!
Introduce yourself with four games ๐ฎ
Not sure what this means for me and my personality but these are the games I've played the most in my life... From adventurous lil kid, to anxious teen, to a grown up nerd in covid lockdown ๐ธ
I've had so much fun working on How was your Day over the last year, so stoked to share more about it very soon!! Thanks Sam creating such a dream project to work on ๐ฅฐ @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social #howwasyourdaygame #indiegames #gameart #digitalart
