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Rihards Valters

@rihards3d

Father, 3D/Tech ArtistπŸŽ¨πŸ‡±πŸ‡» Passion for games, design, art. currently Lead Artist -Popcore prev - Twisted Hive, Estoty

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Tonight, Painted Kingdoms made its debut at Les Pégases ✨
The demo is live on Steam right now, free to play.
bit.ly/49MsjMm

We'd love to know what you think πŸ”₯

05.03.2026 20:43 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Gorillaz "The Mountain" 8-minute short film is now online.
Directed by Jamie Hewlett, Max Taylor & Tim McCourt at The Line studio.
An homage to the golden era of 2D animation, produced with a hybrid analogue-digital workflow.
>> www.catsuka.com/news/2026-02...

27.02.2026 16:08 πŸ‘ 7334 πŸ” 2763 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 204
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quick daily paint fun, playing around with some different brushes

26.02.2026 08:55 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rarely share moodboards, but here it is✨

25.02.2026 15:30 πŸ‘ 48 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Some lighting for little nightmares 3 i did a while back πŸ’š

24.02.2026 14:44 πŸ‘ 151 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2

OK so it's Next Fest and everyone is asking your to play their demo, and you may have already played ours, but if you fancy giving it a go, it's only ~30 mins long and people seem to love it :-)

bsky.app/profile/grey...

23.02.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Waking up to another 8K gone, seemingly another mistake from Kickstarter? What the hell. We should be at around 20K at this point. It becomes very hard this way!

22.02.2026 06:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

game dev friends please share this around. people like this poison our industry and they need to be called out.

here is a comparison video of the original vs the one from "Spacefarer games"

19.02.2026 06:47 πŸ‘ 718 πŸ” 538 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 4
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We have a new cozy game coming on March 11 🦊

It's called Piece by Piece! You run a repair shop, fixing up all sorts of items and heirlooms for deer, mice and badgers

A lovely little experience for hiding yourself away from the world for a few evenings 🩷

store.steampowered.com/app/3179050/...

17.02.2026 17:11 πŸ‘ 168 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4
A YouTube thumbnail showing a 3D diorama. It looks like a red portal with stone and golden trim frames. A cobble path leads to it. There is a lantern with golden trims too. There are green bushes and lush grass. Next to it there is white text saying "Create a Diorama?" with an arrow pointing to the red gateway. Next to that is a human crop - that is me, wearing a bright t-shirt.

A YouTube thumbnail showing a 3D diorama. It looks like a red portal with stone and golden trim frames. A cobble path leads to it. There is a lantern with golden trims too. There are green bushes and lush grass. Next to it there is white text saying "Create a Diorama?" with an arrow pointing to the red gateway. Next to that is a human crop - that is me, wearing a bright t-shirt.

youtu.be/odhrvx1Igeg

New video is out, showcasing the process of creating a diorama. Watch to find out more about hand painting, prop creation and scene assembly (stylized art). #gamedev #art

12.02.2026 19:10 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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cable managment

12.02.2026 08:49 πŸ‘ 377 πŸ” 62 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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A pothos plant I painted to relax between work, work and book two :))

08.02.2026 17:55 πŸ‘ 2025 πŸ” 481 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 2
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Oh she’s phenomenal. This is Sophia Chang.

08.02.2026 00:23 πŸ‘ 995 πŸ” 276 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 22
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Fen Beatty

After 9+ years at ustwo games I have unfortunately been made redundant.

If you are looking for a stylised 3D generalist with 10+ years experience to have on your team please give me a shout or let others know that I am available for work! I'd love to chat ✨

fensartden.com
fensartden@gmail.com

05.02.2026 16:09 πŸ‘ 570 πŸ” 307 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 2
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Lovely day for a walk. #MadeWithUnity #LostInDreams #gamedev #indiedev

05.02.2026 12:45 πŸ‘ 1452 πŸ” 190 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 8

Kind of insane to think about when you say it all out loud

06.02.2026 12:48 πŸ‘ 96 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm looking for 3D art commissions!
After grinding full-time unpaid on my own game for months now, I have to make sure my ship doesn't sinkπŸ™‚
I specialise in retro graphics, PS1 and PS2, but can do everything else. Characters, cars, env, weapons, you name it.

06.02.2026 11:07 πŸ‘ 245 πŸ” 91 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Been 10 months from when I last was working on something and nice to be on something again even though am already half way into my time on it but hay maybe this year ill get my act together and get more small pockets of work on indie stuff.

05.02.2026 09:58 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Check this sh*t out

04.02.2026 15:11 πŸ‘ 145 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 19

Hey friends, my contract ended last week and I'm feeling a lot of ways about that. To distract myself I've been learning GameMaker. Is there anybody I know on here willing to let me pick their brain on best practices? Context: I've been playing FireRed/HeartGold a lot.

03.02.2026 16:38 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hello there, my contract at RoartyDigital on EXODUS has ended so I'm open to work as an 3D Environment Artist again!

Portfolio: www.artstation.com/thomasgrosjean

Here is a look at an incoming personal project I'm working on in my free time, based on concepts by Ricardo Lima.

02.02.2026 16:45 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I not talked about or shown much of what my actual profession the past year so some may not know and follow for other kinds of posts but I do this kind of stuff and back at it for a short while.

02.02.2026 08:47 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Detail of an isometric pen illustration of a fort.

Detail of an isometric pen illustration of a fort.

Detail of an isometric pen illustration of a fort.

Detail of an isometric pen illustration of a fort.

A couple of close-ups of an isometric fort I drew for a commission last year. It was a lot of fun to draw!

31.01.2026 13:57 πŸ‘ 58 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Thermometer showing -33 degrees Celsius

Thermometer showing -33 degrees Celsius

Today the thermometer started telling what day of the month it is

31.01.2026 07:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
some dynamic thumbnails for a racing game

some dynamic thumbnails for a racing game

Browsing through old work as I move things to the 18TB backup HDD that arrived today ( I have like a fraction of that in files, this is for long term storage lol ) and I think these thumbnails I did for an art test in like 2009 are pretty fuckin rad actually.

30.01.2026 02:08 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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Goblins! (sorry that they aren't new drawings) #goblinweek

30.01.2026 10:54 πŸ‘ 421 πŸ” 82 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

I was appreciating this scifi environment earlier today. And only a hundred or so followers!

bsky.app/profile/ghos...

30.01.2026 01:02 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man and a woman are standing next to each other and the man is saying i am bleeding making me the victor ALT: a man and a woman are standing next to each other and the man is saying i am bleeding making me the victor
30.01.2026 10:47 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Checkpoint | Little Ruin

#indiedev #indiegames #gamedev #cozygames #isometric #sliceoflife

29.01.2026 05:53 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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I'm reposting this because I added screenshots of my materials, Niagara systems, and meshes on my portfolio. It was a nice project to work on. I used a FAB asset for the environment. I made the water plane and the waterfall material. #UnrealEngine #VFX #materials
www.artstation.com/irenecentell...

28.01.2026 11:02 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0