Makkon

hey I'm Ben. I'm a 2d and 3d artist who sculpts rocks for a living. happy to be here, hope it goes okay

When trans creators are subtle, people dismiss the trans subtext as “headcanon.” When trans creators are loud and proud, people call it “obnoxious” and “cringe.” They just don’t want us to be represented in media at all. Because they don’t want us to exist at all.

Mass Effect was my ultimate white whale, my all-time dream project. For the last couple years I'd been in discussion w/ BioWare & EA to take on the project & as part of that I wrote close to 20 minutes of music to explore where the franchise can go next, may as well share it!

The dragon will retrieve any goblins who accidentally fall into the cave. They are very gentle.

Got a little annoyed at a tool again - a lot of blender addons trying to add WASD style movement were 1,500+ lines and getting it wrong. Unreal-like movement with panning, WASD nav and camera smoothing. controls configurable. GPL.💖 #blender #unrealengine #gamedev 🔗 codeberg.org/shaderwitch/...

Starfox Poster!! Available at Lightbox. Booth 529

Lightbox was excellent. got to meet folks I've only known on the internet in person, see some amazing art, and I'm feeling inspired

Anyone else having a difficult time staying cool?

I this my home now?

Some early look dev for Ikaro

After years of love (and toil), The Sandcaster demo is out on Steam! Go on, give it a play and a wishlist if you dig it. We hope to reach 10K wishlists so we can continue on this sandy adventure. You can find the demo at: store.steampowered.com/app/4541450/... You're the best! -Dave

some white witch explorations from my Narnia project 🌟

explorations from my Narnia project !! 🌟

some drawings of my DnD character kat over the years

hi bluesky :) I’m a cartoonist, illustrator, & vis dev artist from Alaska, currently living in LA painting/drawing for tv animation & making some queer fantasy comics 🌞🌻 I'll try to remember to use this page more!!

Took a fun felting class and made an egg!

this was supposed to be spooky month, but shit just keeps happening huh

Clowns?

My take a on a Vyper deadlock redesign~

Devs shouldn't have to be protecting their games, Valve should be protecting its shopfront: aftermath.site/steam-indie-ga...

I am extremely proud to present my new art book! Available right now online and I will have them available in person at Lightbox Expo this weekend, table 637. More than double the size of my last art books its packed to the brim with extremely cool stuff. rjpalmerstore.com/collections/...

Every single hobby I love has has been infected by slopped up and unserious software. It's exhausting. aftermath.site/ai-slop-hobbie...

This is our upcoming retro fantasy RPG - Queen’s Domain ⚔️ 🖤 A love letter to Kings Field/Morrowind 🏝️ Explore a mysterious labyrinthian isle full of secrets 👹 100+ unique enemy types Sound good? Tag a creator (or yourself!) below and keep an eye on your inbox

I feel obliged to once again reiterate that lay offs and closures are not a reaction to the economy, but a failure of leadership. Each wave of closures and layoffs should be looked upon as a consequence of greed and incompetence. If you can't keep your people employed, you are bad at your job.

EA's closure of BioWare is transparently a vile move to shutter the studio that made by far their queerest titles. In the wake of this, I implore you: MAKE MORE QUEER ART. Make it trans. Make it horny. Make it scary. Make it loving. Make it with every inch of yourself. Flood the world with it!

Video games has decided to discontinue its once leading product, the video game

I've made 6 open-source @godotengine.org projects perfect for as a base for your first or next game. Completely human-made and easy to understand code & comments. All visuals and sounds included, CC0! kenney.nl/starter-kits

to me the existential threat posed by AI slop games is less "AI slop games will steal our sales" and more "the onslaught of AI slop and the exhaustion over having to second guess every new game will make people mentally check out from supporting new games at all and retreat to their backlogs"

I'm immensely proud to announce that my texture library that's been in the making for nearly a decade is now available on my itchio store for indie devs to purchase commercial licenses. makkon.itch.io

some of the screenshots from the store, showcasing the textures in use (in quake)

there she is again

my jester again, trying to draw more dynamic poses to match her energy. she needs a name.

Last I'll post about this, but Elon Musk disagrees with me. This means I am onto something, and I feel more valid in my opinion than ever.

New followers (👋) so little introduction; for the past 10+ years I've been releasing public domain game assets to support indies & students. You can donate, but it's totally optional. I hope to continue supporting our industry for many more years to come, thanks for your follow/support! kenney.nl