Nick M

Nick M

@phingdraws.bsky.social

Design lead at Xbox on project Helix, illustrator. I share my personal art and warm tech takes mostly.

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Hades 2 is perfect. Amazing story, and characters. It's art direction is so inspiring. Here's a pub painting I squeezed in while taking a break lol. #hades2 #fanart

Playing Hades 2, I’m so impressed. The entire package, from the music to the characters and backgrounds, as well as the gameplay itself, is exceptional. I highly recommend it. Trying the new procreate brush update. They seem nice but I’ll stick to the brushes I like. #hades2 #fanart #procreate.

My first Pixel art wallpaper illustration. This was done for a work project. Drew it on procreate, exported with pixaki to scale it up. had a lot of fun with this, pixel art has a different set of challenges. #wallpaper #noai #pixelart

It used to be that a company was seen as successful when the headcount increased. Soon it will be reversed, firms will be rewarded based on how few employees they have.

I'm searching for genuine discussions and information on AI's role in deep work within the design field. If there's a community focused on meaningful exchange rather than just monetizing the trend, I need to find it.

moving away from PS, and it seems that CSP is the only alternative? how do i pay for this? what's with all the versions and plans. drawing has gotten too complicated.

curious how Kojima will turn walking with a toddler into a game mechanic. I cant walk a block without mine trying to run into the street, trip, or want to just play in the dirt.

Elca@elcagaming.com

Can't wait to faceplant down mountains with the kiddo strapped to the front

A Supernote with a reading light?! I get that my iPad would do this job better but I'm really into the way sketching feels on this. And a bright iPad screen in my kiddo's room while he falls asleep isn't very subtle. #supernote #sketching

They made a show about when flat earthers realized the earth was round. They should record this for a Netflix series.

More supernote sketches drawing some dinosaurs and rovers to impress my son. Too bad he's only 2 and doesn't care at all 😂 #supernote #paleoart #vehicles #sketches

I’m hoping the compression smooths out the aliasing this image shows on screens for once. The device itself is awesome for drawing, but what’s really impressed me is the note-taking app it’s built around. It’s lightweight, flexible, and just so well-designed #supernote #portraits #sketching

Mornings with the family. I'm waiting on a new pocket moleskine for my travel sketches. For now I'm really enjoying the feeling of drawing on the supernote compared to the iPad. #supernote #sketching #drawing

18f.org Sad. This team set important industry standards for accessibility and design. They had a real mission. I can promise you if this is who they're cutting were in for a dark few years.

18f.org18F: We are dedicated to the American public and we're not done yetFor over 11 years, 18F has been proudly serving the American people to make government technology work better. We are non-partisan civil servants. 18F has worked on hundreds of projects, all designed ...
Nick M@phingdraws.bsky.social

If it's true that Elon got rid of 18f, that's a huge bummer. They were a huge proponent of accessibility within government and made some really excellent experiences. They had some really interesting projects there.

Rip. My then girlfriend, now wife, chatted on Skype every night for hours. I printed out years of chats and put them in a book. I don't think I would have gotten far had I invited her to a teams chat...

More supernote drawing. does anyone have any tips for cleaning up the dithering effect when sharing screenshots or PNG's. depending on monitor DPI it can scale and alias oddly. #supernote #drawing #sketching

I wish I could go! excited to hear from devs and publishers

Tom Warren@tomwarren.co.uk

Microsoft will be at GDC next month, to discuss Xbox Anywhere. “At GDC, we’re inviting game developers to go behind the scenes to better understand the significance and impact of what it means for Xbox to be on every screen” developer.microsoft.com/en-us/games/...

Nick M reposted

Newsletter: There is no AI Revolution. Consumer adoption of generative AI outside of ChatGPT is barely 100 million people, every single company in generative AI is deeply unprofitable, Microsoft is pulling capex, and OpenAI spent $9bn in 2024 to lose $5bn. www.wheresyoured.at/wheres-the-m...

wheresyoured.atThere Is No AI RevolutionSoundtrack: Mack Glocky - Chasing Cars Last week, I spent a great deal of time and words framing the generative AI industry as a cynical con where OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei hav...