Bryn DC

@feverdreamr

They/them, skattershot artist and game developer, allergic to focus (AuDHD), now working in games. Tech Artist at Double Cat. Creator of Farrow, a queer coming-of-age cosmic body horror VN.

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Bryn DC@feverdreamr· 5d

If you need help with workflow stuff and we can line up times (I'm Aus, +10:00), happy to body double via discord or something and give pointers. I've been working with a low poly pixel art textured style for 6 years, and props take me 2-6 hrs from start to fully textured. No need for pay.

Bryn DC@feverdreamr· 10d

I needed placeholder art while coding my own visual novel plugin for Godot, so I spent a couple hours scribbling sprites. A few weeks later and these abominations have grown on me. Why do people still make excuses for using slopmachine placeholder art?! I can't draw for shit, but this was fun to do.

A rework of the "just make it exist first" meme, but with only the "exist" image and the text "Just Make It*" and "*like you actually fuckdamn MAKE it" beneath. The screenshot at the bottom is of a scene laid out like a visual novel, but with terribly drawn characters and background art.

Bryn DC@feverdreamr· 15d

Still thinking about Camp Miasma... Speaking of teenagers, I haven't posted here for so damn long because my country decided it wants everyone to prove they're over 16 to use social media, and fuck uploading my licence to some random site. I hate this future so much... (Photo: me, The Pit 2016)

A photo of a faceless person covered in blood standing in front of a rusted backdrop.

Bryn DC@feverdreamr· Sep 23

Never understood the hate for found footage horror.. Maybe it comes from the intrinsic high bar for realism, but by focusing on that people miss out on how impressively experimental it can be. Also, I'm obsessed with the aesthetics. Anyway, here's a call to watch Fake Documentary Q! #darkart #horror

Heret (2017): grainy photo of a pale man in a mask crawling across the ground in a darkened room.

Parasomnia (2017): distorted footage of a blindfolded person and insect-like legs.

Cub (2021): A grainy photo of a woman covered in mud and wearing a horned mask crouched on a rock. The environment is dark and the photo is lit from the front.

Heret (2017): A pale man in a mask standing in a dark room and lit by a torch.

Bryn DC@feverdreamr· Sep 22

The good thing about having a huge back catalogue of old photo work is that you can cheat when making "new" art. Here's the neon soaked photos (2015) I used to make the artwork on my "MurderBike" arcade machine. I guess it's not really cheating if their my photos tho. #gamedev #blender #newretrowave

A photo of a pink and cyan lit person wearing a black motorcycle helmet. The visor has been replaced by a large mouth with too many teeth and strange black gums.

The same helmet wearing person sat atop a motorcycle.

A low poly model of an arcade machine for a fictitious game called "MurderBike", using the two previous photos for its pixelated artwork.

Bryn DC@feverdreamr· Sep 21

Been recovering from moving house recently (0/10, do not recommend) and my work slowed down to crawl... But I've been chipping away at this arcade machine every now and then, and finally finished it today. Only a few more objects left #indiegames #gamedev #psxhorror #blender #aseprite #retrogaming

Bryn DC@feverdreamr· Sep 16

I've seen a surprising number of found footage films (3) about forgotten leech gods whispering to serial killers in the past week, completely by accident. I guess that's a thing. Anyway, here's an unrelated photo of mine, "Co-morbidity" (2017) #horror #darkartist #occult #photography #foundfootage

A photo of a man in his underwear sitting on a rock, his torso and arms covered in circular bite marks. A large leech sits coiled about his shoulders and his face is a twisted mass of flesh.

Bryn DC@feverdreamr· Sep 8

I am aware that some of these are not really survival horror, but I have been including things that feel related to the genre, even if just aesthetically. These are only the ones I don't own yet, so my back catalogue is pretty daunting...

List:
Threshold
Withering Rooms
Blood Typers
1 Bit Survivor
Ad Infernum
The Deadseat
Captured
Airtight City
Cannibal Abduction
The Horror of Salazar House
Among Ashes

List:
Living Cell
The Consuming Shadow
Draft of Darkness
CROWDED. FOLLOWED.
Endoparasitic (1 and 2)
Lady in Tomb
Rewind or Die
Bloody Hallowfest
Saiko no Sutoka
Bloodwash
Manny's

List:
You Will Die Tonight
Decimate Drive
The Fear Business
Choo-Choo Charles
Heaven Dust 1 and 2
House of Velez
Bubbaruka!
Enigma of Fear
Night at the Gates of Hell
Dead of Darkness
Empty Shell

List:
Vivette
Clock Tower: Rewind
The Door in the Basement
Sinister Entity
Evil Tonight
GOHOME
Bughouse
Deathbloom
Seek
THE MUTE HOUSE
The Tower on the Borderland

Bryn DC@feverdreamr· Sep 8

With Tormented Souls reminding me why I love Survival Horror (horror + puzzles + retro aesthetics), I decided to make a list of everything I didn't own yet and start buying and playing through 2 games a month. So far, I have played through the first 3 games. #survivalhorror #psxhorror #horrorgames

Survival Horror shopping list, marked as bought so far:
Heartworm
Sorry, We're Closed
Crow Country
Alisa
Labyrinth of the Demon King
Hollowbody
What is visible of the rest of the list (trust me, there's a loooot on the full list):
Slitterhead
Conscript
White Knuckle
The Tartarus Key
GYLT

Screenshot from the game Sorry, We're Closed, showing the main character Michelle aiming a gun and surrounded by pixel particle effects.

A screenshot from Crow Country, showing the protagonist Mara standing in the Submarine save room.

Screenshot from Heartworm of a lowpoly girl standing in a dimly lit study/library.

Bryn DC@feverdreamr· Aug 30

My weirdo pixel art textured snack products made for a vending machine model. I realised that there were so many details people likely wouldn't see. Unless... I could make them interactable objects that are actually dispensed. Hmm... #lowpoly #blender #aseprite #pixelart #gamedev #indiegames

The front details of 16 different low poly models of vending machine snacks, with their logos clearly displayed.

The back details of those same snacks, showing off the nutritional value info, but pixelated.

Bryn DC@feverdreamr· Aug 30

I'm all about unnecessary details, hence why everything takes me so long, so I get it, hahaha!

Bryn DC@feverdreamr· Aug 29

Why hadn't I heard anything about this?! An all round solid post-apoc thriller, a genre that's pretty well trodden by now, but this does a hell of a lot with a little. Killer lead performance from Deadwyler. I'm just kinda confused why it didn't screen anywhere...

Poster for 40 Acres by R.T. Thorne, a post apocalypse thriller starring Danielle Deadwyler and Michael Greyeyes.

Bryn DC@feverdreamr· Aug 29

This snack vending machine took way too long (10hrs+) due to all those tiny logos, but I think it was worth it. With all the big stuff out of the way, there's a few more smaller props, and then it's onto the full scene. #blender #aseprite #lowpoly #gamedev #retrohorror #indiegames #psxhorror

A low poly model of a snack vending machine with pixelated texturing.

The snack vending machine with the purchase draw open.

Bryn DC@feverdreamr· Aug 27

While looking for something else, I came across some of my old work done with completely hand pixelled texturing. Damn it for being so time-consuming because I still really like how it looks! #blender #aseprite #pixelart #gamedev #indiegames

A low poly model of a tv on a coffee table with hand drawn pixel art texturing.

Another hand pixelled object, but this one is a VHS tape.

Bryn DC@feverdreamr· Aug 22

Almost daily, I am amazed by the art still being released despite their respective industries. The world is hostile towards those just wanting to create and it feels like the assholes are winning, but people keep making even after everything. #mouthwashing #scavengersreign #primal #sorrywereclosed

A screenshot from the game Sorry, We're Closed of the character Matilda talking to a ghost.

A screenshot from the animated series Scavengers Reign with a human form growing in a illuminated pod.

A screenshot from Mouthwashing, featuring the bandaged Curly sitting in front of a cake saying "We should have some."

A screenshot from the animated series Primal picturing a man with a spear sitting upon the back of a dinosaur.

Bryn DC@feverdreamr· Aug 19

I wasn't going to post more until the full scene was done, but I need something that’s not people bombarding me, ehhh... My effort yesterday - those tiny labels had me tempted to increase pixel density, but I'm glad I stuck with it (1px per cm) #gamedev #blender #pixelart #retrohorror #indiegaming

A low poly model of an 80s drinks vending machine (412 tris including the 7 drink cans). Texturing is handmade to be pixel perfect with a texel density of 1 pixel per cm.

Another angle of the same vending machine.

Bryn DC@feverdreamr· Aug 12

I realised that in my rush to get these done I forgot an important step in my texturing style: baking AO shadows and highlights into the base colour pixel art. My other posts probably didn't show off the texturing enough as well, so here's some close-ups #gamedev #blender #indiegames #psxhorror

A low poly model of a laundromat change machine with pixelated texturing.

A low poly model of a laundromat coin operated washing machine with pixelated texturing.

A low poly model of a laundromat coin operated dryer with pixelated texturing.

Bryn DC@feverdreamr· Aug 11

Continuing to try to speed up my asset process, this took 2hrs 25min, but a coin machine is a much simpler model than a dryer. I'm curious how long the average object takes other 3D artists from start to finish? Because these speeds are still hard for me. #gamedev #blender #retrogaming #psxhorror

A model of a coin machine for getting change in a laundromat, done in a low poly (100 tris) retro pixelated style.

Another angle of that same coin machine.

Bryn DC@feverdreamr· Aug 10

Thinking about scope and how small tasks blow out into huge time sinks - I started timing myself and how long an asset currently takes me. This was 5.5hrs from start to end. That's a dayish per asset. 900x is just under 3 years. Realistically, I need to get down to 2hrs per asset. #gamedev #blender

A model of a Laundromat coin operated dryer, done in a low poly pixelated style. Modelling, prepping, uv unwrapping, baking pbr maps, and texturing took a total of 5 and a half hours for me to complete.

The same coin operated dryer, this time with it's doors open.

Bryn DC@feverdreamr· Aug 7

I disappeared to learn coding the past few months, but I needed a break from that. I don't know why I always end up making gritty lo-fi appliances, but here we are... My lowpoly (345 tris) laundromat washing machine. #lowpoly #gamedev #blender #psxhorror #indiegames #aseprite #retrogaming

Low poly model of a washing machine with low resolution texturing.

Another angle of the same washing machine.

Bryn DC@feverdreamr· Jul 21

I've been working in a weird high-detail-low-poly style for years now, developing my own obsessive process. I'm pretty fast, and the pipeline is somewhat unique. Mostly do objects and vehicles, but my background is in creature design for film. I have a tonne of unused assets you are welcome to.

Bryn DC@feverdreamr· May 15

I figure I need a pinned post because my work is all over the place, so yeah... Hi, Bryn here, I'm an artist interested in: Horror films/games/books/art/history Game Dev Pixel Art ( #aseprite ) Tech Art Retro Gaming PSX/2 Horror Low Poly ( #blender) Creature Design/Mask Making Giallo Visual Novels

Babel (2018): A sculpture of a head floating above a sea of cords and tubes, some of which come from its mouth. The head's flesh twists around rusted steel rebar, and its left side gives way to a metal plate surrounded by metal nails that protrude like spikes.

Necropolis (2015): A sepia toned photo of three ghostly figures standing in fog.

The Night Caller (2021): A pixel art portrait of a man with a sinister smile that is too wide for a normal human face.

Bryn DC@feverdreamr· May 11

Constrictor (self portrait, 2016) I had never played Evil Within before, but now that I have, it's up there for me! Yeh, the visuals are my jam, but I mostly love just how much it doesn't care if it makes any sense. I remember reviews being shit when it came out, but I don't know, it's pretty great.

A photo of a naked figure wrapped in barbed wire and covered in blood, their eyes completely white. The air is filled with dust and haze.

Bryn DC@feverdreamr· May 10

Here's a showcase of the lighting and normal mapping I've been doing at work on our hand animated game, created in Unreal Engine 5 forward renderer with flat sprites drawn by our art team. I might have to fight UE to get 2D stuff to work, but it looks pretty #indiegaming #gamedev #animation #techart

Bryn DC@feverdreamr· May 4

A little hesitant to repost a list with the same movies, but I think it reiterates how good they are. My favourite 4 films of the decade so far: Titane (2021) (Gender-fuckery win) Pig (2021) Red Rooms (2023) Mars Express (2023) (And too many honourable mentions, but maybe All the Long Nights)

A screenshot from the film Titane showing a child with surgery scars and a metal neck brace.

A screenshot from the film Pig of a man (Nic Cage) sitting with his truffle pig as they both eat their breakfast.

From the film Red Rooms, a woman wearing headphones stares into the camera, her face lit by a red monitor screen.

A shot from Mars Express of a woman in a jumpsuit holding someone hostage as two people in suits stand in front of a giant monitor, their guns aimed at her.

Bryn DC@feverdreamr· Apr 21

Last test for assets in my retro style horror game - figuring out if I can get away with flat plane details on certain objects. No idea whether these posts have been interesting/helpful to people; it's just me thinking out loud, I guess. Any preference? #indiegame #gamedev #blender #retrohorror

A low poly 3D model of a chair with a red leather seat, the texturing done in a pixelated style. This version has all detail part of the model's geometry.

The low poly chair, but this time with details baked into the normal map and other geometry flattened into single planes. This version uses a flat plane for the middle of the chairs back support and an alpha map to define the three sections. This had the nicer baked definition of the two methods using flat planes.

The same chair, but with the 3 back support bars cut out as separate planes. This feels like the lesser of the two methods.

Untextured view of the three chair models, one with the full geometry and a tri count of 360, the next with baked geometry, an alpha map defining the 3 back support beams, and a tri count of 238, and the last with the beams cut out into individual planes. This view shows off better how the baked ambient occlusion benefits from the back supports being a single plane object, making it the better choice.

Bryn DC@feverdreamr· Apr 21

Another comparison (because of the BlueSky image limit) this time using automation to apply a palette I created for a previous project. The colouration is off, but I kinda enjoy the weird look it gives.

The 5 tvs with different dither style pixelated textures, here with a hand-picked colour palette I created a while ago.

Image from the above post for easy comparison purposes.

Bryn DC@feverdreamr· Apr 21

2nd last visdev test for assets in my retro horror game, here exploring what texture stylisation I want to go with, using both different dither styles and palette limitations. It's difficult to decide, but really helpful to see them all for comparison. #indiegame #gamedev #horrorgame #retrogaming

5 versions of the same model of tv with pixelated textures, giving a comparison between dither styles:
One without dithering, next with pattern dithering, then bayer pattern dithering, white noise, and the last with blue noise. No colour limitation has been applied to the texturing here just to show what the original colouration looks like, which isn't likely the direction I will go in.

The 5 tvs with different dither style pixelated textures, with a lower colour count limited colour palette.

The 5 tvs with different dither style pixelated textures, with a limited colour palette using flawed colour detection, give it more contrast and general stylisation.

Bryn DC@feverdreamr· Apr 17

Almost done with asset visdev decisions for my retro horror game. The 3 rules I've set for details in my low poly constraints are: 1. Is it part of the main silhouette? 2. Is it interactable? 3. Does it make for cool light? If none of these, bake into the normal map. #gamedev #indiegames #blender

The finished low poly model of an old Soviet TV with only 212 tris and pixelated textures.

Wireframe of the TV model. The decision was made to use normal maps to bake-in any excess details (anything not part of the main silhouette), unless it is an interactable feature, here the on/off switch, or if it contributes to making interesting lighting effects, such as the frame around the screen.

The back of the TV model, showing off the amount of baked detail.

The lighting test for when the TV is turned on and displaying static, showing how the screen lights up the frame around it.

Bryn DC@feverdreamr· Apr 16

Testing how I should handle texturing for my retro horror game, here trying to see how much to rely on lighting. 1. Baked normal map, 2. Normal map with some baked-in shading, 3. Baked lighting, no normals, lit material, or 4. Baked lighting, unlit material #retrogaming #indiegame #gamedev #blender