Close ups of the bike model :D All done using Blender and CSP It was so fun to do all the texture detail! I am very painterly in 2D, so it was a blast to incorporate it into the mapping of it all! PS: I am sorry to all the 3D Artists that have to work from my concepts, you deserve a raise 🤣
Mariana Noronha
@noronhatastic.bsky.social
Art Director at Blue Zoo / Prev: Nickelodeon, Wild Child Anim / 🏳️🌈🇵🇹Fruity colours and cheesy puns www.mcnoronha.com
Now We Ride! - new original available in my shop. It will also be my gay rodeo release in August. I’ll have a booth at the Santa Fe Gay Rodeo
This is the flying, crystal-powered survey bike from my personal project, Clouded Judgement! It's a vehicle built for mobility and research, not speed so that it can explore the inhospitable terrain that the volcanos present!
Aaaand it's out! Had the absolute pleasure of helping out Half Giant with BG's in the latest Brawl Stars trailer for Bolt! :) They made this look SO COOL in the final thing!!
Every couple of days my partner does a frantic run right before bed to set up the washing machine timer for the next morning. Can't miss out on those precious daylight hours! I always say that she reminds me of those racoons that wash their food on water streams! This one is for you babe ! 🦝👕
#PleinAirpril2026 is officially here! Time to get your painting kit out and to (quite literally) go touch some grass. To celebrate the end of this intense challenge, we will be hosting a @warriorpainters.bsky.social plein air painting session at the lovely Adelaide Crescent Gardens in Brighton.
It's now Spring, the sun is out and I feel fuzzy and warm ✨️🌈 I'm working on being more decisive with my painting in digital. I always noodle indefinitely, but approaching as if I were painting traditionally really helps me :)) Also I'm deep in the trenches of Witch Hat Atelier, can you tell?
Mariana Noronha (@noronhatastic.bsky.social)'s Funky Buildings & Stylized Design starts on March 15th! 😍 Learn more and register now on our website! 🥳 Mariana will guide students through a clear, step-by-step approach to creating stylized yet believable buildings✨🧙
Someone said that your best work is not made at your desk and I feel that! It's when I go on adventures with friends that I can see the world around me and get my best ideas! This is the piece that I will dissect step by step in my Warrior Art Camp "Funky Buildings and Stylised Design" class :D
More lamb! From Cult Of The Lamb's Woolhaven's launch trailer with Half-Giant!
Vicky Chen (@crowwkui.bsky.social)'s Characters & Relationships 4-Day Workshop is back in April!✨ Vicky will guide participants through the essentials of designing expressive characters & capturing the dynamics between them❤️ Registration opens tomorrow, Feb 19 at 12pm PT! Learn more via our site⚡
I am starting a studio! We are small and scrappy and have no money. Why am I doing this? Because the only ones who can protect art are the ones who value it. Disney using AI? Yuck. Netflix buying WB? Also yuck. In 10 years what is even going to be left.
This will be an 100% independent production that relies on crowdfunding for its budget. Please give us a follow at our pre-launch page here to receive updates leading to our March 13th launch: www.kickstarter.com/projects/158...
Coming soon: Clara & the Below - episode 1
From "Amphibia" creator Matt Braly - an animated gothic horror spin on the Nutcracker full of wintery chills and somber vibes.
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We've been looking forward to sharing this news for a long time. We're making a graphic novel! The Owl House: The Long-Lived King Written by me and the amazing @mikkicrisostomo.bsky.social Illustrated by the incomparable @dindu99.bsky.social We're so excited to tell a brand new story.
I love getting to do silly perspective angles haha. From Cult of The Lamb's Woolhaven launch trailer Half Giant
Had such a great time teaming up with Half Giant on this trailer for Cult of The Lamb's Woolhaven launch. The art style is SO PRETTY!!!! Been wanting to be part of one of these for ages! :))
Earth Must Die is GOING LIVE AT 6PM TODAY, DON'T MISS OUT!! ✨️
TODAY'S THE DAY It's Earth Must Die Day. Unlocking at 6pm GMT, your purchase on the dot will HUGELY help us out with Steam ranking etc, so if you're around to grab it as soon as we press the button, please do Until then, pls contribute to wishlist and share store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
Half Giant's latest Cult Of The Lamb trailer is ouuuut!! :D It was an absolute pleasure to work on BG's for this piece!! Go check it out!!! youtu.be/7FoRUNf8xns?...
Cult of the Lamb | Woolhaven Release Trailer
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Cannot wait for this!!!
NEW CLASS 🎉 Our one and only Mariana Noronha (@noronhatastic.bsky.social) is teaching this new Funky Buildings & Stylized Design class in March! 😍 Registration opens at 12pm Pacific Time on January 23, 2026. Learn more about the class via our website✨🧙
What a year it has been! Been part of exciting projects, got my first course out of the door, delved deeper into Blender and got to spend more time in my lil personal project! Hoping for more time for feel good personal art in 2026! #Artvsartist2025 :))
Gigi might be the scary one, but drawing this dude and his 4 arms in perspective still haunts my dreams! From Half Giant's Brawlstars Gigi trailer :))
My favourite BG from the Brawlstars Gigi trailer with Half Giany ! My toxic trait is adding ellipses to everything I design, so I manifested the mother of all layouts: a) round room, b) furniture facing different planes c) fish eye d) low angle e) CHARACTER WITH 10000 arms??!! It was super fun tho!
Some exciting news! I recently started as Art Director at Blue Zoo Animation Studio :) To say that the last few months have been chaotic would be an understatement, but, throughout it all, I have been incredibly lucky to be surrounded by such an amazing art community.
I am so excited to be launching my course "Background Design For Animation, Comics and Games" in official partnership with Clip Studio Paint and Graphixly - Find out more here: lnkd.in/eHMaE_m5
Tiny painting! This is the piece I painted during the Warrior Painters and Concept 101 meet up last week in Greenwich park! It was a lovely afternoon and the sights were gorgeous. I am honestly surprised at myself that I managed to yap at everyone AND make a painting?? Wow
Callout sheet for the motorbike! :D This is the motorbike that the characters in my personal project make together. It is a means of transportation that allows them to get to volcanos up close to facilitate collecting samples and monitoring its behaviour. >
WIP! Currently designing the bike that Robin and Talia build in my personal project "Clouded Judgement". I have always liked mechs, but have not dived in too much into it before. Well now's the time and I am having a lot of fun getting WAY too tangled in the physics and feasibility of it! >
Warrior Painters is teaming up with the lovely folks at Concept 101 to enjoy the warm Autumn colours in a joint Painting and Drawing meetup at Greenwich Park, London UK on Saturday 11th of October >> Cont -
Jim has been on my mind a lot lately. Watch treasure planet if you haven't already it's so good.. #fanart #treasureplanet #disney