Plus a couple pieces of DRAMATIC MYST ART which, let's be honest, was the whole reason I joined @cyan.com in the first place. Gotta draw me some spooky Linking Books:
Claire Hummel
@shoomlah.bsky.social
Art director and concept artist, currently designing vampires at Netflix. Previously at Cyan, Valve, Campo Santo, HBO. Draws a lot of rocks and historical fashion. | ClaireHummel.com | linktr.ee/shoomlah
A couple more of my Project: Anglerfish concepts from @cyan.com's presentation at Mysterium last week:
Getting to design characters for a murder mystery visual novel set in the Myst/D'ni universe was such a blast, I hope this also sees the light of day someday:
The other (much smaller) game @shoomlah.bsky.social and I worked on near the end of our time at Cyan is shown here (@ 28:07). "WhoD'nit?", a Myst visual novel / Phoenix Wright style murder mystery (and yes you would obviously be able to flirt with all the suspects!) I still really want to make this.
SUCH a lifelong dream to get to work on a new game set in the Myst universe. ♥️📖 Still hope we’ll get to see it through someday, but I’m thrilled we can share the trailer:
Over a year ago, we built a prototype for a new Myst Universe game meant for publisher eyes only. This project is NOT in active development, but we're proud of the work the team did, and wanted to share it with you all. Presenting: Project Anglerfish. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvNGt02yZNc
unironically how I feel getting all the order forms and signage prepped for SDCC
Birthday dinner at Sugarfish and an absolutely LOVELY present haul from @hummeline.bsky.social and Dad, the brand is strong ♥️
LOOK the contacts in IWTV absolutely make sense from a production standpoint—I'm sure its prohibitively expensive to do vfx for the vampire eyes throughout the entire series—but sometimes I just GOTTA do a quick repaint to see the proper eyelines on my sweet baby bug-eyed boy
Surprise surprise: I'm starting up at Netflix Animation as a character designer this week!
@ngoziu.com I'm finally catching up on John Rich (SO GOOD) and upon seeing the ch. 4 header I felt compelled to share with you one of my favorite videos that my buddy Olly shared with me years ago, I am probably a not insignificant percentage of its 29K views: youtu.be/xHV5GX0Fxqk?...
How to Sell a Garfield Collection
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one curse of working on properties you love is losing the ability to participate freely in fan spaces—there'll be some lore discourse in the Myst discord and, best case scenario, I just gotta sit there VIBRATING with information I cannot possibly share
Film Noir life drawing last night at Ready Sketch Go! God help me I do love to draw a sensible heel
I'm not sure if folks know that all the art for Neopets Magazine was still done by the in-house Neopets art team! Very little was outsourced back then when it came to merch/tie-ins, which was kinda unheard of at the time. A couple of my spreads, from my last summer working at Neopets:
New to the library: we've digitized the complete run of Neopets The Official Magazine. Yes, Neopets! It's important game history, and here's why:
if i seem laid back and relaxed to you, it’s an elaborate ruse - i actually carry the kind of tension that makes massage therapists and other health professionals say “wow” and “oh no”
@cyan.com's rerelease of the Classic PS1 versions of Myst and Riven last year meant new trophies, which meant new trophy icons, which gave me an excuse to get all weird and illustrative with it! Always fun getting to revisit these worlds:
Excited to say I'm gonna be back at @lightboxexpo.com this year with a table, woo! Honestly it's always such a good excuse to make some new prints, new art books, new friends—gotta figure out what the heck I wanna make over the next few months 👀
Also @bzaiken.bsky.social and I found time time to sneak out to Mesa Verde at sunset to catch Cliff Palace riiiight as the light matched the poster I did for Fifty-Nine Parks a couple years back:
Just got back from a week-long art intensive studying horse anatomy with Terry Whitlatch out at New Masters Village in Mancos, CO! I've followed Terryl's work for over 20 years, and her passion and expertise is unmatched—feeling challenged, refreshed, and like I want to draw a bajillion horses. ♥️🐎
I have like 17 hours logged in Thirsty Suitors because I was enjoying cooking so much that I kept putting off endgame.♥️ SUCH a stylish game, and one where the specificity of the narrative and the setting is exactly what makes it so good:
We made a pretty good coming of age story game but most players won’t even give it a chance because it’s got too much color. We’re not all that different in love, relationships, and generational issues. I promise you can relate to these characters. store.steampowered.com/app/1617220/...
let a mention of George Ralphs not pass without me mentioning he died crushed under a boulder
teaching my phone that the eponymous grocer’s last name was Ralphs
havin' a real Old Man Yells at Cloud moment here, but I do chuckle watching someone brute force their way through Riven in a couple hours by crowd-sourcing hints when I played that game over the course of, like, an entire month back in 1997
it was a pleasure getting to work alongside Robyn to capture these hi-res renders of Riven and Age 233 for the vinyl, so nice to see it in the wild! #rivenremake
The RIVEN Vinyl Soundtrack is OUT!!! 🎵 I hope you enjoy! #Myst #Riven www.fangamer.com/products/riv...
dumb little Apollo Justice idea I've had in the back of my head for forever, based off of that one scene at the end of School of Rock 😌🙏 #apollojustice #klapollo
I don't want to shoot videos I don't want to post tutorials I don't want to show my process I don't want to pour varnish I don't want to turn my canvas I don't want to record my screen I don't want to cultivate parasocial relationships I just want to make pictures and shitpost
The way profit maxxing corpo culture has invaded every form of art through algorithms pushing people into daily posting is really weighing on me lately. Efficiency and regularity of making "content" being prized above all else feels so grim, man.
Made a fake Decker vs. Dracula VHS cover to bring to the @oncinema.bsky.social show this week! Started as a goofy little screenshot paintover and then I got VERY carried away:
Made myself a Gregghead shirt for the LA @oncinema.bsky.social show next week #itsmovietime #fivebagger
Matt Johnson Plays Himself: a piece dedicated to Matt Johnson, director, and his troika of fictional Matt Johnsons from The Dirties (2013), Operation Avalanche (2016), and Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie. #ntbts