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Art Director/Founder @ StrayDogs - StrayDogs Disc Previously @ Blizzard Entertainment/DeepSilver

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Niko Gesell
1 year
It is that time of the year! It is #PortfolioDay ! 🌳My name is Niko and I am a concept Artist from Germany! I dabble in colorful stylized work mostly 🌳
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Niko Gesell
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Hey everyone. I was affected by the Embracer Layoffs. I am open to new work/freelance as a concept artist! Worked for companies like Blizzard/DeepSilver! Any help in spreading the tweet is greatly appreciated! 🥲
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Niko Gesell
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I finished my next project, a Wildhammer Clan backpack! I had a lot of fun creating this! I would love to hear your opinion! #worldofwarcraft #gamedev #gameart #3D
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Niko Gesell
2 years
Can it be? A new Prop after so long? My latest Arcane Fanart is done! 🎉 Check out the 3D Viewer over here: #ArcaneFanart #arcane #stylized #stylizedart
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Soo. This might be the scariest things I´ve ever done but here is my studio StrayDogs. Focused on short-form narrative driven games. This is very exciting and new but I am looking forward to giving this my all! There is a little discord space y´all can enter in my bio!
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Niko Gesell
3 years
Hey! I made a new illustration! Would love to hear what y´all think :) It's been a while since I´ve done a full one! #art #gameart #stylized #arcanefanart
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Niko Gesell
2 years
It is #PortfolioDay again!🥳 Hi! My name is Niko and I make hand-painted Props and Environments :) 🐸 🐸
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Niko Gesell
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Hi #PortfolioDay 😊 My name is Niko and I am a concept artist from southern germany! You can find my portfolio in the bio! 😊 Looking forward to seeing some pretty art today!
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Niko Gesell
4 years
I finished my next project, the Throne of Stormwind! I´ve wanted to do a fanart of this for so long and it feels great to be done with it! Many thanks to @jord_tron_5000 for taking the time and helping me with this! #worldofwarcraft #gamedev #gameart #3d
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Niko Gesell
2 years
Hello Twitter! My name is Niko Gesell and I am an associate Artist at Blizzard Entertainment! Happy #PortfolioDay 🎨 🎨
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Niko Gesell
3 years
Day 02 of my "Create a Prop from concept to finish in a Day"- Challenge. Haven't done food in a while so I thought I would give it a try! 🙂 #gameart #stylized #worldofwarcraft
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Niko Gesell
3 years
Everyone! My latest environment is done :) Its a little fanart for Arcane :) #arcanefanart #ArcaneSpoilers #arcane #stylized Go check it out! :)
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Niko Gesell
4 years
Happy #PortfolioDay :) My name is Niko and I create handpainted props for games!
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Niko Gesell
3 years
Hey everyone! I am excited to announce that I have recently joined Blizzard Entertainment as an Associate Artist. I am looking forward to doing great things with my new colleagues! For now, I wanna step aside though, and elevate the voices that need to be heard💙
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Niko Gesell
4 years
Hi everyone! I created this elvish prop kit. Would love to hear what you think! #gameart #worldofwarcraft #gamedev #3D
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Niko Gesell
3 years
Doing a challenge at the moment where I try to create a full prop in 1 day. Here is my result for day 1 :) #Stylized #gameart
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Niko Gesell
3 years
Over the last 8 weeks, I had the chance to participate in Jordan Powers Aeon Core Brushforge Class! This is the result, the Abomination Chest! Thanks so much to @jord_tron_5000 for guiding me on this journey :) Could not have done it without you!
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Niko Gesell
2 years
Some Assets for World of Warcraft Dragonflight! Check out everyones work on the frontpage! the whole team posted their incredible work! :)
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Niko Gesell
6 years
Finally found the time to finish another project! Its a World of Warcraft fanart of the new city boralus :) I couldnt participate in the wow student contest but at least got something finished <3 #gameart #handpainted #3dart
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Niko Gesell
10 months
Studying at the Temple can be relaxing 🎓 My new concept piece is done! High-rez version and process over at my portfolio!
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Niko Gesell
4 years
Here it is! I finished my entry for the Blizzard Student Art Contest. I might not be able to win this thing but gave it my all! :) #gameart #worldofwarcraft #WoWStudentArtContest
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Niko Gesell
5 years
Created this fan-concept for #LegendsOfRuneterra that I am going to translate into 3D :) #gameart
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Niko Gesell
3 years
Hi! My name is Niko and I love playing around with handpainted textures :) #PortfolioDay Full resolution of these on my Artstation :D
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Niko Gesell
3 years
My last project made me wanna do another chest, so here is a Night Elf Chest! #worldofwarcraft #gamedev #gameart #3d
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Niko Gesell
1 year
Hey, everybody! I’m starting a new exciting chapter as Senior Environment Concept Artist at Fishlabs!🎨 Not gonna lie, this is pretty hype for me🥳
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Niko Gesell
2 years
These are for a scene I am working on! Trying to get better at establishing big shapes early to see if my composition is working :) #conceptart #stylized
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Niko Gesell
3 years
I recently dabbled more into modern prop ideas than my usual medieval-inspired work :) Here is an old gas pump in an apocalyptic world! #gameart #stylized
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Niko Gesell
2 years
It is #PortfolioDay ! Love to see all that cool work out there! 🐸 Hi! My name is Niko and I make handpainted Environment concepts and Props! 🐸
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Niko Gesell
10 months
Hi! I make concept art. That's the tweet! :D Share your portfolios down there so I can see some cool art pls 🖌️ #ArtStationDay
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Niko Gesell
2 years
What an incredible honor it has been to work on World of Warcraft Dragonflight :) Check out everyone incredible work on the Frontpage :)
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Niko Gesell
2 years
🌳New concept art project is done! Had an incredible time on this! There is a lot of sketches and worldbuilding stuff over there on the link 🌳 #Gameart #conceptart #stylizedart
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Niko Gesell
3 years
Did somebody say its #repostday ? Here is some of the more recent personal work! 🖌️ Full resolution can be found here:
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Niko Gesell
2 years
New Project alert! 🥳Super happy how this concept piece turned out! A lot of sketches and Ideation over here :) #gameart #conceptart #stylizedart
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Niko Gesell
4 years
Here it is! I finished my biggest project so far, a League of Legends Ionia fanart! Go check it out on Artstation for screenshots that are not killed by twitter! #LeagueOfLegendsFanArt #LeagueOfLegends #gameart
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Niko Gesell
3 years
It's #PortfolioDay everybody! I am a freelance stylized prop and environment artist from southern Germany :)
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Niko Gesell
5 years
finished with this wow dark spear-troll fanart! Learned a lot on this one :) Thanks for everyone who helped me get this done! #gameart #worldofwarcraft #fanart #handpainted #3dart
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Niko Gesell
6 years
This is the final version of the hunter-gun i did for a monthly workshop in the handpainter´s guild. #gameart
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Niko Gesell
9 months
Hi! My name´s Niko and I do concept art/illustration stuff! Currently open for work too! #artvsartist2023
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Niko Gesell
2 years
Had the great honor today to give a talk and demo @VertexSchool about texture painting and prop design! this was so much fun! Might not be fully rendered but talking while painting is hard :D
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Niko Gesell
2 years
It has been a hot minute since my last post here but I´ve been dabbling in concept art recently. The Mechanical Firefly 🎉🎉 #gameart #stylizedart #arcanefanart #arcane
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Niko Gesell
1 year
this onee. Still super proud of it :)
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1 year
ARTISTS you can only use one Art picture to convince people to follow you. Which art piece you using? OK GO UWU
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Niko Gesell
1 year
A few days ago was my last day at Blizzard. Working with the prop team was honestly the opportunity of a lifetime and a very rewarding experience. I am so excited for y´all to see what the team has been cooking up! Onto new adventures very soon! :) #Blizzard #worldofwarcraft
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Niko Gesell
3 years
It is #ArtStationDay ! Share those cool Portfolios! :)
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Niko Gesell
3 years
Once I get the chance, I will buy many many more hats! Looking forward to post some new art soon :) #artvsartist #artvsartist2021
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Niko Gesell
6 years
My gnome lantern is done! Another wow-style practice piece <3 Thanks to everyone who helped me on this :) #handpainted #gameart #stylized Check it out on Artstation for the 3d viewer :)
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Niko Gesell
6 years
Finished! Worked the last couple of days on this little crab character and iam glad to say he is done. Thanks to the people who gave me such amazing critique! #gameart #indiedev #handpainted
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Niko Gesell
6 years
Hi I´m Niko i do handpainted stuff! #artvsartist P.S This is my favorite hat! :)
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Niko Gesell
2 years
New batch of 30 minute speedpaintings! #speedpainting #spitpaint #stylizedart #visdev
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Niko Gesell
6 years
2018 comes to an end and i wanted to use this afternoon to look at the pieces i managed to finish and the ones i sadly didnt. My goal for this year was to be more confident in my 2d skills and iam glad to say they improved a bit. I wish everyone a productive happy new year! <3
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Niko Gesell
2 years
I´ve tried moving torwards less saturated art so often but that aint me I think 😄 #artvsartist #artvsartist22 #stylizedart #gameart
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Niko Gesell
4 years
So excited to have been interviewed by @80Level about my latest project! Thanks very much for this opportunity! Go check it out! :)
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Niko Gesell
6 years
I started concepting a World of Warcraft styled - gnome mailbox as a fanart. Iam thinking about doing an alternative version for every race #gameart
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Niko Gesell
1 year
🟦"They are unparalleled in their military power and rely on order, more than anything else" 🟦 My new concept project is done! Go check it out on Artstation for a lot of cool thumbnails:
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Niko Gesell
6 years
This is my project for the next couple of days :) WIP_01
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Niko Gesell
6 years
He is done! Bubba the Fishing Penguin #gameart
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Niko Gesell
2 years
What a year its been! Super excited to have shipped Dragonflight, done some more concept art and gotten to work with the coolest people! :) #artvsartist2022 #artvsartist
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Niko Gesell
5 years
I feel honored to have been asked to give some breakdown on my latest project! Stylizedstation is a great place to get some knowledge about stylized art and having my own little article on it is very cool! Check it out!
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Thomas @ Stylized Station
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@NGArts1 () was kind enough to stop by and demonstrate his techniques and tips that he uses to create his amazing World of Warcraft art. ⁠ Check it out!
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Niko Gesell
6 years
Started this archway concept yesterday. I will paint a few more before i decide on my next project. #gameart #indiedev #stylizedart #handpainted
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Niko Gesell
6 years
This is the current state of the world of warcraft fanart gnome-mailbox :) Might take a few more days but iam hyped! #gameart
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Niko Gesell
6 years
I started this Weasel-Mount a few months ago :) Redid some of the parts and gonna go into texturing tomorrow :)
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Niko Gesell
5 months
There is no joy like seeing your concept in engine! :O Incredible work @BeatrizGamero_ !
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Life at the temple 📚🍃 I'm delighted to share this project with you. Numerous goals were achieved, mastering workflows & testing software. Dive into the breakdown! 🔗Breakdown: [] Thanks to @NGArts1 for the concept art: []🎨
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Niko Gesell
6 years
It´s #ArtStationDay everyone! Glad to be part of this community :) #gameart
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Niko Gesell
6 years
Started with some color and gonna render this out until the end of the week :) #gameart
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Niko Gesell
2 years
1hr VR-Concept. Super excited to be trying out this as a new workflow. Thrilled for the next one. #conceptart #stylizedart #environmentconceptart #gravitysketch #conceptualart
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Niko Gesell
2 years
"Beyond the Woven Gates of Al´Katesh you will find what you are looking for" My newest concept practice is done! #Conceptober2022 #conceptart #stylized #gameart
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Niko Gesell
2 years
This is gonna take a while to sink in.. Just saw my name in the credits of my favorite game! Super humbled right now ❤️
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Niko Gesell
5 months
The response to this has been overwhelming! Thanks to everybody that wished me good luck 🥰 IF you wanna playtest some prototypes soon just jump into that discord that is on my profile 😊
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Niko Gesell
5 months
Soo. This might be the scariest things I´ve ever done but here is my studio StrayDogs. Focused on short-form narrative driven games. This is very exciting and new but I am looking forward to giving this my all! There is a little discord space y´all can enter in my bio!
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Niko Gesell
3 years
Apparently there is a #blueart #BlueArtDay ? My calling! Here is more art that is not very blue :D
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Niko Gesell
3 years
Okay, this is probably old news for some people but Sketchfab has an amazing Gif-creation tool! :) Can't wait to make some gifs from older projects! #gameart #stylized #WorldofWarcraft
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Niko Gesell
2 years
Spend the evening with some environment thumbnails! Love to play around with these colors! #stylized
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Niko Gesell
1 year
Doing these 1-day concepts at the moment. Need to make sure I keep the scope manageable next time and aim for a smaller scene. #gameart #stylizedart #conceptart
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Niko Gesell
2 years
Evening practice painting! Thats it. Thats the Tweet. #gameart #stylizedart #environmentart #studyart
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Niko Gesell
7 years
Something new for my portfolio is done. I got knocked out by the holidays, but still happy new year to everybody :)
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Niko Gesell
11 months
"When your parents force you to show your brother the school" Is the theme of my new painting :) So happy I got to finish this! Go check it out! 🥳 #Gameart #stylized #conceptart #environmentconceptart
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Niko Gesell
2 years
Did some personal art over the weekend! Here comes the Swamp Hopper! #quack #stylized #illustration #gameart Go check it out:
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Niko Gesell
1 year
Another set of evening studies to get better brushwork and colors #gameart #stylizedart #conceptart #environmentconceptart
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Niko Gesell
3 years
I painted my DnD Character Elsta Tikklekins! She is a gnome wizard :) #DnD #dnd5e I have not finished a full Illustration in a while, so this was very refreshing!
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Niko Gesell
3 years
Dabbled around yesterday to find a style for a personal project :) Its pretty thrilling to just wander into different art-directions for a little bit
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Niko Gesell
6 years
I know i posted alot from this in the last couple of days but here is the finished version of the gnome mailbox! Thanks to all the people who gave me critique on it! :) #gameart #handpainted #worldofwarcraft #fanart
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Niko Gesell
6 years
This is the concept of the Everfrost-Hammer, my Entry for this months @HPGuild workshop! The Theme for it is "Elemental" and iam planning on doing the 3d model next. #GameArt #Handpainted
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Niko Gesell
3 years
I finally got around to post my work on the Rivals 3D-Project stage! The whole process from concept to finish was such a fun experience! #stylized #gameart #3dart
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Niko Gesell
7 years
some street props i made for #EscapeTheLoop #gamedev
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Niko Gesell
2 years
Incredibly honored to have worked on this game and now the whole world can see it! Everyone on the team absolutely went above and beyond :) #Dragonflight
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World of Warcraft
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Take flight in the Dragon Isles on November 28. Watch the full cinematic in 4k ➡️
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2 years
It has been another week of Environment Speedpainting (30minutes each) . Let me know what you think! #stylizedart #visdev #conceptart
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Niko Gesell
3 years
Evening Study! There is something incredibly satisfying about painting "old" cars :) #art #stylized
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Niko Gesell
2 years
Happy belated #ArtStationDay ! I make a lot of 2D stuff at the moment :D 🐸 🐸
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Niko Gesell
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My last tweet has been a while ago but i thought i'd mention that i joined the #3dBustChallenge by the great @YBourykina . I hope i can finish it in time beside work but here are some color variations i did for my concept today!
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Niko Gesell
2 years
Here we go! Super excited for y´all to see what we´ve been working on!
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World of Warcraft
2 years
The next chapter in World of Warcraft: #Dragonflight 🐉
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Niko Gesell
6 years
I spent the last couple of days on this concept of my "The old gods chest" project. Its another fanart to World of warcraft and their void-lord lore which is my favorite :) Next thing will be the 3d version of this. #gameart #Warcraft #fanart
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Niko Gesell
1 year
Hey y´all! I finished my new concept project which is themed around an insect Plague! 🪲 Go check some of the initial sketches over there: #Gameart #conceptart #stylizedart
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Niko Gesell
7 years
The prefabs are getting their textures and materials! #EscapeTheLoop #Gamedev #Indiedev
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Niko Gesell
6 years
The last few days i spent designing this hover Vespa, which i refer to as the HESPA. Still alot of work to do, its the first time iam doing PBR and iam really hyped. #gameart
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Amazing work from amazing guy! Check out this chest Jacob just finished :O
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Niko Gesell
7 years
Current WIP from the tower for the riot creative contest :) Just need to clean up the texture and add more details.
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Niko Gesell
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I´ve wanted to post some art-dump from this years 30 minute speedpaints! :) Each were a learning opportunity and they look kinda cool together. #speedpainting #spitpaint #stylizedart #visdev
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