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I’m a 3D animator who graduated from MTSU and loves sci-fi, fantasy, and playing D&D. He/Him http://michaelconnollyanimation.com

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If anyone’s at GDC tomorrow I’ll be presenting my project I completed during my mentorship with Vessel Forge! I’ll go over some break downs, my thought process, and more! Come by booth 2359 at 1:30pm!

13.03.2026 04:23 👍 10 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
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Practice 02. ✍️

#Animation #Gamedev

13.03.2026 00:10 👍 31 🔁 9 💬 3 📌 0
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It's that time again! Slowly making progress after taking a break from this for a month #WIPWednesday #animation

11.03.2026 20:03 👍 13 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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Practice ✍️

#animation #gamedev

11.03.2026 23:40 👍 37 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 0
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a woman is holding a blue light saber with a belt that says ' stealth ' on it ALT: a woman is holding a blue light saber with a belt that says ' stealth ' on it

God I gotta get back into that game. Its been forever since i last played.

11.03.2026 14:22 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Holy crap dryder opal is TERRIFYING

11.03.2026 01:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Render turnaround for @wheretib.bsky.social :>
Thanks again!

#3d #model #anthro #dragon #render #fantasy #commission

10.03.2026 21:54 👍 184 🔁 35 💬 1 📌 0
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Insanely huge commission for @arukanoda.bsky.social of the beautiful Lavi!

Arukanoda provided some sketches for reference, including for the pose, and precious redlines to make it as perfect as possible✨

My biggest challenge and most rewarding and enjoyable artwork to this day 💙

#dragon #3D #b3d

10.03.2026 13:29 👍 393 🔁 106 💬 11 📌 3
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Hello!!! I wanted to share that I just finished my newest project, based on the work from @c3rmen.bsky.social. A huge thank you for the permission to make this!!

Check it out here: www.artstation.com/artwork/x3gvlY

07.03.2026 19:38 👍 151 🔁 40 💬 4 📌 2
A nighttime scene.  A the center is a black and white tabby cat with bright green eyes.  They are standing on a narrow stump with leaves at the bottom.  The cat is surrounded by a number of glowing goldfish.

A nighttime scene. A the center is a black and white tabby cat with bright green eyes. They are standing on a narrow stump with leaves at the bottom. The cat is surrounded by a number of glowing goldfish.

My birthday landed on a Caturday! Its a little funny. Anyhow I need to be more online, It’s too hard to stay inspired alone. You can’t only draw for work.

Thank you for the support everyone. This year there will be *new* art to look forward to.

07.03.2026 15:12 👍 2952 🔁 780 💬 47 📌 4
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Dropping in some of the new trees in Unreal Engine 5. I need to work on bits for them and improve some things.

Taking the rest of the day off now. Back at it tomorrow.

07.03.2026 15:19 👍 55 🔁 16 💬 2 📌 0
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Thanks so much for having me sculpt the most gorgeous characters ever! 😭🧡 WIP for @monoraven.bsky.social ✨

#3DArt #ArtJobs #CharacterModeling

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Commissions are still open for March! 🧡 More info on turnable live-rendered Sketchfab Character Busts here:

niku30.carrd.co#featuredcomm

06.03.2026 14:58 👍 96 🔁 16 💬 3 📌 0
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Made this 3d animation of flowers that looks like 2d animation in houdini, for @sidefx.bsky.social Mardini day 1: Plant

01.03.2026 19:11 👍 25 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 0

Why stop at just one?

03.03.2026 14:55 👍 372 🔁 140 💬 7 📌 2
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05.03.2026 15:20 👍 74 🔁 18 💬 2 📌 0
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My hand tremors are a bit too strong to draw portraits today, so I'm back to sculpting her 🥰

01.03.2026 21:18 👍 13 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

Oh my god?!?!? She's absolutely terrifying and I love her.

02.03.2026 15:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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My commissions are ✨OPEN✨

I’ve made some price adjustments to better accommodate you - more info here ➡️ niku30.carrd.co#featuredcomm

Character Busts now start at €100 upwards depending on complexity!

Humans, anthros, creatures - you name it! I’d love to get to sculpt your character for you! 🧡

02.03.2026 15:05 👍 69 🔁 38 💬 0 📌 1

Oh my god he's ADORABLE 😍😭

28.02.2026 02:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ive only had pombon for a few hours but if anything happenes to him, I will kill everyone in this room and then myself. 😍

28.02.2026 02:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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More fun poses for the little red Panda! I miss animating cute characters! 😁 Big Thanks to @alargewoodenbadger.bsky.social for rigging this!

26.01.2026 01:01 👍 282 🔁 55 💬 2 📌 0

Oh my god the textures looks so cool

28.02.2026 02:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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he's almost done! learned more about grease pencil than i really wanted to, BUT it has made me more comfortable working in blender now
still bad at the modeling shortcuts though

27.02.2026 20:46 👍 26 🔁 4 💬 5 📌 0
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help i love them all

27.02.2026 22:44 👍 3748 🔁 1031 💬 11 📌 6
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26.02.2026 13:24 👍 22 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
3d render of a psyduck in a sunny, brightly lit laundry room. he is sitting with his head tilted to one side as the washing machine runs in the background. in the background, on top of the dryer, sits a psyduck looking at a sleeping swablu in a basket. in the foreground, a basket with scattered clips and fabric are on the floor, along with an orange-red rug and a psyduck sunbathing on it.

3d render of a psyduck in a sunny, brightly lit laundry room. he is sitting with his head tilted to one side as the washing machine runs in the background. in the background, on top of the dryer, sits a psyduck looking at a sleeping swablu in a basket. in the foreground, a basket with scattered clips and fabric are on the floor, along with an orange-red rug and a psyduck sunbathing on it.

🧼 ...laundry day?

#b3d #pokemon #art

25.02.2026 00:00 👍 5283 🔁 1747 💬 37 📌 5
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I meant to post this weeks ago but I finally got arround to finishing this project. It definitely came a long way from where it started and even though I really struggled with both art block and perfection paralysis on this project, we finally got it to a place I like it.

#Animation #3DAnimator

20.02.2026 19:02 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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I'm late to the #Zelda40th anniversary posting, but here's a repost of my Ganon animation

2DFX: @theycallmesal.bsky.social

24.02.2026 05:30 👍 589 🔁 140 💬 7 📌 0
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Interpretation of a concept by Joshua Brian Smith aka Lokken.
#3DArt #DigitalArt #CGI #Blender3D #ZBrush #GameArt #Stylized3D #3DCharacter #3DAnimation #ArtistsOnBluesky

24.02.2026 13:45 👍 24 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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More blocking on this shot, it's definitely taking a lil while but I'm learning a lot #animation #gamedev

23.02.2026 06:11 👍 46 🔁 12 💬 2 📌 0