Andy Frederick

Illustrator looking for illustration work. also vis dev and game development

[Andy Frederick @andredfred]

Oh hey #PortfolioDay ! I'm Andy, an illustrator and artist from New York. I like to draw water, animals and things in fantasy games. I'm seeking full-time/freelance opportunities.

https://t.co/6ROj1uNSqm

[Andy Frederick @andredfred]

@acid_jones_2009 So far there’s been enough backlash to any AI artwork from enough of the MTG community that Hasbro hasn’t pursued that yet, but I have to imagine there’s some hand wringing going on internally amongst Wizards design staff

[Andy Frederick @andredfred]

@atothe_d This could describe so many people on this app nowadays

[Andy Frederick @andredfred]

@CoreyBrickley @Wizards They’ve publicly said that they’re not pursuing AI as a tool for their artwork pipeline, but it’s already been seen being used in promotional media. I worry it’s an inevitably there will be a top down push to integrate it to up the frequency of content for the TCG

[Andy Frederick @andredfred]

@Haematinon Thank you. I greatly appreciate it

[Andy Frederick @andredfred]

Finally finished with this personal piece I’d started a while ago. The subject of this portrait wasn’t giving me more than a few moments to sit down with it these past two months, but we got there eventually. Oil on canvas for my new daughter

[Andy Frederick @andredfred]

@jwtedrick94 The smooth graphite brush is the look I associate with your work and it always looks great when you employ it

[Andy Frederick @andredfred]

@CoreyBrickley Ugh. The only one besides Andor that was actually kind of good? The hell?

[Andy Frederick @andredfred]

Here’s some details of this piece I took as I’m moving it off the easel to dry

[Andy Frederick @andredfred]

Finally finished with this personal piece I’d started a while ago. The subject of this portrait wasn’t giving me more than a few moments to sit down with it these past two months, but we got there eventually. Oil on canvas for my new daughter

[Andy Frederick @andredfred]

I would like fellow Californians to consider that maybe tweeting a cryptic exclamation whenever there’s an earthquake is not quite the public service they seem to think it is

[Andy Frederick @andredfred]

Finally finished with this personal piece I’d started a while ago. The subject of this portrait wasn’t giving me more than a few moments to sit down with it these past two months, but we got there eventually. Oil on canvas for my new daughter

[Andy Frederick @andredfred]

@deimosremus This is what I felt too. Especially after the long wait, and given how incredibly good their past DLC was for all the prior games. The Bloodborne expansion especially offers up the best segments from that game. Feels like they just didn’t have any ideas left for Elden Ring

[Andy Frederick @andredfred]

Meant to type “arenas” there. Feels like that’s an important distinction

[Andy Frederick @andredfred]

Finishing up the SOTE DLC and I’m feeling a little crestfallen over here. Might just remain sad forever about it

[Andy Frederick @andredfred]

I’m a little underwhelmed overall, and I miss when these games prioritized immaculate dungeon designs over an empty expanse of interconnected areas where we fought overtunned bosses that spammed AOE attacks incessantly

[Andy Frederick @andredfred]

Past expansions have provided the most refined and memorable experiences from these games, but this one mostly just brings focus to the most justifiably criticized aspects of Elden Ring. Hoping their next one drops the “open world” honestly, and excises the spirit ashes entirely

[Andy Frederick @andredfred]

@atothe_d Progressing through that area left me feeling disappointed that the swamp waters weren’t poisonous

[Andy Frederick @andredfred]

@atothe_d I was a fan of the cave people drawings initially, but the the deluge of topless women wearing full armor became a liability to be scrolling through on my phone while sitting at the airport. I would have also have liked to see some variation in how they render lighting

[Andy Frederick @andredfred]

@zachsilberberg This the penance that must be paid for allowing him to film Mank

[Andy Frederick @andredfred]

@michael_deforge The perennial “AI is compromising our NDA” is the most laughably impotent argument against AI. As if NDAs aren’t just as much of a tool that’s leveraged to undermine artists already. Those NDAs are for the working artists not Adobe’s algorithm

[Andy Frederick @andredfred]

@leighalexander Apparently a lot of terminally online narcissists have been desperately waiting for a livejournal replacement to post real time updates on their trips to the grocery store. That’s seemingly the only functional use for Bluesky