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Steve Stark ๐ŸŒ•๐Ÿฆ‡
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Art Director for Magic: The Gathering. Opinions are my own. He/Him
Austin, TX
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    Steve Stark ๐ŸŒ•๐Ÿฆ‡
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    Nov 14, 2025
    Hello! It's been a year and some change since I was laid-off from my previous job, and I'd love a new one. My name is Steve and I have 7 years of experience in the animation industry as a background artist. I've worked on shows like Castlevania, and card games like MtG!
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    Steve Stark ๐ŸŒ•๐Ÿฆ‡
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    Jan 19, 2022
    real artist shit is spending way too much time on a part of your painting, 600% zoomed in, that no one will ever notice.
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    Steve Stark ๐ŸŒ•๐Ÿฆ‡
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    Dec 3, 2022
    Literally nothing in games was as cool this year as riding the elevator down, and seeing Siofra River in Elden Ring for the first time
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    Steve Stark ๐ŸŒ•๐Ÿฆ‡
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    Mar 31, 2022
    does anyone even use this?
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    Steve Stark ๐ŸŒ•๐Ÿฆ‡
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    Aug 30, 2021
    "Soul Mender", new personal piece.
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    Steve Stark ๐ŸŒ•๐Ÿฆ‡
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    Jan 24, 2025
    Audibly laughed when I saw this in the storyboard render ๐Ÿ˜…
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    Samuel Deats ๐ŸŒ•
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    Jan 24, 2025
    This was my storyboard/layout for these shots. ๐ŸŒž #CastlevaniaNocturneSpoilers
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    Steve Stark ๐ŸŒ•๐Ÿฆ‡
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    Dec 1, 2021
    A thing I've noticed from studying up on a lot of Ghibli backgrounds is a lot of them are very contour-heavy, more so than you'd think initially looking at one. They loooove to emphasize edges in whatever way they can. This BG is a bit dramatic in that sense even for them but:
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    Steve Stark ๐ŸŒ•๐Ÿฆ‡
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    Jun 13, 2021
    Me when I think of classic final fantasy vs what square enix apparently thinks of classic final fantasy
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    Steve Stark ๐ŸŒ•๐Ÿฆ‡
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    Apr 17, 2023
    Well if I must
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    Steve Stark ๐ŸŒ•๐Ÿฆ‡
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    Jun 9, 2024
    If they ever release Silksong I hope they have an optional clown costume that you can equip to take more damage or something.
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    Steve Stark ๐ŸŒ•๐Ÿฆ‡
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    Feb 27, 2023
    It's one thing when some random 13 year old uses AI for whatever, it's another when other professional artists not only use it, but promote it in such a ridiculous sense as to claim they're changing the industry or "democratizing" art. Nothing but shame to @CorridorDigital
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    Corridor
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    Feb 26, 2023
    Out Now. youtu.be/GVT3WUa-48Y
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    Steve Stark ๐ŸŒ•๐Ÿฆ‡
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    May 9, 2024
    The โ€œโ€โ€โ€backlashโ€โ€โ€โ€โ€ over the Hades II character designs is funny because no one actually cares.
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    KAMI
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    May 8, 2024
    Hades II early access hit over 100,000 concurrent Steam players in its first 24 hours. That's almost 3x the all-time peak playercount of the original Hades. ๐Ÿ˜ณ
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    Steve Stark ๐ŸŒ•๐Ÿฆ‡
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    Oct 5, 2023
    Castlevania is a series known for gothic castles and ruined towns, but I thought itโ€™d be fun to have my first art drop feature some of the lovely bits of nature I painted for the season! I worked really hard to get that Ghibli-feel going with these! #CastlevaniaNocturne
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    Steve Stark ๐ŸŒ•๐Ÿฆ‡
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    May 18, 2021
    So....The Cat Painting from Castlevania Season 4... Okay, lemme explain.