I'm Maxacre, an illustrator, sequential/digital/traditional artist, video game developer, writer, and UI designer.
I am have been in love with art and fictional narratives for forever, and have worked with the teams of many passion project games, created my own, and strive to help visualize someone else’s dream through my art.
Education & Tools:
I am to graduate Spring of 2026 from Santa Barbara City College with three Associates degrees. One in Animation & Gaming, one in Media Arts, and one in Liberal Arts & Sciences with an emphasis in Humanities. I have skills in Adobe products such as Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, Animate, and Media Encoder. I also create most of my work using Procreate and Aseprite.Current Projects:
Puppy Love, Graphic Novel
A Writer’s Muse, RPG Maker Horror GamePrevious Projects:
My Roles on Previous Projects.
| Role | Project(s) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UI Artist & Designer: | Ghosted: A Dating Sim [2026] | A Fantasy While Foraging [2025] | ||
| Artist, Writer, Game Designer: | A Moth To A Flame [2026] | Divine Reconstruction [2025] | Jake The Kitty Caterer and the Sweet Treats of Doom [2023] | Insatiable Appetite for Love [2022] |
| Additional Game Writer or Editor: | Crimson Secrets: Visual Novel (Aurelia's DEMO Encounters & Hangouts) | Weavers of the Night [2025] (Central Narrative Writer) | Applebag [2025](Additional Script Editor) | |
| Panel Artist: | Equiem -once loved- [2026] | |||
| CG Artist: | Defeat the Darkness DATE! [2025] | |||
| Logo & Thumbnail Artist: | Exile on Crystal Isle [2025] | Cecil the Centaur [2026] | ||
| Pixel Artist & Animator: | Bloody Branches [2024] | Lovelace [2025] | ||
| Sprite Artist: | Project Moon [2025] | |||
| Background Artist: | A Date With Lady Death [2025] |
Digital Art / Illustration
Sequential Art(Click for closer view)
Pixel Art/ Game Art & Animation
Using Aseprite, I have created soft and cozy in-game environments, energetic sprite animations, and well-designed pixel characters.
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“Theo Character Portraits & Sprite Sheet”, 2 expressive character portraits of Theo and his walk cycle sprite sheet.
Dimensions: Varying sizes, sprites: 48 x 48 px.
Character designed and illustrated by Maxacre.
Sprite sheet designed in Aseprite, character portraits illustrated in Procreate, both implemented in RPG Maker MV.
“Theo's Coffee Shop”, a tile-set of the coffee shop for the game A Writer's Muse, space is meant to feel cozy and warm. Dimensions: 912 × 480 px, 2 px brush, 48 × 48 px tiles. Designed in Aseprite, and implemented in RPG Maker MV.
“Train Car”, a tile-set of a train car from the train that the player character arrives into town on in A Writer's Muse. Dimensions: 576 × 480 px, 2 px brush, 48 × 48 px tiles. Designed in Aseprite, and implemented in RPG Maker MV.
“Gullet Street 2”, a tile-set of one half of the main street of Roosevelt, the fictional town where A Writer’s Muse takes place. Dimensions: 1440 × 240 px, 2 px brush, 48 × 48 px tiles. Designed in Aseprite, and implemented in RPG Maker MV.
“Inn Room”, a tile-set for the room in the inn that the player character stays at. Dimensions: 672 × 528 px, 2 px brush, 48 × 48 px tiles. Designed in Aseprite, and implemented in RPG Maker MV.
“Inn Road", a tile-set of the road to the Lazy Bear inn for the game A Writer's Muse, persimmon trees line the dirt road. Dimensions: 912 × 240 px, 2 px brush, 48 × 48 px tiles. Designed in Aseprite, and implemented in RPG Maker MV.
“Train Station”, a tile-set of the train station for the game A Writer's Muse. Dimensions: 816 × 624 px, 2 px brush, 48 × 48 px tiles. Designed in Aseprite, and implemented in RPG Maker MV.
“Plant Man Attacks & Animations”, Numerous animations for the player character in Bloody Branches, including walk cycle and attacks.
Dimensions: Varying Sizes.
Character designed and illustrated by Maxacre.
Designed in Aseprite, implemented in Godot Engine.
“Abel Character Portraits & Sprite Sheet”, 2 expressive character portraits of Abel and her walk cycle sprite sheet which also includes different angles of her sitting emote.
Dimensions: Varying sizes, sprites: 48 x 48 px
Character designed and illustrated by Maxacre.
“Statue Turn-Around”, A turnaround of the angel statue for Divine Reconstruction.
"Statue Closeup, Border, & Icon", Close-up of the angel statue's face from Divine Reconstruction, floral border, and stylistic back-arrow icon.
"Cat Sprite", Player-Character for the game Forbidden Fruit, which follows the soul of a cat with a love for fruit as it ascends to heaven.
BACKGROUND ART
(UNDER CONSTRUCTION)
BG A Date With Lady Death
GAME/NARRATIVE WRITING & EDITING
(UNDER CONSTRUCTION)
PREVIOUS WRITING & EDITING WORK:
> Script editor for VN Game: Applebag
> Script writer for Aurelia's Hangouts and Encounters in VN Game: Crimson Secrets
> Game Script writer for solo-dev passion projects: A Writer's Muse (DEMO), Insatiable Appetite for Love (DEMO), Jake the Kitty Caterer & The Sweet Treats of Doom (DEMO)
GAME UI/UX DESIGN
Ghosted UI Designs
GHOSTED Text Box
Main Menu UI
GHOSTED Main Menu UI
Textbox Asset
Game Menu Asset
Choice Box Design
Textbox In-Game
Ghosted Logo
Cecil the Centaur Logo
