A horrible mixture of the worst parts of an artist and the worst parts of a programmer (tech artist) She/They 🏳️‍⚧️ I am a of the in hot out the transgender portfolio stuff: https://the_ratner.artstation.com/ discountsatan.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryratner.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryratner.bsky.social/post/3mj5o7yjeyk2jI have peaked as an artist10 Apr 2026 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:rreqmn23mipasugw6iibtlm2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5o7yjeyk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryratner.bsky.social/post/3mcfrler6ec2cThe Agony of Captivity (silly speedpaint I just did to make sure I can actually still draw things)14 Jan 2026 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:rreqmn23mipasugw6iibtlm2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcfrler6ec2chttps://bsky.app/profile/ryratner.bsky.social/post/3mbyr4bgtcc2iBehold: The WIZARD09 Jan 2026 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:rreqmn23mipasugw6iibtlm2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbyr4bgtcc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ryratner.bsky.social/post/3m4534ccjxk2sGot jolt physics up and running in unreal engine AND playing nicely with both unreal's allocator and its task system. This is still very much a toy implementation but I think the worst bits (horribly grafting unreal's threading into jolts jobsystem) are mostly done26 Oct 2025 23:37 +0000at://did:plc:rreqmn23mipasugw6iibtlm2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4534ccjxk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ryratner.bsky.social/post/3lxji5wmf722gA thing29 Aug 2025 06:57 +0000at://did:plc:rreqmn23mipasugw6iibtlm2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxji5wmf722ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ryratner.bsky.social/post/3lxanww5i222jUnreal engine be normal when I need to make changes to my header files challenger (impossible) I fuckin love having to completely restart the editor half the time I declare one single new function aaaaaaaaaaaa25 Aug 2025 18:46 +0000at://did:plc:rreqmn23mipasugw6iibtlm2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxanww5i222jhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryratner.bsky.social/post/3lqpsqvctus2lGod dammit why am I seeing will fuckin powers apologia on my timeline AGAIN03 Jun 2025 17:26 +0000at://did:plc:rreqmn23mipasugw6iibtlm2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqpsqvctus2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryratner.bsky.social/post/3lqbkchqvwk27Back on my hard surface modeling. Fairly rough WIP29 May 2025 01:17 +0000at://did:plc:rreqmn23mipasugw6iibtlm2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqbkchqvwk27https://bsky.app/profile/ryratner.bsky.social/post/3lpuddxkax225Ah great timing AHCCCS I definitely needed an email update from you today that didn't give me any more anxiety at all23 May 2025 19:08 +0000at://did:plc:rreqmn23mipasugw6iibtlm2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpuddxkax225https://bsky.app/profile/ryratner.bsky.social/post/3lowl52m5ak2pThis feels... Idk, like vaguely out of touch? Sorta in the same way that the very wealthy talk about how you just need "hard work" and whatnot. This sort of operates on the assumption that "effort = pretty" and therefore "non pretty = no effort" [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2025 23:08 +0000at://did:plc:rreqmn23mipasugw6iibtlm2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lowl52m5ak2phttps://bsky.app/profile/ryratner.bsky.social/post/3ljgvdag7bs24Hard surface stuff from a little while ago03 Mar 2025 02:22 +0000at://did:plc:rreqmn23mipasugw6iibtlm2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljgvdag7bs24https://bsky.app/profile/ryratner.bsky.social/post/3liuldfhtys2oRough zbrush sculpt pf a character for a super secret project23 Feb 2025 19:35 +0000at://did:plc:rreqmn23mipasugw6iibtlm2/app.bsky.feed.post/3liuldfhtys2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/ryratner.bsky.social/post/3lg2glhmf5k2aI love being able not not really give a crap about my topology since I'm just gonna inevitably remesh and/or sculpt over it18 Jan 2025 23:10 +0000at://did:plc:rreqmn23mipasugw6iibtlm2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg2glhmf5k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/ryratner.bsky.social/post/3lengwqjjxk2mI cannot believe have to say this but you are not oppressed for having a lot of followers on social media what the fuck01 Jan 2025 01:47 +0000at://did:plc:rreqmn23mipasugw6iibtlm2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lengwqjjxk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryratner.bsky.social/post/3ldzmhu7eek2bOld-ish 3d work: Low orbit anomalies24 Dec 2024 04:32 +0000at://did:plc:rreqmn23mipasugw6iibtlm2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldzmhu7eek2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryratner.bsky.social/post/3lco3szkouk2sVery rough initial concept sketches for a thing06 Dec 2024 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:rreqmn23mipasugw6iibtlm2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lco3szkouk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ryratner.bsky.social/post/3lbsbi42zc224Animation practice25 Nov 2024 19:37 +0000at://did:plc:rreqmn23mipasugw6iibtlm2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbsbi42zc224https://bsky.app/profile/ryratner.bsky.social/post/3lbi4gixaek2sThanks UE5 nanite terrain good job21 Nov 2024 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:rreqmn23mipasugw6iibtlm2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbi4gixaek2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ryratner.bsky.social/post/3lb6nzjxoz72gDoing some animation stuff in UE, some motion matching and physics driven animation stuff. The animation set I'm using has pretty poor overall coverage so I've been trying to make up for a lot of it with procedural stuff18 Nov 2024 00:28 +0000at://did:plc:rreqmn23mipasugw6iibtlm2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb6nzjxoz72ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ryratner.bsky.social/post/3l732d3ezgq2yA helmet from a while ago22 Oct 2024 03:07 +0000at://did:plc:rreqmn23mipasugw6iibtlm2/app.bsky.feed.post/3l732d3ezgq2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryratner.bsky.social/post/3l72zxyjfde2eMessing with worldmachine and unreal22 Oct 2024 03:01 +0000at://did:plc:rreqmn23mipasugw6iibtlm2/app.bsky.feed.post/3l72zxyjfde2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ryratner.bsky.social/post/3l6q3aa5vcl2sSome doodling with plasticity and the blender bridge.17 Oct 2024 18:24 +0000at://did:plc:rreqmn23mipasugw6iibtlm2/app.bsky.feed.post/3l6q3aa5vcl2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ryratner.bsky.social/post/3l3y4itbk5a27Ooh we can do videos now. A test animation I got a little carried away with on a wip weapon model12 Sep 2024 18:52 +0000at://did:plc:rreqmn23mipasugw6iibtlm2/app.bsky.feed.post/3l3y4itbk5a27https://bsky.app/profile/ryratner.bsky.social/post/3kq7aokqp3z2f40 minute landscape painted with a 10+ year old copy of artrage 3 I rediscovered the liscence key for15 Apr 2024 21:54 +0000at://did:plc:rreqmn23mipasugw6iibtlm2/app.bsky.feed.post/3kq7aokqp3z2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryratner.bsky.social/post/3k7ca632iwn27When you get mad at me on the internet this is who you're getting mad at13 Sep 2023 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:rreqmn23mipasugw6iibtlm2/app.bsky.feed.post/3k7ca632iwn27https://bsky.app/profile/ryratner.bsky.social/post/3k72ws62lts23This roommate refuses to the dishes10 Sep 2023 20:38 +0000at://did:plc:rreqmn23mipasugw6iibtlm2/app.bsky.feed.post/3k72ws62lts23