Kyrstin's Art blog

Hi, yes, I'm Kyrstin! Animation and Game Arts senior at the Maryland Institute College of art and Co-Founder of Boba Studios. I like to create games that make people smile ☺

[nemuiro]

Happy Hamster Day🐹💛

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It's the most wonderful time of the year~ 🎶

Yes, you guessed it: MICA Art Market!!! Come shop artist-made holiday gifts from hand-drawn to handmade! 🎁

Saturday & Sunday this weekend only from 11 AM-6 PM at The Brown Center!

Learn More:

2025 MICA Art Market x Holiday Edition

Kick off the holiday season with a unique shopping experience featuring original artworks by MICA students, alumni, faculty, and staff.

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Earlier this week, Ashley had the opportunity to talk with Technical.ly about her journey co-founding Boba Studios and becoming our CEO & game design for their "How I Got Here" series! 👩‍💻🎮🐰

From the Boba Studios' team: congratulations to Ashley for this incredible opportunity! 🥳🎉

Read more about her story and advice on an indies game dev here:

An indie developer on how to break into the gaming industry

Ashley Guchhait began developing Squirrely Roo Rabbit as a senior at MICA. Eight years later, she’s cofounded her own studio to continue bri

[kyrstincooksey]

This is so inspiring! Great job, Ash 🎉

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Game Escape is here! 🌟

Come spend your Saturday hanging out in this curated, local indie video game arcade pop-up in the historic SNF Parkway Theatre / Maryland Film Fest! 🕹🎬

At 1 PM, we'll be joined by the Baltimore Gamer Symphony Orchestra & Choir for a live performance of (maybe indie? 👀) video game music! 🎮🎻🎶

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📣 Tomorrow night!

Join us for Bromo Art Walk's crossover event with MAP Tech's Aesthetic Fridays! Come play games, view local art, and listen to live music! 🕹🎶

And, when you're done at our location, explore 19 other open studios, performance spaces, galleries, and food halls across the Bromo Arts District! This free festival is one night only! 🎨🎭🎸

Bromo Art Walk (Sept 11, 2025)

An evening of open studios, exhibits, live performances, and installations!

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Remember to always feed the animals! 🫴🍎🐖🌠

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We've heard your feedback! 👂Yes, Squirrely Roo Rabbit should be more like #Minecraft!

Starting today, say hello to Squarely Cube! 👋🐰▫️▪️▫️▪️▫️

[kyrstincooksey]

She lives in my head rent free ( ´∀`)

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For no reason, here is Art Spiegelman's 1991 graphic novel Maus, for free on the Internet Archive.

Maus : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

all the maus books

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I was reading an interview from two years ago about Maus being banned in a few places and this was in.

Art Spiegelman recognizes that trans people are going to be some of the first targets of bullshit and he’s out there speaking up.

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Don't be crabby! 🦀

Ocean City Comic Con just started! We have a whole weekend of fun ahead of us! 🎉🤩🎊

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Since we use Github now, this little sign doesn't get much use anymore, but it is still a very helpful friend for game jams! 👩‍💻 We did an internal game jam over the weekend to get Level 1 playable instead of just grayboxed during our summer conventions! Get ready to say hello to the pigs again! 👋🐷

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｡*:☆She's a star!｡☆｡

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📣 We're selling out! 🤯

Have you picked up either of our Boba Studios or Squirrely Roo Rabbit classic tees yet? 👕🧋🐰 Don't wait if you want one!

We won't be reordering these ones since we switched manufacturers, so now's your chance! 3 sizes are already gone forever! 💔😢

Click below ⬇️ or pick one up at KhromaKon today in Open Works and skip the shipping!

This sublimation dyed tee shirt features an allover print of the Boba Studios or Squirrely Roo Rabbit logos! This is a single-sided print wi

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Art Market is in full swing! 🎉🎄☃️

We've added an interactive element to our booth this time! 🤭 Stop by and shake our new confetti filled ornaments! 💃 Like a snow globe, watch as the scene changes in real time~ ❄️🌨❄️

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🎃 HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 🍬

What was Roo last night? Well, she had several costume changes! After all, going all out is just doing Halloween properly! 🎉👻🦇🙌

Check out these entries to our Halloween costume fan art challenge! Here's a special shout-out to @owwmyhands

and @tanteiconan1412 for their beautiful artwork! 😍

[kyrstincooksey]

These are all so dang CUTE!!! 😍

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Check out this sneak preview of the Kickstarter-exclusive song we're adding to all soundtracks ordered through this campaign! 🎼🎶

This song was written to capture the essence of "we can do it!" 💪 Just like we needed the uplifting to meet our campaign's goals, Squirrely Roo and Cammie need this sentiment to face their biggest challenges in the game! 🦸‍♀️

Interested? You won't get it outside of Kickstarter!

🎵⬇️🎶 Get the Song! 🎶⬇️🎵

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Remember when we Katamari'ed the last Batch of Squirrely Roos? 😏 This will be us in the upcoming months! 🧶🫷

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Remember when we Katamari'ed the last Batch of Squirrely Roos? 😏 This will be us in the upcoming months! 🧶🫷