Today I released a new video tutorial for Simplygon. I'll cover what flipbooks are and how to use them in #UnrealEngine.

Flipbook can be useful if you have issues with polycount primarily as it only requires a quad to render.

https://youtu.be/vZP1_4VLM3Q

#gamedev #techart

As promised here is the blog covering Simplygon aggregation (and lots of other things)!

This blog is aimed at technical artist currently facing how to go from playing around with settings in a Simplygon plugin's UI to deploying it in a scripted pipeline. I'll walk you through how to set up the same settings in your scripted pipeline as you had in your UI.

The blog is written with #blender in mind but is applicable to #3dsmax and #maya as well.

https://simplygon.com/posts/142582f1-f99f-4f00-8ad0-e3e9affe8fd6

#gamedev #techart

Quick rigging trick to save a few bones! It's super obvious if you know how skinning works, but not everybody programmed a skinning shader lol

#rigging #techart #mecha

First post

#ai #aiart #ainightmare #aihorrorart #aiartcommunity #aiartwork #aiartworks #aiartistcommunity #aigeneratedart #digitalart #aihorror #horrorai #aiartist #GenerativeArt #DigitalCreativity #AIgeneratedArt #TechArt #DigitalArtistry #AIInnovation #AIHorrorArt #AIDarkArt #CreepyCreativity #HorrorAI #EerieArt #AIChills #SinisterArt #MacabreAI

Just added a feature to our USD asset turntable. It now has a helix camera move that gives a closeup render of the asset from bottom to top.

#houdini #solaris #techart #pipelinejournal #openusd #animation

#techart question: How do you make sure that your tools/workflows are actually used (correctly) by artists?
Most tech art tutorials/ online resources only cover the creation of fancy new features, but in my experience, it's not uncommon that even the most advanced tool can become useless if you fail to convey its benefits to the potential users.

Today's Simplygon blog is how to render any geometry, no matter how complex, using only a quad. Allow me to introduce.... Flipbooks!

It allows you to render the object from different views and switch between them depending on viewing angle.

https://simplygon.com/posts/b931bb71-4b08-4c5f-96e1-82a4e79fdf49/

#gamedev #techart #unrealengine

Glass rendering and depth of field without artifacts (I think)

#unity3d #pixelart #techart

I am looking for work! Interested in #GameDev #Props and Environment #3dModelling, as well as #Materials, #TechArt and #UnrealEngine blueprints / prototyping.

If anyone has any leads or introductions, I would greatly appreciate it! ❤️😁🙏

Artstation Link:
https://www.artstation.com/martiandays

A few examples:

Contemplating making a new ex-bird account to never post on but follow the #vfx and #techart discourse. It still feels very empty here comparatively. Not sure if I just miss the doom scrolling.

Hey #TechArt folks, care to share your answers on this question?

“What’s the ratio of tech art that you know is technically possible vs ones you have actually tried in any project?”

I got an amazing opportunity to give a VFX talk at this year's Devcom!

Let me know if you're going to be there or at Gamescom, 'cause I'm hoping to meet some of you cool people irl 😊

#devcom #ddc2023 #gamescom #gamescom2023 #techart #realtimevfx #rtvfx #particles

Today is first day back at Simplygon after summer vacation. I hope to get some nice and quiet start of the autumn and to get some blogging done.

Here is a sneak preview of the next blog that will cover draw call optimization via aggregation.

#gamedev #techart #blender3d

I also have an ambient occlusion map on this but given this is practically a fully custom shader, something tells me that thing does nothing, if it's even hooked up anywhere.

#techdebt #techart

Back to coding that camera controller though, I'm getting really close to being able to navigate and interact with things again.

Using blueprints as “prefabs”, or as assemblies for static meshes (and/or other BP actors), is like building a mall for just a vending machine. So many things included that aren’t needed, and start with tick enabled by default. Curious if anyone’s home-brewed a simple container for mesh assemblies.

#unrealengine #gamedev #techart

Und wenn ihr in Deutschland #GameDev, #GameArt/ #GameArtist, #TechArt/ #TechArtist, #GameDesign/ #GameDesigner oder ähnliches als #Freelancer, und vielleicht sogar verschärfend (weil Rentenversicherungspflichtig) #Dozierende tätig seid, meldet euch JETZT bei der #KunstlerSozialKasse an!

Die Bearbeitung kann dauern. Bei mir damals 8 Monate, aber die Zahlen auch rückwirkend bis zum Abmeldezeitpunkt den Arbeitgeberanteil eurer Sozialabgaben!

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%BCnstlersozialkasse?wprov=sfla1

Made a quick breakdown of how I created the art in my #gmtkjam entry.

The whole game uses only 1 material and 2 textures - one texture is a 5x1 palette, the other is 3 512x512 masks packed in an RGBA texture.
Then, I use the vertex colors from the object to select a color and a mask (and affect how the mask moves and looks)

The first image show how it looks...
Left - without the material
Right - with the material applied
#GMTKJam2023 #techart #godot

Hey! I'm Luna! I'm a (technical) #PixelArtist & #GameDev! 🧚‍♀️✨

✰ I specialize in #pixelart, #vfx and #illustration as well as #code & #techart.

✰ My goal is to create enchanting, fantasy art & games and use VFX & shading!

✰ Mail: luna@runicpixels.nl

✰ Portfolio: https://artstation.com/runicpixels

✰ YouTube (Timelapses, Art, Dev, More): https://youtube.com/@RunicPixels/videos

✰ Itch-io (Games & Game Jams): https://runicpixels.itch.io

✰ More Links and Information (More Socials): https://runicpixels.carrd.co

#PortfolioDay

Just in case, I've created a Discord Server: https://discord.simonschreibt.de
To be honest, it's not big right now, but feel free to visit and hang out if you're not already joined too many discords.
#gamedev #vfx #realtimevfx #techart

Hi, nice to meet you, I was too busy testing some bugs in Godot to notice any social network meltdown.

It's fine over here, we might face some slowdown due to sudden traffic, but it will be ok.

In the meantime, a bit re-introduction: I do #TechArt in #GameDev, enjoy any nodes like #GeometryNodes, #Niagara or #ShaderGraph, and boost #VisualArt and #FanArt in #Anime, feel free to reach out :)