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

did someone say #PortfolioDay ?!

hi, im bram, im a #TechArtist / #GameDev and i usually am a brush in the hand of very creative people

but sometimes i make my own stuff ✨
i also work with #GodotEngine, #Rust, #Blender & more!

The problem about being a Technical Artist is the field is so vague I often wonder if I actually know enough to be one

Sure I know how to use Houdini, author shaders, code plugins, make VFX. But I dunno the difference between forward and deferred rendering so clearly I’m a hack

#techart #techartist #gamedev

Managing your render time budget
#techart #techartist

Today I released a tutorial on how to customize Simplygon Pipelines. It is cheap way to standardize the LOD creation in your game, allowing you to hide away complexity that is better left to the expert #techartist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es_Reet0Zyc

#gamedev #maya

did someone say #PortfolioDay ?! (i am late)

hi, im bram, im a #TechArtist / #GameDev and i usually am a brush in the hand of very creative people

but sometimes i make my own stuff ✨
i also work with #GodotEngine, #Rust, #Blender & more!

So #photoshop wizards / #techartist types, how do you get metallic glows in 2D without a lighting effect?

I've always used the "lights" system in Photoshop for this, but they're deprecating that, which makes me think there's some other way people pull it off now?

I mean this kinda thing. Not the glow/blur around it, that's easy, I mean the process of taking a normal piece of art and turning it visually into a shiny trophy graphic?

Do any #techart / #techartist types have any good references for building interesting mountains in #Houdini or similar?

I mean interesting structurally, would be cool to hike / encounter at a person scale, not just Look Cool.

Also, any refs on cladding heightmap with mesh? So as to generate cliffs, instead of just lumpy steep heightmap.

We have TONS of things we've tried, but seems like others may have gone ahead of us here? Maybe there's SIGGRAPH papers or something?

forgot to post yesterday, but i did some preliminary work on making structures so that the PSD layers in the code have the same mental model as the PSD has in editing software

the layers in a PSD are stored somewhat "flat", meaning they're not presented to me as a tree in the same way

making code to have data structures feel more intuitive is always worth doing as a #TechArtist, especially if I open source this, I want programmers / people to have an easy time getting familiar :)

Ok, #tech and #techart / #techartist, a PUZZLE:

what on earth in my artists's machine is making what sounds like mouse/camera ratcheting noises?

It's too fast for GPU fan spin-up. WHAT.

The computer's audio is muted. This is HARDWARE. But also there's no HDD (it's a pretty new PC).

寝る前に、Blenderで偽物の木の森をテストできました。
近づいても意外と大丈夫。
もう少しモデルを用意したら、遠くのショットを埋めるのに最適でしょう。
これはBlenderで動作するようにセットアップしただけのものです。この先、Unityに移植できるか、似たようなシステムを見つけて改造できるか、見てみたいですね。
#Blender
#b3d
#GameDev
#TechArtist
#EnviromentArt

Managed to test out an imposter tree forest in blender before my surprise nap. They hold up surprisingly well even up close. Should be great for filling in distant shots once I get a few more models ready ^^

This is just set up to work in blender. Might be cool to see if I can port them to unity or find a similar system I can use and modify for them down the line

#Blender #b3d #GameDev #TechArtist #EnviromentArt

Chain of Christmas Lights tool I did as a test. It has random bulb's color/lights variations, cable tension, imitation of the volumetric bubbles in material was done by reference with bumpdepth nodes

#madewithunreal #indie #techartist #techart #unrealengine

Any #techart / #techartist folks I know interested in contract work? @jaymfernandes could use some help in Unity a/o Unreal that amounts to diving in on projects, finding why batching isn't working, reducing shader variants, finding GPU bottlenecks, almost certainly some custom shaders, you know- THAT kinda work.

Hello! I'm Hanna (she/her), a game dev and technical artist @ Brace Yourself Games. Currently: VFX on Phantom Brigade, co-art-directing [secret project]. Prior: The Long Dark, Halo 4, Remember Me, lots of game trailers!

Like every tech artist, my formal education is in playwriting and religious cult studies. Sometimes I accidentally do journalism. I miss BBSs. Interactive fiction and narrative design enthusiast.

Protect trans kids. 🏳️‍⚧️

#introduce #introduction #gamedev #techart #techartist

Guten Morgen Black Forest Games! #techartist

Hello! I just moved here from another server (so if you already follow me, hi again)
I'll start with my little #introduction :

I'm Hayny, a #techartist , normal artist, and #gamedev who loves to draw random stuff, now including (but not limited) to #furry and #pinup stuff.
In 3d, I most enjoy character art, but only as a hobby.
I'm also very into #Houdini and other #procedural type stuff. :apusheencomputer:

Wanted to do a lil #introduction ~
Hi I'm Hayny, a #techartist , normal artist, and #gamedev who loves to draw random stuff, now including (but not limited) to #furry and #pinup stuff :Blobhaj:

Hope I'll get some exposure from this. I look forward to posting more here!

Greetings! #introduction post is due.
I’m a #techartist, #animator, #illustrator, #webdev. I like making useless interactive things, and making #destiny fanart. But I promise I like other things too.
I’m always curious about social spaces 👀