Sakthi

Seeing Pokopia makes me want to switch back to my old game side project...

Meow meow meow

#art #sketch #sketchbook #ink

Guess I'm making portals now. Maybe I could use the stencil buffer somehow here.

#godot #godotengine #godotshaders

Neat :0

cyborg 009

Watercolor painting of transformers g1 inferno, inspired by the g1 figure, also for sale!

TF G1 1985 artbook painting 29!

Toy inspired watercolor painting of Inferno!

Original painting is for sale :D

#watercolor #illustration #transformers

Steyr-Puch Haflinger 4×4
APT700
collectingcars.com/for-sale/197...

the prototype officially has combat :0

The talk to your friends app and the witness the horrors app being the same app is not great for the mental health is it

SLDF Quickdraw by TMC modded into Mechwarrior 5 Mercenaries

tiny lego car ❤️

I see "indie vs AAA sustainability" discourse is back so it's time for me to link this again auratriolo.com/blog/2025/01...

Hangar
www.artstation.com/artwork/EznAGe

#3dart #3d #blender #Blender3d #b3d #UnrealEngine #indiedev #gamedev

mans got the twin turbo

Got me a new lad today, straight out the lad factory

This looks really cool :o

lowpoly shmup style 'option' type drone
with a stylized inversion shader for the thrust sphere with some visual goodies depending on the viewing angle.

#godot #gamedev #shaders

just from a purely anecdotal perspective this seems flatly untrue. 99% of game developers I know are trying to kill AI with some kind of Large Gun.

HG Demi Barding. It can barely stand with its huge backpack.

Close up view on the chest area where I started the double layer chipping.

HG Demi Barding, some progress. Sponge chipping for initial randomized wear, following up with a fine brush to refine the shapes and add directional scratches.

デミバーディングのウェザリング。まずはスポンジでランダムなチッピングを入れ、その上から細筆で形を整えつつ、線状のキズを描き込んでいます。

#ScaleModel #gunpla #ガンプラ #Mecha #Plamo

Been so focused on VFX skills in the past years that basic principles from other disciplines feel new to me. It's nice to step away from that grind for a bit I guess

I originally didn't want to have foliage for this because I wanted it to feel apocalyptic and deserted, but I realized I wanted it after all just cause I needed noisy medium-to-small-sized clutter... Been a lotta baby's first game art realizations here lol

Gamers aren't really in the picture eh, they'll buy whatever plays well. This whole art quality circus feels like it's for everyone but them

Games pick realism cause its cheaper and easier. The pursuit of fidelity is a separate problem lol

Realism comes with a wider hiring pool and less baggage. There's less time spent justifying a style to higher-ups who don't know better, less time spent getting artists to stick to a style, and exponential yields from simulating PBR behavior instead of hand-directing every asset in every condition

Realism as in mimicking the real world is a production choice at its core. It's consistent. Every realistic game asset comes with a fixed recipe. There's set PBR values for every type of surface and reference is plentiful. You don't have to go through the effort of picking and sticking to a 'style'

Graphical fidelity, like detail and resolution and asset quality and all the fancy tech features. That stuff can apply to 'stylized' games too

I don't remember putting those things together :P you must be getting that from somewhere else. Realism makes game art easier if anything, and realism or the lack thereof has relatively little bearing on the successes you mentioned lol

The best studios are gonna want the best guys and the best guys are gonna want to do the best work, and that cycle will perpetuate itself regardless of how much the end consumer cares about the prettiness of their game

I can only get better paying jobs by knowing the latest tech and having worked on the prettiest games. A big part of the pressure on studios to make prettier games is gonna come from people like me, who want a route forward to that end. What fixes that?

A big part of my drive to learn and use higher-tech tools and make prettier, higher fidelity games is just because I wanna earn a house-buying wage someday. What other way up is there? I could try get really fuckn good at pixel art or handpainting but thataway lies no money