Karla Ortiz

🚨 Kaedim3d.com is HIRING 🚨 Send resumes to recruiting3d@kaedim.com The animation was set up by Bartosz Jerczynski using Truong CG Artist's rigs and Maya. ⭐ The world's best game studios ship 7x faster with Kaedim3d.com - try it today to turn sketches into game assets in minutes #GDC #GDC2024 #a16z #gameindustry #Gaming #GamingIndustry #Gamers #GameIndustryUpdates

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Another great resource for level design and #gameart is Dimensions.com. It’s a database with common measurements and construction terminology used for everyday objects, buildings, trees, etc. A goldmine of information!

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Adam Duff LucidPixul makes a Souls Game analogy on working on your craft as an artist in this video cast, and it is great because it is true! Life is like souls games you gota keep at it and at some point, you get that reward in life. Great analogy! Also, if you have not sub go subscribed to Adam Duff, all artists need to hear what he says in his casts. Same with casts like Bobby Chiu you need these expert artists in your life who bring positivity in frustrating times. The last few posts I talked about reaching some goals or going for some goals in life while also having challenges prior. That is part of life and something I have zero regret doing. I talked on crunch and some to a great majority was self-imposed because if you know me personally, I am a workaholic. It has only been recently (3-4years) where I am allowing myself to enjoy more life and take time on more personal things. But, without that grind I know I would not be where I am. I have always been the type of artist who does art even after work and studies at a constant, and I still do this. :) This comes mainly because I always feel that the industry as at a constant shift from technology to art trends, but I also enjoy learning all this, so it is not a problem. Beyond of course the constant work it takes. It is not easy it never was for newer artists or even experienced artists. I hear like Adam many newer artists that it is "harder" now and while to some degree that is true. The fact remains it was never easy to enter and stay in this industry for extended period of time. The devotion it takes is truly extreme. Sometimes I put it akin to a calling this is as my calling in a non-religious way of saying it of course. I cannot imagine myself doing anything else in life. That is perhaps the biggest reason some newer artists who have that fire but cannot get into the industry hurt so much. If I could express to artists is that many of these hardships that seem impossible to accomplish are not. A mountain of goals is only a mountain of goals in your mind if that is how you view it. Instead of mountains think of them as smaller hills that once you reach to top of those it gives you more experience to reach the next higher hill and so on. This post is getting a bit long for sure, but we do live in a world of instant satisfaction and nothing in life that is worth it, is instant. From the concept of trying your best to be the best person you can be to meeting and marrying your partner and staying in a long relationship it is not easy, and you must work at it day and day out. I am lucky to have found a person on this life who appreciates what I do daily, because we are both artists Sharlene Lin my soul mate. We have both gone through a life event prior that make many life issues trivial. We all have our crucibles. #lucidpixul #adamduff #artist #craft #life #gamedev #digitalartist #artistlife https://lnkd.in/grZt7N_Q

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I invented XR, the hardware stack for the metaverse, in it's current itteration, & I challenge any of you to prove me wrong, because I have receipts(NDAs, email correspondence) with plenty John Hancock's & letterheads. Mark Zuckerberg acquired this company where I first publicly disclosed to, just to unalive my one pager from the internet. https://lnkd.in/eBjFEM6V & this was another company acquisition, to unalive vouches given to me by almost every component manufacturer that I was collaborating with to build it at the time. So who are they? What components are they? What corporate entity acquired them? Top tier of coarse. Do your own due diligence. https://lnkd.in/e3NP_jQn Is there no justice for misappropriation? At this point I want my Nobel Prize. Come at me bro.

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A beautiful thing about working in video games is that I start every day getting inspired by artists such as Igor Staritsin! I always mention to my students that they need to remember why they do the work that they do. The answer: to create impossible places where others can have great adventures. As game designers, it's our role to know what our market audience wants and find ways to create innovation in the way we present it. As developers, we need to look for the best gameplay experience and listen to critics and suggestions to tune every detail as our community of followers is expecting it. Images like this one can open our imagination to bring possibilities to our work as game designers and developers. It opens possibilities to us as Game Creators. I'm in the final process of interviewing people who are looking for the opportunity to start a career as a Game Creator but don't know where to start. People without knowledge about how to program a video game but with a deep passion for them. If you are that person or know somebody looking for answers to this path, I want to talk with you. Set a time to talk here: https://lnkd.in/gPYJeadb #GameDevelopment #GameDesign #IndieGameDev #GameDevCommunity #GameIndustry #GameArt #Unity3D #UnrealEngine #LevelDesign

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Learn how to create road Splines in UE5 with this episode of Brushify: Bootcamp.

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I've found online knowledge of how to simply convert a movie file and play it as a fullscreen Bink in Unreal Engine to be a bit lacking, so I made a tutorial explaining this process. I hope this helps and please let me know if I missed anything #unreal #tutorial #bink #film #video https://lnkd.in/eENxqzUC

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Wise words from a wise man. If you're looking to start up a studio, check this out

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Some great tips from Alex Gombos on how to write a resume that helps you get past the filters of an ATS!

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Nikki, an acrobat and sorceress, for the ImagineFX magazine challenge! This month the theme was redesigning characters from old-school games and Pandemonium was one of my favorite games as a kid ✨ I hope to work on Nikki a bit more before adding it all to Artstation, but you can sneak a peek!😉 #IFXCharacterRedesign

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My goal in this tutorial is to expand my skill set by creating procedural organic material in Substance Painter. I came up with this idea after seeing the artwork Baby Zerg by Cino Lai. I didn't use any reference, color palette, or concept. I figured it out during the process, so you might see a little bit of struggle with parameters. :D "Watch the full tutorial here." :https://lnkd.in/d2jN3_Ra I also created 25 smart materials using this workflow, which you can download here: https://cstu.io/2afa60 #Substance #gamedesign #3d #gameart #Material #digitalart #digitalart #Animation #Substancepainter #Digital3D #art #Texturing

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It is actually 2 seconds per candidate.

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Hey friends, Just wanted to check in with a little update on my end. My contract with Rocketcat is going great-- we're making big strides in our progress and the art is looking better and better every day! Now, you may be wondering, "Why does David still have the #OpenToWork banner on his LinkedIn profile if he's happily leading the art development of a new project at Rocketcat Games?" Well, that's because I'm a freelancer, silly! I've always got to plan ahead for the Next Big Thing (or even Concurrent Things, as the case may be)! So with that said: hit me up if you're in need of an experienced #3DArtist who specializes in #CharacterModeling, with a deep understanding of the entire art production pipeline. #TaskManagement, #TimeBoxing, #TeamLeading, #LookDev, #ArtDocumentation, #3DModeling, #Texturing, #Animation, #EngineImplementation... The list goes on! Whether you're seeking a 3D Artist for some one-off assets, freelance projects, contract gigs, or even full-time work, please reach out! I'd love to discuss how I can assist you!!* *Unless, of course, you're looking for generative AI or NFT stuff-- that's a big "no bueno" from me, bud.

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All I wanted to do was make a quick damage generator in Blender. Things quickly spiraled out of control. Feature creep!!! High res screengrabs on my artstation. https://lnkd.in/gZTp2kiW

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Hi all. I want to share another magic item I've created for an upcoming D&D 5th edition supplemental item module that I'm working on. This item is called Viridis, which loosely means Green, and is inspired by Emerald Dragons. Since I'm not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast, I'll be removing any Forgotten Realms lore I desribed when it's included in my upcoming module—it's just for my current campaign haha. About the weapon, I wanted to make it a Halberd because 5th Edition D&D doesn't currently have any unique magic halberds ha. I've always been interested in some of the less used weapon types in D&D. D&D Beyond Link to the item: https://lnkd.in/eex9H2mP

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#NarrativeDesignTip Embrace Single Spacing. One of the most common mistakes I see new game writers making is they include double spaces. AN EXAMPLE OF WRONG VIDEO GAME WRITING: HUNTER CHARACTER: "I came across a herd of deer in the forest. They were led by a majestic stag with sharp horns. We should send a hunting party out immediately while they are still grazing." AN EXAMPLE OF RIGHT VIDEO GAME WRITING : HUNTER CHARACTER: "I came across a herd of deer in the forest. They were led by a majestic stag with sharp horns. We should send a hunting party out immediately while they are still grazing." Video Games use SINGLE SPACING due to UI (User Interface) design limitations, dialogue bar sizes, coding, localization, game engine limitations, and the fact it also looks cleaner. Besides spell-checking, checking for single spacing should be part of your editing process. Here is how you can easily check it. Step 1: Press CTRL/CONTROL + F to access the FIND & REPLACE tool. Step 2: Press the SPACEBAR TWICE in the FIND section. Step 3: Press the SPACEBAR ONCE in the REPLACE section.

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