Not doing a
#portfolio
day thing 'cos I've really not managed to get much done (besides some NDA things 👀) BUT I did update the renders of this guy now that blender 4.0's out, would appreciate you taking a look :)
If guys like this were in charge of BG3, karlach wouldn't be buff, lae'zel would be a generic hot woman only green, and shadowheart would have E cups and a chainmail bikini.
Their design sensibilities are just "what if every game had one of those cheap porn mods pre-installed?"
Vindictus : Defying Fate joins Stellar Blade & The First Descendant as upcoming games that resist ESG & allow Women to be feminine instead of having a dogs face & mans body. I missed when Femme Fatales weren't being downgraded by "Sweet Babies" lol.
To be clear I'm not trying to be a prude, I'm not against sexy characters, and I'm not trying to shame women with these proportions irl. I'm saying that chasing a narrow version of hotness as the only design goal for all female characters would trample many great designs.
@MDGeist002
I'm well aware. I'm not criticising nudity, or sex, or even sex appeal. I'm saying that chasing exaggerated sex appeal as the only valid female character design goal is limiting!
@chris_jolliff
@EvoIutlon
1. nothing to do with evo.
2. they do
3. they aren't missing, there are tons of transitional fossils, fucking google "transitional fossils"
4. animals originally reproduced through undifferenciated gametes (some still do), eventually these gametes became distinct as 2 sexes.
For those still confused, I'm also not saying the game looks like a porn mod. I'm saying the OP is the kind of person who downloads porn mods to replace every female character in most games because the default models are too "ugly" (i.e. not sexualised or exaggerated enough)
@PJpremiere
Yeah it brought out a pretty diverse collection of great characters which cater to a variety of tastes! Which is exactly what I'm advocating for.
@terencespark
They kind of are though? Every time I see a new game come out with a female character that a certain portion of the internet decides isn't attractive, the game gets a ton of hate.
Maybe I could've worded it better but I really wasn't expecting this to be seen by a ton of people and didn't put a ton of thought into it. Twitter is a bad place for nuance.
And because I know I'm still going to be misinterpreted, it's *also fine* if you want to download porn mods for your games, as long as you aren't utterly hostile to anything that doesn't cater to your tastes like the OP.
Introducing Objaverse, a massive open dataset of text-paired 3D objects!
Nearly 1 million annotated 3D objects to pave the way to build incredible large-scale 3D generative models: 🧵👇
🤗 Hugging Face:
📝ArXiv:
#CVPR2023
@ecto_con
@PJpremiere
Nah. OP thinks "feminine" = highly sexualised/exaggerated and I pointed out how much less interesting it would make the BG3 cast if you applied this. I'm not condemning anything except OP's narrow mindedness (and weird conspiracy theories.)
@CosmonautMarcus
Telomeres don't cap your lifespan, they're there to prevent damage to the chromosome. More telomere length = MORE resilience to aging. Fml
Resisting the urge to QRT a certain right wing culture war dipshit after last time's disaster.
Suffice to say these fucking amoebas are up in arms about a new female protagonist who's clearly been made intentionally ugly due to the woke DEI agenda.
...she looks like this:
@HowtoADHD
You know those subscription model things where it's like "first month's only 1 quid and then after that we just set your wallet on fire"
...yeah I don't think I've ever remembered to cancel one of those on time.
Man I love what Nightshade are doing. Prepare to see a lot of AI bros Big Mad that the cookie jar they were trying to steal from turned out to be full of mousetraps :))
@SaraAlfageeh
I mean there's a reason they end up being the best artists. If you're good at anatomy, do NSFW for a year and you'll be *really* good at it lmao.
@NotBrunoAgain
Even more interesting when some of them are actually true and it results in Pokemon Speedrunners naming themselves asd08hn to ensure they get a max stats Squirtle or whatever
@slayhuman
@NASAWebb
@NASASolarSystem
nope it can never look inwards in the solar system 'cos then the sunshield would be at the wrong angle, so it would overheat :c
@keno_james15305
Yeah but somehow I don't think Sven thinks the entire Western game industry is complicit in a conspiracy with DEI consultants to remove all attractive women from media in order to achieve some sinister leftist agenda?
@mrjamesob
By "new immigration system" is he talking about the one where Cruella gets to deport people to Rwanda at great taxpayer expense, presumably because it's the only way she can still feel joy?
@AdultingADHD
Unfortunately there's a lot of bollocks going around in the papers saying it's being overdiagnosed or even that it's not a real condition.
When actually it's just previously been *underdiagnosed* and people are finally learning more about it and getting to understand themselves.
@wyrmforge
Wym? It's common knowledge that women do not have bones. They are amorphous jellylike creatures. Clearly this is not a real woman or she'd be a puddle on the floor.
@aereio_
They're using this image as "proof". Reminds me of when shitty gossip magazines would find a picture of a celebrity mid-sneeze and use it to slag them off, it's the same dishonest bellend behaviour
@JujuliaGrace
I watched his video on the topic and it's hard to disagree. There *are* some principled Labour MPs who haven't yet been ousted and deserve your votes, but leadership are openly stating they'll continue the same boneheaded Thatcherite neoliberal crap that got us into this mess.
Finally! Finished 😁
I feel like I learned a ton working on this guy. Making hair cards from scratch is something I've particularly wanted to try for ages.
Let me know what you think!
@pnbphilosophy
I did yeah, my point was that none of the character designs would be improved by catering to people whose entire concept of femininity is... that. And I'm aware but they gave her Sharran cleric armour by default fora reason!
Decided to park the big projects for a minute and just focus on fundamentals. For now, ABS!
Thinking next I'll work on either a v. skinny or overweight person study for balance? I want to get better at all body types, not just "superhero" physiques.
@RaphDeee
It's fucking wild to me that tech and entertainment execs seem to regard the people who actually *make* the products and shows and games and whatever as just another expense to be chopped or automated away.
The creative people and their ideas are the whole POINT.
@IjnKako
@shadmbrooks
Wait until you find out he's got a 2nd youtube channel that's entirely him shitting his diaper every time a fantasy series casts black actors.
@Schwarzbauer2
@chris_jolliff
@EvoIutlon
Good question! Yes, all fossils are technically transitional because everything is always evolving. But in this context we're talking about a set start point (terrestrial mammal similar to extant ruminants) and a set end point (modern whale), so transitional is anything between.
@TheCartelDel
Everyone's broke, collectively traumatised by the pandemic and completely unable to envision a future in which anything improves. Even wealthy folks are noticing the problems (although they wrongly attribute the cause to immigration or trans people or some other bs, as usual).
@NinjaDenJoker
@TheCartelDel
We understand that Nicki is not literally too broke to afford an artist, it's that using AI art *looks* cheap and tacky. It's about taste and presentation.
@DaisyMae_3D
Not a big environment guy but from what I gather, getting the most of texture budgets using trims, decals, vertex paint etc is a super useful skill to be able to demonstrate.
Idk how much of it will be new to you but this vid is an absolute goldmine:
@VeraBurd97
I've heard from a ton of industry people that you should just ignore the "1 year exp required" or the fact that things aren't explicitly stated as entry level roles and apply anyway... but it sure is discouraging 🫠 amps my imposter syndrome to 11 every time.
@hownottodraw
When I briefly tried to teach myself coding I started out by making a simple platformer. It was going ok until I tried to make it so you could walk smoothly up stairs without jumping...
I spent *hours* with a platformer where touching a staircase launched you into the sky 😅
@JLHGameArt
Thanks Joe!
I'm Jacob, a CG graduate from the UK pursuing Character Art. Most recently I've been working on some gribbly grimdark guys but I work on fun colourful stuff too!
Hello
#PortfolioDay
I'm Jacob, a (mostly) Character focused 3D artist from the UK
You can find more of my stuff here:
Recently I've been practicing concept art too, and I've got something in the works which I'm very excited to show you all soon!
Happy
#PortfolioDay
I guess! (Is there a set date for this thing or does the art community just spontaneously decide?)
I'm a character/weapon artist from the UK, recently I've been making grungey fantasy stuff but I do all sorts!
📩jacob.campion
@gmail
.com
I can't emphasise enough that the closest thing the "yasuke wasn't a samurai" crowd has to a historical source is racist fanfiction they found on 4chan
@that_kind_oforc
This isn't even "having a spine" it's the absolute bare minimum security you'd have in a world where magical disguises and invisibility spells exist.
@TheFantasticIan
I found myself genuinely liking a lot of the characters, and wanting to go on more adventures with them in the DLC or whatever. Arven especially has some really effective writing.
It's a far cry from Hop who made me sigh inwardly whenever he showed up to bug me.
@CarolineLucas
Yup. It's not "we'll help people get back to work with healthcare and support!", it's "we'll force people back to work with the threat of destitution."
@RaphDeslandes
I remember him reacting to a video that called the wow devs lazy and said Dragonflight was going to suck because the new race used an existing rig.
Hot take but I don't think reaction streamers have a single clue what they're talking about.
@Philsbodydouble
I've heard that the German have started a popular joke "if you want to know what East Germany was like, go on holiday in England". Says it all really. Austerity and privatization have destroyed this country.
@RaphDeslandes
Right! The game looks fun but I'm not playing something where theyve just spliced together stolen models.
What I don't get is why they did it? None of this shit would be remotely tricky for a competent 3D artist to put together.
@ChrisRGun
Eh, trailer CG is usually not the final comp. Especially this far out from release.
E.g. that shot with the power suits is 100% gonna get a lighting/colour grading pass and probably some extra particles and stuff to tie it together.
@MichaelG_3D
These are getting a lil old now (except the figure sculpt which I just updated!) but fortunately I know exactly what I'm working on next 😁
@SonyaLuvsGaming
I'm saying the OP is the kind of person who downloads porn mods to replace every female character in most games because the default models are too "ugly" (i.e. not sexualised or exaggerated enough)
The trend of studios badmouthing vfx to score cheap points whilst behind the scenes they constantly push for more shots and shorter deadlines seriously pisses me off.
They kill off whole vfx houses with the endless crunch just to turn around and shit on the entire industry.
VFX artists are so good at their job that, when studios want to erase all the evidence in their behind the scenese footage that they used a ton of VFX, they turn to....VFX artists
@JJD_Aqua
@BerniceKing
@EllenBarkin
Read this, from "letter from Birmingham jail". I'm not sure "colour-blind" was in common use yet but his feelings seem v. clear.
He advocated for some pretty radical changes (e.g. UBI), not just lacklustre acceptance that rarely tips over into actual reform or even advocacy.
1. face scans don't produce a perfect digital avatar with useable geo and a working material setup... not even *remotely* close
2. choosing to make a female character who's a *space outlaw* look marginally more rugged than a fucking cover model is fine holy crap
@jadel4w
On a conceptual level they're just a way for workers to leverage their collective bargaining power to negotiate for better treatment. One worker speaks out? They just get fired. The entire workforce collectively threatens action? Now we're talking.
@DIMENSION_YT
@delaneykingrox
We aren't going to live in that world. There is currently no mechanism to ethically distribute wealth generated by automation as it replaced human work. Tech companies will get richer whilst regular people's wages are dampened by increased competition for the shrinking job pool.
@tha_rami
Hey remember when every company tried to copy World of Warcraft and spent millions and failed horribly and publicly? And then the same thing happened with CoD and LoL and a half dozen other fads?
Doing that again with Fortnite is *bound* to work out great! I foresee 0 problems.
@AdultingADHD
I honestly don't like thinking about it or I get pissed off. I've spent most of the last 10+ years feeling increasingly far behind and not understanding why I struggle with things everyone else seems to find easy. And then everyone else is like "bruh just try harder? duh?" 🙃
@TheActMan_YT
@GoldenboyFTW
The industry already has major problems retaining senior talent because they're all burnt out and exhausted. Which then causes problems with juniors because noone has time to train them, which then causes problems at mid level, etc...
You're asking for something unsustainable.