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Animator of multiple VR short films for Meta 🎥 Pixel, 3D, Environment, & Concept Artist 🎨 D&D guy 🎲 Looking for long term work! -NO A.I./N.F.T.S-

St. Louis, MO
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@Tfriedel217
Tyler Friedel
8 months
If you see this, post a knight! #pixelart
@hby_stuff
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If you see this, post a knight
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Been cookin' this custom Animal Crossing villager up for a while. Stick around for a fun surprise at the end! 👀💡 #Blender #AnimalCrossing
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violet! 🐝
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all aboard the face train ! mine are kinda simple, but I do like them :) join in if you want! :) 🚂💜
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🪲🛡️👀
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Twitter's algorithm is responding really well to QRT RN. So, QRT this and get seen.
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Advertise your account with one animation! 🪲
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Advertise your account with one animation
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@Tfriedel217
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Stealing a page out of @Neoriceisgood 's book! Give me your favorite bugs! #pixelart
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@Tfriedel217
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I'm Tyler from Missouri and this is my art! 🪲🛡️
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I'm Jenny from France! And this is my art 🐕🌼
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@NOP_Pixels I do more than pixel art but it's definitely somethin' I do and like to fold into other things I do! :D
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8 months
You guys gave some killer suggestions for this little bug-board! I have a super long list I'm slowly chiseling away at but feel free to keep the suggestions coming and making that list longer~ 😅🐛🪲🐞 #pixelart
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Some moths and butterflies by popular demand! Loving all the new colors. Keep hitting me with your favorites, been discovering so many new bugs! #pixelart (Also if anybody has any reference for the Picasso Moth larva, I couldn't find them ANYWHERE 🫥)
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Yo okay wait a minute, that was brisk! Had a slew of questions I was about to ask and decided I'd just jump in and see what I could do. Spat this out in a few hours... Granted my texture is microscopic but yeah, worked well with some fun shaders and animation! #blender
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Are you a 2D illustrator or a junior 3D artist looking for work? Think you can replicate the process in the video below? I'd love to chat with you!
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@Reese571 It's all a Blender rig I built! The head is separated into 3 parts (Back w/ ears, eyes, and mouth) and the rig controls which texture to display.
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@SkullTome Thank ya thank ya! I've yet to take the full dive into Unity but the system I came up with to rig it in Blender is derived from this lovely video: Shows off 3 different systems that might maybe be helpful? 🤞
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@IkariBunbun Yup! Normal maps are the secret there, makes the rig 2x as complicated but well worth it for the effect. Made all of the face textures, plopped them into blender, then made 3D pieces to bake normals out to. Here's what one of them looks like:
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@Tfriedel217
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3 pieces to get to know me! 😄🐌🛡️🧙‍♀️
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3 pieces to get to know me 🤪
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@Tfriedel217
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Is it finally this lil' guy's time to shine? 👀🐌
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@CultureCrave
Culture Crave 🎃
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Twitter has updated their algorithm to allow users to see more posts from smaller accounts
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I'm a big fan. 🪭 #pixelart #mortalkombat
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@nashor_kim I do more than pixel art but it's definitely a thing I do!! 😄
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@Tfriedel217
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4 months
Got a mild bout of tendonitis in the thumb for 2 weeks and then had to do a heavy move 😭Haven't touched anything art in so long. Still battling some heat exhaustion/overexertion sick but hopefully I can post some more cool stuff soon. In the meantime enjoy this shader WIP #b3d
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QRT with a piece you're proud of! 🚂😄
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Friendly little snail folk merchant in my D&D campaign. 🐌 Who was the beloved merchant in your game? #dnd #characterdesign
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Mm, tasty. 🍖🦷 #PixelArt #MortalKombat
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I've been completely enamored with @Joeyccoco 's gestural linework and wanted to try loosening up a bit
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@elka_ Thank you thank you! 😂Once I get this lil gal finished I've been considering trying to make a custom animal type or seeing about holding some raffle to get somebody's pet made into a villager. Not 100% sure yet 🤷‍♂️
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Custom animal crossing villager based off of a friend's V-Tuber model! Made the model and sweater from scratch. Still a WIP, have yet to rig and animate it 👀 #blender #b3d #nintendo #wip #animalcrossing
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A fun spread from my concept art portfolio with a bunch of ideas for punny foods in Slime Rancher! #slimerancher #conceptart #food #gamedev
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@Tfriedel217
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Sharing a lil WIP of this good boi! Making a minifig of my SO's beast companion for use in Talespire. #blender #b3d #dnd
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@Tfriedel217
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@furrygaikokujin It's a big ol' chain of Greater Than math nodes with a single Add node with a .001 in front. That way if the driver value returns a 1, it becomes 1.001 and turns on the texture the "Greater Than 1" node plugs into. 😄
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Speak softly, and carry a big stick 🟩⚕️ #PixelArt #MortalKombat
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@KKBros405 🧙‍♀️🛡️🎸🍔 You're a real one, boss o7
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My favorite scene in all of #StrangerThings 😄What's yours? #pixelart
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@Tfriedel217
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@Kent2D This video is what got me started on the process, mine just became an extremely complicated version because it accounts for Normal maps (and due to the light up eyes, alpha maps for the emission shaders 👀)
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@Tfriedel217
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Helping my partner make their twitch model in 3D and discovered metaballs in particle systems are kinda gooey 🔥 #blender #b3d #gamedev #vtuber
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@Neoriceisgood Finally some COLOR! Was feeling too many browns and greens, good to add a pink 🌺
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May have gone a weeeee bit overboard when modelling something for reference... 🤠 #fallout #blender
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Can't believe I hit 500 followers, and today's my birthday! :D (Also thanks to my partner for animating this, I drew it and they wanted to make him jump lol) #gnome #birthday
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@Tfriedel217
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BAKED SOME TOE BEANS 🐾 Will they ever be seen? 🤷‍♂️WHO CARES #b3d
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@TJG_art @Neoriceisgood As a hater of aphids and lover of the colors, this one might be my favorite I've done yet?
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Another VR illustration I made that got a facelift 🦖🦌 #conceptart #3dart #dinosaurs
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@Tfriedel217
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@HeavenlyTape Buncha stuff ranging from illustration, VR animation, pixel art, and Blender 🐌🛡️🧙‍♀️🍔 (Also super rad of you doin' this btw!!)
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@christineK_vt Howdy I do art and have been trying to be seen so I can continue to eat and have insulin howdy doo 🤠
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@Pearlison1 Beeeeg boi
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@Xiapher @Neoriceisgood @ekvitki Ooh ooh! I like how shiny they feel yeah yeah. Howsaboutta' Harpy?
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@Tfriedel217
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7 months
To get this I had to survive … this ....
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To get this I had to survive … this ....
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@Remi_LemonLive If I can figure out how to rig it for V-Tube studio... 🤔🤔🤔 (is that what all the hip young Vtubers are using these days? 🤣)
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@unlinkingduck The fact that these guys are technically predators is so goofy to me
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@SarahBoevingArt Thank you so much! ^^ They're a-comin'! Currently have a Hercules beetle in the pot but I think I'll take a break from the bigger bois once he's done to work on some of the fluttery folks🦋
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@Tfriedel217
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Animation train! Tagging all animators & artists who see it to share some of your fire 🔥 Also can't take all the credit on the third video there, I just did the animations for the little jumpin' gooey guy~ Programs were Blender, Aseprite, & Quill!
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Animation train! I still feel like I haven't really explored my potential in animation, but I really want to tackle a big project at some point .. Tagging all animators who see this o7
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Painted this in VR a while ago, came back to make it better recently 🤖🍞 #conceptart #cozy
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@lagojos @IkariBunbun Once I had my flat diffuse textures, I mapped them to a square and modeled some geometry for the sunken mouth, bulging eyelids, etc. Then I just baked the normals to the square and hooked them into the drivers that select which texture to use!
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@vested Ooooh fun process! I recently got in the swing of Blender and I keep feeling like modelling my own reference is cheating even though it's a skill to model things all on its own so like...??? Looks stellar!! 🔥
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@Tfriedel217
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I have three followers next stop hollywood
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@heresalilfaith @KAP1NG Haven't had a ton of time past couple of days but this guy had supporters crawling out of the woodwork! 🪲
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@Tfriedel217
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@rho_create Thanks for doin' this!❤️I've been really struggling with working hard on things only for them to completely bomb on social media haha 😅 This is an old VR painting/animation I started and never finished. Got most of the way there but just never pushed myself to wrap it up.
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@marysrosebud Brooo what even is that, that's so cool.. Are the lil white strands part of it or is it like a trash bug!?
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@starsleeps No but maybe I should try and get one fired up..👀
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@soulmass218 Okay but these guys have such a cool history though??
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@ekvitki @Neoriceisgood YES I love these!! :D So cool
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@marysrosebud When there is a will, there is a way... 💪
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@Xiapher I always forget how teeny these guys are...
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@iliadelais YO there's no way these guys are real, I gotta do these
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@marysrosebud D'aw thank ya!~ Yeah I'll hopefully get to it here soon haha
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@Magician_Core So this was 3D modeled, textured, rigged, animated, custom normal mapped, the whole 9 yards all from scratch. So, technically yes, you can learn to do that stuff, but no it's not as simple as a character designer in a game 🫤
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@SLAYJENSEN Yup! A few villagers' eyes will glow in dark spaces, like Lucky 😄
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@marysrosebud They're like white soot sprites omg.. AND THEY JUMP??? This might be one of my new favorite bugs holy moly
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@ParigrafP Holy smokes lovin' the lighting! :D
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@PixelArtJourney I always give a "Hey do you want critique/feedback or nah" before ever sharing anything of the sort with somebody because sometimes I know that shit isn't warranted. Be it a game, art piece, cooking, you name it. Like you said, some people just want to do it for fun. You're valid
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@SandCastlesSt Awww two lil knighty boys! Absolutely adore your game guys, it's such a great time <3 💙
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@Tfriedel217
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7 months
Learning all the intricacies of 3D modelling, rigging, texturing, etc makes me feel like an idiot for when I was back in math classes going "Who uses trig? I wanna do art and animation, this is rocket science crap."
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@ndchristie @pixakiapp Oohh 👀Thanks for showing me, I'll have to go check it out~
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@gggeofffreyyy WHO IS THAT LIL GUY??? That thing is precious!
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@Dog_head_02 Oh well that's literally perfect 😍
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@mirrutatep ▫️🎨
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@valorous_kid Liked :D I love how abstract the asymmetrical polys make it feel!
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@SarahBoevingArt Oooooohh I LOVE those colors! I feel like this little project could be about moths and butterflies alone haha
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@panithan_pnt @DanFessler Damn that's crazy cool, makes me wanna try and take something to a full polish version rather than my little stress test doodle Wii I did haha
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@SarahBoevingArt (Also, LOVE the bogged btw!!)
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@artofsully Oooooooh I love I love!! As a baby rigger-person/3D guy I'm curious how you did those little pixels that stick out on the side of the coat towards the bottom? They're visible really only from the front and not the side.. Are they just squares slapped on or is there more at play?
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@PixelArtJourney I tend to not enjoy anime, although there's a few pieces of anime I enjoy (like Ghibli films or Spy x Family). Doesn't mean I won't open 38 tutorials dissecting anime stylization and techniques. Still some great nuggets of wisdom buried in things I don't have strong taste for!
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@Tfriedel217
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@mirrutatep @2020_Gaming 100% agreed, I feel like the step from 3 to 4 is essentially "I used my understanding of color and observation of reference to arrive here". I don't find it necessary to be told where every pixel should be placed, seeing the blocking, silhouette, and color use is plenty 🔥
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@LoudestDoggo Thank you!! 💙
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@mirrutatep Man your food work is on another level, stop making me want to eat pixels 😭(don't tho pls keep it comin')
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@Tfriedel217
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5 months
@ndchristie Okay I'm in LOVE with those colors, though I feel like every time I try to 'draw' pixel art in Procreate I get so frustrated with my lack of precision control that I have with a mouse, how do you manage!? It's so.. hummanahummana 🔥
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@Tfriedel217
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@UndergroundL0RD Thank ya! I spent more time than I'd like to admit trying to get a more accurate fan design to work before just making it a block of blue lol
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