Natalie Spitzel
@nat_the_dev
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She/Her | Game Dev | 3D Environment Artist @GiantSquidology
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Don't know how much longer I'll be on this site, so here's where to find me on the other app. Hope to see people there 🙂
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A friend sent me this and I had to make a Maya edit lmao
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Game dev edition
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Dudes out here complaining about "ugly females" in games meanwhile this scrungly ass man (affectionate) is one of the most thirsted over characters in Baldur's Gate 3
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If the reason for the layoffs is due to overspending and overcommitment, then the people responsible for that overspending and overcommitment should be let go instead. But they aren't. Why????
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environment artist
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I honestly think that the pre-show for
#TheGameAwards
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No way they just fucking blew through 4 best game categories just to get to an ad for a Samsung phone are you serious
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My contribution to this meme
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Why are we putting up with this? Why are devs the first ones to go rather than the people at the top who make millions of dollars and contribute absolutely nothing? They need us. How do we stop this 😔
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Sorry fellow devs I guess game engines are Woke™
@AfterWarPlantX
@MaliceDaFirenze
@GorkaGames
It makes sense doesn't it? Woke studios always use pre built engines to make games because they can't build their own engines.
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First job out of college (undergrad) doing UI at a company and they had me move to a really expensive city. They offered me 20k a year for full time and when I mentioned I wouldn't be able to live off of that, the CEO said "well aren't artists supposed to be "starving?"
😐
What experience in the workplace radicalized you?
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When tomorrow is Portfolio Day again and all of your work is still NDA 🥲
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If gamers knew half of the shit that goes on during development of a game, they wouldn't be so quick to send hate. It's a miracle any game ever gets made I swear
YOU THERE. YES, YOU.
WHAT'S A LITTLE-KNOWN FACT ABOUT YOUR PROFESSION THAT WOULD MAKE OTHER PEOPLE LOSE THEIR SHIT?
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Me, a 3D Artist: "Finally gonna start that personal project I've wanted to make!!"
6 months later:
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Hey you! Wanna learn how I make Stylized Grass? Now you can! I made a written tutorial .PDF that you can get on my Gumroad! It's free, or you can throw money at me if you're feeling generous. Feel free to share🍃😊
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!!!! JOB OPPORTUNITY !!!!
Indie studio "Smol Games" is looking to hire some artists for their parlor horror game! Openings:
-Concept Artists
-3D Animators/Riggers
-3D Modelers (Character & General)
If interested, post your portfolio in this thread / message me for more info!
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Please stop praising Riot for their severance package- that should be the bare MINIMUM for the most wealthy entertainment industry. Praising them for how they got rid of people is like praising the person who kicks you off a cliff for not using spiked shoes
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Okay during this time of mass exodus from Unity, there's something really important I need to know....
....how am I supposed to pronounce "Godot"
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I really would love to make more friends in the game dev community. But I feel like the only way to really do that is share personal projects to get noticed, and I really just can't find the energy after work 😔
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This is gonna put a target on my back from the Gamer Bros but I don't care I'm out here trying to romance dudes that look like this
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The dev that had to put this in the game:
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Any 3D Environment Artist students or recent grads/ juniors looking for work? Let me know! :)
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As a dev with a chronic illness, being laid off and losing my health insurance is my biggest fear. I am so heartbroken for those that are experiencing this right now.
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Hello 👋🤗 My name is Natalie Spitzel, I'm a 3D Environment Artist
@IridiumStudios
! Not at GDC this year, but still down to make new game dev friends!
I love stylized art, and my dream is to become an Art Director someday ✨
#WhatAGameDevLooksLike
Hey! My name is Osama Dorias, I'm a Lead Content Design at
@Blizzard_Ent
and this is
#WhatAGameDevLooksLike
I was born in Baghdad Iraq and live in Montreal Canada. I've shipped over 30 games over the last 15 years.
I also teach game design, organize events, and love hugs 🤗
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Trying to run Maya, Substance, and Unreal at the same time
My computer:
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@3DMANiASTUDIOS
Women gamers aren't out here trying to say men need to be prettier in games and that there's some conspiracy among devs to make men ugly
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Y'know I always hoped I'd get to have an 80 lv. article about me I just assumed it would be about my art and not my dank memes 😅
.
@TaliMarie3D
shared a collection of hilarious memes that reimagine various 3D art/game development-related annoyances as Dark Souls and Elden Ring-style pop-ups:
#darksouls
#eldenring
#fromsoftware
#memes
#fun
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fellow Environment Artists- where do y'all get your reference images now that Google and Pinterest are full of A/I slop 😵💫
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We should strike, we should unionize, but it seems it will never happen. It has to be all of us, but since game jobs are so in demand, the higher ups hold the power of replacing us whenever we want change. Someone will take that job instantly. It has to be ALL of us.
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Happy
#PortfolioDay
everyone! If you're looking for work and need a boost, feel free to drop your work here and I'll share. I wish you all a very getting hired 🙏
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I made this meme months ago but it is once again relevant to my life
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Seeing all of the love that went into Project Dragon just for it to be cancelled is heart breaking. It feels like part of a bigger discussion where so many games that would be great for young gamers keep getting cancelled because CEOs fear it will never have Minecraft success
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I have been playing with
@BlockadeLabs
fantastic tool to create skyboxes with AI and importing into Unity with the integration made by
@julien_kaye
, here is the result. I've had a lot of fun!
#ai
#texttoskybox
#gamedev
#unity
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I'm still new to this whole chronic illness thing but.... For other people that have been at this longer- are you tired all of the time?? I feel like no matter how much rest I get I am literally always tired. And when I'm tired my pain is worse. This sucks
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I keep hoping my passion for 3D art outside of work will come back, but it's been almost 4 years and I still haven't been able to complete a personal project 😔 I'm just so tired from doing it every day that thinking about doing it on my off time makes me stressed.
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@silverraygun
"you expect them to hang themselves?"
yes actually. the CEO states in the article he's taking accountability- so he should either cut his salary to keep the employees or resign because he caused these issues.
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We need to stop allowing this shit to happen. We deserve better.
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I wish all Environment Artists a very wood grain going in the right direction
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After the year we've had, I think game devs deserve a year long vacation. Sorry game dev is closed next year, see you in 2025
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Check out what I'm working on 👀
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2023: best time to be a gamer, worst time to be a game dev
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Can we as an industry move on from having giant spiders and canine type creatures that make sad dog sounds in video games?? Let's be creative, it's time for new enemies 😭
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I have moved my tutorial over to my ko-fi page! I am done with
@gumroad
and will be deleting my account soon. If you haven't picked up my tutorial yet, here is the new link! Share if you can, I could use the support on this new platform ❤️
Hey you! Wanna learn how I make Stylized Grass? Now you can! I made a written tutorial .PDF that you can get on my Gumroad! It's free, or you can throw money at me if you're feeling generous. Feel free to share🍃😊
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I'm too lazy to make a new post but here they are with a black background for your future use lol
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I've seen a lot of wildly different opinions on Starfield - and I suppose that's to be expected for a game so massive with little time to review. Of the reviews I've read, I feel like
@GenePark
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Have some ⭐️JOB OPPORTUNITIES⭐️to share today!! Our studio is looking for:
-Art Director (main skillset in character concept art)
-Prop/Environment Concept Artist
details in following tweets! Please share if you can😊
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someone asked Todd why Bethesda didn't "optimize" Starfield for PC
Todd, very politely, "we did! you may need to upgrade your pc" lol.
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Every day I get on Twitter there's more game industry news that has me like this
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Maya and Blender can coexist I use both for different things 😬😬😬
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Just bit into an empty mozzarella stick and I've never felt so betrayed in my life
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@HushedShadow
Yep!! He later went on to tell me I should be lucky that they hired me because "artists have no value to society" like excuse me you literally hired me because you need an artist??? Like??? 😵💫
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#VisibleWomen
I'm Natalie! Game dev and 3D Environment Artist
@IridiumStudios
These are all very old but someday soon my new work will no longer be under NDA and I'll get to share. Support Women in the game industry- we need it now more than ever.
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@FromHappyRock
Also seems they couldn't figure out your coat piece so they made it... go through??? The suit underneath??? And not connect to the collar????
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Yesterday was my 3 year anniversary of working in the game industry as an Environment Artist
Thankful and happy to be where I am, here's to many more 🫡
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Hi friends! My work on my current project is coming to a close soon, and I'm looking for work! If you know of anyone hiring an Environment Artist (mid level) please let me know; it's rough out here ❤️
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Twitter lately is just causing me so much anxiety and sadness about everything going on in our industry. I simultaneously feel like I need to step away for my mental health but also keep up to date on what's happening and help advocate for others. It's just a lot
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For anyone wondering what "design by committee" means:
You go into a meeting w the execs/publisher and your art-director approved character designs, and they sit around for an hour saying things like "what if they were green?" And "make it look like [googles random character]" 🧵
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QRT with your improvement!! 🎨✨
2018 (first time using 3D) vs. 2020
maaan I can't wait to show my NDA stuff from 2021-now 😅
QRT with ur improvement 💕✨
2019 vs 2022
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Alright this has been fun y'all, but now it's time for the good ending
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@IBioXide
But this kind of thinking is WHY it's always been like this. We have to be able to do something.
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@itslittletunny
I had a heart attack when I read "her journey was cut short" 😖😖😖😖 GLAD YOU'RE OKAY MAMA SALAD
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3D Art people: Anyone have suggestions for a laptop that can handle work stuff? Doesn't need to be the newest/most expensive, just something reliable for Maya, Zbrush , Substance, Unreal etc.
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Hi new followers! Uhhh all of my recent work is under NDA so....
pls enjoy these low poly props I made for a mobile game a few years ago including a chicken catapult??
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Idk if I agree. Projects are still getting greenlit and places are hiring- though far fewer than before.
My advice during this is to improve networking since that can make a huge difference for job prospects. See if there's a local indie game community you can get involved in.
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@artkailin
I feel like this is about to awaken the "draw these weird hand poses" trend again 😅
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I understand the sentiment.... But this is really tone-deaf.
To everyone whose been pestering me for years about why we didn't allow Moon Studios to get acquired by a big publisher...
That's why.
I've lived through the 90s and saw what happened when smaller studios got acquired by EA.
Never again 🤣😂
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