If gamers really wanted better video games they would start going after the real enemy of innovation, creativity and genuine love for the medium. It sure as shit ain't women, PoC, LGBTQ+, etc, it's buisnessmen. It's always been the fucking suits.
Microsoft’s head of gaming has claimed the decision to cut 1,900 jobs at Xbox was ultimately the result of a ‘concerning’ lack of growth in the industry.
Made an iteration on some tiles for my little metro environment. The whole setup is mostly an excuse to work on materials but also I have always wanted to recreate some of the Montreal metro because it is so beautiful
#substancedesigner
#unreal
@JLHGameArt
There is so much mythology around "Brutal Feedback". The reality is that good feedback isn't brutal or hurtful, it is honest, patient and empathetic. Giving feedback should be about building a person up and giving them an avenue for progress, not tearing them down.
Not saying this is THE way to do things, but here is my own little cheat sheet I made for preparing breakdowns, maybe it's helpful for someone out there. Don't forget to put your name/email discreetly on the breakdown images themselves too!
Testing out some glass blurring shaders for edge wear. The basics of it is just using a spiral-blur and driving its intensity based on a soft mask.
#UnrealEngine5
#gamedev
#gameart
@EmmaGlean
@ZakugaMignon
@TinyCactusArt
If this were true then I guess Disney has lost the rights to Star Wars because they posted about it on Twitter once. A platforms TOS does not supercede copyright or IP law, try again.
I asked some of the gamer bros that I see at my gym about GG2 and they had no idea it was even a thing or what it was about. It's an anecdote but I think it is worth remembering that regular ass people don't give a shit about this stuff.
So happy to be able to share that I have started at
@ThatsNoMoonEnt
as a Senior Material Artist
My team here is so amazing and kind, feel like I am where I'm supposed to be finally!
This is so disappointing, there ain't no god damn way that their dev team needs generative slop to create amazing work so it is only about reducing costs. Reducing which costs huh? Which costs Neil?
Naughty Dog boss Neil Druckmann says AI will 'revolutionize' development
Druckmann claims the tech could reduce costs so devs can 'push the boundaries of storytelling in games'
Hey artists friends, have any solid recommendations for ways to approach onboarding a junior into a pipeline and art style? What things do you think should be avoided or what has been successful for you?
#gameart
NEWS: Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite and Unreal Engine, is laying off a whopping 16% of employees (or around 900 people), sources tell Bloomberg News. More to come
Wanted to update my pinned tweet.
Heya, I'm a Senior Material Artist at 2k Cloud Chamber, working on Bioshock 4. I do lots of Substance work and like to break things down on my portfolio.
Artstation:
@Tocelot
This whole pitch is very hand wavey technology that doesn't actually solve any real problems. So I can see why business folks love it.
Want better games, that are delivered on time and on budget? Stop treating your devs like crap.
#Mayterials
Day3-4 Metro.
A little late on this one because I spent my entire first night looking at the stunningly beautiful Montreal metro for some inspiration.
#SubstanceDesigner
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#PortfolioDay
Heyo! I'm a Material and Environment artist
@velanstudios
. I work mainly in Substance tools and like to break down and write tutorials for my work.
Artstation:
This ain't it. I would say I am disappointed but I don't expect much from Adobe, they're in the buisness of making money so even if the Substance folks still care about artists, Adobe fucking doesn't.
This future sucks.
Generate photorealistic textures from text prompts with the new Text to Texture feature, now available in
#Substance3DSampler
(beta). Improve your workflow by spending less time hunting for reference imagery, and more time bringing your creative vision to life.
@TheCartelDel
They're doing it on purpose so that they can downsize to make investors happy while also not paying severance to the people they would just fire instead.
Just another disgusting new mechanism of abusing the workers in favor of short term speculative profits.
What
#gamedevpaidme
in my career, let's get some updates!
Intern at Darkwind Media ~12 per hour
Junior->Mid Env Artist at Velan Studios 50k-65k + benefits FTE
Mid->Senior Material Artist at 2k 70k-90k + benefits FTE remote
Senior Material Artist at TNM 135k + benefits FTE remote
Treyarch for blops 4: QA
Minimum wage for California 13.50+ OT
Infinity Ward for MW and Warzone
15.50 per hour+ OT
Outsource environment artist: Sony vasg
32.50 per hour
T10 senior environment artist: Forza Motorsport 90k no benifits
Cold iron studios: 115k FTE
#gamedevpaidme
@Palle_Hoffstein
Great thread! Your point about how concepts are a blueprint is so spot on. A good concept solves problems and conveys explicit and detailed intention, something that these "AI" generators are incapable of doing by their very nature.
Been struggling a bit with the sculpting, I feel like I spend the first 30 minutes in the pits of despair as I sculpt a potato. Sometimes it be like that.
#gameart
#ZBrush
#TheClubsRockingNewYear
I officially handed in my notice at Cloud Chamber. Getting to work with such a talented group of creatives on a dream project like Bioshock was such an amazing opportunity. The game is going to be amazing!
I can't wait to share where my next adventure is leading me!
Hi
#PortfolioDay
since my wonderful partner isn't on Twitter I am going to share for her!
Marissa is making a big career change to follow her passion for art and games! Feel free to check her stuff out here
Started working on a little something on the side, its been a long time since I had the energy to do personal work but I'm finally starting to feel a bit more like myself. Hope to post more soon
#unreal
#gameart
Partner and I celebrated 5 years together today. I can't imagine life without her, she is a special kind of dork and I love her for it. Also she tattood me, will reveal it soon!!
Finally got my tablet in and got to play around with it a bit and try to find the right setup.
Ended up getting a Huion 22 inch display tablet, wanted something more mid-range until I know better what I like
Something I have been working on the side in
#UnrealEngine5
has been a non-destructive displacement to nanite workflow using the new geometry script nodes to tesselate, displace, optimize and create or update a static mesh.
Much promise so far!
@tha_rami
It's just a place for people who want to enjoy sci-fi without any of the parts that make it interesting to enjoy...they dare not read any of the nuance or depth from their favorite authors.
I feel like I am paying an absolutely stupid amount of taxes in each of my paychecks but like...where infrastructure? Where healthcare? Where trains? Where massively available public housing? Where all my money go??
After the joke made by Christopher Judge about the length of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 campaign during TGA 2023, he faced a backlash from the developers, who deemed it not funny and disrespectful.
More:
#TGA2023
#games
#CODMW3
#videogames
Super excited to say that I'll be starting work at Cloud Chamber as a material artist this coming week. I'm both terrified and humbled to be able to help realize a new title in the Bioshock series.
In case anyone is wondering, I use a huion display and it honestly rocks. Was cheap compared to Wacom and the drivers actually function. At least for dumb environment artist rock brain, this tablet works great!
So in a nutshell, Wacom saved a couple bucks by using Ai instead of hiring an artist for their ad campaign but likely lost tens of thousands of loyal customers for it.
Genius move! I hope other companies take note ✍️
Whenever I hear "They need to port their game to UE5 to fix all of the bugs and game balancing issues"
I sincerely wish gamers never found out what an engine was, we should've just kept up the facade of being wizards and game dev is magic.
We've open up a really unique project hire (6 months) position at TNM. An Graphic Artist with a focus on environment art, a mix of traditional graphic art and 3d environment art.
More info here:
@LuizaTanaka
@ArtStationHQ
For real, I had content removed off of the front page because it featured a version of this no AI image in it. Considering that Epic now owns AS and Tim Sweeney is all onboard with AI no matter the cost it isn't surprising, big shame because they started out as such a cool place
EA CEO Andrew Wilson says there's a "real hunger" among developers to use generative AI to speed up development.
More than half of EA's development processes can be "positively impacted" by AI, Wilson claims.
📅JANUARY OPENINGS: It's a new year and we have new opportunities to join our team of storytellers as we embark to create the next generation of narrative-driven games!
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These chucklefucks at Microsoft are so buisness brained that they can't even begin to see the hole they're digging themselves into. Especially as development has gotten more complex and longer you need strong and long term teams and they chose to throw it away. Fuckers.
Game development teaches you that when a workflow isn't working out you should change it to fit the projects needs better.
So allow me to propose this updated workflow: abolish the supreme court and maybe the Senate too.
Pls retweet if you're a game artist and you're totally chill with people dm'ing you to pick their brain and shoot the shit about art because I so want to connect to so many of ya'll but my anxiety can't handle this and i know many of us are in the same boat
@axl99
Being a master of your craft is gatekept behind having to practice it your whole life. Won't someone think of the poor lazy tech bro that just wants to be recognized as a master without having to do all that work
Still so far behind but I'm just happy to be sculpting and trying new stuff out. This was rock week 3, started it using the chisel brush to carve up the sides, then just tons of trim and special guest orb's edge protection to clean up
#TheClubsRockingNewYear
#gameart
#Zbrush
Heartbreaking to hear about the Microsoft/Activision layoffs. This industry makes so much fucking money and yet the workers rarely see an ounce of it let alone stability.
If you've been affected feel free to reach out.
The TNM year end celebration was truly magic, it also marked my one year anniversary since I joined. I couldn't imagine I could ever feel this good about where I work. It's fucking special! Also year end party fit
Whelp, that's a wrap on my first game release. I poured so much energy into the project from the earliest beginnings and burnt out hard as a result, glad there was a community who found and appreciated it while it lasted. See ya ballers.
That's a wrap, folks… Now Knockout City's gone offline, but the party never stops! Play the Private Hosted Server Edition, Jam to the Knockout City soundtrack, and check out the Pirate Radio podcast to get your KO fix anytime! Catch you on the flip side!
Unionization is the way forward, I just hope we're able to move in that direction sooner then later. Tired of seeing the most caring and talented people tossed aside so that some shareholders can buy a 3rd yacht
So why is AI art still allowed on
@ArtStationHQ
? Aren't you guys supposed to support artists that made you the biggest art service? Pretty disappointing, ngl...
@veezen3d
@MLPcampos
This type of behavior does have consequences, the consequences being that people won't want to work with him. No one is forcing him out of the industry but I sure as shit wouldn't hire him when there a hundred other skilled artists who are also decent people
Why in the ever loving fuck are there NFT talks at GDC? I'm sure any of the hundreds of rejected talks would've been more interesting then hearing about last months pyrimid scheme.
We passed 500,000 users.
Half a million—I can't even.
It's been moving to see so many people enjoy the platform despite our many issues. Thank you for your patience. I hope our community will always remain encouraging & supportive like we are today. Half a million strong. ❤️
We feel for all those impacted by industry layoffs - we have a large number of open roles and will be continuing to add more in the coming weeks.
Please take a look at our website to see if there is a good fit for you. 🖤
@Str34th
@JonLamArt
Artists aren't talented, they're skilled and skills come from hard work and dedication to mastering a craft. Anyone can become skilled regardless of natural talent.
I very purposefully never refer to our team as “family.” I love my colleagues and have great friendships with them, but calling your teammates family blends work and life boundaries in an unhealthy way.