Bart // VertexRage

Hello #PortfolioDay! I'm Bart, 3D hard surface and low poly artists creating game ready, optimized assets. Available for freelance. You can find my asset packs on Fab, Unity Asset Store, and other marketplaces. #gamedev #indiedev

made a fair few labels/warning labels over the years for texturing. hated doing it in photoshop so here's artofpilgrim.github.io/labels/ so you can make them super easily. Templates, save presets, export png/svg, 150+ pictograms. Layer-based canvas. Enjoy!

@AMolina_2000 Looks great!

Here's the ZBrush study did to better understand sculpting techniques. First post in a while! Thought it would be fun trying out the mini tutorial series from Ivanna Liittschwager to understand environment sculpting better! 😁 #gameart #zbrush artstation.com/artwork/zx8mkL

I also got sick of opening photoshop to create dials. so here is artofpilgrim.github.io/Dials/ where you can create your own. Save presets. Export as png/svg. have fun

Today's experiments: scattering with geo nodes + lighting + compositor nodes in low poly settings. What do you think? #b3d #nodes #lowpoly

@progjent @Substance3D Amazing work!

Arcane inspired hand painted lantern! Been experimenting more with painted normal maps lately, so I tried to push that a bit further on this one with hand-painted textures. #madewithsubstance #handpainted #3dmodel @Substance3D

Hover over any shader node in Blender → instant preview. No clicking. No rewiring. No breaking your graph. Just move your mouse and see what every node does. Free version available too 👇 mix3ddesign.com/posts/livenode… #b3d #Blender #3dcg #blenderaddons #blenderaddon

@TheMG3D A bit tired after some gardening work, but now in Blender 🧊. How about you?

How are my artists doing today?

no more having to open photoshop to create alpha textures from photos artofpilgrim.github.io/levels/ same process i use in photoshop: Black and White adjustment + levels but now in the browser

@ThatNgonGuy Agreed. But those kinds of systems ware AI based for a long time (it's not a recent trend) and probably even now are not genAI based (just good old machine learning).

Ok we *seriously* need to stop using AI on critical systems. I just got a fraud alert on my Citibank account that flagged its own auto payment transaction as suspicious. Enshitification at its finest.

My latest Blender material practice - The Moon. #b3d #3dart

@KenneyNL lol, that's so funny. Sure, get their money and donate it to someone or some pro artist organization :)

I've been receiving emails daily (!) whether I'd be willing to promote Meshy (crappy AI 3D model generator) for cash. Obviously I don't, I'd much rather tell you all that it's crap for free :)

This smiley face I drew on a sticky note is better than anything generative AI can do because it was made by a human and not a machine stealing someone else’s content and regurgitating it out.

@delaigrodela Definitely. Keeping scope in check is one of the hardest thing. Even now as I was doing tutorial to get back into shape I already noted multiple ideas how to extend it and make it better...

My #indiedev thought for today. Do you also have these thoughts while working on the game? I need to create more scenes, more, and more, so that the player spends as much time in the game as possible. 4 hours, or better 6. And this level design phase opens up an understanding that I'm doing this not only to increase the player's time in the game, but also to understand the tasks for creating or purchasing 3D models. During Level Design, new gameplay ideas emerge that are associated with new objects that were not previously thought of, so Level Design becomes a source for forming a more detailed list of 3D objects. This is logical, and probably understandable to everyone.

@TheMG3D money

How are they so out of touch with reality?

@TheMG3D You make cool 3D stuff and support artists :)

Why do you follow me?

@TheMG3D Speaking of ND, it's different way of thinking than traditional modelling, but when you wrap your head around it you can do crazy things. E.g., those 2 are made of modifiers stack from only 2 verts (+lighting)

@TheMG3D E to extrude, S to scale 😁.As for addons, I really like ND extensions.blender.org/add-ons/nd/. As you are coming from Maya I think you will like to add some kind of thing to make UVs workflow better. I like ZenUV, but if I didn't bought it already I would use UniV extensions.blender.org/add-ons/univ/

What is your favorite tool to use in Blender?

@TheMG3D @DANNYonPC @revancedapp Another alternative I've been using for over a year or two now is NewPipe (newpipe.net). I seriously don't know how it compares to Revanced as that was the first thing I found after cancelling premium, but it works for me very well.

@DANNYonPC @revancedapp 👀

I’m sorry I got YouTube Premium and I don’t think I can ever go back. Not being able to see AI slop ads every couple minutes is worth it in itself