Yotes Games

APRIL 13, 2023

It took about a month and a half, but ALL the pony sprite pieces have finally been drawn and as of right now I can begin the frame-by-frame animation process! Should be done and in-game by April's end (but given how that estimate's measured in gamedev time, we'll see how that goes ?).

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CG Spectrum

MARCH 13, 2023

People have begun questioning the ethics of AI art and what it means for those working or pursuing a creative career, particularly digital painting. We explore what AI art is, the types of AI art available, and hear from Concept Artist and CGS Dept. What is Artificial Intelligence (AI) art? Jason Allen’s A.I.-generated

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Game Designing

AUGUST 1, 2022

In this article, we are going to look at ten of the greatest animators in history and explore what makes them great as well as their impacts on the industry. What Makes a Great Animator? Most animation directors begin as animators themselves, but eventually, take on a larger role in overseeing every part of the project.

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The Knights of Unity

JULY 21, 2020

What’s more, it’s easy to imitate movement by creating a simple animation, as we did in the booster’s model. Creating animations for animals wasn’t an easy part. Adjusting mesh, rig and skinning needed a couple of iterations. We created 4 UV sets of each car and wrote a shader that swaps them. Track components .

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iXie gaming

JANUARY 11, 2023

In this piece, we shall be looking at the best 10 tools to use for game development, including tools to make art, code, and music. You Mostly use it for making 3D models, adding texture to your 3D models as well as rigging and animating them. You can use it for both digital paintings and pixel art. Below are the tools: 1.

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Filmustage

OCTOBER 6, 2023

This article explores the multifaceted role of VFX in modern filmmaking and its profound impact on the art of storytelling. In his groundbreaking film "A Trip to the Moon" (1902) , Méliès used stop-motion animation, miniatures, and practical effects to create fantastical scenes. The Bullet Time rig from "The Matrix".

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Ask a Game Dev

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Art Director - Art lead. Works with the executive producer to establish the game’s visual style and reference materials for the art team, then gradually shifts to managing all of the artists and keeping them tasked out and productive. Art Concept Artist : [ Iterator Extreme ]. Sometimes called “ technical animator ”.

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Game Designing

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

A 3D animation rigger is a member of a visual effects team who helps to prepare 3D assets for animation. If you are looking to start a career in the field of digital media or 3D animation, becoming a 3D animation rigger may be a good choice for you. What is a 3D Animation Rigger?

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CG Spectrum

JANUARY 13, 2023

The Last Voyage concept came from a wish to bring my stylized art into a realistic world. Having control over all technical aspects of the shaders allowed me to art direct the scene as a whole. I used the fog and lights to create the mood and added particle effects, wind, and animated mesh and materials to finish up the piece.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JANUARY 14, 2021

Today we're serving up some seriously exciting updates, including a look at our new, custom game cursor; updates on our new player character's rigging and animation; and a sneak peek at our newest WIP level area. The dynamic mesh will allow the door to be animated and properly opened and closed. link] Concept Art.

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CG Spectrum

DECEMBER 15, 2022

I've always been drawn to cinema, especially art house movies. Before working in the games industry, I went to Hampshire College in the States for film and liberal arts studies, which led me to be a creator and was how I was introduced to 3D art. Drawing inspiration from art-house cinema. So, I signed up!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 6, 2020

[link] Next, Will worked on modifying the death systems for our main character (and some of the game's enemies) to allow them to utilize the new death animations Producer Allie recently created (make sure you check out the Game Production section to see them in action). Concept Art. Animation / Rigging / Production.

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CG Spectrum

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The blueprint was already rigged with a Metahuman, and the riding physics seemed perfect for what I needed. I showed him my first cut, and he had very valuable animation suggestions. He assisted me in animating the character movements and giving it a more natural feel.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 20, 2021

Once considered a thriving mecca for Anagativan art and entertainment, the Nisargan city of Nasahara was set ablaze during the Great Kota Rebellion, forcing its frightened denizens to flee the city they call home in search of safety and solace. link] Concept Art. Rigging / Animation.

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CG Spectrum

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

They can be rigged and animated, placed as a stationary object in a scene, combined with other assets to create a set/environment, simmed or destroyed, and used for shadows or holdouts. Retopology is an essential step in creating 3D models for animation, games, and other interactive media. What is level of detail (LOD)?

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

OCTOBER 8, 2020

In addition to her impressive modeling skills, Karena is also well-versed in animation and now lends her double-threat talents to the ACS Games dev family. While you'll get an introduction to Karena's animation work later in this issue, let's first take a look at our newest team member's modeling skills. link] Concept Art.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Once completed, Karena will work on a rig for the hatches that will allow them to open and close during gameplay. link] Concept Art. Game Production / Rigging / Animation. Next up, Allie will begin customizing all the combat animations for our new badass kitty before officially bringing her into the game build.

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Nvidia

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

There are three main components to making a digital human, and each of these requires a different combination of art and technologies: generation, animation , and intelligence. To generate digital humans, teams must first make 3D models, textures, shaders, skeleton rig, and deformation of the skin so it follows the skeleton.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 31, 2021

Concept Art. While most of our dev team focuses on preparing an exclusive build of Kristala for Play NYC, our talented concept art team has been pumping out fresh designs for current weapons and items that still need revamped before our official vertical slice is complete. Rigging / Animation. link] Level Design.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 14, 2020

Studio owners Allie and Tiff share their tips and tricks on rigging/animation and level design, respectively, and lead programmer Will walks us through the inner workings of Unreal Engine 4. Animation / Rigging / Production. Here's a peek at some of our favorite moments from the past week's streams. Lucky you!).

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

In today's issue, you'll get an update on all the custom 3D assets we've been working on for the capital city of Nisar, plus a peek into our process for creating a fully functional facial rig for our female main character. Concept Art. Game Production / Rigging / Animation.

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Awesome Tuts

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Inside that window select the Art folder again, and press Ok: A new window will open prompting you to choose a destination where the select folder, in this case Art folder, will be migrated. Character Animation Blueprint. To animate the character we need to create the animation blueprint.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Concept Art. Now that our concept art team has nearly completed the designs for all existing assets and items in the Kristala build that needed to be replaced with fresh assets, they're now able to move on to creating brand new items that don't yet have 3D counterparts. You can see the three options Nicholas shared with our team below.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Concept Art. When it comes to creating unique environments, characters, weapons, and other items—especially ones for an alien, fantasy world we dreamed up from scratch—we wouldn't get very far without our concept art team.

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Filmustage

JUNE 17, 2022

Then you definitely should not neglect the art department, which is responsible for the creative part of the work. Also, you have to mark some special situations when you may need special equipment, for example, an underwater rig or telescopic crane. How, however, will your characters be dressed? International license.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

link] Concept Art. Much like our concept art team, our 3D modelers put in a ton of work this sprint to create fresh designs that will replace a bunch of the existing assets featured in the Kristala demo. Rodrigo also added an animated Game Save/Loading icon too, which we ultimately ended up changing to a blue hue (vs.

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

If you’re of a certain age, there’s a good chance you grew up with a lot of classic cartoons, but you may have noticed that animated films these days just don’t look the same as they used to. You could chalk this up to nostalgia, but it also comes down to the classic techniques in animation that simply aren’t used anymore in commercial films.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Make sure you stop by our Concept Art section in this issue of the blog to get a sneak peek at what the armor sets will look like. link] Concept Art. We already introduced you to the two new members who joined our 3D modeling team, but we also welcomed a new addition to the ACS concept art team too.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

SYKOMANA CRYSTAL: The Sykomanans are masters in matters of the mind - gifted in the mental arts of both telepathy and telekinesis. Part of this initiative includes refining the player character's model so that it closely matches the incredible concept art l_aciel has created for our Anagativan beings. Concept Art.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JUNE 29, 2021

Concept Art. Wanna know more about this baddies and get a glimpse behind our art process? link] Rigging / Animation. You can join us as a Kristala Patron to see a ton of the custom animations our Lead Animator, Klaus, has been working on for this super secret boss. Events - Kristala at PlayNYC 2021.

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Mnenad

JULY 8, 2018

walking animation (mixamo). To rig and animate the character I could have used of course my preferred 3D-modelling software, but I found an amazing (it really is!) Mixamo allows you to upload a humanoid 3D character and it will rig it automatically after just a few simple steps like positioning the knees, shoulders, etc. 

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Talk: GDScript coding guidelines at GDQuest | Răzvan Cosmin Rădulescu ( razcore-art ). Demo: Character rigging using Skeleton2D | Matejs Balodis. A quick demo on how to set up, rig and animate a 2D character in Godot Engine using 2D meshes and the Skeleton2D node.

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Mnenad

APRIL 9, 2018

I can imagine this as a great tool for artists of all kinds, even when it focuses on digital painting and concept art. I can imagine this as a great tool for artists of all kinds, even when it focuses on digital painting and concept art. Concept art. It even tries to include dynamics by extruding the line waves.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 27, 2021

In a few months, we'll be kicking off our very own Patreon where you'll be able to get even more detailed and comprehensive dev blogs that include first looks at new models, inside access to previously unrevealed characters and NPCs, and a glimpse into how our programmers, artists, modelers, and animators do their thang. Concept Art.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Here's how it works: each month, we share all the progress every branch of development has made as they collectively work towards completing Kristala's vertical slice—from stunning concept art and 3D models to custom animations, level design, and everything in between. Concept Art.

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CG Spectrum

JANUARY 26, 2023

Scene from the 3D animation Finding Nemo before and after its been lit and rendered by a 3D lighting artist (Image: Pixar). The skills of a 3D lighting artist can be applied in video games, visualization , film and television, animations, and virtual production. Creating or applying light rigs based on concept art or on set reference.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 23, 2022

link] Not only does this new trailer feature a ton of sweet cinematics created right in Unreal Engine using our own models and animations, but it also showcases two new characters you’ll meet in gameplay during Kristala too. Concept Art. you thought our Art and VFX sections for today's blog were chonky, you ain't seen nothin' yet.

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