OK, so I wont be officially releasing this video until we close the "Time Management" series in about two weeks. But, because I don't want to interrupt the unreal series with random videos about new items I put on the shop, right after we close the "Time Management series", I'll take a day or two to talk about the new tools I'm releasing on Art Station -
For the longest time, people have asked about how I create 3D Anime hair, and I've had to re-explain it so often that I feel i...
2023-03-14 06:26:29 +0000 UTC
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Hey Squad, Just wanted to give you guys an update on some big things that have been going on -
1st: There's been a bunch of things going in the background, but one of that has been taking so much of my time, is finding a super fast optimal way to set up objects from Blender to be texture ID'd rapidly so they can be painted on quickly in Substance Painter before exporting to Unreal - I've been trying out LOTS of different methods and workflows to see what works best. But, after hundred...
2023-03-10 09:49:38 +0000 UTC
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Here's the secret to unlock your superpowers - It's time we talk about "The Zone" -
2023-03-08 05:18:46 +0000 UTC
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Alright, so this month I have 2 PRIMARY objectives, the first is to finish everything regarding getting our new 3D character into Unreal - The second, is starting the Unreal Series by the end of the month. Once we get to Unreal, we'll essentially be back in "mega-hardcore" mode again and I'll be learning the software as fast as I can, and documenting everything I find and learn in the usual short tutorial format -
All that's left to do really is finish texturing and rigging the Tactica...
2023-03-02 07:29:42 +0000 UTC
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Alright - So, video-wise it was a fairly quiet month, however, behind YouTube, I've been furiously sculpting/UV/Texturing the new character as fast as possible, and now we're nearing completion, so I can't wait to show you guys when it's finally done!!! I'll do a few more videos of this series until the character is done and ready for Unreal, but I'll talk more about that in the next post -
If you're new to the Squad, welcome to the team, please feel free to make yourselves right at h...
2023-03-01 08:45:29 +0000 UTC
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This is not click-bait, this is what I've learned about what it takes to build your dream -
2023-02-27 01:29:40 +0000 UTC
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Now you know why time is important, let's talk about some of the reasons most people waste it!
2023-02-19 04:43:05 +0000 UTC
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OK, I've been flip flopping between two different variations for the sword hilt, I can't really decide, so I'm gonna leave it up to you guys here, which version do you guys like more. The hilt tilted Up towards the blade (Traditional), or reverse tilted down towards the handle (Kool)
Image Design Link: https://ibb.co/Qd5kFWX
As usual, EXTRA points if you explain why you like one over the other are always great for me to ...
2023-02-13 06:22:44 +0000 UTC
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Today I'd like to talk about your most valuable resource, and why you shouldn't waste it. I hope this helps give you a new perspective on something that so many of us take for granted.
2023-02-11 07:02:55 +0000 UTC
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Alright, I'm still working on finishing the new Unreal character, but here is what we are going to talk about in the meanwhile -
2023-02-07 03:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Big thanks to everyone for taking part in the poll! It was the closest 50/50 vote ratio I think we've ever had here on the Squad, and many of you had some very insightful reasoning for voting one way or the other - It looks like the "long" voters have barely one out, but I'll probably export both to Unreal just to see how different it affects the game-play, for now though, I'll be defaulting to the Long cape when recording videos -
On a side note, I finally finished adding everything ...
2023-02-06 02:43:28 +0000 UTC
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Alright! I'm almost done sculpting the mesh for the new Unreal Character - I've been tinkering with different variations of the design, and one of them is which one do you guys prefer? Long or short cape? As always, Bonus points for explaining why -
Image Preview Link: https://ibb.co/3TSBH0W
2023-02-05 05:56:28 +0000 UTC
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OK, so, it's taken a little longer to complete this character than I originally anticipated, but we don't create new characters like this very often, so I wanna make sure it's cool and high quality -
Here are some screenshots at what we have so far, and here is a list of what there is left to do:
x-Glove Details
x-Remove Back Skirt Detail
x-groin shrink
x-4arm armor
x-4arm blade
x-elbow pad blade
x-elbow belt
x-knee pad armor
x-knee pad belt
Helmet attach...
2023-02-01 06:36:26 +0000 UTC
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OK, So, I'm still in the process of finishing the Tactical Knight character that we're gonna be bringing to life in Unreal. However, the most difficult parts of the design are more or less "there" lol - It's really just a matter of putting everything together cleanly and with pretty topology without having a mess during rigging and animation.
While that is happening in the background, I'll be going over some "real-life" strategies and tactics that I've found helped me be more productiv...
2023-01-30 23:26:21 +0000 UTC
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Alright, so there's actually quite a bit outside of this list that we've also accomplished in regards to the new Character Design that we'll be using when we get to Unreal, however, I'll go into more detail about that in the next few days -
This ChatGPT series was pretty short and sweet, and I think we'll probably stick to this kind of short approach for new software that come up throughout the year as they become better at what we need.
But, overall, I think it was a pretty s...
2023-01-30 23:20:44 +0000 UTC
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Here's how I think the world will change for software over the year -
2023-01-30 03:46:55 +0000 UTC
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Here is my first experience with Blender's new AI Assistant!
2023-01-25 02:21:34 +0000 UTC
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Well, someone had to try right??
2023-01-20 06:17:56 +0000 UTC
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Here's why EVERY new indie-game developer should be using Chat-GPT!!
2023-01-17 03:50:06 +0000 UTC
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This has got to be one of my personal favorite uses for this new teck! Here's what I know about the translation abilities of ChatGPT-!!
2023-01-14 06:18:56 +0000 UTC
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Here's one of the uses for ChatGPT that I have found to be extremely surprising!
2023-01-10 03:20:33 +0000 UTC
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Just wanted to talk about why it's still important for you to practice and learn things even with the emergence of AI -
2023-01-08 05:05:47 +0000 UTC
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Here's the fastest way to complete HW in 2023 -
2023-01-07 00:14:01 +0000 UTC
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Here's the easiest way to generate ANY essay or school paper in 2023 -
2023-01-06 00:51:00 +0000 UTC
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Alright, let's talk about what's coming up and why I think it's important!
2023-01-05 02:38:53 +0000 UTC
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Alright, let's talk about what I've got planned coming next and what it's gonna take to get there - Here's the gist of our goals this month!
2023-01-04 05:10:39 +0000 UTC
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ALRIGHT, gonna shift gears this month. January is going to be more of a pivot point to prepare for Unreal than a hardcore series like usual. I'm going to use this time to get everything in order so that when we drop into Unreal engine, we have everything we need to immediately start building a fun new world and system that will look cool for 3D animation -
There are a number of awesome new tools and use cases I've found for people that are crazy useful for people in everyday life. So,...
2023-01-04 00:46:58 +0000 UTC
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Alright - So, we had one hell of a ride back there, but overall, I'm pretty happy with how everything turned out - This is probably one of the most objectively useful and professionally viable series I think I've ever made!
So, I hope everyone here takes some level of satisfaction in knowing that everything you see on this list is stuff that nobody in the future will have to waste their time learning ever again. From now on, anyone striving to become a professional 3D artist in the in...
2023-01-04 00:33:47 +0000 UTC
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Thank you so much for being a part of the show all this time, if you know anyone who is learning 3D texturing for the first time, please feel free to share the complete series playlist with them here: Substance Painter Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhmABV_cPZU&list=PLZpDYt0cyiusjyoZla7ZDCG69SvP0MeMr&in...
2023-01-03 09:19:46 +0000 UTC
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Here's the easy way to export texture from Substance Painter in 60 seconds-!!
2023-01-03 03:19:10 +0000 UTC
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