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Lighting up the Lantern

Today I learned all about materials in Unreal. Basically they do their best to imitate real world materials through textures and other fancy settings. It is up to the user to understand and manipulate these materials in the way they want. This will come in handy when I start bringing together the whole look ofContinueContinue reading “Lighting up the Lantern”

Half-cape full

I spent another day on learning Unreal Engine cloth physics. It’s getting better and way more manageable. Also it looks really freaking cool. It’s far from perfect and I’m still refining the look, but the prototype of the first Haunter model is getting closer. I’d like to thank all the random YouTubers who decided toContinueContinue reading “Half-cape full”

Caping around

Tried to get my hands dirty with cloth painting in Unreal engine. It’s as complicated as I imagined it to be. I went into blind and then watched videos after unsuccessful attempts. The cape is still coming out quite wonky but I’m slowly understanding how to make it work. I had not been weighing itContinueContinue reading “Caping around”

From hat to toe

I went back to the donut tutorial and watched all the sculpting videos at 1.75 speed so I could remember all the useful shortcuts and tricks. If you’re interested in learning Blender I highly recommend this series because it goes over all the basics and high level stuff as well and is very easy toContinueContinue reading “From hat to toe”

Back to Blender & Fantasy Knight v2

I learned Blender all the way back in June. I finished the donut tutorial over the course of a week, and I played around with it for a few hours after that. But I hadn’t touched it since then. Before I began I told myself that I should be careful not to get too aheadContinueContinue reading “Back to Blender & Fantasy Knight v2”

Skeletons are bony

I don’t think I made a significant leap in my lessons today, but I did learn more about the skeletons of the models/meshes and how they work. In the pictures here I show how I was adding props to the model by attaching them to a specific socket. So that when it moves around theContinueContinue reading “Skeletons are bony”

4 month catch-up

Right before May began I had decided I was going to become a game developer. I always talked about getting into the gaming industry, but I never did anything about it. Instead I took Creative Writing as my course in college back in 2014. With the world crashing down, I also needed a better wayContinueContinue reading “4 month catch-up”