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Anthony Pham

9 months

Hello #PortfolioDay ! I'm a Hard Surface/Prop Artist, formerly worked in VR medical sims and freelance. ✨Looking for work.✨ Portfolio:

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Anthony Pham

@Vertrucio

1 year

#AntiPortfolioDay day where you show case your absolute worst, most embarassing work Be careful what you wish for.

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1 year

Anti portfolio day where you show case your absolute worst, most embarassing work

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Anthony Pham

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5 months

Despite this story, I'd like to point out that AI junk has obliterated the freelance and other art markets where the need for specifics is less of an issue. This still affects the creative industries in leaving no where for artists to start their careers.

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Calling all artists. This is making the rounds. There is hope for us yet!

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Anthony Pham

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Finally, someone found the default cube skin. That was harder to get approvals on than any other skin, but it was worth it.

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bro

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Anthony Pham

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2 years

@inkviral00 Just so people understand further, the Philippines have an issue with fascism right now. The anime aesthetic has been used by fascists to recruit under the guise of cute imagery. And it's part of the fascist playbook to be edgy while room to say, "it's just art."

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Anthony Pham

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2 years

I'm seeing some coders jump on AI art discussions defending the art theft under the guise of open code/software. This is a disingenuous argument and way outside their expertise. So please don't assume code is the same as artwork. 1/🧵

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Anthony Pham

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2 years

@JannekeParrish Sue for retaliation. I'm actually serious about this. You should check around for a labor lawyer who could take the case.

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Anthony Pham

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1 year

How it started vs how it ended. QRT with your own. Trust the process. This is old, but it bears repeating. Your stuff is gonna look ugly or basic for a while, but early on in a project, or your career, you're building a foundation. Push past that stage and doubt.

🌛Milena Lukić🌜

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How it started vs how it ended. Aw shucks, might as well reshare this one again. Promise I'll be workin on my environment real soon. QRT with your own.

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Anthony Pham

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1 year

@crt_girl That means he can lift over 100 times his body weight.

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Anthony Pham

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8 months

Remember that, in California, even if you get severance, you can still receive unemployment. Severance is what's owed to you in lieu of a stable job, but unemployment is yours as soon as you lose your job. You paid CA's high taxes for this safety net, use it. #GameDev #Layoffs

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Anthony Pham

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2 years

@nonbinary_robot @waxpancake Nope. Not when Apartheid Leader Musk gets to decide what parody is.

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Anthony Pham

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2 years

@GeorgeCrudo I keep saying this, but that 4th image Software Engineer doesn't realize AI probably can already do their job, and will be easier to work with I bet.

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Anthony Pham

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9 months

@AntaresValdemar Another recommendation is to not stress too much if one particular art aspect is blocked for you. You can build foundational art skill in other aspects and use them as a foundation to get past it. For example, I'm not good at anatomy drawing, but I've improved after sculpting it

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Anthony Pham

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7 months

And this is the real reason why the layoffs continue. Getting rid of people while everyone is doing it to try and replace them with AI.

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7 months

FUCK. OFF.

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Anthony Pham

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3 years

@pigeater420 @KurtFitzgerald It's okay. The hero will give a shaming speech that will totally convince all these hardliners with zero shame.

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Anthony Pham

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1 year

Here's a handy free blender plugin if you use a lot of modifiers (which you should be). It enhances the UI of the modifier stack to be more usable when you have a lot of them. Makes it closer to 3DS Max's modifier panel, including the modifier buttons.

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Anthony Pham

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1 year

You want know one of the hilarious hold ups young me used to have with 3D art? I used to think everything had to be one mesh.

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Anthony Pham

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5 months

WTF is with some Game Studio QA jobs getting constantly reposted, rejecting thousands (we counted) of highly qualified (we checked) people, then the director comes on saying they're having a hard time finding people. I've seen people apply that match almost perfectly.

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Anthony Pham

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3 years

@embeeonhere Space Egypt

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Anthony Pham

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1 year

For Blender users that don't have MeshMachine yet, you can use the free Edge Flow plugin to help space and flow edges. It's different enough from the included Loop Tools justify having it alongside your other tools. #GameArt #Blender

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Anthony Pham

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1 year

Hey #Blender #HardSurface game artists, tired of janky normal bakes on what should be flat areas? Try this! Autosmooth ON, set to 180. (Required for some custom normals) Set the border edges to sharp (maya=hardened). Select faces -> Normals -> Set from Faces #b3d #GameArt

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Anthony Pham

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4 months

Paperwork signed, I'm now employed! Back to QA for a bit to rebuild my finances. I'm not stopping my game dev/art journey. If anything, I'm determined to stay, and even expanding. I just need to start making my own full games while the games industry figures itself out.

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Anthony Pham

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10 months

Aww... Rejected after two interviews. But at least a new portfolio piece is close to being done. Here's hoping for a better new year for everyone.

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Anthony Pham

@Vertrucio

1 year

I like turtles. WIP Block in on a Dustin Panzino concept.

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2 years

Turtle Power 🐢 More efficient than a Tesla

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Anthony Pham

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1 year

I have mouse control over my cat.

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Anthony Pham

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11 months

Junior to Mid-Level Organic Modeling Artist position available. Posted Nov. 7, 2023 #GameJobs #CGI #VFX #GameArt

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Anthony Pham

@Vertrucio

11 months

In addition to those listed on their website, there's other roles, including junior roles, at Escape Velocity Entertainment. #GameJobs #GameArt #GameDev

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Anthony Pham

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5 months

Thank goodness for noise cancelling microphones because Fuuka was screaming her head off on the other side of the door for almost the entire job interview.

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Anthony Pham

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4 months

@luckytran Corporations have been using the dog whistle of massive theft and crime to cover for their greed and bad decision making. This is more song and dance to stockholders as they are forced to close poorly planned stores, and price gouge people out of purchasing.

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Anthony Pham

@Vertrucio

8 months

For businesses that really don't want to allow remote work, they sure love to outsource.

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Anthony Pham

@Vertrucio

2 months

@thiagoklafke Really, just repeating all the union busting propaganda there Thiago? None of the things you want from employers can be obtained without unions to have the collective bargaining power to demand it.

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Anthony Pham

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3 years

@VixitMortus Dude's coffin wear looks like a simple texture slap on in substance, but could easily be refined. If he'd just asked for and applied critique, maybe he'd learn enough to find work. Instead, he stopped chose to blame the most oppressed and criticized section of our industry.

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Anthony Pham

@Vertrucio

8 months

Can we get a salary check on the varius anonymous spreadsheets devs have circulating. I have a terrible suspicion that in six months we'll see positions reopen at drastically reduced salaries. There's still a lot of games that need to be made.

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Anthony Pham

@Vertrucio

9 months

Cool take: There's a lot of us waiting for entry level game dev opportunities that could probably just start creating our own games if we had the financial stability to do so.

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Anthony Pham

@Vertrucio

1 year

@Soupp_Art_ So... all my previous work?

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Anthony Pham

@Vertrucio

11 months

There's a difference between pushing yourself and crunching. I got my first art job from pushing myself to do a few hours of art for myself after work, every weekday. Crunching is mindless busy work, you don't learn anything. Crunching gets you, well, as burnt out as I am now.

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Anthony Pham

@Vertrucio

1 year

Photo from 6 years ago, studying in cafes the morning, and at home after QA work, re-learning 3D. Stressful, but hopeful times. I remember being near tears when I landed my first professional job. Now, it just seems like everyone is in a struggle just to find anything. #GameArt

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Anthony Pham

@Vertrucio

3 years

Any 3D Artist friends looking for a job? Please send portfolio links.

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Anthony Pham

@Vertrucio

8 months

I am SO bad at networking. I never want to be a bother so I end up being invisible or seeming distant.

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Anthony Pham

@Vertrucio

2 years

The fact that artists publish their work online, for free so others can see is sharing as well too. It's not locked in some collector's vault. They do this despite how much artwork is constantly stolen and sold for profit. AI is just a more advanced version of that theft. 4/

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Anthony Pham

@Vertrucio

1 year

#PortfolioDay rolls around again. Welcome! I'm Anthony, a Hard Surface Artist and 3D Generalist formerly in the medical industry. Looking for work in any field. Portfolio: #GameArt #GameDev

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Anthony Pham

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1 year

@ravenkult They have no copyright over their cover then.

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Anthony Pham

@Vertrucio

2 years

Artists already share a lot. Search online and you'll find everything you need to learn to be an artist, or accomplish certain looks. All free and open. It's been this way for decades. I restarted my art career based on free and affordable tutorials, landing a job from it. 3/

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Anthony Pham

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1 year

#Blender 's UV editor is like the Uncertainty Principle in UI form: You cannot know where on the mesh the UV you're editing is at the same time that you're editing them. UV sync needs to go. It's a weird ancient system that requires 6 extra steps to do basic stuff.

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Anthony Pham

@Vertrucio

8 months

Real talk. You already know if your art skills are lacking, and to get to senior level you're gonna have to push yourself to learn. I believe in you. You can do this in the same way I went from nobody to mid-level. But do it for yourself, set healthy boundaries. Live first.

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Anthony Pham

@Vertrucio

2 years

@iboudreau Don't worry, a weird nerd will instantly teleport in and jump between you and the steering wheel in the event of a crash.

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Anthony Pham

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2 years

Code is a means to a goal, artwork is the goal itself. 2/

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Anthony Pham

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7 months

Gunfire Games is looking for the following positions: - Senior Animator - Senior Environment Aritst - Environment Artist - Gameplay Programmer Note that mid-level environment artist role! #GameJobs #GameDevJobs #GameArt #GameDev

Careers — Gunfire Games

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Anthony Pham

@Vertrucio

9 months

Any other artists here work from a pen tablet, not a display tablet, just fine?

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Anthony Pham

@Vertrucio

1 year

@TheSugarVenom QA: The purse changed color three times in one scene and her hands keep clipping through it into the void. But if you turn the character just right you use the purse collision to trigger the end boss early.

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Anthony Pham

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7 months

Ah, ghost jobs. Nothing like wasting my time meticulously tailoring my resume and cover letter, making sure I exactly matched the job posting, only to find there was never a chance.

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Anthony Pham

@Vertrucio

1 year

We're no strangers to 3D You know the tools and so do I A full quad mesh just isn't right for me What's a clean mesh and can you tell me why? I... just wanna show my topology Gotta make you understand NGON-a give you up NGON-a let you down NGON-a run around and desert you

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Anthony Pham

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11 months

This morning... Me: Okay time to be really productive this week! Gotta finish this part of my portfolio! The Industry: LAYOFF LAYOFF LAYOFF LAYOFF LAYOFF

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Anthony Pham

@Vertrucio

1 year

I wanted to say this a little more kindly. The realities of the game industry now is that you need to have a very good portfolio to get in. Learn those fundamentals, apply them in-engine, and compare your work to stuff in working portfolios. Get feedback and apply it.

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Anthony Pham

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8 months

Been planning, Tiny Game Team, the non-commercial dev team project of juniors/mid devs looking to make and release our first games. Going to start recruiting and holding meetings Feb 5 and forward depending on schedules. Need to set a theme and a type of game.

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Anthony Pham

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1 year

#Blender 3.6 added a retopology shading mode in the overlay panel and it's what we've needed for a while now. It only appears in Edit mode, and enabling it displays the edited objects in transparent blue, with the wireframe on top of everything else.

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Anthony Pham

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2 years

@SmilingObject @SpaceX @NASA Congratulations on successfully recreating an underground traffic jam.

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Anthony Pham

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1 year

Oh hey, a new mid level position just opened up in my field, better app-

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Anthony Pham

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1 year

Just realized that Hello Games has a Junior Artist position open. Specifally looking for something their style, with proficiency in 2D and 3D art. #GameDev #GameJobs

Junior Artist - Hello Games

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Anthony Pham

@Vertrucio

8 months

Happy layoff anniversary to me... Hundreds of applications to QA and Art positions and less than a handful of interviews later. A freelance job that ran out of funding before I could start.

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Anthony Pham

@Vertrucio

2 years

I'm releasing the in-progess and source files for the cassette player prop, for those learning the game art process. Link in thread. Original Concept by Sheng Lam: #GameArt #HardSurface #3DArt #Blender #SubstancePainter #MarmosetToolbag #Zbrush

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Anthony Pham

@Vertrucio

2 years

I'm a tech artist now, barely junior level. But, I know code and I know artwork. Artwork is complex enough that they had to develop a machine trained on a lot of artwork and advanced algorithms to kind of produce decent art (but only when copying other artists specifically). 5/

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Anthony Pham

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6 months

I just realized, Helldiver stratagem inputs are just Naruto hand seals.

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Anthony Pham

@Vertrucio

1 year

Hey it's #PortfolioDay ! I'm currently a hard surface 3D artist from Los Angeles. Looking for work. I love all 3D art and explore environments, rigging, animation, materials, and character art.

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Anthony Pham

@Vertrucio

1 year

Seeing all these great 3D artists in game dev not find work despite having far better portfolios is the stuff that keeps me up at night.

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Anthony Pham

@Vertrucio

11 months

What’s your most popular artwork? Limited selection, but still this. Even contacted by 80lvl about it, but then I got my first 3D art job offer shortly after and forgot about it in the rush. 😅

Michael G

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What’s your most popular artwork? Id say this one is everyone’s favorite 😁

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Anthony Pham

@Vertrucio

1 year

Welcome #PortfolioDay viewers! I'm Anthony Pham, a Hard Surface 3D Artist from Los Angeles, California. After jumping from game QA to medical 3D Artist, I'm looking for work back in the games industry. Portfolio: LinkedIn:

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Anthony Pham

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2 years

@710wonderdev The industry would collapse if everyone only did what their role said.

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Anthony Pham

@Vertrucio

11 months

I'm not giving up on my game dev goals. But, I know that in the face of all this ridiculous, I'm gonna have to find the energy to push even harder. I still want to found my own studio. I've known that path wouldn't be easy, but now I know it isn't going to be traditional.

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Anthony Pham

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2 years

Well, I've been laid off. This was my first art job and also the one where I learned the most, doing a wider variety of tasks I didn't think I was capable of at the time. I'm actually looking forward to what comes next, but first I need to rest and take care of myself.

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Anthony Pham

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3 months

A while back I realized no matter how much I improved my art skills, there are still far too many high level game artists still out of work for it to matter. So I focused on finding QA work, for now. But now that I'm back at QA, I'm glad I still feel that call to make art.

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Anthony Pham

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3 months

Game Dev Tea meetup anyone? No alcohol. Finger sandwiches and light pastries served. Non caffeinated herbal teas/tisanes too.

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Anthony Pham

@Vertrucio

2 years

There's even a dark side to open source software too. From terrible implementations to big corporations getting massive profits off free code, and the coders getting nothing other than exposure for releasing it. And now, code jobs are threatened by AI. Sound familiar? 7/

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Anthony Pham

@Vertrucio

8 months

More layoffs, this time of some very senior staff at one of my old studios, and probably more. I'm so tired of all this.

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Anthony Pham

@Vertrucio

2 years

To conclude, a lot is up in the air about this tech. It's not going away, nor should it. But we need to make sure the technology is developed in an ethical manner. One way is much like how code is under clear licenses, art is protected by copyright unless in the public domain.

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Anthony Pham

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1 year

@Yamadacorner @GeorgeCrudo I'd have more respect for people that just admit it's all the machine creating. But if they admit that to themselves they can't steal contest prizes from artists.

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Anthony Pham

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9 months

@jadel4w I need to create a curated list of online game art education that'll actually give good representations of the the workflow. Although very few give experience about creating for a game pipeline, which despite my limited experience is something I've had to onboard coworkers about.

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Anthony Pham

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2 years

@llamalaikum @Tiffany54656986 Jackie Wilson could have afforded his own healthcare had Elvis properly licensed the music from him. The money was basically his.

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Anthony Pham

@Vertrucio

1 year

@stevemushero @EricLevitz Man who makes millions complains about $8 coffee when he can just make it himself if he's that cheap.

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Anthony Pham

@Vertrucio

1 year

I'd forgotten about this after integrating it into my workflow already, but this is a good free video series on advanced texturing in Substance Painter. Thanks to Jason Ord for making this, and Dan over at The Club discord for reminding me.

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Anthony Pham

@Vertrucio

4 years

Just a small selection of work for #PortfolioDay . I'm a 3D Artist in Los Angeles, CA. Currently specializing in hard surface, but always learning more. 🟢 🟢apham @artbyanthony .com

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Anthony Pham

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1 year

@JLisaJay I believe all these studios colluding like this instead of competing counts as a kind of monopoly. If such a lawsuit were started, I wonder what we'd find in discovery.

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Anthony Pham

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1 year

@ZakugaMignon Why would I want to? It's hideous and not in an interesting way.

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Anthony Pham

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2 years

Code serves a function. And are functions, or made up of--well you get the point. But I do think there's giant code bases that are effectively art in and of themselves. But it still serves a function. When the end goal is to get something done of course being open seems good. 6/

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Anthony Pham

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1 year

Okay, now the texturing can begin.

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4 months

@meganroseruiz Curiously, no depictions of hands anywhere

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Anthony Pham

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8 months

Y'all remember how Blizzard Activision just forced everyone to return to office? There was no point to it.

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Anthony Pham

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9 months

Even though the bar is set very high to enter the game industry now, there's also a wealth of high end education if you know where to look. This is one of the good free environment art tutorials if you have an artstation account. #GameArt #GameDev

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Anthony Pham

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1 year

@Poisonx_3 Hate do timestamp myself but this was from just before that movie.

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Anthony Pham

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1 year

Had a recent graduate artist take some critique badly tonight. In part, because they'd be taught badly. But it's important to not make excuses for issues and just fix them, especially in production when your lead needs changes. Especially with the competition. #GameArt #GameDev

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Anthony Pham

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1 year

@chimeracoder Excellent thread. While we're at it, let's also discuss how Stockholm Syndrome doesn't exist and was used by a bogus psychiatrist to justify the harmful ineptitude of police handling the hostage situation. Seeing a pattern here people?

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Anthony Pham

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@chhopsky @pcgamer Wow, even in QA, PC is a beast without a stable form. I've run into bugs with a specific processor, specific driver, and that's just from hardware available to test on.

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Anthony Pham

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7 months

If only my 3D model bakes would go this well.

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Anthony Pham

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5 months

It's not the end of all things, it just makes an art career process something less of gradual improvement, and more that you need to reach incredible skill faster, and that's a lot to ask for a profession that requires a lot of time, practice and equipment.

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Anthony Pham

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1 year

Doing a test of the hinge and lid opening mechanics for the KaminskyW handheld, and it works! #GameArt #3Dart #HardSurface #3Dmodeling #Blender #b3d

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Anthony Pham

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5 months

Welp, another interview done. Here's hoping again.

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Anthony Pham

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1 month

@nadiaudio Wow, he really went further down the deep end. And those last 3 characters are from The Sims, a game series that probably outsells most other games starring generic enlisted men by hundreds of times over.

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Anthony Pham

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10 months

The metals, and more rendering/camera tweaks left on the MGV-300 texture.

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Anthony Pham

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11 months

Another art position applied to that I match up really well with. Here's hoping...

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Anthony Pham

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11 months

I actually got a rejection letter with a nice little addition from them saying they really did like my work, but just that there were too many other candidates with exactly the skills they wanted. So yeah, happy for them but. 🤷 For me.

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