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Rico Walker

9 months

👋 I'm Rico 👀 LFW - Remote | Full-time | Game Dev 🧊 I Model &🎨 Texture Props | Vehicles | Weapons 💼: 🔊 SOUND ON 🎶 🎵 Go Hunt Your Dreams - Fearless Motivation ✨ It's #PortfolioDay Please ❤️ & 🔁 your favs! #maya #blender #3dsmax #aftereffects

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Rico Walker

@grico316

1 year

I got hired by Naughty Dog and then laid off. 🫠

ya momma hoe ‼️

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1 year

please brag about something you did in 2023 .

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Rico Walker

@grico316

11 months

Getting a Game Dev job.

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what do you think is harder than this?

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@CollapseVids Reverse

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Rico Walker

@grico316

1 year

🫠 I made a quick tutorial to show everyone my process and how easy 3D Art is. 🙃 ▶️Sound On 🔊 #3dart #gamedev #portfolio

𖤐 ⋮ 𝕭𝖊𝖍𝖊𝖒𝖔𝖙𝖍 ⇢ Art Raffle Prizes 4/9

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1 year

THIS IS WILD

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Rico Walker

@grico316

10 months

Welp, I have officially worked on a cancelled game. 🙃

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10 months

Naughty Dog has cancelled The Last of Us Online. Supporting the game would have meant putting the full resources of the studio to support the title for years, impacting their single player games. "We have more than one ambitious, brand new single player game that we're working

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Rico Walker

@grico316

8 months

Ain't No Way. 💀

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Rico Walker

@grico316

11 months

Robocop Rogue City goes hard... The environment art is phenomenal.

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Rico Walker

@grico316

1 year

#PS5Share , #DeadIsland2 💥💢 This is Art

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Rico Walker

@grico316

10 months

I'm Cooking... #props #gamedev #substancepainter

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Rico Walker

@grico316

2 years

👋🏽Hello There! I'm Rico, an Associate Environment Artist at Naughty Dog. Previously I was a Senior/Lead 3D Artist in a different industry. Excited to be working in games now and meeting really awesome artists. I build detailed Props and Assemblies. #WhatAGameDevLooksLike

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Rico Walker

@grico316

1 year

I took a Substance 3D Painter class at Naughty Dog hosted by the amazing Christophe Desse who provided this base model. We were tasked with coming up with a theme and texturing the model. I went with a Barbenheimer theme because I like memes. 😎 🔽Link below🔽

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Rico Walker

@grico316

1 year

I ♥️ UVs.

🖌️ Thumbnail artist🖌️

@Dees_Nook

1 year

ARTISTS you can only use one Art picture to convince people to follow you. Which art piece you using? OK GO UWU

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Rico Walker

@grico316

1 year

Welp, I got hit with that surprise Lay Off today. Back to being poor.💀

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Rico Walker

@grico316

1 year

The mental gymnastics I had to perform when modeling this with limited to no reference of the massive Engine Assembly, tracing ever individual cable connection, matching the texture ref and somehow putting it all together is when I realized I might actually know what I am doing.

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Rico Walker

@grico316

10 months

Cooking more... #props #gamedev #substancepainter

Rico Walker

@grico316

10 months

I'm Cooking... #props #gamedev #substancepainter

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Rico Walker

@grico316

1 year

UVs from my current WIP.

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1 year

Hey you 3D Artist, show me your UV’s 👀

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Rico Walker

@grico316

1 year

QRT with your clay renders (Zoom In) 🔍

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1 year

QRT with your clay renders

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Rico Walker

@grico316

2 years

@DomTheBombYT

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Rico Walker

@grico316

2 years

@portfolioday #PortfolioDay #HumanArtists

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Rico Walker

@grico316

10 months

I'm Cooking with Salt... #props #gamedev #substancepainter

Rico Walker

@grico316

10 months

Cooking more... #props #gamedev #substancepainter

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Rico Walker

@grico316

6 years

@IGN #NotMyHellboy

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Rico Walker

@grico316

9 months

I was asked by @stevelynch6 what my process for making welds is so I made a quick tutorial to explain.

Rico Walker

@grico316

9 months

✨ Show me your best welds!

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Rico Walker

@grico316

1 year

This is the result of todays session. 1 rendered sequence down, 3 more to go. This was 2 render passes. I separated the MJ8 and the BG to have control over each adjustment separately.

Rico Walker

@grico316

1 year

Day 51: #3dmodeling Life Fitness MJ8. I put together 1 of the 4 rendered sequences in After Effects. Just wanted to show the AE process. #3d #hardsurface #prop #gameart #gym #equipment #gamedev #gameart #timelapse #fitness #rendering ⏲️ 1 hour 36 mins

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Rico Walker

@grico316

2 years

Hello There! I'm George, a 3D Hard Surface and Texture Artist looking for a career change into the Game Industry. Remote, Full-time work is preferable but I'm open to options. 💼: 📧: grico316 @gmail .com #PortfolioDay #artistsontwitter 🎞 Cam Pans (1/3)

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Rico Walker

@grico316

11 months

🧊 Matrix Magnum 45-Degree Leg Press 🥳 I finished a fun 2 week project 🎶 SOUND ON!!! 🌟 Full Breakdown Here⬇️⬇️⬇️ #gamedev #gym #fitness #DontSkipLegDay

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Rico Walker

@grico316

1 year

✨Life Fitness MJ8 - Completed ✨ I have reached my project deadline goal of before #FINALFANTASYXVI drops! 💼 ArtStation Post: 🧵 Thread (1 of 3) ⬇️ #3dart #gamedev #gym #gymmotivation #fitness @ArtStationHQ @Substance3D

Rico Walker

@grico316

1 year

This is the result of todays session. 1 rendered sequence down, 3 more to go. This was 2 render passes. I separated the MJ8 and the BG to have control over each adjustment separately.

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Rico Walker

@grico316

1 year

I recently had the opportunity to be interviewed by an Art Director, Associate Art Director, & Lead Environment Artist with 20+ years each in the Games Industry. Spent 20 mins just on my portfolio and I have 2 major take aways. Breakdowns and Reference used are Very Important.

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@PikminMan

1 year

I have giving some portfolio reviews and a common thing that comes up is lack of brake downs. Show your wireframe, show your materials and uv mapping. Talk about the numbers at play with polys and draw calls. You need to prove you understand all of that and showing it is how.

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Rico Walker

@grico316

10 months

I'm Cooking with Lighter Fluid... #props #gamedev #substancepainter

Rico Walker

@grico316

10 months

I'm Cooking with Salt... #props #gamedev #substancepainter

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Rico Walker

@grico316

11 months

Why ArtStation. Just why... 🤢🤮

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Rico Walker

@grico316

10 months

I'm Cooking with Matches... #props #gamedev #substancepainter #3dsMax

Rico Walker

@grico316

10 months

I'm Cooking with Lighter Fluid... #props #gamedev #substancepainter

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Rico Walker

@grico316

10 months

I do all of my hand painted texturing and sculpting with a mouse. I don't use a stylus/tablet/cintiq. 😌

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@savannahXYZart

10 months

what 3D software opinion would have you like this?

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Rico Walker

@grico316

1 year

It's #PortfolioDay again! I am Rico, I model and texture Gym Equipment, Vehicles, Pump Assembly Units, and More soon... 💼: #ArtistOnTwitter #gamedev #hardsurface #Maya #substancepainter #aftereffects #MarmosetToolbag

Rico Walker

@grico316

2 years

Hello There! I'm George, a 3D Hard Surface and Texture Artist looking for a career change into the Game Industry. Remote, Full-time work is preferable but I'm open to options. 💼: 📧: grico316 @gmail .com #PortfolioDay #artistsontwitter 🎞 Cam Pans (1/3)

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Rico Walker

@grico316

11 months

🧊 Titan Seated Stationary Bench I decided to finish this over the weekend. This was a fun 3 day project. Full Breakdown on my portfolio ⬇️

Rico Walker

@grico316

11 months

🔁 QRT you 3D modeling a chair! 💪🏽 I decided to model a Titan Seated Stationary Bench, cuz gym equipment. It still technically a chair by definition. I spent approximately 1 hour 30 mins modeling. This was a fun exercise. #gamedev #prop #gym #fitness

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Rico Walker

@grico316

1 year

🔥 It's #PortfolioDay LFG! 🔥 👋 I'm Rico 👀 LFW - Remote | Full-time | Game Dev 🧊 I Model &🎨 Texture Props | Vehicles | Weapons 💼: #ArtistOnTwitter #gamedev #hardsurface #Maya #3dsMax #Blender #substancepainter #aftereffects #MarmosetToolbag

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Rico Walker

@grico316

1 year

😂 I feel personally attacked... #Starfield #Sarah #gamedev

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Rico Walker

@grico316

10 months

A quick explanation on my stacked UVs.

ThunderOwl - Sci-Fi Assets. Owlified. 🇱🇻🇺🇦🌞

@Thunder_Owl

10 months

@grico316 @rileybrown3d @MichaelG_3D This aspect still confuses me, can I have one-mesh one-material (assume painted in Substance Painter)asset, but with several UVs, like you said, separate UVs for smaller parts?

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@grico316

1 year

✨Art vs Artist 💪🏽

Cindy Gazafy 🎨🎃

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Art vs Artist

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@grico316

10 months

Ngons...Get the job done. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Rico Walker

@grico316

10 months

That's totally me spinning the model, rotating the lighting, toggling shadows, switching HDR Environments, and toggling between World/Camera lighting in Painter to make sure the roughness hits just right. 🤌🏽

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@grico316

2 years

Today is my official first day at Naughty Dog. 🥰 Excited to be apart of this amazing team and Level Up ⬆️ my skill sets. @Naughty_Dog #TheLastOfUs 🔊𝙎𝙊𝙐𝙉𝘿 𝙊𝙉

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Rico Walker

@grico316

8 months

Sometimes the best methods are the accidental ones from FA & FO. If the end result is the same, it doesn't really matter how you got there. Forgetting how to do something forces you to learn something new to get the same or better result. Tech and workflows evolve over time.

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8 months

How does everyone remember all the steps and softwares, when I start a new project I have to relearn so much because I forget 😅

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@grico316

10 months

What game ignited your passion for gaming? GIF only

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Rico Walker

@grico316

2 years

@Enviosity You get a cool perk for AR60.

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Rico Walker

@grico316

10 months

I'm Cooking with Blender Cycles... 🤔 #props #gamedev #substancepainter #Blender

Rico Walker

@grico316

10 months

I'm Cooking with Matches... #props #gamedev #substancepainter #3dsMax

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@grico316

2 years

@Enviosity First 10 pull...

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Rico Walker

@grico316

11 months

When you bake your normals after using Transfer Attributes in Maya and it separates each face into a UV island. 🙃

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1 year

London Wall, London EC2V Heating vents big and small Building reference

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Rico Walker

@grico316

9 months

I'm pre-Cooking with Zippos 👀 #props #gamedev #Maya #Zbrush #Blender

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@grico316

9 months

I'm Cooking with Blender Eevee... 😄 Happy #PortfolioDay ✨ #props #gamedev #substancepainter #Blender

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Rico Walker

@grico316

8 months

It's my Cake Day 🍰

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Rico Walker

@grico316

9 months

A quick tutorial on blocking out a simple prop to help with proportions. This is an unorthodox method but hopefully you find it useful.

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🧳open to getting feedback here!

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1 year

#PortfolioDay @portfolioday

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@grico316

2 years

@portfolioday #PortfolioDay #HumanArtists

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@grico316

9 months

I'm cooking with Zippos 🔥 #props #gamedev #Substance3DPainter

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@grico316

9 months

I'm pre-Cooking with Zippos 👀 #props #gamedev #Maya #Zbrush #Blender

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@grico316

2 years

Replaying The Last of Us Part 1 in preparation for the show tonight. I can't even enjoy it because I am over analyzing the environment art/props. I saw these AC units and immediately thought of @Paulygonn .

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@grico316

2 years

🧊𝙏𝙪𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚! I made an Overview of how I modeled this 600 GPM Darley Pump Assembly. #tutorial #maya #3dmodeling #hardsurface ⏲️ Runtime: 1 hour 6 mins 📺Video: 💼Portfolio:

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@grico316

11 months

Reference is king! I sometimes spend days ref gathering and researching before I start a project. The ref board evolves throughout the duration of the project as specific details are needed for modeling and texturing.

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@PikminMan

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Then yea get accounts like mine forcing yea to look at all the reference I can find. Reference is king!

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@grico316

1 year

So right after I just finished my MJ8 project making welds, Painter drops this update. 🤣

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@Gahadmor

1 year

New #Substance3DPainter release is out with a new path tool to create re-editable splines that snap to your 3D model. Create stitches, pipes, welds, cables and all sorts of curvy details effortlessly 🧑‍🏭🥽

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@grico316

1 year

🟢 Qrt with your green art 🟩

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@VincentBcht_3D

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🍏 Qrt with your green art 🍏

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@grico316

2 years

😊 I just want to say welcome and thank you to everyone for the likes and follows. I make a lot of WIP posts of personal projects so you will get to see some cool stuff from time to time.

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@grico316

9 months

🔁 Qrt with a fanart Cooking props from Supernatural

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@PikminMan

9 months

Qrt with a fanart My take on the TMNT Turtlecom

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@grico316

9 months

✨ Show me your best welds!

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@ohle_mathiebe

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Show me ur best welds!

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@grico316

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@Dann_Sw

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Rico Walker

@grico316

9 months

My UV Sets are about 90% done. Still need to add some Alpha Cards on one of them and move each to the U1V1 space. #props #gamedev #RizomUV

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@grico316

9 months

I'm pre-Cooking with Zippos 👀 #props #gamedev #Maya #Zbrush #Blender

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@grico316

1 year

@Vertrucio I used to think every model needed to be air tight and all quads.

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Rico Walker

@grico316

2 years

🤪 It's #PortfolioDay again! I am Rico, I model and texture Gym Equipment, Vehicles, and Pump Assembly Units. ✨️Follow me for a weekly 3d modeling posts. 💼: #ArtistOnTwitter #gamedev #hardsurface #Maya #substancepainter #aftereffects #MarmosetToolbag

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@grico316

10 months

💯 I was a 3D generalist because of the types of jobs I was getting required me to be. After many years I took a step back, looked at my portfolio and realized, I wasn't where I should be. I decide to FOCUS on Modeling & Texturing which GREALTY improved my skills exponentially.

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I’m not doing any portfolio reviews this year and ending my mentorships. Apologies to those I didn’t get to but here’s things I found myself going over multiple times: > Most of you were graduates. Your universities failed to prepare you for the industry. Most of you didn’t know

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@grico316

1 year

👋 I'm Rico from the US, this is my art! 🧊🎨 Hard Surface Modeling + Texturing | Vehicles & Props

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@MichaelG_3D

1 year

I’m Michael from the US, this is my art (3D Environment Artist)

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@grico316

1 year

Bad Robot Games is hiring for: Environment Artist: Remote

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@MichaelG_3D

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@grico316

1 year

@MichaelG_3D 😅 These are just the ones I can remember.

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@grico316

1 year

@The3DNinja This messes with my head all the time. I was admiring the pattern on this kettle bell that is clearly using tri-planar projection.

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@grico316

2 years

@shenanigansen Can't unhear this now...

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@grico316

10 months

Show me your best UV of 2023

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@ArtOfPilgrim

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Show me your best UV of 2023

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@grico316

2 years

@EimikoPosts Took me a very long time but I have every character at 90.

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@grico316

1 year

@Kazuliski @larianstudios @baldursgate3 😂 Dayum...And I thought my 150 hours since launch was crazy.

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@grico316

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@geoffkeighley

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@grico316

9 months

💫 QRT with your clay renders

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@MichaelG_3D

9 months

QRT with your clay renders 👀

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@3DFoliageArtist I have before in the past. In Oct 2022 my portfolio day post got me noticed by a Lead at Naughty Dog. They DM's me and skipped me right into interviews. I passed all of my Persuasion Checks in each session and got my first Games Industry job as an Associate Environment Artist.

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@grico316

8 months

@Mega_sean This has to be a typo and they meant $83K.

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@grico316

1 year

👋🏽 Happy #ArtStationDay

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@grico316

1 year

@MichaelG_3D Actual Artists looking at "prompt engineers".

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@grico316

11 months

Me realizing I need to adjust my UVs again because the texel density isn't high enough to capture all the details I want to paint.

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@PikminMan 🧐

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@grico316

2 years

Happy #ArtStationDay !🧊 🎨

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@grico316

1 year

🎮Playing around with UE5.

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@grico316

9 months

@ArtOfPilgrim This one for now until I come up with something different.

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@grico316

9 months

I was asked by @stevelynch6 what my process for making welds is so I made a quick tutorial to explain.

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@grico316

2 years

I finished my portfolio post. This was fun to work on. #gym #equipment #fitness #hardsurface #prop #gamedev #ArtistOnTwitter 🧊 Model: Freemotion Dual Cable Cross 💼 Link:

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@grico316

2 years

@Enviosity Triple Crowed my favs. Jean was my first one. Still praying to the RNG Gods to get the rest of her Constellations. Actually lost the 50/50 to Jean on Yelan's Banner.

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@grico316

9 months

I'm Cooking with Blender Eevee... 😄 Happy #PortfolioDay ✨ #props #gamedev #substancepainter #Blender

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@grico316

10 months

I'm Cooking with Blender Cycles... 🤔 #props #gamedev #substancepainter #Blender

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@nina_m_klos

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@grico316

2 years

#ArtStationMedievalChallenge WIP #3 More progress on the Barrel Press. Made 3 designs so far. I am starting to get a better idea of the direction I want to go. Full Thread: #MedievalGym #conceptart #concept #prop #design #blockout #maya #3dsmax

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@grico316

1 year

I made a series of Hex Socket Head Cap Screws at different Poly Counts to test some baking theories and Parallax Occlusion.🤔 #gamedev #LFW #Maya #MarmosetToolbag #SubstancePainter

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@grico316

2 years

Environment Artists, I have a treat for you today. I stumbled across this location today and Artist Brain got triggered HARD. Enjoy! 📸 Pagoda & Oriental Garden 👀 Norfolk, VA #reference #photoshoot #environment #outdoors #asian

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@grico316

10 months

Weapon 3D Artists 🔽

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@awanoumi2

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超硬合金+チタン+カーボンナイフ完成しました。超硬鈦炭素繊維強化樹脂短刀「夜烏ー残星」 (´Д｀) 今回は超硬合金(炭化タングステンの合金）刃の中心に使用。高硬度、高重量で脆い超硬を軽量高強度、耐食のチタン&カーボンで補強した形。

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@grico316

2 years

@honkaistarrail Me: Clicks on Pre-register link. Reality: I already did but didn't get an invite.

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@grico316

1 year

When you forget to Freeze the transforms before you rig.

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It's a Me! 👀

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@XYZArtCommunity

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Hey everyone, We released another Workshop from #XYZRepresent on our YouTube - This time we are joined lucky to have @grico316 discussing - “Prop Creation for Games” Now available for everyone on our YouTube channel! #gameart

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Rico Walker

@grico316

2 years

That rising stowaway bed.👀

aliya will

@aliyawill

2 years

Sephiroth’s morning routine, in honor of the release of Crisis Core Reunion. 🖤

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Rico Walker

@grico316

2 years

It's my Balloon Day! 🎈 Level Up ⏫

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Rico Walker

@grico316

2 years

The Artist + Manager | The Art #artvsartist

sasha @ CozyBara 🍊

@s_kxznetsovadev

2 years

the artist / the art #artvsartist

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Rico Walker

@grico316

1 year

#PortfolioDay is in 2 weeks 👀

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Rico Walker

@grico316

1 year

💯% Everything I know how to do came from experimenting. Tutorials will only get you basics/fundamentals or something very specific, but it is up to You the artist to interpret what you learn and apply it in different scenarios. Failure is the best teacher for 3D Art IMO.

Des Walsh

@PikminMan

1 year

Here to remind all new and learning 3D artists the only answer to most of your questions is time, patience and practice. In time you will learn what’s best for your style and flows. I can tell yea a I got here that way and hardly any tutorials cos there was not much at the start.

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