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3 months

Sweet news! The first public version of the Spanish Town is now available on @itchio right on my🎂birthday and summer solstice🌞 Download👉 Hope you enjoy playing as much as I enjoyed making ❤️ #indiegamedev #gamerelease #indiegame #immersivegame

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@thiagoklafke

1 year

Sharing this beautiful breakdown by the amazing @pixelbutterfly ! Foliage is my Achilles heel, I can barely make PS1 style grass, but after @LuizaTanaka explained the SpeedTree workflow, I'm sold :) Time to learn it. These tips are golden :)

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@thiagoklafke

4 years

2001 vs 2019 Many here weren't even born when I made my bedroom in Counter-Strike... 18 years later I got to work on my own home country for Overwatch 🥰 Passionately work on your art, even if it takes an adulthood to get where you want to be! #artistlevelup

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@thiagoklafke

2 years

Making environments is hard! As I work on the Spanish Town tutorial, I realized that while it took me about 2 months to finish the art blockout (foundation), it took another year to truly finalize it! First half was very logical, second half was more artistic/feeling-based.

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@thiagoklafke

4 months

🎨 #EnvironmentArt tip: I created a simple clump of buildings for my backdrop, and painted it as a prop with a single material in #SubstancePainter , reusing the textures from the map. It's not perfect and I could polish it more, but blends nicely with the playable area ☺️

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@thiagoklafke

3 years

Blockout vs current state. #Environmentart #UnrealEngine #SpanishTown

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@thiagoklafke

2 years

🎨 Quick tip for more pleasant compositions: Clump props together in little pockets instead of placing them randomly or evenly throughout an environment. Will help make things look more natural and easier to read. Excerpt from "Environment Art Mastery"

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@thiagoklafke

3 years

Very happy to announce that I finally got the #SpanishTown #3Denvironment to a stopping point! It has been a long journey, but also very fun. If you pre-ordered, check your email for more screenshots/info :) And now to put all my focus on finishing the tutorial! #UnrealEngine4

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@thiagoklafke

3 months

Hey #PortfolioDay ! I have over 15 years of experience creating #3denvironments that transport players to other realms!

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@thiagoklafke

5 months

Here's a cool little lighting tip: Using the billboard texture as a cookie on a rect light to simulate precise real-time reflections/specular lighting: #madewithunity #HDRP #environmentart #3dlighting

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@thiagoklafke

4 years

Hi #PortfolioDay ! I'm Thiago, a Sr Environment Artist at @Blizzard_Ent Blizzard on @PlayOverwatch , and I've been making maps since Counter-Strike 1.5! I have a passion for stylized urban spaces 🏙️ 💼 🎨 🎓

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@thiagoklafke

2 years

Hey #PortfolioDay ! I'm Thiago, an #environmentartist in the games industry, former Blizzard (Overwatch/Starcraft II), Lightspeed LA and Ubisoft, and currently independent :) Here are some of my original works:

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@thiagoklafke

4 months

I'm going to finally release publically the Spanish Town next week! I had to cut back on a lot of my ambitions, but I think it will be a cool little immersive environment to spend some time in :) Putting the last finishing touches now with a cable/wiring pass! #madewithunity

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@thiagoklafke

10 months

Welcome to the #SpanishTown in #Unity #HDRP ! ☀️ Conversion 98% done, only small details left. I'm in love with how it looks, it's hitting exactly what I envisioned when I started this environment years ago! Next: #VR support, sound work, and a public release 🤘

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@thiagoklafke

7 months

If you see this, post some of your materials! 🎨

ᴀʏɪ sᴀɴᴄʜᴇᴢ

@ayi_sanchez

7 months

If you see this, post some your materials! These are old ones I really enjoyed working on :) Gears and Wolfie

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@thiagoklafke

8 months

Back in 2010, the studio I worked for (Ubisoft Sao Paulo) closed down suddenly. It was devastating because we had an insanely talented team and a mission to prove to the world Brazil was a game development powerhouse. Management promised that anyone who wanted to relocate to

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@thiagoklafke

4 years

My bro @HelderHP just released a thorough breakdown of his Porto #Source2 scene. Highly recommended read, lots of #environmentart gems in here :)

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@thiagoklafke

4 months

Farmacia Asclepio - "A healthy body starts with a healthy mind" Everything you need for a healthy life in the #SpanishTown ! ;) #madewithunity #indiegamedev #environmentart #stylized3dart

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@thiagoklafke

2 years

In the past 2.5 yrs, I've compiled most of what I know about #environmentart into ᴇɴᴠɪʀᴏɴᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴀʀᴛ ᴍᴀꜱᴛᴇʀʏ. Results have been staggering. What better gift for 2023 than developing your creative freedom and confidence? 🤓 📺Get it on Gumroad!

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@thiagoklafke

3 months

Walking on the streets of #SpanishTown 👀 🎨 Artstation👉 #3dEnvironmentArt #Stylized3D #StylizedEnvironment

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@thiagoklafke

3 years

Another WIP #Substance material, stone wall :) #spanishtown #madewithsubstance #gameart #environmentart #stylized

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@thiagoklafke

2 years

Spanish Town Blockout vs final ☀️ #Blocktober #Blocktober22 #unrealengine #environmentart

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@thiagoklafke

2 years

#Overwatch2 is out, and I'm excited to show some of the good stuff I had the pleasure of working on during my time on the team. Starting today with Rio/Paraiso: #environmentart #stylized

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@thiagoklafke

1 year

Hey #PortfolioDay ! I'm Thiago, Environment Artist from Brazil, with a huge passion for #stylized 3d environments and immersive #VR . Also love helping other artists reach their full potential with tutorials! 🎨 🎨

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@thiagoklafke

8 months

A dream comes true... the first iteration of a lighting scenario manager for my #indiegame 😍 #madewithunity #HDRP

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@thiagoklafke

2 years

Spanish Town #VR ambient sounds WIP 🎧 Feels so good and immersive to walk around the map now :) Audio files by the amazing @emberbelladonna #UnrealEngine #ValveIndex #VirtualReality

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@thiagoklafke

8 months

🏆ᴇɴᴠɪʀᴏɴᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴀʀᴛ ɴᴜɢɢᴇᴛꜱ🏆 It's relatively easy to make a #LevelDesign #Blockout ... But much harder to finalize it! If you have difficulty going from blockout to final and tend to get bogged down with details too early, read on... As environment artists, we want to

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@thiagoklafke

3 years

Nothing like a good blend material to make the ground more interesting 👌 Very simple setup, just LERPing between two texture sets with a custom mask/vertex colors. #Unreal4 #SpanishTown

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@thiagoklafke

3 years

#Subtance floor texture WIP #spanishtown

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@thiagoklafke

2 years

Wrote an article expanding on my previous twit about staying motivated when working on long projects, starting right to set yourself up for success and how making environments is hard and takes time! Hope this is useful to someone :)

Making game environments is hard and takes time!

How I persevered to finish a big environment.

environmentart.substack.com

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@thiagoklafke

4 years

Just finished setting up the lighting for my Spanish Town @UnrealEngine tutorial! With all the basics in place, finalizing this will be a breeze :) Now onto texturing, everyone's favorite part right?😁 #environmentart #stylized

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@thiagoklafke

3 months

I get asked a lot about the lighting on the #SpanishTown , so I put together this little breakdown⚡ One of the most fun aspects of #Unity3d is how customizable the render is :) #madewithunity #HDRP #gamelighting #tutorial #environmentart

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@thiagoklafke

4 years

!Surprise tutorial drop! Learn my @Substance3D workflow, and hit the ground running today! I will teach you the basic operations, how to build shapes, and build a stone wall material from scratch. Get it for free, or support future content :) Enjoy!!

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@thiagoklafke

5 months

Making new materials 👀 #substancedesigner #environmentart #madewithunity #hdrp

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@thiagoklafke

3 years

One of my favorite custom nodes in Substance is @flownepp 's Blur Polish node. With this bad boy you can instantly turn ugly procedural noises into beautiful surfaces full of gradients and variation. Very powerful node, highly recommended!

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@thiagoklafke

4 years

Progress on the back alley for my Spanish Town environment. Redid this area twice but finally happy with the different compositions! The atmosphere is starting to feel great in VR too 🥽 #SpanishTown #Tutorial #EnvironmentArt #VR #Unreal4 #polycount

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@thiagoklafke

2 years

The Spanish Town tutorial is structured differently than my previous one. Instead of watching a long-ass tutorial on how I made something, it's as a guide to make your own level! You can take your time on each step and not get overwhelmed. Read more 👉

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@thiagoklafke

8 months

A lot of times to make scenes feel warmer, artists make the sun color yellow. Unless the sun is closer to the horizon, this can give an artificial look. Another way is to use white balance. Here's the same scene, exaggerating the effect for demonstration: #HDRP #EnvironmentArt

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@thiagoklafke

2 months

❌ Nanite, lumen, raytracing, DLSS, Upscaling, Temporal AA ✔️ Looks beautiful, detailed and rich ✔️ Runs at 60 fps on Nintendo Switch Screenshot: Arms (NSW)

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@thiagoklafke

1 month

Very proud of @allan_politano for finishing this beast of a #3denvironment , pushing his skills to a higher level! Was an arduous journey but he persevered and iterated over and over until achieving his goal! Mega congrats!! 🎨👉 #EnvArtMastery #Unreal5

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@thiagoklafke

4 years

Taking some new screenshots for my portfolio! I worked hard on Busan City point to make this area feel real. Looking from these angles, it kinda does 😃 #Overwatch #environmentart #leveldesign #scifi #futuristic

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@thiagoklafke

5 months

Here's an awesome example of the power of iteration, practice, and study. @flowlee_art had been struggling a bit to get convincing plasters in his Venice scene. Together with our #EnvArtMastery Discord group, we brainstormed ideas and I showed him how to use Vertex Colors + World

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@thiagoklafke

2 years

I get asked a lot what one can make with the Environment Art Mastery tutorial. It's a framework that can be used for all kinds of works that resonate with you. I use the Spanish Town as an example, but the work is up to the user. A kickass one from Graeme:

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@thiagoklafke

10 months

🎉 #SpanishTown 100% converted from #Unreal to #Unity ! Took 3 weeks (two more than I estimated lol), but I'm very glad I did this. Now I can add fun stuff and expand the project. Learned a lot along the way and the map looks much better! #HDRP #EnvironmentArt #Stylized #VR #3dArt

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@thiagoklafke

3 years

Got a ton of work done on the #SpanishTown #3denvironment ! Almost finished with the architecture, and will start finalization next (polish, set dressing, backdrop) I will send a detailed update to pre-order users in the coming days. Enjoy a sneak peek :) #unreal4 #environmentart

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@thiagoklafke

4 years

One of my goals with the Spanish Town tutorial is to demystify tools so you can get good results fast. I just finished a crash course introduction to @Substance3D , that will take from knowing absolute zero to being able to do this in about 1 hour and a half:

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@thiagoklafke

1 year

Ever had this annoying double-edge bevel when using trim sheets with 45 degree normal bevels? (What a mouthful!) In this video, I show you a workaround to fix this: #environmentart #stylizedart #trimsheets

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@thiagoklafke

4 years

Hi #PortfolioDay ! I'm Thiago, a videogame environment artist from Brazil/California! I love pushing my style, and helping other artists evolve! Check out my work!😋 💌 mail @thiagoklafke .com 🎨 💼 🎓

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@thiagoklafke

4 years

📷Recorded a new tutorial, how to make stylish french roof tiles. This is a style that would fit a game like Dishonored or Half-Life 2 :) Download coming soon, stay tuned my friends! 🎨 PS: No substance graphs were hurt in the making of this. 100% Modeling & Photoshop 😁

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@thiagoklafke

6 months

Wow... the emotions are real. I've been trying hard to fix lightmap issues for days. No matter what, the damn artifacts wouldn't go away. I was starting to feel defeated. So much work, to get my ass kicked by something "small" in the end. But one last try... decided to try Bakery

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@thiagoklafke

4 years

Just finished recording a crash course on making textures, teaching you how to combine @Substance3D , @Photoshop & @pixologic to make Stylized PBR textures. Still a lot of polish to do, but it's such a fun workflow <3 #SpanishTown #Unreal4 #Environmentart

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@thiagoklafke

1 year

Are you an environment artist looking to make large 3D environments out of your own ideas? Then this course that I created might be able to help you! New @ArtStationHQ blog post:

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@thiagoklafke

5 months

Demonstration of the architectural shader I created for @100Thieves ' Bank Heist #UEFN map. With this, our tiny team was able to cover 90% of the architectural needs, creating a lot of different looks with just a few texture maps :) The effect is very simple, it's just a

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@thiagoklafke

4 years

New tutorial up on my Youtube! Learn how to quickly model tileable textures. Same technique I used on my Roof Tile tutorial to get basic shapes. Especially great for stylized shapes!🎨 📺 📺 #environmentart #tutorial #gameart #texturing

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@thiagoklafke

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Explore the cozy and relaxing streets of digital Spain in @thiagoklafke 's first-ever solo indie game made using Maya, Substance 3D, and Unity. Play the game for free: #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #3dart #environmentart #unity #unity3d #games

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@thiagoklafke

4 months

📷 Implementing Dynamic Depth of Field on my game. Still doesn't work 100%, can look pretty awesome in some situations😍 #madewithunity #hdrp #indiedeveloper #environmentart

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@thiagoklafke

5 months

🎨 #EnvArtTips : Pay close attention to texture compression settings to strike the best balance between memory usage vs look. Here's an example of a 1k uncompressed normal map vs a 2k with highest compression. Double the resolution, almost half the memory :) #EnvArtMastery

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@thiagoklafke

4 years

🎨 Damaged Plaster Wall Blend Material #SpanishTown #Unreal4 #Substance #Zbrush #Texturing -

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@thiagoklafke

3 years

I'm happy to announce that I now work as a Principal Environment Artist at Lightspeed LA/Tencent! I had a blast working at Blizzard and leave many friends behind, and I'm very excited about what the future holds! Cheers!🥂

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@thiagoklafke

4 years

Another @Substance3D #texture for tonight! Going for that nice #Dishonored look with very minimal graph work :) Pretty happy with how this workflow is turning out! #ProceduralArt #Stylized #environmentart

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@thiagoklafke

4 months

These #blockout shots of Pokemon Sword are so cool! Awesome to see the game at such an early stage: #gamedev

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@thiagoklafke

3 years

Wrote a blog post about lighting techniques used in the #ResidentEvil3 remake. This game is a master class of lighting! #environmentart #lighting

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@thiagoklafke

4 years

Quick substance doodle from last night, nothing Earth shattering but I'm starting to learn how to get some nice stylized shapes very easily :) #proceduralArt #substancedesigner #texturing

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@thiagoklafke

6 months

Another amazing environment just finished by an #EnvArtMastery member! This one is by Caden Harman. Really love how chunky and sculpted it looks. It's the kind of workflow that's much more doable these days with nanite and lumen. AS post:

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@thiagoklafke

5 months

🎥Learn how to make 🪟 Parallax Windows 🪟 in this new FULL #tutorial : I create the textures in #SubstanceDesigner and finish in Unreal, making the shader from scratch. (Unity option also included). #3dEnvironmentArt #UnrealEngine #madewithunity

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@thiagoklafke

3 years

#SpanishTown Snapshots A ground material created with a combination of #SubstanceDesigner and #Photoshop 🎨 Very similar to my Roof tile tutorial > Loving this workflow!

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@thiagoklafke

5 months

This is insane. Tango Gameworks made Hi-Fi Rush and Ghostwire Tokyo, two excellent games. Corporate mentality is such a negative force in this world. It's destroying creativity, the environment, individual freedoms, communities, and our collective health (physical and mental).

ᴀʏɪ sᴀɴᴄʜᴇᴢ

@ayi_sanchez

5 months

When you been having that gut feeling for a while, till the point you leave. Very sad day. Zenimax merger was a big mistake, was a great company that cared for its teams and games. MS money cant buy you love. I feel now for my beloved MG and Arkane.

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@thiagoklafke

2 years

My Office Tutorial is now free! This tutorial has helped thousands of people during the past years, and now I hope it will continue to do so :) Learn all about modularity, trim sheets, and Photoshop texturing workflow! Only on Gumroad: #environmentart

Make an Office In Unreal 4 - Complete Package

Create Complex 3D Modular Environments Using Simple Techniques!Making environments from scratch can often be a daunting task. There are infinite ways to accomplish something and endless techniques ...

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@thiagoklafke

3 years

We showed some new PVP maps today, here's one that I had the pleasure of contributing to!

Overwatch

@PlayOverwatch

3 years

Rock to that Rio rhythm in Overwatch 2. Points of interest: 🐸 Club Sinestesia 🦚 Peacock Payload 🥣 Oh! Lucio-Oh’s!

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@thiagoklafke

8 months

Another great example of this phased approach by @alannporfirio . Level design > Art blockout with flat colors > Base texture pass > Finalization. #EnvArtMastery #EnvironmentArt #LevelDesign #Blockout #GameDev

𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙖𝙜𝙤 𝙆𝙡𝙖𝙛𝙠𝙚

@thiagoklafke

8 months

🏆ᴇɴᴠɪʀᴏɴᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴀʀᴛ ɴᴜɢɢᴇᴛꜱ🏆 It's relatively easy to make a #LevelDesign #Blockout ... But much harder to finalize it! If you have difficulty going from blockout to final and tend to get bogged down with details too early, read on... As environment artists, we want to

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@thiagoklafke

2 years

#CreatorJourney 2001➡️2022... 21 years later, and the similarities between my first map and the latest are uncanny 🤣 #environmentart #unrealengine #goldsrc

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@thiagoklafke

3 months

My latest work, Spanish Town, is now published on @ArtStationHQ ! Had a blast working on this, hope you enjoy exploring these streets! 👉 #EnvironmentArt #Stylized3DArt #3DGameArt

Spanish Town, Thiago Klafke☀️

[Learn] http://environmentartmastery.com/ [Play] https://minos.itch.io/spanish-town . Spanish Town is an immersive 3D experience, that I originally started as a way to document my entire process and...

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@thiagoklafke

10 months

A big advantage of using #AdaptiveLightProbes for lighting in #Unity , is it generates smooth gradients, which is perfect for Normal Edge #Decals . With #lightmaps , this effect gets broken sometimes, because lightmapping introduces seams. Here's the same area in Unity vs Unreal.

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@thiagoklafke

8 months

A few years back I was working on an "Industrial Warehouse" #EnvironmentArt tutorial that I never completed. Soon some of the best videos will start hitting my Youtube channel... This will be a good one for modularity and texturing. Stay tuned ;) 🎥 > <🎥

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@thiagoklafke

4 years

Here's my work on #Overwatch #Junkertown ! Working on this map was such a pleasure, I had a lot of fun🤗 Head over to my #Artstation to watch a making of video, time-lapses and screenshots 🥰🥰 Have a good sunday everyone! #EnvironmentArt #3dArt #GameArt

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@thiagoklafke

4 months

Redid the near backdrop in the #SpanishTown with a highway. Also added some cars🚗 I only have one model now, but will add more variations later😁 #environmentart #madewithunity #indiegamedev #stylizedart

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@thiagoklafke

1 year

Environment Art Mastery celebrates one year🍾🥂 Since then, talented artists unlocked their potential and created amazing 3D environments. In this video, I showcase diverse works created by members, and share five qualities to become a great artist! 📺 📺

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@thiagoklafke

5 years

Throne Room - Temple of Utu. Unreal 4 environment developed in colaboration with my good friend Martin Holmberg. #Unreal #unrealengine #madewithunreal More on:

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𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙖𝙜𝙤 𝙆𝙡𝙖𝙛𝙠𝙚

@thiagoklafke

4 years

It's been 200x more work than I anticipated when I started a push during the break to release Sampa VR, but I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel! Can't wait to get it out of the door and go back to the Spanish Town tut😁 #madewithunreal #OculusRift #VR #Cyberpunk

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@thiagoklafke

4 years

My texturing tutorial is finally releasing on 7/28 ✈️ As a thank you all for your massive support, you can pre-order it now for a 30% discount using this link 😊 Just 5 more days and it's in your hands! Very excited!🤩 #environmentart #tutorial #texture

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@thiagoklafke

1 year

Advertise your account with ONE image:

Renaud Galand

@RenaudGaland

1 year

I could probably find a few different images, but(t) let's be real.🎯🍑

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@thiagoklafke

3 months

25 years later, Quake III: Arena still looks amazing! Such a timeless art style <3

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@thiagoklafke

1 year

Here’s an excellent example of a design blockout by Jenny. Before doing any texturing, coloring, or complex modeling, it really pays off to solve the theme and composition of a map in the simplest form, in editor. When this phase is done well, the rest becomes much easier!

Jenny Cornelia | 3D Environment Artist 🇳🇴

@JennyCANyborg

1 year

A little blockout update on the environment! I’m making a stave church in the back! 😄 #3Dart #3Dartist #blockout #gamedev

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@thiagoklafke

2 years

It's about time I start posting stuff that's not OW :D Fixing that soon! Happy #ArtStationDay !

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@thiagoklafke

4 years

After a break, I'm back to working on the Spanish Village tutorial full time! Here's a WIP of my blockout kit, a small library of primitives to prototype levels. It's a pleasure to build levels this way. It's intuitive, fast and everything stays on the grid :) #leveldesign

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@thiagoklafke

8 months

Like many here, I was also laid off back in Nov🥂While the industry sorts itself out, I'm using the next 6 months to make a game! This is something that I've wanted to do since I was a kid 😊Here are my first steps: #madewithunity #gamedev #indiegamedev

Creating a framework for my INDIE game! | Unity Game Dev Log

Contrary to popular belief, you can't just hook up some visual scripting nodes ad-hoc to make a game. In this video I talk about my approach to developing a ...

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@thiagoklafke

4 years

New project up on @ArtStationHQ , #Kanezaka , which went live today on @PlayOverwatch ! Being a sucker for modern Japanese architecture, working on this map was a dream come true 😃 + pictures 👉

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@thiagoklafke

11 months

𝙉𝙚𝙤𝙏𝙤𝙠𝙮𝙤 21𝙓𝙓 | "Most individuals live in corporate skyscrapers, their basic needs cared for by automation, their minds permanently tuned into a fake digital reality. The old world was abandoned, deemed unfit to live by the WEF world government. However, the old streets

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@thiagoklafke

4 years

New Overwatch map dropping soon! Had a blast working on this one! Was so fun to recreate some of the areas I saw in Japan when I visited 2 years ago. LD by @Mazynade , Architecture by me and @HelderHP , lighting by @FabienChristin & many others who contributed to this map :)

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4 years

✅ Picturesque View 📸 ✅ Rich History 🏯 ✅ Seedy Nightlcub 🎶 ✅ Cat Cafe 🐈 What are you waiting for? Kanezaka, Overwatch's newest Free-For-All map, is now testing on the PTR!

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@thiagoklafke

1 year

Putting the finishing touches on a new video breaking down the #Substance3d graph for this texture. Nothing crazy, but a nice impressionist texture made out of a few simple nodes. Stay tuned if you love stylized texturing! 🎨 Coming soon:

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@thiagoklafke

7 months

Really proud of Gaël for finishing this scene in record time! It looks amazing. Love all the little details and how sharp it looks. Nailed the stylized style ;)

Gaël Le Rétif

@KayaDLX

7 months

I'm proud to finally present my new 3D Environment Art piece I had the pleasure of working on for the past three months ✨ #EnvArtMastery #EnvironmentArt #3DArt #UnrealEngine5

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@thiagoklafke

1 year

Our humble @ArtStationHQ art blast for @100Thieves #BankHeist #UEFN map is now live :) Was very special to work with a small team of passionate devs on this. Here's the environment work that I did for the Bronx and Modern areas, plus some breakdowns: 👉

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𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙖𝙜𝙤 𝙆𝙡𝙖𝙛𝙠𝙚

@thiagoklafke

5 months

Another really cool rendition of the #EnvArtMastery #tutorial . Fun to see how similar from the Spanish Town the layout is, but at the same time how unique the map is. Great job! ❤️ 🎥Tutorial on:

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@thiagoklafke

2 years

Excited to share some cool news!🎉 I recently joined @100Thieves as Director of World Art on @100T_ProjectX , collaborating with leading developers, content creators, and pro players to make the game we all want to play. Linkedin post with a bit more info:

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@thiagoklafke

10 months

🖌️🎨Nothing like a good dose of vertex painting in the morning to really bring everything together 🤟😁🤟 #Unity #HDRP #stylized #EnvironmentArt #3DArt #WIP #GameDev #LevelDesign #SpanishTown

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@thiagoklafke

1 year

1hr demo from last night. Gave me a time limit to see if I could create a base to work from. I can finish this in any workflow I want... megascanned textures, stylized tiles, or even paint it all in Substance Painter. No matter the end, the process is the same. #EnvArtMastery

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@thiagoklafke

1 year

@AenderLara Still want to go back to this sci-fi scene :)

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@thiagoklafke

5 years

Long time no posting on @polycount ! Just updated my @PlayOverwatch Overwatch thread with the work I did on Oasis map. This was a very challenging map to make, but one that I'm very happy with the results!

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@thiagoklafke

2 years

My favorite environment art technique is the "𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵". It consists of making "good enough" assets quickly and hiding how simple they are. The terrain in this backdrop was made out of one mountain mesh made in 30 minutes. The fog does all the heavy lifting on this one😄

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@thiagoklafke

3 years

WIP cliffs for the #Spanishtown environment! #UnrealEngine #Zbrush #SubstancePainter

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