Day 71: Godot Fire!
Trying Godot’s particle for the first time. Wanted to make a low-resolution fire. Fire base image from Kenney.
Polyglot Software Engineer and PostgreSQL Database Architect with 30 years of experience, a specialist in data modeling, software, and system architecture. Current stack: Elixir and Phoenix since 2015. From Curitiba 🇧🇷, living in Copenhagen 🇩🇰.
Hyper-learner, indie game developer and aspiring 3D digital artist.
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Day 69: Abandoned Observatory Finished
Very satisfied with the final result. I could see this model being used in a PS1-like horror game. Today I did the UV Mapping and texturing. Tried to...
Day 68: Abandoned Observatory Textures Ripped
This is taking longer than anticipated. But the next step is done: texture sheet for the observatory. Ripped with Shoebox. Process
Day 67: Abandoned Underwater Observatory Modeled
Modeled a abandoned underwater observatory, stick to a grid, the intention is to make a PS1-like building. Process
Day 66: Stylized Grass with Material Maker
Learning resource: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbeB0YHxZQQ Process
Day 65: Material Maker First Contact
Material Maker is a free and open-source alternative to Substance Designer. Of course, a lot of features are missing (and there’s no Undo), but...
Day 64: Sci-Fi Table UV Mapped
Next step from daily: Day 61: Low Poly Sci-Fi Breakfast Table. Process
Day 63: Video about UV, UV unwrapping, and mapping
I decided to record a video about UV fundamentals and concepts. I tried to simplify the concepts as much as I could and I think I did a good job with...
Day 62: Blender UV Mapping Refresher
From time to time, it seems I completely forget everything about UV Mapping. It is still the 3D skill that I’m the least knowledgeable about,...
Day 61: Low Poly Sci-Fi Breakfast Table
Modeled props for a breakfast PS1 scene – still not textured. Learning resource: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVl9N20Tt8Y Process
Day 60: Video about my 2 Months of Dailies
Up until today I still haven’t talked about my Dailies on my main YouTube channel. So today, since it’s a very special day, in which I reached 60 days...
Day 59: Colorful Seamless Wood Texture
Found a colorful tree bark today, took a photo and tried to make it seamless with Gimp Offset + Clone tool (down to 256Ă—256 resolution). Reference
Day 58: Ape HODL AMC versus Greedy Hedgie
Inspired by a cartoon with an unfortunate unreadable signature (if you know the author, please let me know), I created a 3D composition of it and...
Day 57: AMC Building Textured
Today was one of those days in which I feel that I lost all my abilities. It took me a long time to unwrap yesterday’s model and then more time to...
Day 56: AMC Theater Base Mesh
Modeling a cool building of an AMC Theater. Reason? $AMC. Due to excitement with the $AMC stock, I lost track of time and haven’t managed to texture...
Day 54: Low Poly Human Head
When modeling things like these, I remember why in the first place I avoid modeling the human figure. Even with reference, it’s hard to get something...
Day 55: Low Poly Man Body
Continuing from yesterday’s head, I modeled the body. Again, not completely perfect, but fits a PS1 model perfectly. It’s actually even too high poly....
Day 53: Substance Designer Color Map (Base and Metalic)
Finally came back to my first Substance Designer project. This time, create the colormap for the ceiling, with a bit of metallic and roughness in the...
Day 52: Recorded and published a new kind of video to my YouTube channel
My wife played one of my games for the first time, we recorded the reaction and it was edited and published today to my gamedev channel, Cria Jogo.
Day 51: Play Station 1 Trimsheet Environment
Little PS1-like island, with real-time shadows and light. Learning resource: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcmO6Sxmq14 Process
Day 50: Further The Spectrum Soup fixes and media material
I finally fixed the “no hear” pose, because the arms were still merging into the body. I also added a “go back to museum” mechanism, created GIFs and...
Day 49: Fixes and Additions to my Ludum Dare game
Creative work today was all about fixing my Ludum Dare Game Jam game,. Fixes: Increased mouse sensitivity F to continue dialog, instead of Enter Fixed...
Day 48: PS1 Silent Hill inspired Terrain in Blender, grid perfect
Learning Resource: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcmO6Sxmq14
Day 47: Developed my LDJam 48 Game
After 3 days of work, alone, the game is finished, 2 hours short of the end of the Jam from Ludum Dare 48! Production Notes Made in 72 hours, from...
Day 46: Final PS1 Art for Ludum Dare
Finished the art for Ludum Dare 48. A human base mesh has been rigged from scratch and I created one static pose so far (need 12).
Day 45: PS1 Props for Ludum Dare
I’m taking part on the 48th Ludum Dare Game Jam and I’m making a PS1 stylized 3D Game. Today I did most of the props. Process
Day 43: IK Refresher
In ancitipation to Ludum Dare this Saturday. This was frustrating. Hopefully, I won’t forget it anymore. Process This painting is called “FRUSTRATION”...
Day 42: The Journey to Make a Game in 3 Days – A Ludum Dare Documentary
April last year, I participated in the game jam Ludum Dare, where I created a game from scratch in 72 hours. Everything was created from zero by me:...
Day 41: Blender Suzanne Painted
How smooth can we get Suzanne from Blender? And then how stylized?
Day 40: PS1 Tree
A model from scratch from one of my favorite styles – PlayStation 1 stylized 3D art! Process
Day 39: Trying Natural Stylistic 3D Paint Overs
I picked Day 25: The Day we got Stranded in the Sand and tried to make it look like it has been sketched a long time ago. I initially followed a...
Day 38: The Hideous Pasta Toast
Using SVG to model an object. Process Models Credits [3D] Toast Prop (https://skfb.ly/6SWPx) by CwemKeeki Tomato (https://skfb.ly/6ASPn) by mazurenko...
Day 37: Dogs that I love
I modeled the PS1 Dachshund and the rocket last year, and then February this year, I animated the spin animation and added Dogecoin into the texture....
Day 36: Procedural Ornamented Wall
The maps applied in a mesh can be seen below. Unfortunately there’s some broken edges (aliased, lots of small triangles), and I discovered I have to...
Day 35: How it really feels at the Dentist
Went to the dentist today for a simple cleanup. Regardless, I always freak out, and with today’s daily, I made a composition to express what I keep...
Day 34: Making a Digital Quiller Color Wheel
I had the book Color Choices laying around and I decided to re-read it now that I’m into art daily. Turns out it’s exactly what I need in this...
Day 33: Substance Designer First Contact – Procedural Ceiling
Love at first sight with Substance Designer. Following a tutorial. Process
Day 32: Yellow House Heavy Paint Style
I picked up the house I made on Day 29 and tried to paint it using the HEAVY PAINT style. Some colors inspired by gouaches from James Gurney.
Day 31: Animatronic Frog Plays At Night
Inspired by a concept art made by Varguy. Frames Process
Day 30: Thirty days of Dailies. What have I learned so far?
30 days ago I started my project “Dailies” in order to improve at digital art. A few days later, the focus broadened to allow creating a creative...
Day 29: Children’s Drawing Squared House and Car
My wife found in Skagen – Denmark, a rectangular and squared yellow house and a white car, just like children’s drawings – she even said: “oh this is...
Day 28: New video: tools to explain anything and have fewer meetings
Recorded, edited, and published the accompanying video of the article that I wrote for daily 12: Free tools you can use to explain ANYTHING without...
Day 27: Cute Frog but wrong Interpolation
I modeled and textured this cute frog following the concept and video Blender for Beginners: Easy Froggy! by Mar (@marcelaylucin). After I finished...
Day 26: Life Stuck on Space
Life stuck on space. Process
Day 25: The Day we got Stranded in the Sand
Based on a real situation that happened to me in Skagen – Denmark. “Maria vai com as outras“. References Process UPDATE: Post-processing Review I...
Day 24: 80s Wireframe Chiptune Synced
Added music and audio sync animation to the daily 22. Resources Chiptune loop: HIGH ENERGY CHIPTUNE ♫ Biscuits – Evan King Syncing audio using shape...
Day 22: Cliché 80s Wireframe Animation
Resource used: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnLsktA4gmY
