@awkblue.bsky.social
GreasePencil & #blender3d enthusiast. He/Him
No AI/NFT
No AI/NFT
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I’ve seen the first two myself over the past year. The third is not very surprising.
Google's AI summaries are
- killing traffic to legitimate sites
- producing summaries that can be wrong
- in the long run probably making you a dumbass
www.404media.co/googles-ai-i...
- killing traffic to legitimate sites
- producing summaries that can be wrong
- in the long run probably making you a dumbass
www.404media.co/googles-ai-i...
Google’s AI Is Destroying Search, the Internet, and Your Brain
Google’s AI Overview, which is easy to fool into stating nonsense as fact, is stopping people from finding and supporting small businesses and credible sources.
www.404media.co
July 24, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I’ve seen the first two myself over the past year. The third is not very surprising.
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Just upgraded to a new version of Acrobat, and... look.
I am reading a friend's NOVEL. Something I WANT to read. For ENJOYMENT.
Fuck off into the sun and take your designer with you.
I am reading a friend's NOVEL. Something I WANT to read. For ENJOYMENT.
Fuck off into the sun and take your designer with you.
May 30, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Just upgraded to a new version of Acrobat, and... look.
I am reading a friend's NOVEL. Something I WANT to read. For ENJOYMENT.
Fuck off into the sun and take your designer with you.
I am reading a friend's NOVEL. Something I WANT to read. For ENJOYMENT.
Fuck off into the sun and take your designer with you.
Lost in this otherwise great video about how a software dies, there is this bit about shortcuts, and how people don't use them. I feel like #blender3d needs to hear this
youtu.be/Yqaon6YHzaU?...
youtu.be/Yqaon6YHzaU?...
Finale - How Music Software Dies
YouTube video by Tantacrul
youtu.be
May 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Lost in this otherwise great video about how a software dies, there is this bit about shortcuts, and how people don't use them. I feel like #blender3d needs to hear this
youtu.be/Yqaon6YHzaU?...
youtu.be/Yqaon6YHzaU?...
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I... think I did it? Live fracture in Geometry Nodes. All existing solutions I could find were permanent one-way operations or slow/lossy voxel-based approaches. I won't share this because it's very specific to my needs, but I'll give a simple breakdown in the thread below. 👇🧵
#b3d
#b3d
April 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I... think I did it? Live fracture in Geometry Nodes. All existing solutions I could find were permanent one-way operations or slow/lossy voxel-based approaches. I won't share this because it's very specific to my needs, but I'll give a simple breakdown in the thread below. 👇🧵
#b3d
#b3d
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Quad modelling is ONLY needed for clean even subdivision and for fast ring/loop selections. Beyond that it doesn't do anything at all, and when exported than imported into games is triangulated.
Triangles are a useful part of efficient game modelling.
Quads are just a tool to get there.
Triangles are a useful part of efficient game modelling.
Quads are just a tool to get there.
Ok I gotta know, I've seen debates about this. Is it super imperative to maintain good quad topology when 3D modelling, or are there cases where botching some triangles will suffice? Like what are the rules there?
March 31, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Quad modelling is ONLY needed for clean even subdivision and for fast ring/loop selections. Beyond that it doesn't do anything at all, and when exported than imported into games is triangulated.
Triangles are a useful part of efficient game modelling.
Quads are just a tool to get there.
Triangles are a useful part of efficient game modelling.
Quads are just a tool to get there.
Now seems like a good time to remind everyone of this excellent moderation list you can subscribe to if you don't want to have to see any AI images in your feed.
You're going to need it
bsky.app/profile/aimo...
You're going to need it
bsky.app/profile/aimo...
bsky.app
March 28, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Now seems like a good time to remind everyone of this excellent moderation list you can subscribe to if you don't want to have to see any AI images in your feed.
You're going to need it
bsky.app/profile/aimo...
You're going to need it
bsky.app/profile/aimo...
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Select some objects, press shift + A and then add squash and stretch rig
ko-fi.com/s/fb558aa17b
ko-fi.com/s/fb558aa17b
Squash & Stretch Rig Blender Add-on - Kai 's Ko-fi Shop
This Blender add-on creates automatically a squash & stretch lattice rig for your mesh objects.
ko-fi.com
March 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Select some objects, press shift + A and then add squash and stretch rig
ko-fi.com/s/fb558aa17b
ko-fi.com/s/fb558aa17b
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Still on my mind. What concerns me about this shift more than anything is while it can be marketed as a means of creators bucking the system, this additional financial burden can only be taken on by a fraction of artists, thus gentrifying the medium even further.
Today’s studios are looking for the next SpongeBob or Bluey, but they don’t want to be the ones to nurture it. Instead, the onus is gradually shifting onto the creator. You do the campaigning, you spend the money, and once all risk has been mitigated, then the big studios will come in.
In animation we hear "We want the next Bluey". The cost of doing business used to be making a hundred shows to get a Spongebob. All the other shows? A lot will still make money, and the talent who worked on them could give you the next Bluey.
March 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Still on my mind. What concerns me about this shift more than anything is while it can be marketed as a means of creators bucking the system, this additional financial burden can only be taken on by a fraction of artists, thus gentrifying the medium even further.
Wow greasepencil v3 brushes are... interesting.
Now there is only the "brush" tool, which uses brushes which contain the fields : gpencil_tool (!) but also gpencil_vertex_tool, gpencil_sculpt_tool, gpencil_weight_tool ? (and that's only the gp stuff! sculpt etc is also in there)
Nice one #blender3d
Now there is only the "brush" tool, which uses brushes which contain the fields : gpencil_tool (!) but also gpencil_vertex_tool, gpencil_sculpt_tool, gpencil_weight_tool ? (and that's only the gp stuff! sculpt etc is also in there)
Nice one #blender3d
March 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Wow greasepencil v3 brushes are... interesting.
Now there is only the "brush" tool, which uses brushes which contain the fields : gpencil_tool (!) but also gpencil_vertex_tool, gpencil_sculpt_tool, gpencil_weight_tool ? (and that's only the gp stuff! sculpt etc is also in there)
Nice one #blender3d
Now there is only the "brush" tool, which uses brushes which contain the fields : gpencil_tool (!) but also gpencil_vertex_tool, gpencil_sculpt_tool, gpencil_weight_tool ? (and that's only the gp stuff! sculpt etc is also in there)
Nice one #blender3d
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Here’s my last start-to-finish painting courses featured in The Landscape Painting Studio. I’ll show how to paint these along with me through detailed step-by-step videos.
JimMusil.com/learn
Doors open for a limited time.
JimMusil.com/learn
Doors open for a limited time.
February 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Here’s my last start-to-finish painting courses featured in The Landscape Painting Studio. I’ll show how to paint these along with me through detailed step-by-step videos.
JimMusil.com/learn
Doors open for a limited time.
JimMusil.com/learn
Doors open for a limited time.
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#geometrynodes tool made for the pwnishers new challenge. Plane is going to be far away so its good enough for now. #b3d
February 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
#geometrynodes tool made for the pwnishers new challenge. Plane is going to be far away so its good enough for now. #b3d
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March 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Throw back to over 2 years ago?!
At that time I was developing a real-time paint stroke post-processing package for Unity. I moved on because some of the tech + learning in that unlocked an even cooler rendering pipeline that I'm using in our current game.
#gamedev #unity #realtimevfx #techart
At that time I was developing a real-time paint stroke post-processing package for Unity. I moved on because some of the tech + learning in that unlocked an even cooler rendering pipeline that I'm using in our current game.
#gamedev #unity #realtimevfx #techart
March 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Throw back to over 2 years ago?!
At that time I was developing a real-time paint stroke post-processing package for Unity. I moved on because some of the tech + learning in that unlocked an even cooler rendering pipeline that I'm using in our current game.
#gamedev #unity #realtimevfx #techart
At that time I was developing a real-time paint stroke post-processing package for Unity. I moved on because some of the tech + learning in that unlocked an even cooler rendering pipeline that I'm using in our current game.
#gamedev #unity #realtimevfx #techart
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UI is a very overlooked part of DCC software and probably way more make or break than it's given credit for. So many people are held back just because of UI confusion. It can even break an entire workflow if there's no tech artist to help cut down the bloated interaction cost for the team.
March 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
UI is a very overlooked part of DCC software and probably way more make or break than it's given credit for. So many people are held back just because of UI confusion. It can even break an entire workflow if there's no tech artist to help cut down the bloated interaction cost for the team.
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AAA games industry: live service, multiplayer, season passes, gazillion dollar budgets, laying off half their staff even if the products are successful
Meanwhile at Okomotive: Here’s a linear adventure game about going up a mountain with a bunch of weird yaks RT if u agree🥰
Meanwhile at Okomotive: Here’s a linear adventure game about going up a mountain with a bunch of weird yaks RT if u agree🥰
March 7, 2025 at 7:55 AM
AAA games industry: live service, multiplayer, season passes, gazillion dollar budgets, laying off half their staff even if the products are successful
Meanwhile at Okomotive: Here’s a linear adventure game about going up a mountain with a bunch of weird yaks RT if u agree🥰
Meanwhile at Okomotive: Here’s a linear adventure game about going up a mountain with a bunch of weird yaks RT if u agree🥰
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I want to talk a bit about blender's UI design philosophy and why I think it hurts its adoption. Just as right now, the memes are Flow-ing about people opening up blender again for the hundredth time with intent to learn it, and giving up soon after.
A #blender3d #b3d thread 👇
A #blender3d #b3d thread 👇
March 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I want to talk a bit about blender's UI design philosophy and why I think it hurts its adoption. Just as right now, the memes are Flow-ing about people opening up blender again for the hundredth time with intent to learn it, and giving up soon after.
A #blender3d #b3d thread 👇
A #blender3d #b3d thread 👇
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FEBRUARY 28TH 10AM PST!!!!!!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf7b...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf7b...
Pretty Pretty Please I Don’t Want to be a Magical Girl (PILOT)
YouTube video by Kiana Khansmith
www.youtube.com
February 28, 2025 at 5:09 AM
FEBRUARY 28TH 10AM PST!!!!!!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf7b...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf7b...
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Underdogs Win! Latvia’s ‘Flow’ and Iran’s ‘In the Shadow of the Cypress’ win Oscars. The winners in both the feature and short animation categories are huge upsets by little films that weren’t backed by money, celebrity, or power.
www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/under...
www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/under...
Underdogs Win! Latvia's 'Flow' And Iran's 'In The Shadow Of The Cypress' Win Oscars
Both the feature and short animation categories were huge upsets by little films that weren't backed by money, celebrity, or power.
www.cartoonbrew.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Underdogs Win! Latvia’s ‘Flow’ and Iran’s ‘In the Shadow of the Cypress’ win Oscars. The winners in both the feature and short animation categories are huge upsets by little films that weren’t backed by money, celebrity, or power.
www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/under...
www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/under...
When I joined bluesky I was kind of sad about missing out on all the cool blender developments and experiments happening.
After a lot of searching, I'm so pleased to have found it again!
I know there are many others out there but my starter pack has now reached 50 accounts!
go.bsky.app/T275pUK
After a lot of searching, I'm so pleased to have found it again!
I know there are many others out there but my starter pack has now reached 50 accounts!
go.bsky.app/T275pUK
March 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
When I joined bluesky I was kind of sad about missing out on all the cool blender developments and experiments happening.
After a lot of searching, I'm so pleased to have found it again!
I know there are many others out there but my starter pack has now reached 50 accounts!
go.bsky.app/T275pUK
After a lot of searching, I'm so pleased to have found it again!
I know there are many others out there but my starter pack has now reached 50 accounts!
go.bsky.app/T275pUK
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📻 Unpopular opinion: Blender forces you to learn it's hotkeys 'cause the GUI has hidden operators and the hotkey editor is terrible - so customizing them is hard. If it's key editor was easy, and all operators exposed to the GUI, then there wouldn't need a mastery of hotkeys.
February 7, 2025 at 2:04 AM
📻 Unpopular opinion: Blender forces you to learn it's hotkeys 'cause the GUI has hidden operators and the hotkey editor is terrible - so customizing them is hard. If it's key editor was easy, and all operators exposed to the GUI, then there wouldn't need a mastery of hotkeys.
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Hey #blender #b3d folks on BlueSky! Here's a starterpack for y'all. Qote/reskeet with your starter packs. Let's get together and feel alright! go.bsky.app/6QoxFBT
November 14, 2024 at 5:24 AM
Hey #blender #b3d folks on BlueSky! Here's a starterpack for y'all. Qote/reskeet with your starter packs. Let's get together and feel alright! go.bsky.app/6QoxFBT
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Little Big Woolly Planet #b3d #procedural
November 7, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Little Big Woolly Planet #b3d #procedural