Amin Ica
@aminica.bsky.social
Musician trying to breathe life to songs with moving images.
Didn't have much time to work on the project since I'm preparing to change countries for my new job. Even so I'm pretty happy with where it's going, I'm finally enjoying creating again.
#MotionDesign #GameDev #VectorIllustration #Mosaic #AfterEffects #AffinityDesigner #MusicVideo #WIP
#MotionDesign #GameDev #VectorIllustration #Mosaic #AfterEffects #AffinityDesigner #MusicVideo #WIP
February 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Didn't have much time to work on the project since I'm preparing to change countries for my new job. Even so I'm pretty happy with where it's going, I'm finally enjoying creating again.
#MotionDesign #GameDev #VectorIllustration #Mosaic #AfterEffects #AffinityDesigner #MusicVideo #WIP
#MotionDesign #GameDev #VectorIllustration #Mosaic #AfterEffects #AffinityDesigner #MusicVideo #WIP
February 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Testing the production pipeline between #AfterEffects and #AffinityDesigner. I'm used to draw with both so for now I think #Affinity will be used for main vector shapes then port them to #AE to continue drawing for proper control of #Animation and #PostProduction.
#WIP #MotionDesign #Illustration
#WIP #MotionDesign #Illustration
February 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Testing the production pipeline between #AfterEffects and #AffinityDesigner. I'm used to draw with both so for now I think #Affinity will be used for main vector shapes then port them to #AE to continue drawing for proper control of #Animation and #PostProduction.
#WIP #MotionDesign #Illustration
#WIP #MotionDesign #Illustration
Past days were stranger : as soon as I decided that #gamedev wasn't for me, a company hired me for... gamedev 😅 But I'm pretty happy with the new life ahead of me.
Spent a bit of time shifting my musical project so now I'm back to my roots : #Vector #Illustation and #MotionDesign
#IndieDev #Art
Spent a bit of time shifting my musical project so now I'm back to my roots : #Vector #Illustation and #MotionDesign
#IndieDev #Art
February 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Past days were stranger : as soon as I decided that #gamedev wasn't for me, a company hired me for... gamedev 😅 But I'm pretty happy with the new life ahead of me.
Spent a bit of time shifting my musical project so now I'm back to my roots : #Vector #Illustation and #MotionDesign
#IndieDev #Art
Spent a bit of time shifting my musical project so now I'm back to my roots : #Vector #Illustation and #MotionDesign
#IndieDev #Art
I decided to walk away from #gamedev for my musical project. Like many times before, as soon as I reach the dev part of the project it just feels like endless debugging and compensating for the lack of tools that I'm used to have in graphic and motion design. I just don't enjoy it.
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January 31, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I decided to walk away from #gamedev for my musical project. Like many times before, as soon as I reach the dev part of the project it just feels like endless debugging and compensating for the lack of tools that I'm used to have in graphic and motion design. I just don't enjoy it.
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Spent 2 days making my own custom importer for TexturePacker sprites since their addon only imports AtlasTextures with no 2D PBR support.
Now it imports all spritesheets and creates Sprite2D PackedScenes already populated with PBR maps.
#IndieDev #WIP #GodotEngine #TechArt #2D #GameDev
Now it imports all spritesheets and creates Sprite2D PackedScenes already populated with PBR maps.
#IndieDev #WIP #GodotEngine #TechArt #2D #GameDev
January 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
#wip of the day : adopting a more #animation centric approach by using simple tricks for rotations and scene building. I'm removing more and more stuff : lighting, translucency, procedural placement...
Still trying to find the right look and workflow 🤞
#indiedev #gamedev #2D #rhythmgame #mobile
Still trying to find the right look and workflow 🤞
#indiedev #gamedev #2D #rhythmgame #mobile
January 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
#wip of the day : adopting a more #animation centric approach by using simple tricks for rotations and scene building. I'm removing more and more stuff : lighting, translucency, procedural placement...
Still trying to find the right look and workflow 🤞
#indiedev #gamedev #2D #rhythmgame #mobile
Still trying to find the right look and workflow 🤞
#indiedev #gamedev #2D #rhythmgame #mobile
Goodness #lookdev is rough. A brawl with shaders, mobile performance, sprite masking, fake lighting, scene depth in forward rendering, texture quality and coding radial rotations.
Painful to compare the clean 2D look and the resulting game visual. I need tolerance.
#indiedev #gamedev
Painful to compare the clean 2D look and the resulting game visual. I need tolerance.
#indiedev #gamedev
January 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
What a long week
- switch from #3D to #2.5D pipeline
- #2D #illustration export > draw normals > pack to spritesheet
- local version control setup + rethink project folder structure
- #UnrealEngine project setup for #mobile
- #Blueprint for radial array (angles madness 😵💫)
#wip #indiedev #gamedev
- switch from #3D to #2.5D pipeline
- #2D #illustration export > draw normals > pack to spritesheet
- local version control setup + rethink project folder structure
- #UnrealEngine project setup for #mobile
- #Blueprint for radial array (angles madness 😵💫)
#wip #indiedev #gamedev
January 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
What a long week
- switch from #3D to #2.5D pipeline
- #2D #illustration export > draw normals > pack to spritesheet
- local version control setup + rethink project folder structure
- #UnrealEngine project setup for #mobile
- #Blueprint for radial array (angles madness 😵💫)
#wip #indiedev #gamedev
- switch from #3D to #2.5D pipeline
- #2D #illustration export > draw normals > pack to spritesheet
- local version control setup + rethink project folder structure
- #UnrealEngine project setup for #mobile
- #Blueprint for radial array (angles madness 😵💫)
#wip #indiedev #gamedev
Been in limbo between #2D and #3D workflows these past days. Doing vector art in #Blender is powerful but I get lost in the technicalities and don't get inspired. 2D is my cozy place, so I'll take it straight to #UnrealEngine and bring in 3D techniques progressively.
#indiedev #vectorart #gamedev
#indiedev #vectorart #gamedev
January 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Been in limbo between #2D and #3D workflows these past days. Doing vector art in #Blender is powerful but I get lost in the technicalities and don't get inspired. 2D is my cozy place, so I'll take it straight to #UnrealEngine and bring in 3D techniques progressively.
#indiedev #vectorart #gamedev
#indiedev #vectorart #gamedev
#indiedev #wip : So I brought the 2D scene into #Blender and the pipeline #vectordrawing > export texture > cutout each 3D mesh element > instantiate with #geometrynodes lacks flexibility. Iteration isn't good so I'm considering drawing curves directly in Blender but I need to test first.
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January 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
#indiedev #wip : So I brought the 2D scene into #Blender and the pipeline #vectordrawing > export texture > cutout each 3D mesh element > instantiate with #geometrynodes lacks flexibility. Iteration isn't good so I'm considering drawing curves directly in Blender but I need to test first.
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#wip of porting my #2D #illustration to the magic realm of #3D in #blender : cut-out a texture, made a script to display a radial grid and a #geometrynodes setup to instance stuff in a circle, still some stuff to iron out.
Oh and happy new year y'all !
#indiedev #gamedev #sologamedev #b3d
Oh and happy new year y'all !
#indiedev #gamedev #sologamedev #b3d
January 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
#wip of porting my #2D #illustration to the magic realm of #3D in #blender : cut-out a texture, made a script to display a radial grid and a #geometrynodes setup to instance stuff in a circle, still some stuff to iron out.
Oh and happy new year y'all !
#indiedev #gamedev #sologamedev #b3d
Oh and happy new year y'all !
#indiedev #gamedev #sologamedev #b3d
Ok done. This scene was important to get right because it will be used to test the style and animation in the game context.
Next step : bring this to the 3D realm 😬 It wil be tricky to replicate some 2D exclusive effects but it's an interesting challenge !
#wip #indiedev #2D #vectorillustration
Next step : bring this to the 3D realm 😬 It wil be tricky to replicate some 2D exclusive effects but it's an interesting challenge !
#wip #indiedev #2D #vectorillustration
December 27, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Ok done. This scene was important to get right because it will be used to test the style and animation in the game context.
Next step : bring this to the 3D realm 😬 It wil be tricky to replicate some 2D exclusive effects but it's an interesting challenge !
#wip #indiedev #2D #vectorillustration
Next step : bring this to the 3D realm 😬 It wil be tricky to replicate some 2D exclusive effects but it's an interesting challenge !
#wip #indiedev #2D #vectorillustration
Been struggling a bit to find the right style between #mosaics and #flat. I have a clear image in mind, the floor is in the right direction for example. I'm trying to nail a 2D / 3D esthetic.
Meanwhile, merry christmas y'all.
#indiegame #stylized #illustration
Meanwhile, merry christmas y'all.
#indiegame #stylized #illustration
December 26, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Been struggling a bit to find the right style between #mosaics and #flat. I have a clear image in mind, the floor is in the right direction for example. I'm trying to nail a 2D / 3D esthetic.
Meanwhile, merry christmas y'all.
#indiegame #stylized #illustration
Meanwhile, merry christmas y'all.
#indiegame #stylized #illustration
Been cursed by the god of #geometry and perfection. Had to create a #radial grid with 64px increments and snap everything to it. It was already pretty close but I needed to build it for the next illustrations since it's important to the lore.
I'm becoming Alcantara.
#indiedev #illustration #mosaic
I'm becoming Alcantara.
#indiedev #illustration #mosaic
December 20, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Been cursed by the god of #geometry and perfection. Had to create a #radial grid with 64px increments and snap everything to it. It was already pretty close but I needed to build it for the next illustrations since it's important to the lore.
I'm becoming Alcantara.
#indiedev #illustration #mosaic
I'm becoming Alcantara.
#indiedev #illustration #mosaic
Pattern :
1. be happy with my work
2. get excited about the future
3. start planning and anticipating stuff
4. do project structure and tooling
5. overload the mind with theorical solutions
6. brain is tired and wants me to leave it alone
7. no work done
But hey check this rad timeline design.
1. be happy with my work
2. get excited about the future
3. start planning and anticipating stuff
4. do project structure and tooling
5. overload the mind with theorical solutions
6. brain is tired and wants me to leave it alone
7. no work done
But hey check this rad timeline design.
December 19, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Pattern :
1. be happy with my work
2. get excited about the future
3. start planning and anticipating stuff
4. do project structure and tooling
5. overload the mind with theorical solutions
6. brain is tired and wants me to leave it alone
7. no work done
But hey check this rad timeline design.
1. be happy with my work
2. get excited about the future
3. start planning and anticipating stuff
4. do project structure and tooling
5. overload the mind with theorical solutions
6. brain is tired and wants me to leave it alone
7. no work done
But hey check this rad timeline design.
#wip of the day, experimented a lot on making plant art while still following #mosaic / #arabic geometric style. At first I went with classic stuff but it didn't fit so I just did my own thing.
#vectorillustation #vectordrawing #indiedev #gamedev #2dart
#vectorillustation #vectordrawing #indiedev #gamedev #2dart
December 17, 2024 at 6:41 PM
#wip of the day, experimented a lot on making plant art while still following #mosaic / #arabic geometric style. At first I went with classic stuff but it didn't fit so I just did my own thing.
#vectorillustation #vectordrawing #indiedev #gamedev #2dart
#vectorillustation #vectordrawing #indiedev #gamedev #2dart
Next iteration of the main scene, very interesting to see shapes, movement and ideas emerge from the geometry. Did I say I freaking love geometry ?
#indiedev #gamedev #vectorillustration #geometry #arabic #mosaic #rhythmgame #mobilegame
#indiedev #gamedev #vectorillustration #geometry #arabic #mosaic #rhythmgame #mobilegame
December 16, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Next iteration of the main scene, very interesting to see shapes, movement and ideas emerge from the geometry. Did I say I freaking love geometry ?
#indiedev #gamedev #vectorillustration #geometry #arabic #mosaic #rhythmgame #mobilegame
#indiedev #gamedev #vectorillustration #geometry #arabic #mosaic #rhythmgame #mobilegame
Pretty happy with where it's going, still pretty #wip and I need to figure out how to translate this 2D approach to 3D but for now it's better to leave the creative process unhindered.
#sologamedev #indiegamedev #rhythmgame #mobilegame #stylizedart #vectorillustation
#sologamedev #indiegamedev #rhythmgame #mobilegame #stylizedart #vectorillustation
December 13, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Pretty happy with where it's going, still pretty #wip and I need to figure out how to translate this 2D approach to 3D but for now it's better to leave the creative process unhindered.
#sologamedev #indiegamedev #rhythmgame #mobilegame #stylizedart #vectorillustation
#sologamedev #indiegamedev #rhythmgame #mobilegame #stylizedart #vectorillustation
Ok it was interesting to explore #blender geometry nodes but I'm not sure I'll go this way in #unreal. Still need to find a way that looks and works nice without getting too technical. I'll try simple masked textures or splines within UE. For now I'll just continue with exploring art direction.
December 12, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Ok I deciphered the main pattern process, now I need to bring this to 3D ( #blender + #unrealengine ) and figure out the tooling.
December 12, 2024 at 12:43 PM
Ok I deciphered the main pattern process, now I need to bring this to 3D ( #blender + #unrealengine ) and figure out the tooling.
Mint tea to help cracking the divine geometry code.
December 12, 2024 at 10:57 AM
Mint tea to help cracking the divine geometry code.