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Matthias Schmidt

@flownepp.bsky.social

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Contract Material Artist | 15+ years in the games industry | Ex-Level Designer and 3D Artist | Award winning modder | Leipzig, Germany www.artstation.com/steppenwolf www.fab.com/sellers/STW_Shop

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Matthias Schmidt @flownepp.bsky.social · Oct 25

I create materials for a living as a contract artist/freelancer. This is some of my work that i did for Scorn. More on my artstation. I'm pretty versatile with styles and topics but disgusting is definitely one of my favs. #substance3d #gamedev #gameart #gamedev #materials #textures #alien #horror

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Matthias Schmidt @flownepp.bsky.social · 3d

This year i had the fantastic opportunity to work on my own Substance Source Signature Collection, in collaboration with the #Adobe #Substance3D team. It was a great honour and i enjoyed working on this large project where i had plenty of creative freedom. www.behance.net/gallery/2369...

Procedural Planetarium, by Matthias Schmidt

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Matthias Schmidt @flownepp.bsky.social · Jul 8

Thanks for the shout out!

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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · Jul 4

can't afford therapy so I'm making textures instead

screenshot of a ground texture. it's brown, porous, and has large cracks

screenshot of the same texture, but it's black and the cracks are glowing like they're filled with lava

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Laura McGarrity @a-warm-garlic-yurt.bsky.social · Mar 12

How I feel in 2025 so far
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#embroidery #handembroidery #blueskyart

Hand embroidery of a fennec fox, stitched in light neutral tones, walking in a strong wind

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Matthias Schmidt @flownepp.bsky.social · Mar 13

I hate how AI bros are ruining the word vibe. I work a lot by vibes but it's based on an intuition that comes with lots of experience and knowledge. In their case it's an euphemism for knowing f all about what the hell they are doing.

Matthias Schmidt @flownepp.bsky.social · Mar 12

Definitely wasn't me. I'm more of a Histogram Select and Histogram Range man.

Matthias Schmidt @flownepp.bsky.social · Mar 12

Often it's just vibes. Imo instead of trying to understand every step of another artist it's better to just experiment with all the nodes and get a intuition for how you can manipulate things. Last year i had to work in other artists files and everyone just has their own unique way of doing things.

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Benj Carter @benjmap.bsky.social · Feb 26

I've posted the material work I did for my university VR team project, "Hexed". My team and I were extremely pleased with how the project turned out within the 12 weeks!

You can check out the breakdown here! -
www.artstation.com/artwork/lGy06V

#art #gameart #substancedesigner #materials #gamedev

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Matthias Schmidt @flownepp.bsky.social · Feb 25

The grift is about transferring investment money into someones pockets. The economy behind it makes no sense otherwise. Like OpenAI creating a benchmark about solving 1 million dollar worth of real world tasks when actually this work will have no value left when done by an AI.

Matthias Schmidt @flownepp.bsky.social · Feb 25

I called his bs when just a couple weeks ago he twittered that people just can't get enough of AI.

Matthias Schmidt @flownepp.bsky.social · Feb 24

Germany has a TON of interesting and fancy ones. The search term is "Wasserturm".

Matthias Schmidt @flownepp.bsky.social · Feb 20

What's next in medical school they teach quackery?

Matthias Schmidt @flownepp.bsky.social · Feb 20

Yea you're getting ripped off big time. 84 tabs with 200mg cost 339 Euro in Germany (of which the patient has to pay 10 Euro). So even someone with private health insurance and no coverage for medication would only pay a fraction of what they make you pay.

Matthias Schmidt @flownepp.bsky.social · Feb 17

I've argued with an AI bro before who considered gAI procgen. My take is if a procedure can't be isolated and exposed to deterministically tweak the output to my liking then it's not really procgen in a practical sense and we don't need to bother to liken both techs to each other.

Matthias Schmidt @flownepp.bsky.social · Feb 15

I never bothered with recruiters. Imho LinkedIn got ruined when they suddenly showed up. Don't see the point. If i'm interested in a place/project i will personally get in touch with someone. And if a company or a lead sees my work on AS etc. they can contact me if they want to work with me.

Matthias Schmidt @flownepp.bsky.social · Feb 15

Really appreciate you sharing your refs. They are great. Saved them all and want to do more of them if i have time for personal projects.

Matthias Schmidt @flownepp.bsky.social · Feb 15

WIP of a metal floor material based on two of the London refs provided by @deswalsh.bsky.social The cigarette buds are from a Megascans atlas. #gameart #substance3d #substancedesigner #madewithsubstance

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passivestar @passivestar.bsky.social · Feb 15

hi welcome to my account I post random ass shit

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Matthias Schmidt @flownepp.bsky.social · Feb 13

I don't think they even produce that model anymore. It's an old SteelSeries mouse. When i tried to open it one of the screws broke. The new one that i ordered looks similar. I hope the buttons arn't worse or some bs.

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Matthias Schmidt @flownepp.bsky.social · Feb 13

Thought i brain farted and forgot how to use Substance Designer. Turned out my mouse middle button was broken. Now i have to buy and get used to a new mouse which i always dread because it sucks so much when it doesn't feel perfect.

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Matthias Schmidt @flownepp.bsky.social · Feb 6

I wonder what mister AI slop avatar thinks the word art direction means.

Matthias Schmidt @flownepp.bsky.social · Jan 28

Remember to claim your cash refund from Epic before February 19th if you have points from Quixel left. I almost missed it because i don't check the old email adress linked to my account very often.

Matthias Schmidt @flownepp.bsky.social · Jan 27

I can't even be happy about the bubble bursting. Cheap AI still poses a threat to artists and creatives. Also as always it will be small workers and employeees who will take the brunt for companies going down.

Matthias Schmidt @flownepp.bsky.social · Jan 26

One for the ref folder.

Sett "Apples" Balise @brambledragon.bsky.social · Jan 26

Little blue ceramic potion bottle #ceramics #pottery #art

Matthias Schmidt @flownepp.bsky.social · Jan 26

Nice little piece! Is there a name for this type of glazing/color pattern?

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