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Henning Sanden

@henning.bsky.social

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Co-founder of FlippedNormals. 3D artist and startup founder. I used to work on movies. Live in London. Character mentorship available: http://henningsanden.com

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FlippedNormals @flippednormals.bsky.social · May 20

Here’s a handy tip for painting roughness maps in Painter

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Del @handle.invalid · May 19

More roles have opened up here at Absurd Ventures. Join us if you love AAA games with a ton of storytelling. www.absurdventures.com/careers

Henning Sanden @henning.bsky.social · May 19

Threw my guy into unreal

Henning Sanden @henning.bsky.social · May 15

Color map from Painter

Henning Sanden @henning.bsky.social · May 15

Iray render from Painter of the current progress

Henning Sanden @henning.bsky.social · May 15

Im working more on the textures for my Kaiju. Having tons of fun in Painter, with baked maps from Marmoset.

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Henning Sanden @henning.bsky.social · May 13

Ive finally started on texturing. Very early days. Render from Iray in Painter

Henning Sanden @henning.bsky.social · May 13

I have mentorship spots available starting soon:
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3D Character Mentorship - 3D Character Mentorship

Learn how to become a 3D character artist! Get feedback on your work from a professional character artist and co-founder of FlippedNormals.

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Henning Sanden @henning.bsky.social · May 13

From a recent mentorship review, making a portfolio from scratch

Henning Sanden @henning.bsky.social · May 13

Thanks! Yep its a time consuming process. Loving it though!

Henning Sanden @henning.bsky.social · May 13

Maya wires

Henning Sanden @henning.bsky.social · May 13

Ive finally started on texturing. Very early days. Render from Iray in Painter

Henning Sanden @henning.bsky.social · May 10

Working more on the topo and UVs, testing out more Marmoset baking

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Jeff Parrott @artofjeffp.bsky.social · May 9

Flow is a good thing to think about when creating appealing shapes for #gameart

Henning Sanden @henning.bsky.social · May 9

Heres a pattern i use all the time when sculpting. Really helps to get appealing shapes.

Henning Sanden @henning.bsky.social · May 9

Heres a pattern i use all the time when sculpting. Really helps to get appealing shapes.

Henning Sanden @henning.bsky.social · May 9

WIP

Henning Sanden @henning.bsky.social · May 2

Henning Sanden @henning.bsky.social · May 2

Very very early first pass texturing

Henning Sanden @henning.bsky.social · May 1

He's now in Painter :D

Henning Sanden @henning.bsky.social · May 1

UVs done

Henning Sanden @henning.bsky.social · May 1

Contains 3 really nice sculpting brushes for $1. I've completely replaced my clay buildup with one of them
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FlippedNormals Brush Kit - FlippedNormals

Check out FlippedNormals Brush Kit.Find more Brushes on FlippedNormals

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Henning Sanden @henning.bsky.social · May 1

Im having tons of fun with this character! Doing a Blender test

Henning Sanden @henning.bsky.social · May 1

Its so much fun to see the ratings coming in for the Brush Kit we launched recently!

Henning Sanden @henning.bsky.social · Apr 30

First Marmoset bake test with auto uvs. Tons of issues but Im the progress so far!

Henning Sanden @henning.bsky.social · Apr 30

For games, whats the correct way to smooth the normals for a character? Currently Im using Soften Edges in Maya. Do you do a uniform soften based on the angle or do different areas get a custom angle?