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Nina Klos 🐟

@ninaklos.bsky.social

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Technical artist @ Sumo Digital Sheffield - all opinions are my own | prev. Sumo Leamington, DR studios Also: traditional gouache painter, fish #techart #unreal 🐟☀️🌌

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Nina Klos 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · Sep 8

After a long time working on this personal piece, super excited to share it!

A blend of technical art techniques with artistic principles all done from scratch 🏖️

ArtStation link: www.artstation.com/artwork/XJ88k0

#houdini #unreal #unrealengine #gameart #technicalart

Nina Klos 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · 20d

AAAAAA This is super cool!! Thank you unreal engine for highlighting my tropical beach project in their community spotlight! 💙✨
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dabu...

News and Community Spotlight | September 19th, 2025

YouTube video by Unreal Engine

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Reposted by Nina Klos 🐟

Dmaw⛅ @dmawdev.bsky.social · 22d

SUSHI BEN IS OUT NOW! 🎉🎉🎉
I've been working on this since 2016 yay!
My team has been working on this since 2021 yay!
Plz try it out, its cheaper than toro nigiri tysm im so sleepy going to bed now.

Nina Klos 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · 23d

Love this! 💖

Reposted by Nina Klos 🐟

Nina Klos 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · Sep 8

After a long time working on this personal piece, super excited to share it!

A blend of technical art techniques with artistic principles all done from scratch 🏖️

ArtStation link: www.artstation.com/artwork/XJ88k0

#houdini #unreal #unrealengine #gameart #technicalart

Nina Klos 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · Sep 8

Definitely needs a cold pepsi to complete it 🥤Thank youuu

Nina Klos 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thank you so much Des! :) appreciate all the support ✨

Nina Klos 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · Sep 8

Nina Klos 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thank you 😄✨

Nina Klos 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thank you so much! That was the goal 😄

Nina Klos 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · Sep 8

After a long time working on this personal piece, super excited to share it!

A blend of technical art techniques with artistic principles all done from scratch 🏖️

ArtStation link: www.artstation.com/artwork/XJ88k0

#houdini #unreal #unrealengine #gameart #technicalart

Nina Klos 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · Sep 4

PCG for scattering sea shells & glass

Nina Klos 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · Sep 4

Treees! Bend and rotation via shader

Nina Klos 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · Sep 4

Getting ready to upload this project 👀 Here's a final few gifs:

Glowly sea glass - randomised colour based on a texture (with more and less rare colours) and object position, plus a fake glowy shader

#techart #unrealengine #gamedev #gameart

Nina Klos 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · Aug 31

THANK YOU!! <3 ✨💖

Nina Klos 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · Aug 31

That is so so sweet <3 and same, exactly why I love making art like this!!

Nina Klos 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · Aug 31

Shared more on these here: bsky.app/profile/nina...

Nina Klos 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · Jun 22

Another shader I added a couple of weeks ago but never shared, some simple sand sparkles with some post processing kernels #unreal #techart

Nina Klos 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · Aug 31

Another sparkle gif for bluesky because I like them :)
#techart #unrealengine #gamedev #gameart

Nina Klos 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · Aug 28

Will larely depend on your texture, simpler is easier - I blend normals using lerps and use subtract/divide/power to control the blend line

Nina Klos 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · Aug 28

Nina Klos 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · Aug 28

Nina Klos 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · Aug 28

Cloud shader - hand painted cloud textures, gradients and some simple panners

#techart #unrealengine #gamedev #gameart

Nina Klos 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · Aug 27

Base colour and normals are being blended in with the landscape textures!

Nina Klos 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · Aug 27

Do it! I feel like I can add so much more to it but I would never finish it haha

Nina Klos 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · Aug 27

Trees & seashells get the same treatment!

Nina Klos 🐟 @ninaklos.bsky.social · Aug 27

Little bit of stylised RVT blending on a hand painted rock 🪨
#techart #unrealengine #gamedev #gameart