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Pete Dimitrov

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Senior Environment Artist at Rebellion on Sniper Elite: Resistance & SE5. Posting lots of art and work-in-progress broken 3D meshes. He/Him Creating Game Art educational videos at https://youtube.com/@petedimitrov

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Pete Dimitrov @petedimitrovart.com · Dec 15

Here is my #artvsartist2023 Top rows are new art (from one giant project). Then few of my older works below.
#gameart #gamedev #UE5 #art

Art vs artist 2023 collage that has 9 image in a square grid. In order: a blue crystal floating in the middle of a ruined room. A purple crystal seen in a close up zoom. A green crystal seen even closer up. It's shards are square and shiny. Another image showing a sci-fi crown with a blue gem that sits on an alien head. Then an image of the artist - me - a gym selfie, wearing a blue tshirt and holding a smartphone. Followed up is a picture of a vortex VFX on a gap in a floor. The next image is a Japanese style shrine that is build from wooden structures. The next picture is lots of bamboo orangle candles, from the same project. Final picture is a large portal gateway from a sci-fi project full of metal. All of the screenshots were taken in Unreal 5 and Unreal 4.

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 2d

I got to connect and make friends with awesome indie devs all around the world.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Pete Dimitrov @petedimitrovart.com · 1d

Haha, I didn't even spot that.

Pete Dimitrov @petedimitrovart.com · 1d

Editing the new game dev tutorial videos, I realised that I say "now we compile, and we save" like all the time.
Might make a compilation cut and see how many minutes I've spent saying "compile, save".

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Pete Dimitrov @petedimitrovart.com · 22d

(ignore that I left the gizmo on for one of the blueprints, by mistake)

If you want a portal like that - make one following the tuts I've published: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

A screenshot of an UE5 actor blueprint. It's a portal that teleports you from one location to another. It looks like a gateway with a rainbow vortex. A player is seen running out of that.

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Pete Dimitrov @petedimitrovart.com · 2d

It’s lunch time break, so it’s WoW Legion Remix time.
Time to make my 4th Mage alt. High time (how many times can I say time?).

Pete Dimitrov @petedimitrovart.com · 3d

Watch the full one to learn about game art process:

Substance 3D Painter for WoW Art Style | UE5 & Blender Devlog
youtu.be/GoZGfqCgjD0

Substance 3D Painter for WoW Art Style | UE5 & Blender Devlog

YouTube video by Pete Dimitrov

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Pete Dimitrov @petedimitrovart.com · 3d

PBR texturing and stylised art.
#gamedev #gameart

Cut from one of my longer videos where we talk about hand painted, stylised, 3D art.

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Daniel Dehne | Open for work @dehnda.bsky.social · 5d

Published my new scene. Very happy how it turned out.
www.artstation.com/artwork/wrGgWZ
#gameart #UnrealEngine

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Pete Dimitrov @petedimitrovart.com · 6d

The songs and music are always my favourite parts of the games from this studio, just so good. I'll be there listening, don't even want to go out fighting no more.

Screenshot from Hades 2 where the main character is singing together with Artemis. They are in a green and lush environment.

Pete Dimitrov @petedimitrovart.com · 6d

Like there have always been, always will be, people out there, who think just because we are in games we can be walked over as someone else will take the role.
At some point, you've tarnished your rep so much, burned through even an overly saturated with talent industry. Quite the accomplishment.

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Pete Dimitrov @petedimitrovart.com · 6d

So real though. Before I joined my current place, I got offer from another where big boss during interview didn't even introduce himself, just started by telling me they won't budge or negotiate the low salary.
After they sent me an offer and I declined, I told all my friends to not bother there.

Quintessa Knight @quietblkgrl.blacksky.app · 8d

You can’t find the right candidate cause the candidates are in a group chat talking about how it takes you 6+ months to hire. You can’t find the right candidate cause the person with the best resume/interview declined and went and told all their friends how shitty your process was

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RJ Palmer 🔜 Lightbox Expo 101 @rj-palmer.com · 6d

T. rex was formally named 120 years ago today. Hell yeah king happy birthday!

#art

Illustration I did of a roaring and/or yawning T. rex with a judgmental rex onlooker in the background. (done for Beasts of the Mesozoic T. rex figure)

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Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 9d

Wizards of the Coast is hosting a Twitch stream to support Trans Lifeline, a hotline and non-profit organization offering direct support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community.

Tune in to twitch.tv/magic on Oct 4th at 10am PT to play games with us and support!

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Pete Dimitrov @petedimitrovart.com · 6d

It's time, gonna get into Hades 2 and lose a bunch of hours.

Pete Dimitrov @petedimitrovart.com · 7d

Artist Vs Art

A selfie of the artist (me) in a gym mirror. I'm wearing a warm, gray shirt and glasses. I'm holding a green phone. I'm taking a selfie in a gym mirror and there is a spherical light source behind me.

A screenshot from one of my artworks - it depicts a floating orb made out of stone. On top of it, green gems are attached. The background is a ruined interior lit by other-space purple light. Some of the walls are missing and there are stars there.

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Pete Dimitrov @petedimitrovart.com · Jan 3

Last April, I wrote a blog post covering some common optimisation issues that I've seen in students 3D art & level design. Check it out below if it's a topic you are interested in or are currently learning about.
petedimitrovart.com/p/draw-call-...
#indiegamedev #art #UE5 #gameart #b3d #educational

Why Your Unreal Students Project Has Low FPS

Some of the most common reasons for low performance in student's work.

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Rich May @richdmay.bsky.social · 8d

Ah yes. Enshittification.

#GamePass

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Jared Dittamo @jareddittamo.bsky.social · 10d

#gamedev Added a "rune lock" mechanic to the doors, which can help promote exploration of spaces and break up the combat. Every survival horror game needs a door that no person was meant to open

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Pete Dimitrov @petedimitrovart.com · 10d

I got the new Lego mini-figures the other day and then yesterday one of my friends gifted me 3 booster packs of the Spider-Man MtG cards and this match below happened.

A white plate of Lego ground with lots of Spiderverse Lego mini figures on top. Between them is a Spider-Gwen, Web-Warrior. It’s a Magic: The Gathering card. Next to it one of the mini figures is Lego version of Gwen.

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Pete Dimitrov @petedimitrovart.com · 11d

With the art portion of our tutorials done, next we handle the Blueprints and logic for teleporting the player around as they enter the portal vortex.

youtu.be/Y6DDeelkFwI

#gamedev #gameart #UE5

A video thumbnail showing my face looking at a portal on my right. The vortex of the portal is blue. There is a gate with gold trim which holds it. Behind me, there is another version of the UE5 portal but it's colored red. The text reads "Part 5 - Blueprints, Scripts and Actors".

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Pete Dimitrov @petedimitrovart.com · 11d

I'm operating on a really low amount of sleep and of course that's the moment my coffee machine decided to fully break, when I need it most.

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Pete Dimitrov @petedimitrovart.com · 11d

With the art portion of our tutorials done, next we handle the Blueprints and logic for teleporting the player around as they enter the portal vortex.

youtu.be/Y6DDeelkFwI

#gamedev #gameart #UE5

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Pete Dimitrov @petedimitrovart.com · 14d

Not UDIMs but literally instead splitting a mesh onto 4-5 material IDs, which is kind of the same but of course you can’t have material switches in the middle of a UV seam.

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Rahul Kohli @rahulkohli13.bsky.social · 15d

A little something regarding Saros ❤️

I know it’s cliche to say “this is a dream come true” but in the case of Saros, it really is. My first hobby/love was gaming. Before I left primary school, we were asked in assembly to tell the school what we wanted to do for a career. I played a VHS of video game trailers and said I wanted to make video games. One of my first jobs was working as a sales assistant at Gamestation (the UK equivalent of GameStop). One of my earliest paid acting gigs was a commercial for Little Big Planet on the PS Vita - I thought I finally made it. My next gig after starring in iZOMBiE was playing Fahz in Gears 5, I didn’t think anything could top that… until I was approached by Housemarque to play the lead in Saros. It’s been a long journey to get here, each moment along the way was special and the final destination isn’t just a career highlight, it’s one of the best moments of my life. Thank you HouseMarque with trusting me with your character, I hope Arjun is everything you asked for. And for the players, see you on March 20th ❤️

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Pete Dimitrov @petedimitrovart.com · 15d

I finally got around to posting some professional artwork into my portfolio, from SE:R. See all the environment shots, in 4k, in the link below.
#gamedev #gameart #art
www.artstation.com/artwork/Nq0OR5

A few levels of muddy banks, seen in Sniper Elite: Resistance. On the top level, there is a bunker hidden in camo paint. The scene is very lush in grass and vegetation. The sky is blue but cloudy. There is a V2 suspended in the distance.

A zoom from the previous muddy banks. A crop of the bunker on the top is seen. In this picture, the road is seen better too and there are some trucks on it. It's filled with puddles as well. SE:R, screenshot taken in Asura Engine (Rebellions proprietary one).

A more frontal look at the muddy banks and the way they are suspended by wooden logs. There is a digger machine in one side of the picture, cropped. The FOV here is lower, so everything looks more at isometric view (though not fully). There is lots of grass and green pieces.

A screenshot showing dug ground that has been covered in concrete. Those are enemy embankments and hidden tunnels and bunkers. There is green mountain on the left side of the picture.

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