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RJducats

@rjducats.bsky.social

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Game Artist based in New Zealand. 🌿 3D Props and Environments have been my focus as of late—building small slices of immersive worlds is a lot of fun. ⭐Currently looking for work⭐

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RJducats @rjducats.bsky.social · Jul 28

It's done! My 3D adaptation of Alariko's Repurposed Old Tower! A cinematic reveal, handful of beauty shots, close ups, and some alternative time of day renders can be found here: www.artstation.com/artwork/XJvPPD
#Art #Portfolio #EnvironmentArt #UnrealEngine #UE5 #3D #Stylized #OpenToWork

RJducats @rjducats.bsky.social · 6h

Hii hiiiiii, new prop update for my fantasy scene rework, a tankard! Also realising I need to take a step back and create a proper game-plan for this project, development has been directed on a whim so far.
#Art #3D #UE5 #Stylised #Fantasy

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SunnieMunch🌻 @sunniemunch.com · 4d

Its my birthday!! :)
My big wish would be if you could check out and pre-order the plushie campaign for my bears Honey and Teddy!! 💛

mycraftzone.com/products/bri...

Illustration of my persona holding up a birthday cake towards the viewer! Two bears atop the cake holding candles, Teddy and Honey. The cake's icing says Happy Birthday. stamps of their faces adorn the side of the cake in a pattern.

RJducats @rjducats.bsky.social · 4d

omg happy birthday!!! 🎉also those plushies are so cute

RJducats @rjducats.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you!! It's been eye opening seeing how far I can reduce these old meshes down from what they were. Feels like there's still so much room for improvement which is exciting ✨😊

RJducats @rjducats.bsky.social · 6d

😊💙

RJducats @rjducats.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you!! 💙

RJducats @rjducats.bsky.social · 6d

OH! I didn't notice when taking the screenshot in maya but the table is just rotated around the wrong way^^ Flipped it back and it matched the planks

RJducats @rjducats.bsky.social · 6d

I was so short for time that I rushed parts of this project back when I was studying but it's a bit wild to see how little information is lost after dropping the triangle count down by a quarter. This one took longer to re-do, lots of weird bakes but it's coming out well I think!
#Art #3D #wip #UE5

RJducats @rjducats.bsky.social · 6d

New mini updates~ I was able to find my old textures for the utensils and plates, I love smart materials. Also feel like there's still a bunch of room for optimizing the uv space and meshes but it's super rewarding seeing the bakes come out looking not scuffed!
#Art #wip #props #substancepainter #3D

RJducats @rjducats.bsky.social · 10d

Still yet to texture but it's neat seeing the two cleavers side by side in engine.
#Art #Cleaver #3D #UE5 #UnrealEngine

RJducats @rjducats.bsky.social · 14d

Made a cast iron pan for my portfolio piece rework. Sitting at 700 tris right now with some quickly slapped on textures. Hoping to chuck a bunch of props onto a texture sheet and focus on optimizing, might see if I can drop the tris down more since it isn't a complicated object.
#art #pan #wip

RJducats @rjducats.bsky.social · 15d

noooooo it cropped out the text above the cleavers 😭Chopped this into 4 images so that the single cleavers would have the text visible at a glance

RJducats @rjducats.bsky.social · 15d

Trying out a different shape for the cleaver but material rendering is kicking me. I think the new cleaver has a more interesting shape but I also tried editing the old cleaver to be less rigid.
#wip #3D #ZBrush #Cleaver

RJducats @rjducats.bsky.social · 18d

Was fortunate enough to get Abe to look over my portfolio during his monthly review stream! ( ˙▿˙ ) I'm usually really bad at reaching out for an extra set of eyes but I'm going to go through this project and clean it up between planning my next project. 🌿

RJducats @rjducats.bsky.social · 19d

Spent some time over the last few days playing around with sculpting, retopologizing, and texturing this pumpkin! I'm still planning my next portfolio piece but this was a fun and silly exercise in the meantime.
#Art #3D #Sketchfab #Pumpkin #Stylized
sketchfab.com/3d-models/st...

Stylized Pumpkin Head - 3D model by rjducats

I created this asset as an exercise in texturing and replicating lights/emissive qualities through a single texture map. 1024x1024 single texture exported from Substance Painter. - Stylized Pumpkin H...

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meja || commission me ok bye @gratin-de-cardons.bsky.social · 22d

finished my #starfield prints :) link in bio or here!!
www.inprnt.com/gallery/grat...

for a little support in doing more of these:
ko-fi.com/gratindecardon

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Lili @lowpolylili.bsky.social · 29d

Just posted my latest environment to Artstation! This sure took some time but i'm super happy with the results and did learn a lot about trimsheets!
www.artstation.com/artwork/8Bn50n
#gameart #environmentart #stylized

RJducats @rjducats.bsky.social · Sep 9

Last barrel post since I uploaded some pretty renders and added a sketchfab 3D view for anyone that wants to have a gander! 🐟
www.therookies.co/projects/88069

The Rookies - Barrel of Fish, by RJducats

A stylized barrel of fish created with the intent to be used for user generated content on platforms like Roblox.

www.therookies.co

RJducats @rjducats.bsky.social · Sep 9

I chopped and placed the fish onto my barrel trim but I really liked how the planks came out on this sheet!

RJducats @rjducats.bsky.social · Sep 9

Testing out making some UGC for the roblox marketplace since the job market has been ROUGH. Not sure if it's worth the time investment but it was a fun one-day exercise! Modelled in maya and rendered in unreal engine^^
#art #3D #UGC #Roblox #PBR #Fish #Barrel

RJducats @rjducats.bsky.social · Sep 6

I'm terrible at explaining, especially with the text limit but I found this video by 3dEx that is super similar to the workflow I follow! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6Z...

An easy way to make simple props

YouTube video by 3dEx

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RJducats @rjducats.bsky.social · Sep 6

A lot of the organic information comes from my highpoly sculpts^^ Then I bake that onto lowpoly models and in substance painter I'll start by slapping on flat colours. A lot of the heavy lifting comes from masks and generators! I try to pick colours from references too while pushing values I like 😊

RJducats @rjducats.bsky.social · Sep 6

thank you!! 😊

RJducats @rjducats.bsky.social · Sep 5

All these props! I wasn't sure how close up the final renders were going to be but it's a nice small collection. Looking forward to doing a focused project on just props next. I feel like they've been less of a priority compared to the final renders.
#Art #UnrealEngine #3D #Stylized #Props

RJducats @rjducats.bsky.social · Sep 5

Finally posted my recent project onto my portfolio! Kei-Cart market stall, made for The Rookies monthly challenge. 😊
www.artstation.com/artwork/5WGO5w
#Art #Portfolio #EnvironmentArt #UnrealEngine #UE5 #3D #Stylized #Props #OpenToWork