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Alexis @tigerlight.bsky.social · 20h

After repeated removals from the blanket I'm trying to finish, Zelda contents herself with pouting.
#weaving #fiberarts

Alexis @tigerlight.bsky.social · 20h

Oh god yeah, too much discussion I see focuses exclusively on BEST. But if I can get 80% good for 50% money, I call that a win.

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Alexis @tigerlight.bsky.social · 20h

HECK! YES!!!
The Aberdeen Bestiary | The University of Aberdeen share.google/98hHeZrD20oX...

The Aberdeen Bestiary

The Aberdeen Bestiary - MS 24

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Alexis @tigerlight.bsky.social · 1d

Nevada, the town in Iowa

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

Alexis @tigerlight.bsky.social · 1d

@vandroidhelsing.bsky.social I finished The West Passage! It was fantastic! More plz! (And everyone else should go read it too)

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Alexis @tigerlight.bsky.social · 1d

Bought myself a little treat after an interview and had to fix it. There, much better.

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Alexis @tigerlight.bsky.social · 3d

But the ADVENTURE!

Alexis @tigerlight.bsky.social · 3d

Gryphon animation blocking complete!
#gamedev #indiedev #blender #animation

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Alexis @tigerlight.bsky.social · 7d

In honor of spoopy month, what's the scariest piece of media for everyone? For a while for me, it was the story Colour out of Space. But then I read The Suit www.badspacecomics.com/post/the-suit and it STILL haunts me. Terrifying to lose myself, piece by piece, until I'm just a prisoner in a shell.

The Suit - Bad Space Comics

Water, oxygen, power. What do you do when the tank hits empty?

www.badspacecomics.com

Alexis @tigerlight.bsky.social · 8d

I knew it!

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Alexis @tigerlight.bsky.social · 8d

I want to grab everyone and bodily shake them an yell about how they should read The West Passage by @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social but I haven't finished it yet and I don't want spoilersssssss

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Alexis @tigerlight.bsky.social · 10d

Found Georgia Tech's OMSCS and I've not been this excited and despairing in a WHILE.
🤩 I love school and learning and it's a fair price!
😭 The money I'd spend on it is mortgage money until I'm employed again
😖 Am I even actually smart enough for these courses as a self-taught tech artist?

Alexis @tigerlight.bsky.social · 18d

While waiting for dinner to heat up, I went out into the back yard and waltzed under explosive lightning until the rain arrived.
Is this how one touches grass?
The song was Whisper by Burn the Ballroom and no I couldn't keep up (was fun tho)

Alexis @tigerlight.bsky.social · 18d

Oh dang! Great job then carry on!

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Alexis @tigerlight.bsky.social · 18d

Getting that detailed with the texture, I recommend looking up a weave structure called twill. Specifically 2 over 2. That's what's used for pretty much all denim, and I'm not really parsing that rn. There's more to denim too, feel free to tell me to bug off unless you wanna dive into weaving tech

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Alexis @tigerlight.bsky.social · 18d

New page on the portfolio! As a tech artist I have my hands in UI a LOT. Gotta make sure you can adjust to different screen ratios and sizes, and that things scale well with different languages. Not to mention ease of use and flow
alexis3d.com/ui-art/
#gamedev #uiart #techart

UI Art

My UI work at Tempo involved a complete screen overhaul to make all screens support dynamic resizing in preparation for publishing on mobile. I created and implemented art to design spec, ha…

alexis3d.com

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Alexis @tigerlight.bsky.social · 21d

There's overlap here with graphics programming! I'm shite at math, but learning to write shaders and the shape of the math that underpins it all has been fascinating!

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Alexis @tigerlight.bsky.social · 21d

I am seriously considering an apprenticeship to be a farrier.

tru @thetrudz.photo · 22d

Once I asked what’s a job to change to when your industries are exploitative and you’ve spent more years being exploited than earning, you’re no longer interested in fields your degrees in nor are they hiring, you don’t want to touch anyone/be touched, & you don’t have the night vision for a CDL?

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Alexis @tigerlight.bsky.social · 21d

The stiffness looks great, very like real denim! Is that a function of the lower res mesh, or more to do with the simulation settings?

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Alexis @tigerlight.bsky.social · 24d

Thanks! I haven't built a rig since 2010, and never in blender. If you're interested, check out Dikko on YouTube

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Alexis @tigerlight.bsky.social · 24d

Everyone say Hi to my fully-rigged Gryphon!
#gamedev #indiedev #blender

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Alexis @tigerlight.bsky.social · 28d

One of the most valuable things I'm learning right now is what IS and ISN'T destructive to my rig. I'm finding lots of spots that need tiny tweaks and I'm so happy that I can work in edit mode without breaking everything I've done in pose mode. Not to mention I'll be able to use any mesh in future

Alexis @tigerlight.bsky.social · 29d

All I've accomplished today is verifying that all my bone axes are oriented correctly 🫠

Alexis @tigerlight.bsky.social · 29d

Help, I should be making control shapes but I keep getting distracted making my gryphon pretend to be my over-stimulated kitten.

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Alexis @tigerlight.bsky.social · Sep 10

it is SHOCKINGLY similar in game development right now too. Everyone's looking for operations and money people. 🤷‍♀️