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Timothy Dries

@timothydries.bsky.social

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Creating worlds and helping other people create theirs. Running @BeyondExtent and Senior Environment Artist at Playground Games.

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Timothy Dries @timothydries.bsky.social · 19d

We're preparing for the next team challenge!

Keep your eye out on this space for updates on mentors, judges and when sign up's open! 👀👀👀

Beyond Extent @beyondextent.bsky.social · 19d

Our next Team Challenge is around the corner and our community voted on a thematic with a spooky twist "WITCHES DEN"

🗓️ Sign-ups open: 11th October
🚀 Challenge starts: 18th October

Sign up, get thrown into a team with fellow artists, and make some art magic together

Timothy Dries @timothydries.bsky.social · Aug 27

Gamescom this year was a blast!
We organised our first Game Artist Meetup, which was a massive success👀👀

Big shoutout to our sponsors Nvidia Studio, @frictionalgames.bsky.social, @sidefx.bsky.social @beyondextent.bsky.social!

See you all next year 😍

Timothy Dries @timothydries.bsky.social · Aug 14

Heading to Devcom/Gamescom next week with Beyond Extent! 🎮

Looking to connect with artists for educational collabs + explore future game dev opportunities.
Interested? DM me, let’s meet up!

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Timothy Dries @timothydries.bsky.social · May 17

That's awesome man, glad to hear it! Whatever place it is, they are lucky to have ya!

Timothy Dries @timothydries.bsky.social · Feb 28

Thanks so much! I enjoyed it way more than I imagined as well, so looking forward to the next one 😏

Timothy Dries @timothydries.bsky.social · Feb 26

This weekend I presented my first ever public presentation on how to build new environments, and even with all the technical issues it was a lot of fun!

youtube.com/live/aMnboc0...

Thanks for everyone who was there, Excited to start building the next one now 😍

How to start a new environment art project

YouTube video by Beyond Extent

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Timothy Dries @timothydries.bsky.social · Feb 13

Got invited to talk about my first ever experience in games, Planet Coaster! 😍

In 2016 I moved abroad and started my journey in the games industry, pretty fun to look back!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=195H...

Thanks Dan McCabe for hosting myself and Owen Westfield-Bell to talk about it!

Developer Tour: Planet Coaster

YouTube video by Dan McCabe

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Timothy Dries @timothydries.bsky.social · Feb 6

Actually never used the material layering system in @unrealengine.bsky.social myself, so excited to learn more about it! 🌟

Beyond Extent @beyondextent.bsky.social · Feb 6

@hughchew.bsky.social, Senior Material Artist will be joining us to do a deep dive into Unreal Engine's material layering system.

Join our ”Workshop Access” tier to get access, exclusive Q&A participation and early access to the workshop recording: lnkd.in/eQyxAny9

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Lloydj3d @lloydj3d.bsky.social · Feb 1

Loved doing these animations on little 'Steve' (STV)
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#StarCitizen

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Beyond Extent @beyondextent.bsky.social · Jan 24

We’re always looking for more people to share their expertise with our members the game art community!

Let us know if you want to host your own session
beyondextent.notion.site/184ea89731fe...

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Timothy Dries @timothydries.bsky.social · Nov 28

Still figuring out the platform, might as well share some art (that's been pretty dormant for a while now 😴)

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Beyond Extent @beyondextent.bsky.social · Nov 28

Hello Bluesky!💙

Let's start this new account with a December that is packed with amazing events with amazing people 😍

Enjoy!

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