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🦇🩸Hexavier🩸🦇

@xavierck.com

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character and tech artist in gamedev and going to therapy about it prev: Spider-Man, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Dragon Prince: Xadia 🧷co-founder + CEO @render-ready.com 💬 he/him 🗺 Los Angeles 🎨 https://xavierck.com 💌 [email protected]

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🦇🩸Hexavier🩸🦇 @xavierck.com · Oct 17

Now that the Great Exodus is happening...

Hi! I'm Xavier. I'm a 3D character/technical artist who's been in games for over a decade. I've worked on some stuff you've probably heard of and a lot you haven't.

And yes, I am the guy personally responsible for making Rivet jacked.

A front and back view of the Spider-Punk suit from Marvel's Spider-Man (2018)

Ratchet and Rivet from Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart

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🦇🩸Hexavier🩸🦇 @xavierck.com · 5h

In that case, I found this one super interesting. It's about a very holistic approach to what happened during the Bronze Age Collapse, and it's a great listen.

youtu.be/bRcu-ysocX4

1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Eric Cline, PhD)

YouTube video by National Capital Area Skeptics (NCAS)

youtu.be

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🦇🩸Hexavier🩸🦇 @xavierck.com · 5h

OOOOH! I watched some interesting videos about this recently! Are you looking for recommendations?

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Emma Koch @emmakoch.bsky.social · 8h

some of my stylized 3D rendering attempts from past years

the artists whose reference i used will be listed below 👇

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🦇🩸Hexavier🩸🦇 @xavierck.com · 10h

You shouldn't take a working method (don't use polygons with more than 4 sides) that was developed in the mid-late 90s because of a specific limitation of a specific piece of software and generalize it to a whole field

And yet somehow this weird fucking thing keeps popping up

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🦇🩸Hexavier🩸🦇 @xavierck.com · 10h

Made the mistake of looking at the comments on a twitter thread about using ngons on 3D models

How do I communicate to you that you need to continue learning things once you're out of school

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🦇🩸Hexavier🩸🦇 @xavierck.com · 10h

Continuing with a little retopo before I clean up the sculpt

My general modeling process these days involves going hard with tris and ngons so I can retain forms more easily and avoid things like sawtooth ridges along the edges of deformed cloth

Once it's subdivided it becomes clean quads!

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🦇🩸Hexavier🩸🦇 @xavierck.com · 10h

are any sugar daddies out there interested in an overweight 38-year-old man who is very adept at computer art things

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🦇🩸Hexavier🩸🦇 @xavierck.com · 11h

I think it's sad that these days there are no self-important dukes who want to keep an artist as a pet and show off their work at their fancy galas, because I could really use some funding to learn a couple programming languages while I'm unemployed

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Sarah Smith - Nature Artwork @doedryadart.bsky.social · 22h

I tend to be out of the loop with well known artists, and I've only recently seen the wildlife art of Bob Kuhn. Incredible color and simplicity while still displaying a strong knowledge of the subjects.

"Velvet Removal" a moose scratching his antlers on a tree, rendered in vivid but still lifelike colors.

"Not this Time" a detailed jaguar pouncing an egret in a loose jungle setting.

"Shady Spot" a coyote sits in the shade surrounded by a brightly lit scrub land. Fur and vegetation details are implied through smart brushwork.

"Hit and Miss" a dynamic scene of lionesses hunting antelope, with a focus on a lioness reaching into the air at an even higher jumping antelope.

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🦇🩸Hexavier🩸🦇 @xavierck.com · 17h

Working on a blockout of the main character for Basic Cable Games on their upcoming izakaya-chef-battling-monsters game, Soul Food!

I knew the pants especially were going to present some sculpting difficulties, so I used a @render-ready.com scan of real chef pants as my starting point

A 3D character in Zbrush with a hair bun, a hachimaki, pan-Asian facial features, a heavy apron, a t-shirt, chef pants, and clogs

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Tarja Porkka-Kontturi @tarjapk.bsky.social · 23h

Keanu Reeves gesturing no, text reads Save and exit game. Keanu gesturing acceptance, and text reads Save game, Save and exit game.

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🦇🩸Hexavier🩸🦇 @xavierck.com · 16h

Checks out.

🦇🩸Hexavier🩸🦇 @xavierck.com · 17h

I've used a very similar working method before by doing a Marvelous Designer sim and then stylizing the results, and it was just as fun a decade later on a scan

A Black character wearing a purple jacket and pants. He has a very hip-hop style with a flat brimmed cap, oversized shoes, and gold chain

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🦇🩸Hexavier🩸🦇 @xavierck.com · 17h

Because the game is planned to have full body presence and visibility, the character needs nice detail on the front of their body

I knew I'd never be able to freehand sculpt a wrinkly pair of rolled-cuff pants without wasting tons of time on it, so a scan gave me a great starting point

Some pairs of pants in Zbrush. Some of them are highly detailed scans while next to them are simplified versions

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🦇🩸Hexavier🩸🦇 @xavierck.com · 17h

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🦇🩸Hexavier🩸🦇 @xavierck.com · 17h

wait shit cube farms don't exist anymore

I desperately need to feel important by walking along the aisles of the open-concept panopticon and viewing the peons as they make their silly little computer toys

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M.A. Zavala 💖💜💙 @megzavala.bsky.social · 17h

Today is Launch Day for my team’s game, Disney Magic Match 3D!

It would mean the world to us if you can support the crew by downloading the game from the App Store or Google Play. More downloads mean more resources for us to improve and support each other!

apps.apple.com/us/app/disne...

‎Disney Magic Match 3D

‎Disney Magic Match 3D is a brand-new 3D matching game where you’ll solve captivating Disney puzzles by sorting and collecting iconic items from beloved Disney and Pixar movies including Moana, Aladdi...

apps.apple.com

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🦇🩸Hexavier🩸🦇 @xavierck.com · 17h

There *is* desperation on both sides, but one is the "I desperately need to feel important by walking along the aisles of the cube farm and viewing the peons" kind

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🦇🩸Hexavier🩸🦇 @xavierck.com · 17h

We desperately need someone with your very specific set of skills, like, RIGHT NOW! OMG!

But ooooooooonly if you're willing to relocate so you can sit in an office and desperately try ignore other people so you can get half as much work done in twice the time 😎

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · Nov 6

if you're concerned about information security, you should know Signal isn't actually secure. instead, try Mastodon, which is a website where you can be guaranteed no one will ever see what you post

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Diana Madeline Voyer @bism-th.bsky.social · Jul 31

It's been one year since I was laid off from Bungie, and I'm still looking for full time work.
If you've got any leads on game design or games qa positions, please reach out. I'm a skilled designer, and nothing I led QA for ever had any bugs ship.
dianavoyer.com

Diana Voyer

dianavoyer.com

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Louie Zong @everydaylouie.bsky.social · 1d

counting 🐑

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Emma Kidwell | Looking for work ✨ @emmakidwell.bsky.social · 1d

hideo kojima ass bread

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🦇🩸Hexavier🩸🦇 @xavierck.com · 1d

you speak as if we stopped

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🦇🩸Hexavier🩸🦇 @xavierck.com · 1d

I am happy to report that today I was able to successfully keep myself from diving down a rabbit hole of hyperfixation that would usually end in a half-finished and disappointing work in progress

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