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Your Approach to 3D Detail: It’s More Than Just Bumps Your Approach to 3D Detail is something I’ve spent years thinking about, tweaking, and honestly, sometimes getting completely wrong before figuring it out. When you first dive into the world of making things in 3D, whether it’s characters, environments, or cool props, the idea of […]

Forging Your Motion Identity… it sounds kinda serious, right? Like you’re in a workshop with a hammer and some hot metal, shaping something that’s uniquely *you*. And honestly, that’s not far off. When I first started messing around with motion graphics and animation years ago, I didn’t think about having an “identity.” I just wanted

The Language of 3D Forms. Yeah, sounds a bit fancy, right? Like some secret code only artists and designers know. But honestly? It’s not like learning Swedish or something. It’s more like… learning to read body language, but for stuff you can touch and see all around you. And trust me, once you start paying

The Drive of a Motion Artist… it’s something a lot of people probably don’t think about, but let me tell you, it’s a real thing. It’s this mix of relentless curiosity, a need to create, and maybe just a tiny bit of stubbornness. It’s what keeps you glued to your screen late at night, tweaking

Your 3D Creative Awakening: Discovering a Universe Beyond the Flat Screen Your 3D Creative Awakening. It sounds kind of grand, right? Like a superpower suddenly switching on. And honestly, that’s exactly what it felt like for me. Before, the computer screen was just… flat. Websites, documents, maybe some basic drawing programs. It was all two

The Beauty of Procedural 3D is something you don’t just see; it’s something you kind of… feel. It’s that moment when you’ve set up a system, a set of rules, and you press a button, and instead of one thing, you get a whole world, or at least a complex piece of one, created right

The Future of 3D Interaction The Future of 3D Interaction. Just saying those words gets my brain buzzing. It’s a topic I’ve spent a good chunk of time thinking about, messing around with, and honestly, sometimes struggling with. For years now, I’ve been playing in the digital sandbox, watching how we humans try to reach

Your 3D Storytelling Voice… that feeling you get when you look at a piece of 3D art, maybe something you made or something someone else did, and you just *know* who made it. It’s like a signature, but not the swirly kind you put on paper. It’s deeper. It’s the vibe, the mood, the little

The Art of 3D Observation. It sounds fancy, right? Like something out of a spy movie or a high-level engineering class. But honestly, for me, it’s just… looking. Really, truly looking at the world around you, not just seeing flat pictures but understanding the space, the depth, the relationships between things. It’s a skill I’ve

Pioneering the Motion Frontier: My Wild Ride on the Edge of What’s Possible Pioneering the Motion Frontier isn’t just a cool-sounding phrase; it’s been my life’s work, my playground, and honestly, the source of most of my grey hairs. Imagine standing on the very edge of something new, looking out at a vast landscape where