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Senior Environment Artist at Rebellion. Writing about 3D art & games. He/Him

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Featured image of post The Amarantos Ritual - 08 - Vortex VFX Tutorial - Part Four
Amarantos Ritual Tutorial

The Amarantos Ritual - 08 - Vortex VFX Tutorial - Part Four

Creating refraction shader in UE5. Adding it as a layer of detail on the vortex.

Sep 20, 2023
10 minute read
Featured image of post The Amarantos Ritual - 07 - Vortex VFX Tutorial - Part Three
Amarantos Ritual Tutorial

The Amarantos Ritual - 07 - Vortex VFX Tutorial - Part Three

Making polar coordinates shader in UE5. Circular distortion shader.

Sep 20, 2023
13 minute read
Featured image of post The Amarantos Ritual - 06 - Vortex VFX Tutorial - Part Two
Amarantos Ritual Tutorial

The Amarantos Ritual - 06 - Vortex VFX Tutorial - Part Two

Creating textures for the liquid VFX vortex. Substance Designer work.

Sep 20, 2023
12 minute read
Featured image of post The Amarantos Ritual - 05 - Vortex VFX Tutorial - Part One
Amarantos Ritual Tutorial

The Amarantos Ritual - 05 - Vortex VFX Tutorial - Part One

Let's make a liquid magic VFX vortex. Unreal 5 Material Tutorial.

Sep 20, 2023
18 minute read
Featured image of post The Amarantos Ritual - 04 - Crystal Sculpt
Amarantos Ritual

The Amarantos Ritual - 04 - Crystal Sculpt

Creating a shiny crystal prop in Blender, Unreal 5 and Substance Painter.

Aug 01, 2023
19 minute read
Featured image of post The Amarantos Ritual - 03 - Roots and Nanite Sculpts
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The Amarantos Ritual - 03 - Roots and Nanite Sculpts

Further Nanite meshes. Populating the empty spaces.

Jul 16, 2023
13 minute read
Featured image of post The Amarantos Ritual - 02 - Reference
Amarantos Ritual

The Amarantos Ritual - 02 - Reference

Moodboards, inspirations and early influences.

Jul 03, 2023
13 minute read
Featured image of post The Amarantos Ritual - 01 - Beginning
Amarantos Ritual Prototypes

The Amarantos Ritual - 01 - Beginning

How the idea behind this project started.

Jun 18, 2023
11 minute read
Featured image of post Welcome - Website Launch
Showcase

Welcome - Website Launch

This blog just went live.

May 27, 2023
7 minute read
Featured image of post Project Reveal - Sniper Elite 5 - Coming 2022
Showcase

Project Reveal - Sniper Elite 5 - Coming 2022

What I've been working on at Rebellion

Dec 13, 2021
1 minute read
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