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Technical Art - A Garage Door Animation Rig (Video)

The Prototype Rig in Modo for the upcoming Garage Door Asset. (Check the bottom of the post for the animation video.)

Aside from working on a new design project, I'm also working with a colleague of mine on an environment/prop pack. The pack will be sold on the Unreal Marketplace and/or Gumroad. Part of this pack will include a Garage Door which will have animations that can be used in the game engine...

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tags: technical art, rigging, modo, gumroad, unreal marketplace, animation, technical animation, tech art
categories: Rigging
Friday 12.15.17
Posted by Alex Jamerson
Comments: 1
 

Terrain Shaders in Unity - A Research Essay

Terrain in games, no matter the game engine, is always a challenge. Many games, indie and triple-A alike, will create basic terrain that functions for the game as necessary, but may not be pretty. While other game developers...

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tags: Environment, terrain, shader, materials, unity, research, research papers
categories: Research Essays, Unity, Realtime
Thursday 12.14.17
Posted by Alex Jamerson
 

The Stakeout - A Game Environment

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Environment Shaders

For Production in Unity

My previous environment, an art test for a game company, was created in the Unreal Engine. But this time around I wanted to utilize Unity. And although Unity is a very competitive alternative to the Unreal Engine, it does come with a set of its own unique challenges. In this article, I'll mostly be discussing...

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tags: pipeline, environment, unity, Amplify Shader Editor, ASE, game
categories: Behind the Scenes, Unity, Technical Art
Friday 11.17.17
Posted by Alex Jamerson
Comments: 2
 

Project 675 Design Illustration

Been working on a motorcycle design for fun on the side of my mobile game project. 

This design is a new gas tank and seat sat on top of a Triumph 675 Daytona frame and engine. The clip-ons have been changed out in favor of handlebars, and the front fairing has been switched out for a metal off-road racer styled plate. This particular illustration focuses on the look of the new Sub-frame, Seat, and gas tank appearance on the bike.

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The image was started with traditional tools on vellum, then scanned into Photoshop for a digital line-art overlay and all of the colors, reflections, and value.

There are more design iterations to be uploaded soon.

tags: design, motorcycle designs
categories: Design
Saturday 01.14.17
Posted by Alex Jamerson
 

Ceres Ship

Here's one image from my recent design project: Ceres. More images to come soon.

tags: design
categories: Design
Monday 07.18.16
Posted by Alex Jamerson
 
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