TechnicallyArt

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Community for technical art - shaders, modeling, rigging, etc.
Learn, discuss, and maybe share your work, too!

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Classic 3D videogame shadow techniques (30fps.net)
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I built my own 3D Game Engine with Open-Source Tools (www.youtube.com)
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Why Devs NEED TO know about Render Matrices! (youtu.be)
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Some example uses of transformation matrices. Kind of a practical introduction to what game developers can do with linear algebra.

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Exploring a New Approach to Realistic Lighting: Radiance Cascades (www.youtube.com)
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Coding Adventure: Clouds (www.youtube.com)
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Clouds are lovely and fluffy and rather difficult to make.In this video I attempt to create clouds from code in the Unity game engine.

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How Big Budget AAA Games Render Clouds (www.youtube.com)
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Explored a few of the latest techniques in procedural cloud rendering used in Horizon: Zero Dawn and the FrostBite engine.

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3D Rigging is Beautiful, Here's How It Works! (www.youtube.com)
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Rigging is the key to making a 3D character ready to animate, but everyone finds it so intimidating. Even I was afraid of it at first. But now I find it beautiful, so I want to show you how it works!

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What Are Animation Smears REALLY For? - Doodley (www.youtube.com)
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How Are Games Rendering Fur? [Shell Texturing] (www.youtube.com)
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The Truth About PS1 Graphics (www.youtube.com)
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The Strange Graphics Of LETHAL COMPANY (www.youtube.com)
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How scrolling textures gave Super Mario Galaxy 2 its charm (www.youtube.com)
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Let's dive into Super Mario Galaxy 2, and explore how a small team at Nintendo pushed simple developer techniques to their limits to make something that still looks good today.

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When Optimisations Work, But for the Wrong Reasons (www.youtube.com)
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Level of detail and imposters are effective optimizations that work for reasons you may not fully understand. Let's explore why, from a hardware perspective, these work.