Nick Whittaker

game does bad: layoffs
game does about as expected: layoffs
game does great: layoffs

The idea that 'AI can speed up dev cycles' would require a premise that dev cycles are long because people are taking forever to make assets (so you could replace them with shoddy slop and it'd go faster), which you could only believe is true if you've never actually tried to make a video game

Other people have better imposter syndrome than me I bet

Sniping's a good job, mate. It's challenging work. Outa doors.

#animation #3Danimation #animator #gamedev #maya #3d #3dart

Sniping's a good job, mate. It's challenging work. Outa doors.

#animation #3Danimation #animator #gamedev #maya #3d #3dart

Just in case that’s a serious question: it’s the second Tuesday of every month!

Thanks man!

#PortfolioDay again, eh?

I'm Nick, and I do all manner of animation in games!

I'm currently on the lookout for my next project (along with... everyone) so let me know if your project needs an animator!

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#animation #3Danimation #animator #gamedev #maya #3d #3dart

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#animation #art #gamedev

The word around town is that the next big thing is Artisanal Imagery, hand-made visuals that you simply have to own if you don't want to be left behind

Every time I read a new pitch for what AI can do for games, I just see, "I haven't spoken to anyone who does this, but I have imagined incorrectly what the bulk of their job is and I have an idea of how to automate it."

That blows :( Huge respect for sticking to your principles, though

I fucking love working with juniors

No group has more passion, drive, desire to do their best, and love for the medium

Every time I've had input in hiring, I've always pushed for junior positions because they're absolute knowledge sponges and delightful to work with

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Staying up until we see what happens in Carleton.

I had this exact same moment yesterday - I had to walk away and loudly complain

This is the ‘disruption’ playbook. I have really bad news for anyone stupid enough to be building reliance on generative AI into their processes. It’s so cheap!

I would go back to Barcelona just for Sips (previous best bar in the world) and Floreria Atlantico

Disco Elysium is the greatest game ever made because it basically explained how it was going to die and then did it

Especially since we'll never have source code access on the F35s - the US can probably still lock us out of them at will even if we purchase them

It sucks how layoffs are so much of a continuing topic that we can talk about their trends with this level of granularity and this many data points available. I preferred the yellow paint debate.

The hardest I've ever crunched in my life were the times I was given animation tests by studios I didn't work for yet

You can tell the applicant not to spend more than X hours on it, but they will do it anyway because OF COURSE they will. They want the job. All the incentives point toward crunch

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I had a good time with iAnimate.net and got a lot out of it, and recently had a friend finish up with them as well to positive reviews

This is something I’ve been thinking about constantly since visiting Tokyo. More dense walkable neighbourhoods please.

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This is so fun!

It’s great to see the community continuing to grow over here!

Oh hey I do that!