Asher Zhu

YouTube video by Man Carrying Thing every AI "artist" right now

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjnr...

I doubt there will ever be a way to 'reverse lookup' the artists. De-branding the real creative people isn't a side effect, but its core function, effectively turning copyrighted art into fragmented strokes that current legal system hasn't caught up to protect.

'ai' art doesn't have real value but is getting better at theft and attracting eyeballs. It's disrespectful. Many reputable game companies I know are rolling out no-ai policy, our studio among them. I don't care that stealing can be profitable. I didn't get to where I am today to be a piece of shit.

The thing I hate most about generative 'ai' art is when I see something actually good. I know a real artist did that style very well, and someone else drew her hair in this specific way I love and want to see more. But there is no way to know more about the artists who the 'ai' stole from

Thanks for all your DMs! I woke up to way too many animation showreels than I expected, a lot of which are sooo good and humbling, others inspiring with passion. I'll sort through everything in a day or two and also try to give as much constructive feedback as I can ❤️

I'm looking for a freelance 3D character animator to bring our humanoids to life💓

hmu with your portfolio if hitting the slime with a huge bell hammer sounds like your thing
(more permanent positions available after we are fully funded :)
#animation #indiedev #gamedev

how can something be both so beautiful and so sick

Thanks for your encouragement! I'm very much hard at work and everything of the project is going as well as I could imagine :))

Your resilience is a huge inspiration! "What would doc do?" is right up there with "what would Frieren do?" for me

Happy birthday let's fuck some shit up!!

By the time I saw this viral video on tiktok, the account was already mysteriously deleted.
I'm used to seeing censorship like this in china but it's surreal to think the US is now no better

I'm unironically converting all my music, movies to watch and shows into local library and starting to read more books because how noisy and uninteresting the general online atmosphere is nowadays :\

Bro invented a new form of gambling and got addicted to it 😂

Days we can legally look away from the screen are real nice!

they crunched hard for the cut scenes

Happy holidays and may you never be invited as dinner 💚

That's it. I'm converting all my libraries back to CDs and mp3. It will cost me but I wondered why it's been much harder to come by good music. I miss music hunting

not yet. I'm just calling it asher's slime game for now😅 feel it's better than a random codename before we have a real name

It took many nights to engineer but is absolutely a critical feature :D

YouTube video by Asher Zhu Slime Simulation: Gameplay Reveal

Very excited to show off our progress!
Had to cut 60s out of it because of bsky limit 😬

Full video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwD6...
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update on my Slime game💚

The dungeon's popularity is plummeting! Only the Slime can make it fun again. Lots of magic sodas are needed to get the job done.

#indiegame #gamedev #techart #slime #game

This needs to be a major mode for emacs
(love it)

It's not plug-in-and-play in that sense as I didn't have enough time to make everything modular. Overall it's pretty robust and I know a few studios migrated it successfully.
The editor mode thing is a bit outdated. but the modular niagara systems are good examples of weaving tech art magic

[UE5] Volumetric Painting framework I created in Valley of the Ancient demo (fog, dust, rocks), Asher Zhu You can find a BP_VolumetricPaintingGameMode in UE5 Valley of the Ancient demo. If you play the game using this game mode you'd be able to paint the wind and fog density. Besides, all the ground eff...

D: bsky auto-normalized the ambient audio. It's not supposed to be loud

HD videos:
www.artstation.com/artwork/WKqLm3

Taking the chance to repost some useful stuff I made in the past

There is a secret Volumetric Painting tool I hid in the #UE5 Valley of the Ancient demo project (free)

You can paint how wind flows, affecting fog, sand and small debris

#gamedev #techart #vfx #realtimevfx

Yes it was more of a visual / vibe experiment. I've remade everything since then. The new slime is designed to be nimble & responsive while retaining the liquid nature.
There is action packed combat but messing around is also fun. A bit like Splatoon but the movement has a feel of tony hawk games

Working with Niagara Fluids to Create Water Simulations Senior Tech Artist at Epic Games Asher Zhu shared an enormous breakdown of the workflow in Unreal's Niagara Fluids, explained how to set up the water surface and whitewater particles, spoke about maki...

Thanks Aver! If you are interested, I've written about how to create first class fluidsim for games. The interview is a little aged but the tech showcases mentioned are getting constant updates

80.lv/articles/wor...

or VFX, or stories, which are completely fine and awesome. But I wanted to try something different. Fluidsim and shaders are two of my world-class tech artist skillsets. And I -love- slime. It came very natural to me that I wanted to make the most realistic and cute slime ever that lives with you