Hugh Chew

About ready to call this done

It still creeps me out watching this, so good and you see a lot of Fincher experience on this in Mindhunter

Does anyone have a Polycount/Gamedev custom on here? I would love to see some cool feed about folks tinkering and showing cool game art, materials, shaders, tech etc.

Exactly, these guys are reactionaries, they feed off of the need for people to get pissed off about something. Hopefully studios wise up as their next “attack” is the folks who like posts as opposed to even writing posts they get upset with.

Especially when you capitulate them by any means will give the false sense they have real power to expand their harassment and actions further. Now they think they have the power the “change the industry”.

My contract with Blizzard sadly ends in just two weeks. Come October, I'll be looking for fulltime or contract work as a senior writer or narrative designer. If you need someone who can write sharp characters, poetic prose, and emotional stories, I'm available! www.hazelmonforton.com

I don't have the proper words to say more than this now but

I was just laid off. My role at Giant Squid is being eliminated.

If your studio is looking for an environment artist, please let me know ASAP. I have 5+ years of experience.

thank you

I’m so sorry Natalie, do not think that you are not at fault and don’t think your any lesser and aren’t good enough. Trust me I was apart of layoffs a few months ago. Take sometime for yourself. Thankfully a lot of us are here to help where we can. If you need anything feel free to reach out.

'Microsoft has no place being accomplice of a genocide:' Arkane union workers demand Xbox maker sever ties with Israel Arkane Studios' STJV section in France has published an open letter in support of the Palestinian-led BDS movement.

Yoooo! Good on Arkane for sticking up for what's right

Very true, it also just doesn’t sound like there’s any thought or feedback from previous posts. Like he’s been bashed in the comments many times and doesn’t sound like he’s taking any feedback to heart

Yeah a lot of teams because of the business-afication of the industry can’t get budget on trying something new, it’s either UE look right or the box or some sort of Fortnite derivative

This guy on LinkedIn constantly loves to post rage bait about Photogrammetry being the end all, be all for Art. I swear post engagement isn’t the way to stay relevant in the industry.

screenshot of a retro grass texture. reddish brown dirt and green grass in patches

started on grass

One cool way to save 30mil is to fire the guy at the top making 30mil

It’s crazy how two presidents of two of the biggest game companies, royally fucked over collectively 15000 people over shitty business choices to appease the shareholders. It sucks they can leave with a golden parachute while they leave this industry on fire.

This truly is The World that Never Was

Been here for almost a month, but finally time to let everyone know. I started at as a Staff Material Artist at Zeromatter! They are a tech team that are work in Simulations!

It is a bit sad that I stepped away from games until things get better or a solid project comes around!

Jesus, this shit it horrible. So many talented folks fired over some asshole suit that wants to value profit and Ai over actual art.

Midcentury Style Living Room with a Conversation Pit.

Untextured Winchester 1897 Shotgun

Today is a big day, First day at my new studio and I’m posting some WIP for two projects I’ve been working on! #gameart #materialart #UE5

The past few weeks have been busy for me. I went on a bit of a social media blackout, but one thing I can show is our presentation at #GDC2025! If you have access to the GDC Vault, you can watch it here! gdcvault.com/play/1035323...

San Rafael

Are both locations working on the same production? I applied for the Tech Material Art role and was curious about that.

My inner child had a blast today at the new SF Nintendo store 🥹 mind you a major amount of this is household items lol

What’s crazy is most times RTO is for any employee that is below manager/director level. Most leadership can still be remote as they mostly can dictate through Zoom and Slack calls

It’s definitely forced layoffs, but also by pushed folks to RTO and seeing other companies do the same it takes the power away from artists that can leverage being remote for much better roles. Companies maintain control with RTO

Other & my usual go to way for Normal Map intensity in UE5 is this setup.

I cover many more Material Editor setups (including one below) that you need to know & use "#UE5 Master Mat Creation" tutorial course

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#gameart #gamedev #unrealengine

Offer signed! I start something new next week!

It’s been a whirlwind couple of weeks, but good news is coming soon!

I also saw recently that Ben Bolton is showing his face again on the other app. Let’s leave these POS’ in bin where they belong