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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 22h

Thanks for hosting peoples cool art! Im a 3D/environment artist who works in a myriad of different styles! This is my most current piece thats still a little wip 😅 Ill post some more in a reply cause bluesky wont let me post video and photos in he same post 😭

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Since I wont be at my pc for a few days now I figured I would spend a few hours on this before work. Added a base to the dome as well as 2 temp tiling textures controlled by a rgb mask. Also made all the point lights for the red alert and fire animated to give it some more feel #GameArt #gamedev

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Ive had to start over with this animation 4 times so far as kept breaking it from lack of exp😅 Being out of my depth is what excites me about learning 3D/art so Ive been really enjoying it! The timing is still off especially at the end but its getting there I think #sprawlzero #gameart #gamedev

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Attempting animation for the first time ever. Very WIP havent touched the arms, head etc. think Ill put off the application to pixar for a few more years 😉 but Im having a lot of fun! Making a basic IK for the legs really helped speed things up. Ill try some IK constraints next. #gamedev #GameArt

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Swapped out the placeholder fire VFX I had on the radar dome for a VBD volume that @jangafx.bsky.social was very kindly giving away on their website! Still needs some tweaking (Ive never touched vbd stuff before so idk what im doing😅) but I think it looks a lot less "gamey" #gamedev #GameArt #ue5

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yeah so I think because its a volume texture it basically rendered as a 3D object and then uses the cube as the coordinates for its bounding box which means you can move it how ever you want! (Dont quote me to much on that tho I am not super educated on it 😅)

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A glorious day for my Honda Civic! 🎉 🎉 Im so proud of him

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I made a custom local fog volume to make it look like a misty gale is blowing in the room. I think it adds a fair amount to the scene! #GameArt #gamedev #ue5 #vfx

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The spider tank is rigged! Turns out not nearly as scary as I thought 😂 although I havent tried to Import any bones/anims into engine yet so maybe thats where the pain is gunna be? Now I can finish off my other project then its stylised o'clock texturing this Im so excited! #gamedev #GameArt #b3d

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The baking is done! 🍞 Im hoping to rig and animate this one a little hence why hes been dismantled😆 now I can dissolve a bunch of edges especially on the cylinders to bring down the tri count! Just gotta decide if I wanna mirror the uvs for the arms/legs 🤔 #gamedev #GameArt #sprawlzero #b3d

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Forgot to post it but I finished the highpoly the otherday! Lowpoly is almost done. Im trying to work within the same sort of restrictions as the game so currently 2.5k tris while Im trying to get nice bakes then I will reduce the count further after #gamedev #GameArt

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Although maybe 10 years well spent if you compare it to my current WIP 😂

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Found an old video of my first ever game environment. It was my entry to the artstation ancient civilization art challenge back in 2017. Gunna ignore the fact this means Ive been doing 3D art for over 10 years now 🥲😆 #gamedev #gameart #3D #unrealengine

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Reposting this for me to remind myself what I am procrastinating by doing this side project... #GameArt #gamedev #UE5

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Started a little side project along side my arctic radar scene (pretending its little but Im probs already over scoped 😅) I really enjoyed fighting this shape of a cylinder merging in to this smooth lump on the side. Might make a few quad enjoyers queasy tho 😂 #gamedev #b3d #GameArt #blender

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Made 2 tileables of painted ply wood sheeting and blended them together in unreal using a vertex colour and the height map to make a nice transition so I can have some variation of wear/damage on the interior walls! #GameArt #gamedev #ue5 #madewithsubstance #3D

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Better, now just gotta add all the nuts and bolts 😭😂 #gamedev #Gameart #b3d

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Not exactly what I had in mind but it is pretty 🤔 #blender #b3d #GameArt #gamedev

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Any #3D #gamedev artists making workshop related props I got a lovely bit of world building ref for you.. my coworkers mallet 😅 #GameArt #reference

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

After multiple days of fighting zbrush to the death I have finished the bake on my blown up plywood wall (Textures are mega WIP)

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Almost happy with it! I did manage to somehow turn off dyna mesh half way through so if anyone knows how to turn that back on without nuking my current work please let me know 😭 #gamedev #GameArt #zbrush

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

With a mix of the method machine games used for Indiana jones and some custom alphas I made from photos I took after mangling some rotten plywood boards in the garage this afternoon 😆 I think the interior wall is taking shape but god zbrush is a nightmare sometimes 😂 #gamedev #GameArt #zbrush #3D

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I love all the Ford Worlds! I just started a new playthrough the other day and I have been messing with photomode a lot more this time ❤️

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

This game is like if the original tomb raider, myst and a Arnold Böcklin painting collided and Im 100% here for it 😍 #vholume @leonardlemaitre.bsky.social

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I added some beep-boopy lights to the server racks using a panning texture and a lerp. Time to move on to the mangled wood wall! #GameArt #gamedev

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Got my server rack models mostly set up! Combined them all onto one texture set and the back of the model is identical across variations so I can now just swap out the meshes whenever I want a new variation Couple more variations I need to bake hence the big gap in the textures #gamedev #GameArt

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Hey peeps, Once I finish my realistic arctic radar base piece I want to try stylised art again! So I wanna do a collection of little projects varing in styles (that arent just LoL, WoW adjacent) What is everyones favourite art styles? Old or new! #GameArt #gamedev

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Drugs and alcohol dont interest me. My vice is halfing my modeling time with silly N-gons 😎

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Since Im swapping out the glass cabinet in my scene for server racks Ive been testing ways to save time and polys so I think Im going to bake out all the different faces then compile them into one texture set and use it as a sort of trimsheet 🤷‍♂️ #gamedev #Gameart

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Playing with some level sequence animations like the background jets! #gamedev #GameArt

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

What do you guys think of my baking tray UVs? i know the bacons texel density will suffer but I need the padding..

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Heres the still image of it too although its way more fun with everything wibbling in the wind imo 😅 #GameArt #gamedev #madewithunreal

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

After months of chipping away this today was one of those days I pray for as an envi artist where you make a change to a scene and feels like its all starting to come together and be a living, breathing scene I was getting worried in the middle there 😂 #gamedev #GameArt

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Made a new rock face tileable from scratch thats closer to blueish grey rather than the previous warm brown temporary one from yesterday I think with the fresnel on the snow set to a warm tone it really gives contrast helps them stand out in the scene 🤷‍♂️ #gamedev #GameArt

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Spent my whole morning making a Z-up snow shader with displacement+WPO, SSS and A ton of adjustable parameters Do I regret it? NOPE. Now I can use it for all my outdoor props! sidenote: if 2017 Tom saw this graph he would throw up from fear I think 😆 #gamedev #UE5 #GameArt

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Today I saw a Japanese austin mini and it hurt my brain 😅

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

5 hours of train rides later my laptop died but I think thats enough of a paint-over to work with 😅 #GameArt #gamdev #conceptart

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

On route to #developbrighton 3 hour train ride to Brighton might as well do some paint overs 😅 #gamedev #gameart

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Hey #PortfolioDay peeps! I'm Tom an Environment Artist from the UK. I'm on the look out for any Freelance/Full-time roles as a 3D/Environment Artist. Whether its Realism or Stylised or somewhere in-between! #GameArt #gamedev

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

God I love the lattice modifier 🙏 Ive never really done a destroyed corrugated wall before so Its been quite fun so far gotta do the broken interior wall part next so I can remove the blockout mesh! #gamedev #GameArt #b3d

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Final result for those who havent seen it! www.artstation.com/artwork/EzxEv4

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Tom Daga Walker @dagaproduction.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

When I posted my recent render of the wood from my printing press someone on discord asked if It was a UV projection of a photo or did I build it up in substance so I thought it would be fun to post a video going through my layers! #gamedev #Gameart #substancepainter

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