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Mana @nautilaa.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Happy to showcase PulseCaller, an uncommon shortbow I created for the Cosmic Vessel Project, an upcoming mod for Baldur's Gate 3. #gameart #art #3dart #gamedev #digital3dart #maya #substancepainter #baldursgate3 #bg3 #weapons #props

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Mana @nautilaa.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Progress on the base versions of my floor and wall materials, fully created in Substance Designer #gameart #art #3dart #gamedev #digital3dart #environmentart #unrealengine #substancedesigner

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Mana @nautilaa.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

As part of my education at Vertex School, I was given an art test brief to recreate a building from a reference within two weeks. #gameart #art #3dart #gamedev #digital3dart #environmentart #maya #unrealengine #substancedesigner

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Mana @nautilaa.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Some relighting experiments in UE 5.6, I was trying to convey (with lighting and color) the refuge of a lone survivor in an unforgiving environment outside. The scene is Quixel's derelict corridor. #gameart #art #3dart #gamedev #digital3dart #environmentart #unrealengine #lighting

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Mana @nautilaa.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Learning the concept of trimsheets (man it was tough). The platform model was given to me by the school but I created the trimsheet to texture it with. #gameart #art #3dart #gamedev #digital3dart #environmentart #unrealengine #substancedesigner

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Mana @nautilaa.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

I made my first materials in Substance Designer a couple of weeks ago 🙂 #3d #3dart #substance #adobe #unrealengine

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Mana @nautilaa.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

This was a set dressing exercise for school. Nothing in the scene is mine (except for one cheeky barrel), I just assembled them and played with prop placement, lighting and composition to create pleasant shots for storytelling. #3d #unrealengine #lighting #setdressing #3dscene

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Mana @nautilaa.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

The blowtorch project is finished. I would really appreciate it if you check out the full project on my Artstation: www.artstation.com/artwork/AZdK4y Hope you like it! #3d #3dmodeling #substancepainter #maya #unrealengine #zbrush #blowtorch #3dart

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Mana @nautilaa.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

I'm alive and it's day 39 of classes 😅 I'm creating a portfolio piece, it's an old blowtorch from the 1920s, and I've finished with the high poly for now and working on the low! #maya #3d #3dart #highpoly #modeling

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Mana @nautilaa.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

I'm back and it's day 19 of classes 🙂 I learned the basics of Unreal Engine 5 and created this small scene with my barrel model to practice lighting and rendering. I think it looks pretty good 💪 #3d #3dart #unrealengine #ue5 #render

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Mana @nautilaa.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Day 15. This is as far as I got with the rock but I doubt that I will have more time to spend on it. Next week we'll learn a bit about unreal engine and rendering so I might not have something to show every day 🙂 #3d #3dart #3dsculpting #zbrush

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Mana @nautilaa.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Day 14: WIP while I struggle to sculpt a bit of a more realistic rock with Zbrush 😅 #3d #3dart #3dsculpt #zbrush

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Mana @nautilaa.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Day 13 of classes. Still experimenting with Zbrush not so successfully. But I made a lowpoly of the runestone and baked it in Substance Painter. #3d #3dart #3dmodel #zbrush #substancepainter #lowpoly

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Mana @nautilaa.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Day 12 🍁 Well that pixelated rock from yesterday turned into a stylized runestone! Looks kind of washed out but hey man #Zbrush is hard to get the hang of. #3d #3dart #3dmodel #3dsculpting

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Mana @nautilaa.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Day 11 of classes 🖌️ I worked with #Zbrush for the first time today. I'll be using a pressure pen but Zbrush is difficult to get used to for sure. I'll be creating a runestone for class but so far I only have the blockout down, with crappy low resolution 😆 #3d #3dart #sculpting #lowpoly

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Mana @nautilaa.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Day 10 went by with mostly nothing to show for it but I did create this progression gif for my barrel materials. #3d #3dart #texturing #substancepainter #maya #lowpoly

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Mana @nautilaa.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Day 9 and I'm done with the texturing. It's not perfect but I've tweaked it a lot and I think for my first ever try of creating materials from scratch it looks good enough! #3d #3dart #3dmodel #texturing #substancepainter

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Mana @nautilaa.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Yesterday was a total bust so today counts as day 8 of class 😆 Still working on the barrel texture. Today I added a decal from the school on the top. Tried to make it look like it's branded into the wood 🤔 I also found some errors I'll have to fix tomorrow. #3D #3Dart #substancepainter #texturing

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Mana @nautilaa.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Day 7 of classes. Created a metal material for the barrel hoops. Not sure how realistic the rust turned out. In the second picture, you can see the material I made without rust (left) next to the premade one I used before (right). #3d #3dart #texturing #substancepainter #3dmodel

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Mana @nautilaa.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Day 6 of classes, creating materials from scratch in Substance 3D Painter. I created the wood texture on the left and compared it to the pre-made one I used before. I like it. What do you think? #3d #3dart #3dmodel #texturing #substancepainter

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Mana @nautilaa.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Day 5 of barrel project... or actually I'm just going to call it day 5 of classes 😆 Most of today was spent on creating this simple model but hey, I'm a noob 🥲 #3d #3dart #3dmodel #maya #lowpoly

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Mana @nautilaa.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Day 4 of barrel project: small side model - a crate! All previous steps repeated on a simple crate model: Creating the high and low poly meshes and baking the details on the low poly (and a little test with pre-made materials). #3d #3dart #3dmodeling #3dmodel #maya #substancepainter #lowpoly

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Mana @nautilaa.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Day 3 of creating a #3D barrel for class. Low poly mesh created today (2k tris as opposed to 200k high poly) and details baked onto it. The materials are just a test with the default ones in Substance 3D Painter. #3dart #3dmodeling #maya #substancepainter #texturing #lowpoly

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Mana @nautilaa.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Day 2 of #3D modeling a barrel for class. Today I did the high poly, with color ID for baking onto the low poly. I would go for some more details if I had more time but as a beginner I'm working more slowly and just trying to absorb all the information and learn the software. #3dart #3dmodeling

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Mana @nautilaa.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Day 1 of creating a #3D barrel for class. For the high poly, the staves (planks) and hoops are created in a straight line to then be bent into a circular form. Software: Autodesk #Maya 2026 #3dart #3dmodeling

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Mana @nautilaa.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

This was my second #3Dart project and was fully done in Autodesk Maya. I followed Game Dev Academy's beginner tutorial for #Maya and I familiarized myself with the software in preparation for a bootcamp I'm starting! Everything is modeled by me, but textures are downloaded from freePBR. #Mayaworks

A dark moody scene of a sorcerer's desk lit by candlelight. The desk is covered with a scroll, potions, candles, books and an inkpot and quill. Moonlight is shining on the desk from a nearby window.

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Mana @nautilaa.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

My first ever #3d work done fully in #blender using Blender Guru's donut tutorial. The focus of the tutorial was to learn the software and create the donuts and the plate, but the background is all downloaded assets.

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