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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

It's really disappointing to see such a hypocritical reaction from the community. Blender is FOSS, it depends on donations, yet people cancel it for getting money from a company they don't like. What the hell, how is Blender supposed to survive if you shame it for taking donations? (Ranting)

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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

In the meantime, my vertex painting add-on for Blender got a huge update and a redesign! There are new tools, a color palette, better UX, performance optimizations, and various bug fixes, all thanks to contributions by Clonephaze ❤️ Check it out :) extensions.blender.org/add-ons/more...

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HUE

A set of tools to make vertex painting easier

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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Surprisingly, Houdini's Copernicus is already good enough to replace Substance Designer! It still has some performance issues and weird quirks, but I think Copernicus is really good, and I'm sure it will improve with the next versions.

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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Just discovered a concept of physically-based lighting (PBL), and I feel so dumb for doing lighting completely wrong for my whole life 🫠 Anyways, check out this video if you have some spare time www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbMv...

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Intro to Physically Based Lighting and Cinematics - Lighting for Videogames

YouTube video by Visual Tech Art

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Reposted by Kai Fardreamer

orels1 @orels1.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Never forget the real struggle

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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

I had a chance to make a breakdown of one of my projects on YouTube 🥳 You can check it out here: youtube.com/watch?v=aqJJ... Also, a huge thanks to Stylized Station for the opportunity 🫶 I've been watching your channel for years and it was an honor to create something for it!

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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

The most productive year of my career I guess Thanks for your support, 2025 will be lit 🫶 #ArtStationRecap2024

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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

Made some Will-o’-the-Wisp kind of thing this evening! The effect uses real-time fluid simulation for the flame and some simple Niagara particles on top. Surprisingly, fluid simulation is *really* good for stylized flame effects! #UnrealEngine#techart #vfx #stylized

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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 18/08/2024

After several months of hard work, the project is finally finished! 🎉 I made a procedural house generator with Houdini that can be used inside Unreal Engine 😎 You can view more breakdowns on Artstation: www.artstation.com/artwork/dyJa53 #UnrealEngine #houdini #techart #stylized #3dart

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Procedural House Generator, Kai Fardreamer

This project is my first step into a beautiful world of procedural generation. I decided to start by making a house generator, inspired by the game called "THE FINALS". The tool is made inside Houdin...

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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 02/08/2024

Random midnight WIP 🌚 Made a quick test render and am very happy with how it's turning out! All that's left is to texture the plants and some props. #UnrealEngine #3dart

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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 23/07/2024

Some texturing WIP 🎨 I couldn't rely on UVs (the building is procedural), so I decided to use some shader math magic: tri-planar mapping and height blending! I blend 2 materials using a Perlin noise as an alpha, and it works surprisingly well! #UnrealEngine #techart #shader

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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 15/07/2024

Finished my first material in #SubstanceDesigner today 🎉 I tried to create a stylized handpainted look, and I kinda like how it turned out! #techart #stylized #gamedev

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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 14/07/2024

Took a while, but I'm finally done with the house geometry! I really would love to show the procedural aspects of it (you can configure the building size, roof shape, ivy, and so on), but making a proper showcase with animations is time-consuming, so I'll show it later.

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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 28/01/2024

The project is finally done! 🎉 I've uploaded a breakdown to ArtStation, go check it out: artstation.com/artwork/9EKdgO #unity3d #environmentart #stylized #shader

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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 14/01/2024

Stylized Pond WIP #4 Trees, bushes, and post-processing! ✨ #unity3d #environmentart #stylizedart

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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 12/12/2023

And of course, it can be used with other colors!

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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 12/12/2023

Shader practice - The Hiss(from Remedy's Control) I made it with Unity's shader graph while researching an awesome technique called "Domain Distortion". #unity3d #shader #creativecoding #abstractart #ControlRemedy

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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

Unity 6 gives me hope, that they started to care more about game developers rather than shareholders. New graphics features are genuinely good and interesting! Also, it seems like they're finally focused on polishing existing things, rather than introducing a ton of new ones.

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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 14/11/2023

Blockout is done! It's time to add some colors now 🎨 #3dart #environmentart #unrealengine #blender

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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

And something on a personal note. It's a huge pleasure to use Unreal after Unity! Every aspect is so polished. It provides amazing results with little to no tweaks. The UI and UX are great, tools are intuitive... I just can't! It feels like we don't deserve it 🥲

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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

Finally got time to make environments, here's a little blockout! #3dart #UnrealEngine

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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

As a C# programmer, trying C++ in Unreal feels so freaking powerful. I can do anything and there is no way to stop it, it's just raw power 🤩! And yeah, I've already managed to crush the editor a dozen times. It's fine though, it's learning.

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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

Getting sick is such a bummer But fuck you a little virus, my immune system will kick your ass very soon! (once antibodies are produced I guess)

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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 19/09/2023

Unfortunately, I didn't have enough time and motivation to finish the project It was fun working on it, so I decided to post it on Art Station: artstation.com/artwork/qeKvAN P.S For now, I wanna focus on UE because of this Unity shit going on...

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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 14/09/2023

Hi there! 👋 I'm Kai, a technical artist lynx boy currently living in Tbilisi, Georgia 😼 I'm interested in game development and 3D, gaming, and home plans (yeah, I just love plants! 🪴). I'm really glad to be here, and will post some stuff soon ^3

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