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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Oof, that's an unpleasant one. The first time I experienced it was when my blood was drawn. I managed to stay barely conscious, but it still felt unpleasant, like you were about to die. Usually, it's triggered by something specific, find out what it is, and managing this will become much easier

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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I think these would be really bad for your portfolio. A portfolio is meant to show your real skills (including your weaknesses), so using AI is deceiving, whatever the use (art, tools, etc) is.

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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I stopped caring about gen AI some time ago, and it's the best thing you can do for your mental health as an artist. Genuine, human-made art is not going away as long as there are humans

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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Glad they stated their position explicitly: "Blender is a tool for artists and creators, it’s made by humans for humans."

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

Makes sense. But for some reason, I still have impeccable trust in Blender Foundation. I believe they will not do anything stupid with AI, but that's just me, some people have less trust, and that's valid. I also apologize for calling the community response "hypocritical", I was somewhat emotional

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

And yeah, it's a really dirty move from Anthropic to make an impression of "partnership" with Blender, but I guess all the hate Blender is currently receiving, should go to Anthropic instead

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

From that point of view, it makes sense why people are upset. But can Blender even push back in cases like that? FOSS implies that anyone can make any integrations and plugins (depending on the license, of course), so Blender is just a platform.

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

Blender's MCP was added about a year ago, it was not developed specifically for Anthropic. You can plug in basically any LLM. Anthropic money will go to the Python API, which everyone who writes any kind of plugins uses, so no, it's not for Anthropic

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

I know Anthropic sucks, but it's a "dirty money for good cause" kinda situation. Money doesn't grow on trees, especially if you're a free open-source project. Besides, Anthropic would continue doing its thing with or without donating to Blender

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

Yeah, the announcement is so pretentious, yet they show something like "delete disabled collections" lol

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

Yeah, the integration is concerning, but Anthropic could do it anyway, since Blender is open

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

But Blender is only about visual art, so in what way is taking donations from an LLM company a betrayal of Blender's artist?

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

Anthropic may be evil, but they make only text models, so they do not need to train their models on images, art, or 3D models. In what way do they "degrade art and artists"?

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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 · 28/04/2026

People, you are overreacting. It's basically just a donation, and even if Blender devs decide to add something stupid to it (which I really doubt), we will just fork it and make an AI-slop-free version, cmon

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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 · 10/03/2026

This is INSANELY GOOD, well done!

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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 · 31/07/2025

Yeah, math notation is ambiguous sometimes 🫠

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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Didn't know you're a gamedev as well 😲 Keep up the good work bro!

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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

GDScript is so nice to read ngl 😍

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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Glasses fit you very well, husky!

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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Nice! Also, it would be cool to toggle different color channels, but I'm not sure how hard it would be to implement

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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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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Gladly, there is a role called "Environment technical artist". It fits you pretty well :)

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

Never forget the real struggle

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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

"Do not come to our country illegally." Lol, I honestly don't want to come to your country at all after videos like this

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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

*ehem* Join the Rust cult, we've got cookies and an amazing compiler that prevents the majority of potential crashes even before you run your executable 💅

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Kai Fardreamer @tojynick.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

It's kinda funny that such horrible laws usually start with "Protecting children from X" Huge support for all trans folks out there, please don't give up and take care of yourselves 🏳️‍⚧️

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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 · 19/12/2024

Honestly for the beginner, it's looking great! I know 3D can be overwhelming at first, but trust the process and you will get good at this quite soon ^^

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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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