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David Zhu (Gundarm12) @yuevid.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

youtube.com/shorts/29Chf... A little late, took me some time to make it. It’s too sudden for all of us. RIP Peter Cullen.

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RIP Peter Cullen #petercullen #transformers #blender #animation #sorrythisisrushed

YouTube video by GUNDARM12

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David Zhu (Gundarm12) @yuevid.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

People will tell me these are rookie numbers, but I am still proud of it. youtu.be/ygyX1Df_McA?...

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David Zhu (Gundarm12) @yuevid.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I finally finished this (Things changed: Modified Freedom Gundam’s model, some important animations, lineart on all the 3D parts, had to redo all the VFX, re rendered everything, re-composed everything in DaVinci Resolve, Lacus’s facial animation and other small details)

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David Zhu (Gundarm12) @yuevid.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I am working on a game using Unreal (as an employee, my livelihood depends on it), but I will never play a game made with Unreal ever again. The use company heavily endorses and uses AI, I will not support it. If other companies do the same thing then I rather not play any game, I am that petty.

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David Zhu (Gundarm12) @yuevid.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

We Canadians are believing we are so much better than Americans. But we are not, look at the DSA wins in New York (congrats to them). Soon we will fall behind, I really hope Avi Lewis can bring solidarity to the Canadians and Marit Stiles for the Ontarians, we NEED a strong left movement!

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David Zhu (Gundarm12) @yuevid.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

People still using Maya? holy crap this pile of garbage is so bad. I have switched to Blender since 2017 and I had to come back to it, and it’s so frustrating to deal with all the outdated stuff and it takes forever to even open it. People still willing using it are masochist, and I am not sorry.

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David Zhu (Gundarm12) @yuevid.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

youtube.com/watch?v=Zt62... The Gundam animations are so good in this! Truly fit for a 50 years anniversary of Gundam! If you still think Gundam should not be animated in 3D after watching this, you might need to do a brain MRI, just to see if there is anything there at all.

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A boy with GUNDAM | Mobile Suit Gundam 50th Anniversary - Road to 50 - Prologue Movie

YouTube video by GUNDAM CHANNEL INTL

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David Zhu (Gundarm12) @yuevid.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I remember talking to my friends last December and they were saying taxing the rich would never work (in Toronto), well hopefully this will be an example to change their minds.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15/04/2026

NEWS: Huge first win for Mayor Mamdani’s tax-the-rich plans in NYC. Mamdani just secured a deal with Gov. Hochul to create the state’s first-ever tax on $5 million+ second homes owned by ultrawealthy out-of-state residents.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 06/04/2026

NASA isn't why the US doesn't have universal healthcare, or a social safety net. The US doesn't have those things because politicians with the power to provide them choose specifically not to (with varying levels of support from voters). Enthusiasm for human spaceflight doesn't drive that choice.

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David Zhu (Gundarm12) @yuevid.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Model of Sky Grasper and Guul from Gundam SEED, I modernized the design #gundam #gundamseed #blender #3Dmodeling

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David Zhu (Gundarm12) @yuevid.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

When the Empire down south has started another war and killing innocents, I was told to look at small wins in my life. No Overwatch animated series, no new Ace attorney game, No new Gundam anime on WfM timeline, Halo is not continuing Infinite’s story, I’m still unemployed. Where are my small wins?

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matt🌻 @eiffel.art · 27/02/2026

ok hear me out

pencil drawing of the new fire pokemon who is a little Pomeranian dog with it's evolutions being essentially bigger and fluffier versions

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Finji @finjico.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Here's what TikTok has been doing to our work & art without our consent.

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David Zhu (Gundarm12) @yuevid.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

I think I should post my demo reel here, I don't think making this a gundam fan animation account helps my current situation. All feedbacks are welcome! vimeo.com/1147426463

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This is "Demo_2025-12-17" by Yuedong Zhu on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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David Zhu (Gundarm12) @yuevid.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

I don’t watch Jujutsu Kaisen, but since everyone is doing this meme… #gundam #jujutsukaisen #blender #animation #anime

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David Zhu (Gundarm12) @yuevid.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Logo animation for my YouTube channel youtube.com/@gundarm12?s... #gundam #freedomgundam #animation #blender #blender3D Also I learned not to post unfinished videos on YouTube or TikTok, they did not do well…

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Lightning Rod Games @lightningrod.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Love a good beard, but sometimes different normals across adjacent meshes give you an unwanted one. Here's how to fix it with @blender.org and the DataTransfer modifier. Add the modifier to one of the meshes and have it target the mesh with the normals you want to copy. Fixed! #gamedev #gameart

The left side of the image shows a cartoon man rendered in warm colours. He looks like he has a dark 5:00 shadow. In the centre of the image is a screenshot of a DataTransfer modifier in blender attached to the mesh with the shadow. It has a vertex group set for its edge vertices and targets the mesh that it wants to have continuous normals with. The right side of the image shows the same cartoon man, but the beard-like shadow is gone.

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David Zhu (Gundarm12) @yuevid.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Logo animation (WIP(I know there is no logo yet😂)) #gundam #blender #animation #anime

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Lightning Rod Games @lightningrod.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

In #Unity3D, you need to worry about dependencies. If a scene references an asset, it will get loaded into memory (EVEN IF HIDDEN). We broke our game into hundreds of environment-only scenes that can be dynamically loaded, and then made tools so we could work without creating dependencies. #gamedev

A cartoon office lit by a sunset. There are lineups of characters standing at different angles to demonstrate lighting.

A list of buttons showing various tools options.

A zoomed out view of the office scene showing that the only objects that exist are the objects visible to the camera.

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Lightning Rod Games @lightningrod.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Real-time shadows go a long way to help characters feel connected to the environment. Sadly, you can't always afford them (computationally). Blob or projector shadows are a good solution, and having multiple levels of projector shadows (for body, feet, etc.) are even better. #gamedev #gameart

Tree nearly identical images of a cartoon woman stand in a forest environment to demonstrate blob shadows. In the leftmost image, there is no shadow and she appears to float above the ground. In the centre image, there is a circular shadow projected on the ground underneath her. It is clear that she is on or close to the ground, but she still feels a bit disconnected from the environment. The rightmost images shows the same circular shadow, but additional (much smaller and darker) shadows are on the ground where her feet make contact. It is clear that she is standing on the ground and that her feet are pressing on it.

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David Zhu (Gundarm12) @yuevid.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

3D remake of Freedom Gundam (Descending Sword scene)(WIP) #gundam #gundamseed #blender

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David Zhu (Gundarm12) @yuevid.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

I am also in the process redoing my old Gundam Seed fan animation #gundam #gundamseed #freedomgundam #blender3D

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David Zhu (Gundarm12) @yuevid.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Testing Render of my Freedom Gundam that I’ll be animating soon #gundam #gundamseed #blender3d #freedomgundam

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David Zhu (Gundarm12) @yuevid.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Gundam Aerial costume I made for my baby! Took a week, worn for an hour 😂 #gundam #halloween #witchfrommercury

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