Matthias Schmidt

I create materials for a living as a contract artist/freelancer. This is some of my work that i did for Scorn. More on my artstation. I'm pretty versatile with styles and topics but disgusting is definitely one of my favs. #substance3d #gamedev #gameart #gamedev #materials #textures #alien #horror

My erosion filter is out! Video, blog post, and shader source. It emulates erosion without simulation, so it's fast, GPU friendly, and trivial to generate in chunks. Explainer video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4V2... Companion blog post: blog.runevision.com/2026/03/fast... #ProcGen #vfx #GameDev

Been wrapping up some final renders for my most recent project. Here's a side by side breakdown of some of the water shaders I made for the project! :)) 🌊

This is spot on.

Some rare bees on my moms balcony. I think they are carpenter or wood bees. These things are huge chonkers.

Are there any gamers on Bsky with a disability or people in their circle who can share their experiences or point me to good resources/websites/products for one handed gaming (specifically left hand)? Also recommendations for games/systems that are disability friendly would be much appreciated.

As a game artist i hate the DLSS 5 stuff with every fiber of my being. It replaces the art that was crafted by an artist and sh*ts over it. In general, while not an anti AI absolutist, i'm against any img2img workflows for that reason. It's far crossing the line of what i find acceptable as a tool.

Just doing a little casual exploration in free solo mode (permadeath, no rope). #Cairn

This is the first game that i have discovered via bsky exclusively. Really enjoying it so far. Reminds me of the sections in Death Stranding when you climb some mountains.

First personal project of the year. Tiling bone pit mat. I use an atlas that i generated from a single photo with an experimental setup in Designer plus depth estimation (Moge2). I try to get close to Megascans quality with that but it's a bit hit and miss. #madewithsubstance #gameart #materials

Process animation from my Queen Victoria stamps substance. The portrait was based on the photo of a silver coin. Masks and hatching was generated procedurally inside Substance 3D Designer.

Retro Textures 1 is out now! 🎉 Completely free to download and use in any of your projects. Includes 115 textures like walls, floors, windows, doors and much more! kenney.nl/assets/retro... (no tracking, no ads, no sign-up, etc.)

Saint Sebastian's Feast Day is a week away. 🫢 Are you ready to lean into the chaos that will be the 6th annual bake-this-random-Saint-into-a-bread-item experience?

Was searching for an account posting images of good looking pizzas for my interesting things starter pack. Apparently on bsky pizza means middle aged naked overweight dude. Every day i learn something new.

"Vous n’êtes sûrement pas passés à côté de cette simulation d’escalade aussi réaliste que punitive." "I'm sure you've heard of this climbing simulation thats as realistic as it is challenging." Thanks @psinsidefr.bsky.social ! Hard core climbing, coming up!

It’s incredibly humbling to be name dropped in someone’s portfolio day post and always a joy to see someone use some of my reference photos to make art. Go give Alex your support cos that’s some good work going on with that building and texturing.

I did finish up my first sculpture of 2026. Some times I can only help things by bringing joy to folks. So have a squish of beasts!

Hey #portfolioday Good timing! After 15 years at @ubisofthalifax.bsky.social I today opened myself up to new (mostly remote) work opportunities. www.artstation.com/caponeart

Happy #PortfolioDay! 😄 I've been updating some old materials with stuff I've been learning since last year. Super happy to feel a lot more comfortable in Designer 🤓

I've been a bit quiet lately, here's a wip of the material I'm spending my spare time on ✨ #Substance3DDesigner #SubstanceDesigner #Material

last night : seeing the northern lights when they were this strong and visible (you could see all the shimmering and dancing with the naked eye, it was just a bit less colour saturated) was like nothing I’ve ever experienced before. utterly humbling and astonishing near Tromsø, Norway

content-aware scaled black cats r so hysterical to me. get scrinkled idiot

screenshots of the startmap I built for qbj3 or Quake Brutalist Jam III some fancy bits in here will be in the coming update, like the paintings and plaques

"Hell Awaits" We're finally working again on Level Design, and now we have wayyyyy more assets, props, textures, and other fancy stuff to populate and decorate our levels with! #gamedev #indiedev #FPS #Hellslinger

You want to spread some positivity? Just highlight an artist or dev that’s inspired you and just get others to check them out. Don’t be afraid to talk about who you find inspiring and has influenced your work. We don’t work in a vacuum we are inspired by our peers so share that.

His little hands. 🤲

A little pipe project is coming to Designer soon if you're interested in learning how you can make your own ribbons in Substance Painter 😏

There is a new wave of phishing pm's going around Artstation posing as Artstation support. Be careful what you click.

The algo on LinkedIn is pretty awful too. I hadn't properly used the site for a couple of years and was surprised to see a lot of interesting stuff from peers on my timeline. Only took 2-3 weeks of engaging and now it's almost all gAI sh*t and discussions.

Here is a nice floor.

This software is very fascinating. I think it would be cool for learning or as a tool to have somethings for shaders/materials that sits inbetween scripting and visual scripting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWXC...

The vibrant magnificence of #Earth: 22 breathtaking images from the 2025 #Landscape #Photographer of the Year awards. #landscapephotography #photography Be sure to take a look at all the amazing #photos by following this link: www.popsci.com/environment/...

Welcome (back) to everyone who will give bsky a(nother) go! Remember to curate your timeline for the things you really care about to make it nice and cozy here. Subscribe to lists, feeds and block lists. Use mute words for things that mess with your timeline (unlike Twitter they actually work here).

Spiral room breakdown 🌪️ #pixelart #indiedev #GameMaker

I have a suspicion that the real use case for "computer plays game for you" tech is to kill people more efficiently.

1/n 2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭

Here's a cleaned up version with a little breakdown at the end. All made and animated with Substance Designer ✨

My professional artists peers! We got a survey request! Researchers at the University of Carnegie Mellon is doing a research to see how generative Al has (or has not) impacted your work and/or sentiments in the industry. Folks in creative fields only, please consider filling this out 👇

Yesterday was my 47th birthday. 2025 was maybe the worst year of my life. Struggled to find good work, had a very bad experience. The gig for Adobe saved the year professionally but coincided with my nephew nearly dying in a horror crash. He was in a coma and lost a leg. Not sure what 26 will bring.

I guess POE2 was my secret GOTY, over 900 hours. And yet i have only played the current season for 3-4 hours. KCD 2 was pretty awesome.

Nice refs on that channel.

Pretty good all things considered. Artstation often feels like there isn't much engagement anymore ever after the AI debacle a few years back.

My presets for a parametric Queen Victoria old British stamps substance. The portrait is based on normals and depth from a old silver coin but the hatching, masks and everthing else is generated procedurally. #madewithsubstance #textures #material #gameart

A couple images from my Substance Signature Collection. Created in Substance 3D Designer, rendered in Marmoset. #madewithsubstance #gameart #gamedev #procedural #space

Finally took the time to start my serie about art fundementals applied to Material creation. This part 1 is about Art Direction, let me know what you think of it. Cheers ! #Texturing #Art #theartoftexturing

I tried to imitate a Hubble space image with Substance 3D Designer. This isn't part of my Substance Signature Collection but would have been a nice addition in hindsight. #madewithsubstance #gameart #procedural #space

A while ago, I asked people on bluesky to tell me the name of the movie Koyaanisqatsi without looking up the spelling. I made a musical algorithm based on the answers. I figure I owe you a demo of what it sounds like! It's for my game Rhytm Doggo: store.steampowered.com/app/4090240/...