Oskar Świerad

Linear interpolation (mix, blend, interp) is one of those obvious functions you end up using everywhere. Do you know, however, why we can't simply blend between UV projections? 🙂 This and more explained in my in-depth video on Lerp www.patreon.com/techartaid/p... #UE5 #gamedev #gameart #techart

📚 I recommend: Cory Doctorow's "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life after AI". My short review: www.patreon.com/posts/169328... His stance isn't against the tech per se. It's about control and purpose. AI feels different when we *can* use it ourselves at will, vs when we're forced into it at work.

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Skipping work on data design & architecture with a (mis)quote about premature optimization is the root of all evil. ~Nox, customer success pupper at Tech Art Aid

Tech artists announcing texture budgets. Enviro crew (left) appalled, says the game will be trash 👎🗑️

"GPU texture address mode collies" meme continues to be my main achievement in life, I think.

Time for an end-of-the-year #UE5 poll👉 www.patreon.com/posts/146855... 2025 was an intense period in UE5 dev. Major games shipped. Optimization and open-world ambition were high on everyone's agenda. Which issues still challenge your pipelines – the ones that need serious solving in 2026?

We'll be coming together with Unreal Engine to present during the State of Unreal. We’re looking forward to showcasing some of the innovative technology & features that will power The Witcher 4, and beyond. Join us at #UnrealFest — 9:30 AM ET | 3:30 PM CEST on June 3: epic.gm/state-of-unreal-2025

I've just been certified by Epic Games as an #UnrealEngine Authorized Instructor for 2025🤓🫡 Join my Discord to exchange knowledge and discuss your art, shaders, procedural🦆🎨🛠 discord.gg/4BRNBpUVbD There was an exam–for a #UE5 generalist with Tech Art expertise –and it was *hard*😂 A good refresher

New Blog Post: Ever wonder how you can create your own custom material expression nodes in Unreal? www.exportgeometry.com/blog/definin... #gamedev #techart #unrealengine #UE5 #shaders

Obsidian is now free for work. Starting today, the Obsidian Commercial license is optional. Anyone can use Obsidian for work, for free. Explore the organizations that support Obsidian on our site. obsidian.md/blog/free-fo...

Hey! Hiring for a very hands-on, impactful #techart position on our *new* IP. No worries: you'll co-op with the whole RED on tech (incl. me on #TheWitcher4) We develop a mad amount of custom #gamedev tech for #UE5 so that's great for growth Share, & apply via link www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Sometimes it takes me a while to reply to your questions. It's not because my mailbox is full... It's simply because they hung it so high In the meantime, hop into my personal Tech Art Aid Discord server: discord.gg/4BRNBpUVbD People there are friendly and fascinating, so you'll fit in just right🫡

Didn't get to participate in GGJ this year (or the past several years tbh) but, given the theme was "Bubble" I thought I'd reshare my anime bubble shader I made a while back, inspired by the amazing "Bubble" anime film I said "bubble" way too much in this post, it stopped sounding like a real word

In case any of my fellow creatives also needed this reminder:

Do you know the PBR "issue" when a shader blends between 2 materials, like concrete and water? The white banding on the transition? 🧐 Well, here's a concerning photo from Warsaw. Apparently Poland runs on cheaper quality settings. We do a classic lerp instead of clear-coat compositing 🫠

Make friends with artists, and you’ll be forever gifted with stickers 😮 They aren't good with words so that's how they express sympathy and gratitude

My gaming + Blender setup, 2007! Yup it's Ubuntu Linux, and yes, there's an Xbox 360 somewhere... under the desk, because the thing was so noisyyy

You can see the last one in the painted backgrounds of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 😆 For real

It’s important we tell our own stories if no one else does. Here is my memory of the Unisys ICON and some ICON games, a computer that only Xennials from Ontario would have used. They were almost all destroyed and no archives or emulators exist. True lost media. postgamecontent.com/post/7717260...

Warsaw in grayscale vs Warsaw in RGB. 2025, uncolorized

❤️ 100, woohoo Feel invited – discord.gg/4BRNBpUVbD

We're highly social creatures, we want to belong to a community, & want to care for each other. It's far more effective for us to feel that we've let someone down, than to be punished, but we need to have a sense of responsibility first. Then we get the rewards & security from that community

The recruitment process for a technical artist is still an arduous process. It's not easy to find a person who fits your particular definition of the role. What if we...grew them internally instead? Let me reveal: the tech art hatching pod. Genetically engineered to your needs

Enjoy ⚔️ youtu.be/54dabgZJ5YA?...

My spritesheet player plugin causes *what* ?

I wrote a new article, this time exploring a bit how some games handle refraction. I discovered quite a few interesting tricks ! www.froyok.fr/blog/2024-12... #gamedev #rendering

Lens Sim add-on by Håvard is out! In brief: photorealistic rendering in Blender will never be the same. As we've been testing the development version, there was enough time for us to record a walkthrough/review about this phenomenal #b3d plugin. So, is it the best? www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjn_...

Young TAs talking: –I’ve heard that GPUs in the past didn’t support non-power-of-two textures. But I didn't live in those times. Oskar did. 🦕

How to manage studio finances when crisis is the new norm ? I've spent 20y in a major investment bank during subprimes, here's what I learned and what I think also applies to game industry 🧵

I feel like there's very little Python in #Unreal content. Not sure why. Is it because scripts seem difficult to use end users and not so handy? We can try to solve that issue by adding custom menu entries. Tutorial: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLEx... #unrealengine #ue #gamedev #indiedev #epicgames

Post you from a different era At the fine arts uni, 2013:)

Hi Bluesky, I’m Alice, a ✨Technical Artist ✨ working in indie dev at Polished Games on Be My Horde 💀. One of my favourite contributions to the project was designing Moriana, the Necromancer, along with two key artworks for her. Will post some of my 2D game development stuff soon 👀 #gamedev #art #2D

Hey! Give me some likes pls, so that people know I moved here:) twitter.com/TechArtAid/s...

I wrote this technical art post some time ago on mixing 3D and 2D for Wizard with a Gun. Seeing a lot of games come out with this art style lately, probably inspired by Octopath Traveler and similar games. straypixels.net/wwag-charact...

5.5 added the console variable “tick.AllowBatchedTicks” which will automatically group together simple tick functions. It gives a bit of a boost to tick heavy projects but I'm keen to hear results from anyone that's enabled it and seen what happens! Anyone tinkered with 5.5 yet with info? #UETips

How do you animate material-based effects over time? Have you tried ditching Tick/Timeline? #UE5 #techart #gamedev

Latest video 🌀 The most efficient way to use gradients in #UE5 materials --> patreon.com/posts/ue5-tu... Instant refresh in editor (no need to reimport a texture). Suitable for Blueprint gameplay control, variants - and animation over time!