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Bluez Vignus @bluezvignus.bsky.social · 1d

#doodle #arttrade #OC #Eriskalie

Art trade with Eriskalie, who says she likes Overwatch, D&D, Pokemon, Mario, small cats, and tea. I wasn't able to fit it all in, but I'm glad she liked it anyway.

Western-style doodle of Eriskalie, a white tiger anthro with long white hair tied at the bottom in a loose ponytail, cosplaying as Mercy cosplaying in her witch outfit, holding boba tea in her right hand, Shinx, Skitty, and Sprigatito in the same arm, and a pokeball in her left hand, mid dodge to her right (our left) à la her play of the game pose, with text reminiscent of the Play of the Game screen which reads "PLAY OF THE GAME ERIS AS MERCY".

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Bluez Vignus @bluezvignus.bsky.social · 4d

#doodle #GarticPhone #OC #BluezVignus

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Bluez Vignus @bluezvignus.bsky.social · 25d

#doodle #GarticPhone #OC #BluezVignus

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Bluez Vignus @bluezvignus.bsky.social · 26d

#doodle #GarticPhone #OC #BluezVignus

"Draw something sus but within TOS."

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Bluez Vignus @bluezvignus.bsky.social · Sep 12

#doodle #GarticPhone #OC #BluezVignus

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Bluez Vignus @bluezvignus.bsky.social · Sep 7

#OC #BluezVignus

Creating emojis for my eventual streaming debut. This one makes me giggle.

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Bluez Vignus @bluezvignus.bsky.social · Sep 7

#art #doodle #OC #BluezVignus

Three-color image of just Bluez Vignus, presumably leaning back against a wall with one leg up and a finger to the lip in a coy shushing gesture.

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Bluez Vignus @bluezvignus.bsky.social · Aug 29

#doodle #GarticPhone #OC #BluezVignus #Ghostbusters

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Bluez Vignus @bluezvignus.bsky.social · Aug 5

#UnrealEngine #ControlRig #gamedev

Got the materials and rig set up in Unreal. It's a whole different way of thinking of things, and it doesn't help that the documentation for Unreal's control rig is esoteric at best, but it is satisfying to see it all coming together.

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Bluez Vignus @bluezvignus.bsky.social · Jul 20

#blender #3dmodeling #Unreal #gamedev

Future reference to any aspiring UE devs out there, Blender models do not transfer shaders, custom properties, nor bone constraints to Unreal 1:1. Most of the materials are easy to fix, especially raw matte, shinies, or textures, but fun stuff takes rewiring.

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Bluez Vignus @bluezvignus.bsky.social · Jul 15

#blender #3dmodeling #animation #gamedev ?

Up until now, all of my automation was shown with keyframes, but this one needs to be shown raw. With a single custom property, I can slide Bluez's hand seamlessly to its sheathed weapon, pull it out, then hold it freely, no matter how contorted the body.

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Bluez Vignus @bluezvignus.bsky.social · Jul 13

#doodle #GarticPhone #OC #Munchypony

I tried to be more detail-oriented with this doodle, and didn't even get close to finishing. But it was fun drawing @munchypony.bsky.social ! Since we were given permission, I'm going to consider this an entry into #artfight , as a non-affiliated free agent!

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Bluez Vignus @bluezvignus.bsky.social · Jul 7

#doodle #GarticPhone #OC #Kindled

It's good to have Gartic friends. You learn fun new tricks, like using complementary colors to make other colors pop. Basic color theory that everyone knows but no one really heeds until someone shows us how it's done. Who knew dark blue can be darker than black?

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Bluez Vignus @bluezvignus.bsky.social · Jul 5

#art #animation #OC #BluezVignus

I made an animated profile image for Gartic. I wanted to do so much more, but I know if I give myself an unlimited amount of time, I'll never actually finish. This was the result of a month's worth of effort, condensed down to the parts that were hard to animate.

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Bluez Vignus @bluezvignus.bsky.social · Jun 27

#doodle #GarticPhone #OC #BluezVignus

Got a fun extension that allows me to download the history of a Gartic doodle.

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Bluez Vignus @bluezvignus.bsky.social · May 30

#blender #3dmodeling

Textured the gloves. Looking way better than I'd expected. Unfortunately, applying Solidify to be able to texture it properly broke the weights, so I can't currently animate it without getting clipping issues. I'll worry about weights when I finish texturing everything, though.

3d model of Bluez Vignus' glove, fully textured, showing the knuckle side.

3d model of Bluez Vignus' glove, fully textured, showing the palm side.

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Bluez Vignus @bluezvignus.bsky.social · May 23

#doodle #GarticPhone #OC #BluezVignus

Gartic Phone doodle at a Dutch angle of Bluez Vignus sliding through a modern city at night. Police sirens in the background.

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Bluez Vignus @bluezvignus.bsky.social · May 22

#doodle #GarticPhone #OC #BluezVignus #Portal

SillyV seems to be back into regular streaming, just as I was trying to return to being productive. But I'll forgive him this time.

Extreme high angle shot of Bluez Vignus falling into a portal in Portal's Aperture Science Research Center.

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Bluez Vignus @bluezvignus.bsky.social · May 18

#blender #3dmodeling

I've been working on optimizing my model so that it can animate in real time, a necessary but time-consuming step toward becoming a game or vtube asset. The biggest performance hit was the fishnets, so I've reduced them into a 2d image in a shader with a Fresnel effect.

3d render at a Dutch angle of Bluez Vignus' fishnet stockings foreshortened from behind while Bluez is running. Includes cross-hatched fishnets squashed at the top, stretched in the middle, and squashed again at the bottom. Also includes seamlines, padded footing, and Fresnel effect around the edges.

3d render at a Dutch angle of Bluez Vignus' fishnet stockings foreshortened from the front while Bluez is running. Includes cross-hatched fishnets squashed at the top, stretched in the middle, and squashed again at the bottom. Also includes Fresnel effect around the edges.

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Bluez Vignus @bluezvignus.bsky.social · Apr 25

#blender #3dmodeling #animation

Rigged the eyebrows and eyelashes to be driven by the facial shape keys. @fray-myste.bsky.social loves when I do this eyebrow wave in real life.

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Bluez Vignus @bluezvignus.bsky.social · Apr 25

#blender #3dmodeling #animation

Been going hard at my 3d model lately. Rigged the eyeballs to switch between manual and automatic tracking.

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Bluez Vignus @bluezvignus.bsky.social · Apr 19

I'm sure I have no idea what you're talking about.

Haven't yet figured out how to get around burnout, but there are certainly worse games to hyperfocus on in the interim. Motivation will come from the weirdest source, and then I'll be back in the saddle for another month or two making up lost time.

Waframe screenshot at a Dutch angle of Gauss Prime super-speeding through Fortuna. Lots of dark grays with blue and purple lights and sparks flying everywhere.

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Bluez Vignus @bluezvignus.bsky.social · Apr 1

#doodle #GarticPhone

It was nice to see SillyV back on Twitch for a bit! My face hurt from smiling so much! I know he's usually busy, so that makes this all the more special of an occasion!

Gartic Phone doodle of Ross mode, where four different players contribute attributes and the final player combines them into a whole new character. On the top left is SillyV's contribution, a Raven head, then Maoooooopu's contribution of flame powers, TheM00n7's contribution of a snake familiar, and ErinSunshine's contribution of a bloody veil.

Gartic Phone doodle of a raven with a bloody veil on his beak and a snake familiar behind him, bathed in the light of fire.

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Bluez Vignus @bluezvignus.bsky.social · Mar 22

#SoulCalibur #CreateASoul #SamFisher #IllidanStormrage #Zeratul #GIR

Soul Calibur 6 Create a Soul of Bluez Vignus cosplaying as Sam Fisher from Splinter Cell, or the closest I could get with base assets.

Soul Calibur 6 Create a Soul of Bluez Vignus cosplaying as Illidan Stormrage from Warcraft 3, or the closest I could get with base assets.

Soul Calibur 6 Create a Soul of Bluez Vignus cosplaying as Zeratul from Starcraft, or the closest I could get with base assets.

Soul Calibur 6 Create a Soul of Bluez Vignus cosplaying as GIR from Invader Zim, or the closest I could get with base assets.

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Bluez Vignus @bluezvignus.bsky.social · Mar 22

#SoulCalibur #CreateASoul #Trinity #Zero #StarTrek #RockLee

Soul Calibur 6 Create a Soul of Bluez Vignus cosplaying as Trinity from the Matrix, or the closest I could get with base assets.

Soul Calibur 6 Create a Soul of Bluez Vignus cosplaying as Zero from Borderlands 2, or the closest I could get with base assets.

Soul Calibur 6 Create a Soul of Bluez Vignus cosplaying as an Agent from Starfleet Intelligence, or the closest I could get with base assets.

Soul Calibur 6 Create a Soul of Bluez Vignus cosplaying as Rock Lee from Naruto, or the closest I could get with base assets.

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