John Emerson

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VFX Artist at Lost Boys Interactive | All opinions my own | #realtimevfx #gamedev
3D Art for Games (Notion)https://www.notion.so/3dreference/3D-Art-In-Games-2021-00efa37d7c964871af6ca8f460a9e8f9?pvs=4
The real time of year for bbq is fall. Cooking in 100+ degree weather is no fun. Cooking in 80 degree weather with a storm front moving in is nice and cozy. Cooking BBQ in 20 degree weather with a -10 windchill is doable, entertaining for 5 minutes, and then you go inside to your fire and hot cocoa. Thank goodness it's fall.
Contemplating making a new ex-bird account to never post on but follow the #vfx and #techart discourse. It still feels very empty here comparatively. Not sure if I just miss the doom scrolling.
I made a spline guide
🐠 breakdown
#b3d #geometrynodes
I am in year 3 of gamedev full time and still havn't been to GDC. The cost is astronomical... how do folks afford it and still go on vacations, pay child care, etc?

Wow this article is even more wild than the Stanford one https://hbr.org/2022/12/what-companies-still-get-wrong-about-layoffs

“The findings of two decades of profitability studies are equivocal: The majority of firms that conduct layoffs do not see improved profitability”

“Far from cutting-edge, these layoffs mark a revival of long-discredited corporate strategies. If the trend continues, history suggests these tech leaders will leave their companies severely crippled, at best.”

#layoffs #business

What Companies Still Get Wrong About Layoffs

Research has long shown that layoffs have a detrimental effect on individuals and on corporate performance. The short-term cost savings provided by a layoff are often overshadowed by bad publicity, loss of knowledge, weakened engagement, higher voluntary turnover, and lower innovation — all of which hurt profits in the long run.  To make intelligent and humane staffing decisions in the current economic turmoil, leaders must understand what’s different about today’s larger social landscape. The authors also share strategies for a smarter approach to workforce change.

Harvard Business Review
anyway, tech art:
I've been thinking about AI art a little this morning. I have mixed feelings about it, but I think it needs renaming to AI Derived Works rather than AI Art (I know its longer and harder to write). This reflects more closely the true nature of the input/output I think and further recognizes that the loss of the human trained element makes it non-art. The US copyright office seems to agree. I believe it will have uses in productions eventually, but it cannot be called art.
I know I'm supposed to be watching the game awards but did you see Imelda Staunton in #TheCrown? She killed it along with Jonathan Pryce and Dominic West. Jonny Lee Miller definitely has come a long ways from Zero Cool. Cast and crew did great.
one of the most useful UI features is when dragging something to the edge yeets you to oblivion