Textures, materials, and shaders: what’s the difference?
Most 3D artists treat these three terms like synonyms until a technical artist steps in. Here is how they actually split up inside your pipeline.
Andrey LukashovAugust 11, 2023
Using Developers folders in Unreal Engine.
Every team has someone who commits a broken test mesh straight into the Content folder. Unreal has a private sandbox for your experimental clutter away from version control. Just have to toggle this setting.
How to work with Substance materials in Unreal Engine
Hooking Substance directly into Unreal gives you live procedural control over wear and roughness right inside the viewport. Here is how to wire them up.
Andrey LukashovApril 25, 2023
3 great books to better design your worlds.
You won't learn believable environmental storytelling from copying ArtStation trends. The strongest level designer came from architecture, geography, and urban planning. Here are books that show you how those spaces are organized.
Andrey LukashovApril 21, 2023