Not magic, just a different kind of science.
I’ve been having a ball going through the book Texturing and Modeling: A Procedural Approach. I’ve hardly cracked the book, really–but so far it’s been a lot of fun. One of the first procedural textures it studies is a brick texture. The book assumes you’re using RenderMan, but Unity’s surface shaders are actually very similar […]
MoreI don’t have time to write this one up–I will later! But for now, here’s a demo. Hit enter to subdivide the mesh into a more accurate sphere. Hit ‘p’ (repeatedly) to add procedural noise to the mesh. ‘w’ and ‘d’ rotate left and right.
MoreI am as Prometheus to you mere mavening mortals (except for how he was chained to a rock for all eternity while birds repeatedly ate his internal organs)! I have stolen fire from mighty Zeus and I now share it with you. Wear your flame retardant pants, ye knave–for we enter the wild world of […]
MoreFlash developers have a rough reputation. Artist-turned-programmers run rampant in the Flash community, and they, unfortunately, have an extremely loud voice. I had the pleasure of sitting in a room with many of them while watching the magical technical work of the Unity team at Unite Flash Day 2011. Basically, they explained that their awesome […]
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