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All Career Paths · Lookdev / Surfacing

Lookdev Artist

Materials, textures, and the surface of everything

MariSubstance PainterKatana
PythonOSLMaterialX
6 milestones49 kit items7-10 yrs est. arc

Reports to CG Supervisor

Animator

CFX Artist

Article

How to Build a Lighting Reel That Gets You Hired

Asset

Stylized Desert Terrain

Course

NPR Painterly Shader Pack: Arcane and Anime Style

Course

Procedural Eye Material

Course

Introduction to Lookdev for Production

Asset

1000+ Grunges & Imperfections

Course

Hard Surface Texturing & Shading: Hulk Buster Project

Article

Calibrated Lighting for Lookdev: The Measured Values That Make It Work

Asset

Stylized Fantasy Stone

Asset

100 Grunge & Stencil Textures (8K)

Course

Revitalize Paintings in 3d with Blender: Master Texture painting

Article

ACES and OCIO for VFX: Color Pipeline Setup in Maya, Houdini, Nuke & Mari

Article

MaterialX: Why One Material Standard Is About to Change Everything

Article

VFX Software: What Each Tool Does and Who Uses It

Article

USD Explained: Solaris, Maya, Nuke, Gaffer, and the Tech That's Changing VFX Pipelines

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Article

How to Build a Lighting Reel That Gets You Hired

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Asset

Stylized Desert Terrain

Course

NPR Painterly Shader Pack: Arcane and Anime Style

Course

Procedural Eye Material

Course

Introduction to Lookdev for Production

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Asset

1000+ Grunges & Imperfections

Course

Hard Surface Texturing & Shading: Hulk Buster Project

Article

Calibrated Lighting for Lookdev: The Measured Values That Make It Work

Asset

Stylized Fantasy Stone

Asset

100 Grunge & Stencil Textures (8K)

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Course

Revitalize Paintings in 3d with Blender: Master Texture painting

Article

ACES and OCIO for VFX: Color Pipeline Setup in Maya, Houdini, Nuke & Mari

Article

MaterialX: Why One Material Standard Is About to Change Everything

Article

VFX Software: What Each Tool Does and Who Uses It

Article

USD Explained: Solaris, Maya, Nuke, Gaffer, and the Tech That's Changing VFX Pipelines

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