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Illusion Of Mana @UCSeTRjb7hJPnY58cyqylWmw@youtube.com

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Here I cover really whatever I want in the scope of game dev


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in the future - u will be able to do some more stuff here,,,!! like pat catgirl- i mean um yeah... for now u can only see others's posts :c

Illusion Of Mana
Posted 4 weeks ago

Hello, its been a bit.

Tutorial update:
Next tutorial is taking a bit of time due to just increase in activity at work, and some house work Ive had to do this month. I'm aiming to get it out as early as Sunday, and Friday the 20th at the latest. This is mainly because I will be out of office again for roughly 20 days starting Saturday the 21st.
Pribambase update:
The new dev is still a ways out from finishing the clean and revamped version of the plugin, but were still hopeful for end of year launch. Keep poking me for issues you have with the current version of Pribambase, I will try and hold you guys up as much as I can while we wait on the new version.
Live Stream update:
I have everything set for going live here, I just need to chew out my ISP on some upload latency issues. I get roughly 40mb/s up which is fine for dual 3mb/s streams but it does not help if we spike latency at .5 seconds or more. We will probably test it mid October.
Patreon update:
I am debating having it go free or locking it at something cheap 3$/month just due to my inconsistencies since I am subject to my jobs schedule. If you want to support me, feel free to sub there but fair warning I do not post often.

As usual thanks for your patience. For all of you who have tagged me in your amazing creations, they look amazing! Keep it up, hope to check in with something new for you guys soon!

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Illusion Of Mana
Posted 2 months ago

Hi!
I am back from vacation... and being sick for 2 weeks after...
I am going to start recording the next video, It should be something similar to a lets draw / long play / stream VOD kind of thing. I'll try to keep it as short as I can and talk about as much useful technique as I can.
If I can get live stream going for both twitch and YT, then we will see about doing a test run with that otherwise keep your eyes out in the next week or two.
Thanks again guys for your support!

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Illusion Of Mana
Posted 5 months ago

Heyo, looks like casual low poly tutorials is somewhat popular in the niche. I got approved for partner, this should mean I should be able to reduce ads in vids? Hopefully. I havent looked over ad control yet and dont know if its just useless like twitch's or not. Either way, this also means live streams here should start up in the next few months. I dont live steam too often but you can get on and yell at me for missing a feature in blender when I do.
As always, thanks guys for the support.

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Illusion Of Mana
Posted 6 months ago

Hey guys. I still havent set up live streaming here just yet. But, join us on twitch, in about 20 minutes from now were streaming the prep work for the next tutorial. Itll be a perfect time to ask questions, say hi, and show off some of the stuff you've been working on!
twitch.tv/illusionofmana

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Illusion Of Mana
Posted 6 months ago

As per usual, thanks for all the love everyone.
For the next tutorial we're going back to Patreon early access. This just means Patreons can look at a tutorial early and let me know if something is outrageously wrong (more likely thank you think as I am learning with you guys!). It also means Patreons get to dictate what objects we model, texture, and in the future animate next.
I will try to get the next tutorial out sooner than this last one. luckily we finally seem to be past some of the crunch at work, at least for a bit.

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Illusion Of Mana
Posted 6 months ago

WOW did GDC sneak up on us. Ive been very busy at work because of this... With that being said, I do have the next tutorial in the end of the editing phase. This ones going to be a bit of a long one, a lot of it is around the realm of a "lets draw/work together" vibe, but it should be more than informative enough for anyone just starting or looking for a detailed refresher.

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Illusion Of Mana
Posted 7 months ago

I finally have the next tutorial fully recorded.
Were going to cover just UV mapping and laying down basic textures. Our next tutorial will be more of a "lets draw", where we can sit down and talk about the technical details in making some of these textures.
Thanks for being patient with these!

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Illusion Of Mana
Posted 8 months ago

Pribambase Drama 2:
This will be our last community post on the subject.
I have archived Lampys webpage on the plugin and have set it up on my website. You can now download Pribambase from this location at any time.
Thanks so much for your patience while I got info from other low poly artists on the subject.
www.illusionofmana.art/Pribambase.html

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Illusion Of Mana
Posted 8 months ago

Pribambase. The good and the bad news.
The bad news is always first, Lampy has discontinued Pribambase and left the community. We wont be seeing updates or even availability from them in the foreseeable future.
The good news is, I have all of the plugin files for Pribambase! I can host them for you guys thanks to its open source licensing.
The best news is that a fellow low poly enthusiast has decided to take up the project and create a new version of it that could solve many issues and shortcomings of the current iteration. This isnt a promise, but it is exciting that we may continue to get support for this even in Blender 4.x and Aseprite 1.3.x onward.
I will have a new download link both in this post and on the Pribambase tutorial in 24 hours. I grabbed Linux, Mac, and Windows versions of it so, keep your eyes out!

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Illusion Of Mana
Posted 8 months ago

Thanks everyone who has informed me that Pribambase is no longer available. I will be contacting Lampy (the creator of the plugin mentioned) and see whats up. Im sure they're just restructuring how they present their content online...
That being said, I'd hate to have to pull the Pribambase tutorial as well as push back our upcoming UV and texturing tutorial since it depends on the plugin. If Pribambase is gone, I'll talk to Lampy about hosting the version I have and put some notes together. Ill cover what versions of software it works with and what errors you might expect and how to fix them.
Thanks again guys for keeping me in the loop. I hope I can do the same for you!

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