Nico May

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Nico May@gfxnico· 25d

So fun!!

A Cintiq tablet with a rough sculpt of a tree stump in blender.

Nico May@gfxnico· 25d

Got myself a used Cintiq, very fun, have wanted one since I was a kid.

Desk with a drawing tablet (cintiq) showing Blender with a rough sculpt of a man’s head.

Nico May@gfxnico· Jul 12

Clearly plotting an environment-art career change.

Close up of arbutus bark showing 3 layers of bark (brown, orange, green).

Close up of rock with various mosses across it.

Nico May@gfxnico· Jun 21

Hurting my brain doing some math for the first time in a while :P Anyone immediately see a cleaner way of taking spherical coords and converting them to cartesian coords centered on a point on the sphere surface? This seems to work (barring maybe flipped orientation from what I intended).

# Convert spherical coordiantes to cartesian coordinates centered on an arbitrary point on the surface of the sphere
# New basis is partial derivative in phi and theta for x/z basis vectors, and the sphere normal for y
# This is a rotation of the normal spherical basis vectors, so inverse == transpose
# So transpose the matrix of new basis vectors, and matrix multiply with the normal spherical->cartesian conversion
# Then simplify with trig identities (there's gotta be more here...)
x_y_z[0] = cos(phi_0)*cos(phi)*sin(theta - theta_0)
x_y_z[1] = cos(theta_0)*cos(phi_0)*cos(theta)*cos(phi) + sin(phi_0)*sin(phi) + sin(theta_0)*cos(phi_0)*sin(theta)*cos(phi)
x_y_z[2] = -cos(theta_0)*sin(phi_0)*cos(theta)*cos(phi) + cos(phi_0)*sin(phi) - sin(theta_0)*sin(phi_0)*sin(theta)*cos(phi)

x_y_z[1] -= 1 # center on surface of sphere

Picture of notebook with similar math written out in pen (second attempt - first one was too messy to share :D)

Nico May@gfxnico· Jun 19

Legitimate office photo, not backrooms.

Nico May@gfxnico· Jun 17

Re-played Life is Strange: True Colors. Still my favourite of the bunch, I think the small town tragedy works better for me than any of the world-shattering stuff.

Screenshot of Alex in True Colors, lit by the sun.

Screenshot of Alex in True Colors, covered in dirt and scratches.

Nico May@gfxnico· Jun 1

Nico May@gfxnico· May 30

Genuinely unsure if anyone pulls off comparable landscapes, maybe I need to play Death Stranding.

Nico May@gfxnico· May 30

Once again deeply sucked in to Forza Horizon.

Nico May@gfxnico· May 17

Photo showing a cat lounging in front of the TV while playing Mixtape (video game).

Nico May@gfxnico· May 17

Mixtape is gorgeous!

Screenshot of Mixtape (video game) showing stylized characters in a forest.

Nico May@gfxnico· Apr 28

This just explained what is living in my balcony table!

Underside of a table with a hole filled with mysterious mud.

Nico May@gfxnico· Apr 11

The same portrait, with loose unfinished acrylic paint added on top.

Nico May@gfxnico· Apr 9

Tired of every digital hobby just becoming AI-mush, decided I will get back to doing some physical art

Pencil sketch on a canvas board, depicting a man with large sideburns and an awkward sideways smile.

Nico May@gfxnico· Mar 29

First up - thanks @tboneturner.itch.io for the reminder!

Picture of TV with “Return of the Obra Dinn” title screen. Also cat looking out the window :)

Nico May@gfxnico· Mar 29

Finally finished Disco Elysium last night at 4:45am, beautiful game. Anyone have any other story-heavy low-gameplay-difficulty recommendations? Favs: Disco 1000xResist Pentiment Night in the Woods Firewatch LiS

Screenshot of the game Disco Elysium with the main characters standing in the Martinaise Waterfront area.

Nico May@gfxnico· Mar 21

Picture of myself with a tuxedo-coloured cat in my lap and a black cat beside me.

Nico May@gfxnico· Mar 7

The Avatar game looks incredible, such dense foliage and gorgeous lighting.

Nico May@gfxnico· Mar 4

Several years next to a used-bookstore has led to this, largely unread, stack:

Nico May@gfxnico· Feb 25

A @digitalfoundry.bsky.social callout in GPU Zen 4 :D

Nico May@gfxnico· Feb 22

Finally hooked laptop up to the TV so I can try @luckshotgames.com Big Hops properly! Great game so far! Looking toward to trying @fabraz.bsky.social Demon Tides also, big year for 3D platformers!

TV showing a game with a cartoon frog standing in the desert, the game is Big Hops.

Nico May@gfxnico· Jan 15

I’ve made a $1000 donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. I’ll donate up to an additional $1000 to ILCM to match any new donations to any immigrant rights charities or funds (worldwide). Just reply or DM with a screenshot.